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Crime Comedy, action film, comedy film, mystery film
Nick Spitz is an NYPD officer married to Audrey, a hairdresser. She wants to visit Europe, as he had promised at their wedding, but thinks they never will. After their 15th-anniversary dinner, Audrey confronts Nick, who tells her he has in…
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Action, action film, crime film, thriller film
Since faking his own death, Arthur Bishop has been living quietly in Rio de Janeiro under the name Santos. He is approached by a courier, Renee Tran, who has tracked him down, and explains that her employer wants Bishop to kill three targe…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, biopunk, science fiction film
In 1969, a U.S. Army team secures a village against North Vietnamese forces. Luc Deveraux discovers members of his squad and villagers murdered.
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Military Film, Satire On War, action film, comedy drama, heist film, treasure hunt film, war film
Following the end of the Gulf War, U.S. soldiers remaining in theatre are bored from the lack of action and throw parties at night. Major Archie Gates, a U.S.
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Action Comedy, Super Hero, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film
When James Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel, dies, his estranged son Britt takes over the newspaper and fires most of his father's personal staff. Britt later rehires Kato, a mechanic skilled in martial arts and coffee brewing, as his…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, comedy film, crime film
In London, mob boss Lenny Cole rules the ever-growing real estate business, using a corrupt councillor for bureaucratic fixing, and his right-hand man Archy for the dirty side of things. A billionaire Russian businessman, Uri Omovich, plan…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In Manhattan, paramedic Frank Pierce has depression, insomnia, and occupational burnout having not saved any patients in months after botching the resuscitation of Rose, a homeless teen. He has begun to hallucinate Rose's ghost. One night,…
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Action, Political Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film, thriller film
FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard and his Lebanese-American partner Frank Haddad intervene at the hijacking of a bus fully loaded with passengers, which contains an explosive device. The bomb turns out to be a paint bomb and the terrorists…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, cyberpunk, horror film, science fiction film
Dr. Lawrence Angelo, a scientist at Virtual Space Industries (VSI), conducts experiments using psychoactive drugs and virtual reality to enhance cognitive performance in a program called "Project 5". Although Angelo's intentions are benevo…
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Action Comedy, action comedy film
Maid of honor Sam organizes a bachelorette party in Paris for her childhood best friend Betsy. Unbeknownst to the others, Sam is a secret agent, having arranged the trip to intercept a rogue bioweapon, but her disappearance from the party …
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Nazi exploitation, action film, horror film, prison film, sexploitation film, war film
In 1945, Ilsa is commandant of a Nazi concentration camp. She conducts sadistic scientific experiments designed to demonstrate that women are more capable of enduring pain than men are and should therefore be allowed to fight in the German…
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Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, crossover fiction, science fiction film, time-travel film
In 2293, retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott, and Pavel Chekov attend the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B. During the shakedown cruise, the starship is pressed into a rescue mission to save two El-Aurian refuge…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Time-displaced astronaut Taylor and the mute Nova travel through the desert of the Forbidden Zone in search of a new life away from Ape City. Without warning, fire shoots up from the ground and chasms open. Confused by this, Taylor investi…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Political Satire, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, zombie film
Seven years after the events of Dawn of the Dead, the zombie apocalypse has ravaged the entire world. The societal structures that used to safeguard civilization have mostly vanished, leaving the scattered remnants of human survivors vastl…
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Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
On Romulus, members of the Romulan Senate debate terms of peace and alliance with the Reman rebel leader Shinzon. The Remans are a slave race of the Romulan Empire from the neighboring planet Remus, used as miners and cannon fodder. While …
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Action, Crime, Drama, action film, drama film, hood film
Ace is a young man living with his mom and sister in Harlem working at a dry cleaning shop. His sister Dora's boyfriend, Calvin, is a successful cocaine dealer while Ace's close friend Mitch is a flashy, popular drug dealer. Despite both o…
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Christmas film, Drama, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, action film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Around Christmas, Ronna, working overtime at her supermarket job to avoid being evicted, is approached by Adam and Zack to buy 20 ecstasy pills, which they had hoped to buy from her absent co-worker, Simon. After work, Ronna visits Simon's…
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Action, Horror, Thriller, action film, fantasy film, horror film, teen film, thriller film
In Ipswich, Massachusetts, 4 high school boys – Caleb Danvers, Pogue Parry, Reid Garwin and Tyler Simms, collectively known as the "Sons of Ipswich" – possess magical abilities as the descendants of the four remaining colonial witch famili…
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
A woman is engaged in a brutal fight with a man in a car and finally kills him with a shot to the head. Five years earlier, the woman, Riley North, is working as a banker struggling to make ends meet. Her husband, Chris, owns a failing mec…
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Thriller, action film, police film, thriller film
As Baltimore sets off its New Years Eve fireworks, an unknown marksman shoots and kills 29 different party goers at different locations from a high rise apartment downtown, then detonates explosives to cover his tracks once Baltimore Polic…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, neo-noir, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
In the future, the Earth has become a deadly wasteland called the Cursed Earth. The few survivors live in overcrowded "Mega-Cities" plagued by rampant crime. To combat this, a new order of law enforcement has emerged: Judges, officers who …
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Action, Thriller, action film, superhero film, vigilante film
Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, drama film, thriller film
In late 19th-century New Mexico, Samuel Jones arrives at the house of his daughter Magdalena "Maggie" Gilkeson, hoping to reconcile with her after abandoning her and her mother decades before. She is unable to forgive him, feeling he cause…
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Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Girls with Guns, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, ninja film, superhero film
After being killed, Elektra Natchios is revived by blind martial arts master Stick. He teaches her the ancient art of Kimagure, which provides its practitioners with precognition as well as the ability to resurrect the dead. Elektra is exp…
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