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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 717 films · Page 6.
Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, satanic film
In the Summer of 1948 in Los Angeles, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is laid off from his job at Champion Aircraft and needs money to pay his mortgage. Easy's bartender friend Joppy introduces him to DeWitt Albright, a white private investigator l…
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Detective Film, Komödie, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Los Angeles Times undercover reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher (who writes as "Jane Doe") is writing an article exposing drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles. While posing as an addict, he is approached by Boyd Aviation executi…
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Crime, Komödie, Mysterie, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
A group of five renowned detectives, each accompanied by a relative or associate, is invited to "dinner and a murder" by the mysterious Lionel Twain. Having lured his guests to his mansion managed by a blind butler named Jamessir Bensonmum…
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action film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, superhero film
Part One Hoping to solicit help in laundering his funds, Gotham City mob boss Carmine Falcone meets with billionaire Bruce Wayne under the guise of repairing the relationship between their families. Bruce declines. On Halloween, someone mu…
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Crime, Crime Comedy, Mysterie, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, romance film, spy film, suspense film, thriller film
After visiting the fictional country of Bandrika, English tourist Iris Henderson is returning home to get married, but an avalanche blocks the railway line. The stranded passengers are forced to spend the night at a hotel. In the same pred…
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Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Criminal Comedy Film, Detective Film, Police Film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film
Seven years after the events from the second film, Detroit Police Department detective Axel Foley plans to arrest a car-theft ring at a chop shop. Unbeknownst to his superior, Inspector G. Douglas Todd, Axel cancels his SWAT backup; planni…
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Crime, Mysterie, crime thriller film, mystery film, neo-noir
Harry Moseby is an ex-professional football player working as a private investigator in Los Angeles. He learns through his friend Nick that a fortune can be made in Mexican artifacts, as the country is cracking down on the theft of its Nat…
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Heist, Thriller, action film, drama film, heist film
Detectives Jack Welles and Eddie Hatcher investigate a daring heist by a group of well-organized bank robbers. Led by Gordon Cozier, the crew consists of John, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica. A former member, Ghost, was caught du…
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Crime, Mysterie, Thriller, Western, Western film, crime film, mystery film
Set in the late 1970s or possibly 1980, Leo Fast Elk, a tribal council member of a Native American reservation in South Dakota, is murdered. FBI Agent Ray Levoi is assigned on the case for his mixed Sioux heritage, which might assist in th…
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Dark Comedy, Detective Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, crime film, mystery film, romantic comedy
Following the memorial service for investigative reporter Joe Strombel, his spirit finds himself on the barge of death with several others, including Jane Cook, a woman who believes she was poisoned by her employer, Peter Lyman. Jane think…
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Crime Comedy, Detective Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, crime film, parody film, puppet film
In a world where living puppets coexist with humans but are treated as second-class citizens, Phil Phillips was the first puppet cop on the LAPD before being fired. Now a private investigator with a human secretary named Bubbles, he is hir…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film
Ronny and Nick are best friends and partners in a small auto design firm in Chicago. Ronny is in a long-term relationship with his girlfriend Beth while Nick is married to Geneva. The two have recently been given an opportunity to pitch an…
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Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, comedy film
When master thief "The Tornado" steals priceless artifacts from around the world, the French government assembles a "Dream Team" of investigators to solve the case. Meanwhile, Inspector Clouseau is reassigned from his task as a parking off…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic thriller
New York City homicide detective Frank Keller is a burned-out alcoholic. His wife left him and married one of his colleagues, and he is depressed about reaching his twentieth year on the police force. He is assigned to investigate the murd…
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Komödie, action film, comedy film
Paul Blart has been enduring a series of misfortunes, including his wife Amy divorcing him six days into their marriage, and two years later, his mother is killed after being struck by a milk truck. To help regain his spirits, Paul takes p…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Historie, Political Thriller, detective film, drama film, romance film, spy film, war film
In March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height, cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, have a problem: the Nazi U-boats have changed one of their code reference books used for Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a bla…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Paul Armstrong, a liberal Harvard professor and former lawyer opposed to capital punishment, is persuaded by an elderly woman to go to Florida to investigate the conviction of her grandson Bobby Earl Ferguson for murder. Ferguson, a former…
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Mysterie, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, cyberpunk, detective film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2035, Leo, a bartender mute from a childhood accident, works at a Berlin strip club owned by Maksim. Leo dates waitress Naadirah, who is secretly in desperate need of money. After rowdy customer Stuart sexually harasses Naadirah, Leo as…
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Political Thriller, crime film, drama film
Moscow militsiya officer Arkady Renko is called to a clearing near the Gorky Park ice rink, where three mutilated bodies – two men and one woman – have been discovered. All were shot in the chest and their faces and finger tips removed; th…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, heist film
In the fictional country of Lugash, a mysterious thief seizes the Pink Panther diamond and leaves a white glove embroidered with a gold "P." With its national treasure once again missing, the Shah of Lugash requests the assistance of Inspe…
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Drama, Komödie
As a child, Abe Applebaum was a local celebrity as a "kid detective", solving minor mysteries and crimes for the residents of the town of Willowbrook. When he was twelve, his close friend, Gracie Gulliver, disappeared. Despite his investig…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
In June 1959, Louis Simo, a sleazy Los Angeles private investigator, is spying on the wife of a man named Chester Sinclair to learn if she is having an affair. On a visit to his own ex-wife Laurie, Simo learns that his son is upset over th…
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Detective Film, film noir, police film, thriller film
In 1939 Los Angeles, private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by glamorous heiress Clare Cavendish to find her missing lover, Nico Peterson, a prop master at Pacific Film Studios. Marlowe discovers that Peterson was killed after being run…
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Forensic, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum following the death of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler, who had originally been assigned to the s…
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