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Tragic Comedy Film, drama film, road movie
Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, escapes from a state-run care facility with the help of his elderly roommate, to train as a professional wrestler under the tutelage of his hero, the Salt Water Redneck. Meanwhile, Tyler, a man fired fo…
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Action, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, teen film
In the Dogtown area of Santa Monica/Venice in the mid-1970s, teenagers Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams enjoy the life of skating and surfing the pier with board designer Skip Engblom and other locals. One day, Skip is given polyure…
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Destiny, Monster Film, drama film, flashback film, horror film, thriller film
A beautiful and conniving trapeze artist named Cleopatra seduces a carnival sideshow dwarf named Hans after learning of his large inheritance. This is much to the chagrin of Frieda, his fiancée, also a dwarf. Cleopatra also conspires with …
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
Will Freeman lives a carefree lifestyle in London without any responsibility or commitments, thanks to royalties left to him by his father's successful Christmas song. He rejects the common phrase, "No man is an island," insisting that he …
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Coming Of Age, Destiny, Justice Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, white savior film
In the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Jamal Wallace downplays his potential as a gifted student, preferring to play basketball with his friends. They are watched by William Forrester, a recluse who never leaves his apartment and has become a neig…
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Buddy Film, Komödie, Sitcom, buddy film, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
Mike Peters is a struggling comedian who left New York to find success in Los Angeles and is still upset over the break-up with his girlfriend of six years, Michelle, six months prior. To help Mike with his depression, his womanizing frien…
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Destiny, Thriller, buddy film, drama film, neo-noir
New York City law student and gifted poker player Mike McDermott dreams of winning the World Series of Poker. At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy "KGB", an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film
Ten years after defeating Hades' Kraken, Perseus, the demigod son of Zeus, now lives as a fisherman with his son Heleus, after the death of his wife Io. Zeus visits Perseus, warning him that, since humans stopped praying to them, the gods …
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Drama, Romantic Comedy, drama film, romantic comedy film
Holly and her Irish husband Gerry live in Manhattan. They fight passionately, and are deeply in love. When Gerry dies of a brain tumor after ten years together, grief causes Holly to withdraw from her family and friends.
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Social Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film
Four friends who are recent college graduates live together in Houston, Texas. Coffeehouse guitarist Troy Dyer and budding filmmaker Lelaina Pierce are attracted to each other, although they have not acted on their feelings except for one …
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama, comedy film
In the mid-1990s, the once-successful steel mills of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, have shut down and most of the workers have been made redundant. Former steelworkers Gary "Gaz" Schofield and Dave Horsfall resort to stealing scrap metal fro…
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Animation, Komödie, Natural Disaster, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, flashback film
Sometime after the events of the first film, Manny, Sid, and Diego live in a valley that is surrounded by a high ice wall on all sides and is inhabited by many other mammals. The trio discovers that the ice wall is actually a dam that is b…
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Komödie, action comedy film, buddy film, war film
In the course of one day, Louisville, Kentucky cab driver John Winger loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend Anita, who has grown tired of his immaturity. Realizing his limited prospects, he persuades best friend Russell…
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Drama, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, teen film
Lily Schechner moves into the town with her therapist mother, Helen, to live with Helen's new boyfriend Adam Harrison and his three sons, Jacob, Isaiah, and Abe. At the new school, she begins her period and bleeds through in class, and is …
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Western, Western film, drama film, romance film
left|200px|thumb|Shane (Alan Ladd) and Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur) Shane, a laconic but skilled gunfighter with a mysterious past, rides into an isolated valley in the sparsely settled Wyoming Territory in 1889. A drifter, he is hired as…
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High School Comedy Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, romance film, romantic comedy
Elizabeth Halsey is a lazy and immoral teacher at John Adams Middle School in Chicago. She curses at her students, drinks heavily, smokes marijuana, and lets her students watch movies so she can sleep through class. She plans to quit teach…
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Buddy Film, Computeranimation, Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, adventure film, buddy film, children's film, comedy film, crossover fiction, detective film, family film, flashback film, ghost film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, superhero film
In Venice Beach, a young, lonely Shaggy Rogers befriends and adopts a young talking stray Great Dane, whom he names Scooby-Doo. On Halloween night, Scooby and Shaggy meet three young children—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, and Velma Dinkley—bef…
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Action, Buddy Film, Komödie, Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Murderer and robber Albert Ganz escapes from prison with the help of a member of his gang, Billy Bear. The criminals travel to San Francisco to recover money from Ganz's last robbery. Searching for the cash, they kill Henry Wong, a former …
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Komödie, Romance Film, comedy drama, romantic comedy film
Tess McGill is a working-class woman from Staten Island who dreams of climbing the corporate ladder to an executive position. Having earned a business degree via night school, she works as a secretary at a stockbroker firm in lower Manhatt…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, independent film, prison film
The film centers on a dialogue between two very different individuals who share a prison cell during the Brazilian military dictatorship: Valentin Arregui, who is imprisoned (and has been tortured) due to his activities on behalf of a left…
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Animation, Monster Film, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist and amateur filmmaker, lives with his parents, Susan and Edward, and his beloved bull terrier, Sparky, in the quiet town of New Holland. He does not interact much with his classmates, who include his …
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Psychodrama, Social Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film
In 1959, the Clutter family murders take place on their Kansas farm. After reading The New York Times, riveted by the story, Truman Capote calls The New Yorker magazine editor William Shawn to tell him that he plans to document the tragedy…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film
In Gorham, Kansas, circa 1936, itinerant con man Moses Pray meets nine-year-old Addie Loggins at her mother's graveside service, where the neighbors suspect he is Addie's father. He denies this, but agrees to deliver the orphaned Addie to …
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Coming Of Age, Destiny, biographical film, drama film, fantasy film
In 1903, following the dismal reception of his latest play, Little Mary, James Matthew Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her four young sons (George, Jack, Peter and Michael) in Kensington Gardens. A strong friendship develops among them…
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