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Biographical picture, biographical film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, drama film, epic film
In 1987, twenty-two-year-old Jordan Belfort becomes a Wall Street stockbroker for L.F. Rothschild, employed under Mark Hanna. Quickly enticed by the drug-fueled stockbroker culture, he learns that their goal is to make themselves rich.
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Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, psychological thriller, trial film
Martin Vail is an arrogant Chicago defense attorney, known for defending undesirable but high-profile clients, including alleged mob boss Joey Piñero. Vail was previously a state prosecuting attorney, but after finding it to be a dead-end …
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Action, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
In Chandler, Arizona, FBI special agents Kate Macer and Reggie Wayne lead a raid on a Sonora Cartel safe house, where they discover dozens of decaying corpses hidden in the walls. Outside, an explosive booby trap kills two police officers.…
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Dark Comedy, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, independent film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
A young Butch Coolidge is visited by Captain Koons, an Air Force pilot. Koons reveals a gold watch to Butch and explains that the watch is a family heirloom and belonged to Butch's father, who served with Koons and died in a POW camp in th…
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Action, Super Hero, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, superhero film, thriller film
Bane, a former member of the League of Shadows, leads an attack on a CIA plane over Uzbekistan to abduct nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel. Meanwhile, eight years after the death of Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent and the arrest…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In September 2019, Yale philosophy professor Alma Imhoff and her therapist husband Frederik Mendelssohn host a dinner party. Alma recently returned to her post after an extended medical leave; she is prescribed medication for chronic pain.…
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Action, Drama, Gangster Film, Heist, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Neil McCauley, a Los Angeles professional thief, and his crew—Chris Shiherlis, Michael Cheritto, Gilbert Trejo, and new recruit Waingro—rob $1.6 million in bearer bonds from an armored car. Waingro, who unbeknownst to McCauley is an active…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
At the Coopers Chase retirement village, psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif, former trade union leader Ron Ritchie, and mysterious Elizabeth Best are members of the Thursday Murder Club (TMC), which meets weekly to discuss cold cases. They are soon…
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Crime, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee at Quantico, is recruited by Behavioral Science Unit chief Jack Crawford to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant and cannibalistic psychiatrist imprisoned at the Baltimore State Hospital for the …
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, vigilante film
In the fictional city of Conyers, Pennsylvania, the Dover and Birch families celebrate Thanksgiving together. After dinner, girls Anna Dover and Joy Birch go missing after playing on a parked RV. Detective Loki responds to a police call ab…
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Gangster Film, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
In 1980s Boston, Irish mob boss Frank Costello introduces himself to a young Colin Sullivan. Years later, Sullivan has been groomed as Costello's spy inside the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and joins the Special Investigation Unit. Ano…
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Crime, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, police film, thriller film
thumb|upright|Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th century painting, Mona Lisa, is featured as a major plot point in the film. During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Miles Bron, the co-founder of technology company Alpha, hosts a murder myste…
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Anti-War Film, Military Film, Political Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, epic film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, satirical film, thriller film, war drama, war film
In 1969, during the Vietnam War, jaded MACV-SOG operative Captain Benjamin L. Willard is summoned to I Field Force headquarters in Nha Trang. The officers there tell him that U.S.
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Justice Drama, drama film, fantasy film, flashback film, magic realist film, prison film
In 1935, corrections officer Paul Edgecomb oversees "The Green Mile", the death row section of Cold Mountain Penitentiary, alongside officers Brutus Howell, Dean Stanton, Harry Terwilliger, and the sadistic and despised Percy Wetmore, whos…
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Crime, Justice Drama, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, film based on a literary work, film noir, flashback film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
The film starts with a Polaroid photograph of a dead man. As the sequence plays in reverse, the photo reverts to its undeveloped state, entering the camera before the man is shot in the head. The film continues, alternating between black-a…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, black comedy film, comedy horror, crime film, drama film, slasher film, thriller film
In 1987, New York City investment banker Patrick Bateman meticulously maintains a polished social façade while harboring violent impulses. He dines at trendy restaurants, obsesses over his physical appearance, and navigates a shallow circl…
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
On their fifth anniversary, writing teacher Nick Dunne returns home to find that his wife, Amy, is missing. Amy's fame as the inspiration for her parents' Amazing Amy children's books ensures widespread press coverage. The media finds Nick…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, Southern Gothic film, crime drama film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Max Cady, a psychopathic rapist, is released from prison after finishing a full sentence for the rape and battery of a 16-year-old girl. During his trial in Atlanta fourteen years earlier, his public defender, Sam Bowden, was so appalled b…
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Gothic film, Horror, body horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discover…
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Action, Cyberpunk, Film Noir, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, film noir, neo-noir, science fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2019 Los Angeles, former police officer Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, who likes to make origami figures, and is brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a "blade runner" was to track down bioengineered…
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LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, art film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
The film opens with brightly lit images of couples dancing the jitterbug, over which a young blonde woman appears smiling and being applauded, followed by a point-of-view shot descending toward a pillow as someone lies down. At night on Mu…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Thriller, Western film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
During the winter on the Wind River Indian Reservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agent Cory Lambert discovers the frozen body of 18-year-old Natalie Hanson of the Northern Arapaho tribe. FBI special agent Jane Banner arrives to inves…
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