On the edge

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows on the edge

poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster Bumping Into Broadway
Bumping Into Broadway
25mn - Comedy
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just bef…
poster Outlier
Outlier
81mn - Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
When a battered woman escapes her abusive boyfriend with help from a seemingly kind stranger, she discovers her rescue may have landed her in an even more sinister trap, forcing her to fight for survival …
poster A Life at Stake
A Life at Stake
(2.9/5)
78mn - Drama
A struggling architect desperate to rebuild his failed business accepts a lucrative proposition from a seductive married woman, but when he realizes she's manipulating him into a deadly insurance scam whe…
poster Twisted Minds
Twisted Minds
81mn - Drama, Horror
Local banker Bruno Adani's life is turned upside down when his stepbrother, Greg Tillney's darkened past catches up with him.
poster Move On
Move On
2mn - Documentary
In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfere with traffic. Policemen keep them moving. The pictu…
poster Dunces and Dangers
Dunces and Dangers
(3.2/5)
10mn - Comedy
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and every…
poster Elipsis
Elipsis
(3.1/5)
90mn - Drama, Thriller, Crime
When a successful actor's life spirals into chaos while his best friend rises to fame, their reversed fortunes force them into a dangerous partnership that threatens to destroy their friendship and their …
poster Cohen’s Fire Sale
Cohen’s Fire Sale
13mn - Comedy, Crime
A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
poster Next Aisle Over
Next Aisle Over
10mn - Comedy
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
poster The Fast and the Fierce
The Fast and the Fierce
87mn - Action, Thriller
When terrorists plant a bomb on a commercial airliner that will detonate if the plane drops below 800 feet, passengers and crew must unite in a desperate fight for survival. With the clock ticking and now…
poster In a Colt's Shadow
In a Colt's Shadow
(3.0/5)
79mn - Western
When gunfighter Steve defies his partner Duke by eloping with Duke's daughter, he attempts to start a peaceful life on a remote ranch, but soon finds himself caught between ruthless land-grabbers who want…
poster Scene on the River Thames
Scene on the River Thames
1mn -
Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.
poster This Is Not a Test
This Is Not a Test
(2.7/5)
73mn - Drama, Action, Thriller
Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack o…
poster An Eastern Westerner
An Eastern Westerner
28mn - Comedy, Western
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Pi…
poster Toonerville Picnic
Toonerville Picnic
(3.0/5)
7mn - Animation
The doctor prescribes a relaxing day at the beach for Mr. Bang, who is overstressed. But the beach is anything but relaxing.
poster Like a Bat Outta Hell
Like a Bat Outta Hell
83mn - Sci-Fi, Horror
Four documentary filmmakers venture into the Australian outback to capture footage in the remote settlement of "Nowhere Else," where the lone remaining resident warns them to stay inside after dark. When …
poster The Green Sea
The Green Sea
(2.7/5)
105mn - Drama, Mystery
A solitary writer on a downward spiral life changes when the lead character of her novel comes to life in a physical from unrecognizable to her and will force her to face her dark past.
poster Faultline
Faultline
95mn - Action, Short
When a devastating earthquake strikes a Florida island resort, a group of survivors becomes trapped in collapsing underground utility tunnels with the bridge to the mainland destroyed, forcing them to rel…
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