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Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In 1969, veteran firefighter Frank Sullivan dies on duty and is survived by Julia, his wife, and John, his young son. In 1999, John has become an NYPD detective and struggles with emotional openness as a result of his loss. An atmospheric …
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Action, Buddy Film, Komödie, Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Murderer and robber Albert Ganz escapes from prison with the help of a member of his gang, Billy Bear. The criminals travel to San Francisco to recover money from Ganz's last robbery. Searching for the cash, they kill Henry Wong, a former …
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, horror film, mystery film
After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a university, Dr. Helen Hudson, a field expert on serial killers, is cornered in the lecture hall's restroom by one of her previous subjects, Daryll Lee Cullum, who has escaped from pr…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, independent film, prison film
The film centers on a dialogue between two very different individuals who share a prison cell during the Brazilian military dictatorship: Valentin Arregui, who is imprisoned (and has been tortured) due to his activities on behalf of a left…
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crime film, drama film, thriller film
A Christian musical procession waits with a symbolic block of tofu outside a prison for the release of Lee Geum-ja, a reformed female prisoner. Convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 5-year-old schoolboy, Won-mo, 13 years earlier, Geum-ja…
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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, comedy film, heist film
Josh Kovaks is the building manager of The Tower, an upscale apartment complex in New York City that has Wall Street billionaire Arthur Shaw as its penthouse tenant. Josh, a friend of Shaw's, has asked him to manage the staff's pensions. O…
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Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, stoner film
Dale Denton, a process server and marijuana enthusiast, visits his drug dealer Saul Silver. Dale and Saul smoke the rare "Pineapple Express" strain together before Dale leaves to resume working. He arrives at the home of local drug lord, T…
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Komödie, comedy film
Chili Palmer is a Miami-based loan shark and movie buff. When his leather jacket is taken by rival mobster Ray "Bones" Barboni, Chili retrieves it and breaks Bones' nose. Bones ambushes him at his office but Chili shoots first, grazing Bon…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Norman Bates is released from a mental institution, despite the protests of Marion Crane's sister Lila Loomis. Against the advice of Dr. Bill Raymond, he moves to his old home behind the Bates Motel and starts working in a diner.
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Psychodrama, Social Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1959, the Clutter family murders take place on their Kansas farm. After reading The New York Times, riveted by the story, Truman Capote calls The New Yorker magazine editor William Shawn to tell him that he plans to document the tragedy…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film
In Gorham, Kansas, circa 1936, itinerant con man Moses Pray meets nine-year-old Addie Loggins at her mother's graveside service, where the neighbors suspect he is Addie's father. He denies this, but agrees to deliver the orphaned Addie to …
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Komödie, action film, comedy film, prison film
Stan Minton is a wealthy real estate con artist who is married to Mindy. One day, he is arrested for conning elderly people out of their savings. His lawyer Mal defends him at the trial presided over by Judge Perry.
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, boxing film, drama film, prison film
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a promising and top-ranked middleweight boxer from Paterson, New Jersey, who was expected by many fans to become the world's greatest boxing champion. However, a bartender and two customers were shot t…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
A sea plane flying on a stormy night malfunctions and crashes in the sea off the coast of The Bahamas. Sam and Jared are a couple living a rustic life in a trailer, next to the beach in The Bahamas. Sam works as a guide in the local aquati…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
British diplomat and avid horticulturalist Justin Quayle is confronted by Amnesty International activist Tessa during a lecture in London. They strike up a romance, and marry after she accompanies him to his posting in Kenya. She befriends…
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Crime, Drama, Historie, crime film, period drama film
In 1934, after two years on the run, criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow break several associates out of Texas' Eastham Prison Farm. Texas Department of Corrections Chief Lee Simmons persuades Governor "Ma" Ferguson to hire former Tex…
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Gangster Film, action film, crime thriller film, drama film
During the 2008 financial crisis and 2008 United States presidential election, Johnny "Squirrel" Amato plans to rob a Mafia-controlled private poker game in Boston. He enlists Frankie, a former business associate, and Russell, a heroin-add…
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Dark Comedy, comedy film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film
In West Dallas, 22-year-old drug dealer Chris Smith comes to the trailer park home of his dimwitted father Ansel. Ansel lives with his wife Sharla, who has a reputation for lasciviousness. Chris's mother (and Ansel's ex-wife) Adele has thr…
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Biographical picture, Criminal Comedy Film, biographical film, crime comedy film, drama film
Career criminal Forrest Tucker, a wanted man for two years since his daring escape from San Quentin State Prison in 1979, has just robbed another bank. While evading police, the 74-year-old charmer passes Jewel, a woman on the side of the …
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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, trial film
Senior barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts is nearing retirement after a heart attack. He agrees to defend Leonard Vole, despite Nurse Plimsoll's objections and Sir Wilfrid's doctor having warned against taking stressful criminal cases. Leonard …
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Drama, Historie, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film
On April 14, 2013, Boston Police Department Sergeant Tommy Saunders captures a suspect and fails to convince Commissioner Ed Davis to let him off from a punishment duty the next day, working the Boston Marathon. During the marathon, brothe…
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Action, Action Comedy, Komödie, action comedy film, buddy film, crime comedy film, road movie
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh is enlisted by bail bondsman Eddie Moscone to find accountant Jonathan Mardukas and bring him to Los Angeles. Mardukas embezzled $15 million from Chicago mob boss Jimmy Serrano and donated it to charity before jump…
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Action, action film, drama film, thriller film
Inside a heavily guarded facility, a group of young boys are given tattoos of bar codes on the backs of their shaved heads and are then trained in weapons, demolitions, unarmed combat, stamina, and strength to become professionally trained…
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Fantasy, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, action film, biopunk, body horror film, comedy drama, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In the near future, virtual reality games are played on biotechnological "game pods" that attach to people's "bio-ports", connectors surgically inserted into players' spines. Two game companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, c…
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