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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, historical film, thriller film
On Tuesday, February 8, 1977, in Indianapolis, Tony Kiritsis arrives for an appointment with wealthy mortgage broker M.L. Hall at the Meridian Mortgage company. Tony is instead met by M.L.'s son Richard, who reveals that M.L.
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Occult Horror, ghost film, horror film, mystery film
True crime writer Ellison Oswalt experienced success due to his debut book presenting new evidence that led to the perpetrator's capture. Following the failure of his subsequent works, he moves to Chatsford, Pennsylvania, with his family. …
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Action, crime film
Ulysses begins serving as interim sheriff of Normal, Minnesota, where he is chiefly occupied with nuisance reports from the residents of the prosperous small town. He is introduced to the town's egotistical mayor and bonds with Moira, a wo…
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Teen Horror Film, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On October 31, 1963, in the suburban Illinois town of Haddonfield, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally stabs his teenage sister Judith to death with a chef's knife. On October 30, 1978, psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis and nurse Marion Chamb…
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Action, Drama, Film Noir, Gangster Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
A man in Los Angeles (billed as "The Driver") works as a mechanic, stunt double, and criminal-for-hire getaway driver. His jobs are all managed by auto shop owner Shannon, who persuades Jewish-American mobster Bernie Rose and his half-Ital…
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Mafia Film, Political Drama, Western film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, documentary film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, period drama film, thriller film
In the 1930s, three thugs search for a man named "Noodles". Noodles is drugging himself in an opium den with a newspaper next to him featuring the deaths of bootleggers Patrick Goldberg, Philip Stein and Maximilian Bercovicz. He recalls th…
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Crime, Crime Comedy, Drama, Police Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1972, Ron Stallworth is hired as the first black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Assigned to work in the records room, he tires of being bullied and applies to be an undercover officer. He is assigned to infiltrate a …
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Caper-Movie, Komödie, action film, adventure film, comedy film, heist film, mystery film
Professional thief Danny Ocean is paroled after four years in a New Jersey prison. He breaks his parole by traveling to Los Angeles and reunites with friend and colleague Rusty Ryan. They travel to Las Vegas to secure financial backing fro…
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Dark Comedy, Heist, Thriller, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, comedy drama, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, flashback film, gangster film, heist film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Eight men planning to rob a jewelry store for a diamond shipment eat breakfast at a diner. To pull off the heist, boss Joe Cabot assembles six experienced robbers who are strangers to each other. Joe and his son, "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot, ha…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, action film, biographical film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, hood film, neo-noir, period drama film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
In 1968, Frank Lucas is the right-hand man of Harlem mob boss Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson. When Johnson dies of a heart attack, Frank enters the heroin trade, buying directly from producers in Thailand and smuggling it into the U.S. through …
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Action, Drama, Historie, action film, crime film, drama film
In 2013, Roberto Aguilar, a poor father of two from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is approached by a woman called Giselle. She offers to sign his young children, Rocío and Miguel Aguilar, to child modeling contracts. He accepts and takes them to …
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Destiny, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, romance film
In 1992, five-year-old Jamal Malik, a resident of the Juhu slum in Mumbai, obtains Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan's autograph after jumping into a cesspit; the crowds around Amitabh Bachchan are deterred by Jamal as he is covered head to …
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Drama, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
Four lifelong friends from Charlestown, Boston—mild-mannered Doug MacRay, volatile James "Jem" Coughlin, Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan, and Desmond "Dez" Elden—rob a bank wearing latex skeleton masks. Against Doug's wishes, Jem takes bank mana…
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Crime, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, independent film, prison film
In April 1997, 17-year-old White-American student Daniel "Danny" Vinyard antagonizes his Jewish history teacher Mr. Murray by writing an essay on Mein Kampf. School principal and outreach worker Dr.
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Coming Of Age, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
Telly and a 12-year-old girl are making out on a bed. With no adults around, Telly, who is a scrawny 16-year-old, talks with the girl, a virgin, and they have sex. Afterwards, he meets his best friend, Casper, and they talk about his sexua…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
An autistic child whose mother desires to have him treated at the Harbor Neuroscience facility is instead raised by his father, a U.S. Army psychological operations officer who refuses to enroll him. When the mother leaves the family, unab…
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1953, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) aims to improve its public image following decades of corruption. Career-focused sergeant Edmund Exley lives in the shadow of his legendary detective father, whose murderer was never identi…
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Crime, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, crime film
In 1964 England, Estella Miller is a creative child with a talent for fashion, but is ostracized for her black and white hair and rebellious behavior. After Estella is expelled from school, her mother Catherine decides to move them to Lond…
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Animation, Komödie, Romance Film, Satire On Media, buddy film, comedy film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, neo-noir
In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans. Private detective Eddie Valiant, once a staunch ally of the toons, has become a depressed alcoholic following his brother Teddy's murder by an unknown toon…
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Family Drama, Romance Film, action film, drama film, romance film, teen film
In Verona Beach, the Capulets and Montagues are two rival business empires. The animosity of the older generation—Fulgencio and Gloria Capulet and Ted and Caroline Montague—is felt by their younger relatives. A shootout occurs between Mont…
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Crime Comedy, Detective Film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, drama film, romantic comedy film
In 1970, Shasta Fay Hepworth visits the home of her ex-boyfriend, Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator and hippie in Gordita Beach, Los Angeles County. She tells him about her new lover, Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann, a wealthy rea…
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Coming Of Age, Forensic, Mafia Film, Social Drama, buddy film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, prison film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, trial film
In the summer of 1967, Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan and John Reilly are childhood friends living in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. At that time, the boys start running small errands for local gangster "King" Ben…
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Coming Of Age, Military Film, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border. The platoon is commanded by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, wh…
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Crime, Dark Comedy, Super Hero, action film, neo-noir, superhero film
Newspaper reporter Alexander Knox and photojournalist Vicki Vale investigate sightings of "Batman", a masked vigilante targeting Gotham City's criminals. Both attend a fundraiser hosted by billionaire Bruce Wayne, who is secretly Batman, h…
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