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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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Action, action film, crime film, thriller film
Ex-LAPD officer Brian O'Conner has escaped to Miami and is in hiding, after aiding wanted felon Dominic Toretto in Los Angeles escape from authorities. He makes a living by street racing, driving his 1999 Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R in events …
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Action, Detective Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In Marseille, a man is shadowing Alain Charnier, who runs a heroin-smuggling syndicate. Charnier's hitman, Pierre Nicoli, murders the man. Charnier plans to smuggle million (equivalent to $million in ) worth of 89% pure heroin into the Uni…
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LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, drama film, independent film, teen film, thriller film
On April 20, 1999, an ordinary day at a high school in Portland, Oregon, is shown through the perspective of several students. Among them are John, who has a strained relationship with his alcoholic father; Elias, a photography student who…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, musical film
In 1950s London, aspiring songwriter Roger Radcliffe lives in a bachelor flat with his pet Dalmatian, Pongo. Deciding both of them need a "mate", Pongo watches women and their dogs in the street. Noticing a young woman named Anita and her …
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Crime, Drama, Horror, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, horror film, psychological horror film
In 2007, David Moran witnesses a man struck in a hit-and-run incident on a New York City street. As he rushes to assist the victim, he is flooded with memories of a traumatic summer in 1958, when, as a teenager, he met Meg Loughlin—his fir…
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Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Detective Film, Komödie, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film
Axel Foley is a plainclothes Detroit police detective whose latest unauthorized sting operation goes sour when two uniformed officers intervene, resulting in a high-speed chase through the city that causes widespread damage. Axel's superio…
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Crime, Drama, Western, Western film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, epic film, thriller film
Osage Nation elders bury a ceremonial pipe, mourning their descendants' assimilation into White American society. Wandering through their Oklahoma reservation during the annual "flower moon" phenomenon of fields of blooms, several Osage fi…
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Biographical picture, Documentation, Historie
Action, Buddy Cop, Thriller, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, buddy film, heist film
The Bonwit Teller department store in New York City is blown up by a bomb during the morning commute. A man identifying himself as "Simon" telephones the New York Police Department (NYPD) and claims responsibility. Making demands in the fo…
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Action, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
A truck driven by a paraplegic man disguised in drag and filled with dozens of dogs is stopped by police in New Jersey. The driver, Douglas “Doug” Munrow, is arrested. Psychiatrist Evelyn is called to interrogate him, and the film unfolds …
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Fugitive Drama, Justice Drama, Melodrama, Political Thriller, action film, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film
thumb|The Azure Window of Gozo appears in the background of some scenes (picture from 2003). In 1815, Edmond Dantès, second mate of a French merchant vessel, and his friend Fernand Mondego, a representative of the shipping company, seek me…
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Action, action film, crime film, thriller film
Phil Broker, a DEA agent, leads a raid on a methamphetamine lab owned by Danny "T" Turrie, a biker gang boss who leads the Outcasts MC. Danny T is arrested, but his son is killed when police shoot him. Broker retires from the agency as a r…
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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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Action, Buddy Cop, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film
After mistakenly shooting Derek Jeter at the World Series, hot-tempered NYPD detective Terry Hoitz is partnered with mild-mannered forensic accountant Allen Gamble. Both are ridiculed by their peers, who idolize detectives Chris Danson and…
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Drama, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, prison film
Jacob Harlon is a successful stockbroker living with his wife, Katherine, and son Joshua, in California. One night, while driving his wife and two friends home after an evening out, having dinner and drinking wine, he causes a collision wh…
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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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Action, Mysterie, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
Following his pursuit by Kirill, Jason Bourne evades Moscow police while wounded and deals with more flashbacks of when he first joined Operation Treadstone, seemingly of him being forced to comply with the program. Six weeks later, CIA De…
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Family Drama, Psychological Thriller, Southern Gothic film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In Southeast Georgia, Max Cady is released from prison after serving an eight-year sentence for rape. He promptly tracks down Sam Bowden, an attorney whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because Bowden interrupted his at…
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Komödie, comedy film, drama film
In the fall of 1999, self-loathing screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired to write an adaptation of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief. He struggles with anxiety, social phobia, depression, and low self-esteem. His twin brother, Donald, has mo…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Sydney Brown, a well-dressed senior gambler, finds John Finnegan, a homeless man, forlornly sitting outside a diner in Sparks, Nevada. Sydney offers John a cigarette and buys him a cup of coffee. John tells Sydney that he went bust in Las …
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True Crime, crime film, documentary film
Crime Comedy, crime comedy film, mystery film, thriller film
Five years after the first film, Stephanie Smothers is a famous true crime vlogger, an amateur detective and has written a book about her friendship with Emily Nelson and Emily’s subsequent imprisonment. At a book signing, Emily appears, a…
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Caper-Movie, Komödie, action film, comedy film, heist film
Reuben Tishkoff builds a hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Against advice from his friend and erstwhile criminal partner Danny Ocean, he becomes involved with investor and casino mogul Willy Bank, whose thugs strongarm Reuben into signi…
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