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Christmas film, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, romantic comedy
Iris Simpkins, a society columnist for The Daily Telegraph in London, is obsessively in love with her ex-boyfriend and colleague, Jasper Bloom. Even though he cheated on her and is seeing someone else, Jasper has been keeping Iris close by…
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Drama, Western, Western film, adventure film, drama film
In 1878, 14-year-old Mattie Ross travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, after her father is murdered by hired hand Tom Chaney. Sent to collect her father's body, she learns that Chaney has likely fled with "Lucky" Ned Pepper and his gang into In…
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Accident, Drama, Historie, adventure film, disaster film, docudrama, drama film, historical film, survival film
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a party where guests watch Neil Armstrong's televised first steps on the Moon from Apollo 11. Lovell, who orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, tells his wife Marilyn that he will return to the Moon to …
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Biographical picture, Military Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. Years later, Chris has become a ranch hand and rodeo cowboy, and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man. After telling h…
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Pirate Film, Silly Movie, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, epic film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Now in control of the oceans, Lord Cutler Beckett executes anyone associated with piracy in Port Royal and orders Davy Jones to destroy all pirate ships, also forcing him to kill the Kraken. Condemned prisoners sing 'Hoist the Colours' to …
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Crime, Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, mystery film, thriller film
In San Francisco, a blonde woman ties retired rock star Johnny Boz to a bed with a silk scarf during sex, then stabs him to death with an ice pick. SFPD Detective Nick Curran and his partner, Gus Moran, investigate the murder. The prime su…
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Family Drama, Social Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, musical film, war film
In September 1939, Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman plays live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during a Nazi German air raid against Warsaw. Szpilman and his family prepare to leave the city when they learn that B…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, Family Drama, comedy drama, musical film
In Gloucester, Massachusetts, 17-year-old Ruby Rossi is the only hearing member of her family; her parents, Frank and Jackie, and older brother, Leo, are all deaf. Ruby assists with the family fishing business and plans to join it full-tim…
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Action, Fake Documentary, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, action thriller, adventure film, biopunk, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, mockumentary, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1982, an extraterrestrial mothership arrives and hovers over Johannesburg, South Africa. Inside, an investigation team finds over a million starved insectoid and crustacean-like aliens and the South African government voluntarily reloca…
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Drama, Musical, comedy drama, musical film, romance film, teen film
The quiet, 16-year old Sophie Birenbaum is surprised to have landed a leading role in her high school musical of Waitress, when suddenly she inadvertently discovers her mother's cancer has returned. Although her best friend Carolyn insists…
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Heist, Mafia Film, Police Film, Road Movie, Romance Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, romance film, thriller film
At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films, Alabama Whitman strikes up a conversation with Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley. They later have sex at his downtown apartment. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by C…
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Mysterie, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
In Glasgow, a motorcyclist retrieves an inert young woman from the roadside and places her in the back of a van, where a naked woman dons her clothes. After buying clothes and make-up at a shopping centre, the woman drives the van from tow…
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Animation, Komödie, Musical, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, children's film, fantasy comedy, musical film, sword-and-sandal film
In Ancient Greece, the gods Zeus and Hera have a son named Hercules. While the other gods are joyful, Zeus's wicked brother Hades plots to overthrow Zeus and rule Mount Olympus. Through the Fates, Hades learns that in eighteen years, a pla…
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Buddy Film, LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, buddy film, drama film
Young Texan Joe Buck quits his dishwashing job, and heads by bus to New York City in cowboy attire to become a male prostitute. Initially unsuccessful, he finally beds a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her Park Avenue apartment. She is insulte…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Drama, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, family film, musical film
In the Pride Lands of Tanzania, a pride of lions rule over the kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi's newborn son, Simba, is presented to the gathering animals by Rafiki the mandrill, the kingdom's shaman and advisor. Mufa…
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Crime, Documentation, Drama, documentary film
Kurt Kuenne and Andrew Bagby grew up as close friends in the suburbs of San Jose, California. Bagby acted in many of Kuenne's amateur movies and, as these films became more professional in quality, he invested in them with some of the mone…
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Adventure, Historie, action film, adventure film, drama film, historical drama, war film
In April 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British frigate HMS Surprise is ambushed by the French privateer Acheron off Brazil, suffering heavy damage by cannon balls. After escaping by using rowboats to tow the ship into a nearby fog …
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Action, Sci-Fi, War Film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film
In 2055, an artificial intelligence created by the U.S. government detonates a nuclear warhead over Los Angeles, California. In response, most of the Western world pledges to eradicate AI to prevent humanity's extinction.
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Drama, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film
In 1985, promiscuous Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof is diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and told that he has about 30 days to live. At first, he refuses to accept the diagnosis until he remembers having unprotected sex with a pros…
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Coming Of Age, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have settled into a life of material comfort but emotional unease back in District 12 following their joint victory in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss was traumatized by the Games and remains emotionally d…
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, spy film, thriller film
CIA cryptographer Charlie Heller is restoring an old Cessna as a present from his wife, Sarah, who leaves for a business trip in London. At the CIA's Decryption and Analysis division, Charlie has befriended a field agent, Jackson O'Brien, …
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, drama film, family film, fantasy film
Albus Dumbledore confesses to Grindelwald that he supported his plans to destroy the Muggle world because he was in love with him. In Kweilin, Newt Scamander helps a qilin — a magical creature with psychic abilities — give birth. Not long …
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Adventure, Cartoon, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, adventure film, comedy drama, family film, fantasy film, martial arts film, musical film
The Huns invade China by breaching the Great Wall. The Emperor orders a general mobilization, with conscription notices requiring one man from each family to join the Imperial Army. Fa Mulan, an adventurous young woman, hopes to bring hono…
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American football film, Christmas film, Psychodrama, Romantic Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy film
After 8 months' treatment in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder, Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. is released into the care of his parents, Patrizio Sr. and Dolores, at his childhood home in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania.
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