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poster Hijacked: Flight 285
Hijacked: Flight 285
94mn - Action, Drama, Crime
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $2…
poster Detained
Detained
18mn - Comedy
When a convict forcibly changes places with our hero Stan, he's taken to the pokey in the prisoner's place. Run-ins with pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair follow. Will the warden find Stan innocent o…
poster Alive
Alive
(2.7/5)
89mn - Horror, Thriller
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.
poster Mercenaries
Mercenaries
89mn - Action
When the President's daughter is captured in a war-torn region, a lethal team of female commandos must infiltrate a fortress-like women's prison to pull off an impossible rescue.
poster The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow
18mn - Comedy
Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. The usual mayhem ensues.
poster In Love and War
In Love and War
(2.9/5)
100mn - Adventure, Romance, Action
This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior off…
poster Layover
Layover
91mn - Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a spoiled hotel heiress gets kidnapped by sex traffickers during a layover in Detroit, her recently fired assistant becomes her only hope for survival in a desperate race against time.
poster Ghost Webcam
Ghost Webcam
(2.8/5)
60mn - Horror
Trapped under house arrest, a young man witnesses his virtual date's horrifying death through a mysterious webcam feed from a haunted house. Unable to leave home without risking arrest, he must rely on hi…
poster The Farm
The Farm
80mn - Thriller, Mystery, Horror
The young couple Nora and Alec are on their way back from a long road trip. In a desert town they want to take a break, but when they wake up the next morning, they are no longer in the motel where they …
poster Albert R.N.
Albert R.N.
(3.3/5)
88mn - War, History
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in or…
poster Buried Alive
Buried Alive
62mn - Crime, Drama, Romance
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed fo…
poster Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
83mn - Western
The Governor of Kansas assembles six deadly gunfighters to liberate the town of Abilene from a corrupt, self-appointed sheriff who rules through terror and holds innocent hostages, including the governor'…
poster An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
16mn - Drama
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores…
poster A Perfect Host
A Perfect Host
76mn - Horror, Thriller
Sam and Avery escape to an isolated lake house for a romantic weekend getaway, but their peaceful retreat turns into a nightmare when Tad, the property's fitness-obsessed owner, emerges from the woods wit…
poster Behind Locked Doors
Behind Locked Doors
(3.3/5)
62mn - Drama, Crime, Thriller
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart ha…
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster Going Ga-Ga
Going Ga-Ga
(3.2/5)
20mn - Comedy
Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break into the institution at night, dressed as men to beat…
poster Hydra
Hydra
94mn - Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transp…
poster The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
(3.5/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the vic…
poster Hypocrites
Hypocrites
(3.3/5)
54mn - Drama
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
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