The Look of a Killer

MR-9: Do or Die

August 2023 •Bengali

Elite Bangladeshi CIA agent Masud Rana – codename MR-9 – teams up with an American CIA operative to bring down an international criminal organization headed by a ruthless businessman.

Mystère à Shanghai

November 1950 •French

In Shangai, the "Green Dragon" threatens to kill Herbert Aboody, a rich exporter, unless he pays him 50,000 dollars. One of Aboody's secretaries calls inspector Wens for help. An amazing fact occurs, Wens kills Aboody and then disappears. What is the key to this mystery?

Les lionceaux

April 1960 •French

Patrice's good looks have made him a consummate womanizer but they also helped him win the heart of Juliette, the daughter of Blanche Eroli, an influential Parisian clothes designer. The latter doesn't want him as a husband for Juliette and would prefer to see her married to Vincent, her right hand man. To this end she offers Patrice a juicy check if he agrees to leave Juliette. He accepts the deal and leaves for the Riviera, where he discovers love in the person of pretty Caroline. But Juliette, who does not love Vincent, traces Patrice as far as Nice. Soon afterwards her dead body is found lying on her former fiancé's bed...

The Foreigner

June 2003 •English

This story is about a freelance agent who is the courier of a package from France to Germany. He soon finds that many people want to get their hands on it.

The Castle of Sand

October 1974 •Japanese

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Macabre

October 1958 •English

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.

La Bête Humaine

December 1938 •French

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

The Unsuspected

October 1947 •English

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.

Arrest Yang Qiangqiang

December 2024 •Chinese

An unexplained fire, an unidentified female corpse, and an extortion letter of unknown origin drag the innocent hotel owner Dong Hongliang's peaceful life into an endless abyss. The involvement of criminal police officer Ye Wentao leads to another unresolved old case. What is the truth behind the scene, and can the killing come to an end?

Deadly Appearances

April 2000 •English

Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,

Konfrontace

February 1972 •Czech

Charley Varrick

September 1973 •English

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.

Neonnächte - Der U-Bahn-Schlitzer

January 2000 •German

A new case for the energetic criminal investigation officer Beate Stein: The half-undressed corpse of a subway driver is found in a subway tunnel. It soon seems as if the perpetrator has been found in a convicted female murderer. But after his death, the murders continue ...

The Facts of Murder

October 1959 •Italian

A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.

Wake in Fright

July 1971 •English

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Fear

April 1964 •Czech

A car deliberately runs down a young man on a road by a small border town. The locals recognize the dead man as one of the students who were there on volunteer work some time before. The police detectives, Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) and Lieutenant Varga (Radoslav Brzobohatý) can then get on the trail of the people with whom the victim was involved, especially at the photographic studio headed by Bohuslav Pacer (Bohus Záhorský).

Countdown

August 1967 •English

Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.

The Spiral Staircase

January 1946 •English

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

March 1939 •English

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.

El invierno en Lisboa

April 1991 •Spanish

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summer.