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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 30,814 films · Page 194.

10 Rillington Place (1971)

Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1944, John Christie murders an acquaintance called Muriel Eady. He lures her to his West London flat at 10 Rillington Place by promising to cure her bronchitis with a "special mixture", then incapacitates her with town gas, strangles her with a piece of rope, and (it is implied) has sex with her corpse. He buries her in his flat block's communal garden, and whilst digging the grave he accidentally uncovers Ruth Fuerst, one of his previous victims.

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Limelight (1952)

Comedy drama, Drama, Melodrama, musical film, Tragicomedy

thumb|Limelight (1952) was a serious and autobiographical film for Chaplin. His character, Calvero, is an ex–music hall star (described in this image as a "Tramp Comedian") forced to deal with his loss of popularity. In London in 1914, on the eve of World War I, Calvero, once a famous stage clown, but now a washed-up drunk, saves a young dancer, Thereza "Terry" Ambrose, from a suicide attempt.

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Ship of Fools (1965)

Drama, romance film, war film

The action takes place almost entirely on board a passenger ship in 1933, between Veracruz Mexico and Bremerhaven, Germany. Most of the scenes unfold on the First Class deck or among the upper middle-class passengers, but the ship is also carrying 600 displaced workers―far more than the ship is certified to carry―and they are assigned to squalid conditions in steerage. They are all being deported back to Spain by the order of the Cuban dictator, Gerardo Machado.

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The Champ (1979)

boxing film, Drama, sport film

Ex-boxing champion Billy Flynn is trying to settle down as a horse trainer in Hialeah, Florida, after giving up his boxing title. A boxer propositions Billy about a future match, and he shows up at the gym with his son T.J., who calls him Champ. The prospective opponent does not show up and Billy angrily storms off leaving T.J.

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Reign of the Supermen (2019)

Action, Adventure, Computeranimation, Drama, Superhero

Six months following Superman's sacrifice and death at the hands of Doomsday, the crime rate in Metropolis has spread, while four new controversial Supermen have emerged. Lois Lane and Clark Kent's adoptive parents are still in mourning over his death. Lois has been investigating the new Supermen by gathering information from different sources.

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Take This Waltz (2011)

Comedy, Drama, Marital Tragedy

While touring the historic town of Louisburg in Nova Scotia, Canada on an assignment, freelance writer Margot has a couple of chance encounters with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw operator. They run into each other again on the airplane from Halifax to Montreal, and then to Toronto. When the pair return home, they agree to split a cab, and an attraction between the two becomes obvious.

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Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011)

musical film, romantic comedy, teen film, Teen Comedy Film

Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) performs a dance number at the Lava Springs Country Club ("Gonna Shine"). There, she meets famous producer and casting director Jerry Taylor (Pat Mastroianni), who offers her a chance to star in his newest show on Broadway. Sharpay asks her father, Vance (Robert Curtis Brown), to let her move to New York City on her own.

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Code of Silence (1985)

Action, Crime, thriller film

In Chicago's Uptown, Police Sergeant Eddie Cusack leads a sting operation to bust Colombian cocaine traffickers led by Luis Comacho. The plan is derailed when gunmen disguised as painters, led by mafioso "Crazy" Tony Luna, ambush the exchange. Several Colombians are killed, Cusack's partner Dorato is injured, and two of Luna's men die.

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The Missouri Breaks (1976)

Drama, Western

Tom Logan is a rustler experiencing hard times. His gang and he are particularly upset by the hanging of a friend of theirs by David Braxton, a land baron, who takes the law into his own hands. They decide to seek vengeance against Braxton by killing his foreman Pete Marker, hanging him from the same tree used by Braxton and his men to hang their friend.

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Above Suspicion (2019)

Crime, Drama

Susan Smith is a drug addict who lives with her abusive boyfriend Cash and two young children in a run-down trailer in Pikeville, Kentucky. She meets an ambitious rookie agent assigned to an FBI field office who recruits Susan as his informant for a high-profile case. Susan believes her bad luck may finally be changing, but as their relationship deepens, so does the danger, setting in motion a downward spiral of jealousy, betrayal and violence resulting in one of the most notorious crimes in FBI history.

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The Miracle Season (2018)

Drama, sport film

Caroline "Line" Found is the star volleyball player on the Iowa City West High School volleyball team and well-loved by members of the community. With Line as the captain, the Trojans have been undefeated and everyone in the city has high hopes for them to win the championship against their long-time rival, City High. During a party at her house, Line sneaks off to visit her mother Ellyn, who is being treated for cancer in a hospital.

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Equus (1977)

Drama, Mysterie

Hesther Salomon, a magistrate, asks her platonic friend Martin Dysart, a disillusioned psychiatrist who works with disturbed teenagers at a hospital in Hampshire, England, to treat a 17-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang after he blinded six horses with a sickle. With Alan only singing TV commercial jingles, Martin goes to see the boy's parents, the non-religious Frank Strang and his Christian fundamentalist wife Dora. She had taught her son the basics of sex and that God sees all, but the withdrawn Alan replaced his mother's deity with a god he called Equus, incarnated in horses.

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Catfish (2010)

documentary film, Drama Documentary, Event Documentary, Mysterie, thriller film

Young photographer Nev Schulman lives with his brother Ariel in New York City. Abby Pierce, an 8-year-old child prodigy artist in rural Ishpeming, Michigan, sends Nev a painting of one of his photos. They become Facebook friends, which broadens to include Abby's family, including her mother Angela (Wesselman); Angela's husband Vince; and Abby's attractive and older half-sister Megan, who lives in Gladstone, Michigan.

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Sparkle (2012)

Biography, Drama, musical film

In 1968 Detroit, aspiring record label executive Stix approaches the Anderson sisters – eldest Tammy aka "Sister", middle child Delores aka "Dee", and Sparkle, the youngest – to form a girl group after he sees Sister perform a song that Sparkle wrote at a nightclub. The girls are raised by their mother Emma, who disapproves of them singing outside of church. Dee agrees to join the group, reasoning she will perform until she has earned enough money to pay for medical school.

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, romance film, Science fiction

In May 1945, Squadron Leader Peter Carter, a Royal Air Force pilot, is flying a badly damaged and burning Lancaster bomber over the English Channel after a mission over Germany. Carter is expecting to die, after ordering his crew to bail out without revealing to them that his own parachute has been destroyed. The only radio operator receiving him is June, at a United States Army Air Forces base on the coast of England.

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Hobson's Choice (1954)

Comedy, Drama, romance film, romantic comedy

Henry Hobson is the autocratic proprietor of a moderately upmarket boot shop in 1880 Salford, Manchester, England. A widower, Hobson is a notorious miser with a heavy taste for drink. He has three grown daughters: industrious Maggie, the eldest, and the less-dedicated, much more attractive Alice and Vicky.

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Ezra (2023)

Comedy drama, Tragicomedy

Max Bernal is a former comedy writer turned struggling stand-up comedian living with his father Stan. He does not get along with his former wife Jenna as they often butt heads over how to parent their autistic son Ezra. Ezra struggles to adapt to the outside world, and Max often takes him to comedy clubs with him so he can be his good luck charm, much to Jenna's irritation.

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Action Jackson (1988)

Action, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Police Film

Detroit Police Department Detective Sergeant Jericho Jackson, known locally as "Action" Jackson, was a celebrated lieutenant in the police force. He had been demoted nearly two years prior, because of a case he headed involving the criminal son of successful businessman Peter Anthony Dellaplane. The fallout over the case also collapsed Jackson's marriage and put the Harvard Law School educated, star athlete and hometown hero at odds with the public.

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She Hate Me (2004)

Biography, Comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film, Tragicomedy

John Henry "Jack" Armstrong is a financially successful and upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm who, following the suicide of a colleague, Dr. Herman Schiller, is falsely accused of securities fraud by his superior, Leland Powell. Armstrong's assets are frozen, and he finds himself unable to maintain his quality of life.

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The Gold Rush (1925)

Comedy, romantic comedy, silent film, social comedy film

The following is the plot of the 1942 re-release: During the Klondike Gold Rush, in Alaska, gold prospector Big Jim finds an enormous gold deposit on his parcel of land when a blizzard strikes. The Lone Prospector gets lost in the same blizzard while also prospecting for gold. He stumbles into the cabin of Black Larsen, a wanted criminal.

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Newborn (2026)

Drama

Chris Newborn is set free after serving seven years of solitary confinement. As he tries to mend his bond with his wife and son, he is faced with the long-term psychological consequences of being isolated. His fragile hold on reality compels him to deal with his unresolved issues of trauma in a way that confuses his memories with hallucinations.

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