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comedy drama, crime film, drama film, romance film
Hitman Wong Chi-ming talks to a woman, whom he refers to as his "partner". The story begins after Wong responds to her question on whether they are still partners. The pair have never met despite having been business partners for nearly th…
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Melodrama, Psychodrama, crime film, drama film
The story is told in a nonlinear manner. The following is a chronological summary of the plot: Jack Jordan is a former convict who is using his new-found religious faith to recover from drug addiction and alcoholism. Paul Rivers is a mathe…
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Thriller, thriller film
Jack and his lover, Ingrid, are relaxing in Sweden. As they walk in the wilderness outside their cabin, Jack becomes alarmed by a trail of footprints in the snow. A sniper's shots ring out, but Ingrid sees Jack pull a gun from his pocket a…
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
Sy Parrish is a photo technician at a one-hour photo lab in big-box store SavMart. He lives alone with a pet hamster, has no friends or love life, and lives only for his work, which he considers a "vital service". His favorite customers ar…
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Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, superhero film, thriller film
Artist Patience Phillips works for the cosmetics company Hedare Beauty, which is ready to ship a new skin cream called Beau-line that is able to reverse the effects of aging. Patience visits the R&D laboratory facility to deliver a revised…
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Horror, Obsession, Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
Emily is a social worker assigned to investigate the family of 10-year-old Lillith Sullivan, as her grades have declined and an emotional rift with her parents has emerged. Emily suspects that the parents have been abusing and overprotecti…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, heist film, thriller film
A man calling himself Ryder and his accomplices – Bashkin, Emri, and former train operator Phil Ramos – hijack Pelham 123, a New York City Subway 6 train, at 77th Street. Uncoupling the front car of the train below 51st Street, Bashkin kil…
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Splatter Film, crime film, exploitation film, horror film, rape and revenge film
Katie Carter is a model in New York City who works part-time as a restaurant receptionist to make ends meet. Desperate to update her modeling portfolio, she answers an advertisement offering a free photography session. She then meets three…
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Adventure, Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, political thriller film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, spy film, thriller film
An American family – Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife, popular singer Jo Conway, and their son Hank – are vacationing in French Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard.
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
In sultry South Florida, womanizing low-rent lawyer Ned Racine begins an affair with Matty Walker, the young wife of shady businessman Edmund Walker. The affair becomes a consuming passion, but the two keep it secret. Matty tells Ned that …
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, detective film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
Expat heiress Linnet Ridgeway hires her friend Jackie de Bellefort's fiancé, Simon Doyle, as her English estate manager. Linnet and Simon marry following a whirlwind courtship. Honeymooning in Egypt, they are surprised by the jilted Jackie…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Drama, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, political thriller film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
While in post-production on the low-budget slasher film Co-ed Frenzy, Philadelphia sound technician Jack Terry is instructed by his producer Sam to obtain a more realistic-sounding scream and better wind effects. As he records potential so…
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, crime thriller film, drama film, trial film
In 1969 Seattle, law student Ted Bundy meets Liz Kendall, a young secretary and divorced mother. The two begin dating, and Ted helps Liz raise her young daughter, Molly. By 1974, news reports announce the recent murders of multiple young w…
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Heist, action film, drama film, heist film, thriller film
After being nearly caught during a burglary, master safe-cracker Nick Wells considers retiring to live with his girlfriend Diane and run his Montreal jazz club as a legitimate businessman. He declines another job from his fence Max, and is…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Seasoned 9-1-1 operator Jordan Turner receives a call from 15-year-old Leah Templeton, fearing for her life as a man breaks into her home while her parents are away. Jordan calmly advises her to hide, which she does under the bed. After th…
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Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In 2003, Amy Loughren is a single mother and nurse working in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Parkfield Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, who is suffering from cardiomyopathy, unbeknownst to anyone at the hospital, and fears dismissal. Hav…
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Drama, Historie, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, historical drama
On July 23, 1967, the Detroit Police Department stage a raid on an unlicensed club during a celebration for some African American veterans returning from the Vietnam War. While suspects are being arrested, a mob forms and begins throwing r…
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Romance Film, Thriller, crime film, romance film
Caroline Daniels is a gas station attendant in rural Texas. Caroline's father Hank has raised her since her mother Deborah abandoned Caroline as an infant. She meets Oliver Anderson, a con artist who runs a short change scam on her employe…
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Splatter Film, Torture Porn, crime film, horror film
Dr. Lawrence Gordon is revealed to have survived the bathroom trap years earlier, using a steam pipe to cauterize his ankle nub after escaping. Some time later, another game takes place in a home improvement storefront at a shopping center.
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Political Thriller, Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film
In a house near the Pentagon, Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell of the Office of Naval Intelligence is under interrogation, asked how he came to meet Secretary of Defense David Brice. Six months earlier, Farrell is invited to an inaugural b…
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Thriller, horror film, psychological thriller, thriller film
Fenton Meiks visits FBI Agent Wesley Doyle's Dallas office and claims his brother Adam is behind the "God's Hand" serial killings that Doyle is investigating. Fenton says that Adam committed suicide, and Fenton buried him in a rose garden …
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Action, action film, adventure film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
In Chile, Michael Green, a retired former employee of assassin organization Damocles, is killed by a specialist hit squad consisting of decoy Sindy, sniper Facundo, and an assault team of Alexei, Karl, and Hilde, all of whom are also Damoc…
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Crime, crime drama film, crime film, film noir, gangster film
The plot follows two brothers who pursue a lucrative business opportunity in 1980s Queens, only to find themselves caught up in a scheme involving the Russian mafia, which ends up terrorizing their suburban family and puts their own siblin…
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Cannibal-Movie, Western film, Zombiefilm, body horror film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, horror film, horror western, independent film, political film, rape and revenge film, revisionist Western, suspense film, thriller film
The Carter family is traveling on vacation towing a trailer en route to Los Angeles. Parents Bob and Ethel are driving, accompanied by their children Bobby, Brenda, eldest daughter Lynne, Lynne's husband Doug, Lynne and Doug's baby daughte…
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