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Mysterie, drama film, horror film
Some time after the drowning of their young daughter, Christine, in an accident at their English country home, John Baxter and his grief-stricken wife, Laura, travel to Venice, where John has accepted a commission from a bishop to restore …
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Recently widowed Berlin-based American aviation engineer Kyle Pratt is taking her husband David's body back to the United States. Traveling with their six-year-old daughter Julia, they board a new double-decker aircraft Kyle helped design.…
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Ghost-House-Movies, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film
Eleanor "Nell" Vance, an insomniac, has cared for her disabled mother for 11 years, sharing a Boston apartment with her. After her mother dies, Nell's sister Jane and her husband Lou inherit the residence and eject Nell to prepare for a sa…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
In 1991, Pittsburgh homicide detective Thomas Hardy turns in his partner and cousin, Jimmy Detillo, for using excessive force, which in turn causes him to become alienated by the majority of his fellow officers. Tom and his father, Vince, …
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Crime, Film Noir, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, melodrama, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
thumb|thumbtime=2:20|right|The original trailer for Strangers on a Train Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his promiscuous wife, Miriam, so he can marry Anne Morton, the daughter of a US Senator. On a train, wealthy smooth-ta…
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, mystery film
Martin Harris and his wife Liz arrive in Berlin for a biotechnology summit. At their hotel, Harris realizes he left his briefcase at the airport so takes a taxi to retrieve it. The taxi is involved in an accident and crashes into the Spree…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
In 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, grandson of the world's richest private citizen, oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, where he lives, by the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-like organized crime group based in Calabria. A ransom o…
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Adventure, Cartoon, adventure film, comedy drama, crime film, fantasy film
In the Outback, a young boy named Cody rescues and befriends Marahute, a rare golden eagle, who shows him her nest and eggs and gives him one of her feathers. Cody later rescues a mouse who is being used as bait in an animal trap set by Pe…
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Horror, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, drama film, horror film, independent film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
A psychiatrist, Dr. Hill, is called to a Los Angeles hospital, where a man named Dr. Miles Bennell is being held in custody.
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Slasher Horror, drama film, high school film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, supernatural horror film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On May 23, 1988, the senior class of Shadyside High School prepares for their prom. Lori Granger signs up to run for prom queen against the popular girl group nicknamed the "Wolfpack", consisting of ruthless queen bee Tiffany Falconer and …
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, psychological thriller
After Washington, D.C. detective, forensic psychologist and author Dr. Alex Cross loses control of a sting operation resulting in his partner Tracie Fisher's death, he retires from the police force.
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Drama, Romance Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic film, mystery film
Julian Kay is a high-end male escort in Los Angeles whose clientele consists primarily of upper-class, older women. His profession supports—and requires—an expensive taste in material possessions, affording him tailored clothing, a luxurio…
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, trial film
Rožat "Rusty" Sabich is the right-hand man of Kindle County prosecutor Raymond Horgan and is known as an effective and ruthless prosecutor. In his most recent case, Rusty oversees the prosecution of a mother who tortured her son by placing…
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, mystery film, psychological thriller
Christine Lucas wakes up next to a man she does not know. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered severe brain damage from a car accident fourteen years earlier, resulting in her having no memory of her life fro…
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Psychological Thriller, action film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
Stuart Shepard is an arrogant and dishonest New York City publicist who has been planning an affair with a client, Pamela McFadden, behind the back of his wife Kelly. While in Times Square, Stuart uses a public phone booth to contact Pamel…
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Horror comedy, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1964, in the town of Fairwater, Johnny Bartlett is executed for murdering 12 people at Fairwater sanatorium, driven by his desire to become the most prolific serial killer. His teenage lover, Patricia Ann Bradley, is sentenced to prison…
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Detective Film, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir
Philip Marlowe, a private detective in Los Angeles, is summoned to the mansion of General Sternwood, who wants to resolve a series of debts his daughter Carmen owes to bookseller Arthur Geiger. As Marlowe leaves, Sternwood's older daughter…
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Komödie, Silly Movie, Splatstick, buddy cop film, comedy film, heist film, mystery film
At a football match between France and China, the French coach Yves Gluant arrives wearing the priceless Pink Panther diamond ring and embraces his girlfriend, pop star Xania. After France wins in sudden death, Gluant is killed by a poison…
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Mysterie, horror film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Brothers Justin and Aaron Smith receive a video cassette from Camp Arcadia, a group they belonged to as young children. The pair's recollection of events differ; while Aaron recalls them as a harmless and friendly commune, Justin thinks th…
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Mysterie, horror film, thriller film
Hospice aide Caroline Ellis quits her position at a nursing home and is hired as the caretaker of an isolated plantation house in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Violet Devereaux, the aging matron of the house, needs help looking after her h…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Forensic, Political Thriller, action thriller, crime film, drama film, political thriller film
Assassin Khamel kills two Supreme Court justices, Jensen and Rosenberg. Tulane University law student Darby Shaw writes a legal brief detailing a motive for the murders. Her law professor and lover Thomas Callahan, a former clerk of Rosenb…
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Family Drama, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, drama film, melodrama, romance film, tragicomedy
Vianne and her six-year-old daughter Anouk drift across Europe following the north wind, like Vianne's mother before her. In 1959, they arrive in the quiet French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, of which the Comte de Reynaud is mayor, a…
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Horror, Mysterie, Obsession, horror film, thriller film
On August 22, 2010, in rural Ohio, serial killer Edward Scarka is fatally shot during a police raid of his farmhouse. At the time of Edward's death, married couple Sarah and John give birth to their son, Miles, in Pennsylvania. Miles shows…
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Drama, Mysterie, Vampirfilm, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, thriller film, vampire film
In the year 1536, an alchemist in Veracruz develops a mechanism that can give eternal life. In 1937, an old building collapses and the alchemist, who has marble-white skin, is killed when his heart is pierced by the debris. Investigators g…
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