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Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, action comedy film
Teddy Jackson is a struggling fitness entrepreneur in Yorktown, Virginia who is fired from his job at a local gym for giving ad brochures without the gym's address. He decides not to tell his wife Lori and takes her to Onancock for her bir…
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, drama film, thriller film
Former college football star and current construction engineer Stewart Graff argues with his wife, Remy, after she fakes another suicide attempt which was interrupted by a mild earthquake in Los Angeles. Furious, Graff visits Denise Marsha…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Science teacher Abigail Brooks lives with her husband Craig and their son Ricky. One morning, after Abigail takes Ricky to the bus stop, intruders break into her house, kill her housekeeper Rosario, kidnap and confine her in an attic, and …
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Drama, action film, adventure film, disaster film, drama film
The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank May 2, 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B.
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Buddy Cop, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, action film, comedy film, drama film
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an officer of the Garda Síochána (police) in the Connemara district in the west of Ireland. He is crass and confrontational, regularly indulging in drugs and alcohol even while on duty. He is also shown to be well r…
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Action, Adventure, Historie, Romantic Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, erotic film, war film
In 1501, a city in Italy was taken by a coup d'état while its rightful ruler, Arnolfini, was away. Arnolfini promises some mercenaries 24 hours of looting if they succeed in retaking the city, and they do so, raping and killing those who s…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, LGBTQ-related film, Parodie, drama film, parody film, romantic comedy, spy film, teen film
Embedded in the SAT is a secret test that determines aptitude for espionage. Women who score highly on the test are recruited into D.E.B.S. (Discipline, Energy, Beauty, Strength), a clandestine paramilitary academy.
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, science fiction film, thriller film
After a tipping point catastrophe, Earth is void of plants and global oxygen levels have dropped to 5%. Darius, his wife Maya, daughter Zora, and father survive together near Brooklyn in an armored bunker with an oxygen generator that Dari…
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action film, adventure film, drama film, epic film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film, war drama, war film
Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film, thriller film
During a mission, CIA agent Avery Graves steals a thumbdrive and kills Japanese arms supplier Kenji in Tokyo, who is using a business façade to ship arms to terrorists. Avery had been assigned to investigate Kali, a mysterious assassin who…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Melodrama
Charlie Sharma and Sanjay "Guddu" Kumar Sharma are twins who were raised in Mumbai. Charlie lisps while Guddu stutters. Charlie likes to take shortcuts to fulfill his dream of becoming a bookmaker at the racecourse, where he works for thre…
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Action, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy, thriller film
A woman named Jen Kornfeldt travels to Nice, France, with her parents after a break-up. She meets a man named Spencer Aimes and agrees to join him later for drinks. He sneaks aboard a boat, planting a bomb on a helicopter, then arrives for…
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Secret Agent, War Film, action film, spy film, thriller film
thumb|left|MiG-31 Firefox, the film's fictional aircraft A joint British–American plan is devised to steal the MiG-31 "Firefox", a highly advanced Soviet fighter jet. Capable of Mach 6 hypersonic flight, the Firefox is invisible to radar a…
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Horror comedy, Parodie, Sci-Fi, Splatter Film, action film, comedy horror, science fiction comedy, splatter film
After the town of Kaihoro's entire population disappear, the Astro Investigation and Defence Service (AIDS) sends their agents Derek, Frank, Ozzy, and Barry to investigate. They find the town overrun by man-eating aliens disguised as human…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, superhero film
After Batman rescues an abducted child from Bane for a ransom, Lady Shiva informs him of an unknown Lazarus Pit intruder and requests his help in identifying them. Batman agrees to do so as Catwoman steals the ransom. While pursuing her, a…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film, slasher film, thriller film
In 2127, Dr. Paul Merchant, an engineer, seals himself in a room aboard The Minos, a space station that he designed. As armed guards attempt to break through the door, Merchant manipulates a robot into solving the Lament Configuration, des…
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Action, Crime, Mafia Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
A mob informant under FBI protection in a remote wood cabin is ambushed by a hit squad, who slaughter him and his bodyguards. One of the agents killed is Blair Shannon, the son of a senior FBI agent Harry Shannon, who vows to exact revenge…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, crime film, mystery film, psychological drama, superhero film, thriller
While out on patrol one evening, Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) fails to stop a robbery in progress but, with the help of Batman, manages to apprehend one of the criminals involved. The perpetrator is Paris Franz, nephew of a powerful mob boss. …
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action film, comedy film, mystery fiction
In 1900, Alice Grant, daughter of a U.S. Congressman, is found murdered and disembowelled in San Francisco's Chinatown alongside an elderly Native American chief Six Hands. The prime suspect is Bai Zhenbang, son of Bai Xuanling – leader of…
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Action, Komödie, Parodie, action comedy film, blaxploitation film, comedy film, parody film, spy film
The film begins with a backstory of how African-American culture's popularity with the American public began to decline in the 1980s, when style and originality began to lose appeal in the public eye due to the persistent efforts of "The M…
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Drama, Sport, action film, drama film, sport film
The story follows four Formula One drivers through a fictionalized version of the 1966 Formula One season: Jean-Pierre Sarti (Ferrari) – A Frenchman who has been World Champion twice, is nearing the end of his career and is feeling increas…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, prison film, thriller film
Frank Leone, a mechanic in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low-security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison on furlough fixing cars, playing American football and seeing…
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Action, Action Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In 2080, there is a colony on the Moon called Little America. Businessman, entrepreneur, retired smuggler, and ex-convict Pluto Nash buys a nightclub in an attempt to fulfill his long-time wish and to prevent the murder of the club's previ…
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Komödie, buddy film, prison film
In New York City, aspiring actor Harry Monroe is fired from his job as a waiter when cooks accidentally use his stash of marijuana as oregano at a dinner party. His friend, aspiring playwright Skip Donahue, is fired from his job as a store…
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