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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 223 films · Page 5.
Conspiracy Thriller, Historie, Political Thriller, detective film, drama film, romance film, spy film, war film
In March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height, cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, have a problem: the Nazi U-boats have changed one of their code reference books used for Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a bla…
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Family Drama, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, biographical film, drama film
In 1947, John Nash arrives at Princeton University as a co-recipient, with Martin Hansen, of the Carnegie Scholarship for Mathematics. He meets fellow math and science graduate students Sol, Ainsley, and Bender, and his roommate Charles He…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film, thriller film
In Salamanca, Spain, an assassination attempt on U.S. President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) unfolds from several different vantage points. GNN producer Rex Brooks directs news coverage from a mobile television studio as the president arriv…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Thriller, mystery film, techno-thriller, thriller film
United States Under Secretary of Defense Michael Bergstrom commits suicide after being informed that he has tested positive for HIV. The relationships of freelance Venice, Los Angeles systems analyst Angela Bennett are almost completely on…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Psychological Thriller, action film, drama film, thriller film
Luke McNamara is a student aspiring to become a lawyer. An orphaned "townie" who grew up on the "wrong side of the tracks", he did well enough in school to attend college on a scholarship where he is a champion rower. His best friends at c…
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Drama, Musical, drama film
In April 1994, a young musician named Blake sneaks out of a rehab clinic and walks home through a forest, also swimming through a lake then lighting a fire for the night. The next day, he gets home and changes his clothes. He walks around …
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Conspiracy Thriller, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
While working with a team from the University of Chicago on a project to convert hydrogen from water into clean energy, student machinist Eddie Kasalivich inadvertently discovers a sound frequency in his home laboratory that perfectly stab…
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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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Forensic, Thriller, thriller film, trial film
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay works the case of 17-year-old Mike Lassiter's alleged murder of his wealthy lawyer father Boone, a professional friend. Ramsay feels pressure to save Mike, but Mike's complete silence makes it difficult. Ram…
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Action, Animalhorror, Horror comedy, comedy film, comedy horror, monster film, science fiction film
On a highway outside the quiet mining town of Prosperity, Arizona, a truck driver swerves to avoid a rabbit, causing a barrel of toxic waste to land in a pond. Crickets that feed from the pond are collected by an exotic spider farmer, Josh…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, action film, thriller film
During an orchestrated drug bust at a marine loading dock, LAPD detective Stan Zedkov kills Triad lieutenant Peter Wei. Looking to exact revenge for his son's death, Peter's father, Terence, sends for professional assassin John Lee. Paying…
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Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, spy film, suspense film, thriller film
Bob and Jill Lawrence, a British couple on a trip to Switzerland with their daughter Betty, befriend Frenchman Louis Bernard, who is staying at their hotel. Jill is participating in a clay pigeon shooting contest. She reaches the final but…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Dr. Richard Walker is a surgeon visiting Paris with his wife Sondra for a medical conference. At their hotel, she is unable to unlock her suitcase, and Walker determines that she picked up the wrong one at the airport.
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Action, Romantic Comedy, action film, romantic comedy
Milo Boyd, a former New York Police Department detective is now a bounty hunter. His ex-wife, Nicole Hurley, is an investigative reporter who was recently arrested for assaulting a police officer. Nicole receives a tip on a story, an appar…
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Komödie, Sitcom, comedy film, drama film
In Passaic, New Jersey, Elroy Fletcher owns the declining "Be Kind Rewind" VHS rental store. The building is condemned as a slum and the officials led by Mr. Baker give him 60 days to upgrade it to the required standards, or they will demo…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film
In 1200 BC ancient Greece, King Amphitryon of Tiryns is conquering kingdoms in his thirst for more power, which disgusts his wife, Queen Alcmene. She prays to Hera for guidance and Hera's husband Zeus impregnates Alcmene with the savior of…
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Caper-Movie, Conspiracy Thriller, heist film
Joe Moore runs a ring of professional thieves, which includes Bobby Blane, Donnie "Pinky" Pincus and Joe's wife Fran. During a robbery of a New York City jewelry store, Joe takes off his mask in a successful effort to distract the store's …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Secret Agent, crime film, drama film, spy film
In 2008, CIA agent Peter Devereaux supervises a young operative, David Mason, during a protective mission in Montenegro. Mason disobeys Devereaux's orders not to fire. He shoots and kills an assassin but also kills a child.
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Conspiracy Thriller, War Film, drama film, war film
In 1943, Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu devises a scheme to deceive the Nazis about the impending invasion of Southern Europe. It entails releasing a corpse with a fictional identity off Huelva on the coast of Spain, where st…
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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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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Drama, Super Hero, action film, drama film, gangster film, thriller film
Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, returns home to Seattle after hearing that his brother, Ritchie, was killed in a drunk driving crash. His partner, Con McCarty, covers for him with his mob boss, Fletcher – whose girlfriend …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, Secret Agent, action film, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
A man is shot twice on the deck of a ship, during a heavy storm at night. The injured man plunges into the Mediterranean Sea, eventually washing ashore in a fishing village off the coast of Southern France. Two fishermen take him to the lo…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Historie, Melodrama, drama film, film noir, neo-noir, war film
In June 1945, Jacob "Jake" Geismer, an American war correspondent for The New Republic, returns to Berlin during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers after World War II is over in Europe but before hostilities end in Asia. Ja…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, political thriller film
Pete Garrison is a Secret Service agent and one of the personal bodyguards for the First Lady of the United States Sarah Ballentine, with whom he is having an affair. He is one of the oldest and most experienced agents, having been involve…
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