Movies and TvShows featuring "staged-death" theme.
The Mess You Leave Behind is a gripping psychological drama TV show that delves into the aftermath of a teacher's death and its impact on the people around her. As the story unfolds, secrets and hidden truths are revealed, leading to shocking revelations and intense emotional turmoil. With elements of crime, mystery, and thriller, this series keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
Pulp novelist Holly Martins arrives in postwar Vienna to find his friend Harry Lime dead. As he investigates the circumstances of Harry's death, Holly discovers a criminal underworld and a conspiracy that involves betrayal and deception.
When a woman becomes involved with a charming and dangerous man, she finds herself caught in a web of deceit, blackmail, and violence. As she tries to escape his clutches, she must navigate the treacherous world of money laundering, fake funerals, and a Colombian drug cartel.
Identical twins Anna and Zoe find their bond tested over Anna's new love, Nick. While the trusting Anna is head over heels, her skeptical sister Zoe senses a web of deceit. But as Zoe digs for the truth, they're all pulled into a dangerous game where honesty could prove fatal.
Dead Before Dawn tells the gripping story of a woman living in a domestically abusive relationship, who finally decides to break free and fight for her and her children's safety. With the help of a private detective and an undercover FBI agent, she embarks on a dangerous journey that involves uncovering a conspiracy to commit murder. Based on a true story, this suspenseful movie explores themes of courage, resilience, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and her children.
Johnny Eager, a cynical district attorney, becomes involved with an evil lead character in a crime drama film-noir. The story revolves around Johnny's encounters with gangsters, a love triangle, illegal gambling, and deception. As the plot unfolds, Johnny's relationships and actions become more complex, leading to a thrilling climax.
Limbo centers around a secluded colony of child-vampires between the ages of 4 and 120, who were all the victims of shameless adult vampires. They are led by a formidable and deeply religious ex-nurse whose destiny in life is to find these ‘lost souls’ and raise them in her colony. Through religious teachings and rituals adapted from Catholicism, and the occasional visit to local towns for blood, she prepares the children for what God had in mind for them…
A retired lawyer and his daughter investigates a murder that had taken place in their new home. However, the two are unaware of the the dangers they are uncovering with each step closer to the truth.
During a fishing vacation in a small island town, an investigative journalist stumbles upon a secret laboratory operated by Nazi spies. He must uncover the truth and stop their sinister plans before it's too late.
Gruff retiree Rene rejects most human contact, but begins to soften once he comes to terms with his homosexuality.
How the mysteries surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s life and death gave rise to a conspiracy theory that will never die.
Fang Yung-Chiu is a young martial artist skilled in disc-throwing and swordplay. When a society known as the Han Brothers kills her master, she vows revenge; but, is her master really dead?
Two graduate students and lover's from USF studying Criminal Behavioral Sciences attempt to secure an interview with an active serial killer.
Leonardo Oviedo is an ambitious theatre director, whose plays haven’t accomplished the success he dreamt of. Seeking for some recognition, he decides to write a play for four characters; a one-performance only, where all actors have to die onstage. On that matter, he casts an old has-been actor, who is an alcoholic, a fat actress, an endearing and intellectually disabled boy and a black actor, who has only been cast for the color of his skin. The play brings on a media hype never seen before, is an instant success and everyone is eager for the opening night. Whit defenders and detractors, the whole country talks about Leonardo Oviedo, and he will be willing to get to the very end, to fulfill this sickening artistic ideal.
A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. On the longest day of the year, he plans to melt a huge block of ice with his own body heat and die of hypothermia. He calls this protest against the coldness of society "Funeral on Ice." Based on a true story.
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A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. He moves to a small rural village to start a new life with a new name and his new money, but finds that it's harder to escape his past than he thought it would be.
Savo from Kikinda (Serbia) and his brother recall how they called communal service few years back to empty the septic tank in their backyard. As careless servicemen weren't coming for days, Savo staged his death by drowning in the hole. Communal service sent three trucks while Savo was looking at them from the attic. A story of a small man who fought the system and won, only to become a huge YouTube hero afterwards.
Chorus is film about death, absence and how close they are to us. Based on a theater play by Tiago Rodrigues.
Ella, a young girl with extraordinary abilities, finds herself in a surreal and mysterious school of witchcraft. As she discovers the dark secrets hidden within its walls, she must confront staged deaths and unravel the truth behind her own existence.