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Adventure, Destiny, Melodrama, Western, Western film, adventure film, drama film, war film, white savior film
In 1863, 1st Lieutenant John J. Dunbar, serving with the Union army, is wounded in a stalemated battle at St. David's Field in Tennessee.
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film, teen film
On Sunday, September 2, 1962, the last day of summer vacation, high school graduates Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander meet their friends, confident drag-racing king John Milner and unpopular but well-meaning Terry "The Toad" Fields, at Me…
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Detective Film, crime film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, police film, thriller film
In 1947, Hercule Poirot lives in retirement in post-war Venice, employing ex-police officer Vitale as a bodyguard. On Halloween, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver convinces Poirot to attend a séance at the palazzo of opera singer Rowena and ex…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film
Frederick Treves, a surgeon at the London Hospital, finds John Merrick in a Victorian freak show in London's East End, where he is kept by Mr. Bytes, the brutish ringmaster. Merrick's head is kept hooded outside of shows, and Bytes, who vi…
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Crime, Justice Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
Max Durocher is a Los Angeles cab driver trying to save his earnings and start his own limousine business. One of the evening's fares is federal prosecutor Annie Farrell, who works for the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Californ…
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Drama, Mafia Film, Thriller, biographical film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, thriller film
In 1978 New York City, Lefty Ruggiero, an aging enforcer in the Bonanno crime family, meets Joseph D. Pistone, a young undercover FBI agent posing as jewel thief Donnie Brasco. Donnie insists that a diamond that Lefty has acquired from str…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Crime Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, Komödie, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, spy comedy film, spy film, thriller film
Faced with a demotion due to a drinking problem, Osborne Cox angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and decides to write a memoir. When he tells his wife Katie, she secretly files for divorce and continues an ongoing affair with Harry Pfar…
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Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, drama film
Honolulu-based attorney Matthew "Matt" King is the sole trustee of a trust of of pristine land on Kauai owned by his extended family. The land has great monetary value, but is also a family legacy. While Matt has ably managed his own finan…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, rape and revenge film
Susan Morrow owns an upscale Los Angeles art gallery. Her current show involves a presentation of obese majorettes dancing vigorously while naked. Susan receives a manuscript for a novel written by her estranged ex-husband, Edward Sheffiel…
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Horror, Mysterie, cosmic horror film, crime film, drama film, horror film, thriller film
In 1995 in the Ura Valley, Bhutan, four friends—Greg, Fiona, Ruthie, and Paul—go hiking on a mountain. Paul hears a strange whistling and falls into a crevice. Greg finds him in an almost catatonic state, staring at a massive, ancient huma…
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Komödie, biographical film, comedy film, drama film
Jerry Selbee, who lives in the declining town of Evart, Michigan, with his wife, Marge, is forced to retire from his job in a factory after working there for 42 years. Adept at mathematics, he is looking for something to do with the remain…
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Action, Adventure, Historie, Martial-Arts, Melodrama, Psychodrama, Samurai Film, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, historical film, ninja film, war film, white savior film
In 1876, former U.S. Army Captain Nathan Algren, an alcoholic traumatized by his actions during the American Indian Wars, is approached by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bagley. Bagley asks him to train the newly created Imperial J…
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Coming Of Age, Crime, Destiny, Melodrama, Psychodrama, comedy drama, drama film, romance film
Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European professor of French literature, arrives in Ramsdale, New Hampshire, searching for summer accommodation before his professorship begins at Beardsley College, Ohio. Charlotte Haze, a sexually frustrate…
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Drama, crime film, drama film
In 1994, Luke Glanton is a motorcycle stuntman with a traveling carnival. In Schenectady, he meets his ex-lover Romina Gutierrez, who is now with a man named Kofi Kancam and has a son, Jason. When Romina tells Luke that he is Jason's real …
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Action, Drama, Super Hero, action film, drama film, science fiction film
In the 1960s, governmental genetics researcher David Banner tries to improve human DNA. His supervisor, Colonel Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, forbids human experimentation, so David experiments on himself. His wife, Edith, soon gives birth …
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Komödie, adventure film, comedy drama, fantasy film, ghost film
In New York City, pianist Joe Gardner teaches music part-time at a middle school while dreaming of playing jazz professionally. When he receives an offer to teach full-time, his mother Libba urges him to accept, although Joe is resistant. …
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Will Graham, a former FBI criminal profiler, retired following a mental breakdown after being attacked by serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, whom he captured. His former FBI superior Jack Crawford visits him at his Florida home to seek he…
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Classical Western, Western film, action film, drama film
A gang of bandits led by Calvera periodically raids a poor Mexican village for food and supplies. After the latest raid, during which Calvera kills a villager, the village leaders decide to consult the only man they believe has the wisdom …
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Drama, Fantasy, Horror, body horror film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, speculative fiction film, surrealist fiction, surrealist film, thriller film
Henry Spencer's face appears superimposed over a planet in space. He opens his mouth and a spermatozoon-like creature emerges. A man inside the planet moves a set of levers, and the creature is flushed away.
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Exploitation Film, crime film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, rape and revenge film, splatter film, thriller film
Short story writer Jennifer Hills lives in Manhattan and rents an isolated cottage in Kent near the Housatonic River in the Litchfield County countryside to write her first novel. The arrival of the attractive and independent young woman a…
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film
Deadline magazine summarizes the premise of the film stating: "(Oscar) Isaac plays Dante in sequences shot in color in Italy that explore his efforts in writing the classic and looking for mystical knowledge. He also plays author Nick Tosc…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, Musical, adventure film, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
King Agnarr of Arendelle tells his daughters Elsa and Anna that their grandfather, King Runeard, forged a treaty with the neighboring tribe of Northuldra by building a dam in their homeland, the Enchanted Forest. A fight occurred, resultin…
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Coming Of Age, Crime, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, romance film, teen film
In 1984, 10-year-old Jason "Tre" Styles III lives with his single mother, Reva Devereaux, in South Central Los Angeles. After Tre gets into an altercation at school, his teacher informs Reva that although intelligent, he lacks maturity and…
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