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Action, Komödie, Police Film, action film, blaxploitation film, comedy film
Detroit Police Department Detective Sergeant Jericho Jackson, known locally as "Action" Jackson, was a celebrated lieutenant in the police force. He had been demoted nearly two years prior, because of a case he headed involving the crimina…
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Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
A seedy traveling carnival's barker, Stanton "Stan" Carlisle, is fascinated by everything there, including a grotesque geek, who prompts an observation from Stanton that he "can't understand how anybody could get so low." Stanton works wit…
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Dark Comedy, comedy film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Ray operates a hardware store with his brother Junior in a small Texas town. He gets several photographs from private detective Skip. Taken during a stake-out at a local motel, the pictures indicate infidelity by Ray's wife Stacy-Lynn.
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, martial arts film, thriller film
DEA Agents John Hatcher and his partner Chico pursue a drug dealer called Hector on foot, who, it is later revealed, has blown John's cover. John and Chico manage to fight their way out of an ambush set up by Hector, but during their escap…
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Crime, Horror, Mysterie, fantasy film, horror film
Joseph Thorne is a corrupt Denver police detective who regularly indulges in drug use and infidelity during the course of duty. At the scene of what appears to be a ritual murder, Thorne discovers a strange puzzle box, which he takes home …
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Biographical picture, Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb interviews drug dealer Ronny Quail, who is outraged that the government used civil asset forfeiture to keep his house even after he was acquitted. Webb's ensuing article about the abuses of…
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Drama, Slasher Horror, crime film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
Before the "Phantom-attacks", which occurred about eight months after World War II, Texarkana was pleasant and citizens were preparing for a good future. On the night of Sunday, March 3, 1946, Sammy Fuller and Linda Mae Jenkins park on a l…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1947, the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, aged 93, lives in a rural Sussex farmhouse with his widowed housekeeper Mrs Munro and her young son Roger. Having just returned from a trip to Hiroshima, Holmes starts to use a prickly ash plant h…
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Crime, Drama, Mafia Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, hood film
Jeffrey Cole is a recent graduate of the Cincinnati police academy who dreams of working undercover. Cole manages to get an undercover assignment the day of graduation and earns the praise of his superiors. He is soon given the task of tak…
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Drama, Film Noir, boxing film, drama film
Sportswriter Eddie Willis, broke after the newspaper he works for goes under, is hired as a PR man by boxing promoter Nick Benko. Nick has recruited Toro Moreno, a towering Argentine. Despite Toro's lack of fighting ability, Nick plans to …
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Justice Drama, drama film, hood film, prison film
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Avery Montgomery (Jones) is taking time off from college to spend time with his girlfriend Krista Wells (Melissa De Sousa) and help raise their young son. Avery is an avid swimmer and develops to a championship …
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Action, action film, crime film, drama film
Thirty-five-year-old Jewish-American convict and junkie, Butch "Bullet" Stein, is released from prison on parole after serving an 8-year sentence for being an accomplice to a robbery, perpetrated by his friend, Irish-American gangster Padd…
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, drama film
Disc-jockey-turned-actor Bob Crane develops a secret personal life, focusing on his relationship with John Henry Carpenter, an electronics expert involved with the nascent home video market. Encouraged by Carpenter and enabled by his exper…
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Musical, Mysterie, Romantic Drama, crime film, drama film, musical film, mystery film, romance film
thumbnail|100px|left|The Moon tarot card Cremona, 1681 (Language: Italian) Nicolò Bussotti is a violin-maker whose wife, Anna Rudolfi, is pregnant. Anna asks her servant Cesca to foretell her unborn child's future. Cesca cannot determine t…
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Vampirfilm, Western film, action comedy film, action film, comedy horror film, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, horror western, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film, vampire film
After escaping from prison, bank robber Luther Heggs (Duane Whitaker) is the subject of a manhunt led by Texas Ranger Otis Lawson. Luther contacts his reformed former accomplice Buck Bowers (Robert Patrick) and tells him to get their old g…
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Gangster Film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
In Hell's Kitchen 1978, three women are married to members of the O'Carroll crime family. Kathy is married to Jimmy, a kind man who is increasingly disillusioned with the mob; Ruby is married to Kevin, the son of boss Helen O'Carroll; and …
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Action, action film, crime film, rape and revenge film, vigilante film
Roughly 3–4 years after the events of the previous film, Paul Kersey has been traveling the country as a vigilante in various cities. He returns to New York City for the first time after having been forced to leave for what he did over ten…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
In New York City, in the South Bronx, Jeri Dawn is heading home with groceries. Inside the lobby of her apartment building, she passes a man whose dress and appearance are out of place. Jeri quickly boards the elevator.
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Action, action film, drama film, dystopian film, exploitation film, horror film, splatter film, thriller film, vigilante film
An unnamed hobo arrives by boxcar in the city of Hope Town, where its graffitied welcome sign reads "Scum Town". The city is ruled over by a ruthless crime lord named "The Drake" and his sadistic sons Ivan and Slick. The Hobo walks the tow…
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Animalhorror, Mysterie, crime film, horror film
Former NYPD Captain Dewey Wilson is brought back to the force and assigned to solve a bizarre string of violent murders after high-profile magnate Christopher Van der Veer, his wife Pauline, and his bodyguard are slain in Battery Park. Exe…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, comedy thriller, drama film, romantic comedy, thriller film
Elliot Slater is a young, attractive, Australian professional photographer living in Southern California. Having always been uncomfortable with his sexual proclivities, which tend toward the BDSM realm, he signs up for a dominatrix-themed …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Erotic Thriller, Secret Agent, drama film, war film
Henry Faber is a cold, ruthless German sleeper agent nicknamed the "Needle" due to his preference for killing with a stiletto. While spying in England, he obtains critical intelligence of a massive military deception campaign to disguise t…
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Action, action film, crime film, disaster film, drama film, heist film, thriller film
During a heavy rainstorm, Tom and his uncle Charlie, two armored truck drivers, are collecting money from banks in the town of Huntingburg, Indiana, which has been evacuated due to flooding. They are ambushed by Jim and his gang of armed r…
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Biographical picture, Justice Drama, biographical film, drama film
Kenny and Betty Anne Waters were children of an indifferent mother. Forced to fend for themselves, they were very close before they were eventually sent to separate foster homes. Now a wife and mother of two sons, Betty Anne's life is stil…
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