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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, road movie, thriller film
After a global war results in widespread oil shortages and ecocide, civilisation collapses and the world descends into barbarism. Former policeman Max Rockatansky, haunted by the death of his family, drives around the desert Outback of wha…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film
A joint operation between the FBI and the MVD in Moscow leads to the demise of the younger brother of Azerbaijani mafia kingpin Terek Murad. Intending to retaliate, Murad hires an ex-KGB asset, an international hitman operating under the c…
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Action, action film, thriller film
After barely surviving a previous mission in Dhaka, Tyler Rake is airlifted for medical treatment to Dubai, and after recovery, retires from mercenary work to a cabin in Gmunden to recuperate. Tyler is later approached by a stranger and as…
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Thriller, Western, Western film, crime film, drama film
In 1884 Arizona Territory, Dan Evans is a poor rancher and Civil War veteran who owes money to Glen Hollander, a local banker in the town of Bisbee. Hollander's men burn down his barn and scatter his cattle as a warning to pay his debts. T…
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Classical Western, Romance Film, Social Drama, Western film, drama film
thumb|right|upright=1.2|thumbtime=3:37|Trailer for Giant In the mid-1920s, wealthy Texas rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. travels to Maryland to purchase a prized stallion and meets socialite Leslie Lynnton. The two marry and return to t…
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Crime, Drama, action film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
On the evening of February 3, 1971, NYPD Detective Frank Serpico is rushed to the hospital, having been shot in the face. Police Chief Sidney Green fears that Serpico was shot by another cop. Serpico's story is shown in a flashback.
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Action, Animation, Crime, Fantasy, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, children's film, comedy film
Frank DeTorre (Murray) is an unkempt zookeeper at the Sucat Memorial Zoo in Rhode Island who copes with his late wife's death by overeating and foregoing basic hygiene, much to the concern of his 10-year-old daughter Shane (Elena Franklin)…
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Action, Thriller, action film, action thriller, adventure film
Commercial pilot Brodie Torrance, a former RAF pilot from Scotland, flies Trailblazer Airlines Flight 119 from Singapore to Honolulu via Tokyo using an DC-9 aircraft. Among the 14 passengers is fugitive homicide suspect Louis Gaspare, who …
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, ninja film, science fiction film, thriller film
Special Forces team commander Duke leads the G.I. Joe Team to the Korean Demilitarized Zone to rescue a North Korean defector. They are then assigned another mission to steal nuclear warheads from Pakistan after the death of its President …
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller
Mitch Rapp and his girlfriend Katrina Harper are on vacation in Ibiza, Spain. Moments after Katrina accepts Mitch's proposal of marriage, a jihadist cell lands on the beach and begins to attack the civilians with rifles. Amid the carnage, …
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, thriller film
Hannah Faber, a smokejumper, is struggling after failing to prevent the deaths of three young campers and a fellow smokejumper in a forest fire. She is now posted in a fire lookout tower in Park County, Montana. Owen Casserly, a forensic a…
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film
After a Space Shuttle crashes on Earth, an intelligent fungus-like organism is discovered on the scattered wreckage across the United States. Soon afterward, people begin behaving strangely, showing detachment and a loss of emotion. Among …
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Action, Crime
Rugged loner, Bowdrie "Bo", lives a quiet life in the remote woods of Oklahoma with his quick-witted teenage daughter, Tag, who was raised off the grid following her mother's death when she was three. One morning while out fishing, Tag dis…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, children's film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, flashback film, science fantasy, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In Modesto, California, Susan Murphy prepares for her wedding to weatherman Derek Dietl, who switches their honeymoon in Paris, France to Fresno, California for a career opportunity. However, just before the ceremony, a meteorite from a de…
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Action, Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film
To relieve his boredom, Emperor Ming the Merciless of the planet Mongo begins Earth's destruction by remotely causing natural disasters. On Earth, football star Gregory "Flash" Gordon boards a small plane and meets travel agent Dale Arden.…
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Action, Adventure, adventure film, drama film
In 2007, "environmentalist" Lucy Mirando becomes CEO of the Mirando Corporation, succeeding her twin sister Nancy. Announcing they have been breeding a special kind of "super pig", 26 specimens are sent to farmers around the world. In abou…
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Buddy Film, Komödie, Sci-Fi, Western, Western film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, steampunk film
Four years after the end of the American Civil War in 1869, U.S. Army Captain James T. "Jim" West and U.S.
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Thriller, action film, horror film, thriller film
Jobless former criminal Eddie Barrish struggles to provide for his daughter, Sarah. One day, while searching for unattended cars to rob, he comes across an unlocked Dolus luxury SUV. As he gets in to loot the valuables, the vehicle locks i…
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Action Comedy, Animation, Fantasy, Martial-Arts, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, martial arts film
In the Spirit Realm, Master Oogway fights General Kai, who has stolen the chi from every other deceased kung fu master. As Kai steals his chi, Oogway warns him that someone is destined to stop him. Kai uses the stolen chi to return to the …
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Crime Comedy, Komödie, comedy film, crime film
In 1982, 10-year-old Gracie Hart breaks up a school fight between two boys, one of whom is a bully and the other, her crush. The boy she likes feels humiliated, as he was saved by a girl and he rudely rejects her, so she punches him and ca…
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Military Film, action film, thriller film
Captain Eddie "Reaper" Grimm, a US Air Force drone pilot in the 15th Attack Squadron, supported by Staff Sergeant Nia Branson, provides air support from a Reaper to a US Army Delta Force team sent to rescue a CIA spy in the southern Philip…
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Adventure, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In 2007, Trevor Anderson is a Bostonian volcanologist whose 13-year-old nephew Sean is supposed to spend ten days with him. Trevor learns at work that his brother's lab is being shut down because of a lack of funding. He had forgotten that…
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Girls with Guns, Secret Agent, action film, girls with guns, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
Evelyn Salt is in prison in North Korea, suspected of being a U.S. spy. The CIA arranges a prisoner exchange to stifle the publicity her boyfriend, arachnologist Mike Krause, is bringing to her case.
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Action, Fantasy, Martial-Arts, action film, fantasy film, martial arts film, ninja film
The Outworld emperor Shao Kahn opens a portal to Earthrealm and has resurrected Queen Sindel, Princess Kitana's long-deceased mother, to facilitate his invasion. Thunder god Rayden and Earthrealm warriors Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, and Johnny …
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