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Mysterie, erotic film, erotic thriller, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, satanic film
In 1955 New York City, a man named Louis Cyphre contacts private investigator Harry Angel to track down crooner John Liebling, known professionally as Johnny Favorite. Favorite suffered neurological trauma resulting from injuries received …
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Crime, Thriller, drama film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, thriller film
Two young sisters, Camilla and Lisbeth Salander, play chess at the home of their abusive father, crime lord Alexander Zalachenko. One day, when Zalachenko attempts to molest Camilla, Lisbeth tries to drag her away, to no avail. She eventua…
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Christmas film, Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
An unseen man climbs the exterior of a sorority house during a Christmas party and enters the attic. The house phone rings, and sorority sister Jess Bradford answers, discovering an obscene call from a previously known caller nicknamed "Th…
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Action, Adventure, Horror, Mysterie, Romantic Drama, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, kaiju, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham, known for wildlife films in remote exotic locations, is chartering Captain Englehorn's ship, the Venture, for his new project. However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has b…
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Police Film, Silly Movie, crime film, slapstick
In the fictional town of Spurbury, Vermont, four Vermont state troopers patrol a section of highway and compete for prominence with the local police department. Although they are warned that their station risks being shuttered due to low p…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Six days after the end of the American Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen seek out cryptographer Thomas Gates and ask for his help in decoding a message copied into Booth's diary. Thomas recognizes the message as a Playfai…
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Detective Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Tony Wendice, a retired English professional tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot, who has been having an affair with Mark Halliday, an American crime-fiction writer. Tony secretly knows about the affair and plots Margot's…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film
Following a suicide attempt after her terminally ill mother died in a house fire, Anna Ivers is discharged from a psychiatric institution after ten months; she has no memory of the actual fire, though recurring nightmares from that night f…
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Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
While millionaire airline magnate Tom Mullen and his wife Kate attend a science fair, their son Sean is kidnapped and taken to an apartment by Maris Conner, a caterer working for the Mullens; brothers Clark and Cubby Barnes; and tech exper…
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Thriller, action film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
While traveling from California to Colorado to pick up his childhood friend and crush Venna, Lewis Thomas reluctantly stops in Salt Lake City after he learns his estranged brother Fuller has been arrested. Lewis bails him out and Fuller ta…
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Mysterie, horror film, thriller film
Pop superstar Alfred Moretti causes a media frenzy by announcing his first new album in 30 years. He invites six guests to a listening party at his Utah compound: journalists Stan Sullivan and Ariel Ecton, talk show host Clara Armstrong, i…
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Mysterie, Police Film, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dana Scully, a former FBI Special Agent, is now a staff physician at a Catholic hospital; she is treating Christian, a young boy with symptoms similar to Sandhoff disease. FBI Special Agent Mosely Drummy approaches Scully for help in locat…
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Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, neo-noir, romance film, splatter film, superhero film, thriller film, vigilante film
Eric, an addict with a troubled childhood, struggles with life and nightmares at a rehabilitation center. Shelly, a musician with similar issues, receives a video on her cell phone from her friend Zadie that incriminates Vincent Roeg, a cr…
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Mysterie, Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film, teen film
High school student Wendy Christensen visits an amusement park in Pennsylvania with her boyfriend Jason Wise, Jason's best friend Kevin Fischer, his girlfriend Carrie Dreyer, and their classmates to celebrate their graduation. As they boar…
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Dark Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, LGBTQ-related film, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, action film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
In 1929, Tom Reagan is the right-hand man for Irish mobster Leo O'Bannon, a political boss who runs an unnamed U.S. city during Prohibition. Leo sets off a mob war when he extends protection to his girlfriend Verna's brother, a bookie name…
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Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mysterie, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, political thriller film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
After having a headache following a ride on a roller coaster in Castle Rock, Maine, schoolteacher Johnny Smith politely declines when his girlfriend Sarah asks if he wants to spend the night with her. As he drives home through stormy weath…
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Action, Buddy Film, Christmas film, Crime Comedy, Silly Movie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir
While fleeing from a burglary gone south, Harry Lockhart stumbles into an ongoing audition in New York City. As he pretends to be an actor in order to evade the police, he has an emotional breakdown over his remorse. Casting director Dabne…
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Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Heist, Romantic Comedy, Secret Agent, comedy thriller, crime thriller film, mystery film, romantic comedy, treasure hunt film
While on holiday in the French Alps, Regina "Reggie" Lampert, an American expatriate working as a simultaneous interpreter, tells her friend Sylvie that she is divorcing her husband Charles. She also meets Peter Joshua, a charming American…
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Social Drama, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, mystery film, romance film, social film, suspense film, thriller film
Rizwan Khan, an Indian Muslim with Asperger's syndrome, grows up in Mumbai with his mother, Razia, and his brother, Zakir. Due to his condition, Rizwan receives specialized tutoring from a reclusive local scholar, earning him extra affecti…
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Mysterie, action film, drama film, police film, science fiction film, thriller film
In a therapy session, Austin Police Detective Danny Rourke recounts the abduction of his seven-year-old daughter, Minnie, three years earlier. He and his partner, Nicks, act on an anonymous tip that a safe deposit box will be robbed, and w…
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Detective Film, Drama, Historie, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, horror film, medieval film, mystery film, thriller film
Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his novice, Adso of Melk, arrive at an early 14th-century Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy. A mysterious death has occurred ahead of an important theological Church conference—a young illumina…
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Gangster Film, Psychodrama, Social Drama, art film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
PROLOGUE (which introduces us to the town and its residents) Set in the isolated Rocky Mountain town of Dogville, near an abandoned silver mine, the film opens with a narrator introducing its 15 residents. Through the perspective of Tom Ed…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Crime, adventure film, buddy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, fantasy film, musical film
In an abandoned riverboat in Devil's Bayou, Louisiana, a small orphan girl named Penny drops a message in a bottle, containing a plea for help, into the river. The Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization inside the United N…
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Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, political thriller film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy is a history student and distance runner at Columbia University in New York City who seeks to rehabilitate the memory of his father, who committed suicide during McCarthyism. A fiery car accident kills Klaus Sz…
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