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Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Larry Lipton, an editor at HarperCollins, and his wife Carol have a pleasant encounter in the elevator with older neighbors, Paul and Lillian House. They are invited to an evening with the Houses where the women exchange information on exe…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
In June 1959, Louis Simo, a sleazy Los Angeles private investigator, is spying on the wife of a man named Chester Sinclair to learn if she is having an affair. On a visit to his own ex-wife Laurie, Simo learns that his son is upset over th…
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Crime, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, mystery film
In a Brooklyn housing project, a group of clockers — street-level drug dealers — work for Rodney Little, a local drug lord. Rodney orders Ronald "Strike" Dunham, one of his lead clockers, to kill Darryl Adams, another dealer who has been s…
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Adventure, Fantasy, children's film, fantasy film, mystery film, science fiction film
Tony and Tia are brother and sister whose surname they initially know only as that of their deceased adoptive parents, Malone. The children are placed in an orphanage, where they face difficulties stemming from their strange psychic/psioni…
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Action, Crime, Komödie, Romantic Drama, action comedy film, buddy film, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film
Book editor George Caldwell rides the Silver Streak train from Los Angeles to Chicago to go to his sister's wedding. During his travel he meets salesman Bob Sweet. Bob hits on a woman named Hilly Burns, who rebuffs him and has dinner with …
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Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
In 1948 Los Angeles, businessman Julius "Jake" Berman hires seasoned private investigator J. J. "Jake" Gittes to catch his wife, Kitty, committing adultery.
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Drama, Fantasy, drama film, fantasy film
On assignment in Thailand, French television journalist Marie Lelay is caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Onlookers find her lifeless in the water and presume her dead, but she gasps back to life having glimpsed the afterlife. Didier…
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Crime, Thriller, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
A series of murders has shaken the community of Limehouse in the docklands of Victorian London. Journalists dub the murderer the Golem, after the Jewish legend. When music-hall star Elizabeth Cree is accused of poisoning her husband, John,…
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Thriller, drama film, horror film, thriller film
Harold Speck was a traveling salesman, making the rounds in a small town when he encountered an old man in a diner. The man approached him with a strange, uncomfortable question, before abruptly leaving. Shortly after his visit, Harold was…
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
thumb|upright=0.9|Michael Caine plays Milo Tindle, who seeks revenge on Andrew Wyke for a game of humiliation. Andrew Wyke, a successful crime fiction author, lives in a country manor house filled with elaborate games and automata. He invi…
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Forensic, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum following the death of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler, who had originally been assigned to the s…
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Drama, Horror, Thriller, comedy film, comedy horror, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, rape and revenge film, suspense film, thriller film
Carol Ledoux, a shy Belgian manicurist, lives in London with her older sister Helen. Carol is remarkably detached and struggles in her daily interactions. A suitor, Colin, is enamoured of her and makes fervent attempts to court her, but Ca…
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Detective Film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In mid-1950s London, Sophia Leonides, granddaughter of the late Greek-born business tycoon Aristide Leonides, visits private investigator Charles Hayward. She asks Charles to investigate Aristide's death, suspecting that he has been murder…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, superhero film
After Batman rescues an abducted child from Bane for a ransom, Lady Shiva informs him of an unknown Lazarus Pit intruder and requests his help in identifying them. Batman agrees to do so as Catwoman steals the ransom. While pursuing her, a…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, crime film, mystery film, psychological drama, superhero film, thriller
While out on patrol one evening, Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) fails to stop a robbery in progress but, with the help of Batman, manages to apprehend one of the criminals involved. The perpetrator is Paris Franz, nephew of a powerful mob boss. …
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action film, comedy film, mystery fiction
In 1900, Alice Grant, daughter of a U.S. Congressman, is found murdered and disembowelled in San Francisco's Chinatown alongside an elderly Native American chief Six Hands. The prime suspect is Bai Zhenbang, son of Bai Xuanling – leader of…
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Political Drama, Romantic Drama, drama film, mystery film, political thriller film, romance film
The story is set in 1952 in Saigon, Vietnam (French Indochina at that time), toward the end of the First Indochina War (1946–1954) in which French forces fought the Communist-led Viet Minh rebels. On one level, The Quiet American is a love…
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Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, Romantic Drama, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, ghost film, romance film
Mrs. Lucy Muir, recently widowed by Edwin, an architect, moves to Whitecliff by the sea, despite her sister-in-law Eva's sharp disapproval, and her mother-in-law Angelica's sadness at Lucy taking away her young daughter Anna, and her loyal…
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Horror, Mysterie, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, zombie film
Artist Clay Riddell abandons his wife Sharon and son Johnny to fulfill his dream of publishing a graphic novel. A year later, at Boston International Airport, Clay calls his family on his cell phone with good news about his new career. His…
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Drama, Film Noir, drama film, film noir, mystery film, vigilante film
thumb|The title screen Homicide detective Sergeant Dave Bannion, of the Kenport Police Department, is called on to investigate the suicide of a fellow officer, Tom Duncan. Duncan leaves behind a letter addressed to the district attorney. H…
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Drama, Film Noir, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir, romance film
thumb|200px|left|Lana Turner in the trailer for the film Drifter Frank Chambers hitches a ride with District Attorney Kyle Sackett. Kyle drops Frank off at "Twin Oaks", a rural diner/service station on a highway in the hills outside Los An…
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Mysterie, disaster film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
As nuclear explosions ravage New York City, residents of an apartment block rush downstairs to escape from the building, only to be forced into the basement by further explosions. Only eight of the residents – Eva and her boyfriend Sam, Jo…
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Crime, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Adrian Monk's obsessive-compulsive habits, which subsided after solving the murder of his wife Trudy, are reignited by the COVID-19 pandemic. After losing a book deal about his career as a private detective—the money from which he had hope…
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Fantasy, Vampirfilm, action film, fantasy film, melodrama, mystery film, teen film, vampire film
Rose Hathaway, a seventeen-year-old Dhampir guardian-in-training, and her best friend, Moroi Princess Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir, are living discreetly, having escaped from the St. Vladimir's Academy boarding school one year prior. Dhampirs…
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