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Action, Drama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
On 26 November 2008, waiter Arjun reports for work at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, India, under head chef Hemant Oberoi. The day's guests include British-Iranian heiress Zahra Kashani and her American husband David, with their inf…
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Action Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film
In 1556, Don Aguirre leads Spanish conquistadors to South America to search for the Tears of the Moon, a mythical tree whose flowers can cure illness and lift curses, believing it may save his ill daughter. After many conquistadors die, th…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Seeking to diversify, defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company. GloboTech CEO Gil Mars tasks his new employees, toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair, with upgrading their existing productsa range o…
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Action, Marital Tragedy, action film, drama film, psychological thriller film
Slim is a waitress in a Los Angeles diner where she meets wealthy family man Mitch Hiller, who wards off a rude man trying to hit on her for a bet. They eventually marry, have a daughter named Gracie, and live happily in an expensive house…
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Action Comedy, Adventure, action film, adventure film, comedy film
A film star attempting a comeback is abducted along with two others by a radical group that believes that by sacrificing three people, it would save humanity.
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Action, Japanese Monster Movie, Sci-Fi, action film, horror film, katastrophe, monster film, science fiction film, thriller film
An iguana nest is exposed to the fallout of a military nuclear test in French Polynesia. Some time later, a Japanese cannery vessel in the South Pacific is attacked by an unknown giant creature, with one fisherman surviving. While recoveri…
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Action Comedy, action comedy film, action film, spy film, thriller film
A gang of Ukrainian mobsters manages to steal a device known as "The Handle", estimated to be worth billions, from a secret military black site in Kyiv. In response, the British government hires Nathan Jasmine to retrieve the Handle before…
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Fairy-Tale Film, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, family film, fantasy film, melodrama
Five years since King Stefan's death, Aurora has benevolently reigned as Queen of the Moors, alongside Maleficent as its powerful guardian and protector. Despite her service, the neighbouring kingdom of Ulstead, home to Aurora's boyfriend …
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Sport, action film, comedy film
In rural North Carolina, Ricky Bobby is born in the backseat of a speeding Chevrolet Chevelle when his father, Reese, misses the turnoff for the hospital. Ricky sees Reese only once after that, at age 10, for career day at his school. Rees…
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Drama, Thriller, War Film, action film, drama film, romance film, war film
Vassili Zaitsev, a replacement soldier of the Red Army, arrives east of the River Volga during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. After a dangerous trip across the river into the city, he is forced to join a human wave attack carrying only …
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Action, Thriller
Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, action comedy film
Stu Price plans to travel to Thailand for his upcoming wedding to Lauren, his fiancée. To avoid what happened in Las Vegas two years earlier, Stu does not allow his three best friends, Doug Billings, Phil Wenneck and Alan Garner to throw h…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, comedy film, crime thriller film, spy film
Former CIA black ops agent Frank Moses lives in the suburbs and frequently tears up his pension checks in order to call center employee Sarah Ross, with whom he has fallen in love over the phone. One day, an assassination squad attacks Fra…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Gangster Film, Road Movie, Romance Film, action film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
During the Great Depression, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker of Texas meet when Clyde tries to steal Bonnie's mother's car. Bored with her job as a waitress, Bonnie becomes intrigued by Clyde and decides to partner with him in crime. They p…
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Drama, Eastern, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, much to the disappointment of her parents Zhou and Li, who hope that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is arranged to meet with a matchmaker t…
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Action, Thriller, action film, adventure film, drama film, sport film, survival film, thriller film
While rock climbing in Monument Valley, a freak accident puts adult siblings Peter and Annie and their father Royce Garrett in a deadly situation. To save his children, Royce verbally pushes Peter into cutting his safety rope, causing Royc…
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Detective Film, Fantasy, Gangster Film, Komödie, action film, comedy film, crime film
In 1938, a young street kid witnesses the massacre of a group of mobsters at the hands of Flattop and Itchy, two hoods on the payroll of Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, who leave a bullet-riddled message for police detective Dick Tracy. After …
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, science fantasy, science fiction film
A crew of bounty hunters led by Toombs arrives at the frozen planet U.V. 6 to hunt down Riddick, a notorious wanted fugitive. Riddick effortlessly kills Toombs' crew and forces Toombs to reveal the source of his intel: New Mecca on planet …
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Action Comedy, Komödie, action film, comedy film
In Emerald Bay, Florida, Lt. Mitch Buchannon is a beloved member of an elite lifeguard division known as Baywatch. The team, including second-in-command Stephanie Holden and veteran C.
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High Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film
A bloodied man named Boyce directly addresses the viewer, warning them that what they're about to see is not a happy fairytale. Earth has become an uncivilized, dystopian wasteland called the Lost Lands. In a society ruled by the Overlord,…
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American football film, Drama, Sport, action film, drama film
As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988, the football-crazed town of Odessa, Texas, has high expectations for the players and their coach Gary Gaines to win a state championship with their blue…
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Komödie, Sitcom, buddy film, comedy film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film
In Stone Age suburban Bedrock, Slate & Co.'s vice-president Cliff Vandercave and his secretary Sharon Stone plan to swindle the company of its vast fortune, pin the blame on a patsy, and flee. Fred Flintstone loans his best friend and neig…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama film
In the early part of the 20th century, Iquitos, Peru, a small city on the Upper Amazon, is experiencing rapid growth due to a rubber boom. One incomer, an Irishman named Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (known locally as "Fitzcarraldo"), is a love…
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film
A Caltech seismologist, Dr. Lawrence Hayes, and his colleague Dr. Kim Park are at Hoover Dam to test a new earthquake prediction model when a previously unknown nearby fault ruptures and triggers a 7.1 earthquake that collapses the dam.
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