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Crime, Drama, Musical, coming-of-age film, drama film
Parents Annie and Arthur Pope are on the run as they were responsible for the anti-war protest bombing of a napalm laboratory in 1971. The incident accidentally blinded and paralyzed a janitor who was not supposed to be there. They have be…
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Action, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Nick Wild is a recovering gambling addict who takes odd jobs in Las Vegas as a "chaperone" (his version of a bodyguard) to support his addiction. After helping a client impress a woman, he accepts a proposition from a young man, Cyrus Kinn…
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film, mystery film, prison film, women in prison film
After graduating from high school, best friends Alice Marano and Darlene Davis take a trip to Thailand, despite some reluctance from Darlene who tells her dad they are going to Hawaii. While there, they meet a captivating Australian man (w…
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Marital Tragedy, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film
It is the summer of 1977, and New York City lives in fear of the ".44 Caliber Killer", who shoots young women and their male companions. The killer, David Berkowitz, later identifies himself as "Son of Sam" in a note left at a murder scene…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, comedy film, comedy thriller, heist film
Mrs. Marva Munson, a strict, religious and elderly widow, meets "Professor" Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, a classics professor who expresses interest in the room she has for rent and asks to use her root cellar for rehearsals of an early mus…
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Crime, Thriller, contemporary Western film, thriller film
At a remote desert location in Yuma County, Arizona, in the 1970s, a traveling knives salesman stops at a filling station. Vernon, the station and motel attendant, informs him that the station's pumps are dry, and there are no other fillin…
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Dark Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, black comedy film, crime film, drama film, road movie, teen film
Teenage lovers Jordan White and Amy Blue pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red while driving home from a club. Jordan gives Xavier the nickname "X". A late-night stop at a convenience store leaves the three on the run when X accident…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film
Seasoned Chicago defense attorney Mea Harper faces ongoing marital strife, due to her husband Kal's infidelity and his mother Azalia's domineering influence. At Azalia's birthday dinner everyone learns that her brother-in-law, Ray Hawthorn…
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Crime Comedy, Komödie, children's film, comedy film
11-year-old Preston Waters laments his relative lack of money compared to his two entrepreneurial older brothers and his white collar father, Fred, an office worker who is very cheap. Preston regularly experiences humiliating situations in…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
A New York actor with amnesia in 1950s Ohio becomes stranded in a mysterious small town and struggles to get back home and reclaim his life and identity.
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film
During a crime wave in Columbus, Ohio, Governor John Meserve gives a press conference. There, protestors ask him about a proposed pipeline. He promises that he has commissioned an independent study of the pipeline.
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LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, buddy film, romantic comedy
Darren Silverman, Wayne LeFessier, and J.D. McNugent, best friends since fifth grade and Neil Diamond fans throughout, form a Neil Diamond tribute band called Diamonds in the Rough. Through a chance encounter in a local bar after a band gi…
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Crime, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, comedy horror, crime film
Charlie MacKenzie is a popular local beat poet living in San Francisco who makes his frequent break-ups the subject of his poems. His best friend Tony, a recently promoted police detective, believes that Charlie is afraid of commitment and…
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Criminal Comedy Film, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
In Los Angeles, a traffic light changes to red, and off-screen sounds of an automobile collision are heard. Five years later, Jerry Welbach has been working off a debt to imprisoned mob boss Arnold Margolese. After Jerry fouls up what was …
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Horror, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, splatter film, thriller film
The film opens with several news reports about the Firefly family's murderous rampage. Through the reports, it is revealed that Baby, Otis, and Captain Spaulding miraculously survived their shootout with the police and that they will be tr…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Detective Film, Gangster Film, Police Film, Sitcom, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, heist film
Jewel thief Miles Logan and his crew—best friend Eddie, getaway driver Tulley, and new recruit Deacon—steal a $17 million diamond during a heist in Los Angeles. During the escape, Deacon betrays the crew, killing Eddie and trying to take t…
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Action, Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
In Los Angeles, David Cuevas lives with his wife Alexis and their two children. As Alexis' family prepares for her niece's quinceañera, David arrives at his auto electronics store, where he employs his cousin Lupe. Joined by his partner Cr…
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Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi, comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In San Francisco, aviator Lt. Tuck Pendleton resigns his commission and volunteers for a secret miniaturization experiment. He is placed in a submersible pod and both are shrunk to microscopic size.
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
In Washington, D.C., a man with a metal briefcase kills fleeing thief Deshaun Stagg. A passing witness is shot and left in a coma. The next morning, Congressional aide Sonia Baker is killed by a Washington Metro train.
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Horror, Thriller, action film, horror film, road movie, slasher film, thriller film
Jim Halsey, a young man delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego, spots a man hitchhiking in the West Texas desert and gives him a ride. The hitchhiker, who calls himself John Ryder, forces Jim's leg down on the accelerator when they pas…
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Crime, action film, rape and revenge film
In 1973, artist Jennifer Spencer and her sister, Beth, are gang raped; the attack leaves Beth in a catatonic state. Ten years later, Spencer uses a .38 Special to kill George Wilburn, one of the rapists, in San Francisco and returns to her…
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Daffy Comedy, Marital Tragedy, Thriller, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, romance film, suspense film, thriller film
left|thumb|220x220px|Elaine (Priscilla Lane) and Mortimer (Cary Grant) waiting for a marriage license The Brewster family of Brooklyn is descended from Mayflower settlers who "scalped the Indians" instead of the other way around, according…
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Drama, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, prison film
Wade Porter is a blue-collar worker living with his fiancée Laura and their son Michael. One night, they hear a burglar in the house while they're sleeping. Wade chases him out of the house and hits him in the head with a baseball bat, uni…
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Crime, Drama, Historie, crime film, drama film, historical film
In 1962, Boston Record American reporter Loretta McLaughlin investigates three cases of older women who were raped and murdered by strangulation in the Boston area. She confirms the victims all had stockings tied around their necks in a bo…
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