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Accident, Action, action film, disaster film
In upstate New York, barrels of volatile toxic waste are loaded onto trucks to be illegally disposed of at a site in New Jersey. The trucks enter a tunnel beneath the Hudson River along with other commuters, including struggling playwright…
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Action, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Rookie NYPD officer Megan Turner shoots a robber dead with her service revolver while he is holding up a neighborhood supermarket. The robber's gun falls to the ground and lands near commodities trader Eugene Hunt, one of the customers tak…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, speculative fiction film
Marie-Josèphe, born and raised in a convent in France, is a rebellious free spirit who often causes trouble for the Abbess. Marie-Josèphe's father, King Louis XIV, fears for his own mortality after being wounded by an assassin's bullet, bu…
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Action, Thriller, thriller film
Sara Wulf is a former Special Forces soldier who served in Afghanistan until 2017. She was the only survivor of an ambush in which eight soldiers were killed. Sara and her young son Joshua (Josh) visit the U.S.
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Action, Adventure, Romance Film, action film, drama film, medieval film, swashbuckler film, vigilante film
Richard, the Norman King of England, is taken captive in 1191 by Duke Leopold while returning from the Third Crusade. Richard's treacherous brother Prince John, aided by fellow Norman Sir Guy of Gisbourne, names himself regent of England, …
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Action Comedy, Gangster Film, Girls with Guns, girls with guns, thriller film
In a flashback at a diner, twelve-year-old Sam learns that her assassin mother, Scarlet, is skipping town after a job gone wrong. Armed men arrive to kill Scarlet, but she kills them and escapes, leaving an upset Sam behind to be cared for…
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Heist, Thriller, action film, drama film, heist film
Detectives Jack Welles and Eddie Hatcher investigate a daring heist by a group of well-organized bank robbers. Led by Gordon Cozier, the crew consists of John, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica. A former member, Ghost, was caught du…
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Animated Film, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, dark fantasy, drama film, sword and sorcery film
Geralt is hired to kill an Allamorax which is deemed responsible for the deaths of several fishermen in Bremervoord. He lets the creature go after the merman Deroua beg to have mercy on it and claim that the Allamorax is not responsible. S…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, action film, crime film, heist film, romantic comedy
FBI Agent Stan Lloyd has been assigned to transport the second of three famous 'Napoleon' diamonds, cautious that master thief Max Burdett will potentially steal it, having previously stolen the first. His convoy is interrupted by a scruff…
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Action, Justice Drama, Road Movie, Trucker Film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
thumb|upright|Replica of the hood ornament of Rubber Duck's truck In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar XK-E, escapes being given a citation by the Arizona Highway Patrol thanks t…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, action film, mystery film, neo-noir, superhero film
Following the First World War, Lamont Cranston sets himself up as a opium drug kingpin and warlord in Tibet. The Tulku, a mysterious holy man who exhibits psychic abilities, abducts Cranston and offers him a chance to become a force for go…
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Action, Komödie, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film
Veteran LAPD detective Nick Pulovski and his partner Powell attempt to bust a car theft ring loading a trailer with stolen luxury vehicles. In the ensuing shootout, Powell is killed. Pulovski pursues the fleeing truck, but the trailer is d…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film
On a snowy night, a stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark goggles, takes a room at The Lion's Head Inn in the English village of Iping in Sussex. The man demands to be left alone. Later, the innkeeper, Mr.
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Action, Action Comedy, Martial-Arts
An ancient Buddha statue named Ong-Bak is kept in the village of Ban Nong Pradu in rural northeastern Thailand. The villagers fall in despair after thieves from Bangkok desecrate the statue Ong-Bak and take the head with them. Ting, a resi…
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Action Comedy, Crime Comedy, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film
After a successful sting-operation-turned-shootout, Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant Joe Bomowski tries to call his elderly mother, Tutti, at home in Newark, New Jersey. He is dating his superior, Lieutenant Gwen Harper, who accuses …
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Action, Erotic Thriller, Thriller, action film, thriller film
In 1984, Captain Ray Quick and Colonel Ned Trent, explosives experts working for the CIA, are on a mission to blow up a car transporting a South American cocaine dealer. However, when the car appears, a little girl is inside with the deale…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Parodie, Secret Agent, spy film
Matt Helm is assigned by his secret agency, ICE, to bring down an evil count named Contini, who is trying to collapse the world economy by stealing a billion dollars in gold. Helm travels to Copenhagen, where he is given a guide, Freya Car…
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Action, Romance Film, action film, drama film, romantic thriller, thriller film
Jay Ray is a dance teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a side hustle, he marries immigrant women to get them green cards in exchange for money. When Gina, the rich daughter of a powerful Anglo-Indian casino owner, Bob Grover, falls for him, J…
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Parodie, comedy film, parody film
One night, an American special forces team invades Saddam Hussein's palace and a nearby prison camp to rescue captured soldiers from Operation Desert Storm and to assassinate Saddam, but they find the Iraqis waiting for them, and the entir…
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Adventure, Sword And Sorcery, adventure film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword and sorcery film
Urland, a sub-Roman British kingdom near the River Ur, is besieged by the dragon Vermithrax Pejorative. To appease the dragon, King Casiodorus offers it virgin girls selected every equinox by lottery. A delegation led by a young Urlander n…
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Action, Drama, Historie, drama film
Mann is a mysterious World War I veteran who is scouting out land to buy. He comes to the town of Rosewood, a small and predominantly black town in Florida. Rosewood is home to the Carriers, an upwardly mobile black family, led by a matria…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Assassin Robert Rath plans to retire, haunted by the memory of murdering his mentor Nicolai several years ago. While Rath is on an assignment to dispatch tycoon Alan Branch at the memorial service of his brother Samuel, the strategy backfi…
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Martial-Arts, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, crime film, martial arts film
Nicolo "Nico" Toscani is an expert martial artist, who is recruited by the CIA during the Vietnam War. While serving in covert operations on the Vietnamese-Cambodian border, he became disgusted with agent Kurt Zagon, who tortured prisoners…
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Komödie, comedy film, drama film, martial arts film
Former Division I collegiate wrestler Scott Voss is a 42-year-old bored and disillusioned biology teacher at the failing Wilkinson High School. Budget cutbacks at the school jeopardize the continuation of its music program, which would res…
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