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Biographical picture, Political Drama, biographical film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
In 1966, George W. Bush endures an initiation by his fellow Yale University students as a Delta Kappa Epsilon pledge. During the hazing, Bush successfully recalls the names and nicknames of many of the fraternity members, and states that h…
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Action, Drama, action film
Billie Jean Davy, a young woman from Corpus Christi, Texas, rides with her younger brother, Binx, on his Honda Elite scooter to a lake to go swimming. Stopping for a milkshake at a Sonic fast food joint, they have to deal with Hubie Pyatt,…
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Crime, Dark Comedy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, drama film
Earl Brooks, a respected businessman in Portland, Oregon, leads a secret life as a serial killer. Despite his effort to curb his "killing addiction," Brooks succumbs to his id, Marshall, and kills a young couple in their bedroom. As part o…
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Thriller, action film, adventure film, drama film, prison film, survival film, thriller film
Oscar "Manny" Manheim is a bank robber and hero to the convicts of Alaska's Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison. After two previous escape attempts, Manny is put in solitary confinement for three years. A court order compels the cruel Warde…
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Mysterie, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Roy Freeman is a retired homicide detective with Alzheimer's disease who is undergoing experimental treatment to help him regain some memories. One day, he receives a call from Emily Dietz, an advocate for prison inmates, who asks him to m…
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Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In 1926, Joe Coughlin, an Irish-American World War I veteran and the prodigal son of Boston police captain Thomas Coughlin, falls in love with Emma Gould, the mistress of notorious gangster Albert White, the boss of the Irish Gang of Bosto…
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Marital Tragedy, Melodrama
The film is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, with the Mumbai underworld as its backdrop. Miyan Maqbool (Irrfan Khan) is the right-hand man of Jahangir Khan (alias Abba Ji) (Pankaj Kapur), a powerful underworld don. Maqbool is gratef…
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crime film, drama film
thumb|Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) in the final scene Antoine Doinel is a young boy growing up in Paris. Misunderstood by his parents for skipping school and stealing, and tormented in school for disciplinary problems by his teacher …
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Crime, Dark Comedy, crime film, drama film
In 2011, Liza Drake is a struggling single mother living out of her sister's garage in Florida with her epileptic daughter Phoebe. Working as an exotic dancer, she is offered a lucrative job by customer Pete Brenner. An argument over money…
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Action Comedy, action comedy film, crime comedy film
In the town of Colt Lake, Tennessee, Travis is beaten by thugs and run over by a car, killing him. Police chief Sandy and cop Sam Evans are working on the murder case, when Bobby arrives, claiming to be from the State Special Narcotics Tas…
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Action, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, screwball comedy film, thriller film
Bicycle courier Belle Williams earns her taxi license and installs a supercharger in her custom-built 1999 Ford Crown Victoria taxicab. Her first customer offers her a $100 tip if she can make it to the airport in fifteen minutes. She does…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film, thriller film
Following the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s, artificial cloning of animals has become commonplace by 2015. Human cloning is prohibited by "Sixth Day" laws, following a botched attempt. Charter pilot Adam Gibson is hire…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film, vigilante film
Sometime in 2008, Omar Aijaz, a young Indian man living in the United States, is arrested by the FBI after weapons are found in the trunk of a taxi registered to him. He is interrogated by Agent Roshan, a South Asian origin officer who has…
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Romantic Comedy, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, romantic comedy film
Phil and Claire Foster are a married couple from New Jersey with two children. Over time, their domestic life has become predictable and routine, leaving their relationship feeling stagnant. Phil, a tax lawyer, and Claire, a realtor, lead …
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Drama, crime film, documentary film, drama film, historical film, thriller film
On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik dresses in a police uniform, loads a van with home-made explosives, and drives to Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter in Oslo, Norway. He leaves the van outside the office of Prime…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Mafia boss Giovanni Manzoni, who offended rival mafia boss Don Luchese, survives an attempted hit on him and his family at a barbecue. He snitches on Luchese, which sends him to prison. Manzoni and his family, including his wife Maggie, so…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, romance film
Kristen Connor, a friendly but naïve white woman from Orange County, California, and Malik Williams, a black high-school track star on an athletic scholarship, both incoming freshmen at the fictional Columbus University, attend a dorm part…
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Crime, Komödie, Mysterie, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film
thumb|left|William Powell, Myrna Loy and Skippy (Asta) in The Thin Man Dorothy Wynant informs her inventor father Clyde of her upcoming wedding. Later, Clyde discovers that bonds worth $50,000, intended as a wedding gift for Dorothy, are m…
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Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film
African-American LAPD officer Abel Turner lives in the Lakeview Terrace neighborhood of Los Angeles with his two young children, Celia and Marcus, over whom he is very controlling. Young interracial married couple Chris and Lisa Mattson mo…
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Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Emily Benetto lives in Los Angeles and works as an independent contractor delivering food for a catering company. She is deeply in debt as she struggles to pay student loans. A felony conviction for aggravated assault prevents her from obt…
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Crime, crime film, mystery film
Miranda Green is a florist with a passion for mystery novels, particularly those by Agatha Christie. The arrival of a mysterious invitation from Lord Findley to visit his mansion on a reclusive island immediately catches her attention. On …
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Crime, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Margaret "Marnie" Edgar, posing under the identity Marion Holland, flees with nearly $10,000 that she stole from the company safe of her employer, Sidney Strutt. Strutt is the head of a tax consulting company, where Marnie had worked after…
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Psychological Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
Profiler Jake Harris is the instructor of the Mindhunters, a group of FBI agents training as profilers, consisting of Sara Moore, Lucas Harper, Nicole Willis, Vince Sherman, Bobby Whitman and Rafe Perry. Harris' training approach consists …
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Documentation, Investigative Documentary, documentary film
The investigation into Arnold Friedman's life started in 1984, when the United States Postal Service intercepted a magazine of child pornography sent to him from the Netherlands. In 1987, investigators searched Arnold's home in Great Neck,…
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