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crime film, drama film
Michel Poiccard, a young and brash criminal who idolizes American movie gangsters, steals a car in Marseille and heads for Paris. On the Route nationale 7, he impulsively shoots and kills a motorcycle policeman after being pursued for cros…
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Romance Film, drama film, romance film
In 2015, actress Elizabeth Berry arrives in Savannah, Georgia, to research her upcoming role in an independent film. Elizabeth will be playing Gracie Atherton-Yoo, who, in 1992 at the age of 36, was caught raping 13-year-old Joe Yoo, a sch…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, adventure film, buddy film, comedy drama, comedy film, family film, fantasy film
In an alternate history, the asteroid that would have caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event passes harmlessly by the Earth, resulting in many animals surviving, including Dinosaurs. Millions of years later, Apatosaurus farmers H…
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Drama, drama film
Substitute teacher Henry Barthes is called in for a one-month assignment, teaching English classes at a high school with many students performing at a low grade level. During his first class, he observes many acts of hostility and antagoni…
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Drama, Dramedy, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy film
Kumail is a struggling standup comedian, who hooks up with a UChicago grad student, Emily, after a performance at the local comedy club. Despite being from different races (Kumail is ethnically Pakistani while Emily is Caucasian), they sta…
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Drama, Fantasy, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the year of the city 2274, the remnants of human civilization live in a sealed city beneath a cluster of geodesic domes, a utopia run by a computer. The citizens live a hedonistic lifestyle, but when they turn 30 must enter the "Carrous…
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Samurai Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, samurai cinema
In late-medieval Japan, Kai is a teenage English-Japanese outcast found in the woods near Wakkanai and adopted by Lord Asano, the benevolent ruler of the Akō Domain. Kai and Asano's daughter, Mika, fall in love despite the scorn her father…
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Drama, Forensic, Justice Drama, Melodrama, Romantic Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, prison film, romance film
In 1958, 15-year-old Michael Berg becomes sick on a tram ride in an unnamed provincial city. He is helped by 36-year-old tram conductor Hanna Schmitz. Weeks later, he has recovered from scarlet fever and at his mother's insistence visits H…
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Crime, Forensic, crime film, drama film
Roman J. Israel is a lawyer earning $500 a week at a small law firm in Los Angeles. In his two-partner office, Roman is responsible for preparing briefs, often focusing on the civil rights of clients, while William Jackson, the firm's foun…
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Biographical picture, Social Drama
On the evening of November 27, 1978, Dianne Feinstein announces to the press that Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone have been assassinated. Milk is seen recording his will nine days before the assassinations. The film then flashes back …
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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, survival film
On June 23, 2018, twelve boys of the junior football team "Wild Boars" and their assistant coach Ekkaphon Chanthawong leave practice to explore the Tham Luang cave. When the team fails to arrive at a birthday party organized by their paren…
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Crime, Drama, action film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, satanic film
In 1975, James "Whitey" Bulger, leader of the Winter Hill Gang, controls most organized crime within South Boston, along with his right-hand man Stephen Flemmi, newcomer Kevin Weeks, and callous hitman Johnny Martorano. Bulger lives with h…
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Christmas film, Computeranimation, Drama, Fantasy, Komödie, animated film, comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film
On Christmas Eve of 1836, Ebenezer Scrooge's best friend and business partner Jacob Marley dies. Seven years later, he becomes a surly businessman living in Victorian London who refuses to partake in the merriment of Christmas. On Christma…
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Action, Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
After foiling an assassination attempt by an Islamic jihadist on President Reagan, Secret Service agents Richard Chance and Jimmy Hart are assigned as counterfeiting investigators in the Los Angeles field office. Days away from retirement,…
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Drama, Gangster Film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, girls with guns, neo-noir
College students Brit, Candy, and Cotty often spend their time partying while their friend Faith attends a religious youth group. As their classmates head to spring break, they are stuck behind because they don't have the money to travel. …
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Western, Western film, drama film, war film
In 1868, Ethan Edwards returns after an eight-year absence to the home of his brother Aaron in West Texas. Ethan fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. In the three years since that war ended, he also apparently fought in …
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Drama, drama film
Eddie Palmer is a former high-school football star and ex-felon who has been released from prison after serving 12 years for attempted murder and armed robbery. He moves in with his grandmother Vivian, who occasionally watches over a young…
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Biographical picture, Melodrama, Musical, drama film, musical film, romance film
In 1962 Detroit, car salesman Curtis Taylor Jr. meets a Black girl group called "The Dreamettes", consisting of lead singer Effie White and backup singers Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson, at an R&B amateur talent show at the Detroit Theat…
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Family Drama, Marital Tragedy, drama film, romance film
Chicago housewife Birdee Pruitt is invited on the national Toni Post talk show under the pretense of getting a free makeover. Instead, she is ambushed with the revelation that her husband, Bill, has been having an affair with her best frie…
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Action Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, action comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, superhero film
Frank Darbo, a devoutly religious short-order cook, recalls his only two good memories from an otherwise disappointing life: marrying his wife Sarah and pointing a police officer in the direction of a man who snatched a woman's purse. He i…
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Drama, Forensic, drama film, trial film
Medgar Evers, an African-American civil rights activist in Mississippi, was murdered outside his home on June 12, 1963, by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist. De La Beckwith had been tried twice in the 1960s, with both trials ended …
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu, a Jewish barrister, remains in England during World War II while his wife Iris and their children travel to safety in the United States. Montagu is appointed to the Twenty Committee and takes his secretar…
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Drama, Horror, drama film, horror film, mystery film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
En route to San Diego, a pregnant woman named Becky and her brother Cal stop after hearing cries for help from Tobin, a young boy accompanied by his mother Natalie in the tall grass. Concerned, the siblings enter but get separated and find…
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Drama, Musical, comedy film, drama film, musical film
In the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, Jimmy Rabbitte is a young music fanatic who aspires to manage an Irish soul and rock and roll band in the tradition of 1950s and 60s African-American recording artists. He places an advert in the local …
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