Kostas is an all-powerful tycoon, in love with his beautiful wife, Iro, who, however, is cheating on him with a young playboy, Nikos. The two lovers are planning to kill Kostas, and believe that the opportunity arises during a yachting regatta, where the crime can appear as an accident. Nikos, however, falls into the sea, and his body is never found. The police investigating the cause of the accident don’t believe the claims of Nikos’ fiancée that her fiancé was murdered. As it turns out, Kostas was aware of his wife and Nikos’ plans, and the disappearance of the latter was his idea for revenge. Nevertheless, the conflict of the married couple will be fatal for everyone.Read More »
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Erricos Andreou – To agistri AKA The Hook (1976)
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Boris Durov – Piraty XX veka AKA Pirates of the 20th Century [+ Extras] (1980)
1971-1980ActionBoris DurovThrillerUSSRA Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they manage to escape and now must fight the pirates for survival.Read More »
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Kinji Fukasaku – Hakuchu no buraikan AKA Greed in Broad Daylight (1961)
1961-1970Film NoirJapanKinji FukasakuThrillerSynopsis:
‘Aided by a gang that includes two Americans and a Korean, Miyahara attacks an armoured truck transporting money to a US army base. But soon the cronies fall out – with the settling of old scores, jealousy and murder leading all the characters to a tragic end.’
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Amalia (2018)
USA2011-2020HorrorOmar Rodriguez-LopezThrillerAfter her mother’s death, Amalia learns that her husband is having an affair. But when he mysteriously dies a few days later, the young widow, obsessed by her late husband’s mistress, succumbs to bloodthirsty madness.Read More »
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Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz – Ich seh, Ich seh AKA Goodnight Mommy (2014)
2011-2020AustriaSeverin FialaThrillerVeronika FranzIn the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust.Read More »
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Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation (1974)
1971-1980DramaFrancis Ford CoppolaThrillerUSAQuote:
The Director of a large anonymous corporation (uncredited Duvall) asks surveillance expert Harry Caul (improbably pacamac-ed hero, Hackman) to record a young couple’s private conversation. The film opens with Caul and assistants (including John Cazale) endeavouring to capture the said exchange in a busy square with an assortment of concealed mics.Read More » -
David Christensen – Six Figures (2005)
2001-2010CanadaDavid ChristensenDramaThrillerQuote:
Warner isn’t sure how he got where he is, but he’s not particularly happy to be there: mid-thirties, married, two kids, dead-end career in fund raising, cramped town house, old car, clothes slightly frayed around the edges. His latest job has landed him and his family in a boom-town where everyone else seems to have more than Warner – and more is what Warner wants. But it’s not what he gets. Instead, the probation period of his job has just been extended; his wife, Claire, thinks her own job is in jeopardy as well; their entire savings are going towards a house that won’t be big enough for them; and their four-year-old daughter, the preschool teacher tells them, is “a couple of beats behind” the other children. Read More » -
Satoshi Kon – Pâfekuto burû AKA Perfect Blue (1997)
1991-2000AnimationJapanSatoshi KonThrillerQuote:
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.Read More » -
Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
2011-2020DramaLynne RamsayThrillerUnited KingdomSynopsis
The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief – and feelings of responsibility for her child’s actions.Read More »









