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Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, independent film, neo-noir, thriller film
Drug lord Frank White strives to control New York City's criminal underground. Shortly after his release from Sing Sing Penitentiary, White and his crew, led by his trigger-happy right-hand man Jimmy Jump, consolidate power by eliminating …
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Action, Dark Fantasy, Erotic Film, Fantasy, Girls with Guns, Thriller, action film, fantasy film, girls with guns, thriller film
Following the death of her mother, a young woman is framed for her sister's murder by their stepfather, who is infuriated after being excluded from the will, and is subsequently committed to a mental institute. Upon arrival, her stepfather…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, alternate history film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, steampunk film, superhero film, vampire film
In 1899, a terrorist group led by the "Fantom" robs the Bank of England for Leonardo da Vinci's blueprints of Venice's foundations, kidnaps German scientists, and destroys a Zeppelin factory in Berlin. With the British and German Empires t…
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Family Drama, Sport, action film, drama film, kung fu film, martial arts film
A melancholic U.S. Marine Thomas "Tommy" Riordan visits his father, Paddy Conlon, a recovering alcoholic who has returned to his Roman Catholic faith in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a child, Tommy ran away from Paddy with his dying mother …
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, action film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
Off the coast of Rome, Italy, an iron maiden is brought up from the ocean floor. When the device is opened on the deck of the ship, it is revealed to contain Quỳnh, an immortal who has been imprisoned inside for 500 years. Six months after…
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Action, Destiny, Drama, action film, boxing film, drama film
Sixteen years after his street fight with Tommy "The Machine" Gunn, Rocky Balboa, now approaching sixty years of age, is long retired from boxing and lives a quiet life in Philadelphia as a widower, having lost his wife Adrian to cancer fo…
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Action, Christmas film, Drama, Sport, action film, boxing film, drama film
In 1985, Russian boxer and Soviet Army Captain Ivan Drago arrives in the United States from the Soviet Union with his wife Ludmilla, his trainers and his manager, Nicolai Koloff. Koloff takes every opportunity to promote Drago's athleticis…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, apocalyptic film, post-apocalyptic film, romantic comedy, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Gary King, an immature 40-year-old alcoholic, decides to recapture his youth by inviting boyhood friends Oliver Chamberlain, Peter Page, Steven Prince, and Andrew Knightley to complete the "Golden Mile", a pub crawl encompassing 12 pubs in…
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Drama, Gangster Film, Mafia Film, Thriller, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film
In the winter of 1931, Michael Sullivan Sr, is an orphaned enforcer of Irish Mob boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois. His wife Annie knows of his work, but his two sons Michael Jr. and Peter do not.
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Action, Adventure, Monumental Film, Swords and Sandals, action film, drama film, fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film
During the gods' battle against the Titans, Hades created the Kraken, a fearsome monster that helped win the gods' victory. Zeus and his brothers then divided the world amongst themselves: Zeus took the skies, Poseidon the seas, and Hades,…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Romance Film, Satire On Media, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, melodrama, mystery film, prison film, rape and revenge film, satire
Mickey Knox and his wife Mallory stop at a diner in the New Mexico desert. A duo of rednecks arrive and begin sexually harassing Mallory as she dances by a jukebox. She initially encourages it before beating one of the men viciously.
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, action film, action thriller, spy film, thriller film
Two years after the incident in Paris, Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie Kreutz are living in exile in Goa. Still suffering from amnesia, he documents flashbacks about his life as a CIA assassin in a notebook. In Berlin, a CIA agent wo…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film
Eons ago, Bor—the father of Odin—wages war against the Dark Elf Malekith, who seeks to unleash a weapon known as the Aether on the Nine Realms. After defeating Malekith's forces on their homeworld of Svartalfheim, Bor sends the Aether to a…
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Historie, Swashbuckler, action film, adventure film, drama film, epic film, medieval film, swashbuckler film
In AD 1199, Robin Longstride serves as a common archer in the army of King Richard the Lionheart. A veteran of Richard's crusade, he now takes part in the siege of Chalus Castle. Disillusioned, war-weary, and facing charges of misconduct a…
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Action, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 2005, Ahmad Shah, a local Taliban warlord in the Korangal Valley is identified as the person responsible for the deaths of several Marines, plus many villagers who are believed to have aided the American forces in Afghanistan. A Navy SE…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 1996 Los Angeles, psychopathic criminal Simon Phoenix kidnaps a busload of passengers. Police officer John Spartan, nicknamed "The Demolition Man" for the collateral damage he often causes in apprehending suspects, mounts an unauthorize…
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Action, Thriller, action film, katastrophe, thriller film
A botched switching operation by yard hostlers Dewey and Gilleece at an Allegheny and West Virginia Railroad (AWVR) yard in southern Pennsylvania results in a runaway freight train pulled by locomotive 777 (Triple 7) heading south at full …
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Gangster Film, action film, adventure film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1975 in New York City, after having served five years of a thirty-year prison sentence, career criminal, Carlito Brigante, is freed on a legal technicality that has been exploited by his lawyer, and close friend, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito…
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Action, action film, crime film, thriller film
Ex-LAPD officer Brian O'Conner has escaped to Miami and is in hiding, after aiding wanted felon Dominic Toretto in Los Angeles escape from authorities. He makes a living by street racing, driving his 1999 Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R in events …
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, cyberpunk, science fiction action film, science fiction film, superhero film, wuxia film
Having been rescued by the crew of the Mjolnir in the real world, Neo's body lies in the ship's medical bay. His consciousness is trapped in a subway station named Mobil Ave, a transition zone between the Matrix and the machine world. He m…
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Action, Detective Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In Marseille, a man is shadowing Alain Charnier, who runs a heroin-smuggling syndicate. Charnier's hitman, Pierre Nicoli, murders the man. Charnier plans to smuggle million (equivalent to $million in ) worth of 89% pure heroin into the Uni…
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Drama, Fantasy, Knights Tale, action film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword and sorcery film
In the Dark Ages, the sorcerer Merlin retrieves the magical sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake for Uther Pendragon, who is declared king. In exchange for their future child, Merlin uses his Charm of Making to help Uther seduce Igray…
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Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Detective Film, Komödie, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film
Axel Foley is a plainclothes Detroit police detective whose latest unauthorized sting operation goes sour when two uniformed officers intervene, resulting in a high-speed chase through the city that causes widespread damage. Axel's superio…
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Computeranimation, Family Comedy, Super Hero, action film, comedy film, family film, science fiction film
Supervillain Megamind and his polar opposite, superhero Metro Man, are extraterrestrials of different species who were both independently sent to Earth as infants before a black hole destroyed their planets. Though both land in Metro City …
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