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Drama, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian fiction, science fiction film
In the future, after a Second American Civil War, most reading in the United States is confined to the Internet, called "The 9", and most books are banned (except for greatly simplified versions of books, such as the Bible, To the Lighthou…
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Drama, drama film, war film
In the Mississippi Delta, white brothers Henry and Jamie McAllan dig a grave during a rainstorm and struggle to lower their deceased father's coffin into it. When the Jacksons, a black tenant farmer family pass by in a wagon, Henry asks th…
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Action, Thriller, Yakuza Film, action film, buddy cop film, drama film, suspense film, thriller film
Nick Conklin is an NYPD detective who has come under fire from Internal Affairs, who believes he and his former partner stole money from evidence used in a drug bust. In addition, he is behind on his alimony payments. One day after an inte…
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Komödie, Road Movie, buddy film, comedy film, road movie
Peter Highman, a successful architect, is due to fly home from Atlanta to Los Angeles to be with his wife Sarah, who is about to give birth. On the way to the airport, he has a chance encounter with Ethan Tremblay and his dog Sonny, who is…
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Drama, crime film, drama film
In Northern California, as pre-teen Tim throws his sister's doll into a river, he sees a teenager, John, smoking on the other side, next to the naked corpse of his girlfriend Jamie. Shortly after, Tim is playing an arcade game at a conveni…
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Crime, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Federal agent Aaron Falk returns to his home town of Kiewarra in Victoria to attend the funeral of his childhood friend Luke Hadler, who has allegedly killed his wife Karen and their son Billy before taking his own life. Only their infant …
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Romantic Drama, drama film, melodrama, romance film
The opening scene of the film begins with a sailboat crossing the Atlantic Ocean, with Bob and Gail Butler at the helm of The Gem. Former reporter Theresa Osborne works as a researcher for the Chicago Tribune. On a trip to Cape Cod, she fi…
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Drama, drama film
In 1962, Eve Batiste, a 10-year-old girl, lives in a prosperous Creole-American community in Louisiana with her 9-year-old brother Poe and her 14-year-old sister Cisely. Their father Louis, a well-respected doctor in Louisiana's African Am…
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Biographical picture, War Film, drama film, war film
After a harrowing 15-month combat tour in Iraq, the much-decorated Adam Schumann returns home to Kansas and a loving wife, Saskia. Adam and Saskia have two young children, a daughter and an infant son born while Adam was still overseas. Ad…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, melodrama, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film
Dave Garver is a KRML radio disc jockey who broadcasts nightly from a studio in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, often incorporating poetry into his program. After work at his favorite bar, playing a nonsensical game involving corks and bott…
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Crime, crime film, drama film
A female hiker finds a dead woman on the North York Moors in England. The strangled victim is identified as Alice Ruber. Four months later, an insurance company asks detective Hercule Poirot to examine an expensive diamond belonging to mil…
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Drama, Erotic Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, drama film, erotic thriller, fantasy film, horror film, monster film
In an undisclosed, primitive human settlement, a sacrificial maiden is tied to a tree. A black panther approaches and rests its paws on her. Another girl with feline features approaches a similar big cat in a cave, without incurring its at…
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Action, Auto Racing, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Tobey Marshall is a former race car driver who owns his late father's garage, Marshall Performance Motors, in Mount Kisco, New York, where he and his friends tune performance cars. Struggling to make ends meet, he and his crew participate …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Dalton Trumbo is a screenwriter whose talent places him among the elite of Hollywood. His membership in the Communist Party of the USA draws the contempt of staunchly anti-Soviet entertainment-industry figures such as columnist Hedda Hoppe…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Seven-year-old Josh Waitzkin becomes fascinated with the chess players in New York City's Washington Square Park. His mother, Bonnie, is initially uncomfortable with his interest, as the games in the park are rife with illegal gambling and…
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Sci-Fi, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, teen film
Seven years after the death of Donnie Darko, his sister Samantha struggles with his death and has started sleepwalking. She joins her best friend Corey on a road trip to California. When their car breaks down in Conejo Springs, they get he…
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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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Drama, association football film
Santiago Muñez, a Mexican undocumented immigrant living in Los Angeles, is a skilled footballer who plays for his local team and works as a gardener with his father, Hernan, and as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant. During one of his matche…
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Cartoon, Drama, drama fiction, drama film, family film, fantasy film
In 2001, Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl who lives in Kabul under the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan just as the war on terror is beginning. Her father, Nurullah, is a former school teacher who became a hawker after losing his…
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Christian fiction, Drama, Historie, Musical, drama film, musical film
A theatrical troupe travel by bus to the Negev Desert to perform a modern-day re-enactment of the Passion of Christ told through song. Carl Anderson, already in character as Judas Iscariot, wanders away from the group as they prepare their…
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Political Drama
In the late 1930s, the governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert "Happy" Hopper, appoints Jefferson Smith to replace deceased U.S. Senator Sam Foley. Smith is head of the Boy Rangers, and his appointment is supported by the governor's c…
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Action, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, vigilante film
Following a grueling day of work, Long Beach, California firefighter Jeremy Coleman and his coworkers contemplate ending the day with a case of 15-year-old Scotch whisky. Jeremy enters a convenience store to buy snacks, but is interrupted …
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crime film, drama film, splatter film
A man named Ichi spies from a balcony, masturbating as he watches a pimp assault a prostitute. When discovered, he flees. Soon after, the sadistic yakuza boss Anjo is murdered.
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Drama, Thriller, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, prison film
Mick O'Brien is a 16-year-old Irish-American hoodlum from Chicago. Mick's crimes include snatching purses, shoplifting, vandalism, and fighting, but he aspires to bigger crimes. He subsequently attempts to rip off his Puerto Rican rival, P…
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