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Gangster Film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, romance film
Harry Mitchel (convicted of grievous bodily harm under never-explained circumstances) is leaving prison. He is propositioned by his friend and former partner-in-crime, Billy Norton, to live in a nice "acquired" apartment, but on condition …
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Action Comedy, Komödie, action film, comedy film
A well-organized gang hijacks an armored car, breaking in and stealing some currency engraving plates while ignoring the actual money. One of the hijackers delivers the plates to Vince Ricardo on the roof of a disused building. Meanwhile, …
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Crime, Thriller
Detective Bobby Belucci, once respected, finds himself in disgrace after a tumultuous confrontation with his wife's lover. This incident results in his demotion, leaving him grappling with both his personal turmoil and the loss of his prof…
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Dark Comedy, Komödie, comedy film, hood film
Rob Douglas has just been released from jail for the second time. Fearing a third conviction, which will result in a life sentence, he decides to go straight and leave the street life. His friend J.J.
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Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, crime film, heist film
British art curator Harry Deane decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss Lord Lionel Shabandar conning him into buying a fake Monet (Haystacks at Dusk), to complement the one he already has (Haystacks at Dawn). He teams up with a master…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
London gangster Willie Parker gives evidence against his fellow criminals in return for a very generous offer from the police. As he is led from the witness box at his trial, the defendants threateningly sing Vera Lynn's song "We'll Meet A…
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Drama, Musical, crime film, drama film, musical film
In 1935, in the town of Idlewild in Georgia, Percival works at his father's funeral home and at night plays piano at a local club called Church, where his childhood friend Rooster is a singer who is also bootlegging on the side. One night …
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action comedy film, adventure film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film
Whilst working for the CIA, Jackie is assigned to follow leads of a nuclear smuggling case. One of the tasks the CIA gives him is to watch a woman named Natasha while on a plane from Hong Kong to Crimea and record her movements. Jackie arr…
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Action, Vampirfilm, Western film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, horror western, science fiction Western, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film, vampire film
In 1913 Mexico, American author Ambrose Bierce experiences a nightmare in which he is killed by Pancho Villa. Bierce wakes and talks to a local bartender about his intentions to join Villa's revolutionary army. He joins a stagecoach transp…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
Max Dembo, a lifelong thief in Los Angeles, is released from a six-year stint in prison and forced to report to a boorish and condescending parole officer, Earl Frank. One of the conditions of parole is that Max find a job. At the employme…
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Drama, drama film
In voice over, Shirley Lyner (Waterston) introduces her babysitting service, a cabin with middle-aged men and teenage girls. A flashback takes us to Shirley being picked up by Michael Beltran (Leguizamo) for a babysitting job. After she is…
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Komödie, comedy film, crime film
The young versions of Dudley Do-Right, Nell Fenwick, and Snidely Whiplash gather at a lake with Dudley's pet horse "Horse", where they talk of their aspirations. Dudley believes he is destined to be a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer …
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Crime Comedy, comedy film
Veterinary technician Corky Romano, banished from his family after the death of his mother, is unaware of their criminal connections until he receives a call from his father "Pops", a Mafia crime lord. Indicted on racketeering charges and …
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Criminal Comedy Film, Silly Movie, Sitcom, comedy film, crime film
Captain Thaddeus Harris finally finds a way to become Commandant of the Police Academy; the incumbent Commandant Eric Lassard is past due for mandatory retirement. Meanwhile, Lassard is chosen as "Police Officer of the Decade," he brings h…
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Adventure, action film, crime film, mystery film, spy film
Eleven-year-old Davey Osborne lives in San Antonio, Texas. His father, Hal, is a military air traffic controller who has problems relating to Davey, especially in the wake of the death of Davey's mother/Hal's wife. Davey befriends Kim Gard…
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Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
Driving at night with his lights off on a rural road to show off the dancing fireflies in the dark, high school hockey star Chris Pratt crashes into a combine. Two of his friends are killed, while he and his girlfriend Kelly survive. The c…
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Political Thriller, Secret Agent, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film
Robert Scott is a former United States Marine Corps Force Recon master gunnery sergeant, acting as a selection cadre member for Delta Force. While observing an exercise designed to evaluate Delta candidates, Scott meets a recruit, Curtis, …
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Komödie, comedy film, crime film
In the city, the police are investigating a series of robberies along the old 51 bus route in the area of the city known as Wilson Heights. Captain Thaddeus Harris and Lt. Carl Proctor stake out a jewellery store, but the Wilson Heights ga…
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Crime, Drama, Political Thriller, adventure film, drama film
Trash follows three Brazilian street teenagers in Rio de Janeiro; Raphael, Gardo, and Rat (Jun-Jun) who spend their time picking through litter in the hope of finding useful waste. One day they discover a wallet whose contents bring them i…
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Adventure, Romantic Comedy, action film, adventure film, crime film, parody film, satanic film
Billy Dannreuther is a formerly wealthy American who has fallen on hard times. He is reluctantly working with four crooks: Peterson, Julius O'Hara, Major Jack Ross and Ravello, who are trying to swindle their way to uranium-rich land in Br…
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Super Hero, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, crime film
A man is chased through the streets of Nice, France, ultimately resulting in his death. Police officer Alain Moreau is brought by his partner Sebastien to the scene because the victim's face is identical to Alain's. Matches found in his po…
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Romance Film, Thriller, drama film, neo-noir
In 1954 Scotland, shiftless young drifter Joe Taylor works on a coal barge which operates from Glasgow, on the River Clyde, along the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals to Edinburgh. He shares the cramped on-board living quarters with its ow…
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Drama, biographical film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
A miscarriage of justice lands Willis Newton languished in prison, he encountered a harsh reality: money held the key to societal status within the unforgiving confines. Determined to climb the social ladder, he joined forces with Slim and…
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Crime, Drama, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film
Ex-convict Jim Harris and his two accomplices attempt to rob a Harlem count house for the Mafia run by local black gangsters. The heist goes awry and Harris murders both the black gangsters and the white mobsters before fleeing and murderi…
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