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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, romance film
New York photographer Ronit Krushka, known as Ronnie in the United States, returns to her childhood home in North London after her father, the old Rav, succumbs to pneumonia. Ronit is uncomfortable seeing everyone again since she was banis…
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Romantic Drama, Satire, comedy drama, romantic comedy
On the eve of the 1968 presidential election, successful Beverly Hills hairdresser George Roundy meets with Felicia, one of his several clients/sexual partners, at his apartment. During sex, he receives a phone call from Jill, his naive, y…
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir
Joe Stefanos drives to the rural mountain town of Bridgeport, California to seek gas station owner Jeff Bailey, and asks him to meet Whit Sterling in Lake Tahoe. Jeff acquiesces and takes his girlfriend Ann Miller to ride along and hear ab…
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film
Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of the hotel he has slept in. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper inside, entangling him further with the hotel and its curious inhab…
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Biographical picture, Romance Film, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
Sports agent J. B. Bernstein and his business partner Ash Vasudevan have formed their own struggling company in Los Angeles, but all J.
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Romance Film, Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, monster film, science fiction film
After a NASA space probe (sent to verify the existence of extraterrestrial life in the Solar System) crash-lands in Mexico, extraterrestrial life forms spread throughout the Mexico–United States border region, leading to the quarantine of …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Horror, drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, thriller film, zombie film
In a world recently overtaken by a virus that turns people rabid within 48 hours, Andy Rose, his wife Kay, and their baby Rosie are traveling down a river on a houseboat in rural Australia. Short on food, Kay suggests going ashore and scav…
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Heist, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, political thriller film
In Washington, D.C., master thief Luther Whitney breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan. He is forced to hide upon the arrival of Sullivan's wife Christy, on a drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond, the President of the Uni…
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Drama, Romance Film, Thriller, drama film, political film, political thriller film, romance film
By Sunday, May 10, 1970, during the Cold War, unpopular U.S. President Jordan Lyman has signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. This produces a wave of dissatisfaction among the opposition and the military, who believe t…
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Adventure, Western, Western film
Matthew Quigley is an American cowboy with a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances. Seeing a newspaper advertisement that asks for a man with his special talent, he answers using just four w…
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Adventure, Christmas film, Detective Film, mystery film, teen film
Following the closure of his old school in the countryside, a young John Watson is transferred to London's Brompton Academy, where Sherlock Holmes befriends him immediately. Holmes's mentors there include Rupert Waxflatter, an eccentric re…
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Anti-War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In 1969, a platoon of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, receives five new recruits as replacements: Privates Joseph Beletsky, Vincent Languilli (soon called Alphabet), Johnny Washburn, Martin Bienstock and Paul Ga…
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Drama
In 2008, the subprime mortgage crisis is affecting investment banks holding massive real estate assets. In the midst of an election year, Paulson is wary of funding more ‘bailouts’, after he guaranteed the sale of Bear Stearns at a fractio…
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historical drama
Anlaf, a Viking king from Ireland, arrives with his army in Northumbria after learning that Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons, has fallen gravely ill. Edward soon dies, leaving behind three sons, none of whom were named as his aetheling. La…
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Drama, Forensic, War Film, drama film, war film
In late 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, U.S. Army intelligence officer First Lieutenant Thomas Hart (Farrell) is captured by German forces. While interrogating Hart, the Germans coerce him to divulge intelligence by ta…
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Drama, Military Film, drama film
Bunker Hill Military Academy commander General Harlan Bache promotes cadet Brian Moreland to Cadet Major, the highest cadet rank. A day later Bache announces the school's board of trustees is selling the school to real estate developers, k…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Following his graduation from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark travels to London to gain a job on Laurence Olivier's next production. Production manager Hugh Perceval tells Colin that there are no jobs availab…
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Action, Adventure, Romantic Drama, War Film, action film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1916, a group of Americans go to France to serve in the French Air Service, L'Aéronautique militaire, in World War I. They are placed under the command of Captain Georges Thenault, with veteran flying ace Reed Cassidy as their mentor. P…
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Hard Science Fiction, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In the future, all forests on Earth have become extinct from careless environmental exploitation. As many specimens as possible have been preserved in a series of enormous greenhouse-like geodesic domes serving as closed ecological systems…
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Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1986, Bernard Berkman -- an arrogant, twice-divorced, failing novelist -- lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his third wife, Joan, and their two sons, sixteen-year-old Walt, and twelve-year-old Frank. Bernard's career is in jeopardy due…
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Coming Of Age, Romantic Comedy, Teen Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film, teen film
In 1987, James Brennan's plans for a summer vacation in Europe after graduating from Oberlin College falls apart after his mother informs him of his father losing his job. Knowing that their current finances will not permit them to support…
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LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, thriller film
Sara Matthews is starting her freshman year of college in Los Angeles. She meets party girl Tracy, frat boy Stephen—her love interest—and Rebecca, her wealthy but shy college roommate who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. The girls begi…
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Drama, Horror, horror film, robinsonade, thriller film
After their boat sinks during a storm, Jennifer "Jenn" Remming washes ashore on a small, tropical island and then finds her friend Brad who dies from his wounds shortly after. While exploring the island, Jenn discovers the belongings and g…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, romance film, thriller film
Michael J. "Jay" Cochran is a U.S. Navy aviator, leaving the service after 12 years.
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