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Action, action film, science fiction film, thriller film
Cris Johnson can see into his future. He can only see two minutes ahead, with the exception of a vision he once had of a woman walking into a diner. Knowing no details other than the time, he goes to the diner twice each day at 8:09 to awa…
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, prison film, science fiction action film, thriller film
In 2012, the United States' failed economy and rising crime rates led to an increased number of privatized prisons. At one such prison, Terminal Island Penitentiary, Warden Claire Hennessey profits from livestreaming Death Race, a three-da…
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Drama, Historie, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film
On April 14, 2013, Boston Police Department Sergeant Tommy Saunders captures a suspect and fails to convince Commissioner Ed Davis to let him off from a punishment duty the next day, working the Boston Marathon. During the marathon, brothe…
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Action, Action Comedy, Komödie, action comedy film, buddy film, crime comedy film, road movie
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh is enlisted by bail bondsman Eddie Moscone to find accountant Jonathan Mardukas and bring him to Los Angeles. Mardukas embezzled $15 million from Chicago mob boss Jimmy Serrano and donated it to charity before jump…
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Buddy Cop, Buddy Film, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, hood film
Eight years after taking down Fouchet, Miami PD detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are investigating drug trafficking of MDMA in Miami. They infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan meeting, only to discover that they are buyers, not distributors.…
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Action, action film, drama film, thriller film
Inside a heavily guarded facility, a group of young boys are given tattoos of bar codes on the backs of their shaved heads and are then trained in weapons, demolitions, unarmed combat, stamina, and strength to become professionally trained…
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Fantasy, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, action film, biopunk, body horror film, comedy drama, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In the near future, virtual reality games are played on biotechnological "game pods" that attach to people's "bio-ports", connectors surgically inserted into players' spines. Two game companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, c…
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Animalhorror, Natural Disaster, action film, adventure film, horror film, mystery film, natural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
On Amity Island, Martin Brody, famous for his deeds as the police chief, has died from a heart attack. Martin's widow, Ellen, still lives in Amity, close to her younger son, Sean, and his fiancée, Tiffany. Sean works as a police deputy, an…
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Action, Historie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In 1492 Andalusia, during the Granada War, Aguilar de Nerha is accepted into the Assassin Brotherhood and assigned to protect Prince Ahmed of Granada from the Templar Order. In 1986, adolescent Callum "Cal" Lynch finds his mother Mary kill…
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Biographical picture, Marital Tragedy, Political Drama, Romance Film, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
Before his championship debut against the heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay Jr. taunts Liston then dominates the early rounds of the match. Between rounds, Liston asks his corner to apply a substance to his gloves.
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Action, Adventure, Destiny, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film
In 1898, Robert Beaumont, the primary financier of a railway project in Tsavo, Kenya, seeks out the expertise of Lt. Colonel John Henry Patterson, an Anglo-Irish military engineer, to get the project on schedule. Patterson travels from Eng…
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Action, Coming Of Age, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, girls with guns, survival film, thriller film
Hanna Heller is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives with her father, Erik, in rural northern Finland. Since the age of two, Hanna has been trained by him, an ex-CIA operative from Germany, to be a skilled assassin. He teaches her hand-to-han…
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War Film, action film, war film
After an attack on a British merchant ship in May 1942, during the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boat U-571 has her engines badly damaged by depth charges from a British destroyer. With all of her engineers and machinists killed in a fl…
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Computeranimation, Family Comedy, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, flashback film, teen film
Twenty-two months after the events of the second film, Ellie is pregnant, making Manny desperate to make life safe for both her and their upcoming child, not wanting them to meet the same fate as his previous wife and child. However, Manny…
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Heist, action film, heist film, thriller film
Sebastian Schlencht-Wöhnert has a mundane life as a bank teller in Potsdam, Germany. A zombie outbreak in Nevada dominates international news, giving him nightmares about them. He also produces YouTube videos about safecracking that receiv…
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Action, Action Comedy, Thriller, action film, drama film, heist film, neo-noir, thriller film
Porter, a career thief and former U.S. Marine, has gunshot wounds treated by an unlicensed doctor, having been shot and betrayed for $70,000, and plans his revenge. After months of recuperating, Porter uses a series of petty thefts and sho…
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Thriller, War Film, drama film, spy film, war film
Following the success of the Gran Sasso raid, German intelligence officer Max Radl is ordered to study the feasibility of capturing Winston Churchill in a similar raid. Radl learns that Churchill is due to visit the quiet Norfolk village o…
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Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
In 1985 Mexico City, Heinrich Treadway tries to escape the authorities and a man named Bathurst. Treadway and his associates, Abel and Leona, speak about "the Egg", which Treadway stole from Bathurst. Treadway tells Abel that if he does no…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, melodrama, romantic comedy film
British woman Elise Clifton-Ward is being followed through downtown Paris by French police, who are working with Scotland Yard under the direction of Inspector John Acheson (Paul Bettany). Acheson has spent years hunting Alexander Pearce, …
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
In a dystopian 2073, overpopulation has resulted in a strict one-child policy, enforced by the European Federation's Child Allocation Bureau. Any illegal children found by the C.A.B. are taken and placed in indefinite cryosleep.
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action film, horror film
Years after the Rapture, the remaining human survivors on Earth are plagued by the Burned Ones, demonic humanoid creatures who are drawn to and prey upon human flesh and blood. Azrael and her lover, Kenan, are ousted from a forest-dwelling…
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Action, Drama, action film, crime film, disaster film, drama film, thriller film
Two firefighters of Engine 17 of the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) are brothers: the elder, Lieutenant Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey, is experienced, while Brian has labored in his brother's shadow. Brian returns to firefighting after several o…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Two thousand years ago, the Namekian Demon King Piccolo came to Earth and wreaked havoc. Seven mystics were able to seal Piccolo away using a powerful enchantment called the Mafuba. However, he breaks free in present-day and, with his ninj…
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Sitcom, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, ice hockey film
In the fictional Rust Belt city of Charlestown, Pennsylvania, the impending closure of the steel mill, which will force layoffs of 10,000 workers, threatens the town's minor league ice hockey team. The Charlestown Chiefs is struggling with…
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