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Adventure, Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1939, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer leaves behind his pregnant wife to join Peter Aufschnaiter in a team attempting to summit Nanga Parbat in India (now part of Pakistan). When World War II begins in 1939, they are arrested by th…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Motor-Bike Film, biographical film, drama film, road movie
In 1967, Burt Munro is a sort of folk hero in Invercargill, known for his friendly easy-going personality, for having the fastest motorcycle in New Zealand and Australia, and for being featured in Popular Mechanics magazine. However, that …
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Action, Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film
Gordon Bombay is a successful but arrogant Minneapolis defense attorney. After winning his 30th case, his boss Gerald Ducksworth gives kudos, but also reproves Bombay for his lack of decorum in court. Bombay shrugs it off and celebrates by…
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Anti-War Film, War Film, anti-war film, drama film, war film
Early in World War I Professor Kantorek gives an impassioned speech to his students about the glory of defending the fatherland. The boys, led by Paul Bäumer, enthusiastically enlist in the German Army. Their romantic delusions are shatter…
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Historie, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film, romance film
Henry VIII of England's marriage to his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon, has not produced a male heir. Their only surviving child is Princess Mary, whom Henry fears cannot successfully rule. Mary Boleyn weds Sir William Carey, one of …
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Adventure, Cartoon, adventure film, comedy drama, crime film, fantasy film
In the Outback, a young boy named Cody rescues and befriends Marahute, a rare golden eagle, who shows him her nest and eggs and gives him one of her feathers. Cody later rescues a mouse who is being used as bait in an animal trap set by Pe…
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Drama, drama film, thriller film
Andy Jones is head chef of Jones & Sons, an upmarket restaurant in London. Andy is embarrassed to learn that his restaurant has been downgraded from a Food Hygiene Rating of 5 to a 3 following an audit by a food inspector, mostly due to in…
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Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, disaster film, science fiction film
After 32 people mysteriously drop dead in Boston, the U.S. government calls in scientists Dr. Joshua "Josh" Keyes and Dr.
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Horror, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, drama film, horror film, independent film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
A psychiatrist, Dr. Hill, is called to a Los Angeles hospital, where a man named Dr. Miles Bennell is being held in custody.
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Slasher Horror, drama film, high school film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, supernatural horror film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On May 23, 1988, the senior class of Shadyside High School prepares for their prom. Lori Granger signs up to run for prom queen against the popular girl group nicknamed the "Wolfpack", consisting of ruthless queen bee Tiffany Falconer and …
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
Henri "Papillon" Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is framed for murder. Though he has an alibi from his lover, Nenette, Papillon is convicted and condemned to the notorious Devil's Island penal colony in French Guiana…
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Action, Western, Western film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, drama film
In Lincoln County, New Mexico, English cattleman John Tunstall hires a wayward young gunman named William “Billy the Kid” Bonney to join the "Regulators" who lived and worked on his ranch: Doc Scurlock, Jose Chavez y Chavez, Dick Brewer, "…
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LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, drama film, erotic thriller, thriller film
New York City software designer Allison "Allie" Jones is engaged to Sam Rawson. Sam's ex-wife calls, and when it is revealed that he slept with her recently, Allie throws him out, breaking off their engagement. Her neighbor, aspiring actor…
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Destiny, Melodrama
thumb|upright|alt=A painting of an Inquisitor sitting on a throne before a large crowd|One of the film's narratives takes place during the Spanish Inquisition. Conquistador Tomás Creo in New Spain fights a band of Maya to gain entry into a…
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Justice Drama, Military Film, action film, drama film, war film
A Senate Armed Services Committee interviews a candidate for the position of Secretary of the Navy. Senator Lillian DeHaven from Texas criticizes the Navy for not being gender-neutral. Behind the curtains, a deal is struck: if women compar…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, drama film, fantasy film
Max is an emotional eight-year-old boy with an active imagination and divorced parents. After his older sister Claire refuses to intervene when her friends crush Max's snow fort with him inside during a snowball fight, Max furiously trashe…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, survival film
In June 1995, despite a lack of hiking experience, Cheryl Strayed leaves Minneapolis to hike, by herself, of the Pacific Crest Trail. During the journey, she reflects on her childhood and memories of her mother, Bobbi, whose death from can…
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Family Drama, Fantasy, children's film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, magic realist film
In 1914, a kind-hearted young girl named Sara Crewe lives in India with her widowed father Richard, a wealthy British Army Officer who shares her love for stories of myths and magic. Called in to serve in the Great War, Richard enrolls her…
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Anti-War Film, drama film, war film
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon King's squad is operating in Tikrit during the Iraq War. During an ambush, several soldiers are killed; PFC Tommy Burgess is saved when Private Rico Rodriguez blocks him from an attack and is severely wound…
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LGBTQ-related film, Marital Tragedy, comedy drama
Four couples, who are also best friends since college, converge in a house in the mountains for a week-long retreat. The first couple, attorney Dianne and pediatrician Terry, argue a lot because Dianne refuses to stop working. She takes ca…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, biographical film, drama film, flashback film
In London 1961, literary agent Diarmuid Russell urges financially strapped author Pamela "P. L." Travers to travel to Los Angeles and meet with Walt Disney, who has pursued the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories for 20 years after hav…
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Biographical picture, Gangster Film, Romance Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, hood film, prison film
The film spans 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles. The story opens with the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 and depicts a young Latino couple, Esperanza and Pedro Santana, being racially targeted by sailors. Pedro is beaten alongside oth…
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Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Heimatfilm, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film
In the late 20th century, unexplained apocalyptic disasters have devastated the world. Most knowledge and technology from the past has apparently been lost, and the former United States reverts to an unconnected pre-industrial society. In …
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film, teen film, tragicomedy
At independent record store Empire Records in Delaware, employee Lucas has been tasked by store manager Joe with closing the store for the first time. While counting the day's receipts in Joe's office, he discovers the store is about to be…
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