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Monster Film, drama film, horror film, monster film, romance film, science fiction film
Speaking from the afterlife, Mary Shelley says she has a story she wanted to tell after Frankenstein, but could not because of her death. To tell it, she possesses Ida, a woman living in 1936 Chicago, who in her trance publicly discusses t…
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Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
Film director Gustav Borg leaves Norway for Sweden after ending his troubled marriage with psychotherapist Sissel Borg, who continues to raise their daughters Nora and Agnes in their Oslo home, which Gustav's family has owned for generatio…
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Drama, Komödie, alternate history, alternate history film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, drama film
In February 1969, Hollywood actor Rick Dalton, a former Western TV star, copes with a fading career, his most recent roles being guest appearances as TV villains. Agent Marvin Schwarz suggests working in spaghetti Westerns in Italy, which …
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Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, drama film
Linda is a psychotherapist stretched to her limits while caring for her clingy, anxious daughter, who has a pediatric feeding disorder that necessitates nightly supplemental nourishment through a feeding tube and participation in a day hos…
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Christmas film, Erotic Film, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, drama film, erotic drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, melodrama, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Dr. Bill Harford and his wife Alice live in New York City with their daughter, Helena. At a Christmas party hosted by Bill's patient, Victor Ziegler, Bill reconnects with his former medical school classmate, Nick Nightingale, now a profess…
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Action, Historie, Monumental Film, Romance Film, Swords and Sandals, action film, drama film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
In 1184 BC, King Agamemnon unites the Greek kingdoms. Achilles, a mighty warrior, fights for Agamemnon but is sickened by his brutal leadership. Meanwhile, Prince Hector of Troy and his brother Paris forge a peace treaty with Menelaus, Kin…
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Crime, Historical drama, crime film, drama film, epic film
Amidst the Birmingham Blitz in November 1940, Nazi Germany initiates a plot to economically subdue the United Kingdom by introducing copious amounts of counterfeit British currency – manufactured by the inmates of the regime's concentratio…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Long ago, on the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti: a living island who brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. Maui, the shape-shifting d…
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film
In Phoenix, Arizona, real estate secretary Marion Crane embezzles $40,000 in cash from her employer after hearing her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, complain that his debts are delaying their marriage. She sets off to drive to Sam's home in the to…
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LGBTQ-related film, drama film
Aaron Eagle, a Los Angeles camboy who specializes in financial domination, is offered $50,000 to spend a night with one of his viewers, who answers the door of his rental house wearing a balaclava to hide his identity. He sets up a camera …
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Drama, Historical drama, Historie
In 1996, aboard the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, treasure hunter Brock Lovett and his team explore the wreck of RMS Titanic, hoping to find a necklace known as the Heart of the Ocean. Instead, they recover a safe containing a…
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Crime, Dark Comedy, Late Western, Thriller, Western film, action film, adventure film, contemporary Western film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1980, hitman Anton Chigurh is arrested in Texas. He escapes by strangling the sheriff's deputy to death and steals a car by killing the driver with a captive bolt pistol. Later, he spares the life of a gas station owner for correctly ca…
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Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1954, U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his new partner Chuck Aule travel to Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island in Boston Harbor. They are investigating the disappearance of Rachel Solando, a patient o…
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Satire On War, War Film, action comedy film, action film, adventure film, alternate history film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, historical film, parody film, period drama film, political satire, suspense film, thriller film, war drama, war film
In 1941, Austrian SS- Hans Landa interrogates French dairy farmer Perrier LaPadite about a fugitive Jewish family, the Dreyfuses. He boasts his nickname, "The Jew Hunter", then offers LaPadite amnesty if he will give up the Dreyfuses. LaPa…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, comedy drama
Horror, black comedy film, body horror film, desire horror fiction, drama film, horror film, independent film, monster film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, satirical film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, thriller film
On her 50th birthday, faded Hollywood film star Elisabeth Sparkle is dismissed from her long-running aerobics TV show by its producer, Harvey, due to her age. Elisabeth crashes her car while distracted by a billboard of herself being taken…
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Drama, Western film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, historical film, independent film, period drama film, revisionist Western, thriller film
In 1898, Daniel Plainview finds silver while prospecting in New Mexico but breaks his leg. Dragging himself from the pit, he takes a sample to an assay office and receives a silver and gold claim. In 1902, he discovers oil in California.
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Justice Drama, buddy film, crime film, drama film, prison film
In 1947, Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank State Prison to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover. He is befriended by Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, a contraband smuggler serving a li…
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Action, Detective Film, Super Hero, action film, crime film, detective film, drama film, superhero film, thriller film
On Halloween, Gotham City mayor Don Mitchell Jr. is murdered by a masked serial killer, the Riddler. Reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has operated for two years as the vigilante Batman, investigates the murder alongside Lieutenant Ji…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, superhero film, thriller film
A gang of masked criminals rob a mafia-owned bank in Gotham City, betraying and killing each other until the sole survivor, the Joker, reveals himself as the mastermind and escapes with the money. The vigilante Batman, district attorney Ha…
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Action, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, heist film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dom Cobb and Arthur are "extractors" who perform corporate espionage using experimental dream-sharing technology to infiltrate their targets' subconscious and extract information. Their latest target, Saito, is impressed with Cobb's abilit…
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Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Taking place twenty-four years before the first film, 16-year-old Haymitch Abernathy is selected to compete in the fiftieth Hunger Games. Every twenty-fifth edition of the games, known as a Quarter Quell, adds a special twist to the annual…
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Adventure, Dance Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
thumb|upright=0.8|Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale and Terry as Toto Dorothy Gale lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Her dog Toto is seized by neighbor Almira Gulch, who has obtained a sheriff's order after being bitten b…
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Dark Comedy, Western, Western film, black comedy film, comedy film, contemporary Western film, crime film, drama film, horror film, satirical film, thriller film
In late May 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ted Garcia, mayor of the small town of Eddington, New Mexico, implements a lockdown and mask mandate based on the governor's orders. Conservative Sevilla County Sheriff Joe Cross publ…
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