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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
In 1860s London, medical student Victor Frankenstein attends a circus. He witnesses a hunchbacked clown use advanced anatomical knowledge to help save an injured aerialist, Lorelei. Intrigued, Victor rescues the abused hunchback from the c…
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Drama, Historie, drama film, historical film, romance film
In 1941, on the island of Guernsey, four friends are stopped by soldiers for breaching curfew during German occupation. To avoid arrest, they say they were returning from a meeting of their book club, hastily named "The Guernsey Literary a…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
During the Vietnam War, a squad of black US Army soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, Paul, Otis, Eddie, Melvin, and their squad leader Norman, who dub themselves the "Bloods," secure the site of a Central Intelligence Agency airplane cr…
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Marital Tragedy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, drama film, mystery film, romance film, thriller film
While working for Mrs. Van Hopper in Monte Carlo, a young woman becomes acquainted with Maxim de Winter, a recent widower. After a brief courtship, they become engaged.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, legal drama
In April 1941, Thurgood Marshall is an NAACP lawyer traveling the country defending people of color who are wrongly accused of crimes because of racial prejudice. Upon his return to his New York City office, he is sent to Bridgeport, Conne…
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Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Roland Bishop, Quincy "Q" Powell, Raheem Porter, and Eric "Steel" Thurman are four teenage African-American friends growing up together in Harlem. They regularly skip school, instead spending their days hanging out at Steel's apartment, at…
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Romance Film, drama film
Hardin is still pining for Tessa, a year after she broke up with him upon discovering his manuscript for After, their love story. His publisher Katherine urges him to produce a follow-up to the best-seller before year's end. She pressures …
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Adventure, Cartoon, Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, musical film, war film
In August 1940, during the Blitz, three orphans named Charles, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins are evacuated from London to Pepperinge Eye near the Dorset coast, where they are placed in the reluctant care of Miss Eglantine Price, who is secretly…
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Romantic Comedy, comedy film, drama film, romance film, romantic comedy film
Oren Little, a realtor by trade, develops self-absorption, turning his back on his neighbors and shunning the notion of kindness to others. After his wife dies, part of his self-absorption is having no patience for children, not even his o…
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Justice Drama, drama film
In 1958, the questions and answers to be used for the latest broadcast of NBC's popular quiz show Twenty-One are transported from a secure bank vault to the studio. The evening's main attraction is Queens resident Herb Stempel, the reignin…
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Melodrama, drama film, melodrama, romance film, romantic drama, teen drama television, teen film
Teenagers Stella Grant and Will Newman have cystic fibrosis (CF), a progressive genetic disorder that damages organs and makes patients vulnerable to infections. Due to their compromised immune systems, patients with CF should stay six fee…
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Romantic Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film
Struggling actor Andrew Largeman wakes up from a dream—in which he apathetically sits on a crashing plane—to a telephone message from his father, telling Andrew that he needs to return home because his mother has died. Andrew leaves Los An…
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action film, musical film, romance film
In 1995, Lyla Novacek is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School. Louis Connelly is the lead singer of an Irish rock band. They meet and have a one-night stand but are unable to maintain contact.
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Animalhorror, Natural Disaster, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, drama film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
Off the coast of Mexico, the ship of shark fin smuggler Captain Carlos Santiago is caught in a hurricane, interrupting his meeting with a potential buyer. A firefight ensues between the buyer and the Santiago before a tornado throws shoals…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, erotic film
Lucy is a university student who pays her tuition and rent by doing several jobs: she works in an office in the daytime and at a restaurant in the evenings, and she is occasionally a research subject at a science laboratory. Her sister's b…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, sport film
Living in Katwe, a slum in Kampala, the Capital City of Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), her mother Nakku Harriet (Lupita Nyong'o) and younger members of her family. She and her younger brothe…
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Drama, Musical, drama film, fantasy film, musical film
In the prologue, set in 1945, a montage displays the honeymoon of Group Captain Walker and his wife, Nora ("Prologue - 1945"). After his leave ends, Walker goes off to fight in World War II as a bomber pilot, but is shot down during a miss…
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Drama, Thriller, thriller film
Miss Mary Meadows is a young woman who works as a substitute first-grade elementary school teacher. She enjoys taking long walks in her suburban neighborhood, wearing floral clothing, gloves and tap-dancing shoes. She drives a 1956 Nash Me…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film, neo-noir
In the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, Nino Brown and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers (CMB), become the dominant drug ring once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets. His gang consists of Gerald "Gee Money" Wells, his best fri…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, horror film
At a remote cabin, a boy and his mother, Sarah, are visited by his abusive biological father, a police officer named Jonas. Jonas strikes and sexually assaults Sarah, who threatens to tell Jonas's wife about their illegitimate son. Jonas l…
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Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film
Young foster children Roger Bowman and his friend, J.P., enjoy sneaking into the baseball games of the California Angels. Still in limited contact with his widowed father, Roger asks when they will be a family again. He replies sarcastical…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Super Hero, crime film, drama film
In 1983, teenagers Martin Asher and Matt Soulsby meet on a bus to Mont-Laurier, Quebec. The bus breaks down, and the two acquire a car, which soon blows a tire. As Matt changes the tire, Martin comments that they are about the same height …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
A film is interrupted when news breaks of the death of Eva Perón, Argentina's First Lady, at the age of 33 (“A Cinema in Buenos Aires on July 26, 1952”). The nation goes into public mourning ("Requiem for Evita"), with a funeral worthy of …
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Drama, drama film, prison film
In 2001, former corporate raider Gordon Gekko is released from prison after serving time for insider trading and securities fraud. By 2008, Gekko has begun promoting his new book Is Greed Good?, warning about a possible 2008 financial cris…
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