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Drama, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film
Growing up, Evan Treborn, his friends Lenny Kagan and Kayleigh Miller, and her brother Tommy suffered many severe psychological traumas that caused Evan to experience frequent amnesia. These traumas include being forced to create child por…
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Gothic film, Horror, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, Thriller, detective film, fantasy film, ghost film, gothic horror film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, supernatural film
In the fall of 1799, pragmatic New York City constable Ichabod Crane is sent to the upstate Dutch village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of brutal decapitations of its residents, which included landowner Peter Van Garrett, his so…
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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film, trial film
In Savannah, Georgia, journalist and recovering alcoholic Justin Kemp is called for jury duty, which he tries to excuse himself from as his wife, Ally, is approaching her due date in a high-risk pregnancy after a previous miscarriage. He i…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, action film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film
In Pittsburgh, a man drives a van into a rooftop parking garage near the Allegheny River and PNC Park, dropping a 1968 quarter into the parking meter. Using a sniper rifle, he shoots and kills five people on the river's North Shore Trail, …
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Forensic, Political Thriller, Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, trial film
Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller works in Los Angeles County, California, from the back of his black Lincoln Town Car, chauffeured by Earl Briggs. He typically works for low-end criminals including Eddie Vogel, leader of a biker gan…
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Crime, Girls with Guns, Justice Drama, Samurai Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, girls with guns, martial arts film, suspense film, thriller film
The pregnant Bride and her groom rehearse their wedding. Bill, the Bride's former lover and the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, arrives unexpectedly and orders the Deadly Vipers to kill everyone at the wedding rehearsal. Bi…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir
In 1937 Los Angeles, a woman identifying herself as Evelyn Mulwray hires private investigator J. J. "Jake" Gittes to trail her husband, Hollis, the chief engineer at the Department of Water and Power.
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Action, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1993, alcoholic advertising executive Joe Doucett gets drunk after losing a major account. Before he passes out, he sees a woman with a yellow umbrella. When he awakes, he finds himself locked within a hotel room.
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Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, contemporary Western film, crime film, drama film, heist film, police procedural film
In West Texas, brothers Toby and Tanner Howard rob two branches of the Texas Midlands Bank. Though the robberies are well-planned, Tanner's wild nature leads him to take unnecessary risks, frustrating Toby. Their mother has died after a lo…
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Horror, horror film
In February 2005, James Hoyt and Kristen McKay arrive at James' isolated childhood summer home following a friend's wedding. James is reeling after an emotional Kristen rejected his marriage proposal at the reception. James calls his frien…
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Action, Erotic Film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
Three friends, Arlene, Shanna and radio DJ "Jungle" Julia Lucai, drive down Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, on their way to celebrate Julia's birthday. In a bar, Julia reveals that she made a radio announcement offering a free lap dance …
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Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, crime film, gore film, horror film
Adam Stanheight, a photographer, awakens in a dilapidated bathtub with his ankle chained to a pipe. Across the room is oncologist Dr. Lawrence Gordon, and between them is the corpse of a suicide victim holding a revolver and a microcassett…
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1980, FBI agent Will Graham visits forensic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter to discuss a case. Graham has been working with Lecter on a psychological profile of a serial killer; Graham is certain the killer is a cannibal, based on the fact…
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Drama, Western, Western film, adventure film, drama film
In 1878, 14-year-old Mattie Ross travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, after her father is murdered by hired hand Tom Chaney. Sent to collect her father's body, she learns that Chaney has likely fled with "Lucky" Ned Pepper and his gang into In…
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Crime, Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, thriller film
In San Francisco, a blonde woman ties retired rock star Johnny Boz to a bed with a silk scarf during sex, then stabs him to death with an ice pick. SFPD Detective Nick Curran and his partner, Gus Moran, investigate the murder. The prime su…
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Family Drama, Social Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, musical film, war film
In September 1939, Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman plays live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during a Nazi German air raid against Warsaw. Szpilman and his family prepare to leave the city when they learn that B…
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Heist, Mafia Film, Police Film, Road Movie, Romance Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, romance film, thriller film
At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films, Alabama Whitman strikes up a conversation with Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley. They later have sex at his downtown apartment. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by C…
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Crime, Documentation, Drama, documentary film
Kurt Kuenne and Andrew Bagby grew up as close friends in the suburbs of San Jose, California. Bagby acted in many of Kuenne's amateur movies and, as these films became more professional in quality, he invested in them with some of the mone…
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Action, Caper-Movie, Dark Comedy, boxing film, crime comedy film
A gang of robbers, disguised as Orthodox Jews, steal an diamond during a heist in Antwerp. Franky Four-Fingers, the gang's leader, travels to London to see diamond dealer Doug the Head on behalf of Jewish-American organised crime figure Co…
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Biographical picture, Gangster Film, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
In the 1960s, Reggie "Reg" Kray is a former boxer who has become an important part of the criminal underground in London. His twin brother Ron is locked in a psychiatric hospital and being treated for paranoid schizophrenia. Reggie uses th…
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Gangster Film, action film, crime film, drama film
In 1967, a young Tony Soprano accompanies his mentor, Dickie Moltisanti, to welcome home Dickie's father, Aldo "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti, and his new Italian bride, Giuseppina. Dickie is a soldier in the DiMeo crime family, which also in…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
A struggling, unemployed young writer (credited as "The Young Man") takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his first novel. Initially, he sets strict rules for himself regarding whom h…
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Action, Terrorism, action film, action thriller, adventure film, crime film
LAPD SWAT bomb disposal officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple are tasked with preventing a bombing on a city elevator containing 13 people. After narrowly rescuing the passengers, the duo find and confront the bomber, during which, Harry i…
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Forensic, crime film, drama film, trial film
Recent Memphis State University Law School grad Rudy Baylor has no high-paying work prospects lined up. He takes a job at a Memphis bar where he meets the bar's owner, J. Lyman "Bruiser" Stone, who is also a ruthless but successful ambulan…
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