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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Harry Caul, a surveillance expert in San Francisco, specializes in audio recordings. He and his team are hired by a client known as "the Director" to eavesdrop on a couple, whom they record walking in circles in Union Square. Despite the b…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, action film, action thriller, spy film, thriller film
Two years after the incident in Paris, Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie Kreutz are living in exile in Goa. Still suffering from amnesia, he documents flashbacks about his life as a CIA assassin in a notebook. In Berlin, a CIA agent wo…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Police Film, Political Thriller, crime film, drama film
In 1964, three civil rights workers – two Jewish and one black – went missing while they were in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi (the actual events took place in Neshoba County), organizing a voter registry for African Americans. The …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, biographical film, crime film, detective film, drama film, historical film, mystery film, political thriller film
During his farewell address in 1961, outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns about the build-up of the military-industrial complex. He is succeeded by John F.
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Conspiracy Thriller, action film, mystery film, political thriller film, vigilante film
Force Recon Scout Snipers Gunnery Sergeant Bob Lee Swagger and his spotter Donnie Fenn provide overwatch for a black ops mission in Ethiopia. The mission is successful, but while covering the retreat of friendly forces, an enemy attack hel…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Super Hero, action film, spy film, thriller film
In Sydney, bio-genetics scientist Doctor Vladimir Nekhorvich sends a message to the IMF for Dimitri (Ethan Hunt's cover name), his old friend, warning that his employer, Biocyte Pharmaceuticals, forced him to develop a biological weapon, t…
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Conspiracy Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Mourning Pope Pius XVI's sudden death, the Catholic Church prepares the papal conclave to elect his successor. Fr. Patrick McKenna, the Camerlengo, temporarily controls the Vatican during the sede vacante.
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Biographical picture, Conspiracy Thriller, Family Drama, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
CBS producer Lowell Bergman convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards, who at…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, action thriller, thriller film
Secret Service agent Mike Banning undergoes training at a paramilitary facility in Virginia, owned by his former Army Ranger commanding officer Wade Jennings, now CEO of private military company Salient Global. Banning is recommended for t…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
In mid June 2006, in Dorchester, Boston, private investigator Patrick Kenzie and his partner and girlfriend Angie Gennaro witness a televised plea by Helene McCready for the return of her abducted four-year-old daughter Amanda, who was las…
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Buddy Cop, Komödie, action film, adventure film, crime thriller film, mystery film, steampunk film
In 1891, a series of bombings blamed on political radicals bring France and Germany to the brink of war. Detective Sherlock Holmes narrowly intercepts one such bomb instead intended for expert surgeon Dr. Hoffmanstahl and Holmes' former lo…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, political thriller film, thriller film
Congressman Phil Hammersley opposes a proposed counterterrorism bill that would significantly expand surveillance powers for American intelligence agencies, arguing that it poses a threat to civil liberties. In response, National Security …
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Vampirfilm, action film, fantasy film, horror film, neo-noir, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film, vampire film
In Prague, Blade searches for his mentor Abraham Whistler, who was thought dead after being attacked by Deacon Frost but was instead turned into a vampire and held prisoner by them for two years. After interrogating vampire Rush on Whistle…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, comedy film, crime thriller film, spy film
Former CIA black ops agent Frank Moses lives in the suburbs and frequently tears up his pension checks in order to call center employee Sarah Ross, with whom he has fallen in love over the phone. One day, an assassination squad attacks Fra…
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Romance Film, Romantic Drama, Vampirfilm, Werewolf, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, teen film, vampire film, werewolf film
In Seattle, Washington, the vampire Victoria Sutherland attacks the human Riley Biers, turning him into a vampire. Thus she begins creating an army of newborn vampires to help her get revenge on Edward Cullen, who killed her lover James Wi…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, psychological thriller film, romance film, transgender film
At a rural fairground in Northern Ireland, a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit kidnaps Jody, a Black British soldier. A female member of the IRA unit, Jude, had lured Jody to a secluded area by promising sex. The unit intends to…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller, flashback film, political thriller film, spy film
In 1991, the United States and China are close to a major trade agreement, with the President due to visit China to seal the deal. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learns that its asset Tom Bishop has been arrested at a People's Liber…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, action film, spy film, thriller film
In Aleppo, Syria, a team of US Navy SEALs, including Senior Chief Petty Officer John Kelly, rescue a CIA operative taken hostage by a suspected pro-Assad para-military group. The situation escalates as the SEALs discover that the captors a…
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Action, Crime, Heist, Thriller, action film, black comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film, heist film, mystery film
In 1969, student hackers and long-time friends Martin Brice and Cosmo use their skills to reallocate money from causes they consider evil to underfunded ones that help the world. When Martin steps out to get pizza, the police arrive and ar…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Hank is an accountant at a feed mill in Wright County, Minnesota with a pregnant wife, Sarah. After visiting their parents graves on New Year's Eve, Hank, his simpleminded brother Jacob, and Jacob's friend Lou Chambers stumble upon a crash…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, Romance Film, Social Drama, drama film, erotic thriller film, melodrama, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
thumb|thumbtime=2:18|Trailer for Rebecca thumb|In Monte Carlo, Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) stops to speak to Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates) only after recognizing her companion (Joan Fontaine), the woman he had encountered …
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film
In 1558, 42-year-old Catholic Queen Mary I of England, the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, dies, presumably from a cancerous tumor in her womb. Mary's heir presumptive and 25-year-old half sister, Lady Eliza…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller
Young billionaire Clay Beresford, Jr. is in love with Samantha "Sam" Lockwood, his mother's personal assistant. Clay requires a heart transplant to be conducted by Dr.
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, thriller film
Boston homicide detective Thomas Craven picks up his daughter Emma, who comes home to visit. Emma feels increasingly unwell, vomiting and suffering a nosebleed. When they leave the house to go to a hospital, a masked gunman shouts "Craven!…
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