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Family Comedy, Family Drama, Martial-Arts, Sci-Fi, absurdist fiction, action film, comedy drama, martial arts film, psychedelic film, science fiction film
Evelyn Quan Wang is a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who runs a laundromat with her husband Waymond in Simi Valley, California. Two decades earlier, they eloped to the United States and had a daughter, Joy. In the present day, Evelyn strugg…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film
In 1981, Bruce Springsteen reaches the end of The River Tour, his latest sold-out concert tour. Jon Landau, his manager and producer, rents a house for Bruce to lie low from his growing fame near Freehold, New Jersey where he grew up. Bruc…
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Christmas film, Political Satire, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy film, tragicomedy
David, the British Prime Minister, reflects that despite global conflict and tragedy, love can often be seen in everyday life, recalling scenes of affection at the arrivals gate of London Heathrow Airport. The film then follows several int…
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Action, Cyberpunk, Film Noir, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, film noir, neo-noir, science fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2019 Los Angeles, former police officer Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, who likes to make origami figures, and is brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a "blade runner" was to track down bioengineered…
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Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film
In a war-ravaged Panem, Coriolanus Snow is selected to be a mentor for a tribute in the 10th Annual Hunger Games. The winning tribute's mentor is to be awarded the Plinth Prize scholarship, which Snow hopes to use to restore his family's p…
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Drama, Komödie, Marital Tragedy, black comedy film, drama film
One afternoon in London, an architect named Theo meets an aspiring chef named Ivy. Ivy tells Theo her dream of moving to the United States to start her own business. Inspired by her enthusiasm, Theo suggests he move with her.
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Thriller, drama film, musical film
Mother Mary, a world-famous musical artist, prepares to mount a comeback performance in the wake of an onstage accident. Overwhelmed during a costume fitting, she flees to the English countryside to seek out fashion designer Sam Anselm, he…
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Action, Historical drama, Swords and Sandals, action film, adventure film, drama film, epic film, historical film, sword-and-sandal film
Sixteen years after Marcus Aurelius's death, Rome is ruled by the twin emperors Caracalla and Geta. In the North African kingdom of Numidia, Hanno lives with his wife, Arishat. The Roman army led by General Justus Acacius invades and conqu…
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Historical drama
In 1930 London, Lord and Lady Grantham, and their daughter and son-in-law, Edith and Bertie Pelham (aka Lord and Lady Hexham), attend a play starring Guy Dexter and Noël Coward, who is also the playwright. Backstage, they meet Dexter, Cowa…
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LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, art film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
The film opens with brightly lit images of couples dancing the jitterbug, over which a young blonde woman appears smiling and being applauded, followed by a point-of-view shot descending toward a pillow as someone lies down. At night on Mu…
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Romance Film, romantic drama film
Kenna Rowan pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter for a car accident that resulted in the death of her boyfriend, Scotty Landry. Six years later, she is released from prison on parole and moves back to her hometown. Kenna hopes to meet h…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical drama, musical film
In 1987, musician Mike Sardina is hired to appear at the Wisconsin State Fair, filling in for a Don Ho impersonator who has undergone emergency surgery. After refusing to go on stage when the promoter stops him from performing his own mate…
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Drama, Horror, drama film, horror film, thriller film
In the middle of winter, an American student, Dani, is traumatized after her sister Terri, who has bipolar disorder, kills their parents and herself via carbon monoxide poisoning in a murder-suicide. This strains Dani's relationship with h…
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Utopia & Dystopia, War Film, action film, drama film, dystopian film
A civil war has engulfed the United States between the authoritarian federal government, led by a third-term president, and three secessionist movements. Despite the president claiming victory is imminent, it is widely expected that Washin…
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Family Saga, Melodrama, Monumental Film, Romance Film, drama film, historical film, melodrama, romance film, war film
In 1861, on the eve of the American Civil War, Scarlett O'Hara lives at Tara, her family's cotton plantation in Georgia, with her parents, her sisters Suellen and Carreen, and their black slaves. Scarlett is deeply attracted to Ashley Wilk…
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Drama, Satire On Media, Sci-Fi, comedy film, drama film, dystopian fiction, dystopian film, science fiction film, tragicomedy
Selected at birth and legally adopted by a television studio following an unwanted pregnancy, Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program filmed and broadcast worldwide, 24/7, through hidden cam…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, religious horror, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
As a spacecraft departs a planet, a tall humanoid alien drinks a black liquid, causing its body to dissolve. Its remains crumble into a waterfall and the alien's DNA falls apart and starts to recombine. In 2089, archaeologists Elizabeth Sh…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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War Film, drama film, historical film, war film
While the film is shown in a nonlinear narrative, including the action of one week on the beach, one day in the rescue flotilla, and one hour of the air battle, the following is the chronological order of events that happen in the film. In…
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Thriller, adventure film, drama film, thriller film
In 1247 England, a young woman tracks down the legendary outlaw Robin Hood. Living alone in the wilderness and troubled by his murderous past, the aged Robin dismisses the tales that have made him a folk hero. The young Wainwright tries to…
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Drama, Erotic Film, LGBTQ-related film, Sex Film, art film, drama film
Highly educated but cloistered middle-aged bachelor Seligman finds nymphomaniac Joe beaten up and lying in the alleyway behind his apartment. He takes her to his home and listens as Joe recounts the story of her libidinous life. Seligman p…
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Natural Disaster, action film, apocalyptic film, disaster film, drama film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Structural engineer John Garrity lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his estranged wife, Allison, and their diabetic son, Nathan. He is on the way home to watch the near-earth passing of a recently discovered interstellar comet nicknamed "Clar…
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Drama, disaster film, drama film, survival film
On November 8, 2018, high winds and dry conditions lead a Pacific Gas & Electric transmission line failure to spark the 2018 Camp Fire. Firefighters are unable to contain the blaze from spreading into a massive wildfire, and computer issue…
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