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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 717 films · Page 7.
Detective Film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In mid-1950s London, Sophia Leonides, granddaughter of the late Greek-born business tycoon Aristide Leonides, visits private investigator Charles Hayward. She asks Charles to investigate Aristide's death, suspecting that he has been murder…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, superhero film
After Batman rescues an abducted child from Bane for a ransom, Lady Shiva informs him of an unknown Lazarus Pit intruder and requests his help in identifying them. Batman agrees to do so as Catwoman steals the ransom. While pursuing her, a…
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Horror comedy, Thriller, comedy horror film, detective film, werewolf film
PJ Palfrey and his girlfriend Brianne vacation in Snow Hollow, Utah, where PJ gets into a verbal altercation with two hunters. At their rental house that night, Brianne is attacked. PJ discovers her mangled body and a paw print in the snow.
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Drama, End Times Road Movie, Sci-Fi, cyberpunk, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Act 1 In 1999, panic ensues when an orbiting Indian nuclear satellite begins to spiral toward Earth. Claire Tourneur, who has been traveling around Europe trying unsuccessfully to distract herself after discovering that her boyfriend Eugen…
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Computeranimation, Detective Film, Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, family film, romantic comedy
At London's Natural History Museum, detective gnome Sherlock Gnomes and his assistant, Dr. Gnome Watson, foil their longtime nemesis Moriarty, a pie mascot, who appears to be killed when he is crushed by a dinosaur skeleton. Meanwhile, the…
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Crime, Komödie, Thriller, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Fake psychic Blanche Tyler and her boyfriend, George Lumley, attempt to locate the nephew of wealthy, guilt-ridden, elderly Julia Rainbird. Julia's deceased sister gave the baby boy up for adoption, but Julia now wants to make him her heir…
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Crime, Mysterie, crime film, mystery film
The film is set in 1953 in St Mary Mead, the English village where Miss Jane Marple resides. A Hollywood production company arrives to film a costume drama about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I with two famous movie stars, Marina Rudd…
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Fantasy, Horror, Mysterie, detective film, horror film, supernatural film, thriller film
As Dr. Cara Harding (Julianne Moore), a psychologist, and her husband walk home from church on Christmas Eve, he is attacked and killed by unknown suspects. Trying to get her to return to the world, her father (Jeffrey DeMunn) introduces h…
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Detective Film, Film Noir, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, fantasy film, neo-noir, superhero film
Denny Colt, also known as "the Spirit", learns about a major case from Detective Sussman involving his nemesis, "the Octopus". The Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops, saving a woman before connecting with Officer Liebowitz…
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Drama, Late Western, Western, Western film, biographical film
During the years following the Civil War, banks and trains become the targets of the James-Younger gang, who terrorize the Midwestern United States. The band of robbers is led by Jesse James and Cole Younger, along with several of their br…
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Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, crime film, film noir, mystery film
Juliet Forrest, daughter of scientist and cheesemaker John Forrest, asks private investigator Rigby Reardon to investigate her father's death. Searching Dr. Forrest's lab, Rigby finds two lists, "Friends of Carlotta" (FOC) and "Enemies of …
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Buddy Cop, Komödie, Police Film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film
Veteran NYPD detectives Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges are suspended following a failed robbery intervention that results in a reckless shootout. While under suspension, Jimmy faces financial stress as he attempts to pay for his daughter Ava…
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Road Movie, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film
Don Johnston, a former Don Juan who made a small fortune in the computer industry, wants to live in quiet retirement. He is content to lounge around watching old movies and listening to classical or easy listening music. His current girlfr…
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Detective Film, Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, crime film, docudrama, documentary film, drama film, mystery fiction
A body is discovered on a collective farm during harvesting in 1982. A subsequent search of adjacent woods, authorized by the new forensic specialist, Viktor Burakov, turns up seven more bodies in varying stages of decomposition. The film …
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Buddy Cop, Martial-Arts, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, crime film, martial arts film
Los Angeles cop Chris Kenner (Dolph Lundgren) is an American who was raised in Japan. He is given a new partner, Johnny Murata (Brandon Lee), an American of partial Japanese descent. Kenner does not appreciate American culture, while Johnn…
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Detective Film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film, whodunit film
Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton children – Lennox, Raymond, and Carol – and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying her late husband's second will that would split his fortune between…
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crime film, detective film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
A young boy steals the organs of slaughtered animals from a local butcher and preserves them in jars underneath his bed. Upon discovering this, his father beats him. After he grows up, he plots & kills his father with a rope used to hang c…
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Detective Film, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, Splatstick, comedy film
Six years after meeting her during an investigation, FBI agent Malcolm Turner is now married to Sherry Pierce and is the stepfather of her son Trent, and assumes a desk job to be close to her as they await the arrival of their first child.…
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Detective Film, Family Drama, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, flashback film, neo-noir
English gangster and career criminal Wilson travels to Los Angeles to investigate the death of his daughter, Jenny, who was reported to have died in a car accident; however, Wilson suspects murder. Recently released from prison after nine …
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Crime, Mysterie, crime film, mystery film
Private investigator Lew Harper is retained by an old pal, attorney Albert Graves, to search for Graves' employer, multi-millionaire Ralph Sampson. He has disappeared after flying into Los Angeles, and Sampson's physically disabled wife El…
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Silly Movie, buddy cop film, comedy film, heist film
Los Angeles police officer Frank Dooley is framed for stealing a television set by corrupt detectives Rizzo and Nedler and dismissed from the force. Meanwhile, hapless defense attorney Norman Kane is threatened with death by his latest cli…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film, detective film, romantic comedy
Detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers are assigned to the night shift on a stakeout of Latina waitress Maria McGuire. Her former boyfriend, Richard "Stick" Montgomery, has escaped from Stonehurst Prison following a staged brawl with his …
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Horror, Mysterie, detective film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
In 1961, in Paterson, New Jersey, divorced mother Catherine Spages visits Father Tom with her two daughters, nine-year-old Karen and twelve-year-old Alice, who both attend St. Michael's Parish Girls' School. Karen is preparing for her Firs…
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Detective Film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1950s New York City, Lionel Essrog works at a detective agency alongside Gilbert Coney, Danny Fantl, and Tony Vermonte. Their boss, Frank Minna, rescued them as children from an abusive orphanage. Nicknamed "Motherless Brooklyn" by Fran…
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