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Action, action film, crime film, drama film, heist film
Extreme sport athlete Johnny Utah and his friend Jeff are traversing a steep ridgeline on motorbikes. The run ends with a jump onto a lone stone column, where Jeff overshoots the landing and falls to his death. Seven years later, Utah is a…
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Horror, Mysterie, ghost film, psychological horror film, supernatural horror film
Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist at Woodward Penitentiary in rural western Connecticut, crashes her car one night on a country road to avoid hitting a young woman. When she awakens, she finds herself an inmate of the women's ward in which …
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Psychological Thriller, crime film, horror film
The film follows the life of Jennifer Hills, continuing her story from I Spit on Your Grave. After Jennifer survived her assault and exacted revenge on the men who raped her, she avoided conviction for her killing spree and settled in Los …
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, psychological thriller, science fiction film
A CIA internal memo relates that a man named Arlington Steward recovered from severe burn wounds induced by a lightning strike and is delivering units related to the Mars project. In December 1976, married couple Norma and Arthur Lewis awa…
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Action, Crime, Cyberpunk, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film, superhero film
Detroit is facing bankruptcy after failing to pay off its debts to conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP). The OCP chairman intends to have the city default on its debt, then foreclose on all public property, so they may move ahead with…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Note: The plot synopsis refers to the theatrical cut of the film. Differences between the theatrical and director's cut are noted in the Release section. A nuclear plant in Hong Kong goes into meltdown when a hacker causes the coolant pump…
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Drama, Komödie, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
thumb|Forth Bridge in 2007 At a London music hall theatre, Richard Hannay is watching "Mr. Memory" demonstrate his powers of fact recall by answering trivia questions from the audience, when gunshots are heard. In the ensuing panic, Hannay…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, drama film, female buddy film, girls with guns, heist film, hood film, thriller film
Los Angeles bank teller Francesca "Frankie" Sutton witnesses a robbery in the bank where she works. As a result, four people are killed, and Frankie is fired due to her recognizing one of the robbers from her Southern California neighborho…
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Arranged Documentary, Investigative Documentary, Political Documentary, documentary film
The documentary begins by suggesting that friends and political allies of George W. Bush at Fox News Channel tilted the election of 2000 by prematurely declaring Bush the winner. It then suggests that the handling of the voting controversy…
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black comedy, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Malik and Imani Jeffries, a young black couple, move into a new house in the fictional affluent suburban Atlanta community of Harvey Hill, named after Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill. Harvey Hill Homeowners Association president Kar…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Gangster Film, comedy drama, comedy film, heist film, hood film, romance film
In 1918 Harlem, small-time gambling operator Sugar Ray is nearly killed by a disgruntled customer, but his young errand boy, Vernest Brown, shoots the man dead. Discovering that Vernest is an orphan, Ray takes him in and raises him as his …
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Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film
In a high school game of "Killer," in which a student must shoot another with a squirt gun, Matt Arnold has to "kill" classmate Jenny Herk, so he sneaks up on her at home. By coincidence, hitmen are also there to assassinate Jenny's step-f…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, romance film
Walter Vale is a widowed Connecticut College economics professor who lives a fairly solitary existence. He fills his days by sometimes taking piano lessons in an effort to emulate his late wife, a classical concert pianist, and infrequentl…
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Horror, crime film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Twin brothers Elias and Lukas have stayed with their father following their parents' divorce. When they return home to live with their estranged mother, a former actress, they are disturbed to find that her entire head is covered in bandag…
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Crime, Drama, action film, crime thriller film, drama film
In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game. Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who pay…
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Drama, Forensic, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, comedy drama, crime film, drama film, trial film
Arthur Kirkland, a Baltimore defense attorney, is in jail on a contempt-of-court charge after throwing a punch at Judge Henry T. Fleming while arguing the case of Jeff McCullaugh. McCullaugh was stopped for a minor traffic offense, then mi…
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Adventure, Drama, Historie, drama film
Adela Quested is sailing from England to British-ruled India with Mrs. Moore, the mother of her intended bridegroom, Ronny Heaslop, Mrs. Moore's son from her first marriage.
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Drama, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film, neo-noir
Walker works with his friend Mal Reese to rob a major crime operation, ambushing the courier on deserted Alcatraz Island. After counting the money, Reese shoots Walker, leaving him for dead. Reese takes the money and Walker's wife, Lynne.
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Crime, Silly Movie, comedy film
In Chicago, Calvin "Babyface" Simms is a dwarfish convicted jewel thief who gets released from prison and meets up with his dim-witted cohort Percy. Percy tells Calvin of a job involving stealing a valuable diamond, ordered by a mobster na…
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Detective Film, Forensic, Komödie, Thriller, crime film, drama film, trial film
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, small-town lawyer Paul Biegler, a former district attorney who lost his re-election bid, spends most of his time fishing, playing the piano, and hanging out with his alcoholic friend and colleague Parnel…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, film noir
Newcastle-born gangster Jack Carter has lived in London for years in the employ of organised crime bosses Gerald and Sid Fletcher. Jack is having an affair with Gerald's girlfriend Anna, and plans to escape with her to South America. First…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, teen film, thriller film
Stacy, a teenage babysitter, receives a wrong number phone call during one of her nighttime babysitting jobs. The calls continue with heavy breathing on the other end. Police later arrive to find Stacy and the three children she was watchi…
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Action Comedy, Heist, action comedy film, crime comedy film, heist film
Cyrus Whitaker, a renowned international thief, leads a heist crew that consists of Denton, pilot Camila, hacker Mi-Sun, safecracker Magnus, and engineer Luke. They undertake two simultaneous thefts, stealing a Van Gogh painting in London …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
Bradley Thomas is laid off from his job at an auto repair shop. When he arrives home, he finds a hickey on his wife, Lauren, who admits to an extramarital affair. Bradley orders her inside the house before he violently dismantles her car.
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