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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back(2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 58min | Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 2,178 votes)

When Major Susan Turner is arrested for treason, ex-investigator Jack Reacher undertakes the challenging task to prove her innocence and ends up exposing a shocking conspiracy.

The Witch(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 3,051 votes)

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

Holes(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 603 votes)

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he must dig holes in order to build character. What he doesn't know is that he is digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.

In the Heat of the Night(1967)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 436 votes)

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Gothika(2003)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 38min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 1,064 votes)

After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

Silver Streak(1976)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Crime, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 129 votes)

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1956)

1h 55min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 44 votes)

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...

The Long, Hot Summer(1958)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 81 votes)

Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben Quick might make a good husband for Clara to bring some new blood into the family.

Children of Paradise(1945)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 11min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 165 votes)

Nathalie falls for Baptiste Debureau, a mime. But his heart is set on Garance, who is also coveted by Frederick Lemaitre and the Count of Montray.

Sherlock Jr.(1924)

FSK: 6+ years
| 45min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
4.1/5 (with 392 votes)

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Tell No One(2006)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 11min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 605 votes)

A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

House Arrest(2021)

1h 46min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?

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Pink(2016)

2h 16min | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 90 votes)

A sexual assault victim, unjustly tried for the attempted murder of her attacker, is defended by a retired lawyer who challenges India's rape culture.

Witchfinder General(1968)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 27min | Drama, History, Horror
3.3/5 (with 93 votes)

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

The Legend of Billie Jean(1985)

1h 36min | Action, Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 76 votes)

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

Ride in the Whirlwind(1966)

1h 22min | Western
3.1/5 (with 35 votes)

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

The Famous Five 4(2015)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 37min | Thriller, Crime, Kids & Family, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

The famous five George, Julian, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog are spending holidays together. But when they are invited by Berhard, father of Julian, Dick and Anne, to visit an egyptian exhibition they see a burglar. They have a look at the mummy the burglar was tempering with to find a golden amulet. The famous five decide to visit Egypt to hand over the amulet. When arriving in Egypt Bernhard is arrested because he's asserted he stole the amulet and replaced it with a fake. Now its up to the young detectives to solve the case and prove their fathers innocence.

Breakout(1975)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 36 votes)

A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

My New Partner II(1990)

1h 47min | Action, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 62 votes)

The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.

Accused(2023)

1h 28min | Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

After a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.

Directed by Philip Barantini

Love Is a Gun(1994)

1h 45min | Mystery, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A model causes an obsessed police photographer to lose his girlfriend and become a murder suspect.

Directed by David Hartwell - With Eric Roberts

Aitraaz(2004)

2.9/5 (with 23 votes)

Aitraaz revolves around the character Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) a successful businessman who has everything going for him, including a lovely wife (Kareena Kapoor). Just when he thinks things can't get any better, Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) - his ex-girlfriend, now the boss's wife - walks back into his life - and she wants Raj at any cost.

Wanted(1967)

3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.

Salem Witch Trials(2002)

3.2/5 (with 15 votes)

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.

Directed by Joseph Sargent - With Kirstie Alley

Invisible Ghost(1941)

1h 4min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 18 votes)

The town's leading citizen is a man victim of homicidal impulses beyond his control. He is being controlled by his wife who had left him for another man. She was involved in a car accident that has left her brain damaged and is kept in the basement, in secret, by Kessler's gardener.

Square One(2019)

1h 28min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
4.4/5 (with 24 votes)

An investigation into the original 1993 Michael Jackson allegations brought by the Chandler family.

Chronicle of an Escape(2006)

1h 43min | Thriller
3.3/5 (with 28 votes)

The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.

Seminole(1953)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 27min | Adventure, Western
2.7/5 (with 10 votes)

19th-century army officer Lance Caldwell is assigned to Fort King in the Everglades. Immediately clashing with his commanding officer Major Dade, Caldwell opposes Dade's plans to wipe out the Seminole Indians. The fact that Caldwell was the boyhood chum of Seminole chief Osceola is all the more reason to resist Dade's genocidal policies. After a deadly confrontation which costs dozens of lives on both sides, Osceola rescues Caldwell, whereupon the latter is court-martialed. Later on, Osceola comes to Fort King to talk peace, and is promptly killed by persons unknown. An attempt is made to frame Caldwell for the killing, but the truth eventually prevails.

Vakeel Saab(2021)

2h 35min | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Three girls find themselves accused of attempt to murder after escaping molestation. Their only hope is an alcoholic lawyer who agrees to take up the case.

Directed by Venu Sree Raam - With Pawan Kalyan, Anjali, Nivetha Tharseth, Prakash Raj

Suez(1938)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

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