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Drama, Military Film, Thriller, disaster film, drama film, historical film, katastrophe, thriller film
During the nuclear arms race in 1961, the Soviet Union possesses enough missiles to destroy the world twice-over, the United States ten times over, and they continue to build more. American nuclear submarines patrol near Leningrad and Mosc…
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Action, Crime, Drama, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, rape and revenge film, vigilante film
Paul Kersey is a middle-aged architect who lives in Manhattan with his wife, Joanna. Their adult daughter, Carol, and her husband, Jack Toby, live nearby. One day, Joanna and Carol are followed home from the grocery store by three muggers …
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Buddy Cop, Crime, Komödie, Martial-Arts, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, martial arts film
Three years after the events of Rush Hour 2, Chinese Ambassador Solon Han, with Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee as his bodyguard, addresses the importance of fighting the Triads at the World Criminal Court in Los Angeles, while …
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Action, Sport, action film, drama film, sport film
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in ONE Championship against its champion Xavier Grau.
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Action, action film
Zee is a professional hit woman living in Paris who is regularly employed by Finn, an Irishman working for crime lord Jules Gobert, to eliminate Gobert's rivals in the drug business. Her violent lifestyle has left her with few things to en…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
In an unnamed South East Asian country, the Prime Minister closes a deal with a representative of Cardiff, an American company specializing in water systems. After the representative leaves, a group of armed rebels initiate a coup d'état a…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, Girls with Guns, Vampirfilm, Werewolf, action film, action thriller, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, romance film, vampire film, werewolf film
For generations, vampires and Lycans, an ancient species of werewolf, have secretly waged war. The vampires gain the upper hand when Lycan leader Lucian seemingly dies at the hands of vampire Kraven, who becomes the second-in-command to th…
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Action Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, adventure film, comedy film
A team of Angels including Jane and Sabina, led by senior operative John Bosley, capture international embezzler Jonny Smith in Rio de Janeiro and turn him over to American authorities. A year later, the European division of the Townsend A…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, drama film, kaiju, speculative fiction film
As a young girl, Nora Tidemann listens to her father Tobias narrating the mythology of trolls and the origin of their local mountains. During one story, Nora almost "sees" the faces of trolls turned to stone in the rock face. Years later, …
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Action, Thriller, action film, detective film, disaster film, mystery film, thriller film
Bill Marks is a U.S. Air Marshal and ex-NYPD officer who boards a British non-stop transatlantic flight, British Aqualantic Airlines Flight 10, from New York City to London. Bill sits next to Jen Summers in business class, who has switched…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action comedy film, adventure film, family film, superhero film
Missy Moreno is at home with her dad, Marcus, when they receive word to come to the rescue of heroes where Missy has to go with her father and be with other Heroics children. Missy meets these other children there: Wheels, who possesses su…
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action film, horror film, kaiju, science fiction film
In 1954, after the Japanese freighter Eiko-maru is destroyed near Odo Island, another ship—the Bingo-maru—is sent to investigate, only to meet the same fate with few survivors. A fishing boat from Odo is also destroyed, with one survivor. …
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, thriller film
Former Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan learns, in a routine investigation, that a mysterious man, who calls himself "Booth", is planning to assassinate the President of the United States (unnamed in the film). Booth soon makes a phone …
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Gangster Film, Psychological Thriller, Social Drama, action film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Kaydee "Caine" Lawson and his best friend Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson enter a liquor store to buy some malt liquor, but a Korean cashier and his wife pressure them to quickly purchase their drinks. As they depart, the cashier deliberately insul…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film, techno-thriller, thriller film
After the September 11 attacks, Jack Ryan, studying at the London School of Economics, becomes a U.S. Marine officer serving in Afghanistan, until his spine is critically injured while saving two of his fellow Marines when his helicopter i…
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Action, Animalhorror, Thriller, action film, adventure film, disaster film, drama film, horror film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Four years after the killing of the great white shark, another great white shark kills two scuba divers photographing the wreckage of the Orca. Their camera, which took pictures during the attack, is later recovered by Deputy Jeff Hendrick…
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Silly Movie, action film, parody film
Zohanele "Zohan" Dvir is an IDF commando known for his promiscuity and superhuman traits. Despite his success, he is tired of the Israeli-Arab conflict, and he dreams of leaving the military to become a hairstylist for John Paul Mitchell S…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 1983, a highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed "worlds" — Western World (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval Europe) and Roman World (the ancient city of Pompeii). The resort's worlds are p…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Four years after his adventure in the center of the Earth, 17-year-old Sean Anderson is caught by police following a high-speed dirt bike pursuit that ends in a neighbor's swimming pool. His stepfather, Hank Parsons, intervenes to keep him…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film, prison film
In 1972, after a violent confrontation with his abusive father, Miklo Velka, a teenager of half-Mexican descent, leaves Las Vegas for East Los Angeles. He moves in with his cousins, Paco and Cruz, who are members of the Vatos Locos gang. M…
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Action, Adventure, Horror, Mysterie, Romantic Drama, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, kaiju, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham, known for wildlife films in remote exotic locations, is chartering Captain Englehorn's ship, the Venture, for his new project. However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has b…
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Action Comedy, Animation, Parodie, action film, comedy film
In Antarctica, penguin chicks Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski rescue an egg from leopard seals on an abandoned whaling ship and are sent on an iceberg. When the egg hatches, the trio adopt the chick as their brother, Private. Ten years later, …
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Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, Komödie, Martial-Arts, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, martial arts film
LAPD Detective James Carter is in Hong Kong on vacation with his friend, Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee. His vacation is put on hold when a bomb at the US Consulate General kills two undercover US Customs agents. Lee is assigne…
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Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, musical film
In a small Italian village in 19th century, a vagrant cricket named Jiminy Cricket enters the home of a widowed elderly woodcarver named Geppetto, who lives with his pet kitten Figaro and goldfish Cleo. Geppetto has completed work on a pup…
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