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Action, Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Time Travel, dystopian film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
thumb|thumbtime=103|upright=1.5|Teaser of the film Astronauts Taylor, Landon, and Dodge awaken from deep hibernation when their spacecraft crashes into a lake on an unknown planet after a near-light-speed space voyage. Before they abandon …
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Action, action film, crime film
Dominic Toretto and Letty Ortiz are on their honeymoon in Havana when Dom's cousin Fernando gets in trouble owing money to local racer Raldo. Sensing Raldo is a loan shark, Dom challenges him to a race, pitting Fernando's 1949 Chevrolet Fl…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, adventure film, anthology film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film, vigilante film
"The Customer Is Always Right (Part I)" The Salesman walks onto a penthouse balcony where The Customer looks out over Basin City. He offers her a cigarette and says that she looks like someone who is tired of running and that he will save …
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Action, Adventure, action-adventure film
Heart of the Beast follows Special Forces officer James Belmont and his retired combat dog Odin after a plane crash in Alaska. Stranded in the wilderness, they face cold weather and danger. The film shows their fight to survive and the str…
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Action, Aliens, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, crossover fiction, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
A satellite detects a heat bloom beneath Bouvet Island, an island about off the coast of Antarctica. Wealthy industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland discovers through thermal imaging that there is a pyramid buried beneath the ice. He assemble…
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Adventure, Animation, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, fantasy film
In Medieval Scotland, a young Princess Merida of Clan DunBroch celebrates her birthday and is given a bow and arrow by her father, King Fergus, dismaying his wife Queen Elinor. In the forest, Merida encounters a will-o'-the-wisp and follow…
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Action Comedy
Three years after Dan Morgan defeated his father, McCaffrey, and imprisoned him, Dan now runs his own private security firm; his wife, Jessica, is a triathlete coach, and Nina is studying abroad in London. Jessica was offered a promotion t…
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Spaghetti Western, Western film, action film
An unnamed stranger arrives at the little frontier town of San Miguel. Silvanito, the town's innkeeper, tells the Stranger about a feud between two smuggler families vying to gain control of the town: the Rojo brothers — Don Miguel, Esteba…
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Coming Of Age, Justice Drama, Komödie, Super Hero, action film, comedy film, superhero film, teen film
Dave Lizewski is an awkward teenager who lives in Staten Island with his widowed father. Inspired by comic books and wondering why there are no real-life superheroes, Dave modifies a wetsuit to become a superhero but is attacked and critic…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, Sci-Fi, action film, disaster film, science fiction film, war film
In the twenty years after the War of 1996, the United Nations has founded the Earth Space Defense (ESD), a global defense program using reverse-engineered alien technology and serves as Earth's defense force against extraterrestrial threat…
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Action, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, teen film
In 2005, unpopular-yet-scholarly student Morton Schmidt and popular-yet-underachieving athlete Greg Jenko miss their school prom, Schmidt being rejected by the girl he was trying to ask to be his date and Jenko being barred from attending …
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Animalhorror, Horror comedy, action film, black comedy film, police film, thriller film
In 1985, drug smuggler Andrew C. Thornton II drops a shipment of cocaine from his plane. He attempts to parachute out with the last drug-filled duffel bag, but knocks himself unconscious on the doorframe and falls to his death.
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Christmas film, High Fantasy, action film, fantasy film
In September 1940, after surviving the Blitz during World War II, the Pevensie children – Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy – are evacuated from London, England to the country home of Professor Kirke. During a game of hide-and-seek, Lucy disc…
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Coming Out, Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Psychodrama, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, surrealist film
Craig Schwartz is an unemployed puppeteer in New York City, in a forlorn marriage with his pet-obsessed wife, Lotte. He finds work as a file clerk for the eccentric Dr. Lester in the Mertin-Flemmer building, on a floor between the 7th and …
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film
thumb|right|Aerial view of the U.S. Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox After his latest mission, James Bond relaxes at a hotel in Miami Beach. Bond's superior, M, through CIA agent Felix Leiter, directs him to observe bullion dealer Auri…
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Fantasy, Western film, action film, fantasy film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Eleven-year-old Jake Chambers experiences visions of a mysterious warlock, the "Man in Black", who seeks to destroy a "Tower" and bring ruin to the "Universe" while a lone "Gunslinger" opposes him. Jake's visions are dismissed by his mothe…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, Knights Tale, Monster Film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror, fantasy film, horror film, time-travel film, zombie film
Having been accidentally transported to the Middle Ages, Ash Williams is captured by Lord Arthur's men, who suspect him of being a spy for Duke Henry, with whom Arthur is at war. He is enslaved along with the captured Henry, his shotgun an…
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Biographical picture, Swords and Sandals, action film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, historical film, romance film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
In the first century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by slaves. One slave, a Thracian named Spartacus, is so uncooperative in his position in a mining pit that he is sentenced to death by starvation. B…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Komödie, Musical, adventure film, buddy film, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film, musical film
In 1939 New Orleans, Charlie B. Barkin escapes from the dog pound with the help of his best friend Itchy Itchiford and returns to their casino riverboat on the bayou. His business partner, Carface Caruthers is surprised to see Charlie aliv…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film
In 2233, the Federation starship USS Kelvin investigates a "lightning storm" in space. A Romulan ship, Narada, emerges from the storm and attacks the Kelvin, then demands that Kelvins Captain Robau come aboard to negotiate a truce. Robau i…
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Adventure, Animation, Fairy-Tale Film, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, medieval film, monster film
The Viking village of Berk is frequently attacked by dragons that steal livestock and endanger the villagers. Hiccup, the 15-year-old son of the village chieftain, Stoick the Vast, is deemed too weak to fight, so he creates mechanical devi…
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Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, Modern-Day Fantasy, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, family film
In Los Angeles, where humans and anthropomorphic animals co-exist, master pickpocketer Mr. Wolf leads the Bad Guys, an infamous gang of criminals consisting of his best friend and safecracker Mr. Snake, expert hacker Ms.
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, martial arts film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
Six months after escaping the Matrix, Neo and Trinity are now romantically involved. Morpheus receives a message from Captain Niobe of the Logos calling an emergency meeting of all ships of Zion. An army of Sentinels is tunneling towards Z…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Dark Comedy, Fairy-Tale Film, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, family film, fantasy comedy, fantasy film
Newlyweds Shrek and Princess Fiona return from their honeymoon to find they have been invited by Fiona's parents to a royal ball to celebrate their marriage. Though Shrek is mortified about visiting the kingdom as an ogre, and resents Fion…
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