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Action, Biographical picture, boxing film, drama film
Billy Moore, a young British boxer and troubled heroin addict, is arrested in Thailand and charged with possession of stolen goods and a firearm. Incarcerated in Klong Prem prison, he is quickly subjected to the horrors of Thai prison life…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Note: The plot synopsis refers to the theatrical cut of the film. Differences between the theatrical and director's cut are noted in the Release section. A nuclear plant in Hong Kong goes into meltdown when a hacker causes the coolant pump…
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Action Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, comedy film, spy film
At present, Tony and Patty are trying to stop the launch of Armageddon. Tony and Patty's parents, Terrence Tango and Nora Torrez, are spies and OSS agents, and their computers host the Armageddon code. A day earlier, Terrence and Nora were…
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Drama, Fairy-Tale Film, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, monster film
In the medieval Kingdom of Cloister, monks craft magic beans that grow into a large beanstalk. They reach the realm of Gantua, home to a race of giants. The giants attack the Earth below, but through the use of a magical crown created from…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, drama film, female buddy film, girls with guns, heist film, hood film, thriller film
Los Angeles bank teller Francesca "Frankie" Sutton witnesses a robbery in the bank where she works. As a result, four people are killed, and Frankie is fired due to her recognizing one of the robbers from her Southern California neighborho…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Following a calamity referred to as "the Ruin," society has been reorganized, taking away any sense of emotion, good or bad. Babies are conceived through genetic engineering, and neuroleptic-like medications suppress strong emotions and se…
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Action, Animalhorror, Thriller, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, natural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Michael "Mike" Brody, son of police chief Martin Brody of Amity Island, is working as a chief engineer at SeaWorld Orlando alongside his girlfriend, Kathryn "Kay" Morgan, the park's senior biologist. Among the attractions are new underwate…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) cop Alex Shaw is on a motorcycle chasing a vehicle with stolen goods. After he catches the driver of the vehicle, his girlfriend Annie Porter encounters him during her driving test. She discovers that A…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Gangster Film, comedy drama, comedy film, heist film, hood film, romance film
In 1918 Harlem, small-time gambling operator Sugar Ray is nearly killed by a disgruntled customer, but his young errand boy, Vernest Brown, shoots the man dead. Discovering that Vernest is an orphan, Ray takes him in and raises him as his …
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Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film
In a high school game of "Killer," in which a student must shoot another with a squirt gun, Matt Arnold has to "kill" classmate Jenny Herk, so he sneaks up on her at home. By coincidence, hitmen are also there to assassinate Jenny's step-f…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
Former US Marine Corps Scout Sniper and Vietnam War veteran Jim Hanson, a widower, lives along the Arizona-Mexico border with his dog, Jackson. While tending his ranch, which he is behind in payments on, he reports illegal border crossings…
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Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film
In an unnamed war-torn European city in the "Age of Reason", as a large Ottoman army prepares an invasion outside the city gates, a fanciful touring stage production of Baron Munchausen's life and adventures is taking place. In a theatre b…
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Romantic Comedy, Sitcom, Splatstick, adventure film, comedy film
Joe Dirt is a janitor at 98.6 KXLA, a Los Angeles-based radio station, and is brought before a shock jock named Zander Kelly who speaks of his life story while on the air. Joe reveals that as a baby he had a mullet wig installed because th…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film
In Britain's Lake District, Peter Rabbit, his cousin, Benjamin Bunny and his triplet sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail, spend most of their days picking on old Mr. McGregor, who killed and ate their father, and stealing vegetables from…
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High Fantasy, Sword And Sorcery, action film, adventure film, fantasy film
Eons ago, in the land of Alagaësia, an order called the Dragon Riders was created to oversee the countries and bring peace to the world. However, a former Dragon Rider, Galbatorix, betrayed and destroyed the Dragon Riders, killing them all…
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Crime, Drama, action film, crime thriller film, drama film
In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game. Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who pay…
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Adventure, Biographical picture, action film, biographical film, drama film
In 1973, Parisian street performer Philippe Petit bites a hard candy from the audience, damaging his tooth. In the dentist's waiting room, he sees a photo of the Twin Towers in a magazine. Analyzing it, he dreams of walking a tightrope bet…
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Action, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, horror film, thriller film
In 2023, as people across America prepare for the annual Purge, where all crimes are legalized, an anti-Purge resistance group formed by Carmelo Johns hacks into live feeds to denounce the NFFA. In L.A., waitress Eva Sanchez returns home t…
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Action, Horror, Psychodrama, Satanism, action film, exploitation film, fantasy film, vigilante film
John Milton escapes from Hell after stealing Satan's gun, the Godkiller, to kill Jonah King, a Satanic cult leader who murdered Milton's daughter and his wife, and plans to ritually sacrifice Milton's infant granddaughter to unleash Hell o…
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Parodie, Romance Film, Secret Agent, parody film, spy film
Nick Rivers, an American rock star, travels to East Germany to perform at a cultural festival, which secretly serves the East German government as a diversion for a military operation with the intent of reuniting Germany under Communist ru…
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Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
After human overpopulation depletes Earth's resources, humanity builds an interstellar ark, the Elysium. It carries 60,000 people on a 123-year trip to colonize Tanis, an Earth-like planet. The passengers are placed in hypersleep, and a ro…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, action film, comedy film
John Brown lives in the city of Riverton with his 12-year-old niece, Penny Brown, and her pet beagle, Brain. Dreaming of becoming a police officer, John works as a security guard for the Bradford robotics laboratory. Artemus Bradford and h…
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Drama, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film, neo-noir
Walker works with his friend Mal Reese to rob a major crime operation, ambushing the courier on deserted Alcatraz Island. After counting the money, Reese shoots Walker, leaving him for dead. Reese takes the money and Walker's wife, Lynne.
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
In Budapest, former Australian Special Forces Corporal Edward Rutledge and his mercenaries acquire a $70 million cryptocurrency wallet by chasing a woman down the streets and finally drugging her into a coma in a nearby pub. Meanwhile, US …
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