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Action Comedy, Gangster Film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, heist film
In 1971, a policeman pulls over Elmo McElroy, a recent college graduate with a degree, for driving under the influence of marijuana. Due to his arrest and conviction, McElroy cannot find work as a pharmacologist. In the present day, drug l…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, hood film
Former U.S. Army Ranger and Global War on Terror veteran Jim Davis has PTSD. Jim, determined to marry his Mexican girlfriend Marta, and bring her into the United States to start a life together, returns to Los Angeles, California.
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Buddy Cop, Komödie, comedy film, crime film
Russian mafia boss Konstantine Konali is laundering money under the guise of a legitimate business: a highly addictive video game that allows him to bring down almost any security system controlled by a computer on which the game has been …
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, heist film
In 1971, after John Dortmunder is released from his latest stint in prison, he is approached by his brother-in-law Andy Kelp about another job. Dr. Amusa seeks a valuable gem in the Brooklyn Museum that is of great significance to his peop…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
In 1948, Reverend Desmond Spellacy is a young Roman Catholic monsignor in the Los Angeles Archdiocese. His older brother Tom is a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Des is skillful at developing church projects whil…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, erotic thriller, neo-noir
Jack Grimaldi is an NYPD homicide detective who seems to have everything: a lavish lifestyle; a beautiful wife, Natalie; and an adoring teenaged mistress, Sheri. However, Jack only affords his lifestyle because he's on the take, doing favo…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Teenage prodigy Paul Conway and his mother Jeannie move into their new house in the town of Welling. He soon becomes friends with paperboy Tom Toomey. Living next door to Paul is Samantha Pringle and her abusive, alcoholic father Harry.
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Drama, drama film, prison film, thriller film
As a 17-year-old orphan, Henri Young went into a grocery store where he was denied work. This leads him to steal $5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister Rosetta, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the…
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Heist, High School Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film, teen film
Everyman high school student Kyle needs a high score on the SAT to get into Cornell University's architecture program. He constantly compares himself to his older brother Larry, who is now living above his parents' garage. Kyle's best frie…
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Political Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, political thriller film
New York Police Department police officer Billy Taggart is arrested for the murder of Mikey Tavarez. Earlier, Tavarez was tried for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Bolton Village resident Yesenia Barea but avoided a conviction due to a …
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Crime, Horror, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
Jennifer Tree is a rising print model in New York City. On an evening out alone, Jennifer is stalked and drugged at a Brooklyn nightclub. She wakes up in a cell containing personal items taken from her apartment.
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Police Film, Romantic Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
New Orleans police lieutenant Remy McSwain investigates the murder of a local mobster, leading police to suspect a war between two crime families. Anne Osborne, a state district attorney, arrives to investigate alleged police corruption. A…
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Documentation, crime film, documentary film
Class Action Park chronicles the life of penny stockbroker Eugene Mulvihill, who is described as having become rich from pump-and-dump schemes. It outlines his path to opening Vernon Township, New Jersey's Action Park in 1978. He envisione…
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Detective Film, action film, crime film, mystery film, teen film
Nancy Drew, an amateur sleuth, and her widowed father, Carson Drew, move from their quaint hometown River Heights to California, where Carson has a temporary job. Carson encourages Nancy to focus on living like a normal teenager, instead o…
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Crime, Forensic, Marital Tragedy, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir
thumb|left|Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall in The Letter thumb|Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie Leslie Crosbie, the wife of a British rubber plantation manager in Malaya, shoots dead Geoffrey Hammond, a well-known member of the expatriate co…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
Seventeen-year-old Sean Paul Lockhart arrives in Pennsylvania to film a solo sex scene under the direction of Stephen Kocis, the owner of Cobra Videos. Sean lies to his mother, claiming that he is visiting Pennsylvania to intern with a fil…
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War Film, action film, drama film, war film
Andrew Briggman is serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2009. When Staff Sergeant Wallace is killed in an IED explosion during a raid on a village, Staff Sergeant Deeks replaces him as platoon leader and tells his men they'll find wh…
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Psychological Thriller, crime film
Tess Thorne, a successful crime-mystery writer, is invited to a library in upstate Massachusetts for a meet-and-greet with fans, but is scared of flying so drives to engagements even long distances away. After the event, Ramona, the organi…
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Psychodrama, Sitcom, Social Drama, comedy film, crime film, drama film
An anonymous flasher exposes himself to shoppers in the Forest Ridge Mall parking lot. The head of mall security, Ronnie Barnhardt, makes it his mission to apprehend the offender. But while he is ostensibly well-intentioned and valiant in …
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Criminal Comedy Film, action film, black comedy film, buddy film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime film, crime thriller film, gangster film
Italian American Harry Valentini and his Jewish friend and next-door neighbor Moe Dickstein occupy the bottom rung of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo's gang. Making a living by doing Castelo's lowest jobs, such as looking after his goldf…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film, period film, satanic film
In June 1966, new mother and wife Trish Weir is shocked the Supreme Court has passed the Miranda Ruling, making evidence gleaned from a criminal suspect without reading them the 'Miranda warning' inadmissible in court. Three years earlier,…
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War Film, drama film, war film
In December 1944, the Kempeitai massacred prisoners of war on Palawan. By 1945, American forces are closing in on the Japanese-occupied Philippines. The Japanese hold over 500 American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a…
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Conspiracy Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, crime film, crime thriller film
In New Orleans, hitman Jimmy Bobo and his partner Louis Blanchard kill a corrupt former WDCPD policeman, Hank Greely. Decompressing at a bar, Blanchard is murdered by another hitman, Keegan, whose attempt to also kill Bobo fails. WDCPD Det…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, erotic thriller, neo-noir, slasher film
A young woman walking home from her birthday party is stalked by a man. A man dressed as a police officer offers to escort her to her front door. The policeman, however, is actually the stalker.
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