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Buddy Film, Komödie, Secret Agent, action film, buddy film, comedy film, heist film, spy film
In 1963, CIA Agent Napoleon Solo extracts Gaby Teller, daughter of nuclear scientist Dr. Udo Teller, from East Berlin. She does not know him, as she was left to be raised by a mechanic almost two decades ago.
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Anti-War Film, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1989, Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, whose father served in the earlier Vietnam War (1955–1975), attends United States Marine Corps recruit training before being stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. Claiming that he joined the military b…
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Caper-Movie, Komödie, action film, comedy film, heist film
Reuben Tishkoff builds a hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Against advice from his friend and erstwhile criminal partner Danny Ocean, he becomes involved with investor and casino mogul Willy Bank, whose thugs strongarm Reuben into signi…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, mystery film, science fiction film
At the 1964 New York World’s Fair, young inventor Frank Walker attempts to showcase his homemade jet pack, but it fails and does not impress the judges. However, a mysterious girl, Athena, sees potential in him. She gives him a lapel pin m…
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Action, Political Thriller, action film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film
A United States Coast Guard vessel intercepts and boards an American yacht in the Caribbean Sea and finds evidence that the ship's owner and passengers, American businessman Peter Hardin and his family, were murdered by the piloting Colomb…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, action comedy film, adventure film, fantasy film, swashbuckler film, sword and sorcery film, sword-and-sandal film
Before the time of the pyramids, a horde of warriors from the East, led by Memnon, conquers most of the local tribes. No tribe is willing to fight Memnon, as his sorcerer can foresee any attack. Mathayus, along with his half-brother Jesup …
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Adventure, Biographical picture, action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film
In 1905, Percy Fawcett is a young British major who participates in a stag hunt on an Irish baronial estate for the visiting Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s benefit. A skilled horseman and marksman, he brings down the stag swiftly, but is snubb…
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, black comedy film, crime film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Spencer and Laura Peterson, with their children Luke and Anna, are coping with the loss of their elder son, Caleb, to the war in Afghanistan. They are visited by David Collins, a former U.S. Army sergeant who claims he was Caleb's best fri…
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime thriller film, vigilante film
A psychopathic sniper, later referred to as "Scorpio", shoots a woman while she swims in a San Francisco skyscraper rooftop pool. He leaves behind a threatening letter demanding he be paid $100,000 or he will kill more people. The note is …
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film, vigilante film
Paul Kersey, a trauma surgeon, lives with his wife Lucy and daughter Jordan in Chicago. When the family visits a restaurant with Paul's brother Frank, a valet parking attendant named Miguel secretly copies their address after hearing that …
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Action, Komödie, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, martial arts film
Jack Burton is driving his semi-trailer truck, nicknamed the Pork Chop Express, while narrating a monologue over the Citizens band radio (CB). He arrives at an outdoor market, drinking and gambling throughout the night. In the morning, Jac…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, mystery film, speculative fiction film
Andy, Booker, Joe, and Nicky are mercenaries with unexplained regenerative healing abilities. They accept a job to rescue a group of kidnapped girls in South Sudan, breaking their rule of never working for the same employer twice. The miss…
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Action, Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1997, Los Angeles is experiencing a heat wave and a turf war between heavily armed Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels. A Predator watches a shootout between the gangs and the LAPD, observing as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan charges into the…
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Action, Adventure, Romantic Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, medieval film, romance film, swashbuckler film, vigilante film
In 1194, English nobleman Robin of Locksley has spent years in an Ayyubid prison in Jerusalem, having followed King Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade. Robin and his comrade Peter Dubois escape, saving the life of a Moor named Azee…
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Animation, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, Thriller, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, fantasy film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller
A scientist is commissioned by his government to create a highly intelligent robot in the name of peaceful progress, which the government then seizes and turns into the Fabrication Machine, an automaton that can construct an army of war ma…
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Action, action film, heist film, thriller film
Following their successful heist in Brazil, Dominic Toretto lives with Elena Neves; his sister Mia lives with Brian O'Conner and their son, Jack; Gisele Yashar and Han Lue are together; and Roman Pearce and Tej Parker live in luxury. DSS a…
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Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, slapstick
Two years after the events of the first film, Larry Daley leaves his job as night guard at the Museum of Natural History to start a company selling his own inventions on direct response television. He visits the museum and learns that most…
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Fantasy
The film is set during the timespan of The Fellowship of the Ring. It takes place 17 years after Bilbo Baggins's 111th birthday party and just before Frodo Baggins leaves the Shire for Rivendell (an interval not outlined in Jackson's film …
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia
A dystopian near-future Australia is facing a breakdown of civil order primarily owing to widespread oil shortages and ecocide. The berserk motorbike gang member Crawford "Nightrider" Montazano kills a rookie officer of the poorly funded M…
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Komödie, Silly Movie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, teen film
Two years following their success in the 21 Jump Street program, Schmidt and Jenko are back on the streets investigating narcotics trafficking. However, after failing in the pursuit of a group of drug dealers led by a kingpin known as "The…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, action thriller, thriller film
Secret Service agent Mike Banning undergoes training at a paramilitary facility in Virginia, owned by his former Army Ranger commanding officer Wade Jennings, now CEO of private military company Salient Global. Banning is recommended for t…
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Retro Science Fiction, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In 1873 New Mexico Territory, a man awakens injured in the desert with a strange metal bracelet attached to his left wrist and no memory. He wanders into the town of Absolution, where preacher Meacham treats his wound. Sheriff John Taggart…
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Fantasy, Komödie, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, teen film
At the top of the Empire State Building, Zeus meets his brother Poseidon. Zeus accuses Poseidon's demigod son, Percy Jackson, of stealing his master lightning bolt. Poseidon reminds him that Percy is unaware of his true identity.
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Five years after Kyra's death, Riddick has become uneasy in his role as Lord Marshal of the Necromonger fleet. His refusal to swear into the Necromonger faith has caused dissent among his subjects. After the latest attempt on his life, Rid…
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