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Horror, comedy horror, horror film, vampire film
Joel, a minister like his deceased father, was raised by his religious grandmother after both of his parents were killed in a car accident. Joel's childhood best friend, K, abandoned his religious upbringing and moved to New York City to b…
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Thriller, crime film, spy film, thriller film
Noel Holcroft's late father — who was a general in the Wehrmacht and once close to Adolf Hitler — left behind a fortune supposedly to make amends for his wrongdoings. More than forty years later, Noel finds himself embroiled in a web of co…
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Family Comedy, children's film
Six-year-old Savannah's father, a wealthy Salt Lake City businessman, is running for the United States Senate. Savannah has been relegated to the background in the lives of her mother and father. Feeling neglected, she decides to run away,…
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Crime, Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, Horror, Horror comedy, Political Thriller, Satire, Slasher Horror, Thriller, Zombiefilm, comedy horror film, satirical film
During an epidemic in Hemet that is turning bath salt users into cannibals, landlady Liz Topham-Myrtle grows more vicious toward her tenants every day. For some, she revokes privileges such as their parking spot, while others face eviction…
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Social Drama, Thriller, action film, biographical film, drama film
In 2002, Jonathan White is a rookie police officer under Captain Marion Mathers in the Queens, New York, neighborhood where he grew up. To provide for his wife Kerry and ailing young daughter, he works hard to keep his life on track, but h…
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Romance Film, crime film, drama film, romance film
Will Francis, a young Englishman, is a landscape architect living a detached, routine-based life in London with his Swedish-American girlfriend Liv and her autistic daughter Bea. The 14-year-old girl's irregular sleeping and eating habits …
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, erotic thriller
Joe and Betty, husband and wife, own and run a small Jersey City retail fish market (store). They have a son, Danny, who has left for Los Angeles to try to become an actor. Joe's job is his main focus and he feels that Betty interferes wit…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film
In 2004 Houston, Jack Harris leaves home with several million dollars in a duffel bag, to pay Russian mobsters. Harris is worried about the safety of his wife Diana and their children. Flashback to 1997 in Los Angeles, where Jack helps a s…
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Action, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film
The film opens as two white nationalists destroy an apartment complex in which most of the residents are minorities. Veteran police officer, Sgt. Lou Swanson, and his police dog, Reno, investigate the crime and realize the explosives are m…
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Action, Crime
Moe and Bobby "Skunk" Santos are money launderers for Perico, who is also Bobby's uncle. They are both given a large job which involves $20 million in 10 days. As they are both about to launder the money they get a call from Perico to not …
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Adventure, Komödie, heist film
In 1950 Ian Hamilton (Charlie Cox), an ardent member of the Scottish nationalist organisation, the Scottish Covenant Association, hopes to eventually see an independent Scotland. Frustrated and saddened by the complacency of his fellow Sco…
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Crime, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
thumb|right|Garfield and Pearson in Force of Evil Joe Morse is a lawyer working with powerful gangster Ben Tucker. Tucker plans to consolidate and gain control over the numbers racket in New York City. He plans to rig the winning number to…
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Crime, Thriller
The film chronicles an Italian film crew who are in London making a reconstruction of the real-life killing of Egyptian chef Mohamed El-Sayed by the two 19-year-olds Jamie Petrolini and Richard Elsey in 1994.
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Komödie, comedy film, crime film
In San Francisco, Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing afternoon at a horse racetrack, but they learn from Nick's old friend, Lieutenant Abrams, that a jockey named Goldez has been found shot dead in a shower stall after…
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, romance film, thriller film
Sam Roffe, President of Roffe & Sons Pharmaceuticals, dies in what appears to be a mountain climbing accident, leaving his daughter Elizabeth a billion-dollar empire. Roffe's board members see an opportunity to settle old scores, jockey fo…
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Horror, Thriller, crime thriller film, horror film, mystery film
Two young American women, Stephanie and Ellie, are backpacking through South America. On their last day in Argentina, they decide to stay in a small hotel. After a drunken night at the local bar, where they encounter some of the local men,…
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Drama, Film Noir, drama film, film noir
Dr. Luther Brooks is the first African-American doctor at the urban county hospital where he trained. Despite assurances from his mentor, chief resident Dr.
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crime film
Over one day and night, Bunny and Dino scheme with a crew of neighbors to cover up a dead body.
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Drama, drama film
Attorney Kent "Mac" McClain, after losing his wife and kids in a car crash, experiences grief of the loss and attempts suicide with a revolver. However, he is interrupted by a phone call inviting him to defend the accused man, instead of t…
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Crime, Drama, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, prison film
American sergeant James Allen returns to civilian life after World War I. He has served with distinction, earning a medal for his bravery, but his war experience has made him restless. His mother and minister brother feel Allen should be g…
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Crime, Drama, Komödie, crime drama film, crime film, drama film, melodrama, silent film
Jill, a young dancer, arrives in London with a letter of introduction to Mr. Hamilton, proprietor of the Pleasure Garden Theatre. The letter and all her money are stolen from her handbag as she waits to see him.
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
A middle-aged gay man in Washington, D. C., Carter Page III, is a male escorta "walker"a single man who escorts other men's wives to social events, rather than their husbands. One of the women he escorts, Lynn Lockner, is married to a Unit…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
The film opens with Jack Ruby reflecting on his past, describing it as a dream, unsure if it really happened. The film then cuts to a disturbing image: a man in a suit has been tortured, hung on a meat hook, and drained of blood — a brutal…
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Action, Justice Drama, Komödie, action film, comedy film
1748 England is infested with highwaymen — men such as Will Plunkett, a London-based criminal working with his partner Rob. When Rob is killed by the sadistic Thief Taker General Chance after a botched heist outside debtor's prison, Plunke…
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