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LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime film, thriller film
Criminals Vic and Danny kidnap a woman named Alice Creed, the only child of a wealthy family. In a secured room, they forcibly strip her of all her clothes, handcuff her to a bed, and gag her – all while wearing jumpsuits and ski masks the…
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Drama, Film Noir, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
thumb|Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Jeffrey Lynn thumb|Lobby card with James Cagney Eddie Bartlett, George Hally, and Lloyd Hart meet each other in a foxhole during the final days of World War I. Following the war's end, Lloyd starts h…
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Gangster Film, action film, crime film, drama film
The film opens in Moscow with Danila Bagrov and two of his friends from the army, Ilya Setevoy and Kostya Gromov, being interviewed on TV about their service in the First Chechen War. After the interview, Kostya reveals that his twin broth…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Komödie, Romantic Comedy, crime film, heist film, romantic comedy
In Venice, Gaston Monescu, a notorious thief masquerading as a baron, meets Lily, a pickpocket posing as a countess. The two fall in love and decide to team up. Almost a year later, in Paris, Gaston steals a diamond-encrusted purse worth 1…
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Film Noir, Gangster Film, crime film, drama film, film noir
In Brighton in June 1935, a gangster named Kite is found dead, shortly after a newspaper published a story exposing local rackets and gang wars. Kite's old gang, now led by the psychopathic teenaged hoodlum Pinkie Brown, learns that the re…
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Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
Brothers Terry and Ian, who live in South London, were raised by their father, Brian, who runs a restaurant, and their mother, Dorothy, who taught her sons to look up to their uncle Howard, a successful plastic surgeon and businessman. He …
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crime film
Sherlock and John receive a visit from Henry Knight, who witnessed his father's being killed by a "gigantic hound" on Dartmoor 20 years ago. After years of therapy, Henry revisited the site, only to see the hound's footprints, prompting hi…
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Dark Comedy, black comedy film, comedy horror, crime film, horror film, thriller film
Tina lives with her mother in suburban Redditch. Chris is a caravan fan and aspiring writer who takes Tina, his girlfriend, on a road trip, much to the chagrin of Tina's mother, who has never forgiven Tina for the death of their dog "Poppy…
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Crime, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, horror film
In 1953, John Wayne Gacy argues with his father, John Stanley Gacy, who says he will "never be brave enough" and kicks him. In 1976, the adult Gacy's lunch with his family is interrupted by a neighbor demanding something be done about the …
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, crime film, thriller film
Max (Shane West), a young American computer engineer, acquires an unreleased mobile phone that receives strange text messages. First, they encourage him to miss his flight which crashes soon after takeoff. Then the messages direct him to b…
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Thriller, crime film
Inspector Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) is a police officer in the small Ontario town of Fort Dundas. She is called to check in on elderly Delia Chandler and finds the woman nearly decapitated in her living room. Chandler's mouth is twis…
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Romantic Comedy, action film, crime film, romantic comedy film, thriller film
Peter Brackett, a famous reporter from Chicago Chronicle, meets Sabrina Peterson, a budding one from Chicago Globe. Both cover a train crash from different angles, and a competition begins. Danny Brown calls Sabrina, and says he picked up …
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Tragic Comedy Film, crime film, drama film
The film unfolds in brief episodes, detailing the travails of the working-class Pollock family, who live in a shabby flat in a tower block in London's East End. They are struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister M…
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Destiny, Melodrama, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Kelly is a prostitute who arrives by bus in the small town of Grantville after being chased out of the big city by her former pimp. She engages in a quick tryst with local police captain Griff, who then commands her to leave town and refer…
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Drama, drama film
"Smiling" Jack Casey is a young floor trader on the Pacific Exchange who loses all of his company's and family's savings on a risky trade. Deflated and disenchanted with his profession, he quits his job and becomes a bicycle messenger in S…
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Action, Adventure, action film, thriller film
A joint U.S.–South American task force is formed to counter a powerful drug cartel smuggling narcotics to the United States. However, a U.S. Army air assault on the cartel's fortified mountain compound is repelled by Eric Stoller (Bert Rhi…
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crime film, drama television series
The serial tells the story of the Moors murders, which were committed, between July 1963 and October 1965, by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. The narrative is from the viewpoint of Hindley's sister, Maureen Smith, and her husband David.
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Crime Comedy, crime film, family film, mystery film, teen film
After her mother's death, 16-year-old sleuth Nancy Drew and her father Carson relocate from Chicago to rural River Heights. While she struggles to fit in, Carson is active in local politics, fighting the development of a train line through…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Victor has infiltrated a criminal empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse Hoyt. His objective is to make Alphonse pay for the murder of his wife and young daughter two years earlier. Victor intends to exact revenge on Alphonse through phys…
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Film Noir, Road Movie, crime film, drama film, film noir
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers, a 23-year-old serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed at the age of 16, escapes from prison with two older bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub. The men take shelter with Chicamaw's brother, who operates a se…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, thriller film
In Nevada, criminal couple Vince Miller and Fay Forrester steal $850,000 from mobsters at a Winnemucca casino, killing one in the process. During their getaway to Hells Canyon in Idaho, the two get into an argument. Fay knocks out the cont…
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Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, crime drama film
Set in 1977 Los Angeles, eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the film follows former stuntman Cliff Booth, who has become a Hollywood "studio fixer".
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Crime, Thriller, drama film
Anderson (Duvall) is a successful American hitman whose employer sends him to do a job in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His contacts inform him that his target is a former general who took part in Argentina's last military dictatorship. Followi…
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Action, Martial-Arts, action film, coming-of-age film, martial arts film
Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to …
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