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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...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
When Ruth Blacksmith's new partner, Aidan, reveals that he once hurt a woman called Mary Trelease, Ruth is deeply worried. She raises her concerns with Detective Sergeant Charlie Zailer who is intrigued. But when Charlie decides to call in at Ruth's house, she finds a disturbing scene. Ruth's ex-husband, Jason Blacksmith, has been murdered. Charlie and Detective Simon Waterhouse investigate the case and find themselves divided over motives and suspects....
3) 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
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
IFC Films
Language
Korean
Formats
Description
**WARNING**: This film contains nudity and sexual acts that may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers. An innocent young woman is hired as an upper class family housemaid. The master of the house takes advantage of his social position by slipping into the new housemaid's bed. When the woman becomes pregnant and wants to keep the baby, she is forced to have an abortion which turns her already fragile mental condition for the worse. She decides...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Paulina Escobar is a political activist whose husband is a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country just out of a dictatorship. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Paulina...
9) Red
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After his 14-year-old dog, Red, is senselessly murdered by three thrill-seeking teenagers, an aging recluse sets out seeking justice for his four-legged companion and finds himself gradually pushed to take extreme measures.
10) Trafficked
Publisher
Epic Pictures Releasing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by real characters, three girls attempt a daring escape from an elaborate human trafficking network.
11) American Satan
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A young rock band move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams of becoming Rock and Roll legends and get more than they bargained for.
12) The Dig
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find his victim’s father searching for the body on an endless bog. When he asks the local police officer to remove the man from his land, he soon realizes that the police and community want the killer in their midst gone for good. With no memory of the murder and no way of stopping Sean, Callahan’s only option is to join THE DIG.
13) The Perfect Host
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Warwick is the consummate host. John is a career criminal. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend. We become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**
14) Never Here
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Disturbing events lead an artist who photographs strangers to suspect that someone out there is watching HER. Boundaries blur between real and imaginary, crime and art, the watcher and the watched.
15) Shadow Dancer
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a young mother and true believer from a violent IRA family is captured by British spies, she is forced to betray everything she believes in for the sake of her son in this taut, high-stakes thriller.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The Summer before their wedding, while backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, They hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek. Venturing into the stunning wilderness, the trio₂s peaceful adventure takes a dark turn as a subtle rift opens between Alex and Nica, quickly widening until it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and themselves.
17) Croupier
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he takes a job as a CROUPIER. He finds himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see outside of working hours – a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is down on her...
18) Come On In
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
COME ON IN is a feature length psychological drama/thriller that follows a failed artist's return home and his struggle to come to grips with his life as his grip on reality loosens.
19) The Runner
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After getting busted by the cops for drug possession, a troubled teenager is forced into a dangerous deal that will require him to go deep undercover and risk his life to help bring down a notorious drug kingpin.
20) The Appearance
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mateho the Inquisitor (Jake Stormoen, "The Outpost") and his comrade (Kristian Nairn, “Game of Thrones”) are summoned to investigate a series of mysterious murders and the alleged ‘witch’ accused of the horrific crimes.
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