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Fairy-Tale Film, Melodrama, Romance Film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, sword and sorcery film
In medieval Italy, Gaston, a thief known as "The Mouse", escapes from the Bishop of Aquila's dungeons through the sewers right before his execution; angering the bishop who fears Phillipe's escape will inspire rebellion. He is soon apprehe…
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Late Western, Psychological Thriller, Road Movie, Western film, acid Western, drama film, fantasy film, independent film, pritcha, road movie
William Blake, an accountant from Cleveland, Ohio, rides by train to the frontier company town of Machine to take up a promised accounting job in the town's metal works. During the trip, the train fireman warns Blake against the enterprise…
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Military Film, Political Thriller, action film, thriller film, war film
The U.S. USS Tampa Bay, disappears while shadowing the Russian RFS Konek, in the Barents Sea. Rear Admiral John Fisk orders the newly promoted and unconventional Commander Joe Glass to lead the investigation on board the .
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Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Martial-Arts, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, ninja film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, teen film
In ancient times, an aztec warlord named Yaotl opens a portal into a parallel universe that grants him immortality and petrifies his four generals: Aguila, Gato, Serpiente, and Mono. The portal also releases thirteen immortal monsters that…
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Action, Gangster Film, LGBTQ-related film, action film, crime film, crime thriller film
Las Vegas magician and wannabe gangster Buddy "Aces" Israel is in hiding at a Lake Tahoe hotel while his agent negotiates a potential immunity deal with FBI Deputy Director Stanley Locke. Special Agents Richard Messner and Donald Carruther…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Drama, adventure film, drama film
A teenage girl and her younger brother live with their parents in a modest high-rise apartment in Sydney. One day, their father drives them into the Outback, still in their school uniforms, ostensibly for a picnic. As they prepare to eat, …
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2022, a young Charlie Roan is forced to watch as her family is killed on Purge night. Eighteen years later, Roan is a U.S. Senator running for president and promising to end the Purge nights.
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Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, thriller film, time-travel film
In 2058, Earth will soon be uninhabitable due to the irreversible effects of pollution and ozone depletion. In an effort to save humanity, the United Global Space Force sends Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, daughters Judy and Pe…
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Mysterie, Time Travel, children's film, fantasy film, science fiction film, time-travel film
On July 4, 1978, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 12-year-old David Freeman walks through the woods to pick up his 8-year-old brother, Jeff, from a friend's house when he falls into a ravine after a trick Jeff plays on him and is knocked uncon…
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Sci-Fi, Z movie, action film, horror film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, zombie film
thumbtime=103|thumb|Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) Mourners gather around an old man (Lugosi) at his wife's grave site as an airliner overhead flies toward Burbank, California. Pilot Jeff Trent and his co-pilot Danny are startled by a brig…
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Action, Heist, Thriller, action film, heist film
Cyber-hacker Stanley Jobson becomes notorious for infecting the FBI's Carnivore program with a computer virus. Stanley's parole forbids him from accessing the internet and computers while his ex-wife, Melissa, an alcoholic and part-time po…
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Action, Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film, thriller film
In New York City, four men wearing similar disguises and carrying concealed weapons board the same downtown 6 train, "Pelham 1-2-3," at different stations. Using their code names Mr. Blue, Mr.
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Adventure, Komödie, action film, comedy film, teen film
After her boyfriend Mike Todwell cancels their anniversary date, seventeen-year-old Chris Parker invites her friend Brenda over to her Oak Park, Illinois house to cheer her up, but is convinced by her mother to babysit their neighbors' dau…
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Crime, Gangster Film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In 1949, Los Angeles, crime boss Mickey Cohen has become the most powerful figure in the underworld in California and intends to expand his criminal enterprise to encompass the entire West Coast. The LAPD has not been able to stop his ruth…
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Fantasy, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, melodrama
Pessimistic 10-year-old Richard Tyler lives life based on statistics and fears everything. His exasperated parents have tried multiple ways to build up his courage, with little success. One day, Richard is sent by his father to buy a bag o…
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Monster Film, Thriller, action film, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, zombie film
In March 1975, a Sino-Soviet border conflict escalates into full-scale war in which biological warfare destroys most of the human race. U.S. Army Col.
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Adventure, Animalhorror, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Frederick Wilson, an executive of the Petrox Oil Company, forms an expedition based on infrared imagery, which reveals a previously undiscovered Indian Ocean island hidden by a permanent cloud bank. Wilson believes the island has a huge oi…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, crime film, heist film, thriller film
Robert "Bobby" Trench and Michael "Stig" Stigman are two criminals working together. Unbeknownst to each other, Bobby is an undercover DEA Special Agent and Stig is an undercover US Navy SEAL and Petty Officer 1st Class with the United Sta…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, detective film, thriller film
Inspector Harry Callahan's testimony incarcerates criminal kingpin Lou Janero. Now famous, Callahan becomes the target of Janero's men as well as the news media, both of which he dislikes. After Callahan kills four hitmen during an ambush,…
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Action, Destiny, Family Drama, Gangster Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Melodrama, Musical
Deep within the secluded island village of Mandwa, the village chief aspires to set up a drug empire by borrowing land from villagers (after lying to them that it will be used to expand the local salt industry). The villagers are warned of…
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Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the year 2293, the human population is divided into the immortal "Eternals" and mortal "Brutals". The Brutals live in an irradiated wasteland, growing food for the Eternals, who live apart in "the Vortex", leading a luxurious but aimles…
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Crime, Family Drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
In April 1969, Lou Jean Poplin visits her incarcerated husband, Clovis Michael Poplin, to tell him that their son will soon be placed in the care of foster parents. Even though he is four months away from being released from prison, she co…
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Secret Agent, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, flashback film, girls with guns, martial arts film, mystery film, spy film
At an Upstate New York diner, Mallory Kane meets her associate Aaron. He demands she get in a car outside. She refuses and he pulls a gun, but she disarms and pistol whips him.
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action film, comedy film, science fiction film
Humanoid aliens arrive on Earth seeking to destroy but they soon find themselves compromised with human emotions.
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