Movies and TvShows featuring "awakened-by-a-telephone-call" theme.

An attorney takes on the case of a man on death row who is accused of killing a janitor in a chamber. As he investigates the case, he becomes haunted by his grandfather's ties to the Ku Klux Klan and his family's dark secrets. The attorney must navigate a web of racism and deception to save his client from execution.

In 'The Kid Detective,' a former child prodigy detective, now in his thirties, finds himself stuck in a small town, solving petty crimes. However, when a real mystery lands in his lap, he must confront lost opportunities, failed expectations, and traumatic events from his past to solve the case and regain his former glory.

Pardon Mon Affaire is a French sex comedy that follows a man who is going through a midlife crisis and facing marital problems. He becomes infatuated with a woman he sees on a balcony and embarks on an extramarital affair. The movie explores themes of love, adultery, and the complexities of relationships.

After being wrongfully convicted and spending six years in prison, a former vice cop seeks revenge on the man who framed him and killed his partner. He teams up with a group of ex-convicts to plan a heist on a casino and take down the criminals responsible.

After the tragic death of her husband, a mother struggles to care for her ill daughter. As supernatural events begin to occur, she discovers a dark pact made by her ancestors that must be broken to save her child.

After experiencing sleep paralysis herself, Kate Bowman becomes determined to uncover the truth behind a string of mysterious deaths linked to the terrifying condition. As she delves deeper into the investigation, Kate encounters an ancient evil entity that preys on people while they are asleep. With the help of a social worker and a wraith, she must fight the creature and prevent more deaths before it's too late.

When an archaeological excavation unleashes an evil creature from an Indian burial ground in the New Mexico desert, a female sheriff and her deputy must fight to protect their town from the creature's attacks. With the help of an archaeologist, they uncover the creature's origins and find a way to destroy it before it destroys them all.

Slightly Scarlet is a film-noir crime drama set in 1950s California. It revolves around a redheaded kleptomaniac who becomes involved in a dangerous game of corruption and murder when she gets her hands on incriminating evidence. The plot takes twists and turns as she navigates a web of deceit, eavesdropping, and tape-recording. As the story unfolds, she finds herself entangled with a crime boss, a mayoral candidate, and a ruthless police chief. With her sister's life on the line, she must fight to protect her and expose the truth before it's too late.

Drive a Crooked Road (1954) follows a lonely mechanic who gets involved in a dangerous criminal plot after he falls in love with a femme fatale. As he becomes the getaway driver for a group of bank robbers, he must confront his guilty conscience and face the consequences of his actions. Set in Los Angeles, this film-noir-style thriller explores themes of love, betrayal, and self-discovery.

After suffering a stroke, a filmmaker befriends a con man who takes advantage of her vulnerability and manipulates her into giving him money. As their friendship deepens, the filmmaker struggles to break free from his control and regain her independence.

People around Peter Crane begin dying in mysterious fashion. How is Playboy Peter involved in this? He begins having nightmares dealing with murder...His psychiatrist has no idea of what Peter is suffering from. Even the police are in danger as they start investigating the case. What is the secret of the "Magic Circle"?

When a murder investigation leads an examining judge to her own sister, she must confront secrets, deception, and the dark impulsive desires within her.

Shock on the night of love: Instead of the tender hand of his neighbor Maren Wenning, the married suburban Casanova Rudi Sterzenbach suddenly feels the bloody hand of a murder victim on his face in the dark cellar. The man lying there with his skull smashed in is the speculative shark Armin Teller. Ironically, also wrapped in the banner of a citizens' initiative against the gentrification of the quarter. An initiative in which they are both active.

Two friends reminisce about their last days of high school, when one of them ruined his shot at young love due to his jealousy and possessiveness.

In 'Body of Night,' a woman finds herself entangled in a secret society's dangerous game, leading her to confront her deepest fears and fight for her survival. With elements of drama and thriller, this movie explores the dark and suspenseful journey of the protagonist.

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.

In the Sweet Pie and Pie is a comedy film in which the Three Stooges are mistaken for wealthy bachelors and are hired to marry three society matrons. Chaos ensues when the bumbling Stooges get involved in a pie-fight and attempt to prevent an execution. They find themselves in a marriage of convenience and have to navigate various mishaps and schemes to save their lives. Will they be successful?

The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. Into the mix steps Carl Erickson, a charming Hollywood matinée idol in Paris briefly. He meets Paulette, sees her act (his box seat compliments of Philippe), and sets out to seduce her. The next two days bring talk, tears, separation, despair, surprises, and, perhaps, reconciliation as characters speak "exactly half the truth." It's a quadrille of changing partners.

A popular radio personality writes and broadcasts ghost stories over the air. He receives a strange call warning him not to finish his latest story, which is about a child who dies assisting in a magician's show.