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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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Thriller, crime film, drama film
In 1956 Chicago, Leonard Burling is an English bespoke "cutter", with a shop in a neighborhood controlled by Irish Mob boss Roy Boyle. Roy's son and second-in-command, Richie, and his chief enforcer, Francis, use Leonard's shop as a stash …
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Crime, Parodie, Satire, Secret Agent, Splatstick, Super Hero, crime film, parody film, spy film
In 1967, Austin Powers is a flamboyant British spy, renowned for his charm, style, and embodiment of the era's free-spirited hedonism. Unable to defeat Austin, his nemesis Dr. Evil cryogenically freezes himself, intending to return when fr…
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Crime, Destiny, Justice Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film
In 1985, Bud Fox is a junior stockbroker at Jackson Steinem & Co. in New York City. He wants to work with his hero, Gordon Gekko, a legendary Wall Street player.
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Private investigator Tom Welles is contacted by Daniel Longdale, attorney for wealthy widow Mrs. Christian. While clearing out her recently deceased husband's safe, she and Longdale uncovered an 8mm movie which appears to depict the real m…
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Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, independent film, rape and revenge film, teen film
In 1993, South Florida high school dropouts Ali Willis and Lisa Connelly befriend local deli employees Bobby Kent and Marty Puccio, going out on a double date. Later that evening, in Bobby's parked car, Ali performs oral sex on Bobby, whil…
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Political Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
The far-right Organisation armée secrète ("Secret Army Organisation") plots to assassinate President de Gaulle. The first attempt on 22 August fails, leaving de Gaulle and his entourage unharmed. Within six months, OAS leader Jean Bastien-…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, crime film, drama film, hood film, musical film
In 1986, Compton, California, Eazy-E narrowly evades a police raid at a crack house. The following day, Dr. Dre is struggling with what he wants to do in life and is confronted by his mother for missing a job interview.
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Political Drama, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, action film, crime film, drama film
In 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion ends disastrously. Senior CIA officer Edward Wilson is warned of a possible "mole" in his department. Returning home, he finds a photograph of a man and woman in bed, as well as audio tapes that have been …
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, historical film
A notorious mafia hitman and a young Black FBI agent team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi in 1966.
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Family Drama, Thriller, action film, drama film, film noir, heist film, satanic film
Note: The story is explained here in its chronological order, rather than as it is presented in the film. Facing an upcoming audit that will reveal he has been embezzling money from his employer, payroll manager Andy Hanson decides to flee…
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Mafia Film, Romance Film, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, thriller film
New York prizefighter Terry Malloy's career was cut short when he purposely lost a fight at the request of mob boss Johnny Friendly. Terry now works for Friendly's labor union as a longshoreman while his older, more educated brother Charle…
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Action, Heist, action film, crime film, heist film, mystery film, thriller film
Professional safecracker John Bridger's team has plans to steal $35 million worth of gold bars from a safe in Venice from Italian gangsters who had stolen it weeks earlier. Professional fixer Charlie Croker, computer expert Lyle or "Napste…
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Biographical picture, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, independent film, prison film
"The following is based on a true story. It began October 6, 1970 in Istanbul, Turkey." On vacation in Istanbul, American college student Billy Hayes straps of hashish bricks to his chest. As he and his girlfriend Susan are about to board …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Jack Reacher, a drifter and former Major who commanded the US Army's 110th CID Military Police (MP), helps the current commander, Major Susan Turner, bust a corrupt Oklahoma Sheriff who is running a human trafficking ring on Army land. Ret…
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Coming Of Age, Motor-Bike Film, drama film, road movie
Wyatt (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper) are freewheeling motorcyclists. After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, they sell their haul and receive a large sum of money. With the cash stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars &…
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Girls with Guns, Komödie, Parodie, Secret Agent, action film, comedy film, female buddy film, martial arts film
Natalie Cook, Dylan Sanders, and Alex Munday are the "Angels", three women who work as private investigators together for unseen millionaire Charlie Townsend. Charlie uses speakers in his offices to communicate with the Angels, and his ass…
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Crime Comedy, Fantasy, action comedy film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, detective film, family film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, mystery film, science fiction film, teen film, urban fantasy
Tim Goodman gave up his dream of being a Pokémon Trainer following the death of his mother and his estrangement from his father Harry, a police detective who moved to Ryme City, where humans and Pokémon live together side by side, while pa…
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Drama, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film
In July 1983, Shaun Fields is a troubled 12-year-old boy living with his widowed mother Cynthia in the East Midlands. Shaun is alienated and frequently antagonized at school and around town. On the last day of his school term, Shaun gets i…
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Crime, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film
Recently divorced Meg Altman and her eleven-year-old daughter, Sarah, move into a four-story brownstone in New York City's Upper West Side. The house's previous owner, a reclusive millionaire, had installed a "panic room" to protect himsel…
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Thriller, crime film
Cal Starr, a young boy living in a small South Dakota town, develops an obsession with Native American culture after watching numerous Western films on television and comes to believe he is the reincarnation of Lakota leader Sitting Bull. …
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Police Film, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film, techno-thriller, thriller film
Former CIA analyst Jack Ryan now teaches history at the United States Naval Academy. In London with his wife Cathy and their young daughter Sally, Ryan witnesses and intervenes in a terrorist kidnapping attempt on Lord William Holmes, the …
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, rape and revenge film
Scriptwriter David Sumner and his wife Amy, an actress, relocate to the rural small of Blackwater in Marshall County, Mississippi, where Amy grew up. They are going to live in the house of Amy's recently deceased father to allow David to f…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Western, Western film, biographical film, drama film, historical drama
In 1881, young starstruck Robert "Bob" Ford seeks out Jesse James when the James Gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older brother Charley, already a me…
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