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Animation, action film, crime film, mystery film, speculative fiction film, superhero film, thriller, thriller film
Lex Luthor is elected President during a severe nationwide economic depression. Under his leadership, the economy begins to thrive, and he assembles a group of government-employed superheroes consisting of Captain Atom, Katana, Black Light…
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Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, horror film
Margaret is a composed, successful businesswoman living in Albany, New York, and single mother to Abbie, who is leaving for college. She has an affair with Peter, her married co-worker. One day, Abbie finds a tooth in her wallet.
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Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir, heist film
thumb|Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra An aging gangster, Big Mac M'Gann, is planning a robbery at a fashionable resort hotel in the resort town of Tropico Springs in the Sierra Nevada. He wants the heist led by convicted bank robber Roy Ear…
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crime film, drama film
The film starts with a footballer, Lawrence "Lorry" Gomes, who gets admission into an American college. Due to insufficient funds, he is unable to fulfill his dream. On the other hand, his girlfriend Tani got a scholarship to the US.
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In Tijuana, makeup artist Gloria Fuentes visits her best friend Suzu Ramós. Gloria and Suzu plan to enter the upcoming "Miss Baja California" beauty pageant, and hope to improve their chances by impressing the influential municipal police …
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Movie special-effects expert Rollie Tyler is hired by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to stage the murder of Mafia informant Nicholas DeFranco. DeFranco is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and go into witness protection, but …
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, horror film, thriller film
FBI Special Agent Jennifer Marsh is a widowed single parent living in a suburban Portland home with her daughter, Annie Haskins, and her mother, Stella Marsh. At night, she works in the FBI's cybercrime division with Griffin Dowd, fighting…
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action film, crime film, drama film
Several years after his arrest, Sung Tse-ho is offered early parole by the police in exchange for spying on his former boss and mentor, Lung Sei, who is suspected of heading a counterfeiting operation. Inspector Wu, the leader of the task …
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Political Thriller, Secret Agent, action film, martial arts film, political thriller film, thriller film
Neil Shaw is an operative for the United Nations's covert SAD, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. In Hong Kong, Shaw infiltrates a Chinese New Year party held by Chinese business mogul David Chan and…
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Thriller, prison film
The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug…
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crime film, drama film
Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart is part of a large and loving Mormon family. Her father Ed hires a handyman, a self-styled prophet named Immanuel, to help him with a remodeling job. Months later, Immanuel returns and kidnaps Elizabeth at…
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Thriller, action film, adventure film, buddy cop film, crime film, thriller film
In San Francisco, a man is discovered breaking into his own jewelry store. The FBI questions him and learns the man's wife is being held hostage at their home by a brutal extortionist, who demands the store's diamonds for her life. During …
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Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, Western film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Teresa, the pregnant teenage daughter of a powerful Mexican crime lord known only as , is summoned before her father and interrogated as to the identity of her unborn child's father. She then identifies the father as Alfredo Garcia, whom E…
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Action, Drama, Komödie, Thriller, action film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film
Upon discovering that his wife Ellen is having an affair, aerospace engineer and depressed insomniac Ed Okin drives to LAX on his friend Herb's suggestion. There, he is surprised by a beautiful jewel smuggler, Diana, who jumps into his car…
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Komödie, action film, romantic comedy
Ted Forrest, who works for the Dynasty Club, is murdered by Keith Heading and his men on the street. They switch a computer tape in Ted's car before police arrive. Johnny Stewart is a lifelong con man who performs scams with his younger br…
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Action, action film, crime film, martial arts film
Undercover San Francisco narcotics cops Sean Kane and Dave Pierce head into a dark alley to meet up with an informant named Tony Montoya, who promises to break their big investigation wide open, by providing the name of the oriental drug r…
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Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi, action film, crime film, science fiction film
In 1991, robots are commonplace. When they malfunction and become dangerous, they are "runaways" handled by a division of the police trained in robotics. Sgt.
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Crime, Drama, Komödie, Thriller, buddy film, comedy film, drama film
An encounter in the bar of the Mexico City branch of the Camino Real Hotels, between tired businessman Danny Wright, hoping to land a career-saving contract in Mexico, and jaded, falling-apart-at-the-seams assassin Julian Noble, leads them…
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Fantasy, Mysterie, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, teen film, thriller film
High school senior Nick Powell plans to skip his graduation and fly to London for a writing program, despite the plan of his controlling mother, Diane. His mother pressures him to succeed and is emotionally distant. Nick's best friend, Pet…
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Road Movie, Romantic Comedy, action comedy film, crime film
In the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum is divorced and unemployed. Seeking a job at her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds business, she blackmails him into letting her become a bail enforcement agent and tracks do…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
Axel Freed is a literature professor in New York City with a gambling addiction that begins to spiral out of control. In the classroom, Freed inspires his college students with his interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky's work. In his person…
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Crime, drama film, thriller film
The film begins with Detective Havenhurst driving with his partner Detective Vargas. They receive a call and drive to the scene of a murder. As they push their way through the crowd at the crime scene, they see Brad McCullam leaving with a…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Thriller, action comedy film
When fast-talking, petty thief and hustler Alvin Sanders gets arrested for stealing prawns, the worst of his problems would seem to be going to jail. Unfortunately, he ends up sharing a cell with John Delano Jaster, who, while stealing $42…
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Crime, Horror
The film centers on Kaya Adams, a resilient young woman who embarks on a jet ski adventure from Florida to The Bahamas with her best friend Tessa Miles and two acquaintances, Julian and Xander. The trip, intended as a carefree escape, take…
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