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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 30,814 films · Page 187.

White Heat (1949)

Action, Adventure, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, Gangster Film, mystery film, Noir, prison film, suspense film, thriller film, war film

A psychotic criminal with a mother fixation leads a ruthless gang through a series of high-stakes robberies and a harrowing prison stint.

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Harper (1966)

Crime, Mysterie, 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 Elaine wants to ensure her estranged husband is not squandering the fortune she hopes to inherit. Harper interviews Allan Taggert, Sampson's private pilot, and his flirtatious daughter Miranda, object of Albert's desire.

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Interiors (1978)

Drama, romance film

Arthur, a corporate attorney, and Eve, an interior decorator, are the parents of three adult daughters. Renata, the eldest daughter, is a poet whose husband Frederick, a struggling writer, feels eclipsed by her success. Flyn, the youngest daughter, is an actress who is away most of the time filming; the low quality of her films is an object of ridicule behind her back.

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True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

Biography, bushranging film, Crime, Drama

Based on Peter Carey's novel of the same name, the film is a highly-fictionalised account of the life of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s. Although the following facts are not made clear in the film, in reality Ned Kelly's father, John "Red" Kelly (Gentle Ben Corbett), was an Irishman transported to a prison colony in Van Diemen's Land, who eventually settled in the colony of Victoria, Australia. After marrying Ned's mother Ellen (Essie Davis), the Kellys settled in a rural area northeast of Melbourne.

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A Field in England (2013)

Drama, Historie, speculative fiction, thriller film

During a field battle of the English Civil War in Monmouthshire, alchemist's assistant and astrologer Whitehead flees from the violent Commander Trower. He is saved by soldier Cutler, who kills Trower. The two meet fellow army deserters Jacob and Friend, and the group decides to leave the battlefield in search of an alehouse Cutler claims is nearby.

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A United Kingdom (2016)

Biography, Drama, romance film

The film is based on the true story of the heir to the throne of Bechuanaland, Seretse Khama of the Bamangwato people, who studied law in London immediately after World War II. There he meets an Englishwoman, Ruth Williams, whom he eventually marries in 1948, despite the protests of both their families and opposition from the British government, which is concerned about relations with South Africa and the stability of the entire region of southern Africa. The National Party government in South Africa fears that the marriage of a black king to a white woman in neighbouring Bechuanaland will inspire unrest, as it was in the process of…

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