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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
In Marin County, two gas-company workers are lured by a scantily clad woman named Miki to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell. A group calling itself the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), led by Maxwell, pose…
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Fantasy, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, action film, crime film, dark fantasy, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, supernatural horror film
Aaron Boone has recurring nightmares of a place called Midian. His girlfriend Lori Winston encourages him to resume psychotherapy with Dr. Phillip Decker.
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Komödie, Parodie, Secret Agent, buddy film, comedy film, spy film
Austin Millbarge is a code breaker dwelling in the dark basement at the Pentagon who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wisecracking, pencil-pushing son of an envoy, takes the foreign se…
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Dark Comedy, Parodie, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime comedy film, crime film, exploitation film, horror film, musical film, satirical film, splatter film
The Fabulous Feebles Variety Hour theatre troupe is rehearsing with hopes of finding success through being chosen for a syndicated television show. Star performer Heidi the hippopotamus is insulted by pornographic rat director Trevor and c…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, crime film, romantic comedy
Charlie Driggs is a conventional New York City yuppie investment banker. After he leaves a greasy spoon diner without paying, a wildly dressed woman with a brunette bob who calls herself Lulu confronts him. Lulu offers Charlie a ride downt…
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Classical Western, Western film, drama film
In 1882 (a year after the actual gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881), Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, and James Earp are driving cattle to California when they encounter Old Man Clanton and his sons. Clanton offers to buy their herd, b…
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Action
Kris Chaney, a former bank-robber is released from prison. Clearly carrying the weight of his past, he sets out to fulfill a promise he once made to the deceased mother of a teenage girl named Elisa. His mission takes him to Colombia, wher…
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Action, Komödie
In 1985, Miami-Dade Police Department detective Kung Fury and his partner Dragon apprehend a red ninja in a back alley, but Dragon is sliced in half by the ninja while Kung Fury is suddenly struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra, giving…
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Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, comedy film
When master thief "The Tornado" steals priceless artifacts from around the world, the French government assembles a "Dream Team" of investigators to solve the case. Meanwhile, Inspector Clouseau is reassigned from his task as a parking off…
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Action, Heist, Thriller, crime film, heist film, thriller film
In July 2010, Thom Johnson is a gifted engineering student at Cambridge University who is being courted by recruiters from several major oil companies, all promising him increasingly richer salaries and job perks if he agrees to work for t…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, action film, crime film, drama film, road movie, thriller film
Car delivery driver Kowalski arrives in Denver, Colorado, late on a Friday night with a black Imperial. The delivery service clerk, Sandy, urges him to get some rest, but Kowalski insists on getting started with his next assignment: delive…
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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, medieval film, period drama film, war film
The film begins with Chorus, in this case a person in modern dress, introducing the subject of the play. He is walking through an empty film studio and ends his monologue by opening the doors to begin the main action. Chorus reappears seve…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Knights Tale, Monumental Film, Sexploitation Film, Sword And Sorcery, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, sword and sorcery film
On a mythical land and time, the warrior Deathstalker is set by a witch on a quest to find a chalice, an amulet and a sword, two of which are already held by the wicked sorcerer Munkar, who has deposed the land's king and taken control as …
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Western, Western film, action film, drama film, thriller film
In 1868, within the Ruby Mountains, Gideon roasts hare over an open fire. Gunshots ring out and he is shot in the left arm. He grabs what he can and races down the mountain.
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Action, action film, cyberpunk, prison film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2034, computer programmer Ken Castle invents self-replicating nanites that replace brain tissue and allow humans to control other humans' actions and see through their eyes. The first application of Castle's "Nanex" technology is a virt…
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War Film, Western, Western film, drama film, historical film, war film
At a party in 1835, while trying to persuade people to migrate to Texas, Sam Houston encounters David Crockett, recently defeated in his bid for re-election to Congress. In San Felipe, the Texas provisional government is meeting to discuss…
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Action, Adventure, Military Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the near future, the U.S. Navy develops the F/A-37 Talon, a single-seat strike fighter with advanced payload, range, speed, and stealth capabilities. The program recruits three pilots out of 400 applicants; Lieutenants Ben Gannon, Kara …
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Super Hero, Teen Comedy Film, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, martial arts film, ninja film, science fiction film, time-travel film
In 1603 feudal Japan, four samurai on horseback chase a young man into the woods. A mysterious woman hidden in the underbrush watches closely. The samurai capture the youth, who is revealed to be a prince named Kenshin.
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Martial-Arts, action film, martial arts film
In 1964, Ip Man is diagnosed with throat cancer due to his history of chronic smoking. After his rebellious son Ip Ching fights back against a bully and is expelled from school, Ip Man decides to travel to San Francisco in order to look fo…
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Action, Martial-Arts, action film, drama film, martial arts film
Martial artist, former marine, ex-con Isaiah Bone rents a room in a Los Angeles boardinghouse owned by Tamara. One night, after watching an underground fight involving local champion Hammerman, Bone makes a deal with promoter Pinball to ge…
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Action Comedy, action comedy film, crime film
In 1989, NYPD Detective John Shaft, his wife Maya, and their infant son JJ Shaft survive an assassination attempt by drug lord Pierro "Gordito" Carrera. Concerned for their safety, Maya divorces Shaft, moves upstate, and raises JJ on her o…
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Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In late 1945, one-armed John Macreedy gets off a train at Black Rock, an isolated California desert hamlet. The residents are suspicious, as this is the first time in four years that the express train has stopped at the flag stop station. …
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Komödie, action film, comedy film
Paul Blart has been enduring a series of misfortunes, including his wife Amy divorcing him six days into their marriage, and two years later, his mother is killed after being struck by a milk truck. To help regain his spirits, Paul takes p…
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Horror, Thriller, action film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
As college students, Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson participated in an experiment in which they were given a dose of a low-grade hallucinogen called LOT-6. While the other participants suffered terrible side effects, the experiment gave Vi…
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