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Action, action film
Darren McCord is a French Canadian-born firefighter for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, now serving as the fire marshal for the Pittsburgh Civic Arena after being unable to save a young girl from a house fire two years prior. Darren has tak…
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Yakuza Film, action film, crime film, drama film
In 1954, nine years after the Pacific War, ex-United States Marine Corps Captain Nick Lowell is the only non-Japanese inmate in an Osaka prison. Most of his fellow inmates are yakuza criminals, recognizable by their irezumi tattoos. Nick s…
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Christmas film, Dark Comedy, Horror, adventure film, comedy horror film, fantasy film
An American and British research team from the firm Subzero are drilling samples atop Korvatunturi (Ear Fell) in the Finnish region of Lapland. Team leader Riley believes that the fell is an ancient burial mound built by the Sámi and plans…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film
Hollywood A-list actress Honey Whitlock publicly presents herself as a sweet and considerate woman, but is actually a profane, unreasonable, and demanding diva. While in Baltimore to attend a premiere for her latest film, Honey is kidnappe…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Parodie, Silly Movie, Sitcom, comedy film, crime film
In an unnamed city, serious crime is increasing, particularly in the 16th precinct, which is beset by erratic criminal Zed McGlunk and his violent gang, the Scullions. With the citizens turning against the ineffective, outnumbered, and agi…
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Action, Adventure, Drama, action film, disaster film, drama film, war film
In Honolulu, Hawaii, a DC-4 airliner prepares to take off for San Francisco, California with 17 passengers and a crew of 5. Former captain Dan Roman, the flight's veteran first officer, known for his habit of whistling, is haunted by an ai…
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Heist, Thriller, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
A man named Joe Walker checks into the Roosevelt Hotel, enters his hotel room on the 21st floor, and climbs on the ledge, apparently ready to commit suicide. The crowd below calls the police. Dante Marcus controls the crowd, while Jack Dou…
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Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film
Youngblood Priest, an African-American cocaine dealer, enjoys a luxurious lifestyle in Harlem. He yearns to go straight, despite the fortune he makes. One day, Priest confronts Fat Freddie, one of his dealers, about money that Freddie owes…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, drama film, heist film
Parker and Longbaugh are petty criminals from Illinois who travel to New Mexico hoping for the proverbial "big score." At a sperm donation clinic, the pair overhear a telephone conversation detailing a $1 million payment to a surrogate mot…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film, war film
Valerie Plame is employed by the Central Intelligence Agency, a fact known outside the agency to no one except her husband and parents. She is an intelligence officer involved in a number of sensitive and sometimes dangerous covert operati…
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Classical Western, Western film, war film
A stagecoach races across the Southwestern desert, carrying widower Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday and his daughter, Philadelphia, to his new posting at Fort Apache, an isolated U.S. cavalry post on the Arizona frontier. Thursday is impa…
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Action Comedy, Satire, Sci-Fi, alternate history film, comedy film, parody film, science fiction film
The year is 2047, 29 years after the nuclear war immediately following the battle between the Earth and Moon Nazis rendered the planet inhospitable. The last survivors have rallied together on "Neomenia", the former Moon Nazi base on the f…
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Adventure, Drama, Historie, adventure film, historical film, trial film
In 1787, William Bligh commands the Royal Naval merchant vessel HMS Bounty. Bligh is a brutal tyrant who routinely administers harsh punishment to officers and crew alike who lack discipline, cause any infraction on board the ship, or defy…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Nearly six months have passed since the events of the first film; the Towani family's star cruiser is almost completely fixed and Jeremitt is putting the final touches on the craft. While the family is preparing to leave the forest moon of…
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Animalhorror, Thriller, action film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Nixon Oil company inspector Paul Sturges is sent to a small Mexican town in Baja California, to check on El Diamante, an offshore oil rig. He brings his wife Ines and their two children, Audrey and Tommy, along for a vacation. Upon arrival…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, Secret Agent, children's film, romantic comedy, spy film
Agent Cody Banks attends summer camp, which is actually a secret training facility for undercover teenage agents in the CIA. When a group of soldiers attempt to abduct head counselor Victor Diaz, Cody helps him escape, mistaking the CIA op…
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Historie, Western, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1853, soldier-of-fortune William Walker flees Mexico, after a failed attempt to incite an armed insurrection. He is placed on trial by US official for breaking the Neutrality Act, but wins an acquittal after giving a rousing speech to t…
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Detective Film, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, Splatstick, comedy film
Six years after meeting her during an investigation, FBI agent Malcolm Turner is now married to Sherry Pierce and is the stepfather of her son Trent, and assumes a desk job to be close to her as they await the arrival of their first child.…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, action film, crime film, science fiction film, thriller film
Fourteen-year-old Elijah "Eli" Solinski lives in Detroit with his stern adoptive father Harold "Hal", a widower. While scavenging an abandoned building for copper wiring to sell, Eli discovers the aftermath of a skirmish, with armored corp…
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Action, action film, thriller film
A highly skilled CIA military combatant and investigator, Parker, is on a mission in Syria with her friend Spider, when she is called by her ex-lover and the sheriff of her hometown, Jesse Swann, informing her that her father, Harry Calvo,…
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Action Comedy, Horror comedy, action comedy film, action film, comedy horror, horror film
The ID-7 "Red Eye" virus spreads throughout the world. It is not lethal, but it infects neural pathways, removing all inhibition and moral integrity, resulting in people acting out their darkest impulses, which may include murder. A man na…
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Animalhorror, adventure film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, natural horror film, thriller film
Captain Nolan is an Irish Canadian fisherman living in Newfoundland, who catches marine animals in order to pay the mortgage on his boat, "Bumpo", and eventually return to Ireland. Nolan's crew is looking for a great white shark on behalf …
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Detective Film, Family Drama, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, flashback film, neo-noir
English gangster and career criminal Wilson travels to Los Angeles to investigate the death of his daughter, Jenny, who was reported to have died in a car accident; however, Wilson suspects murder. Recently released from prison after nine …
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Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film, war film
In 1936, in Italy, the Fascist government kidnaps child prodigy Tadzio De Santis and uses him in a project to create a supersoldier. The procedure's inventor, Dr. Maria Vaselli, objects and defects to the United States.
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