Beckett

Aug 4, 2021

1h 49m

★ 6.2

Born to be murdered.

Overview

An American tourist in Greece finds himself on the run after a tragic accident plunges him into a political conspiracy that makes him a target for assassination.

Genres

Crime

Action

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Frenesy Film

MeMo Films

RT Features

Wise Pictures

RAI Cinema

Beckett Trailers

Cast

Beckett

John David Washington

Lena

Vicky Krieps

Xenakis

Panos Koronis

Stephen Tynan

Boyd Holbrook

April Hanson

Alicia Vikander

Thalia Symons

Daphne Alexander

Female Shooter

Lena Kitsopoulou

Village Nurse

Isabella Margara

Officer Steve Majessy

Marc Marder

Beewoman

Olga Spyraki

Embassy Official

Abe Cohen

Stefanos

Andreas Marianos

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

6.2

The President's Plane Is Missing

Oct 23, 1973

When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.

5.0

Regarde-moi

May 9, 2001

A man writes a play, hoping that it will help him understand the dramatic events his son lived in Greece.

7.3

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

May 19, 1955

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

5.9

Love and Bullets

Apr 5, 1979

Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in to protect her, hoping that she'll have incriminating evidence. Veteran agent Charlie Congers is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes apparent that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he falls in love with her. Bomposa decides it would be more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, ordering her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer the angry and vengeful Congers.

7.3

Athadu

Aug 10, 2005

A hitman, Nandu, is hired to stage the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is actually killed and Nandu is framed for the murder, he assumes a dead man's identity to evade the law.

6.8

Gefährliche Wahrheit

Oct 15, 2021

No overview available.

7.2

Kites

May 21, 2010

A wounded man searches for his sweetheart in the Mexican desert while on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and others.

5.1

The Net 2.0

Feb 15, 2006

The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem.

7.1

The Negotiator

Jul 29, 1998

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

6.6

Death on Holiday

Nov 1, 2024

Mihai, Adrian and Patricia struggle to get into the good graces of Rodica, a lonely and rich old woman in the hope that they will inherit her fortune.

0.0

Waking State

Oct 16, 2025

After watching a top secret videotape, a small town law clerk must track down the tape's origin and its connection to a deeper conspiracy.

6.7

Golden Slumber

Feb 14, 2018

A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.

7.8

Mulholland Drive

Jun 6, 2001

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

7.0

Arlington Road

Mar 19, 1999

Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begins to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.

6.5

Crash

Jul 17, 1996

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.

7.7

All the President's Men

Apr 9, 1976

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

7.4

The Lady Vanishes

Oct 7, 1938

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

6.2

Wolf Creek

Sep 16, 2005

Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman, who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.

5.5

Shutter

Mar 21, 2008

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.