Movies tagged as "intrigue"

'burbs, The [1989, USA ] starting from $1.99

A comedy about one nice guy who gets pushed too far.

Genres: Comedy, Horror Actors: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Brother Theodore, Courtney Gains, Gale Gordon, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, Cory Danziger, Franklyn Ajaye, Rance Howard, Directors: Joe Dante Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   This story takes place in a typical American neighborhood, when some new neighbors come to live in the house next to Ray Peterson. These new people are really strange; nobody has ever seen them, their house is a real mess, and during the night you can hear weird noises from their basement. The only thing they know is their name: Klopeks. One day Walter (an old man of the neighborhood) suddenly disappears and everyone starts to suspect the Klopeks...

Affair of the Necklace, The [2001, USA ] starting from $1.99

Her Birthright Was Stolen. Her Dignity Taken. Her Rights Denied. Deception Was The Only Option.

Genres: Drama Actors: Brian Cox, Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken, Hayden Panettiere, Simon Kunz, Paul Brooke, Peter Eyre, Frank McCusker, Simon Shackleton, Hermione Gulliford, Geoffrey Hutchings Directors: Charles Shyer, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Paris, 1786: a woman in court. The Crown murdered her father for his views about the poor, now Jeanne wants her home and good name back. She believes all can be set right if she can talk to the Queen, whose House Minister rebuffs her. With the help of a courtside gigolo, she learns to use what others desire to get what she wants. She needs a patron: with forged letters, she convinces Cardinal de Rohan she is the Queen's confidante and can help him regain royal favor. Jeanne conspires to have the Cardinal purchase a fabulous diamond necklace for the Queen. He delivers it to Jeanne for Marie Antoinette. If the scheme breaks down, what then? Might this affair spark revolution?

Contact [1997, USA ] starting from $1.99

From the Academy Award-winning director of "Forrest Gump" and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Contact" take you on a journey to the heart of the universe

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi Actors: Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner, Sami Chester, Timothy McNeil, Laura Elena Surillo, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, Henry Strozier, Michael Chaban, Max Martini, Larry King, Thomas Garner Directors: Robert Zemeckis, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go?

Devil's Advocate, The [1997, USA, Germany ] starting from $1.99

The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul.

Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Craig T. Nelson, Tamara Tunie, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Debra Monk, Vyto Ruginis, Laura Harrington, Pamela Gray, Heather Matarazzo, George Wyner Directors: Taylor Hackford, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality.

Tailor of Panama, The [2001, USA, Ireland ] starting from $1.99

In a place this treacherous, what a good spy needs is a spy of his own.

Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Catherine McCormack, , Brendan Gleeson, Directors: John Boorman Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.