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Detective Film, Film Noir, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, fantasy film, neo-noir, superhero film
Denny Colt, also known as "the Spirit", learns about a major case from Detective Sussman involving his nemesis, "the Octopus". The Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops, saving a woman before connecting with Officer Liebowitz…
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Action, Fantasy, Horror, action film, crime film, fantasy film, ghost film
In Los Angeles, drug kingpin Judah Earl has mechanic Ashe Corven and his eight-year-old son Danny murdered after they witness a gang of Judah's henchmen murdering a fellow drug dealer, with his gang dumping Ashe and Danny's bodies into the…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, mystery film, trial film
In 2001, Christian Longo, an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered, is arrested by police in Mexico, where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for The New York Times named Michael Finkel. Meanwhil…
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Erotic Thriller, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
Frannie Avery, an introverted writer and English professor in New York City, meets her student Cornelius at a local pub to talk about coursework. He proposes a theory that John Wayne Gacy may not have been guilty of his crimes, later sugge…
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Coming Of Age, Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, teen film
In a small Oregon town, overweight school bully George Tooney films himself playing basketball. Soft-spoken Sam Merric notices George's camera and begins messing with it, resulting in George mercilessly attacking Sam physically. Sam tells …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, biographical film, crime thriller film, psychological thriller
In the mid-2000s, Chris Hansen sets out to make television history as the host of To Catch a Predator, in which he investigates and interviews online child sex predators caught using sting operations. The show proves immensely successful a…
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Crime, Thriller, crime thriller film
Action, Thriller, action film, biopunk, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
By 2025, advancements in medical technology have perfected bio-mechanical organs. The Union corporation sells these expensive "artiforgs" on credit, and when customers fail to pay on time, the company sends "repo men" to forcibly repossess…
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Action, Sport, action film, boxing film, drama film
In 1933, an older man named Chaney watches a bare-knuckled street fight, on which bets are made. The fighter, backed by the cocky, fast-talking "Speed" loses badly. Chaney talks a very skeptical Speed into letting him fight the winner.
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Drama, crime film, docudrama, drama film, trial film
On March 9, 1977, Francine Hughes and her three children arrive at the Dansville, Michigan, police station, where she turns herself in, after setting her husband, James Berlin “Mickey” Hughes, on fire in their home. Public defender Aryon G…
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Drama, Film Noir, crime film, film noir
thumb|left|thumbtime=25|upright=1|The Stranger Mr. Wilson, an agent of the United Nations War Crimes Commission, is hunting for Franz Kindler, a Nazi fugitive and war criminal. Having erased all evidence that might identify him, Kindler is…
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Drama, Late Western, Western, Western film, biographical film
During the years following the Civil War, banks and trains become the targets of the James-Younger gang, who terrorize the Midwestern United States. The band of robbers is led by Jesse James and Cole Younger, along with several of their br…
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Action, action film, crime film
Cain Burgess is a prisoner who is being escorted by police to a hospital where he learns of his mother's death. After seeing her corpse, Cain escapes and then visits a private bar, entering it by attacking the bouncers. While having his dr…
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Social Study, documentary film
Titicut Follies portrays the occupants of Bridgewater State Hospital, who were often kept in barren cells and infrequently bathed. It also depicts inmates/patients forced to strip naked publicly, force feeding, and the indifference and bul…
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Erotic Thriller, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, erotic thriller
Assistant District Attorney David Corelli is called to the murder scene of prominent businessman Kyle Medford, found skinned to death in his San Francisco home by an antique hatchet. Police detectives Bob Hargrove and Petey Vesko find phot…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Following a failed sting operation in which two fellow undercover officers are killed months prior, Detroit PD's Sergeant Jake Roenick begins to regularly abuse alcohol and painkillers while clinging to his unambitious assignment as a desk…
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Action, Crime
An undercover cop, Chan Kam-wah, investigating a group of jewelry thieves, is killed by three attackers. Inspector Lau assigns Ko Chow, another undercover officer, to continue the investigation. Chow hesitates due to a past experience wher…
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Komödie, Stop Motion, comedy film, heist film, musical film, mystery film
Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are newly hired investigative reporters at The Daily Chronicle, and Gonzo the Great is their photographer. After failing to cover a jewel theft from prominent fashion designer Lady Holiday, the three are fir…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Alistair and Miles, both with aristocratic connections, start their first year at Oxford University. Miles is friendly and level-headed, cordially offering to switch rooms when Alistair's assigned room does not meet with his parents' appro…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
For the past four years, veteran San Francisco Police Inspector Jack Cates has been after a drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man." At the Hunter's Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock in …
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Action, Komödie, action film, crime film, romantic comedy
In Los Angeles, wealthy couple Bigby and Priscilla Powers, want their daughter Paula to marry Collins Hedgeworth, who also hails from a wealthy family. Paula is really in love with classmate Sam Freeman, whom Bigby dismisses as a "fortune …
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drama film, romance film, war film
The story is set in Lahore (now the capital of Pakistani Punjab) in the period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947 at the time of Indian independence. A young girl with polio, Lenny, narrates the story through the voi…
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Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, spy film, suspense film, thriller film
Bob and Jill Lawrence, a British couple on a trip to Switzerland with their daughter Betty, befriend Frenchman Louis Bernard, who is staying at their hotel. Jill is participating in a clay pigeon shooting contest. She reaches the final but…
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Action, Drama, Musical, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
Joey and Turkey are members of the Wanderers, an Italian-American greaser street gang living in the Bronx. Joey tries to dissuade Turkey from joining a rival gang, the Fordham Baldies. Before Turkey can ask, Terror's girlfriend Peewee over…
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