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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian fiction, horror film
In 2048, eight years after Charlie Roan's presidential election, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) party has been re-elected and have re-instituted the annual Purge with its original rules. White supremacists and nativism have sur…
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Parodie, Secret Agent, action film, parody film, spy film
Johnny English, a kindhearted but clumsy MI7 clerk, dreams of becoming the agency’s top agent. After Agent One is killed, followed by all of MI7's remaining agents at his funeral, both due to English's incompetence, he is left as the only …
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Classical Western, Western film, drama film
In 1880, teenager Mattie Ross travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, following the murder of her father there by his hired hand, Tom Chaney. Seeking justice, Mattie hires Rooster Cogburn—an aging, alcoholic, one-eyed U.S. Marshal—to help track h…
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Action, Parodie, action film, comedy film, spy film
Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are spies with two children, Carmen and Juni, whom they shield from their lives to protect them from inherent danger. They work for the Organization of Super Spies (OSS) doing office consultant work, but are sudd…
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Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, superhero film
During Christmas 1955, a young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father, Trevor Bruttenholm, set during an ancient war between humans and magical creatures. The goblin blacksmith offers Balor, king of the elves, to build him …
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Action, Military Film, action film, pirate film, thriller film
The battleship arrives at Pearl Harbor, where President George H. W. Bush announces that the ship will be decommissioned in California.
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Animation, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 3028 A.D. (The 31st century), a groundbreaking scientific project known as "The Titan Project" incurs the wrath of the Drej, a hostile race of aliens made of pure energy, who fear that it will allow humans to challenge them. Determined …
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Animalhorror, Horror comedy, action film, buddy film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In Aroostook County, Maine, Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife officer Walt Lawson is scuba diving in Black Lake, supervised by Sheriff Hank Keough. The officer is suddenly attacked, and bitten in half by an unknown creature. United…
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Adventure, Military Film, Political Drama, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Searching for rare blue diamonds that could enable a revolutionary communications laser, TraviCom employees Charles Travis and Jeffrey Weems discover the ruins of a lost city near a remote volcano in the Congolian rainforests. Karen Ross, …
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, spy film
Over a year after the events of the second film, Juni Cortez has retired from the OSS and now works as a private detective. One day, he is contacted by President Devlin, the former head of the OSS, who informs him that his sister, Carmen C…
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Adventure, drama film, prison film, survival film, war film
After the Soviet invasion of Poland in World War II, Polish army officer Janusz Wieszczek is held prisoner and interrogated by the NKVD. Unable to force a confession of espionage from him, the Soviets torture his wife until she denounces h…
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Adventure, Komödie, action film, comedy film
On a flight to the Bukuvu, a baby named George becomes stranded after a plane crash and is raised by the jungle, becoming the "White Ape". 25 years later, while touring Burundi with local guide Kwame and a trio of porters, San Francisco he…
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Criminal Comedy Film, action comedy film, buddy film, drama film, prison film
In 1997, at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, elderly convict Willie Long tells two inmates his friends' life stories at their burial. Ray Gibson and Claude Banks, vastly different New Yorkers, meet at the club Spanky's in 1932. Small-ti…
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Psychological Thriller, action film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
Stuart Shepard is an arrogant and dishonest New York City publicist who has been planning an affair with a client, Pamela McFadden, behind the back of his wife Kelly. While in Times Square, Stuart uses a public phone booth to contact Pamel…
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Coming Of Age, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, female buddy film, teen film, tragicomedy
Best friends Enid and Rebecca face the summer after their high school graduation, with no plans for their future, other than to find jobs and live together. The girls are cynical social outcasts, but Rebecca is more popular with boys than …
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Animalhorror, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, thriller film
United Nations negotiator Edward Douglas survives a plane crash in the Java Sea. A passing boat rescues him. Aboard, Dr.
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Komödie, Silly Movie, Splatstick, buddy cop film, comedy film, heist film, mystery film
At a football match between France and China, the French coach Yves Gluant arrives wearing the priceless Pink Panther diamond ring and embraces his girlfriend, pop star Xania. After France wins in sudden death, Gluant is killed by a poison…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Secret Agent, action film, buddy film, comedy film
In 1996, star athlete Calvin "The Golden Jet" Joyner is being honored at his school, Central High. Halfway through his speech, a group of bullies led by Trevor Olson throws the obese nerd Robbie Weirdicht (who was taking a shower and danci…
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Horror comedy, comedy film, comedy horror, fantasy film, ghost film, monster film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Five years after saving New York City from destruction by the shapeshifting god Gozer, the Ghostbusters have been sued for the property damage incurred and barred from investigating the supernatural, forcing them out of business. Ray Stant…
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Action, Dark Comedy, Detective Film, Drama, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In 1998, called in to investigate the grievous assault of Trey Howard outside a restaurant, NYPD Detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr., the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon, after noticing blood on him. Wade claims self-defense. …
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Action, Fantasy, action film, crime film, fantasy film
Humans coexist with other sentient species, notably orcs and elves. Magic is real, but it is illegal to practice. Magic wands exist, but only a few individuals called "Brights" can wield them without dying.
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Conspiracy Thriller, Forensic, Political Thriller, action thriller, crime film, drama film, political thriller film
Assassin Khamel kills two Supreme Court justices, Jensen and Rosenberg. Tulane University law student Darby Shaw writes a legal brief detailing a motive for the murders. Her law professor and lover Thomas Callahan, a former clerk of Rosenb…
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Action Comedy, Parodie, Secret Agent, action film, spy film
Maxwell Smart, an analyst for CONTROL, a top secret American intelligence agency, yearns to become a field agent. However, when he finally passes the exam is blocked by the Chief, who values his analytical skills. After their headquarters …
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 3000 AD, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler lives in the Rocky Mountains with a band of cave-dwellers who fear the "demons" that rule Earth. Jonnie doubts their stories and rides into the lowlands, where hunters Carlo and Rock show him a desolate and…
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