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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
American Jim Terrier is a former Special Forces soldier who has become a black-ops mercenary. He is part of a team deployed by a corporation in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006, under the cover of providing security to local projec…
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Western, Western film
In Wyoming Territory in 1876, Duncan McKaskel, his wife Susanna, and their 12-year-old son Tom are travelling West to start a new life. They have left a cholera-stricken wagon train and arrive in a small, dilapidated town, where they meet …
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Action, Road Movie, action film, buddy film, contemporary Western film, crime film, outlaw biker film
In the near future, a man called Harley Davidson travels from Texas to Burbank, California to reconnect with his old friend Robert Lee "Marlboro Man" Edison at their old haunt; Rock & Roll Bar & Grille. Their mutual friend Jack Daniels hol…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Girls with Guns, Secret Agent, action film, girls with guns, martial arts film, thriller film
In Washington, D.C., Maggie Hayward is a drug addict convicted of murdering a police officer during a robbery shootout, and is about to be executed by lethal injection. Her death is faked and a government agent, "Bob", informs her that she…
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Action, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, historical film
Commander Raiden is surprised when aging nobleman Bartok makes him heir to his kingdom, a vassal to a corrupt empire. When minister Geza Mott beats Bartok for failing to provide an adequate bribe, Bartok retaliates and is put to trial wher…
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Adventure, Historical drama, adventure film, fantasy film
Men of the dark-haired Rock Tribe, led by chief Akhoba, who is accompanied by his rivalrous sons, Tumak and Sakana, capture and kill a warthog and return to share it with the rest of the tribe. Tumak and Akhoba fight over the meat, and Akh…
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Action, Thriller
Wealthy real-estate agent Will Spann and his wife Lisa are driving to Lisa's parents' house, as she is preoccupied with her internal struggles in their marriage. They pull over at a gas station for Will to refill the tank while Lisa enters…
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Action, Splatter Film, horror film, thriller film
Elena Peters goes to a party with a group of friends. In an isolated room, Elena finds a wooden trunk in which Arkin from the previous film is trapped. Elena opens the latches, releasing Arkin and unknowingly setting off a series of booby …
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Cartoon, Super Hero, action film, crime film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Batman: Gotham Knight is split into six segments: Have I Got a Story for You (Studio 4°C) Have I Got a Story for You was written by Josh Olson and animated by Studio 4°C. A street kid meets with his three friends at a skate park, to which …
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Action, Historie, action film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, medieval film
In the 14th century, Wenceslaus IV from the House of Luxembourg is the king of Bohemia, King of Germany and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at the same time. Wenceslaus has received the throne after his father Charles IV, but his reign is…
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Action, Military Film, action film, thriller film, war film
Doug Masters, son of veteran USAF pilot Colonel Ted Masters, is a hotshot civilian pilot hoping to follow in his father's role. He receives a notice of rejection from the USAFA and Colonel Masters has been shot down and captured by the fic…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, romance film, thriller film
Former drug dealer Dale "Mac" McKussic is trying to go straight. His close friend Nick Frescia is a Detective Lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who, in spite of their long-term relationship going back to high scho…
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Drama, Thriller, War Film, action film, thriller film, war film
In 1973, a squad of nine Louisiana Army National Guard soldiers convene in a local bayou for weekend maneuvers. New to the squad is Corporal Hardin, a cynical transfer from the Texas Army National Guard, who is disgusted with the arrogant …
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Secret Agent, action film, thriller film
Steve Vail, a former CIA field agent, is working as a bricklayer when the CIA recruits him to track down the killer of three international journalists who have been murdered within a month, including Greta Becker, an outspoken critic of U.…
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Action Comedy, Adventure, Modern-Day Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, treasure hunt film
Flynn Carsen, a perpetual college student in his 30s with 22 academic degrees, is kicked out of college by Professor Harris, who arranges for Flynn to get his 23rd degree mid-term. They have just completed a 1/20th scale model of the great…
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Secret Agent, action film
Ben Malloy is CIA Chief of Station in Eastern Europe, and finds himself with his wife Farrah in Budapest. On their wedding anniversary, the café where they met is bombed and she dies. After learning that the death of his wife was not an ac…
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Action, Crime, Romantic Drama, Thriller, action film, martial arts film, thriller film
Bart, a vicious loan shark residing in Glasgow, uses his bodyguard, Danny, to attack non-complying debtors. Bart has raised and trained Danny to be an attack dog and uses a metal collar around Danny's neck to control him. Because Danny was…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, fantasy film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film, war film
In the year 2078, the planet Sirius 6B, once a thriving mining hub, has been reduced to a toxic wasteland by a war between the mining company the New Economic Block (N.E.B.) and "The Alliance", a group of former mining and science personne…
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Time Travel, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
SG-1 and Jack O'Neill attend a Tok'ra extraction ceremony for Ba'al, the last of the Goa'uld System Lords. Ba'al claims, however, that he is merely the last clone and that the real Ba'al has a fail-safe plan. The real Ba'al travels back in…
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Action, Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, action comedy film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, sexploitation film
Three wild, uninhibited go-go dancers—Varla, Rosie, and Billie—dance at a club before racing their sports cars across the California desert. They play a high-speed game of chicken on the salt flats and encounter a young couple, Tommy and L…
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Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, crime film
David "Dave" Lyons, a deaf man, and Wallace "Wally" Karew, a blind man, meet when Wally applies for a job in Dave's NYC concession shop. After a brief period of confusion and antagonism, they become close friends. Dave reads lips and guide…
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Action, Adventure, Romance Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, melodrama, romance film, swashbuckler film, sword-and-sandal film
An aging Robin Hood has been a trusted captain fighting for King Richard the Lionheart for twenty years and is now in France, the Third Crusade over. Richard orders him to take a castle which is rumoured to hold a gold statue. Discovering …
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Action, Martial-Arts, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, science fiction film
After World War III (or the Terror Wars), governments dissolved. Megacorporations took over and fought for control until eight survived and divided their territories, with North America falling under the control of the strongest company - …
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Action, Secret Agent, action film, adventure film, spy film, thriller film
Alex Rider is a 14-year-old orphan who lives with his uncle Ian and their American housekeeper Jack Starbright. Ian is supposedly a bank manager and is, much to Alex's regret, often away from home. One day, Alex is told that Ian has died i…
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