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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, romantic comedy film, thriller film
In Arizona, Bobby Cooper drives his 1964½ Ford Mustang convertible heading to Vegas by way of Globe and Phoenix to repay gangster Mr. Arkady. His journey takes a turn, three miles outside of Superior, when the radiator hose bursts.
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Drama, Thriller, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, thriller film
thumb|Original release trailer of the film Key Largo (1948) Army veteran Frank McCloud arrives at the Hotel Largo in Key Largo, Florida, visiting the family of George Temple, a friend who served under him and was killed in the Italian camp…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic thriller
New York City homicide detective Frank Keller is a burned-out alcoholic. His wife left him and married one of his colleagues, and he is depressed about reaching his twentieth year on the police force. He is assigned to investigate the murd…
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crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, fantasy film, giallo, horror film, independent film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, teen film, thriller film
After missing a bus in the Zurich countryside, 14-year-old Danish tourist Vera Brandt comes across a cottage and is beheaded by an unseen assailant, who retains her body. Eight months later, her case is being inspected by forensic entomolo…
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Action Comedy, action comedy film, crime film
In 1989, NYPD Detective John Shaft, his wife Maya, and their infant son JJ Shaft survive an assassination attempt by drug lord Pierro "Gordito" Carrera. Concerned for their safety, Maya divorces Shaft, moves upstate, and raises JJ on her o…
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Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In late 1945, one-armed John Macreedy gets off a train at Black Rock, an isolated California desert hamlet. The residents are suspicious, as this is the first time in four years that the express train has stopped at the flag stop station. …
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Criminal Comedy Film, Mafia Film, crime film, romantic comedy film
An undercover FBI agent falls in love with a recently widowed mafia wife seeking to start her life over after her husband's murder.
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Drama, drama film
On December 6, 1989, a young man prepares his Ruger Mini-14 and leaves a message for his mother. He then goes to Polytechnique Montreal, an engineering school, and enters a classroom during class with the Ruger Mini-14. He orders the men t…
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Action, Drama, Gangster Film, action film, buddy cop film, heist film, hood film, martial arts film, thriller film
Anthony Fait and his crew (Daria, Tommy, and Miles) of thieves attempt to steal diamonds for a Frenchman named Christophe, who serves as the middleman for a mysterious employer. When Fait contacts Christophe, a Taiwanese intelligence agent…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, biographical film, crime thriller film, drama film, flashback film
Domino Harvey, a bounty hunter, has been arrested by the FBI, investigating the theft of $10 million from an armored truck. She is interviewed by criminal psychologist Taryn Mills who tells her everything she knows about the case. Domino e…
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Political Thriller, crime film, drama film
During a drug bust, LAPD officers Dennis Peck and Van Stretch assault a dealer and his girlfriend. Outside, fellow patrolman Dorian Fletcher shoots a man running towards him, only to discover that he was unarmed. Peck plants a knife on the…
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Crime, Romance Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, drama film, romance film
Boxcar Bertha Thompson, a poor southern girl, is orphaned when her father's crop-dusting airplane crashes. The Great Depression hits, and she soon takes to freighthopping. A few years later, she meets Big Bill Shelly, a union organizer, an…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Paul Armstrong, a liberal Harvard professor and former lawyer opposed to capital punishment, is persuaded by an elderly woman to go to Florida to investigate the conviction of her grandson Bobby Earl Ferguson for murder. Ferguson, a former…
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Western, Western film, crime film, drama film
A drifter named Paul and his dog, Abbie, make their way towards Mexico through the desert of the Old West in the early 1870s. They encounter Priest, a bandit and disgraced clergyman who tries to steal Paul's horse after claiming that his m…
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Dark Comedy, Thriller, black comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Chartered accountant David Stevens shares a flat in Edinburgh with physician Juliet Miller and journalist Alex Law. Needing a new flatmate, the trio interview several applicants in a calculatedly cruel manner, amusing themselves at the app…
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Buddy Film, Criminal Comedy Film, action comedy film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Nick Davis works as a pizza delivery driver in Grand Rapids and rarely completes the "30 Minutes or Less" policy which leads to him being reprimanded by his boss. Nick's school teacher friend Chet discovers that Nick slept with his twin si…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Malcolm Adekanbi and his best friends, Jib Caldones and Diggy Andrews, are high school "geeks" living in "The Bottoms", a high-crime neighborhood in Inglewood, California. They idolize '90s hip hop music and fashion. Malcolm is confident h…
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Crime, Dark Comedy, Romance Film, crime film, drama film, romantic comedy film
Charley Partanna is a hitman for a New York Mafia family headed by the elderly Don Corrado Prizzi, whose business is generally handled by his sons Dominic and Eduardo and by his longtime right-hand man, Angelo, who is Charley's father. At …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Harry Brown is an elderly pensioner who is a decorated Royal Marine, and a veteran of the Northern Ireland conflict. He lives on a London council estate ruled by drug dealers and violent youth gangs, while spending most of his time playing…
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Action, Political Drama, Psychodrama, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
A gang of violent young neo-Nazi skinheads from Footscray, Victoria, Australia, attack three Vietnamese Australian teenagers in a tunnel at Footscray Station, brutally beating two of them. The gang is led by Hando, a violent, reckless, and…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, film noir, heist film, neo-noir
Lilly Dillon is a veteran con artist. She works for Bobo Justus, a mob bookmaker, making large cash bets at race tracks to lower the odds of longshots. On her way to La Jolla for a race, Lilly stops in Los Angeles to visit her son, Roy, a …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Respected child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix's wife, Jenny, becomes concerned that he is obsessively studying their daughter Amy; he regards her like a scientist tracking the development of his creation. However, Carter himself suffers from…
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Crime, Mysterie, neo-noir
A copper refinery owned by Thor Carlsson operates trains that pass by a young boy's home—one who watches them daily from beside the tracks. Decades later, in 1987, Thor's daughter Dorothy, a student at the University of Pennsylvania and he…
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Social Drama, association football film, crime film, drama film
Tommy Johnson is a member of a violent Chelsea hooligan firm. His friends and fellow hooligans include Tommy's best friend Rod King, the hot-tempered Billy Bright, and impulsive younger members Zeberdee and Raf. Tommy spends his days drink…
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