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Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy, teen film
In the kingdom of Frell, the misguided and obnoxious fairy godmother Lucinda Perriweather bestows the "gift" of obedience on newborn Ella of Frell, causing her to instantly and literally obey any command she is given. On her deathbed, Ella…
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Biographical picture, Crime, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1984, Rick Wershe is a struggling single father living in Detroit during the height of the crack epidemic and the war on drugs. His dissatisfied daughter, Dawn, leaves their home, leaving Rick alone with his son, Ricky. Rick manufacture…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Amy Winehouse is raised in a Jewish family, with her father Mitch and her grandmother Cynthia both sharing their love for music and singing. Amy's friend Tyler hands his manager Nick a demo tape of Amy's recording and he is impressed by he…
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Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
In Chicago, 30-year-old Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos is a member of a large, loud, overbearing Greek family. Her father, Costas "Gus" Portokalos, wants her to get married and have children as soon as possible. Toula lives with her parents an…
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drama film, romantic comedy
In London, film student Sue McKinley discovers the diary of her grandfather, James, who served as a British Army colonel in the 1930s. James oversaw the execution of Indian freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajgur…
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Drama, drama film
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Decker's mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In the aftermath of the explosion, a dying man urges him to take a painting—The Goldfinch—and his engraved ring. Theo is …
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Biographical picture, Musical, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film
The film begins in 1968 with Johnny Cash performing at Folsom State Prison. As the audience of inmates cheer him on, Cash waits backstage near a table saw, which reminds him of his early life. Two decades earlier, in 1944, 12-year-old John…
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Forensic, Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, trial film
Erin Bruner, an ambitious lawyer seeking to become a senior partner in her law firm, takes the case of Father Richard Moore, a Catholic diocesan priest charged with negligent homicide following an attempted exorcism of 19-year-old student …
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Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film, sport film
In 1987, high school football coach Jim White loses his temper and accidentally injures a player in the locker room. As a result, White is fired and has to relocate his family from Boise, Idaho to his new job at McFarland High School in Mc…
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Mysterie, Police Film, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dana Scully, a former FBI Special Agent, is now a staff physician at a Catholic hospital; she is treating Christian, a young boy with symptoms similar to Sandhoff disease. FBI Special Agent Mosely Drummy approaches Scully for help in locat…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
After a flying saucer lands in the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the United States Army surrounds it with soldiers and tanks. A humanoid in a spacesuit emerges, announcing that he comes "in peace and with good will". While the alien i…
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War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In March 1944, OSS officer Major John Reisman is ordered by the commander of ADSEC in Britain, Major General Sam Worden, to undertake "Project Amnesty", a top secret mission to turn a dozen of the United States Army's worst convicts into h…
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Drama, Komödie
Sameer is a hopeless romantic, who struggles with a domineering girlfriend, Priya. His friend, Akash, engineers their breakup, and then whisks Sameer away on a road-trip to Goa with another friend, Sid. They run into Akash's 'two-week' ex-…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, biographical film, drama film
Joan Crawford is a dedicated and career-driven actress under a motion picture contract at MGM. Despite having achieved success in her career, she longs to have a child; however, she is unable to conceive and has suffered a series of miscar…
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Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, neo-noir, romance film, splatter film, superhero film, thriller film, vigilante film
Eric, an addict with a troubled childhood, struggles with life and nightmares at a rehabilitation center. Shelly, a musician with similar issues, receives a video on her cell phone from her friend Zadie that incriminates Vincent Roeg, a cr…
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Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, adventure film, science fiction film
In the 23rd century, a Starfleet monitoring station, Epsilon Nine, detects an alien entity hidden in a massive energy cloud, moving through space toward Earth. The cloud easily destroys three Klingon warships and Epsilon Nine on its course…
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Crime Comedy, action film, comedy film, crime film, drama film
In 1994, ex-con and bodybuilder Daniel Lugo is hired by Sun Gym owner John Mese as a manager. Lugo befriends trainer and bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal, who was recently rendered impotent from steroids. He envies the earnings and lifestyle of …
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Family Drama, drama film
The title designates time and location: an unusually hot August in a rural area outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 60 miles northwest of Tulsa. Beverly Weston, an alcoholic, once-noted poet, teacher and author, interviews and hires a young Cheyen…
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Drama
Dev Saran, a professional soccer player in New York City, lives with his wife Rhea, son Arjun, and widowed mother, Kamaljit ("Kamal"). Maya, a schoolteacher and orphan, is preparing to marry her closest friend, Rishi Talwar, who was raised…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Three middle-class married couples – Jack and Kate Burroughs; Nick and Anne Callan; Danny and Claudia Zimmer – live in New York City and are close friends. Jack is a moralistic lawyer, Kate a Fortune magazine editor, Nick an insurance sale…
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Dark Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, LGBTQ-related film, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, action film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
In 1929, Tom Reagan is the right-hand man for Irish mobster Leo O'Bannon, a political boss who runs an unnamed U.S. city during Prohibition. Leo sets off a mob war when he extends protection to his girlfriend Verna's brother, a bookie name…
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B movie, Horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, slasher film, zombie film
A woman, Flora Bosch, is walking her dog down an empty, darkened city street. As she passes by a manhole, a creature attacks Mrs. Bosch and drags her and the dog into the sewers.
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Drama, crime film
College student Cherry falls in love at first sight with his classmate Emily. Their relationship blossoms but Emily decides to leave him and study in Montreal. Cherry is devastated and enlists in the Army as a medic to escape his heartbrea…
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
Eccentric 15-year-old scholarship student Max Fischer participates extensively in extracurricular activities at the prestigious Rushmore Academy in Houston, but struggles academically. Max's middle-class background, which contrasts with th…
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