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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film, trial film, vigilante film
In 1984 in Clanton, Mississippi, ten-year-old African-American girl Tonya Hailey is abducted, raped, and beaten by two local white men, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, while on her way home from getting groceries. The duo dump her in a ne…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1981, Arthur Fleck is a party clown and aspiring stand-up comedian who lives with his mother, Penny, in crime-ridden Gotham City. He suffers from a neurological disorder that causes him to have random, uncontrollable laughing fits, for …
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Christmas film, Family Comedy, Komödie, Splatstick, comedy film, family film, mystery film
In Chicago, the McCallister family prepares to spend Christmas in Miami, Florida. Kate and Peter's 10-year-old son Kevin is unhappy, believing Miami lacks the traditional Christmas atmosphere of snow and trees. During a school Christmas pa…
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Just outside Philadelphia, three teenage girls — friends Claire and Marcia, and their classmate Casey — are waiting in the car of Claire's father to be driven home from her birthday party. They are kidnapped by a man, who imprisons them in…
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Action, Adventure, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, adventure film, spy film
Shortly after capturing Mr. White, James Bond drives him from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy. Evading pursuers, Bond delivers White to M, who interrogates White regarding the mysterious organisation Quantum.
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Action, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film
In New York City, John Wick is grieving the death of his wife Helen, who had arranged for him to receive a beagle puppy, Daisy, to help cope with his loss. A few days later, a group of Russian gangsters led by Iosef Tarasov accost John at …
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film
In 1998, Henry "Hank" Thompson is a bartender living on the Lower East Side. He calls his mother in Patterson, California, every day, especially to discuss their shared love of the San Francisco Giants. Hank is haunted by a drunken car cra…
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Adventure, Crime, mystery film
Enola Holmes is the youngest child in the Holmes family, she is extremely intelligent, observant, and insightful. Her mother Eudoria has taught her everything from chess to jujitsu and encouraged her to be strong-willed and independent, to…
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
During a tropical storm, corrupt Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro attends a boxing match at the soon-to-close local arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. He meets up with his best fr…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, comedy film, crime film, science fiction film, superhero film
In 1988, following his mother's death, the child Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of alien thieves and smugglers led by Yondu Udonta. In 2014, on the abandoned planet Morag, Quill steals a mysterious Orb but is a…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Robert McCall, a former Marine and retired DIA/DCS officer, lives in Boston and works at a big-box home improvement store. He helps his colleague Ralphie train to become a security guard. Unable to sleep, McCall often spends late nights re…
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Romantic Drama, Super Hero, action film, drama film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
Peter Parker struggles to balance his personal life with his crime-fighting as Spider-Man. He juggles multiple jobs and faces overdue rent and schoolwork as his aunt May is being evicted. Daily Bugle editor J.
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Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, thriller film
In Stockholm, journalist Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the legal and professional fallout of a libel suit brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström. The wealthy Henrik Vanger offers to give Blomkvist evidence against W…
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Drama, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, hood film, neo-noir, thriller film
Jake Hoyt, a young, ambitious LAPD officer, is assigned to work with Detective Alonzo Harris, a highly decorated narcotics officer for a one-day evaluation to determine if Jake will be invited to join his narcotics squad. Alonzo immediatel…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, science fiction film
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Corvette, Mariah, and Sade—known collectively as the "Velvet Gang"—routinely shoplift from the Metro Designers fashion chain run by designer Christie Smith. They sell the clothes they steal at a discount to m…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie
In October 1986, two women are found raped and murdered on the outskirts of a small town. The local police department, inept and ill-equipped to deal with such a serious case, is quickly overwhelmed. Fabricating evidence and employing viol…
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Coming Of Age, Dark Comedy, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, buddy film, crime film, drama film, independent film, magic realist film
Mark Renton, a 26-year-old unemployed heroin addict living with his parents in Leith, regularly takes drugs with his friends: treacherous, womanising James Bond fanatic Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson, and docile and bumbling Daniel "Spud" Mur…
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Heist, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, action film, biographical film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, docudrama, drama film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
On August 22, 1972, first-time crook Sonny Wortzik and his friends Salvatore "Sal" Naturile and Stevie attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank. The plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve and flees. Sonny discovers th…
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Western, Western film, biographical film, drama film
In 1879, members of a red sash-wearing outlaw gang called the Cowboys, led by "Curly Bill" Brocius, ride into a Mexican town and interrupt a local police officer's wedding. They massacre the assembled policemen in retribution for killing t…
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Action, Drama, crime film, drama film
In a flashback to shortly before they leave Walter White's meth business, Jesse Pinkman asks Mike Ehrmantraut where he would go to start over. Mike says if he were younger, he would go to Alaska, which Jesse finds appealing. Jesse expresse…
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Drama, Erotic Film, Mysterie, Police Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his suburban hometown of Lumberton, North Carolina, after his father, Tom, has a near-fatal stroke. Walking home from the hospital, Jeffrey cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed human…
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Western, Western film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, mystery film, revisionist Western, suspense film, thriller film
In the 1870s, bounty hunter and Union Army veteran cavalryman Major Marquis Warren heads to Red Rock, Wyoming Territory, with three bounty corpses. His horse gives out and, faced with a blizzard, Warren hitches a ride on a stagecoach drive…
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Heist, action film, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, heist film, mystery film, thriller film
Eighteen months after escaping the FBI, the fugitive Four Horsemen—J. Daniel Atlas, Merritt McKinney, Jack Wilder, and new member Lula May—await orders from the Eye, the secret society of magicians. Their handler, FBI Special Agent Dylan S…
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Thriller, crime film, thriller film
In 2026, Garretton Detective Amanda Beck discovers the body of a boy with a shirt wrapped around his head while searching for another missing child, Neil Spencer. The staging emulates serial killer Frank Carter, known as the Whisper Man, w…
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