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Thriller, crime film, drama film
In December 1977, Jake Van Dorn, a devout Calvinist businessman and single father from Grand Rapids, Michigan, faces a parent's worst nightmare when his teenage daughter, Kristen, vanishes during a church-sponsored trip to Bellflower, Cali…
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Drama, Romance Film, drama film, romance film
In 1980, Hilary Small works as a duty manager at the "Empire Cinema", Margate, on the north coast of the English county of Kent. Hilary struggles with bipolar disorder, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her GP, and is having extr…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Secret Agent, drama film, spy film, thriller film
While studying nonlinear cryptography at MIT, James Clayton helps to create "Spartacus", a surveillance program that can enslave any computer's audiovisual hardware. Showcasing the software at a campus job fair, James impresses Bill Rudolp…
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Dark Comedy, Psychological Thriller, drama film, thriller film
In suburban Connecticut, upper-class high schooler Amanda euthanizes her crippled horse with a knife, resulting in charges of animal cruelty. Sometime later, Amanda arrives at the home of the more popular and academically inclined Lily. Th…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, thriller film
Following his retirement from the U.S. Navy, Casey Ryback settles in Denver, where he runs a restaurant. When he receives news of the death of his estranged brother, James, in a plane crash, Casey meets James's daughter, Sarah, whom he wil…
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Cartoon, High Fantasy, children's film, fantasy film, musical film, sword and sorcery film
A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins lives in his hobbit-hole in The Shire. The wizard Gandalf suddenly arrives and informs him he is looking for someone to share an adventure, and introduces thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield. They invite…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, drama film
Henry Letham sits next to a car crash on the Brooklyn Bridge. Then, he gets up and leaves. Psychiatrist Sam Foster and his fiancée Lila meet up before work.
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biographical film, drama film
Michelle McNally, a 42-year-old, Anglo-Indian woman living in Shimla, is "special" in more ways than one for being deafblind and mute. She inhabits a suffocating world of infinite Black -- where she is isolated in the darkness of her own e…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, drama film, musical film, romance film
In Austin, Texas, Faye feels disconnected from the world. She regularly interacts with others, hoping to feel more deeply. A guitarist, as she is looking for success as a musician, she starts an affair with record producer Cook believing i…
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Drama, drama film
The story is told in a non-linear fashion. Rona, a young woman recently out of rehab for alcoholism, returns home to the Orkney Islands in Scotland. Her parents, originally from England, are separated.
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Drama, drama film, fantasy film
In rural England, 12-year-old Conor O'Malley has a close bond with his seriously ill mother. She asks his grandmother for help following her regular chemotherapy treatments, but Conor does not like his strict grandmother and is troubled by…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, an undercover agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Command (CID), masquerades as First Sergeant Frank White to broker an illegal arms trade with a self-proclaimed freedom fight…
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Biographical picture, Melodrama, drama film
Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Wilkerson is consulted for her opinion after the killing …
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Secret Agent, Thriller, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film
Issa Karpov, a political refugee from Chechnya, who has been tortured by Russian security forces, illegally enters Hamburg, Germany. Günther Bachmann leads a covert German government team that seeks to recruit local informants with ties to…
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Action, Horror, Komödie, action film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama, comedy horror, fantasy film, splatter film
As in the original fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel as children are abandoned by their father in a forest, where they come across a house made of candy. Upon entering it, they are captured by a cannibalistic witch, who makes Gretel prepare th…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, drama film
London-based journalist Martin Sixsmith has lost his job as a government adviser. He is approached at a party by the daughter of Philomena Lee. She suggests that he write a story about her mother, who was forced to give up her toddler son …
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Coming Of Age, Musical, Road Movie, buddy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, mystery film
17-year-old Eugene Martone has a fascination for blues music while studying classical guitar at the Juilliard School in New York City. Researching blues and guitar music brings famed Robert Johnson's mythically creative acclaim to his atte…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In June 1966, Mark Thackeray, an immigrant to Britain from British Guiana, has been unable to obtain an engineering position despite an 18-month job search. He accepts a teaching post for Class 12 at North Quay Secondary School in the East…
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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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Action, action film, drama film
Boston police Sergeant Spenser is jailed after pleading guilty to assaulting Captain John Boylan, who he suspected to be involved in the murder of Gloria Weisnewski, a family friend who protested gentrification. While incarcerated, Spenser…
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Drama, drama film
Will, a veteran suffering from PTSD, lives with his teenage daughter Tom in the old growth Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. They live in isolation, relying on survival skills and only entering the town occasionally for supplies. Will makes…
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Drama, Ghost-Movie, Horror, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
In 1941 Romania, following the commencement of Operation Barbarossa, a motorized Gebirgsjäger unit of the Wehrmacht, under the command of Captain Klaus Woermann, arrives at an uninhabited citadel known as 'the Keep', with the aim of taking…
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Psychodrama, drama film, psychological film
Sarah is an introverted young woman whose mother died by suicide. After finding Sarah home alone on her birthday, Sarah's roommate Nikki invites her boyfriend Brian and his roommate, Darren, over for a double date. The four smoke marijuana…
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Action, Family Drama, action film, drama film, sport film
Lincoln Hawk (called Lincoln Hawks in the trailer and sometimes inconsistently in the movie itself) is a truck driver who also arm wrestles for extra cash. He had left his family ten years ago and has a young son named Michael. His estrang…
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