Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "veiled-threat"

1. Hell or High Water (II) (2016)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch.

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham

Votes: 252,163 | Gross: $27.01M

2. The Untouchables (1987)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith

Votes: 330,386 | Gross: $76.27M

3. The Beasts (2022)

137 min | Drama, Thriller

An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.

Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido

Votes: 18,140

4. The Traitor (2019)

R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 12,926

5. Identification of a Woman (1982)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Romance

A director's wife leaves him. He pursues another woman who also departs. This inspires a movie idea about women's relationships. He searches for an actress to star in the film and his life.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson, Lara Wendel

Votes: 3,226

6. The Old Gun (1975)

R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen

Votes: 4,847

7. Custody (2017)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.

Director: Xavier Legrand | Stars: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux

Votes: 10,299 | Gross: $0.08M

8. Deep Water (1981)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey

Votes: 1,072

9. Cesar & Rosalie (1972)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Cesar is in love with Rosalie. But Rosalie isn't making it easy for him, especially when her old flame enters the picture.

Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq

Votes: 3,830

10. The ComDads (1983)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime

A woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men.

Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey, Michel Aumont

Votes: 6,691

11. Man on a Swing (1974)

PG | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only... See full summary »

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson

Votes: 766

12. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)

Unrated | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli

Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.28M

13. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this episode captain Drummond tries to find the killer of various people. All assassinations were provoked by a diamond of great value, but Drummond will face the danger.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny

Votes: 652

14. Hi-Jacked (1950)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A truck driver stops on a rainy road at night to help a stranded motorist, but it turns out to be a ruse--he is attacked, knocked out and his truck stolen. Since he has a criminal record, ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Jim Davis, Marcia Mae Jones, Sid Melton, David Bruce

Votes: 140

15. City of Missing Girls (1941)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

There's an epidemic of missing girls in the city. The new assistant district attorney has to figure out what's going on before he loses his job, especially with a nosy reporter making his life difficult.

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden

Votes: 307

16. Bab El Oued City (1994)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Mohamed Ourdache, Hassan Abidou, Mabrouk Ait Amara

Votes: 220

17. Read You Like a Book (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, Dante's former ... See full summary »

Director: Robert N. Zagone | Stars: Tony Amendola, Joe Bellan, Karen Black, Darren Bridgett

Votes: 141

18. Opt-in (2019)

63 min | Drama, Thriller

An idealistic engineer lands his dream job at the biggest social media company in the world. But when he discovers the dark side of the business, he must decide whether to stay silent or risk everything to expose the truth.

Director: Gabriel Gambetta | Stars: Aaron Royce Jones, Gabriel Gambetta, Stuart Selesnick, Kiel Hooker

Votes: 7

19. The Edited (2021)

11 min | Short

An earnest, misfit girl enters a strange school where they literally edit history, science, and literature, and teach that Big Brother is actually the hero of George Orwell's 1984. Will ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Choit | Stars: Trista Nabors, Melissa Shoshahi, Matt Larson, Sonia Elsie

Votes: 16

20. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Mountain Wedding (1963)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

The Darlings ask Andy to help them deal with wild mountain man Ernest T. Bass, who wants the already-married Charlene Darling/Wash for himself.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Denver Pyle

Votes: 418

21. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.680 (1969)

TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After Maggie punishes David, he threatens to get even. In the west wing, Maggie sees Quentin.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Joan Bennett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Clarice Blackburn, David Henesy

Votes: 30

22. The Bureau of Magical Things (2018–2021)
Episode: Revelations (2021)

TV-G | 24 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Imogen becomes suspicious that Apinya is not who she claims to be; while trying to get her stepfather to accept Darra as her boyfriend, Kyra makes an extraordinary discovery about her birth father.

Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Kimie Tsukakoshi, Elizabeth Cullen, Mia Milnes, Julian Cullen

Votes: 40

23. The Cape (2011)
Episode: Pilot (2011)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Drama

Fueled by a desire to reunite with his wife Dana and son Trip, former police officer Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" -- his son's favorite comic book superhero -- and takes the law into ... See full summary »

Director: Simon West | Stars: David Lyons, Keith David, Summer Glau, James Frain

Votes: 259

24. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Night Lands (2012)

TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Arya makes friends with Gendry. Tyrion tries to take control of the Small Council. Theon arrives at his home, Pyke, in order to persuade his father into helping Robb with the war. Jon tries to investigate Craster's secret.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 32,572

25. Shameless (2011–2021)
Episode: The American Dream (2013)

TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama

Fiona stresses about the money she used for her club night and it gets worse when Lip finds out. Frank makes his way home and he's the only one who can keep Hymie quiet. Kevin's wife resurfaces.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky

Votes: 2,142

26. Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode: What Did the Debates Tell Us? (2012)

TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show

Reality-checking the debates and banking reform.

Stars: Neil Barofsky, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marty Kaplan, Bill Moyers

27. The Listener (2009–2014)
Episode: In Our Midst (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Michelle receives an uncomfortable assignment: investigate Becker (her immediate superior).

Director: Peter Stebbings | Stars: Craig Olejnik, Lauren Lee Smith, Ennis Esmer, Anthony Lemke

Votes: 65

28. Stalker (2014–2015)
Episode: Skin (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a man's quiet suburban neighborhood and home are vandalized and his family is terrorized, he is forced to reveal his nefarious past to secure protection from the TAU.

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Victor Rasuk, Mariana Klaveno

Votes: 356

29. Stalker (2014–2015)
Episode: A Cry for Help (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a series of harrowing attacks befall two seemingly random victims, the TAU desperately searches for a connection between them before the elusive stalker strikes again.

Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Victor Rasuk, Mariana Klaveno

Votes: 401

30. Law & Order True Crime (2017)
Episode: The Menendez Murders: Episode 3 (2017)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With Lyle (Miles Gaston Villanueva) and Erik (Gus Halper) in custody for suspicion of murder, defense attorney Leslie Abramson (Edie Falco) works tirelessly alongside Jill Lansing (Julianne... See full summary »

Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Edie Falco, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Gus Halper, Chris Bauer

Votes: 177

31. Mrs. Wilson (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2018)

57 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

Visiting Coleman again, Alison demands to know who Dorothy is. Coleman tells Alison to stop digging and darkly suggests that, if she persists, she may jeopardise her sons' futures.

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Calam Lynch, Fiona Shaw, Otto Farrant

Votes: 387