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Outbreak (1995) Douban TMDB NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Outbreak
director: Wolfgang Petersen actor: Dustin Hoffman / Rene Russo
other title: Virus letale / Outbreak - Fora de Controlo
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Eagles of the Republic (2025) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
نسور الجمهورية
director: Tarik Saleh actor: Fares Fares / Lyna Khoudri
other title: Le aquile della Repubblica / As Águias da República
George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.
Class of 1984 (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Class of 1984
director: Mark L. Lester actor: Perry King / Tim Van Patten
other title: Os Donos do Amanhã / Classe 1984
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
director: Bryan Forbes actor: Kim Stanley / Richard Attenborough
other title: Ventimila sterline per Amanda / An einem trüben Nachmittag
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
The Stepford Wives (1975) NeoDB IMDb KevGa-NeoDB TMDB Douban
The Stepford Wives
director: Bryan Forbes actor: Katharine Ross / Paula Prentiss
other title: La fabbrica delle mogli / Dukke-kvinderne
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
June 6, 2026 watched
Still scarily relevant. Perhaps even more so now as we approach the technological capability & many men don't seem any more accepting of women as real people with their own minds.

Watched at some point decades ago, rewatched in the #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
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Cairo Station (1958) TMDB IMDb
باب الحديد
director: Youssef Chahine actor: Farid Shawqy / Hind Rostom
other title: Stazione centrale / Estação Central do Cairo
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
King of Robbery (1996) WikiData IMDb
悍匪
director: Billy Chung Siu-Hung actor: Simon Yam / Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung
other title: 悍匪
After robbing countless Hong Kong jewelery shops, Ye Kuan (Simon Yam) sets out on a murderous rampage killing everything in his path. Police informants, criminals and members of the public — nobody is safe from the Hong Kong Thug.
Insomnia (1997) TMDB IMDb
Insomnia
director: Erik Skjoldbjærg actor: Stellan Skarsgård / Maria Mathiesen
other title: Insomnia - Todesschlaf
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.
Fer-de-Lance (1974) IMDb WikiData
Fer-de-Lance
director: Russ Mayberry actor: David Janssen / Hope Lange
other title: Die Todesfalle unter dem Meer / El submarino de la muerte
An American submarine leaves Tierra Del Fuego, and one of its crew has secretly brought aboard a container full of poisonous snakes which escape storage and bite key personnel on the submarine, causing an accident that cripples the vehicle so that it drops to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Worse still, the snakes are still at large on the submarine and complicate the efforts of the crew to escape the sunken vessel.
Blonde in a White Car (1959) TMDB WikiData IMDb
Toi... le venin
director: Robert Hossein actor: Robert Hossein / Marina Vlady
other title: Nachts fällt der Schleier / Toi... le venin
Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.
One Eight Seven (1997) TMDB IMDb WikiData
One Eight Seven
other title: Codice omicidio 187 / 187
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad. He then moves to California to be a sub for a predominantly Native Hispanic/Latin-American high school in Los Angeles. He is tormented by members of a Native Hispanic/Latino-American tag crew named K.O.S. (Kappin’ off Suckaz).
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Gone in Sixty Seconds
director: Dominic Sena actor: Nicolas Cage / Angelina Jolie
other title: Fuori in 60 secondi / 60 sekunder
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
May 2, 2026 watched
With this cast & budget, how did they make something so limp?

Watched in the 00s, rewatched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
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The Crimson Rivers (2000) IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Les Rivières pourpres
director: Mathieu Kassovitz actor: Jean Reno / Vincent Cassel
other title: I fiumi di porpora / De blodrøde floder
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
Tell No One (2006) TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Ne le dis à personne
other title: Non dirlo a nessuno / Fortæl det ikke til nogen
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.
Roadgames (1981) IMDb TMDB
Roadgames
director: Richard Franklin actor: Stacy Keach / Jamie Lee Curtis
other title: Drønhed asfalt / Truck Driver
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
Let Him Go (2020) NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Let Him Go
director: Thomas Bezucha actor: Diane Lane / Kevin Costner
other title: Uno di noi / Um de Nós
Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
Luger (2025) TMDB IMDb
Luger
director: Bruno Martín actor: David Sainz / Mario Mayo
Rafa and Toni are two hustlers who work for Angela, a lawyer with flexible morals who offers her clients quick solutions outside the law. The story unfolds over the course of a frantic day in a labyrinthine industrial park, when they are tasked with recovering a stolen car belonging to one of those clients. In the trunk, they find a mysterious safe containing a relic from World War II: a Luger P08, highly coveted by dangerous figures in the underworld.
The Outfit (1973) IMDb WikiData
The Outfit
director: John Flynn actor: Robert Duvall / Karen Black
other title: Organizzazione crimini / Revolte in der Unterwelt
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
An Eye for an Eye (1981) IMDb WikiData TMDB
An Eye for an Eye
director: Steve Carver actor: Chuck Norris / Christopher Lee
other title: Triade chiama canale 6 / Olho por Olho
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
April 5, 2026 watched
As an action fan, I've seen some real dreck. But this was actually a pretty well made thriller.

Sure it has its fair share of tropes, the fights aren't the most impressive I've seen, and I saw the twist coming a mile off, but it was coherent and well-paced and kept me engaged. After having just seen Norris in Slaughter in San Francisco and Lee in Starship Invasions, An Eye for An Eye was a relief!

(NB brief but delightful hamming from Stuart Pankin.)

Missed watching it in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, caught up with it later.
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