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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 800 films · Page 7.
Komödie, comedy film, independent film
Carl Nargle, a perm-haired, soft-spoken host of a top-rated public television painting show, finds himself challenged when his host station in Vermont hires Ambrosia, a younger painter who has more skill and versatility than Carl, in hopes…
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Biographical picture, Komödie, Thriller, biographical film, independent film
Pilot James T. Hoffman is busted by the FBI when he arrives in the United States with a large amount of cocaine in his airplane. His wife and two sons are with him, having accompanied him on the flight to Bolivia.
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Drama, Groteske, Satire On Media, art film, comedy drama, independent film
The first narrative follows Miss Monde 1984/Miss Canada, who wins a contest of the "most virgin"; her prize is the marriage to a milk industry tycoon. However, following his degrading puritanical introduction to intercourse, she vents her …
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Sci-Fi, fantasy film, independent film, kaiju, mockbuster, monster film, science fiction film
A live video feed of the surface of Mars is destroyed by an unseen force. Astronomer George Herbert (Howell) and his wife Felicity (Van Wyk Loots) are packing for a trip to Washington, D.C. to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary.
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Coming Of Age, Social Drama, drama film, independent film, sport film, thriller film
Alex, a 16-year-old skateboarder, rides a freight train clandestinely with a man named Scratch whom he has just met at the Eastside Skatepark, known as "Paranoid Park". While the train is moving a security guard notices the pair, chases af…
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documentary film, experimental film, independent film, non-narrative film, one-shot film, protest, satirical film, silent film
A non-narrative film, Paint Drying consists of 607 minutes (10 hours and 7 minutes) of a static view of white paint drying on a brick wall. The entire film is a single continuous shot, and there is no audio. It receives its title from the …
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Drama, drama film, independent film
Mickey Peck is navigating through both life in her hometown in Anaconda, Montana, and her loving but volatile relationship with her single, veteran father Hank, for whom she has to take responsibility. Despite searching for her own identit…
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Drama, drama film, independent film
Krystyna, an aspiring actress, journeys from her native Czechoslovakia to New York City in search of her idol Anna, an actress who was once famous in her homeland. Anna was imprisoned in Czechoslovakia after speaking out against the new re…
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Horror, drama film, fantasy film, folk horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, religious horror, slasher film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Martha and Jim Schmidt live on an isolated Pennsylvania farm named "Our Blessing." Most of their neighbors are Hittites, an austere religious community led by Jim's father Isaiah Schmidt, who forbids any interaction with non-Hittites. Afte…
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Action, Adventure, Anti-War Film, Drama, action film, adventure film, boxing film, drama film, war film
Alain Lefèvre is a French boxer in 1925 in Marseille, France. His brother Maxim has asked for him to throw a fight so that both can live on the money. Lucien Galgani, the mobster who forced him to do so, requests him to do it in the second…
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Drama, Family Drama, Romance Film, drama film, independent film
Eccentric teenager Vivienne Freeman hitches a ride from a reluctant recluse, visiting Englishman Alex Hughes. Just when they reach her hometown of Wawa, Ontario, she is killed by a transport truck ramming their vehicle, while Alex only get…
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Romantic Drama, Social Drama, drama film, independent film, lesbian-related film, romance film, romantic drama fiction
With her marriage failing, Lydia starts to connect with the town's new doctor Jean, who bonds with Lydia's son Charlie after he takes an interest in her bee colonies. However, in 1950s rural Scotland, the women's relationship raises questi…
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Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, kaiju, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Joe Ryan and Sam Slade are partners in a salvage business, operating the vessel Triton off the Irish coast, with Ryan as master. After a submarine volcanic eruption damages the Triton, they put in at Nara Island for repairs. At harbormaste…
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Horror, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, satirical film, slasher film, vampire film
The film opens and follows a young man, Martin, traveling on an overnight train from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh. Martin sedates a woman with a syringe full of narcotics, rapes her, slices her forearm with a razor blade, then drinks her blo…
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Slasher Horror, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, religious horror, slasher film, splatter film
A woman comes home to her Miami Beach apartment and hears of a recent murder in Rogers Park. She is then murdered while taking a bath. Before leaving, the killer hacks off her leg above the knee with a machete and bags it.
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Drama, independent film
Gideon and his wife Suzie live in South Central Los Angeles (having moved there from the South years ago), where they spend time taking care of their grandson Sunny, as their son Samuel (also referred to as "Babe Brother") and his wife Lin…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film, independent film
A local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan placed bombs at the 16th Street Baptist Church and set them off as Sunday services prepared to commence on the morning of September 15, 1963. Four young girls, ranging in age from 11 to 14, were killed i…
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Western, independent film
In Cuchillo, New Mexico, 1887, a group of five outlaws, led by Henry, are robbing the town bank, which culminates in a shoot-out with the residents of the town. A posse of bounty hunters, led by Josiah, is formed and are in hot pursuit, "o…
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Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, television film
Geneticist Nathan Sands and his daughter Nicole are hired by the U.S. Navy to create a new weapon; they create an intelligent shark that has the tentacles of an octopus, dubbed S-11, controlling the creature using electromagnetic pulses wi…
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independent film, sexploitation film
Lord Wingate, on probation after being acquitted on fraud charges, needs money, so he starts a school to train young women in the arts of gold-digging in exchange for a cut of the take. The alcoholic widow the Duchess of Burwash is a teach…
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Christian film, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, independent film, teen film
Agnes "Apple" Bailey has never had an easy life. She has been in and out of foster care for years, and her mother, June, is an abusive drug addict who only wants her for the welfare money she provides. She decides to run away and go in sea…
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Biographical picture, Drama Documentary, biographical film, docudrama, historical drama, independent film
In 1940, Orson Welles, RKO studio head George J. Schaefer, and screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz struggle in making what will be considered the greatest American film, Citizen Kane.
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Komödie, independent film, romantic comedy film
In the fictitious Dorset village of Ewedown, Tamara Drewe, a young and beautiful journalist, returns home after living in London, with the intention of selling her deceased mother's house, in which she grew up. Locals are amazed at the imp…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, independent film