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Computeranimation, adventure film, buddy cop film, comedy film, family film
A week after Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde become partners in the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD), their clashing personalities start to complicate their work. Chief Bogo threatens to separate them unless they resolve their differences. Durin…
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Justice Drama, buddy film, crime film, drama film, prison film
In 1947, Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank State Prison to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover. He is befriended by Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, a contraband smuggler serving a li…
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Buddy Cop, Computeranimation, Crime Comedy, Political Drama, action comedy film, adventure film, buddy cop film, comedy film, detective film, family film
In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, Judy Hopps, a rabbit from rural Bunnyburrow, fulfills her childhood dream of becoming the first rabbit police officer in the city of Zootopia. On her first day at the Zootopia Police Departm…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Komödie
In a world where toys are sentient but pretend to be lifeless around humans, a group of toys, led by Sheriff Woody, are preparing to move to a new house with their young owner, Andy Davis, and his family. During the party for Andy's sixth …
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, action comedy film, buddy film
Private investigator Walter Hale is killed in an apparent hit and run in Hawaii. His sons, estranged half-brothers US Navy SEAL James and suspended police detective Jonny, are informed of his death. Yakuza thugs attack Jonny at his Oklahom…
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Biographical picture, Satire, buddy film, drama film
In 1977, high-school dropout Eddie Adams lives in Torrance, California with his parents. His mother is an alcoholic who is emotionally and physically abusive. Eddie works as a dishwasher at a Reseda nightclub owned by Maurice Rodriguez, wh…
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Drama, Social Drama, comedy drama, drama film, female buddy film, white savior film
In 1963, Aibileen Clark is an African-American domestic worker in Jackson, Mississippi, working for socialite Elizabeth Leefolt. She raises Elizabeth's daughter, two-year-old Mae Mobley, who is emotionally neglected due to postpartum depre…
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Auto Racing, Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, flashback film
In a world populated by anthropomorphic vehicles, the Dinoco 400 race is the last of the Piston Cup season. Heading into the event, retiring seven-time champion Strip "The King" Weathers, the cunning consistent runner-up Chick Hicks, and t…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, adventure film, buddy film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy comedy, fantasy film
Shrek is an asocial ogre who loves the solitude of his swamp and enjoys fending off mobs and intruders. One day, his life is interrupted after he inadvertently saves a talkative Donkey from some soldiers, prompting Donkey to forcibly stay …
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Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Obsession, Teen Horror Film, comedy horror, desire horror fiction, female buddy film, horror film
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, once an insecure and studious teenager living in the small town of Devil's Kettle, Minnesota, has become a violent asylum inmate who narrates the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement. Since childhood, …
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Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Crime, Crime Comedy, Satire, comedy film, comedy of error, crime film, film noir
In 1991, slacker and bowler Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, is attacked in his Los Angeles home by two enforcers for porn kingpin Jackie Treehorn, to whom a different Jeffrey Lebowski's wife owes money. One enforcer urinates on the Dude's rug…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, comedy drama, comedy film, flashback film
17-year-old Andy Davis, who has not played with his toys in years, is leaving for college, and intends to take Woody with him. Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and the others are put in a bag to be stored in the attic, but Andy's mother mistakenly …
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Adventure, Komödie, Musical, Treasure Hunting, buddy film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, musical film, road movie, thriller film, treasure hunt film
In the summer of 1937, three convicts – Pete, Delmar, and Everett – escape from a Mississippi chain gang to retrieve a buried treasure hidden by Everett before the area is flooded to make a lake. The three are assisted by a blind man drivi…
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Destiny, comedy drama, drama film, female buddy film
Annelle Dupuy, a shy beauty school graduate, moves to Chinquapin Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where Truvy Jones hires her to work in her home-based beauty salon. Meanwhile, M'Lynn Eatenton and her daughter, Shelby, prepare for Shelby'…
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Action, Drama, Gangster Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, mystery film
Léon is an Italian-American hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) working for a mafioso named "Old Tony" in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely twelve-year-old who lives wit…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, flashback film
Remy, a young anthropomorphic rat with heightened senses of taste and smell, dreams of becoming a chef like his human idol, the late Auguste Gusteau. Conversely, the rest of his colony, including his older brother Émile and their father, D…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Film, action comedy film, action film, buddy film, comedy film
Recently laid-off forensic accountant Brian Jennings struggles to adjust to life as a stay-at-home dad for his stepson Lucas, who is bullied at school for being effeminate and uninterested in sports. While his wife Emily returns to work at…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, fantasy film, flashback film
Woody and Buzz Lightyear have become co-leaders of Andy's toys. Andy plans to take Woody to Cowboy Camp, but accidentally rips his arm during a brief playtime. Andy's mother places Woody on a shelf, causing Woody to begin fearing that Andy…
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Daffy Comedy, Modern-Day Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sitcom, action film, adventure film, buddy film, comedy film, comedy horror, fantasy film, ghost film, monster film, science fiction film
After Columbia University parapsychology professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler experience their first encounter with a ghost at the New York Public Library, the university dean dismisses the credibility of their paranorma…
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Drama, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, hood film, neo-noir, thriller film
Jake Hoyt, a young, ambitious LAPD officer, is assigned to work with Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated narcotics officer for a one-day evaluation to determine if Jake will be invited to join his narcotics squad. Alonzo immediatel…
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Coming Of Age, Dark Comedy, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, buddy film, crime film, drama film, independent film, magic realist film
Mark Renton, a 26-year-old unemployed heroin addict living with his parents in Leith, regularly takes drugs with his friends: treacherous, womanising James Bond fanatic Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson, and docile and bumbling Daniel "Spud" Mur…
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Cartoon, Dramedy, Sci-Fi, buddy film, comedy drama, comedy film, science fiction film
On the planet Turo, the United Galactic Federation convicts Dr. Jumba Jookiba of illegal genetic experimentation; he has created Experiment 626, an aggressive, near-indestructible creature with advanced learning capabilities. Captain Gantu…
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Buddy Film, Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, monster film
In a world inhabited entirely by monsters, the city of Monstropolis harnesses the screams of human children for energy. At the Monsters Incorporated factory, skilled monsters employed as "scarers" enter the human world through special door…
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