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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, science fiction film, splatter film, zombie film
After completing a nursing shift in the Milwaukee area, Ana returns home to her husband, Luis. Because they are distracted during the evening, they miss emergency news reports. The next morning, a zombified neighbor girl enters their bedro…
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, action film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, teen film, thriller film
In 1957, on an automobile production line in Detroit, a newly-built red 1958 Plymouth Fury slams its hood shut by itself onto a worker's hand, while another worker is found dead inside the car after dropping cigar ash on its seats. In 1978…
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Adventure, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film, thriller film
The British information-gathering vessel St Georges, which holds the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC), the system used by the Ministry of Defence to co-ordinate the Royal Navy's fleet of Polaris submarines, is sunk after traw…
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Animation, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In 1957, during the Cold War, a gigantic extraterrestrial robot crash-lands off the coast of Rockwell, Maine. The following night, 9-year-old Hogarth Hughes investigates reports of power outages and discovers the Giant feeding on electrica…
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Historie, Monumental Film, Swords and Sandals, drama television series, fantasy film, war film
Part 1 Odysseus is called to service by Agamemnon in the Trojan War after the birth of his son Telemachus, much to the dismay of his wife, Penelope. Concerned that he may not return, Odysseus urges his wife to remarry if Telemachus reaches…
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Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
In New York City, award-winning male model Derek Zoolander is at a low point; he is ousted as the top male fashion model by rising star Hansel McDonald, and his roommates and colleagues Brint, Rufus, and Meekus are killed in a "freak gasol…
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Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, science fiction film, war film
After being rescued from the destroyed arena in the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, Beetee, and Finnick Odair are taken to District 13, an underground district isolated from Panem that has been spearheading the rebellion. Katniss is i…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, martial arts film, ninja film
Mortal Kombat is a martial arts tournament that is held once every generation between representatives of the realms of Earth and the otherworldly dimension of Outworld. If Outworld achieves ten consecutive victories, the Outworld Emperor w…
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Computeranimation, Family Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, buddy film, crime film, spy film
British spy Finn McMissile infiltrates an oil rig in the Pacific Ocean owned by criminal lemon cars to rescue fellow spy Leland Turbo. He witnesses the lemons, seemingly led by Professor Zündapp, loading an emitter disguised as a televisio…
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Animalhorror, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film, melodrama, mystery film, natural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
At a San Francisco pet store, socialite Melanie Daniels meets lawyer Mitch Brenner, who wants to buy lovebirds for his sister Cathy's 11th birthday. Mitch recognizes Melanie from her court appearance regarding a practical joke gone awry an…
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Secret Agent, action film, thriller film
James Reese appears to be an efficient and affable personal aide to the U.S. ambassador in France and after a brief morning chat, Reese quickly leaves, slips into the building's dark parking garage to switch license plates on his vehicle b…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime film, thriller film
A successful action thriller starring Nicolas Cage as an infamous criminal and John Travolta as the cop trying to bring him down. In an attempt to get information on criminal Castor Troy, police officer Sean Archer switches faces with him …
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Action, Social Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, action thriller, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2154, Earth is overpopulated, diseased, and heavily polluted from ecocide. The planet's citizens live in extreme poverty. In contrast, the rich and powerful live on Elysium, an orbiting space station just outside Earth's atmosphere, wit…
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Christmas film, Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, drama film
Carrying out his first order, inexperienced hitman Ray shoots a priest during confession, but accidentally kills an altar boy standing in the line of fire. He and his mentor Ken are sent by their boss, Harry, to hide in Bruges, where they …
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film, thriller film
SPECTRE operative Emilio Largo plots to hold NATO ransom by hijacking two atomic bombs from an RAF Avro Vulcan bomber during a training exercise. At the Shrublands health resort, SPECTRE operative Count Lippe has French Air Force pilot Fra…
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Super Hero, action film, adventure film, superhero film
In Antarctica, members of Kord Industries, led by its co-founder and CEO Victoria Kord, locate an ancient alien artifact known as the Scarab. Meanwhile, Jaime Reyes returns to his hometown of Palmera City after graduating from Gotham Law U…
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Animation, Komödie, Sport, children's film, comedy film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, sport film
In 1973, a young Michael Jordan tells his father, James, about his dreams of playing in the NBA. Twenty years later, following James' death, Jordan retires from basketball to pursue a career in baseball. In outer space, amusement park Moro…
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Action, Thriller, action film, political thriller film, thriller film
Mike Banning, a former U.S. Army Ranger, serves as a Secret Service agent in the Presidential Protective Division. He cultivates a warm, personal bond with President Benjamin Asher, First Lady Margaret, and their son, Connor.
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Super Hero, action film, science fiction film
Superman has been missing for five years, ever since he traveled to the location where astronomers believed they discovered the remains of Krypton. His arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor, has recently been released from prison and married a wealthy …
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Action, Adventure, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is threatened by a Separatist movement consisting of star systems and planets in the outer rim seceding from the republic that has been organized by Count Dooku, a former Jedi Mast…
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Sci-Fi, action film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 1979, Deputy Sheriff Jack Lamb of Lillian, Ohio and his 14-year-old son Joe mourn the death of wife and mother Elizabeth in a workplace accident. Jack blames Elizabeth's co-worker Louis Dainard for the accident, as Dainard had a hangove…
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Coming Of Age, Found Footage, Sci-Fi, coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, found footage film, pseudo-documentary, superhero film, teen film, thriller film
In Seattle, teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied in school, abused by his alcoholic father Richard, and his mother Karen has cancer. The family struggles with medical debt after Richard loses his firefighter job. Andrew’s only friend is his c…
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Action, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Road Movie, action film, road movie, thriller film
David Mann is a middle-aged salesman driving on a business trip. He encounters a dilapidated tanker truck in the Mojave Desert. Mann passes the truck, but the truck roars past him.
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Adventure, Drama, Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, drama film
In the Fall of 1991, the commercial swordfishing boat Andrea Gail returns to port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a poor catch; boat owner Bob Brown ridicules and taunts Captain Billy Tyne over his recent "cold streak." Desperate to red…
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