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Forensic, Political Thriller, Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, trial film
Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller works in Los Angeles County, California, from the back of his black Lincoln Town Car, chauffeured by Earl Briggs. He typically works for low-end criminals including Eddie Vogel, leader of a biker gan…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film, teen film
In 1944, at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Nazi officer Klaus Schmidt witnesses a young Erik Lehnsherr bending a metal gate with his mind upon being separated from his parents. Schmidt brings Lehnsherr into his office and tells him to m…
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Crime, Girls with Guns, Justice Drama, Samurai Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, girls with guns, martial arts film, suspense film, thriller film
The pregnant Bride and her groom rehearse their wedding. Bill, the Bride's former lover and the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, arrives unexpectedly and orders the Deadly Vipers to kill everyone at the wedding rehearsal. Bi…
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Exorcism Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Obsession, Super Hero, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, satanic film, superhero film
In Mexico, a scavenger discovers the tip of the spear that pierced Jesus Christ and, after becoming possessed, takes it to Los Angeles. There, cynical occult expert John Constantine exorcises a demon from a young girl after witnessing its …
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Social Drama, drama film
Moonee, a six-year-old girl, lives with her young, single mother, Halley, at Magic Castle Inn and Suites, a budget motel in Kissimmee, Florida, near Walt Disney World. Moonee spends most of her summer days unsupervised and making mischief …
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
In 1986, five-year-old Saroo lives with his elder brother, Guddu; his baby sister, Shekila; and his mother in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India. Saroo accompanies Guddu to work, and they arrive at a nearby train station, where Saroo falls asl…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
Bruno, an eight-year-old German boy living in Berlin, is uprooted to the countryside with his family after his father Ralf, an SS officer, is promoted. The boy notices an extermination camp from his bedroom window, but believes it to be a …
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir
In 1937 Los Angeles, a woman identifying herself as Evelyn Mulwray hires private investigator J. J. "Jake" Gittes to trail her husband, Hollis, the chief engineer at the Department of Water and Power.
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Drama, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
At a Los Angeles rail yard, petty thief Louis "Lou" Bloom attacks a guard, taking his watch and stealing manhole covers, fencing, and other materials. While trying to sell the stolen materials at a scrap yard, Lou asks the foreman for a jo…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, fantasy film, horror film
In 3067 B.C., a warrior known as the Scorpion King leads an army to conquer the world. However, they are eventually defeated, and he is exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere. Dying, the King offers Anubis his soul in return for the power to de…
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Drama, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, drama film, female buddy film, mystery film
Evelyn Couch is a timid housewife in her 40s in 1980s Birmingham, Alabama. Her husband Ed has an aunt with dementia living at an Alabama nursing home. While waiting for Ed in the waiting room, Evelyn meets the elderly Ninny Threadgoode, wh…
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Ghost-House-Movies, Ghost-Movie, Mysterie, drama film, ghost film, horror film, psychological horror film, thriller film
Mike Enslin is a cynical and skeptical author of niche books about supernatural events, in which he has no belief. While promoting his latest book in Hermosa Beach, California, he receives an anonymous postcard depicting The Dolphin, a hot…
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High Fantasy, Monumental Film, Sword And Sorcery, action film, adventure film, fantasy film
Awakening from a dream of Gandalf fighting the Balrog in Moria, Frodo Baggins finds himself, along with Samwise Gamgee, lost in the Emyn Muil near Mordor. They discover they are being pursued by Gollum, a former bearer of the One Ring. Cap…
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Teen Comedy Film, children's film, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age fiction, romantic comedy, teen film
Grove High School student Mia Thermopolis resides with her single mother, Helen, in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and…
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Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film
In 1998, Adonis "Donnie" Johnsonthe son of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed via an extramarital affairis serving time in a Los Angeles youth detention center when Apollo's widow, Mary Anne Creed, visits and offers to take him in. I…
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Action, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1993, alcoholic advertising executive Joe Doucett gets drunk after losing a major account. Before he passes out, he sees a woman with a yellow umbrella. When he awakes, he finds himself locked within a hotel room.
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Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, contemporary Western film, crime film, drama film, heist film, police procedural film
In West Texas, brothers Toby and Tanner Howard rob two branches of the Texas Midlands Bank. Though the robberies are well-planned, Tanner's wild nature leads him to take unnecessary risks, frustrating Toby. Their mother has died after a lo…
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Horror, Horror comedy, Modern-Day Fantasy, Zombiefilm, comedy drama, comedy horror, monster film, science fiction film, slasher film, werewolf film, zombie film
In an underground laboratory, engineers Gary Sitterson and Steve Hadley discuss preparations for a mysterious ritual. The Stockholm operation recently failed, leaving only their facility and one in Japan to undertake the process, with the …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film, trial film, war film
In January 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln expects the American Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States Army. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war …
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Action, Erotic Film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
Three friends, Arlene, Shanna and radio DJ "Jungle" Julia Lucai, drive down Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, on their way to celebrate Julia's birthday. In a bar, Julia reveals that she made a radio announcement offering a free lap dance …
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1980, FBI agent Will Graham visits forensic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter to discuss a case. Graham has been working with Lecter on a psychological profile of a serial killer; Graham is certain the killer is a cannibal, based on the fact…
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Family Drama, Thriller, drama film, romance film, thriller film
Bohemian mother Eva Khatchadourian, once a successful travel writer, lives alone in a rundown house and works in a travel agency near a prison, where she visits her son, Kevin, who has been convicted of mass-murdering students at his high …
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Drama, Family Drama, drama film
Elderly June Cheshire, who has been fighting cancer for over three years, lives with her husband, Bernie, and their son, Connor. Two weeks before Christmas, June collapses at home; Connor finds her on the floor and screams out to Bernie, w…
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Komödie, Musical, Romance Film, Splatstick, drama film, romantic comedy film
Fending off a date from the night before, Holly Golightly visits the Tiffany & Co. flagship store but her date finds her at her apartment building. Holly, who cannot find her keys, buzzes her landlord, Mr.
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