Movies and TvShows featuring "setup" theme.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a horror anthology TV show that follows a group of teenagers who call themselves The Midnight Society. They gather around a campfire in the woods and take turns telling scary stories. As they tell their stories, the supernatural events from their tales start to become real, and they find themselves facing the horrors they conjured up. Each episode focuses on a different story, exploring various themes of horror and suspense.

After her sister is murdered in a car explosion, a tough female sheriff returns to her small southern town to investigate the murder. She uncovers a web of corruption, political conspiracy, and criminal activity as she seeks justice for her sister.

A successful American businessman finds himself accused of murder in China, where he must navigate a corrupt legal system and fight to uncover the truth.

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Garrison and his team investigate potential links to the assassination in New Orleans. Three years later, the investigation is reopened after Garrison notices inaccuracies in the Warren Commission Report. Garrison interrogates witnesses and uncovers evidence of a conspiracy involving the CIA, military-industrial complex, Cuban exiles, and the Mafia. Despite facing opposition and attacks on his character, Garrison presents evidence of multiple assassins during Clay Shaw's trial.

When a Canadian investigative journalist is falsely accused of drug trafficking, he finds himself trapped in a Southeast Asian prison. Based on a true story from the 1980s, he must navigate the dangerous world of corruption and drug smuggling to prove his innocence and survive.

In Riding Shotgun (1954), a deputy sheriff finds himself seeking revenge for his father's murder by taking on an outlaw gang. With the help of a physician and a cantina owner, he sets out to bring justice to those responsible. As he faces various challenges, including a siege and attempts on his life, he must rely on his skills and determination to prevail.

When an undercover police officer infiltrates a dangerous criminal organization, he becomes entangled in a web of corruption and deception. With his life on the line, he must fight against all odds to uncover the truth and bring the criminals to justice.

A charismatic Real Estate agent, Kevin Coe, is publicly proud of his mother, a prominent socialite, but privately he must put up with her constant belittlements and taunts. And while his latest girlfriend starts discovering the depths of his anguish, no one connects him with a long series of violent rapes that have been troubling the area.

In 'Gumshoe,' Eddie Ginley is a bookshop owner by day and a struggling nightclub comedian by night. He becomes embroiled in a dangerous mystery when he answers a newspaper ad to become a private detective. As Eddie tries to solve the case, he finds himself facing off against a drug ring, British intelligence, and his own dark alter ego. Set in Northern England, this neo-noir comedy explores themes of colonialism, racism, and brotherly rivalry.

Noblewoman Livia and her friend Marquis Cecco Ottobuoni take revenge against politician Fabrizio Siniscalchi, Livia's lover who dumped her for political reasons, by setting him up with a young prostitute Anna to cause a scandal.

Romantic comedy docu-style dating series is hosted by Ashley Williams. In each episode, they meet different hometown parents with a big problem – their successful adult child is living far away in a big city – and is still single. The couple gathers their neighbors and asks for help to find a match for their them to go out with. Now, the entire community is on the hunt to find the best three daters for the “city single” to go on dates with, in the hopes that they will fall in love, move back home and live happily ever after.