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Action, Modern Yakuza Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
During a shootout against Japanese yakuza at a San Francisco dock warehouse, FBI agents John Crawford and Tom Lone stumble across the notorious assassin Rogue, a former CIA assassin who now works for the yakuza. Rogue ambushes Crawford and…
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Buddy Cop, Police Film, Secret Agent, action film, buddy cop film
Moscow City Police officers Ivan Danko and Yuri Ogarkov lead a sting operation against Georgian mafia kingpin Viktor Rostavili, who manages to evade capture and in the ensuing firefight kills Ogarkov, before fleeing to the United States. T…
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Crime, Komödie, Mysterie, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
A group of five renowned detectives, each accompanied by a relative or associate, is invited to "dinner and a murder" by the mysterious Lionel Twain. Having lured his guests to his mansion managed by a blind butler named Jamessir Bensonmum…
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Drama Documentary, Heist, crime film, docufiction, drama film
Spencer Reinhard, an art student seeking excitement or tragedy for inspiration, is given a tour of Transylvania University library's rare-book collection; his eye is drawn to a rare first edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America. H…
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Crime, Thriller, crime thriller film
In Homewood, Alabama, Simon McNally, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, experiences vivid hallucinations and is tormented by the disembodied voice of his abusive, deceased father, who continually degrades and belittles him. Recently releas…
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Dark Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, black comedy, comedy film, crime film
Novelist Larry Donner struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret, who took all the credit for his manuscript and received acclaim for it. Larry, struggling to make ends meet, takes a job teaching creat…
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Komödie, buddy film, comedy film
In Los Angeles, Chester "Chazz Darby" Ogilvie and his friends, sibling musicians Rex and Pip, are in the hard rock band "The Lone Rangers", who are continuously rejected while trying to get their demo tape heard by record producers like Ji…
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Action, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film
In Missouri, college student Jason Collins is persuaded by his friend Craig to allow a shipment of drugs to be sent to his house. He signs for the package which contains pills and a tracking device. DEA officers break into the house; Jason…
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Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film
Laura Black, a young and ambitious intern from Virginia, accepts a job at Kensitron Electronics International (KEI) in Silicon Valley, California. During a tour of her new workplace, Laura meets long-time KEI employee Richard "Rich" Farley…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, comedy drama, crime thriller film, horror film
Vanessa Lutz is a 14-year-old illiterate teenager living south of Los Angeles. Her mother Ramona is arrested in a prostitution sting and her stepfather Larry is taken in on drug and child abuse charges. Social worker Mrs.
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, drama film, gangster film
On Thanksgiving 1945, Alphonse Capone, the notorious mob boss of Prohibition-era Chicago, lives at his Florida estate with his wife Mae after being paroled from prison due to the effects of neurosyphilis and a stroke. He continues to decli…
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Buddy Cop, Komödie, Silly Movie, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film
In 1975, two Bay City Police detectives, the macho David Starsky (who loves his 1974 Ford Gran Torino and recklessly pursues minor offenders) and the easy-going Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (who often works alongside criminals to investigate the…
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Action, action film, adventure film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
While scuba diving near shipwrecks off Bermuda, vacationing couple David Sanders and Gail Berke recover small artifacts, including a glass ampoule with amber-coloured liquid and a gold medallion bearing a woman's image and the letters "S.C…
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Aaron Hallam, a special forces operator, successfully assassinates a Serbian military leader in the Kosovo war, receiving a Silver Star but suffering from mental trauma due to the death and destruction he witnessed. In Oregon's Silver Fall…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, mystery film, political thriller film
Louis Salinger, an Interpol detective, and Eleanor Whitman, an Assistant District Attorney from Manhattan, are assigned to investigate the International Bank of Business and Credit (IBBC), which funds criminal activities such as money laun…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, horror film, thriller film
Teenage babysitter Jill Johnson arrives at the home of Dr. Mandrakis and his wife, who inform her that their children are ill and asleep upstairs, requesting she try not to wake them. Throughout the evening, Jill receives a series of distu…
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Action, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Frank Castle is a former undercover police detective whose wife Julie and two daughters were killed 5 years earlier by a Mafia car bomb intended for Frank, who was presumed to be dead. Castle has since become the city's infamous vigilante …
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Horror, Thriller, crime film, horror film, thriller film
Jay and Gal are two former British soldiers turned hitmen. While Gal is laid-back, Jay is still reeling from a disastrous mission in Kyiv. Despite his wife Shel's urgings, Jay has not obtained full employment, to the point where they are f…
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Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film
John Holmes and Dawn Schiller The girlfriend of John Holmes, Dawn Schiller, is on the streets and picked up by a holy roller after Holmes leaves Schiller in a hotel room. Schiller eventually calls Holmes to come and get her. Holmes arrives…
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Erotic Thriller, action film, crime film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
In London, American best-selling author Catherine Tramell is driving with her companion, famous English football star Kevin Franks. Tramell takes Franks's hand and begins masturbating herself with it as she accelerates the car, but the sem…
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Police Film, Social Drama, action film, buddy film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Two policemen, "Uncle" Bob Hodges, a respected LAPD officer and Vietnam veteran, and rookie officer Danny McGavin, have just been teamed together in the C.R.A.S.H. unit that patrols Northwest L.A., East L.A. and South L.A..
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Drama, crime film, drama film, prison film, teen film
Three young men arrive at a borstal by prison van: Carlin, who has taken the blame for his brother's theft of scrap metal; Angel for stealing a car; and Davis for escaping from an open institution. Each is allocated a room; Angel and Davis…
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Dark Comedy, Drama, comedy drama, crime film, historical film
In 2002, Dr. Frank Tassone is superintendent of the Roslyn Union Free School District on Long Island. He and assistant superintendent Pam Gluckin have overseen major improvements in the district, with Roslyn High School becoming the fourth…
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, vigilante film
In 1980, Danny Bryce, Hunter, Davies and Meier are a group of mercenaries who arrive in Mexico to assassinate someone. Danny is shot when he becomes distracted after realising that he has killed the man in front of the target's young child…
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