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Justice Drama, Thriller, drama film, legal thriller, mystery film, thriller film
Lawyer Michael Clayton is a "fixer" for the prestigious Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen law firm in New York City. One night, Michael attends to a high-profile client in Westchester County. Driving home, Michael sees three horses standing at the …
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Action, Crime, Heist, Thriller, action film, black comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film, heist film, mystery film
In 1969, student hackers and long-time friends Martin Brice and Cosmo use their skills to reallocate money from causes they consider evil to underfunded ones that help the world. When Martin steps out to get pizza, the police arrive and ar…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Hank is an accountant at a feed mill in Wright County, Minnesota with a pregnant wife, Sarah. After visiting their parents graves on New Year's Eve, Hank, his simpleminded brother Jacob, and Jacob's friend Lou Chambers stumble upon a crash…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, prison film
Henri Charrière is a safecracker nicknamed "Papillon" because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest. In France, he is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp in 1933 and is sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guiana. On the way, he meets…
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, drama film, heist film, mystery film, psychological thriller film
In 1991, a gang of ruthless criminals stage a daring daylight robbery to steal a rare $10-million gem from a bank's safe deposit vault. Two of them double-cross their leader, Patrick Koster, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years …
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Buddy Cop, Buddy Film, Komödie, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film, heist film, hood film, thriller film
Lifelong friends Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are devoted Miami Police narcotics detectives investigating $100 million of seized Mafia heroin, their biggest career bust, which has been stolen from a secure police vault. Internal Affairs …
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Drama, crime film, drama film, legal drama, prison film
Matthew Poncelet, who was sentenced to death for the murder and rape of a teenage couple, Walter Delacroix and Hope Percy, has been on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for six years. His accomplice, Carl Vitello, was sentenced…
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, horror film, thriller film
The film begins with chemistry professor Barney Cousins at his cabin, seemingly perfecting methods to conduct a kidnapping. He is so dedicated to his work that his wife Helene and his daughter Denise suspect he is having an affair. Jeff Ha…
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Action Comedy, American football film, Buddy Film, action comedy film, action film, buddy film, crime film
During halftime at a football game, Los Angeles Stallions running back Billy Cole receives a call from Milo, a man who warns him to win the game or he will be killed. Cole ingests PCP and in a drug-induced rage, carries a gun onto the fiel…
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Torture Porn, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, rape and revenge film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
Mari Collingwood plans to attend a concert with her friend Phyllis Stone for her 17th birthday. Mari's parents, Estelle and John, express concern about her friendship with Phyllis, but they let her go and give her a peace symbol necklace. …
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Action, Cyberpunk, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
As 1999 nears its end, Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone. A Chinese restaurant is robbed by a group of criminals, with one recording the event with a SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device), an illegal electronic devi…
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Heist, crime film, detective film, drama film, heist film, romance film
Multi-millionaire businessman Thomas Crown is a handsome, dashing, cultured adrenaline junkie. Out of boredom, he masterminds a five-man heist of $2.66 million from a Boston bank, with the getaway driver dumping the money in a quiet cemete…
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Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, mystery film, thriller film
Anna Khitrova, a Russian-British midwife who works at Trafalgar Hospital in London, finds a Russian language diary belonging to Tatiana, a 14-year-old drug-addicted prostitute who is pregnant. When Tatiana suffers a placental abruption, An…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
Thirteen-year-old Becky Hooper is questioned about a recent incident at her family's lakehouse two weeks earlier. She gives vague answers and claims to remember only minor details. The story unfolds through her flashbacks.
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Crime, Family Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 2005, Korean War veteran and celebrated daylily horticulturalist Earl Stone misses his daughter Iris's wedding so he can receive a lifetime award celebrating his professional accomplishments. Enraged that her father once again chose his…
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Action, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, crime thriller film
On a Friday night in Chicago, mobster Johnny Ross briefly meets his brother, Pete, after fleeing the Outfit. The next morning, Lieutenant Frank Bullitt of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), along with his team, Delgetti and Stanto…
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Drama, Social Drama, crime film, drama film
In the rural Ozarks of Missouri, seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly looks after her mentally ill mother, Connie, twelve-year-old brother Sonny, and six-year-old sister Ashlee. She makes sure her siblings eat and teaches them survival skills such…
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Action, Crime, High School Comedy Film, Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, techno-thriller, teen film, thriller film
In 1988, 11-year-old Dade "Zero Cool" Murphy is banned from owning or operating computers and telephones until his 18th birthday, after his family is fined for his crashing of 1,507 computer systems, causing a seven-point drop in the New Y…
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Action, Thriller, action film, heist film, thriller film
Car thief Kip Raines works with his gang to steal 50 high-end cars for Raymond Calitri, a British gangster in Long Beach, California. After stealing a Porsche 996 from a showroom, Kip unwittingly leads the police to his crew's warehouse, f…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller
Young billionaire Clay Beresford, Jr. is in love with Samantha "Sam" Lockwood, his mother's personal assistant. Clay requires a heart transplant to be conducted by Dr.
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, thriller film
Boston homicide detective Thomas Craven picks up his daughter Emma, who comes home to visit. Emma feels increasingly unwell, vomiting and suffering a nosebleed. When they leave the house to go to a hospital, a masked gunman shouts "Craven!…
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Crime, Detective Film, Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir, teen film
High school student Brendan Frye discovers a note directing him to a pay phone, where he receives a call from his ex-girlfriend Emily Kostich, begging him for help. She mentions a "bad brick", "the Pin", and "Tug" before abruptly hanging u…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, teen film
Teenager Ruby Baker and her little brother, Rhett, lose their parents suddenly in a car accident and are placed under the guardianship of family friends and former neighbors, Terry and Erin Glass. Erin is a respected physician and Terry ru…
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Action, Mafia Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
thumb|The film's 1979 trailer In 1920s Chicago, an Italian immigrant and ambitious low-level thug, Tony "Scarface" Camonte, works as a bodyguard for crime lord "Big" Louis Costillo. Tony guns down his boss with Costillo's disgruntled lieut…
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