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1) Whitechapel
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
The streets of Whitechapel are awash with blood in this compelling crime drama. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. The locals live in fear and the police remain clueless. But this is not the 19th Century and the time of Jack the Ripper. This is now. Assigned to the case is fast-tracked DI Chandler - a novice in the business of murder, but an expert in the politics of policing. Can Chandler...
2) Prey
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
BAFTA nominated John Simm stars as Detective Constable Marcus Farrow in this fast-paced thriller. Farrow is a well-liked copper with an ex-wife and two kids. But when Farrow is found at the scene of a brutal crime, with all the evidence pointing towards him, his world collapses. Arrested and charged, it seems his fate is sealed. So when he gets the opportunity to escape, he seizes it with both hands. Now on the run, Farrow is not just trying to evade...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A man glimpses the future fate has planned for him and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under, and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader based on his original screenplay, Master Gardener follows Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel's spartan...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unfolding in real time, a "riveting and pulse-pounding" thriller from award-winning director Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she's on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as shooting takes place at her son's school. Miles away, on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save her...
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors, they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
7) Tenet
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Armed with only one word -- Tenet -- and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time"--Container.
8) Pig
Language
English
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Description
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
9) Silo
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, SILO follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenage Cody becomes the victim of a grain entrapment accident. Family, neighbors, and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue him from drowning in the 50-foot-tall silo where corn quickly turns to quicksand. Shedding light on an issue plaguing rural America, SILO shows how dangerous modern farming can be, while also highlighting...
10) Crisis
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an oxycodone addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market....
11) The beekeeper
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national dangers after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and covert organization known as "Beekeepers".
12) Spies
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Fritz Lang's elaborate superspy thriller is at last restored to its proper length.
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young woman has run off with an army deserter, a hired gun, Max, is contracted to go after them and bring her home. Finding out that she fled from an abusive husband, Max is faced with the choice to finish the job or look the other way while ruthless assassins and his longtime rival, Joe close in.
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a cocaine shipment is compromised, a drug cartel's CEO orders his most trusted henchman on a dangerous journey to audit the company's supply chain. As the drugs make their perilous trek across international borders, they are also being tracked by Federal Agents. When they find the problem, it might be too late to keep the cartel satisfied.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"John Wick uncovers a trail to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful associations across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes." --container.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of handsome, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy Lou Ford (Casey Affleck). A quiet charmer of his idyllic West Texas town, Ford has a simple life and a pretty girl (Kate Hudson) to come home to. But when the job brings him face to face with a gorgeous prostitute (Jessica Alba) on the edge of town, Ford's fragile world cracks - unbridling his own dark urges. In this film's blacker-than-noir universe, nothing is ever what it seems....
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1949, at Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang (self-proclaimed "master of the unusual") created House by the river, a shocking and mordant thriller of passion and murder. Boasting an ingenious script by Spiral staircase scribe Mel Dinelli and evocative photography by Edward Cronjager (I wake up screaming), House ... is an underrated American "Grand Guignol" that transcends its modest origins and affirms Lang's genius.
19) Surge
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set over 24 hours in London, it is a stripped-back thriller about a man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.
20) Shut eye
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
To cure their insomnia, a social outcast befriends an ASMR streamer where the lines between friendship and obsession become blurred.
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