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Crime Comedy, Komödie, Police Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Late at night at the country home of millionaire Benjamin Ballon, several of its occupants are moving about rooms, hiding and spying on others. The household consists of: Ballon's wife Dominique; Henri LaFarge, the head butler, and his wif…
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Action, Drama, Gangster Film, Komödie, action comedy film, crime film, martial arts film
Ma Hon Keung, a Hong Kong cop, comes to New York to attend the wedding of his Uncle Bill and his African-American bride-to-be Whitney at his supermarket, which he has sold to a young woman named Elaine. That night, a street gang starts a m…
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Action, Christmas film, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
In a prison near Iron Mountain, Michigan, cellmates Nick Cassidy and Rudy Duncan are two days from release. Nick has been exchanging letters with a young woman named Ashley Mercer, although they have never met. He plans to meet Ashley afte…
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Crime, Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Romance Film, Sexploitation Film, crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological thriller, thriller film
Forty-something New York psychologist Dr. Bill Capa falls into a deep depression after his unstable patient Michelle commits suicide before his eyes by jumping from his office window. The sight of the body clad in a bright green dress lyin…
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Action, Crime, action film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film
Texas Ranger Jim "J.J." McQuade, a former Marine, prefers to work alone, packing a large .44 Magnum revolver as his duty sidearm. He lives in a dilapidated house in the middle of nowhere in solitude, except for his pet wolf. From the cliff…
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Forensic, Psychological Thriller, crime film, mystery film, thriller film, trial film
A masked intruder breaks into the beach house of San Francisco socialite Page Forrester, ties her to her bed, rips open her shirt, and kills her with a hunting knife. The maid is also murdered. Husband Jack Forrester, arrested for her murd…
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Crime Comedy, Detective Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, crime film, parody film, puppet film
In a world where living puppets coexist with humans but are treated as second-class citizens, Phil Phillips was the first puppet cop on the LAPD before being fired. Now a private investigator with a human secretary named Bubbles, he is hir…
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Film Noir, Thriller, drama film, film noir
left|thumb|Ray (Max Showalter, credited as Casey Adams) and Polly Cutler (Jean Peters) Ray and Polly Cutler arrive at Niagara Falls for a long-delayed honeymoon. Their reserved cabin is occupied by another couple, George and Rose Loomis. W…
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Ghost-Movie, ghost film, horror film, mystery film
In 1871, William Blake, a wealthy man suffering from leprosy arranges to purchase half of Antonio Island, off the coast of Oregon, to establish a leper colony for his afflicted people. However, island residents Patrick Malone, Norman Castl…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
In Marin County, two gas-company workers are lured by a scantily clad woman named Miki to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell. A group calling itself the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), led by Maxwell, pose…
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Fantasy, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, action film, crime film, dark fantasy, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, supernatural horror film
Aaron Boone has recurring nightmares of a place called Midian. His girlfriend Lori Winston encourages him to resume psychotherapy with Dr. Phillip Decker.
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Crime
In late August 1939, eight individuals previously unknown to each other arrive on Soldier Island, a fictional, isolated island situated off the coast of Devon, England. They have been invited under various pretexts by a "Mr and Mrs Owen". …
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Dark Comedy, Parodie, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime comedy film, crime film, exploitation film, horror film, musical film, satirical film, splatter film
The Fabulous Feebles Variety Hour theatre troupe is rehearsing with hopes of finding success through being chosen for a syndicated television show. Star performer Heidi the hippopotamus is insulted by pornographic rat director Trevor and c…
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crime film, drama film
In a small town in Alabama, Sheriff Track Bascomb breaks up a crowd of hillbilly white men molesting a black woman. Owing his election to the racist power structure that runs the community, Bascomb arrests no one. His decision is also base…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, crime film, romantic comedy
Charlie Driggs is a conventional New York City yuppie investment banker. After he leaves a greasy spoon diner without paying, a wildly dressed woman with a brunette bob who calls herself Lulu confronts him. Lulu offers Charlie a ride downt…
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Crime, Drama
Sal, an aging prize fighter struggles to escape the grasp of a small town while battling a fractured relationship with his teenage daughter, when Vince, a nefarious criminal from his past comes back into this life and Sal risks falling bac…
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Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, crime film, drama film
In Chicago's Southside, as the events are narrated by Dolemedes, a war rages between two rival gangs: the Spartans, led by rapper/gang leader Demetrius Dupree, nicknamed "Chi-Raq" and the Trojans, led by gang lord Cyclops. Demetrius's love…
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Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, comedy film
When master thief "The Tornado" steals priceless artifacts from around the world, the French government assembles a "Dream Team" of investigators to solve the case. Meanwhile, Inspector Clouseau is reassigned from his task as a parking off…
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Action, Heist, Thriller, crime film, heist film, thriller film
In July 2010, Thom Johnson is a gifted engineering student at Cambridge University who is being courted by recruiters from several major oil companies, all promising him increasingly richer salaries and job perks if he agrees to work for t…
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Slasher Horror, horror film, thriller film
A young boy is setting fire to newspapers in the basement. His name is Mikey and he has a younger sister, Beth, whom he blames for the fire when his foster mother admonishes Mikey. When Mikey is disciplined by his foster mother for startin…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, hood film
Twelve-year-old Michael, nicknamed "Fresh", stops at a woman's apartment to pick up dime bags of heroin before he goes to school. Next, he visits another apartment where several women and one man, Herbie, are measuring and cutting bricks o…
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Dance Film, crime film, drama film, musical film, romance film, teen film
In Baltimore, Maryland, Andie West pursues her dream of becoming a street dancer, but feels like she does not belong anywhere. Her mother recently died of cancer, so she now lives with a guardian, her mother's best friend Sarah. She is doi…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, black comedy film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In the town of Salem, high school senior Lily Colson regularly hangs out with her three best friends, Bex Warren, and sisters Sarah and Em Lacey. They attend a party where Bex hooks up with her crush Diamond, while Lily hangs out with her …
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, action film, crime film, drama film, road movie, thriller film
Car delivery driver Kowalski arrives in Denver, Colorado, late on a Friday night with a black Imperial. The delivery service clerk, Sandy, urges him to get some rest, but Kowalski insists on getting started with his next assignment: delive…
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