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The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter Read More »
In Your Absence / En tu ausencia (2008) Iván Noel, Francisco Alfonsin, Pedro Salido Saborido, Gonzalo Sánchez Salas, Drama

13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence Read More »
Body Count (1998) Robert Patton-Spruill, David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, John Leguizamo, Crime, Drama, Thriller

A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Read More »
The Informers (1963) Ken Annakin, Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Katherine Woodville, Crime, Drama, Thriller

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies, starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. Read More »
Forbidden (1984) Anthony Page, Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow, Irene Worth, Drama, Romance, War

In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. Read More »
Down Mexico Way (1941) Joseph Santley, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Comedy, Thriller, Western

Gene and Frog head down to Mexico, hot on the trail of a group of swindlers who convince townspeople to invest in movies to be filmed on location in their town, and then skip out without making the films. Read More »
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance

Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
The Naked Runner (1967) Sidney J. Furie, Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan, Derren Nesbitt, Drama, Thriller

Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. Read More »
Too Hot to Handle (1938) Jack Conway, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Comedy, Adventure, Romance

Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. Read More »