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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 30,814 films · Page 197.

The Deep Blue Sea (2012)

Drama, Marital Tragedy, romance film

In 1950, Hester Collyer, the younger wife of High Court judge Sir William Collyer, has embarked on a passionate affair with Freddie Page, a handsome young former RAF pilot troubled by his memories of the Second World War. Freddie throws Hester's life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated. For Freddie, the tumultuous wartime mix of fear and excitement that was once in his life seems to be no longer present.

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Dream House (2011)

Drama, Ghost, mystery film, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

Will Atenton, a successful editor for a New York City publishing house, quits his job to focus on writing a book while spending more time with his wife Libby and their young daughters, Trish and Dee Dee. The family is initially happy to live in their Fairfield County "dream house" near the forest. Soon, they grow uneasy because of a series of unsettling events.

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The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film, Tragicomedy

Cheryl is a 25-year-old African-American lesbian who works at a video rental store in Philadelphia with her friend Tamara. She is interested in films from the 1930s and 1940s that feature Black actresses, noting that the actresses in these roles are often not credited. After watching a film titled Plantation Memories in which a Black actress playing a mammy is credited only as "The Watermelon Woman", she decides to make a documentary in which she attempts to uncover the Watermelon Woman's identity and her own.

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The Last Exorcism (2010)

Drama, Exorcism Film, Fake Documentary, found footage film, Horror, Obsession, pseudo-documentary, thriller film

Filmmakers Iris and Daniel document Cotton Marcus, a reverend living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who seeks to delegitimize exorcisms. Marcus, who lost his faith after the birth of his disabled son, is accustomed to performing fake exorcisms on individuals who believe they are possessed. He accepts an exorcism request sent by Louis Sweetzer, a farmer who suspects his daughter Nell is possessed by Satan.

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Chappaquiddick (2017)

Political Drama

In July 1969, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D–MA) is asked in an interview how it feels to stand in the shadow of his dead brothers John and Bobby. Then he phones his cousin Joe Gargan and tells him to book hotel rooms on Martha's Vineyard for the Boiler Room Girls, who worked for Bobby's presidential campaign.

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The Kitchen (2019)

Comedy drama, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film

In Hell's Kitchen 1978, three women are married to members of the O'Carroll crime family. Kathy is married to Jimmy, a kind man who is increasingly disillusioned with the mob; Ruby is married to Kevin, the son of boss Helen O'Carroll; and Claire is married to Rob, who frequently beats and abuses her. One night, the men are arrested in a sting by FBI agents and are each sentenced to three years in prison.

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Deadly Illusions (2021)

Drama, Erotic Thriller, lesbian-related film, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film

Mary Morrison, a successful author of thriller novels, is happily married to Tom with two young children. Her publisher, asking her to write another book, offers a two million dollar advance; she initially declines but has to accept after Tom says he lost half of their reserves on a risky investment. Mary's friend Elaine suggests hiring a nanny to help with the kids as she writes and, after a few interviews, she employs Grace.

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Haggard (2003)

Comedy, Drama

Ryan (Ryan Dunn) is devastated and depressed after his girlfriend Glauren (Jenn Rivell) breaks up with him. He believes Glauren is seeing someone else and attempts to call her several times. Eventually she answers, only to reveal that she is in fact seeing someone named Hellboy (Rake Yohn), but denies sleeping with him.

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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Adventure, Fairy tale, family film, fantasy film, flashback film, Monumental Film

In ancient Basra, a blind beggar begins telling the film's story in flashback (mimicking the style of the Arabian Nights), revealing that he is really Ahmad, the young, naive king of Baghdad. Wanting to know more about his people, Ahmad is tricked by Jaffar, his Grand Vizier, into going in disguise into the city. Jaffar then has him arrested and usurps the throne.

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Baby Doll (1956)

Drama

In the Mississippi Delta, bigoted, middle-aged cotton gin owner Archie Lee Meighan has been married to pretty, naïve 19-year-old "Baby Doll" Meighan for nearly two years. As part of his marriage negotiation with Baby Doll's terminally ill (now-deceased) father, Archie promised to provide for her. Terms included setting her up at a restored "Tiger Tail," once the grandest house in the county but now in dilapidated condition.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)

Coming-of-age, Drama, female buddy film, romantic comedy

Childhood friends Bridget Vreeland, Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, and Carmen Lowell have completed their first year of college and will spend their summers apart. Bridget finds letters from her grandmother Greta her father had hidden, but does not accept it was to protect her. She goes to Turkey for an archaeological dig but after reading her grandmother's letters, Bridget leaves to visit her in Alabama.

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The Aftermath (2019)

Drama

The Aftermath is set in the British occupation zone in post-war Germany in 1945. Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter German winter to be reunited with her husband Lewis Morgan, a colonel of British Forces Germany charged with rebuilding the shattered city under the Allied Control Council, and dealing with violent insurgent Werwolf activities. The couple, whose relationship is tense, stay in the requisitioned house of architect Stefan Lubert and his teenage daughter Freda Lubert.

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Macbeth (1971)

Drama, Historie, Marital Tragedy

In the Middle Ages, a Norwegian and Irish invasion of Scotland aided by the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, is suppressed by Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, and Banquo. Cawdor is sentenced to death by King Duncan who decrees that Macbeth shall be awarded his title. Macbeth and Banquo do not hear of this news; when out riding, they happen upon Three Witches, who hail Macbeth as "Thane of Cawdor and future King", and Banquo as "lesser and greater".

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Gloria (1980)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

In New York City, in the South Bronx, Jeri Dawn is heading home with groceries. Inside the lobby of her apartment building, she passes a man whose dress and appearance are out of place. Jeri quickly boards the elevator.

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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

Action, Drama, Dystopian, exploitation film, Horror, Splatter Film, thriller film, vigilante film

An unnamed hobo arrives by boxcar in the city of Hope Town, where its graffitied welcome sign reads "Scum Town". The city is ruled over by a ruthless crime lord named "The Drake" and his sadistic sons Ivan and Slick. The Hobo walks the town's suburbs where he watches an amateur filmmaker shooting a Bumfights-style movie with homeless people.

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The Program (1993)

Action, American football film, Drama, sport film

ESU Timberwolves coach Sam Winters must win this season or be fired. Sophomore quarterback Joe Kane spends Christmas with his alcoholic family while junior Alvin Mack gives his mother a door knocker for the house he will buy when he turns pro. Running back Darnell Jefferson is recruited to ESU.

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Wolfen (1981)

Animal horror, Crime, Horror, Mysterie

Former NYPD Captain Dewey Wilson is brought back to the force and assigned to solve a bizarre string of violent murders after high-profile magnate Christopher Van der Veer, his wife Pauline, and his bodyguard are slain in Battery Park. Executive Security, the private firm employed by Van der Veer, blames the murders on a group of left-wing anarchists, but knowing that Van der Veer's bodyguard was a Haitian with voodoo-ties leads Wilson to doubt this theory because the bodyguard was torn apart with ruthless efficiency (the anarchists are mostly activist bomb-makers, not violent assassins). With pressure to solve the case coming from both…

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Exit to Eden (1994)

Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy, thriller film

Elliot Slater is a young, attractive, Australian professional photographer living in Southern California. Having always been uncomfortable with his sexual proclivities, which tend toward the BDSM realm, he signs up for a dominatrix-themed vacation on a private tropical island known as "Eden" in the hopes of working through his discomfort. Unbeknownst to him, before embarking on his journey of sexual discovery, he has unwittingly photographed an international jewel thief of whom no other photos exist.

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Queen and Country (2014)

Drama

On Pharaoh's Island, Bill is now 18 and receives his call-up papers for national service. Reporting to the army training camp, he quickly makes friends with fellow-conscript Percy. Though most of their intake are sent off to fight in the Korean War, he and Percy are made sergeants and spend their days teaching typing.

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Dark Victory (1939)

Drama, romance film

left|thumb|upright|From the trailer Judith "Judy" Traherne is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist. Dr.

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Ricki and the Flash (2015)

Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Tragicomedy

Ricki chased her dreams of becoming a famous rock star by abandoning her family. She gets a chance to put things right when her ex-husband Pete asks her to visit Indianapolis and help their estranged daughter Julie through a difficult time. Ricki has a rock band that plays a regular gig at a small bar, when she is not working as a cashier to make ends meet.

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8 Seconds (1994)

Biography, Drama, sport film

While growing up in Oklahoma, Lane Frost learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father Clyde, an accomplished bronc rider himself. As he grows older, Lane travels the professional rodeo circuit with his best friends Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert. He meets and falls in love with barrel racer Kellie Kyle and they eventually marry in 1984.

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Eye of the Needle (1981)

Conspiracy Thriller, Drama, Erotic Thriller, Secret Agent, war film

Henry Faber is a cold, ruthless German sleeper agent nicknamed the "Needle" due to his preference for killing with a stiletto. While spying in England, he obtains critical intelligence of a massive military deception campaign to disguise the Allies' plans to invade Europe through Normandy rather than Pas de Calais as Nazi Germany High Command expects. However, Faber is unable to transmit the information to Germany.

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Rio Grande (1950)

Romantic drama, war film, Western

thumb|left|upright=1.1|John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara In the summer of 1879, Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier in command of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment to defend settlers against attacks by marauding Apaches. Yorke has just captured the Apache's leader.

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