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Coming Of Age, Fantasy, LGBTQ-related film, Psychodrama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In 1952 Christchurch, Juliet Hulme, an affluent 13-year-old English girl, transfers to a new school and befriends Pauline Parker, a 14-year-old girl from a working-class family. Bonding over a shared history of severe childhood disease and…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Mafia Film, Melodrama, Romantic Drama, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, romance film, thriller film
Charlie Cappa, a young Italian American in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City, is hampered by his feeling of responsibility toward his reckless younger friend John "Johnny Boy" Civello, a small-time gambler and degenerate who r…
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Action, Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, docudrama, drama film
LGBTQ-related film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, anthology film, chase film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, girls with guns, horror film, independent film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film, zombie film
Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, martial arts film, superhero film, thriller film, vigilante film
In 1982, young Matt Murdock is accidentally blinded by radioactive waste shortly after witnessing his father, washed-up boxer Jack "The Devil" Murdock, extorting money for local mob boss Eddie Fallon. Despite this, Matt's remaining senses …
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, found footage film, hood film
Los Angeles Police Department officers Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala are close friends and partners in the LAPD's Newton Division, assigned to patrol a high crime area of South Central Los Angeles. Taylor, a United States Marine Corps veter…
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Gangster Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, heist film
The protagonist XXXX (otherwise unnamed) is a London cocaine distributor who abhors violence and operates with the care and professionalism of a legitimate businessman. His chief associates are his enforcer and partner Morty, and Gene, an …
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Detective Film, Police Film, Social Drama, Thriller, buddy cop film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In September 1966, wealthy industrialist Phillip Colbert and his wife are in Sparta, Mississippi, to oversee the building of a factory. Late one night, police officer Sam Wood discovers Colbert's corpse in the street. Wood finds Virgil Tib…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, psychological thriller film, romance film, transgender film
At a rural fairground in Northern Ireland, a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit kidnaps Jody, a Black British soldier. A female member of the IRA unit, Jude, had lured Jody to a secluded area by promising sex. The unit intends to…
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Crime, Drama, Fake Documentary, drama film
Through the lens of a documentary, criminally amoral film student Massimo "Max" Totti follows the escapades of Ray Shoesmith, a Melbourne underworld hitman who has hired him to document his life. Max films Ray meeting with his friend Benny…
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Action, action film, action thriller, crime film
Private military advisor Santiago "Pope" Garcia works in Colombia with local police combating drug cartels. An informant named Yovanna asks for his help to smuggle her and her brother out of the country in exchange for drug lord Gabriel Ma…
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Action, Super Hero, Terrorism, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, buddy film
In response to a brief blackout at the FBI Cyber Division headquarters, FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman asks local law enforcement to bring in high-level computer hackers nationwide. NYPD Police Detective John McClane is assigned to pick…
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Detective Film, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, treasure hunt film
In San Francisco, private investigators Sam Spade and Miles Archer meet prospective client Ruth Wonderly. She claims to be looking for her missing sister, who ran off from their home in New York and came to the city with a man named Floyd …
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Crime, Parodie, Secret Agent, Splatstick, parody film, spy film
In 2002, from his lair behind the Hollywood Sign, Dr. Evil unveils to Number 2, Mini-Me, Frau Farbissina, and Scott Evil his plan for world domination: traveling back in time to 1975 and partnering with the Dutch, gold-obsessed Johan van d…
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Dark Comedy, comedy drama, crime film, teen film
The "Flawless Four" are the most popular senior girls attending Reagan High School, consisting of Courtney Alice Shayne, Marcie Fox "Foxy," Julie Freeman, and Elizabeth "Liz" Purr. Of the four, only Liz is the "Princess Di of Reagan High" …
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true crime
Seventeen-year-old Lisa McVey lives with her neglectful grandmother Diane and Diane's boyfriend, Morris Elwood, in Tampa, Florida. Morris regularly sexually abuses Lisa, and her grandmother ignores it. One night on her way home from her jo…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller, flashback film, political thriller film, spy film
In 1991, the United States and China are close to a major trade agreement, with the President due to visit China to seal the deal. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learns that its asset Tom Bishop has been arrested at a People's Liber…
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LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, Social Drama, biographical film, docudrama, drama film, romance film, transgender film
In 1993, Brandon Teena is a young trans man living in rural Nebraska. When Brandon is discovered to be transgender by a former girlfriend's brother, he receives death threats. Soon after, he is involved in a bar fight and is evicted from h…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, action film, buddy film, crime thriller film, drama film, vigilante film
In Boston, Irish American fraternal twin brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus attend Mass, where the priest mentions the fate of Kitty Genovese. Later, while Connor and Murphy are celebrating Saint Patrick's Day with friends, three Russian …
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, thriller film
Convenience store robber Herbert ("H.I." or "Hi") McDunnough meets police officer Edwina ("Ed") when she takes his mugshot after each of several arrests in Tempe, Arizona. He learns that Ed's fiancé has left her for a younger woman and, af…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, melodrama
In 1875, after world-famous opera singer Alice Alquist is murdered at her home in Victorian London, her orphan niece Paula is sent to Italy, eventually studying opera to follow in Alice's footsteps. During her voice lessons, Paula is charm…
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crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, romance film, spy film, war film
Hong Kong, 1938 During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a shy and inexperienced university student, Wong Chia Chi, travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong to begin studying at Lingnan University. Male student Kuang Yumin invites her to join his pa…
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Romance Film, Thriller, crime film, lesbian-related film, romance film, thriller film
In a rural New Mexican town in 1989, reclusive gym manager Lou navigates relationships with her sister Beth, Beth's husband JJ, and flirtatious friend Daisy. One night while at the gym, Lou is approached by FBI agents in search of informat…
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Crime, Thriller, drama film, police film, thriller film
Will Grady finds his girlfriend, Summer Elswick, brutally murdered in a rural Maine house that they have been showing for sale as realtors. Tom Nichols and his partner Dan Cleary, detectives assigned to the case, question Will who reveals …
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