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Family Drama, Road Movie, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, road movie
In Laurens, Iowa, elderly Alvin Straight is found lying on his kitchen floor after a fall. His daughter, Rose, takes him to see a doctor, who admonishes him to give up tobacco, improve his diet, and use a walker, all of which he rejects. W…
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Detective Film, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, treasure hunt film
In San Francisco, private investigators Sam Spade and Miles Archer meet prospective client Ruth Wonderly. She claims to be looking for her missing sister, who ran off from their home in New York and came to the city with a man named Floyd …
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Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, ice hockey film
Herb Brooks, head ice hockey coach at the University of Minnesota, interviews with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for the national team coach's job, discussing his philosophy on how to beat the dominant Soviet team who have won…
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Christmas film, Komödie, drama film, fantasy film, romantic comedy
Georgia Byrd is a shy, unassuming salesperson in the cookware department at Kragen's Department Store in New Orleans and a Baptist choir singer who longs to cook professionally. She privately records her dreams of a better life in a scrapb…
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Erotic Film, Psychodrama, Romance Film, drama film, erotic film, romance film
After Anastasia Steele leaves Christian Grey, he has nightmares about his abusive childhood. Meanwhile, Ana begins a new job as an assistant to Jack Hyde, an editor at Seattle Independent Publishing (SIP) whose last three assistants all qu…
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Adventure, Drama, action film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, thriller film
The SS Poseidon, an aging ocean liner slated for retirement, sails from New York to Athens on her final voyage before being scrapped. Despite safety concerns from Captain Harrison, Linarcos, the new owner's representative, insists he go fu…
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Dark Comedy, comedy drama, crime film, teen film
The "Flawless Four" are the most popular senior girls attending Reagan High School, consisting of Courtney Alice Shayne, Marcie Fox "Foxy," Julie Freeman, and Elizabeth "Liz" Purr. Of the four, only Liz is the "Princess Di of Reagan High" …
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Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, science fiction film, time-travel film
thumb|The operation of time travel in Primer. Two engineers, Aaron and Abe, supplement their day jobs with entrepreneurial tech projects, working out of Aaron's garage. During one such research effort involving electromagnetic reduction of…
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Drama, drama film
Dr. Alice Howland, a linguistics professor at Columbia University, celebrates her 50th birthday with her physician husband John and their three adult children. After she forgets a word during a lecture and becomes lost during a jog on camp…
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Action, Drama, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
thumb|upright=1.3|Cliffs of 'Navarone', showing how the openings to gun positions were portrayed in the film by marble quarries on the island of Palmaria, off the west coast of Italy In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island o…
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Cartoon, Romance Film, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy film, traditionally animated film
In 1909, "Jim Dear" gives his wife "Darling" a Cocker Spaniel puppy as a Christmas present. The puppy, named Lady, grows up pampered by her doting owners, and befriends her neighbors' dogs Jock (a Scottie) and Trusty (an elderly bloodhound…
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Biographical picture, Romantic Drama, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
Elizabeth "Liz" Gilbert has been married for eight years, owns a house, and has a successful career. Despite her seemingly stable life, she feels lost and confused, longing for something more meaningful. Liz asks her husband Stephen for a …
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LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, Social Drama, biographical film, docudrama, drama film, romance film, transgender film
In 1993, Brandon Teena is a young trans man living in rural Nebraska. When Brandon is discovered to be transgender by a former girlfriend's brother, he receives death threats. Soon after, he is involved in a bar fight and is evicted from h…
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Drama, Sport, drama film, sport film
Stanley Sugerman, a jaded international scout for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, lives life on the road searching for future stars. His frequent travel takes a toll on his wife Teresa and daughter Alex. While he is liked by 76ers owner…
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Musical, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, musical film, romantic comedy film
Rob Gordon is a music enthusiast who is despondent after being abruptly dumped by Laura, his live-in girlfriend of two years. By day, Rob manages Championship Vinyl, a record store in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, where he and his em…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
In the beginning, Bryon Widner's life unfolds as a skinhead deeply integrated into a white supremacist community. He grows up in a dysfunctional family and eventually ends up living on the streets. Fred, the leader of the Nazi community, a…
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Drama, action film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, thriller film
Architect Doug Roberts returns to San Francisco for the dedication of The Glass Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper that he designed for developer James Duncan. The tower, tall and 138 stories, is the world's tallest building. During testing, an…
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Action, Knights Tale, War Film, action film, drama film, historical film, medieval film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
In the 5th century AD, the declining Roman Empire is withdrawing from Britannia, where the native Woads, led by Merlin, stage an insurgency. A group of Sarmatian knights and their half-British Roman commander Artorius Castus, known as "Art…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
Czech cosmonaut Jakub Procházka is six months into a space mission to investigate a mysterious cloud of dust and particles, called Chopra, lying beyond Jupiter. The Czech mission has arrived shortly before a competing South Korean mission.…
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Drama, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, science fiction film, time-travel film
In 1972, college theater student Richard Collier celebrates the debut of his new play. An elderly woman approaches him, places an ornate gold pocket watch in his hand, and pleads, "Come back to me." Eight years later, Richard is a successf…
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, psychological thriller film, supernatural thriller
An unseen Presence roams through a dark, empty suburban house. A realtor, Cece, shows the house to Rebekah and Chris Payne, and their teenage children, Tyler and Chloe. Rebekah and Chris discuss the move and its implications for Tyler, who…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, action film, buddy film, crime thriller film, drama film, vigilante film
In Boston, Irish American fraternal twin brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus attend Mass, where the priest mentions the fate of Kitty Genovese. Later, while Connor and Murphy are celebrating Saint Patrick's Day with friends, three Russian …
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Adventure, Cartoon, Western, Western film, adventure film, coming-of-age film, drama film, family film, musical film, teen film
In late 1887, a Kiger mustang colt, Spirit, is born to a herd of wild horses; he grows into a stallion, and assumes the leadership of the herd. One night, upon following a strange light near his herd, Spirit finds horses tied to a log and …
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Slasher Horror, drama film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
On Halloween 1990 in Haddonfield, Illinois, having already exhibited signs of psychopathic tendencies, a ten-year-old boy, Michael Myers murders his school bully Wesley, his abusive stepfather Ronnie, his promiscuous older sister Judith an…
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