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Drama, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, fantasy film, magic realist film, mystery film, thriller film
Note: Though the movie contains multiple flash-forwards and flash-backs throughout, the story is told here in chronological order. In 1890s London, Robert Angier, Alfred Borden, and Angier's wife, Julia, work as magician's assistants under…
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Drama, drama film, historical film
Overture Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and Bauhaus-trained architect László Tóth immigrates to the United States after being forcibly separated from his wife, Erzsébet, and orphaned niece, Zsófia. As his ship enters New York Harbor, …
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, thriller film
In 2008, an investment bank begins laying off a large number of employees, among them Eric Dale, the head of risk management. Dale's attempts to speak about the implications of a model he is working on are ignored. On his way out, he gives…
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Biographical picture, Criminal Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, heist film
In 1969, FBI agent Carl Hanratty arrives in Marseille, France, to pick up prisoner Frank Abagnale Jr., who has fallen ill due to the prison's poor conditions. In a flashback, Frank is living in New Rochelle, New York, with his father, Fran…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In Philadelphia, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe is at home with his wife Anna. Suddenly, Vincent Grey, a former patient he had treated years ago, breaks into their house. Vincent accuses Malcolm of failing him before shooting Malcolm and…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, Mafia Film, biographical film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, period drama film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1955, teenager Henry Hill becomes enamored by the criminal life and Mafia presence in East New York, a working class Italian American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City. He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his …
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Destiny, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, chase film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, tech-noir film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1984 Los Angeles, an imposing man appears naked in an alley amid electric flashes and attacks some punks for clothes. Later, a man with scars appears in an alley the same way and evades police. The first man robs a gun shop, looks up ad…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, historical drama
In 1973 San Fernando Valley, 15-year-old actor Gary Valentine meets 25-year-old Alana Kane, a photographer's assistant, at his school picture day. She is put off by his invitation to dinner, but shows up anyway. When Gary's mother cannot c…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film, sport film
In 1989 Itmann, West Virginia, college basketball player Christy Salters enters a local female boxing competition and wins. Impressed by her skills, local boxing coach James Martin contacts Christy and offers to coach her. Christy is initi…
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War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 2006, after the Battle of Ramadi, Navy SEAL platoon Alpha One takes control of a two-story house under the cover of darkness. JTAC communications officer Ray Mendoza coordinates air support to monitor their position, while sniper and co…
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Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, science fiction film, superhero film
New York City teenager Miles Morales struggles to live up to the expectations of his father, police officer Jefferson Davis, who sees Spider-Man, the superhero persona of Peter Parker, as a menace. Miles's uncle Aaron takes him to an aband…
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Romance Film, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime film, spy film, thriller film
MI6 operative James Bond is promoted to 00 agent after assassinating traitorous MI6 section chief Dryden and his contact in Prague. In Uganda, Mr. White introduces Steven Obanno, a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, to Le Chiffre, an…
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Computeranimation, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film
After failing to make his mortgage payments, Farmer Jones's Manor Farm is repossessed by the bank. The farm is set to be sold to Pilkington Industries, led by ruthless billionaire Frieda Pilkington, who intends to slaughter the animals. Wh…
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Dark Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, black comedy, fantasy film, thriller film
In a retrofuturist alternative late-Victorian London, 1882, the medical student Max McCandles is recruited by the mad scientist Godwin Baxter to record the behaviour of a strange, nearly mute woman living in Godwin's house. Godwin reveals …
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Adventure, Crime, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, ninja film, superhero film
In Gotham City, young Bruce Wayne falls down a well and develops a fear of bats. One evening, Bruce visits the opera with his parents and is so unsettled by the performers masquerading as bats that he asks to leave. While returning home, a…
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Italo-Western, Western film, action film, blaxploitation film, comedy drama, drama film, historical drama film, historical film, revisionist Western
In 1858 Texas, several male African American slaves are being "driven" by the Speck Brothers, Ace and Dicky. Among the shackled slaves is Django, sold off and separated from his wife, Broomhilda. The Speck Brothers are stopped by Dr.
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Psychodrama, Social Drama, drama film
Sara Goldfarb, a widow living alone in a Brighton Beach apartment, watches television. Her son Harry is a heroin addict, along with his friend Tyrone. The two deal heroin in a bid to realize their dreams; Harry and his girlfriend Marion pl…
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Forensic, crime film, drama film, thriller film, trial film
At Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, United States Marine Private William Santiago dies after being tied up and beaten in the middle of the night. Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey face court-martial, accu…
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Drama, Justice Drama, black comedy, crime film, drama film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Thirty-year-old medical school drop-out Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas lives with her parents and works in a coffee shop. At night, she visits bars pretending to be intoxicated, entrapping men to take her home before revealing her sobriety and …
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Anti-War Film, Drama, Military Film, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
On June 6, 1944, soldiers of the U.S. Army land at Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion, suffering heavily from artillery and machine gun fire from the fortified German defenders. Initially dazed by the ferocity of the defense, 2nd Ran…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, road movie
In the spring of 1962, in the Bronx, Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip searches for new employment while the Copacabana is closed for renovations. He is invited to an interview with Don Shirley, an African American pianist in need of a dri…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, drama film, flashback film, psychological thriller, thriller film
The unnamed Narrator works an office job as an automobile recall coordinator. He sees a doctor for his disordered sleep, complaining that he falls asleep unexpectedly and wakes up in unfamiliar places. The doctor suggests he attend a testi…
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Action, Anti-War Film, Crime, Political Drama, Social Drama, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
In New York City, former Marine and Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle takes a job as a night-shift taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia and loneliness, frequently visiting adult movie theaters on his breaks, and keeping a diary in…
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erotic film, erotic thriller, exploitation film, flashback film, found footage film, horror film, pornographic film, rape and revenge film, snuff film, splatter film, thriller film
Miloš, a semi-retired pornographic actor, lives in Belgrade with his wife, Marija, and their six-year-old son, Petar. His brother Marko is a corrupt police officer who envies Miloš's life and is sexually attracted to Marija. Lejla, a forme…
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