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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 189 films.
Drama, Western film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, historical film, independent film, period drama film, revisionist Western, thriller film
In 1898, Daniel Plainview finds silver while prospecting in New Mexico but breaks his leg. Dragging himself from the pit, he takes a sample to an assay office and receives a silver and gold claim. In 1902, he discovers oil in California.
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Action, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, heist film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dom Cobb and Arthur are "extractors" who perform corporate espionage using experimental dream-sharing technology to infiltrate their targets' subconscious and extract information. Their latest target, Saito, is impressed with Cobb's abilit…
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Adventure, Dance Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
thumb|upright=0.8|Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale and Terry as Toto Dorothy Gale lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Her dog Toto is seized by neighbor Almira Gulch, who has obtained a sheriff's order after being bitten b…
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Action, Hard Science Fiction, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, detective film, dystopian film, neo-noir, science fiction film
In the year 2035, humanoid robots serve humanity, which is protected by the Three Laws of Robotics. Del Spooner is a homicide detective in the Chicago Police Department who hates and distrusts robots after one rescued him from a car crash …
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Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In the fall of 1959, Todd Anderson begins his junior year of high school at Welton Academy, an Episcopal all-male preparatory boarding school in Vermont. He is assigned one of Welton's top students, Neil Perry, as his roommate, and meets N…
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LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, art film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
The film opens with brightly lit images of couples dancing the jitterbug, over which a young blonde woman appears smiling and being applauded, followed by a point-of-view shot descending toward a pillow as someone lies down. At night on Mu…
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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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Marital Tragedy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, film noir, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
Saxophonist Fred Madison receives a cryptic message on his intercom in the Hollywood Hills: "Dick Laurent is dead." Moments later, he hears tires screeching and sirens racing past his house. The next morning, his wife Renee finds a VHS tap…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Romantic Drama, Thriller, comedy drama, fantasy film, melodrama, romantic comedy, science fiction film
Joel Barish discovers that his estranged girlfriend, Clementine Kruczynski, has undergone a procedure to have her memories of him erased by the suburban Long Island firm Lacuna. Heartbroken, he decides to undergo the same procedure. In pre…
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Anti-War Film, Crime, Historie, Melodrama, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, drama film, film noir, flashback film, romance film, war film
In December 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine owns a nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca, then in French Morocco. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele, including Vichy French and German officials, refugees desperate…
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Family Comedy, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, teen film
Cal Weaver is a middle-aged family man whose wife Emily asks for a divorce after she reveals an affair she had with co-worker David Lindhagen. The news stuns Cal, who jumps out of their moving car when Emily tries to talk about the affair.…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Marital Tragedy, Romantic Drama, Social Drama, black comedy film, comedy drama, drama film, flashback film
Lester Burnham, a middle-aged media executive in suburbia, despises his job and is unhappily married to neurotic, status-obsessed Carolyn. Their 16-year-old daughter and only child, Jane, resents her parents and has low self-esteem. Retire…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, drama film, melodrama, psychological thriller film, romance film, science fiction film
David Aames Jr., the owner of a large publishing company he inherited from his father, is in prison. Wearing a prosthetic mask, David tells his life story to court psychologist Dr. Curtis McCabe.
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Gothic film, Horror, Psychological Thriller, drama film, gothic horror film, horror film, psycho-biddy, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, religious horror, satanic film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse rent a recently vacated apartment in the Bramford, a large Gothic building in New York City, after the previous tenant, an elderly woman, fell into a coma and died. Guy and Rosemary ignore their friend Hutch's wa…
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Computeranimation, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film
Eight-year-old Carl Fredricksen idolizes famed explorer Charles Muntz, who is discredited when a giant bird skeleton he brought back from Paradise Falls in South America is deemed fake. Muntz travels back to the falls, vowing not to return…
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Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy
Aspiring architect Tom Hansen works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles. He meets Summer Finn, his boss Vance's new assistant. They bond over their similar musical tastes, and at a company-sponsored karaoke night, they di…
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Political Thriller, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, alternate history film, drama film, dystopian film, neo-noir, superhero film, vigilante film
In 1985, a man living in a Manhattan apartment watches news about escalating Cold War tensions and the response from five-term President Richard Nixon when an unknown assailant attacks and hurls him to the street below. Throughout the open…
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Drama, Psychodrama, Romance Film, drama film, historical film, romance film
In December 1929, alcoholic World War I veteran Nick Carraway, undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital, tells his doctor about Jay Gatsby, the most hopeful man he ever met. The doctor suggests Nick tap into his passion and write dow…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2084, Mars is a colonized world under the tyrannical regime of Vilos Cohaagen, who controls the mining of valuable turbinium ore. On Earth, construction worker Douglas Quaid experiences recurring dreams about Mars and a mysterious woman…
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Drama, drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
At a Los Angeles rail yard, petty thief Louis "Lou" Bloom attacks a guard, taking his watch and stealing manhole covers, fencing, and other materials. While trying to sell the stolen materials at a scrap yard, Lou asks the foreman for a jo…
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Buddy Film, LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, buddy film, drama film
Young Texan Joe Buck quits his dishwashing job, and heads by bus to New York City in cowboy attire to become a male prostitute. Initially unsuccessful, he finally beds a middle-aged woman, Cass, in her Park Avenue apartment. She is insulte…
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Time Travel, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2044, 25-year-old Joe works for a Kansas City crime syndicate as an assassin or "looper". Since tracking systems in the future of 2074 have made it nearly impossible to dispose of bodies undetected, the syndicate sends its enemies back …
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Parodie, Silly Movie, comedy drama, comedy horror, horror film
Charlie Sanders and his girlfriend Lindsay get together to make a sex tape with over 20 cameras in his room. They do all sorts of bedroom antics, including gymnastics, riding a horse, and having clowns jump in. Charlie is pulled into the a…
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Political Drama, Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film
Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner are college students from different backgrounds. Katie is Jewish, with strong political opinions which she freely shares, most striking of which is her support of communism. Hubbell is from a reserved, tr…
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