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Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, arthouse science fiction film, epic film, mystery film, space adventure film
In a prehistoric veld, a tribe of hominins is driven away from a water hole by a rival tribe, and the next day finds an alien monolith. The tribe learns how to use the bones of dead animals as weapons and, after a successful first hunt, us…
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Crime, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, police film, thriller film
thumb|upright|Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th century painting, Mona Lisa, is featured as a major plot point in the film. During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Miles Bron, the co-founder of technology company Alpha, hosts a murder myste…
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Justice Drama, drama film, fantasy film, flashback film, magic realist film, prison film
In 1935, corrections officer Paul Edgecomb oversees "The Green Mile", the death row section of Cold Mountain Penitentiary, alongside officers Brutus Howell, Dean Stanton, Harry Terwilliger, and the sadistic and despised Percy Wetmore, whos…
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Crime, Justice Drama, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, film based on a literary work, film noir, flashback film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
The film starts with a Polaroid photograph of a dead man. As the sequence plays in reverse, the photo reverts to its undeveloped state, entering the camera before the man is shot in the head. The film continues, alternating between black-a…
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
On their fifth anniversary, writing teacher Nick Dunne returns home to find that his wife, Amy, is missing. Amy's fame as the inspiration for her parents' Amazing Amy children's books ensures widespread press coverage. The media finds Nick…
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Gothic film, Horror, body horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discover…
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Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, mystery film, neo-noir, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2049 Los Angeles, bioengineered humans known as replicants are still used for slave labor. K (short for serial number, KD6-3.7), a Nexus-9 replicant, works for the Los Angeles Police Department as a "blade runner", an officer who hunts …
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Horror, Mysterie, Thriller, comedy horror, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
On a suburban street at night, a Black man walks alone, talking on his phone. After a car approaches him, the man, sensing trouble, attempts to escape, but is subdued, dragged into the car and driven away. Six months later, Black photograp…
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LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, art film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
The film opens with brightly lit images of couples dancing the jitterbug, over which a young blonde woman appears smiling and being applauded, followed by a point-of-view shot descending toward a pillow as someone lies down. At night on Mu…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, body horror film, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
The commercial space tug Nostromo is returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in "stasis": captain Dallas, executive officer Kane, warrant officer Ripley, navigator Lambert, science officer Ash, and engineers Parker and Brett, along wit…
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Thriller, Western film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
During the winter on the Wind River Indian Reservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agent Cory Lambert discovers the frozen body of 18-year-old Natalie Hanson of the Northern Arapaho tribe. FBI special agent Jane Banner arrives to inves…
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Drama, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, fantasy film, magic realist film, mystery film, thriller film
Note: Though the movie contains multiple flash-forwards and flash-backs throughout, the story is told here in chronological order. In 1890s London, Robert Angier, Alfred Borden, and Angier's wife, Julia, work as magician's assistants under…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In Philadelphia, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe is at home with his wife Anna. Suddenly, Vincent Grey, a former patient he had treated years ago, breaks into their house. Vincent accuses Malcolm of failing him before shooting Malcolm and…
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Mysterie, Parodie, Teen Horror Film, comedy film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film
In the small town of Woodsboro, California, high school student Casey Becker is home alone when she receives a phone call from an unknown person. Their conversation about horror films turns sadistic when the caller reveals that her boyfrie…
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Forensic, crime film, drama film, thriller film, trial film
At Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, United States Marine Private William Santiago dies after being tied up and beaten in the middle of the night. Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey face court-martial, accu…
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, horror film, slasher film, supernatural horror film
In 2016, twenty-seven years after It's initial defeat, Pennywise the Dancing Clown returns to Derry, Maine, killing a man named Adrian Mellon after he and his boyfriend are brutally assaulted by homophobic teens. Mike Hanlon, the only memb…
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Crime, Destiny, Drama, Psychodrama, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological thriller film
In 1975, Irish-American neighborhood friends Jimmy Markum, Sean Devine, and Dave Boyle are playing street hockey in Charlestown, Boston. After the boys write their names in a patch of wet concrete on the sidewalk, two predators posing as p…
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Drama, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, melodrama, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon dreams of becoming a photographer. One day, Ray, a boy she has a crush on, asks her out. As Susie walks home through a cornfield, she runs into her neighbor, George Harvey, who coaxes her into an undergrou…
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Philadelphia firefighter Cooper Abbott takes his teenage daughter, Riley, to pop star Lady Raven's concert as a reward for her good grades. Noticing the unusually high police presence around the concert venue, Cooper learns from a vendor n…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Time Travel, comedy drama, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, magic realist film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
On October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donald "Donnie" Darko sleepwalks outside, led by a mysterious voice. Once outside, he meets a figure named Frank in a monstrous rabbit costume. Frank tells Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, 6 …
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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, thriller film
Linguist Louise Banks's daughter Hannah dies at the age of twelve from an incurable illness. Twelve extraterrestrial spacecraft hover over various locations around the Earth. In the ensuing widespread panic, affected nations send military …
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Marital Tragedy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, film noir, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
Saxophonist Fred Madison receives a cryptic message on his intercom in the Hollywood Hills: "Dick Laurent is dead." Moments later, he hears tires screeching and sirens racing past his house. The next morning, his wife Renee finds a VHS tap…
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