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Crime, Detective Film, Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir, teen film
High school student Brendan Frye discovers a note directing him to a pay phone, where he receives a call from his ex-girlfriend Emily Kostich, begging him for help. She mentions a "bad brick", "the Pin", and "Tug" before abruptly hanging u…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, teen film
Teenager Ruby Baker and her little brother, Rhett, lose their parents suddenly in a car accident and are placed under the guardianship of family friends and former neighbors, Terry and Erin Glass. Erin is a respected physician and Terry ru…
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Christmas film, LGBTQ-related film, Romance Film, drama film, lesbian-related film, melodrama, romance film
During the Christmas season of 1952, aspiring photographer Therese Belivet is working in Frankenberg's department store in Manhattan. She meets a glamorous woman, Carol Aird, who is searching for a doll for her daughter, Rindy. At Therese'…
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Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, Romance Film
Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director, is suffering from "director's block". Stalled on his new science fiction film that includes thinly veiled autobiographical references, he has lost interest amidst artistic and marital difficul…
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Dark Comedy, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, drama film
A Jewish man in a 19th-century Eastern European shtetl tells his wife that he was helped on his way home by Reb Groshkover, whom he has invited in for soup. She says Groshkover is dead and the man he invited must be a dybbuk. Groshkover ar…
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Cartoon, Justice Drama, buddy film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
In 12th century Medieval England amongst anthropomorphic animals, minstrel Alan-a-Dale narrates the story about an heroic outlaw named Robin Hood. He and his friend Little John live in Sherwood Forest, where they frequently rob rich people…
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Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film
Nine years after reuniting in Paris, Jesse and Céline are now in a relationship and have twin daughters. Jesse reflects on his inability to maintain his relationship with his son Hank, now a teenager. After vacationing with the couple and …
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Adventure, Sport, adventure film, drama film
In 2015 in Costa Rica, while competing in the Adventure Racing World Series, American runner Michael Light and his team get stuck on the first day after he makes the poor decision to kayak against the tide. Team member Leo is outraged that…
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Action, Mafia Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
thumb|The film's 1979 trailer In 1920s Chicago, an Italian immigrant and ambitious low-level thug, Tony "Scarface" Camonte, works as a bodyguard for crime lord "Big" Louis Costillo. Tony guns down his boss with Costillo's disgruntled lieut…
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Family Drama, Marital Tragedy, Melodrama, Social Drama, drama film
thumb|Original theatrical trailer (1951) Blanche DuBois, a middle-aged high school English teacher from Auriol, Mississippi, arrives in New Orleans. She takes a streetcar designated "Desire" to the French Quarter, where her sister Stella a…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, drama film
The Namesake depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, first-generation immigrants from the state of West Bengal to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol and Sonia. The film takes place primarily in Kolkata, N…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
Starr Carter is a 16-year-old African-American girl who lives in the predominantly black neighborhood of Garden Heights and attends a predominantly white private school called Williamson Prep. After a firearm is discharged at a party Starr…
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Biographical picture, Destiny, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, melodrama, romance film
In 1963, Stephen Hawking, a postgraduate astrophysics student at the University of Cambridge, begins a relationship with literature student Jane Wilde. Although Stephen is intelligent, both his friends and fellow academics are worried abou…
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Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, drama film, family film
Ronnie says to his class that his personal hero is his grandfather Parker Wilson's dog Hachi, whose story he starts narrating. Parker Wilson, a professor who commutes to Providence, Rhode Island, finds a dog lost on the railway station in …
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Drama, Thriller, coming-of-age film, drama film, mystery film
On Valentine's Day 1900, students from Appleyard College, a girls' private school in Victoria, Australia, embark on a picnic to Hanging Rock led by teachers Miss Greta McCraw and Mlle de Poitiers. Sara, a quiet child who arrived at the sch…
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1915, married journalist and suffragist Louise Bryant encounters the radical journalist John Reed for the first time at a lecture in Portland, Oregon, and is intrigued with his idealism. After meeting him for an interview on internation…
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Drama, comedy film, drama film
In 1971, Charlie Brooks, age 10, lives with her single mother, Marie Brooks, in Los Angeles, California. One morning, Charlie wakes to the sounds and smells of cooking wafting in from the kitchen. She is shocked to find a strange man, Mr.
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Drama, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, drama film, romance film
After Alex's mother Elizabeth dies of metastatic cancer Alex finds out that in order to gain access to her inheritance, she must complete a list of life goals she came up with as a 13 year old. This is explained through a series of videos …
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword and sorcery film
In 507, Geatish warrior Beowulf travels to Denmark with his band of soldiers, to slay Grendel, a creature that killed King Hrothgar's people during a celebration in the mead hall Heorot. Beowulf becomes attracted to Hrothgar's wife Queen W…
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Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film
In the Mirror Universe, an alternate universe governed by the ruthless Terran Empire, a teenage Philippa Georgiou returns home from a deadly contest to determine the next Emperor. She reveals to her family that she befriended a boy named S…
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Crime, Satire, Satire On Media, biographical film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, drama film
Rupert Pupkin is a delusional stand-up comedian unsuccessfully trying to launch his career. After meeting Jerry Langford, a successful comedian and talk-show host, Rupert believes that his "big break" has finally come. He attempts to book …
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Drama, Drama Documentary, Gangster Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, teen film
In 1999, Johnny Truelove works as a young drug dealer while making a living in the San Gabriel Valley. Johnny's father, Sonny, supplies him with marijuana, which he distributes with his gang of friends: Frankie Ballenbacher, Johnny's right…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1951, Sonny Crawford and Duane Jackson are high school seniors and best friends in the small oil town of Anarene, Texas. Duane is dating Jacy Farrow, the most popular girl in town, with the richest parents. Sonny breaks up with his girl…
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crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Caleb Faulkner (Garrett Hedlund), a working-class man with a violent past, is struggling to rebuild his life while working for his uncle Benji (Stephen Lang) in a questionable construction supply business. His life spirals after his young …
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