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Christmas film, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, neo-noir, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
In Gotham City, two wealthy socialites, horrified by the birth of their malformed and feral son Oswald, abandon him in the sewers, where a colony of penguins takes him in. Thirty-three years later, during the Christmas season, wealthy indu…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Forensic, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1928 Los Angeles, single mother Christine Collins returns home to find her 9-year-old son, Walter, missing. Reverend Gustav Briegleb publicizes Christine's plight and rails against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for incompeten…
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Komödie, crime film, female buddy film
Housewife Judy Bernly starts work as a secretary at Consolidated Companies after her divorce and is placed under the supervision of sharp-tongued widow Violet Newstead. Both work under president Mr. Hinkle and egotistical, sexist vice pres…
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Blaxploitation, Heist, Thriller, blaxploitation film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, heist film, independent film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
Jackie Brown, a flight attendant, smuggles money from Mexico into the United States for Ordell Robbie, a gun runner in Los Angeles. When Beaumont Livingston—Ordell's bagman—is arrested, Ordell hires bail bondsman Max Cherry to bail him out…
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, hood film, thriller film
Cyrus, charismatic leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in New York City, requests that 100 of the city's gangs each send nine unarmed delegates to Van Cortlandt Park for a midnight summit. The Warriors, a gang from Coney I…
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Action, Gangster Film, Musical, Thriller, action comedy film, action film, adventure film, crime comedy film
In Atlanta, Miles, self-named "Baby", is a young getaway driver who lost his parents in a car crash that left him with tinnitus, and finds catharsis in music. He ferries crews of robbers assembled by kingpin Doc to pay off a debt as recomp…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film
In Oro Valley, Arizona, high school troublemaker Sean Boswell races classmate Clay in their respective cars, a 1971 Chevy Monte Carlo and a 2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10, where they end up ramming each other with Clay crashing his Viper into a c…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, treasure hunt film
Louvre curator Jacques Saunière is pursued by Silas, an albino Catholic monk who demands the location of the "keystone" to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Saunière gives him a false lead and is murdered. The police find his body posed lik…
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Ghost-Movie, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, drama film, ghost film, horror film, psychological horror fiction
Former cellist Claire Spencer and her husband, Norman, a scientist and professor, live at their lakeside home in Vermont. Their relationship is strained, particularly after Claire's daughter and Norman's stepdaughter, Caitlin, leaves for c…
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Komödie, comedy film
Peter Gibbons is a frustrated and unmotivated programmer who works at software company Initech. Unprepared to stand up to his highly critical girlfriend, Anne, he has become infatuated with local waitress Joanna, but is afraid to speak to …
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Crime, Forensic, crime film, drama film, thriller film, trial film
In 2018, in an isolated mountain chalet near Grenoble, novelist Sandra Voyter decides to reschedule her interview with a female student because her husband, university lecturer Samuel Maleski, plays music loudly in their attic, disrupting …
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Conspiracy Thriller, crime film, thriller film
In 1993, wealthy Whidbey Island residents Libby and Nick Parsons appear to live an idyllic Pacific Northwest life with their four-year-old son, Matty. At a lavish private school fundraiser hosted at their waterfront mansion, Nick presents …
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Time Travel, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2044, 25-year-old Joe works for a Kansas City crime syndicate as an assassin or "looper". Since tracking systems in the future of 2074 have made it nearly impossible to dispose of bodies undetected, the syndicate sends its enemies back …
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Erotic Film, Marital Tragedy, Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller
Constance "Connie" and Edward Sumner have a generally happy marriage together and live in upscale Westchester County, New York with their eight year old son, Charlie. While shopping in SoHo, the wind knocks Connie into a young, handsome Fr…
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Super Hero, action film, science fiction film, superhero film
Batman and his partner, Robin, encounter a new villain, Mr. Freeze, who has left a string of diamond thefts in his wake. During a confrontation at the natural history museum, Freeze steals a diamond and flees, freezing Robin to distract Ba…
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Crime, Crime Comedy, Komödie, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film, parody film
In 1954, six strangers are invited to a secluded New England mansion. They are greeted by the butler Wadsworth and the maid Yvette. Each is assigned a pseudonym to maintain confidentiality: "Colonel Mustard", "Mrs.
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Crime Comedy, action comedy film, black comedy, black comedy film, thriller film
Gary Johnson is a mild-mannered professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of New Orleans who also works for the New Orleans Police Department to assist in sting operations. When Jasper, an undercover detective who portrays f…
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Historie, Thriller, Tragic Comedy Film, action film, comedy film, crime film
In 1978, Baton Rouge pilot Barry Seal, who flies commercial jets for TWA, is recruited by CIA case officer Monty Schafer. He asks Seal, who has been smuggling Cuban cigars into the country to make a little money, to fly reconnaissance miss…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Justice Drama, buddy film, comedy film, drama film, heist film
In September 1936, amid the Great Depression, grifter Johnny Hooker and his partners, Luther Coleman and Joe Erie, con $11,000 in cash from an unsuspecting victim in Joliet, Illinois. Hooker loses his share of the con on a rigged roulette …
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Horror, Mysterie, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, surrealist film
Deer Meadow Prologue A man smashes a television as a woman screams. In Deer Meadow, Washington, police discover the body of Teresa Banks. The FBI's Gordon Cole sends Agents Chester Desmond and Sam Stanley to investigate.
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Destiny, Road Movie, adventure film, comedy drama, crime film, female buddy film, girls with guns, road movie
Friends Thelma Dickinson and Louise Sawyer set out for a weekend vacation at a fishing cabin. Thelma, a housewife, is married to disrespectful and controlling carpet salesman Darryl, while sharp-tongued Louise works as a waitress. When Lou…
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Action, Crime, Cyberpunk, Satire, Super Hero, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, splatter film, superhero film, thriller film
In a near-future dystopia, Detroit is on the brink of social and financial collapse. Overwhelmed by crime and dwindling resources, the city grants the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) control of the Detroit Police Department. …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, detective film, thriller film
In Chicago, vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble is arrested for the murder of his wife, Helen. Despite his claims that he caught a man with a prosthetic arm in the act, Helen's misinterpreted 911 call and substantial life insurance policy …
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Janiyah Wiltkinson is a single mother living in a dilapidated apartment with her frequently ill daughter, Aria. One morning, Aria expresses frustration over her inability to bathe herself and tells Janiyah that her teacher said she couldn'…
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