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Action, Crime, comedy film, crime film, drama film
Frank Murdoch is a middle-aged insurance salesman who is sick of how America has fallen into a state of depravity based on pop culture, TV, the Internet, and talk radio. He fantasizes about killing his neighbors, whose screaming baby worse…
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Christmas film, Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
thumb|Mercer House. The alleged murder of Billy Hanson occurred in Williams's study – the bottom left room in this photograph. The house is now known as the Mercer Williams House Museum thumb|The Mercer House study, where the shooting of B…
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Film Noir, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Charles Oakley spots two detectives outside his Newark, New Jersey, hotel room and gives them the slip. He telegraphs his sister Emma Newton in Santa Rosa, California, to let her know he will visit. His niece Charlotte "Charlie" Newton is …
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Criminal Comedy Film, Romance Film, comedy drama, crime film, romantic comedy
Larry Gigli is a low-level L.A. mobster who is eager to prove himself tougher and more capable than he is. His superior, Louis, orders him to kidnap Brian, the younger brother of a federal prosecutor who has an intellectual disability, so …
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Heist, action film, crime film, drama film, heist film, romance film
left|upright|thumb|The Petronas Twin Towers, where the final heist scene takes place. In December 1999, insurance investigator Virginia "Gin" Baker assesses the theft of a valuable Rembrandt painting from a New York City apartment. Gin inf…
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Action, Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film, vigilante film
Max Payne is a detective assigned to the NYPD Cold Case Unit. He lost his wife Michelle and infant daughter Rose in a horrific murder; since that day, Max has been consumed by the desire to find his family's killer. He comes under suspicio…
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Romance Film, drama film, film noir, romance film
George Eastman, the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman, is offered an entry-level job at his uncle's factory. Contrary to company rules, he begins secretly dating coworker Alice Tripp. Infatuated with George, Alice believes …
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Psychodrama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
Bruce Robertson, a detective sergeant in Edinburgh, is a scheming, manipulative and misanthropic bully who spends his free time indulging in drugs, alcohol, abusive sexual relationships, and "the games" – his euphemism for vindictive plots…
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Marital Tragedy, Social Drama, crime film, drama film
In coastal Rockport, Maine, Matt and Ruth Fowler enjoy a happy marriage and a good relationship with their son Frank, a recent college graduate home for the summer. Frank has fallen in love with a divorced older woman with children, Natali…
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Erotic Thriller, crime film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, thriller film
Carly Norris, a beautiful book editor and divorcee in her mid-30s, moves into the exclusive New York City sliver building "113". She meets other tenants including Zeke Hawkins, a video game designer; Jack Landsford, a novelist; Vida Warren…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film
In December 1977, Jake Van Dorn, a devout Calvinist businessman and single father from Grand Rapids, Michigan, faces a parent's worst nightmare when his teenage daughter, Kristen, vanishes during a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, Cali…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Secret Agent, drama film, spy film, thriller film
While studying nonlinear cryptography at MIT, James Clayton helps to create "Spartacus", a surveillance program that can enslave any computer's audiovisual hardware. Showcasing the software at a campus job fair, James impresses Bill Rudolp…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, an undercover agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Command (CID), masquerades as First Sergeant Frank White to broker an illegal arms trade with a self-proclaimed freedom fight…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film
Issa Karpov, a political refugee from Chechnya, who has been tortured by Russian security forces, illegally enters Hamburg, Germany. Günther Bachmann leads a covert German government team that seeks to recruit local informants with ties to…
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Splatter Film, Torture Porn, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
One night a married couple, Larry and Gena Wharton, return home and discover a large trunk upstairs. Opening it, they are horrified by its contents before being attacked by an unseen assailant. Former convict Arkin O'Brien works as a handy…
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Crime, Romance Film
In 1960 Hong Kong, Yuddy, a smooth-talking playboy, seduces South China AA box office attendant Li-zhen but is uninterested in a serious relationship, leaving her heartbroken. He moves on to a new relationship with vivacious cabaret dancer…
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Marital Tragedy, Thriller, mystery film, neo-noir
In a Massachusetts town, newlyweds Andy and Tracy Safian are having sex when they notice the young boy next door at his window, seemingly watching them. Andy is an associate dean at a women's college. When a student on campus is wounded by…
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Action, Heist, Komödie, Road Movie, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, heist film
A young ne'er-do-well who goes by the name Lightfoot cheerfully steals a car from an enraged dealer's lot. Elsewhere, an assassin attempts to shoot a preacher, who is delivering a sermon at his pulpit. The preacher escapes on foot.
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Crime, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Federal police detectives Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper investigate money laundering facilitated by Daniel Bailey at his firm, Bailey Tennants Finances. They coerce employee Alice Russell to obtain evidence, in return for immunity for her p…
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Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney travel to Hawaii. After making a travel video in the car, they spend the night in a hotel before driving off in order to start hiking towards a remote beach. The two encounter another couple:…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, horror film
In the poor Adelaide suburb of Salisbury, 16-year-old Jamie lives with his distressed mother, Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris), and his brothers—including half-brother Troy, who rapes Jamie. One day, his mother's boyfriend takes indecent p…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
New York City taxi driver Jerry Fletcher is a passionate conspiracy theorist, happily sharing his ideas with anyone who will listen. His favorite audience is Justice Department lawyer Alice Sutton, who tolerates him because he once saved h…
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Adventure, Secret Agent, action film, crime film
The Losers, an elite black-ops team of United States Special Forces operatives, includes team leader Clay, demo expert Roque, heavy weapon specialist Pooch, hacker Jensen, and sniper Cougar. They are sent to Bolivia on a search-and-destroy…
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Gangster Film, action film, biographical film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, thriller film
In 1960, Danny Greene and his childhood friends Billy McComber and Art Sneperger are longshoremen on the Cleveland docks. Sneperger's gambling leaves him with a huge debt to Cleveland Mafia captain John Nardi. In return for Sneperger's deb…
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