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Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, Political Drama, Psychodrama, Thriller, crime film, legal thriller, thriller film, trial film
Mitch McDeere, a top Harvard Law School graduate, accepts a lucrative offer from boutique law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke in Memphis, Tennessee. After he and wife Abby relocate there, he prepares for the Tennessee bar exam. Senior partne…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film
DEA agents collect MI6 agent James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter's wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drug lord Franz Sanchez. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, drama film
Molly Bloom is a world-class mogul skier, trained from a young age by her overbearing father, until a career-ending injury during a qualifying event for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Postponing her law school plans, she moves to Los Angeles wh…
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, arthouse science fiction film, crime film, psychological thriller, science fiction film, thriller film
On the night that Miller's Comet passes Earth, eight friends gather for a dinner party at the home of couple Mike and Lee. Emily is hesitant to accompany her boyfriend Kevin on an extended business trip abroad. Amir has brought Kevin's ex-…
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Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, Dance Film, Musical, comedy drama, comedy film, detective film, drama film, musical film, prison film
In 1924, vaudeville star Velma Kelly performs ("Overture/All That Jazz") at The Onyx, a Chicago nightclub; the spotlight highlights the empty place where Velma's sister is missing awkwardly from the double act. Seeking stardom, housewife R…
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Action, Adventure, Detective Film, Drama, Mysterie, action film, adventure film, buddy cop film, crime thriller film, mystery film
In 1890 London, private detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson prevent the ritualistic murder of a woman by Lord Henry Blackwood, a noble who has killed five women previously and claims to have supernatural powers. Inspe…
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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, Komödie, action film, comedy film, detective film, heist film, mystery film
Terry Benedict locates all eleven members of Danny Ocean's crew, demanding they return the $160 million they stole from his casinos plus $38 million in interest. He gives them a two-week deadline to return the money, under the threat that …
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Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, heist film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
In 1974, a child named Benjamin Franklin Gates is told by his grandfather about a fabled treasure hidden in America. The treasure, passed down from ancient times to the Knights Templar, Founding Fathers, and Freemasons, has long been the o…
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Fake Documentary, Horror, crime film, found footage film, horror film
The film is presented as a documentary, featuring interviews with police and FBI officials. Police officers raid a house in Poughkeepsie, New York, where they discover over 800 videotapes created by serial killer Edward Carver, which prese…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, martial arts film, thriller film
Patrick Walker is a homicide detective, estranged from his family and on the payroll of Lawrence Beaumont, a real estate tycoon, mayoral candidate, and father of Charlie. Charlie is part of a gang of thieves, alongside his girlfriend Mia, …
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Drama, crime film, drama film
Four real-estate salesmen (Richard Roma, George Aaronow, Shelley "The Machine" Levene, and Dave Moss) are supplied with leads—the names and phone numbers of prospective investors—and use deceitful and dubious sales tactics. Many of the lea…
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Action, Mysterie, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Ethan Kopek, a TSA officer at LAX, has become cynical after being rejected from the police academy for concealing his father's criminal history. On Christmas Eve, his pregnant girlfriend Nora encourages him to reapply to pursue his dream. …
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, blaxploitation film, spy film
Three MI6 agents are killed under mysterious circumstances within 24 hours in the United Nations headquarters in New York City, in New Orleans, and the small Caribbean nation of San Monique, while monitoring the operations of the island's …
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Action, action film, crime film, neo-noir, splatter film, thriller film, vigilante film
John Wick infiltrates a smuggling compound run by Abram Tarasov, who is highly strung following the recent deaths of his nephew Iosef and brother Viggo at John's hands. There, he recovers his stolen Boss 429 Mustang and defeats all of Abra…
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Crime, Melodrama, drama film, erotic film, romance film
In 16th-century India, Tara is a princess while Maya is her beautiful servant. They are best friends, but there is an undercurrent of jealousy and resentment, symbolised by the fact that Maya is given Tara's hand-me-down clothes and never …
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Komödie, Mysterie, action film, adventure film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
A waiter pages George Kaplan at the Oak Room restaurant at the Plaza Hotel in New York City at the request of two well-dressed men. While summoning the same waiter, advertising executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for Kaplan, kidnapped by…
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Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, erotic thriller, mystery film, neo-noir, teen film
In the upscale Miami suburb of Blue Bay, handsome high school guidance counselor Sam Lombardo, who is known for his popularity among the female students as well as some of the older women in the area due to his sex appeal, holds a school a…
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Action, action film, thriller film
Five years after escaping Los Angeles, Dominic Toretto and his crew, consisting of his girlfriend Letty, Tego Leo, Rico Santos, Cara, and Han Lue, are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. Dom suspects the police are on their t…
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Musical, Romance Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film, thriller film
Rachel Marron, an Academy Award–nominated actress and music superstar, is receiving death threats from a stalker. After a bomb explodes in her dressing room, her manager Bill Devaney seeks out professional bodyguard Frank Farmer, a former …
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Christmas film, Komödie, Sitcom, action film, comedy film, family film
Peter Beaupre, Alice Ribbons, Burton Jernigan, and Earl Unger are four internationally wanted criminals working for a Hong Kong-based terrorist organization linked to North Korea. In Silicon Valley, California, they steal a $10 million mis…
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Action, Gangster Film, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, prison film, thriller film
Decorated honorably discharged Army Ranger Cameron Poe is convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing a bar patron in self-defense when the other man drunkenly attacks him and his pregnant wife, Tricia. During his eight-year sentence…
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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, thriller film, trial film
Theodore "Ted" Crawford, a wealthy Irish aeronautical engineer living in Los Angeles, confirms that his wife, Jennifer, is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally. Confronting his wife, Crawford shoots her. He calls the polic…
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Crime, Komödie, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
In Warfield, Connecticut, widowed single mother Stephanie Smothers runs a vlog featuring crafts and recipes for mothers. She becomes friends with Emily Nelson, the mother of her son Miles' best friend and classmate Nicky and a PR director …
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Computeranimation, Criminal Comedy Film, Sci-Fi, comedy film, family film
Longtime villain Felonious Gru has his pride hurt when an unknown rival steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. Gru, his elderly assistant Dr. Nefario, and his army of Minions devise a plan to steal the Moon, which would make Gru the best crimin…
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