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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Secret Agent, action comedy film, action film, comedy film, science fiction film
In 1996 Brooklyn, Molly Wright witnesses her parents being neuralyzed by agents of Men in Black after they see an alien in their home. Molly helps the alien escape, avoiding neuralyzation herself. Twenty-three years later, rejected from go…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Mafia Film, Melodrama, Romantic Drama, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, romance film, thriller film
Charlie Cappa, a young Italian American in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City, is hampered by his feeling of responsibility toward his reckless younger friend John "Johnny Boy" Civello, a small-time gambler and degenerate who r…
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Action, Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, docudrama, drama film
Action, Horror, Thriller, action film, drama film, horror film, thriller film
Five-year-old Veronica meets with a man named William after her parents have died. He offers to take her in and train her for a job that is only for "special" people, explaining that his wife and child were killed by "a very bad man". She …
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LGBTQ-related film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, anthology film, chase film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, girls with guns, horror film, independent film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film, zombie film
Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, martial arts film, superhero film, thriller film, vigilante film
In 1982, young Matt Murdock is accidentally blinded by radioactive waste shortly after witnessing his father, washed-up boxer Jack "The Devil" Murdock, extorting money for local mob boss Eddie Fallon. Despite this, Matt's remaining senses …
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Action Comedy, Adventure, Romantic Comedy, action film, action-adventure film, romance film, romantic comedy
At a Washington, D.C. farmers' market, Sadie Rhodes, a lonely professional who travels often, meets Cole Turner, a romantic agricultural author. They share an enjoyable all-night date, culminating in sex, and he returns home but his texts …
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, found footage film, hood film
Los Angeles Police Department officers Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala are close friends and partners in the LAPD's Newton Division, assigned to patrol a high crime area of South Central Los Angeles. Taylor, a United States Marine Corps veter…
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Action, Action Comedy, Martial-Arts, action film, comedy film, ninja film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In New York State, news reporter April O'Neil investigates a crime wave by a group of criminals called the Foot Clan. At a dock at night, she sees the Foot raiding cargo containers. After an unseen vigilante attacks the thieves, April noti…
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Action, action film, action thriller, crime film
Private military advisor Santiago "Pope" Garcia works in Colombia with local police combating drug cartels. An informant named Yovanna asks for his help to smuggle her and her brother out of the country in exchange for drug lord Gabriel Ma…
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Action Comedy, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, superhero film
Four years after Thaddeus Sivana's defeat, Hespera and Kalypso, daughters of the Titan Atlas, break into the Acropolis Museum in Athens to steal the Wizard's broken staff. Taking it to the Wizard, imprisoned in the Gods' Realm, they force …
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film
On an alternate Earth, a church called the Magisterium controls people's beliefs under the auspices of the Authority. Every person's soul exists as their own animal companion, a dæmon, and they must remain in close proximity. When young, p…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film
Draenor, homeworld to the orcs, is being torn apart by a force known as fel magic. Orc warlock Gul'dan unites the orc clans into the Horde, and creates a portal to another world, Azeroth, by using fel magic to drain the life out of captive…
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Action, Super Hero, Terrorism, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, buddy film
In response to a brief blackout at the FBI Cyber Division headquarters, FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman asks local law enforcement to bring in high-level computer hackers nationwide. NYPD Police Detective John McClane is assigned to pick…
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Adventure, Drama, action film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, thriller film
The SS Poseidon, an aging ocean liner slated for retirement, sails from New York to Athens on her final voyage before being scrapped. Despite safety concerns from Captain Harrison, Linarcos, the new owner's representative, insists he go fu…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller, flashback film, political thriller film, spy film
In 1991, the United States and China are close to a major trade agreement, with the President due to visit China to seal the deal. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learns that its asset Tom Bishop has been arrested at a People's Liber…
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Action, Drama, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
thumb|upright=1.3|Cliffs of 'Navarone', showing how the openings to gun positions were portrayed in the film by marble quarries on the island of Palmaria, off the west coast of Italy In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island o…
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Komödie, Silly Movie, action film, adventure film, comedy film
Dave Skylark is the host of the talk show Skylark Tonight, where he interviews celebrities about personal topics. The show's broadcast gets interrupted by news reports about North Korea, regarding its leader Kim Jong Un and concerns about …
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Ninja Film, action film, ninja film, superhero film
Living on the run, a young boy and his father are found by their sinister pursuers. Forced to roll dice to determine his fate, the father is murdered after rolling double ones, but his son escapes. Twenty years later, the boy has adopted t…
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Drama, action film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, thriller film
Architect Doug Roberts returns to San Francisco for the dedication of The Glass Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper that he designed for developer James Duncan. The tower, tall and 138 stories, is the world's tallest building. During testing, an…
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Action, Knights Tale, War Film, action film, drama film, historical film, medieval film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
In the 5th century AD, the declining Roman Empire is withdrawing from Britannia, where the native Woads, led by Merlin, stage an insurgency. A group of Sarmatian knights and their half-British Roman commander Artorius Castus, known as "Art…
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film
In 517 A.D., the evil Blood Queen, Vivienne Nimue, unleashes a plague on England until King Arthur thwarts her with the aid of Ganeida, a member of her coven. Arthur uses Excalibur to dismember Nimue and hides her remains across England. I…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, action film, buddy film, crime thriller film, drama film, vigilante film
In Boston, Irish American fraternal twin brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus attend Mass, where the priest mentions the fate of Kitty Genovese. Later, while Connor and Murphy are celebrating Saint Patrick's Day with friends, three Russian …
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Teen Comedy Film, children's film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film, teen film
Will Stronghold lives with his superhero parents, Steve Stronghold / The Commander and Josie DeMarco-Stronghold / Jetstream, in Maxville. Will is anxious about attending his parents' alma mater Sky High, a school located on a secret floati…
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