Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore hidden plots, conspiracies and efforts to uncover them.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 223 films.
Komödie, Sci-Fi, black comedy film, comedy film, science fiction film, thriller film
Conspiracy theorist Teddy Gatz and his cousin Don abduct Michelle Fuller, the CEO of pharmaceutical conglomerate Auxolith. Teddy's mother, Sandy, previously participated in a clinical trial for an Auxolith drug that rendered her comatose. …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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Action Comedy, Dark Comedy, Satire, Splatter Film, action film, action thriller
In a group chat, Athena, Ted, Richard, Miranda, Julius, Peter, Martin, Mike and Liberty discuss an upcoming hunt of "deplorables", at a manor. Later, on Athena's private jet, a flight attendant talks to Richard but is interrupted by Randy,…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, drama film, melodrama, psychological thriller film, romance film, science fiction film
David Aames Jr., the owner of a large publishing company he inherited from his father, is in prison. Wearing a prosthetic mask, David tells his life story to court psychologist Dr. Curtis McCabe.
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Conspiracy Thriller, Melodrama, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, melodrama, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson and a fellow policeman chase a crook on the roofs of several houses; Scottie slips and nearly falls. His colleague attempts to rescue Scottie, but falls to his death. Some time later, Scottie…
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Political Thriller, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, alternate history film, drama film, dystopian film, neo-noir, superhero film, vigilante film
In 1985, a man living in a Manhattan apartment watches news about escalating Cold War tensions and the response from five-term President Richard Nixon when an unknown assailant attacks and hurls him to the street below. Throughout the open…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, Secret Agent, action film, action thriller, mystery film, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film
In the Mediterranean Sea, Italian fishermen rescue an American man adrift with two gunshot wounds in his back. Tending to his wounds, they find he has amnesia but shows fluency in several languages. A tiny laser projector found implanted i…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2084, Mars is a colonized world under the tyrannical regime of Vilos Cohaagen, who controls the mining of valuable turbinium ore. On Earth, construction worker Douglas Quaid experiences recurring dreams about Mars and a mysterious woman…
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Accident, Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Destiny, Natural Disaster, disaster film, science fiction film
In 2009, American geologist Adrian Helmsley visits astrophysicist Satnam Tsurutani in Jharkhand, India, and learns that a previously undiscovered type of neutrino from a solar flare is heating the Earth's core. Returning to Washington, D.C…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, action film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film
In Pittsburgh, a man drives a van into a rooftop parking garage near the Allegheny River and PNC Park, dropping a 1968 quarter into the parking meter. Using a sniper rifle, he shoots and kills five people on the river's North Shore Trail, …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Forensic, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1928 Los Angeles, single mother Christine Collins returns home to find her 9-year-old son, Walter, missing. Reverend Gustav Briegleb publicizes Christine's plight and rails against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for incompeten…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, treasure hunt film
Louvre curator Jacques Saunière is pursued by Silas, an albino Catholic monk who demands the location of the "keystone" to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Saunière gives him a false lead and is murdered. The police find his body posed lik…
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Conspiracy Thriller, crime film, thriller film
In 1993, wealthy Whidbey Island residents Libby and Nick Parsons appear to live an idyllic Pacific Northwest life with their four-year-old son, Matty. At a lavish private school fundraiser hosted at their waterfront mansion, Nick presents …
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Romantic Comedy, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy
Comedian Alvy Singer is trying to understand why his relationship with Annie Hall ended a year earlier. Growing up in Brooklyn, he vexed his mother with impossible questions about the emptiness of existence, and was precocious about his in…
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film
Deadline magazine summarizes the premise of the film stating: "(Oscar) Isaac plays Dante in sequences shot in color in Italy that explore his efforts in writing the classic and looking for mystical knowledge. He also plays author Nick Tosc…
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, War Film, drama film, horror film, psychological horror fiction, thriller film, war film
On October 6, 1971, American infantryman Jacob Singer is with the 1st Air Cavalry Division, deployed in a village in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, when his unit comes under attack. As many of Jacob's comrades are killed or wounded, others exhibi…
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action film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, thriller film
Returning from a Hong Kong business trip, Beth Emhoff meets up with a former lover during a Chicago layover. She feels slightly ill; two days later, back home in Minneapolis, she suffers a seizure and dies from an unknown illness. Her 6-ye…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Psychological Thriller, action film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
Nicholas Van Orton is a divorced investment banker in San Francisco. He is haunted by the death of his father, who committed suicide on his 48th birthday by jumping off the roof of the family mansion. For his 48th birthday, Nicholas's estr…
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Detective Film, crime film, detective film, drama film, mystery film
In 1934, famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solves a theft at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Intending to return to London, his friend Bouc arranges accommodations for Poirot aboard the Simplon-route train, the Orient E…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Historie, Komödie, crime film, drama film, historical film
In 1918, a man named Burt Berendsen is sent by his estranged wife's parents to fight in World War I. While stationed in France, Burt befriends African-American soldier Harold Woodman. After sustaining injuries in battle, Burt and Harold ar…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, spy film, thriller film
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is retired from fieldwork and has settled down with his fiancée, nurse Julia Meade, who is unaware of his job training recruits. IMF Director of Operations John Musgrave approaches him about a special mission to rescue…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller film, war film
During World War II, Wehrmacht Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is serving in Tunisia on the staff of the 10th Panzer Division, where he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the future of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler. Stauffenberg lose…
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Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
In New York City, award-winning male model Derek Zoolander is at a low point; he is ousted as the top male fashion model by rising star Hansel McDonald, and his roommates and colleagues Brint, Rufus, and Meekus are killed in a "freak gasol…
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Drama, Satire On Media, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy film, satirical film
In September 1975, Howard Beale, the longtime anchor for the evening news program on the Union Broadcasting System (UBS), learns from friend and news division president Max Schumacher that he has just two more weeks on the air due to decli…
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