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American cinema: Thriller
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Woody Allen
In the 1920s, a town swathed in fog is terrorised by a mysterious serial killer who roams the streets, strangling men and women unlucky enough to cross his path...
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Woody Allen
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Musgrave Manor serves as a convalescent home for officers wounded in the war. When one of his colleagues is attacked by an unknown assailant one evening, Dr Watson invites his friend Sherlock Holmes to the house to investigate...
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Roy William Neill
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado...
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Stanley Kubrick
Shockproof (1949)
Douglas Sirk
Having served a five year stretch in prison for her part in a murder, Jenny Marsh is released into the custody of parole officer Griff Marat, who offers her the prospect of a new life with his support...
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Douglas Sirk
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling is undergoing the rigours of an FBI training course when she is recruited by Jack Crawford, head of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit, to help track down a serial killer...
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Jonathan Demme
Soylent Green (1973)
Richard Fleischer
It is 2022. Civilisation is falling apart and an over-crowded world faces imminent starvation. The Soylent Corporation offers hope, but it is struggling to keep up with the demand for its processed food tablets, the only source of nutrition available to most of the world's population... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
It is 2022. Civilisation is falling apart and an over-crowded world faces imminent starvation. The Soylent Corporation offers hope, but it is struggling to keep up with the demand for its processed food tablets, the only source of nutrition available to most of the world's population... [More...]
Spellbound (1945)
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr Murchison retires from Green Manors psychiatric hospital, an eminent young expert in psychoanalysis, Dr Edwardes, is hired as his replacement... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr Murchison retires from Green Manors psychiatric hospital, an eminent young expert in psychoanalysis, Dr Edwardes, is hired as his replacement... [More...]
The Spider Woman (1944)
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
Robert Siodmak
In a New England town of the early 1900s, disabled young women are being murdered by an unknown killer. Mrs Warren, the bedridden owner of an old Gothic mansion, is convinced that her dumb servant girl Helen will be the next victim and urges her to go away... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In a New England town of the early 1900s, disabled young women are being murdered by an unknown killer. Mrs Warren, the bedridden owner of an old Gothic mansion, is convinced that her dumb servant girl Helen will be the next victim and urges her to go away... [More...]
Split Second (1953)
Dick Powell
Convicted murderer Sam Hurley escapes from prison with his partner Bart Moore and immediately sets about recovering his ill-gotten gains from his last criminal exploit... [More...]
Dick Powell
Convicted murderer Sam Hurley escapes from prison with his partner Bart Moore and immediately sets about recovering his ill-gotten gains from his last criminal exploit... [More...]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Nicholas Meyer
In the 23rd century, Ceti Alpha VI is selected by the Federation as a planet suitable for testing the Genesis Device, a scientific marvel that can restructure matter so as to transform a lifeless space rock into a new world teeming with life... [More...]
Nicholas Meyer
In the 23rd century, Ceti Alpha VI is selected by the Federation as a planet suitable for testing the Genesis Device, a scientific marvel that can restructure matter so as to transform a lifeless space rock into a new world teeming with life... [More...]
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Nicholas Meyer
With their home world threatened by environmental catastrophe, the Klingons have no option but to make peace with their long-term enemies, the United Federation of Planets... [More...]
Nicholas Meyer
With their home world threatened by environmental catastrophe, the Klingons have no option but to make peace with their long-term enemies, the United Federation of Planets... [More...]
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Jonathan Frakes
As the Earth comes under attack from the Borg, a semi-organic, semi-machine collective intent on assimilating all life, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is instructed by the Federation to patrol the Neutral Zone in the newly built Enterprise-E... [More...]
Jonathan Frakes
As the Earth comes under attack from the Borg, a semi-organic, semi-machine collective intent on assimilating all life, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is instructed by the Federation to patrol the Neutral Zone in the newly built Enterprise-E... [More...]
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Bryan Forbes
Walter and Joanna Eberhart are a typical middleclass American couple. He is a successful lawyer, she is an aspiring photographer... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Walter and Joanna Eberhart are a typical middleclass American couple. He is a successful lawyer, she is an aspiring photographer... [More...]
The Sting (1973)
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
The Strange Woman (1946)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
The Stranger (1946)
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Suddenly (1954)
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Orleans, 1937. Dr John Cukrowicz is an enthusiastic young neurosurgeon whose professional ambitions are frustrated by a lack of resources at the state hospital where he works... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Orleans, 1937. Dr John Cukrowicz is an enthusiastic young neurosurgeon whose professional ambitions are frustrated by a lack of resources at the state hospital where he works... [More...]
Suspicion (1941)
Alfred Hitchcock
From the moment they first met, sitting opposite one another on a train, Lina MacKinlaw knew that Johnnie Aysgarth would be the love of her life... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
From the moment they first met, sitting opposite one another on a train, Lina MacKinlaw knew that Johnnie Aysgarth would be the love of her life... [More...]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
The Talk of the Town (1942)
George Stevens
When a fabrics mill goes up in flames, one of its employees, Leopold Dilg, is arrested on a charge of arson. The jury at his trial are unlikely to show him any leniency, as the mill foreman died in the fire... [More...]
George Stevens
When a fabrics mill goes up in flames, one of its employees, Leopold Dilg, is arrested on a charge of arson. The jury at his trial are unlikely to show him any leniency, as the mill foreman died in the fire... [More...]
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Terror by Night (1946)
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper
Worried that their grandfather's grave may have been desecrated by a maniac, Sally Hardesty and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin visit the Texas cemetery where he is buried... [More...]
Tobe Hooper
Worried that their grandfather's grave may have been desecrated by a maniac, Sally Hardesty and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin visit the Texas cemetery where he is buried... [More...]
Them! (1954)
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]