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Adventure, action film, adventure film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Six days after the end of the American Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen seek out cryptographer Thomas Gates and ask for his help in decoding a message copied into Booth's diary. Thomas recognizes the message as a Playfai…
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High Fantasy, action film, adventure film, family film, fantasy film
In Narnia, almost 1,300 years after the Pevensie siblings (King Peter, Queen Susan, King Edmund, and Queen Lucy) left Narnia and returned to their world, Caspian, a Telmarine prince, is awakened by his mentor, Doctor Cornelius. Doctor Corn…
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Detective Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Tony Wendice, a retired English professional tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot, who has been having an affair with Mark Halliday, an American crime-fiction writer. Tony secretly knows about the affair and plots Margot's…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, prison film, thriller film
Former prosecutor Ray Breslin is the founder and co-owner of Breslin-Clark, a security firm specializing in testing the security measures of supermax prisons. Posing as an inmate to study facilities from within and exploit their weaknesses…
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Action, action film, drama film, political thriller film, thriller film
U.S. President James Sawyer makes a controversial proposal to sign a peace agreement with other nations to remove military forces from the Middle East. Divorced veteran John Cale works as a Capitol Police officer assigned to Speaker of the…
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Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
While millionaire airline magnate Tom Mullen and his wife Kate attend a science fair, their son Sean is kidnapped and taken to an apartment by Maris Conner, a caterer working for the Mullens; brothers Clark and Cubby Barnes; and tech exper…
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Action, Animalhorror, Thriller, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
In a remote underwater facility, doctors Susan McAlester and Jim Whitlock are conducting research on mako sharks to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, by harvesting a specific protein complex from the shark's enlarged brain tissue to hel…
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Thriller, action film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
While traveling from California to Colorado to pick up his childhood friend and crush Venna, Lewis Thomas reluctantly stops in Salt Lake City after he learns his estranged brother Fuller has been arrested. Lewis bails him out and Fuller ta…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy, teen film
In the kingdom of Frell, the misguided and obnoxious fairy godmother Lucinda Perriweather bestows the "gift" of obedience on newborn Ella of Frell, causing her to instantly and literally obey any command she is given. On her deathbed, Ella…
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High Fantasy, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, fantasy film
Three Narnian years and one Earth year after the events of Prince Caspian, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are staying with their irritating cousin Eustace Scrubb while their older siblings Peter and Susan are in America as World War II rages on.…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Girls with Guns, Sci-Fi, Zombiefilm, action film, biopunk, girls with guns, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film, zombie film
Alice and the survivors on board the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia are attacked by a fleet of Umbrella gunships led by Alice's brainwashed former ally, Jill Valentine; Alice is captured during the attack. An Alice clone awakens in…
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Mysterie, Police Film, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dana Scully, a former FBI Special Agent, is now a staff physician at a Catholic hospital; she is treating Christian, a young boy with symptoms similar to Sandhoff disease. FBI Special Agent Mosely Drummy approaches Scully for help in locat…
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Action, action film, adventure film, medieval film, swashbuckler film
Lord Robin of Loxley, an aristocrat and an English longbow master, lives in Nottingham and enjoys a good life with his lover Marian, before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the Sarace…
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War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In March 1944, OSS officer Major John Reisman is ordered by the commander of ADSEC in Britain, Major General Sam Worden, to undertake "Project Amnesty", a top secret mission to turn a dozen of the United States Army's worst convicts into h…
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Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, neo-noir, romance film, splatter film, superhero film, thriller film, vigilante film
Eric, an addict with a troubled childhood, struggles with life and nightmares at a rehabilitation center. Shelly, a musician with similar issues, receives a video on her cell phone from her friend Zadie that incriminates Vincent Roeg, a cr…
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Crime Comedy, action film, comedy film, crime film, drama film
In 1994, ex-con and bodybuilder Daniel Lugo is hired by Sun Gym owner John Mese as a manager. Lugo befriends trainer and bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal, who was recently rendered impotent from steroids. He envies the earnings and lifestyle of …
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Dark Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, LGBTQ-related film, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, action film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
In 1929, Tom Reagan is the right-hand man for Irish mobster Leo O'Bannon, a political boss who runs an unnamed U.S. city during Prohibition. Leo sets off a mob war when he extends protection to his girlfriend Verna's brother, a bookie name…
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Komödie, Road Movie, adventure film, comedy film, screwball comedy film, treasure hunt film
Donald Sinclair, the eccentric owner of The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, devises a new game to entertain the high rollers who visit his hotel. Six special tokens are placed in the casino's slot machines, and the winners are g…
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Action, Pirate Film, action film, drama film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Former pirate Ercell Bodden lives a quiet life on Cayman Brac with her disabled son Isaac and sister-in-law Elizabeth, who are unaware of her past. Ercell waits for her sea captain husband T.H. to return, his ship overdue by 59 days.
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Military Film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, heist film
U.S. Army Special Forces Ranger John "Hannibal" Smith escapes from corrupt Federal Police officers working for renegade General Javier Tuco in Mexico, and returns to rescue his friend Templeton "Face" Peck with help from fellow Ranger B.A.…
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Social Drama, action film, association football film, crime film, drama film
Matt Buckner, an American college student studying journalism, is expelled from Harvard University after cocaine is discovered in his room. Though it belongs to his roommate Jeremy, Matt is afraid to speak up because Jeremy comes from a po…
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Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, science fiction film, teen film
In the future, humanity is preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of an alien race, called the Formics, that had attacked Earth and killed millions. The Formic invasion was stopped by Mazer Rackham, who crashed his fighter jet into…
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Historie, Swashbuckler, action film, adventure film, comedy film, romantic comedy, swashbuckler film
In 1625, young-but-skilled fencer d'Artagnan travels to Paris, France in hopes to follow in his murdered father's footsteps and become a member of the musketeers: the personal guard of the King Louis XIII. He is pursued by Girard and his b…
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Action, Buddy Film, Christmas film, Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir
While fleeing from a burglary gone south, Harry Lockhart stumbles into an ongoing audition in New York City. As he pretends to be an actor in order to evade the police, he has an emotional breakdown over his remorse. Casting director Dabne…
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