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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 186 films · Page 4.
Destiny, Family Drama, Forensic, Melodrama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
In 1949 Santa Rosa, California, Ed Crane is a quiet barber working in his brother-in-law Frank’s barbershop. His wife Doris, a bookkeeper, struggles with a drinking problem, and their marriage is strained. One day, a customer named Creight…
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Destiny, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for rest, due to serious health concerns. During his ship's arrival, an importunate and conspicuously made-up older man approaches Aschenbach with suggestive gestures and phrases, whereupon …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Destiny, Political Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Michael Faraday is a history professor at George Washington University, teaching a class on American terrorism and living in Reston, Virginia, with his young son Grant. Since the death of his wife Leah, an FBI agent, Michael remains friend…
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Destiny, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
In the 1950s, James Whale, the director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, has retired. Whale lives with his long-time housemaid, Hanna, who loyally cares for him but disapproves of his homosexuality. He has suffered a series of st…
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Destiny, Drama, drama film
When the publicly held shipbuilding corporation Global Transportation Systems, or GTX, is downsized in the midst of the recession, many employees are fired, including Bobby Walker. Walker is a white-collar, corporate ladder-climbing employ…
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Destiny, Justice Drama, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, drama film
In 1951 while McCarthyism goes unchecked, Peter Appleton is a Hollywood screenwriter. His agent Leo Kubelsky and his attorney Kevin Bannerman relay he was labeled a communist for attending a "Bread Instead of Bullets" antiwar club meeting …
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Coming Of Age, Destiny, coming-of-age film, drama film, horror film, thriller film
In 1984 Southern California, 16-year-old high school student Todd Bowden discovers that his elderly neighbor, Arthur Denker, is actually Kurt Dussander—a former Nazi concentration camp commandant, who is now a fugitive war criminal. Todd, …
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Action, Destiny, Family Drama, Gangster Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Melodrama, Musical
Deep within the secluded island village of Mandwa, the village chief aspires to set up a drug empire by borrowing land from villagers (after lying to them that it will be used to expand the local salt industry). The villagers are warned of…
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Destiny, Drama, Social Drama, drama film
14-year-old Melinda Sordino begins her first year in high school and struggles on the first day. She has no friends, and appears uncomfortable when speaking to others. On the bus to school, she meets Heather, whom she somewhat befriends.
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Destiny, Historie, Monumental Film, Social Drama, adventure film, drama film, historical film
The court of inquiry of Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh for the loss of Bounty to mutineers begins. Via flashbacks, Bounty sets out from Portsmouth on 23 December 1787, on an expedition to Tahiti to gather breadfruit pods for transplan…
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Anti-War Film, Destiny, Political Drama, drama film, war film
Two students at a West Coast university, Arian and Ernest, at the urging of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, attempt to do something important with their lives. They make the bold decision to enlist in the army to fight in Afghanist…
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Destiny, Komödie, drama film, flashback film, romance film, sport film
The Detroit Tigers travel to New York to play a season-ending series against the New York Yankees. At 63–97, the team has long since been eliminated from playoff contention and are playing for nothing but pride against the Yankees, who hav…
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Coming Of Age, Coming Out, Destiny, Dramedy, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, comedy film, drama film
Upon watching the news about the Welsh miners' strike of 1984, gay activist Mark Ashton realises that the police have stopped harassing the gay community because they are harassing the miners instead. He spontaneously arranges a bucket col…
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Cannibal-Movie, Destiny, cannibal film, comedy thriller, horror film, thriller film
During the Mexican–American War, US Army second lieutenant John Boyd plays dead as his unit is destroyed by Mexican troops. Unaware Boyd is still alive, the Mexican troops send him on a cart of American dead to the Mexican headquarters. Th…
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Destiny, Forensic, Historie, War Film, action film, drama film, mystery film, trial film, war film
In 1968, during the Vietnam War, a disastrous American advance leaves U.S. Marine Lieutenant Hayes Hodges wounded and his men dead. His fellow platoon leader Lieutenant Terry Childers executes a North Vietnamese prisoner to intimidate a ca…
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Coming Of Age, Destiny, Drama, Social Drama, drama film
In San Francisco in 2000, Afghan-American writer Amir Qadiri and his wife Soraya watch children flying kites. Arriving home, Amir receives a call from his father's old friend and business associate, Rahim Khan, now in Peshawar, Pakistan. I…
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Destiny, Drama, Melodrama, drama film, musical film
Basil is an unadventurous middle-class Greek-British writer raised in the United Kingdom. While at the Athens port of Piraeus waiting to travel to Crete, he meets a peasant and musician named Zorba. Basil explains that he is travelling to …
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Destiny, Melodrama, Romance Film, drama film, melodrama, romance film
Hilary O'Neil is a beautiful, outgoing yet cautious young woman with little luck in work or love. Having recently parted ways with her boyfriend when she caught him cheating, Hilary lives with her eccentric mother. One day, Hilary answers …
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Destiny, Justice Drama, Marital Tragedy, Melodrama, drama film, historical film, romance film, war film
Wealthy planter John "Jack" Robert Sommersby left his farm to fight as a Confederate officer in the early days of the American Civil War and is presumed dead after six years. Despite the hardship of working their farm in Vine Hill, Tenness…
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Destiny, Drama, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is autistic and lives in New York City with his parents Linda and Thomas Schell. He is close to his father, who stimulates him with missions to hunt for clues to New York City's "lost Sixth Borough". The tasks he…
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Destiny, Justice Drama, Sitcom, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
King George III's bout of madness in 1788 touched off the Regency Crisis of 1788 and triggered a power struggle between factions of Parliament under the Tory Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and the reform-minded Leader of the Oppos…
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Destiny, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Sport
Gil Renard is a troubled baseball fan whose favorite team, the San Francisco Giants, have just signed a $40 million contract with his favorite player, Bobby Rayburn. His ex-wife Ellen obtains a restraining order after arguing with the shor…
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Biographical picture, Destiny, Melodrama, biographical film, drama film, melodrama
In the 1950s, the reserved, middle-aged bachelor C. S. Lewis is an Oxford University academic at Magdalen College and author of The Chronicles of Narnia series of children's books.
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Biographical picture, Destiny, Parodie, biographical film, comedy film
Following his appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards as his superhero character Fartman, radio personality Howard Stern boards his flight home and finds himself seated next to a stranger named Gloria who is visibly repelled by him. Stern…
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