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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, comedy film, heist film
Josh Kovaks is the building manager of The Tower, an upscale apartment complex in New York City that has Wall Street billionaire Arthur Shaw as its penthouse tenant. Josh, a friend of Shaw's, has asked him to manage the staff's pensions. O…
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Action, Historie, action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, medieval film
In 1304, outside the besieged Stirling Castle, John Comyn, Robert Bruce, and their allies, surrender to Edward I of England and pay him their homage. Afterwards, Bruce spars with the king's son, Edward, Prince of Wales, whom he had known a…
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Action, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, female buddy film
FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is an expert federal criminal investigator in New York City. Her supervisor, who is considering her for promotion, assigns her to a mission in Boston. She meets Boston Police Department Detective Shannon Mul…
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Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, stoner film
Dale Denton, a process server and marijuana enthusiast, visits his drug dealer Saul Silver. Dale and Saul smoke the rare "Pineapple Express" strain together before Dale leaves to resume working. He arrives at the home of local drug lord, T…
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Military Film, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
A coup d'état led by exiled General Mustafa Yakubu overthrows the President of Nigeria, Samuel Azuka, sending Nigeria into chaos and causing an ethnic conflict between Yakubu's tribe, the Fulani Muslims, and Azuka's Christian Igbo. Samuel …
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Action, Thriller, action comedy film, action film, thriller film
A delivery man is tasked with bringing a new healthy liver to a sick girl and is forced to escort the man who brought the liver while evading ruthless mercenaries who plan on taking the liver for their benefit.
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Komödie, action film, comedy film, prison film
Stan Minton is a wealthy real estate con artist who is married to Mindy. One day, he is arrested for conning elderly people out of their savings. His lawyer Mal defends him at the trial presided over by Judge Perry.
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Komödie, Romantic Drama, Western, drama film, romance film
In Reno, Nevada, 30-year-old Roslyn Tabor seeks a six-week residency divorce from her inattentive husband, Raymond. Afterward, her landlady, Isabelle, takes her to Harrah's cocktail lounge, where they meet an aging cowboy, Gaylord Langland…
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Adventure, Family Drama, Justice Drama, drama film
Inventor Allie Fox has grown fed up with the American Dream and consumerism. He believes that a nuclear war is on the horizon as a result of American greed and crime. After Allie and his eldest son Charlie acquire the components at a local…
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Drama, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
After training at Camp Tarawa in Hawaii, the 28th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Division sails to invade Iwo Jima. The Navy bombards suspected Japanese positions for three days. On February 19, 1945, the Marines' amphibious landings secure a …
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American football film, Komödie, Sitcom, Sport, comedy film
A professional football league is hit with a players' strike with four games left in the season. Washington Sentinels owner Edward O'Neil calls a former coach of his, Jimmy McGinty, telling him that the league's going to finish the regular…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, mystery film, romance film, science fiction film, urban fantasy, vampire film
New York teenager Clary Fray begins seeing and drawing a strange symbol, worrying her mother Jocelyn and family friend, Luke Garroway. At a crowded nightclub with friend Simon Lewis only Clary witnesses Jace Wayland and his accomplices kil…
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Adventure, Komödie, action comedy film, buddy film, comedy thriller
Chuck Clarke and Lyle Rogers are inept songwriters who are down on their luck, but dream of becoming a popular singing duo like Simon and Garfunkel. Though they are poorly received at a local open mic night, agent Marty Freed offers to boo…
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Conspiracy Thriller, action film, mystery film, teen film, thriller film
Nathan Harper is an 18-year-old high school senior living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his parents Kevin and Mara. He is troubled by recurring nightmares and has been seeing Dr. Geraldine "Geri" Bennett, a psychiatrist,…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
A sea plane flying on a stormy night malfunctions and crashes in the sea off the coast of The Bahamas. Sam and Jared are a couple living a rustic life in a trailer, next to the beach in The Bahamas. Sam works as a guide in the local aquati…
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Action, Thriller, action film, action thriller, mystery film, techno-thriller
Stanford University dropout Jerry Shaw learns that his identical twin brother Ethan, an officer in the U.S. Air Force, has been killed in a car crash. Following the funeral, he is surprised to find a large sum of money in his bank account …
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, pirate film, romantic comedy film, swashbuckler film, sword and sorcery film
thumb|Inigo Montoya's sword (left) crossed with the sword used by Count Rugen (right) in the duel at the castle; beside it, Count Rugen's six-fingered glove. At bottom is the prop sword used in Highlander: The Series. In the frame story, a…
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Drama, Romance Film, Western, Western film, drama film, flashback film, revisionist Western
Near the turn of the 20th century, U.S. Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard and his wife Hallie arrive in Shinbone, a frontier town in an unnamed Western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. When asked by the local newspaper reporter …
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Adventure, Drama, Sword And Sorcery, action film, adventure film, buddy film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword-and-sandal film
In 984 A.D., the knight Sir Bowen mentors Saxon Prince Einon in the Old Code, hoping that the boy will grow up as chivalrous, intelligent, and just ruler. While suppressing a peasant rebellion, Einon's father, King Freyne, is killed by the…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film
In 740 AD in England, Merlin has three apprentices: Balthazar Blake, Veronica Gorloisen, and Maxim Horvath. Horvath betrays Merlin by allying with Morgana le Fay, an evil sorceress trying to steal a spell called "The Rising," which will re…
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Parodie, Silly Movie, comedy film
Lucy finds that her adoptive father, a museum curator, has been attacked by Silas. Before dying, he gives clues that lead her to a "Golden Ticket" in a vending machine candy bar. Fellow orphans Edward, a disillusioned monk trainee; Susan, …
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Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, comedy film, horror film, science fiction film
On June 19, 1987, as the Earth crosses the tail of a rogue comet, Rhea-M, previously inanimate machines spring to life; an ATM insults a customer (Stephen King) and a bascule bridge rises during heavy traffic, causing all vehicles upon the…
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Fantasy, Komödie, action comedy film, action film, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the year 2033, after a decade-long global drought in the wake of a comet striking the Earth, the little remaining water is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) and his Water & Power (W&P) corporation, which subdues the population by…
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Gangster Film, action film, crime thriller film, drama film
During the 2008 financial crisis and 2008 United States presidential election, Johnny "Squirrel" Amato plans to rob a Mafia-controlled private poker game in Boston. He enlists Frankie, a former business associate, and Russell, a heroin-add…
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