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Computeranimation, Family Comedy, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, flashback film, teen film
Twenty-two months after the events of the second film, Ellie is pregnant, making Manny desperate to make life safe for both her and their upcoming child, not wanting them to meet the same fate as his previous wife and child. However, Manny…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, family film, flashback film, musical film
In a small town called Timberline, a domesticated grizzly bear named Boog lives with his adoptive caretaker, a park ranger named Beth, who has raised him since he was a cub, and spends his days as the star attraction of the town's nature s…
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Drama, Film Noir, Heist, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, flashback film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, thriller film, war drama, war film
Johnny Clay, a career criminal recently released from prison, plans a heist at a thoroughbred racetrack, with an estimated take of two million dollars (equivalent to twenty-four million in 2025). His associate Marvin Unger provides financi…
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Biographical picture, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, flashback film
The film uses a nonlinear narrative, alternating between J. Edgar Hoover's role in establishing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and his later years trying to safeguard it against perceived threats. As a frame story, the aging Hoo…
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Adventure, Animation, Komödie, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, flashback film, musical film
Three years after the attempted smuggling incident in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Jewel raise their three children, Bia, Carla, and Tiago. Meanwhile, Blu's owner Linda and her husband Túlio are on an expedition in the Amazon and, after falling…
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Detective Film, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir, flashback film, mystery film
thumb|left|upright=.75|thumbtime=2:27|Film trailer New York City Police Department Detective Mark McPherson investigates the murder of successful advertising executive Laura Hunt, who was killed by a shotgun blast to the face just inside h…
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Adventure, Coming Of Age, Drama, adventure film, drama film
A teenage girl and her younger brother live with their parents in a modest high-rise apartment in Sydney. One day, their father drives them into the Outback, still in their school uniforms, ostensibly for a picnic. As they prepare to eat, …
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Secret Agent, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, flashback film, girls with guns, martial arts film, mystery film, spy film
At an Upstate New York diner, Mallory Kane meets her associate Aaron. He demands she get in a car outside. She refuses and he pulls a gun, but she disarms and pistol whips him.
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Destiny, Komödie, drama film, flashback film, romance film, sport film
The Detroit Tigers travel to New York to play a season-ending series against the New York Yankees. At 63–97, the team has long since been eliminated from playoff contention and are playing for nothing but pride against the Yankees, who hav…
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Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, flashback film, musical film
Sir Lionel, a knight of the Round Table, is killed foiling an assassination attempt on King Arthur by the evil Sir Ruber, who is then driven off by Excalibur, Arthur's sword. During Lionel's funeral, Arthur informs Lionel's widow Lady Juli…
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Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, flashback film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film
In Montreal, scientist André Delambre is found dead with his head and arm crushed in a hydraulic press. His wife Hélène confesses to the crime but refuses to provide a motive, and begins acting strangely. In particular, she is obsessed wit…
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Military Film, Psychodrama, War Film, action film, drama film, flashback film, mystery film, thriller film, war film
While serving in the Persian Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling fires on and destroys one of his own tanks during a confusing nighttime battle, killing his friend, Lieutenant Tom Boylar. The United States Army covers up the fri…
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Komödie, buddy film, comedy film, fantasy film, flashback film
While working as a janitor at an American institute, Russian immigrant Misha Vilyenkov encounters Paulie, a wisecracking and loudmouthed blue-crowned conure who can speak as clearly as a human. Subsequently, he doesn't speak a word when Mi…
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LGBTQ-related film, Late Western, Satire, Western film, action film, adventure film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, flashback film, historical film, revisionist Western, war film
The film is framed with narration by 121-year-old Jack Crabb, who is telling his life story to a historian. In 1859, ten-year-old Jack and his sister Caroline survive the massacre of their parents by the Pawnee, and are rescued by Shadow, …
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Sci-Fi, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, spy film
Spanish industrialist-turned-anarchist Xavier Heimdahl arranges for his associate Jan Strook—a hacker known as "the Dutchman"—to create a wormhole program that would allow the owner to bypass all computer codes protecting the world's nucle…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, biographical film, crime thriller film, drama film, flashback film
Domino Harvey, a bounty hunter, has been arrested by the FBI, investigating the theft of $10 million from an armored truck. She is interviewed by criminal psychologist Taryn Mills who tells her everything she knows about the case. Domino e…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie, drama film, flashback film, romance film
thumb|left|Gardner as Maria Vargas Down-on-his-luck, washed-up film director and screenwriter Harry Dawes is reduced to working for business tycoon Kirk Edwards, who has decided that he wants to produce a film. Looking for a glamorous lead…
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biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film
The film is structured as a largely non-linear series of key events from the life of Édith Piaf. The film begins with elements from her childhood, and at the end with the events prior to and surrounding her death, poignantly juxtaposed by …
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Biographical picture, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, flashback film
The film jumps between various sections of Lenny Bruce's life, including scenes of when he was in his prime, and the burned-out, strung-out performer who, in the twilight of his life, used his nightclub act to pour out his personal frustra…
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Cartoon, Komödie, comedy film, family film, flashback film, musical film
Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) narrates the story about Kronk (Patrick Warburton), now chef and Head Delivery Boy of Mudka's Meat Hut, who is fretting over the upcoming visit of his father. Kronk's father always disapproved of young Kronk's c…
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Drama, Film Noir, drama film, film noir, flashback film
On Thursday, alcoholic New York writer Don Birnam is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick. Although they are leaving mid-afternoon, when Don's girlfriend Helen drops by and mentions that she is attending a concert that afte…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, flashback film
Dorothy Stratten lies dead as her husband Paul Snider rants to himself about the events that led up to the present moment. The story, told through a series of flashbacks, has a linear narrative but is interspersed by Paul's rants as well a…
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Detective Film, Family Drama, Justice Drama, crime film, drama film, flashback film, neo-noir
English gangster and career criminal Wilson travels to Los Angeles to investigate the death of his daughter, Jenny, who was reported to have died in a car accident; however, Wilson suspects murder. Recently released from prison after nine …
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Horror, anthology film, flashback film, horror film
Walter Craig arrives at a country cottage in Kent, where he is greeted by his host Elliot Foley. Craig is an architect whom Foley has invited to his home to consult on some renovations. Upon entering the sitting room of the cottage, Craig …
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