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Biographical picture, Drama, drama film
In early 1950, Freddie Quell is a sex-obsessed alcoholic Navy veteran struggling to adjust to post-war society in the wake of World War II. Prone to violent and erratic behavior, he is fired from his job as a department store photographer …
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Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Princess Elsa of Arendelle has naturally occurring magical powers, allowing her to create ice and snow. After she accidentally injures her younger sister Anna with her magic, their parents bring them to a colony of trolls led by Grand Pabb…
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Adventure, Drama, Robinsonade, adventure film, drama film, robinsonade
In December 1995, a FedEx courier collects a package from a sculptor, whose gate carries the names "Dick & Bettina". The package, marked with pink angel wings, is delivered to her husband, who is in Moscow with another woman. Meanwhile, Ch…
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Just outside Philadelphia, three teenage girls — friends Claire and Marcia, and their classmate Casey — are waiting in the car of Claire's father to be driven home from her birthday party. They are kidnapped by a man, who imprisons them in…
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Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, drama film
Jess Aarons is a 12-year-old aspiring artist living with his financially struggling family in Lark Creek. He rides the bus to school with his younger sister, May Belle, and is often bullied by two boys, Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher, and e…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Romantic Drama, drama film, neo-noir, romance film
In 1947, Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European professor of English literature, travels to the United States to take a teaching position in New Hampshire. He rents a room in the home of widow Charlotte Haze, but only because he is sexual…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
left|thumb|The Edwin Epps House, now located on the ground of Louisiana State University of Alexandria, is a stop along Northup's Trail. Solomon Northup and Samuel Bass helped build the house that was completed in 1852. Solomon Northup is …
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High Fantasy, Monumental Film, Sword And Sorcery, adventure film, fantasy film
The hobbit Déagol discovers the One Ring in a river while fishing with his cousin Sméagol. The Ring immediately ensnares Sméagol's mind, and he kills his cousin for it. Corrupted physically and mentally, he retreats into caves below the Mi…
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Christmas film, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, romantic comedy
In 1977, Harry Burns and Sally Albright graduate from the University of Chicago. Harry is dating Sally's friend Amanda Reese, leading to Harry and Sally ride-sharing to New York City. Sally is attending journalism school there and Harry ha…
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Family Drama, Romance Film, drama film, romance film
In 1991, a young girl named Ally Craig witnesses her mother Helen being mugged and fatally shot on a New York subway station platform. 10 years later, Ally is a student at NYU, and lives with her father Neil, an NYPD detective, in Queens. …
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Historie, drama film, historical drama, period drama film
In 1926 Bel Air, Mexican immigrant Manuel "Manny" Torres helps transport an elephant to a bacchanal at the mansion of his employer, Kinoscope Studios boss Don Wallach. Amidst the libertine event, Manny becomes infatuated with Nellie LaRoy,…
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drama film, historical drama, historical film, war film
In 1943, Rudolf Höss, commandant of the German Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp, lives with his wife Hedwig and their five children in an idyllic home next to the camp. Höss takes the children out to swim and fish, and Hedwig spends time …
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Biographical picture, Historie, Military Film, Political Drama, Romantic Drama, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, medieval film, war film
In 1280, English king Edward I, known as "Longshanks", conquers Scotland following the death of the Scots' king, who left no heir. Young William Wallace witnesses the aftermath of Longshanks' execution of several Scottish nobles, then lose…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, Historie, Musical, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film, period drama film
In 1823, aged composer Antonio Salieri attempts suicide and is committed to a psychiatric hospital. He claims that he murdered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Father Vogler, a young Catholic priest, encourages Salieri to confess his sins before G…
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Drama, fantasy film, romance film
When his car is clamped, David visits a peculiar "Car Rental Company" where he is given the only model of car offered, a 1994 Saturn SL with a special GPS. Driving to a friend's wedding, David is introduced to Sarah, who is uninterested in…
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Drama, Historie, Vampirfilm, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, romance film, vampire film
In 1991 San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac, who claims to be a vampire. He begins with his human life as a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Louisiana. Despondent following the death of his pregnant wife…
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Political Drama, Political Thriller, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller film, thriller film
On November 4, 1979, Iranian Islamists storm the United States Embassy in Tehran in retaliation for the right of asylum granted by President Jimmy Carter to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whose Western-supported monarchy was overthrown by the…
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Computeranimation, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Two years after her move to San Francisco, 13-year-old Riley Andersen is entering high school. Her personified emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger—now oversee a newly formed element of Riley's mind called her "Sense of Self", w…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, drama film, melodrama, psychological thriller film, romance film, science fiction film
David Aames Jr., the owner of a large publishing company he inherited from his father, is in prison. Wearing a prosthetic mask, David tells his life story to court psychologist Dr. Curtis McCabe.
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Action, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, Swords and Sandals, action film, classical antiquity film, drama film, epic film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
Dilios, a hoplite in the Spartan army, narrates the story of a Spartan king named Leonidas I from childhood to kingship through the Spartan child-rearing system and the Battle of Thermopylae. A Persian herald enters Sparta one day, urging …
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
During a tropical storm, corrupt Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro attends a boxing match at the soon-to-close local arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. He meets up with his best fr…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, steampunk film, thriller film
In 2031, 17 years after an attempt to stop climate change via stratospheric aerosol injection with the compound CW-7 catastrophically backfired, creating a new ice age that destroyed life on Earth, the remnants of humanity shelter in a sta…
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Fantasy, Horror, drama film, fantasy film, horror film
In the 1890s, Ephraim Winslow begins a four-week stint as a "wickie" (lighthouse keeper) on an isolated island off the coast of New England, under the supervision of former sailor Thomas Wake. In his quarters, Winslow discovers a small scr…
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Gothic film, Gothic romance film, Mysterie, Romance Film, Vampirfilm, drama film, fantasy film, gothic horror film, historical drama film, horror film, period drama film, romance film, thriller film, vampire film
In 1462, Vlad Dracula returns from a victory in his campaign against the Ottoman Empire to find his beloved wife Elisabeta has committed suicide after his enemies falsely reported his death. A Romanian Orthodox priest tells him that his wi…
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