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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, super robot
In 2005, the evil Decepticons have conquered the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron. The heroic Autobots, operating from Cybertron's two moons, prepare a counteroffensive. The Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, sends a shuttle to Autobot C…
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Komödie, Romantic Comedy, Treasure Hunting, action comedy film, romance film, romantic comedy film, treasure hunt film
Joan Wilder is a successful but lonely romance novelist living in a New York apartment with her cat, Romeo. As Joan leaves to meet her editor and friend Gloria Horne, her neighbor hands her an envelope containing a map, sent by her recentl…
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Action, action film, thriller film
G8 intelligence services locate Pakistani arms trafficker and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi at his compound and authorize a drone strike during his daughter's wedding, killing Barkawi's family and presumably Barkawi himself. Two years…
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Social Drama, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, mystery film, romance film, social film, suspense film, thriller film
Rizwan Khan, an Indian Muslim with Asperger's syndrome, grows up in Mumbai with his mother, Razia, and his brother, Zakir. Due to his condition, Rizwan receives specialized tutoring from a reclusive local scholar, earning him extra affecti…
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Mysterie, action film, drama film, police film, science fiction film, thriller film
In a therapy session, Austin Police Detective Danny Rourke recounts the abduction of his seven-year-old daughter, Minnie, three years earlier. He and his partner, Nicks, act on an anonymous tip that a safe deposit box will be robbed, and w…
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Action, Fairy-Tale Film, action film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film
While admiring a bright red rose blooming during a white winter, Queen Eleanor of Tabor pricks her finger on its thorns. Three drops of blood fall onto the snow, and she wishes for a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as bloo…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action comedy film, comedy drama, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
A skyrocketing crime rate leads the dystopian city of Johannesburg, South Africa to buy a squadron of scouts—state-of-the-art armor-plated attack robots—from weapons manufacturer Tetravaal. These autonomous androids were developed by Briti…
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Komödie, Western, Western film, comedy film
In 1916, the bandit El Guapo and his gang collect tribute from the Mexican village of Santa Poco. Carmen, the village leader's daughter, searches for someone who can rescue her townspeople. Visiting a village church, she sees a silent film…
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Action
In the Namib Desert. Mr. A skydives onto a train that is carrying Queen Elizabeth II, where he steals her crown by disguising himself as the Queen, beats her guards and escapes.
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Splatter Film, Western film, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film
On May 18, 1978, Texas Sheriff John Quincey Wydell and a large posse of state troopers issue a search and destroy mission on the Firefly family, who are responsible for over 75 homicides and disappearances over the past several years. The …
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Biographical picture, Western, Western film, action film, adventure film, biographical film
During the American Civil War, teenaged Wyatt Earp lives on his family's farm in Pella, Iowa, while his older brothers Virgil and James serve with the Union Army. Wyatt attempts to run away, intending to lie about his age and join his brot…
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Thriller, action film, thriller film
In 1974, during the Troubles, four members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army -the fanatical Doireann and the three men in her squad: Conan, Séamus and Curtis (Doireann's younger brother and the least disciplined of the lot) - carry …
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Action, War Film, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
During the final stages of the Bosnian War in 1995, U.S. Navy flight officer Lieutenant Chris Burnett and pilot Lieutenant Jeremy Stackhouse are stationed on the aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea. Fed up with the battle readiness routin…
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Action, Military Film, Super Hero, War Film, action film, thriller film, war film
After being pardoned for saving the POWs in Vietnam, former U.S. Army Green Beret John Rambo has settled in a Thai Buddhist monastery, helping with construction work and competing in krabi–krabong matches in Bangkok, donating his winnings.…
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Action Comedy, Time Travel, action film, science fiction film
Roy Pulver, a retired Delta Force soldier in Atlanta, has been stuck in a time loop for nearly 140 days and has learned the day's patterns through many previous loops. He wakes at 07:00 AM each day, avoids an assassin in his apartment and …
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Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film
The US government asks Reed Richards to track a mysterious, meteor-like object that has entered Earth's atmosphere, is creating large craters and is seemingly causing fluctuations in the weather and power outages. Meanwhile, Reed and his f…
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Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
During World War II, the II Corps suffers a severe defeat at the Battle of Kasserine Pass in North Africa. Hard-charging General George S. Patton is sent to take command; he reorganizes the corps, and imposes strict but necessary disciplin…
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Historie, Justice Drama, action film, biographical film, historical film, period drama film, war film
Newton Knight, a soldier in the Confederate Army, deserts after learning of the Twenty Negro Law and witnessing the death of his nephew Daniel during the Second Battle of Corinth. Knight brings Daniel's body home to Ellisville and reconnec…
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Adventure, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, comedy film, heist film
World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster recruit nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne Division to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos: the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Flamingo. The …
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Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, political thriller film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy is a history student and distance runner at Columbia University in New York City who seeks to rehabilitate the memory of his father, who committed suicide during McCarthyism. A fiery car accident kills Klaus Sz…
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Destiny, War Film, war film
The film begins with a narrated map showing the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee, crossing the Potomac River to invade the North in June 1863, marching across Maryland and into Pennsylvania. On June 30, Con…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, thriller film, zombie film
In 2026, the Ark, a wormhole portal to an ancient city on Mars, is discovered deep below the Nevada desert. Twenty years later, the 85 personnel at the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) research facility on Mars are attacked by an unknown …
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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, crime film, drama film
Ben Campbell, a mathematics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is accepted into Harvard Medical School, but cannot afford the $300,000 tuition. He applies for the prestigious Robinson Scholarship, which would cover the ent…
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Action, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film
In Moscow, Viktor Chagarin, a high-ranking, corrupt Russian official, plans to incriminate former billionaire and government whistleblower Yuri Komarov in a rigged trial unless he hands over a secret file believed to contain evidence incri…
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