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Descent Into Hell (1986) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Descente aux enfers
director: Francis Girod actor: Claude Brasseur / Sophie Marceau …
other title: Discesa all'inferno / Abstieg zur Hölle …
The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...
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Kamikaze (1986) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Kamikaze
director: Didier Grousset actor: Richard Bohringer / Dominique Lavanant …
other title: Kamikaze - TV-Tod live / Kamikaze – TV-Tod live
1986 film by Didier Grousset
Nov. 11, 2025 to watch > A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill whoever is being filmed.
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The Kremlin Letter (1970) IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Kremlin Letter
director: John Huston actor: Bibi Andersson / Richard Boone …
other title: Lettera al Kremlino / Der Brief an den Kreml …
After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.
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Thief (1981) TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
Thief
8.5 (6 ratings) director: Michael Mann actor: James Caan / Tuesday Weld …
other title: Strade violente / Voldens gade …
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
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Blue Hell (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bleu comme l'enfer
director: Yves Boisset actor: Lambert Wilson / Myriem Roussel …
other title: Das Blau der Hölle / Bleu comme l'enfer …
Ned, a petty criminal, falls into the trap laid by Frank, a sadistic cop who, after having beaten him, takes him home. But Frank's wife Lily helps Ned escape and they fall in love.
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The Mad Bomber (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mad Bomber
director: Bert I. Gordon actor: Vince Edwards / Chuck Connors …
other title: Mad Bomber - L'uomo sputato dall'inferno / Aus der Hölle gespuckt …
Los Angeles detectives Minelli and Blake must track down a serial rapist who may know the identity of a mentally disturbed bomber.
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By Dawn's Early Light (1990) IMDb WikiData TMDB
By Dawn's Early Light
director: Jack Sholder actor: Powers Boothe / Rebecca De Mornay …
other title: Codice Trinity- Attacco all'alba / Condition Red …
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
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Boiler Room (2000) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Boiler Room
director: Ben Younger actor: Giovanni Ribisi / Vin Diesel …
other title: 1 km da Wall Street / O Primeiro Milhão …
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Oct. 25, 2025 watched
Not bad, but not quite as good as the films it name-checks, like Wall Street and Glengarry Glenn Ross.

Watched in #FridayThrillerClub #WatchParty on Mastodon
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This Gun for Hire (1942) WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
This Gun for Hire
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Veronica Lake / Robert Preston …
other title: Il fuorilegge / Die Narbenhand …
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
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The Red Circle (1970) NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Le cercle rouge
8.1 (10 ratings) director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Alain Delon / Bourvil …
other title: Le cercle rouge / I senza nome …
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.