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LGBTQ-related film, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1958 New York City, shipbuilding magnate Herbert Greenleaf, believing Tom Ripley attended Princeton with his son, Dickie, pays Tom $1,000 to travel to Italy and persuade him to return to the United States. Taking an ocean liner first-cl…
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Action, Drama, Gangster Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, action film, buddy film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, mystery film
Léon is an Italian-American hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) working for a mafioso named "Old Tony" in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely twelve-year-old who lives wit…
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LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, rape and revenge film
Alex and Marcus, a young couple, wake up together and discuss their relationship, as well as an upcoming party, while in the nude. Marcus voices concern about Alex's ex, Pierre, also being invited because he "stole his girl", to which Alex…
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Duqu, Horror, mystery film, supernatural horror film
Paranormal investigator YouTubers Riley Brennan, Laura Tucker, David Reynolds, and Peter Bailey—collectively known as the Paranormal Paranoids—go missing while investigating a prison in the ghost town of Shelby Oaks. The bodies of all but …
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Empire Awards - Winner, Exorcism Film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, satanic film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
In northern Iraq, priest Lankester Merrin takes part in an archaeological dig in the ancient ruins of Hatra. During the dig, he finds a stone talisman of a winged being that evokes a concerned look on his face. He then visits an ancient st…
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Action, Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2027, total human infertility has led to wars and global depression, pushing civilization to the brink of collapse as humanity faces extinction. The UK has transformed into a totalitarian police state in which asylum seekers are arreste…
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Christmas film, Family Comedy, Komödie, Splatstick, comedy film, family film, mystery film
In Chicago, the McCallister family prepares to spend Christmas in Miami, Florida. Kate and Peter's 10-year-old son Kevin is unhappy, believing Miami lacks the traditional Christmas atmosphere of snow and trees. During a school Christmas pa…
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Just outside Philadelphia, three teenage girls — friends Claire and Marcia, and their classmate Casey — are waiting in the car of Claire's father to be driven home from her birthday party. They are kidnapped by a man, who imprisons them in…
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Adventure, Crime, mystery film
Enola Holmes is the youngest child in the Holmes family, she is extremely intelligent, observant, and insightful. Her mother Eudoria has taught her everything from chess to jujitsu and encouraged her to be strong-willed and independent, to…
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
On July 4, 1996, in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James and her friends Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry Cox drive to the beach while celebrating Helen's victory at the beauty pageant. On the way back, Barry's drunken antics cause …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, drama film, melodrama, psychological thriller film, romance film, science fiction film
David Aames Jr., the owner of a large publishing company he inherited from his father, is in prison. Wearing a prosthetic mask, David tells his life story to court psychologist Dr. Curtis McCabe.
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
During a tropical storm, corrupt Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro attends a boxing match at the soon-to-close local arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. He meets up with his best fr…
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Gothic film, Gothic romance film, Mysterie, Romance Film, Vampirfilm, drama film, fantasy film, gothic horror film, historical drama film, horror film, period drama film, romance film, thriller film, vampire film
In 1462, Vlad Dracula returns from a victory in his campaign against the Ottoman Empire to find his beloved wife Elisabeta has committed suicide after his enemies falsely reported his death. A Romanian Orthodox priest tells him that his wi…
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Destiny, Modern-Day Fantasy, Romance Film, drama film, fantasy film, romance film
Media mogul Bill Parrish is nearing his 65th birthday, and hears a mysterious voice that he tries to ignore. His eldest daughter Allison is planning an elaborate party for him, and his younger daughter Susan, a resident in internal medicin…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, drama film, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
George Woodhouse, a counterintelligence officer with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is given one week by his superior, Philip Meacham, to investigate the leak of a top-secret software program code-named Severus. One of five sus…
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Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, thriller film
In Stockholm, journalist Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the legal and professional fallout of a libel suit brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström. The wealthy Henrik Vanger offers to give Blomkvist evidence against W…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie
In October 1986, two women are found raped and murdered on the outskirts of a small town. The local police department, inept and ill-equipped to deal with such a serious case, is quickly overwhelmed. Fabricating evidence and employing viol…
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Heist, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, action film, biographical film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, docudrama, drama film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film
On August 22, 1972, first-time crook Sonny Wortzik and his friends Salvatore "Sal" Naturile and Stevie attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank. The plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve and flees. Sonny discovers th…
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Dance Film, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, magic realist film, psychological horror fiction, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Nina Sayers, a young dancer with the New York City Ballet, lives with her overprotective mother, Erica, a former ballerina. The company is opening the season with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. After forcing the current , Beth, into retirement, …
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Drama, Erotic Film, Mysterie, Police Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his suburban hometown of Lumberton, North Carolina, after his father, Tom, has a near-fatal stroke. Walking home from the hospital, Jeffrey cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed human…
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Western, Western film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, mystery film, revisionist Western, suspense film, thriller film
In the 1870s, bounty hunter and Union Army veteran cavalryman Major Marquis Warren heads to Red Rock, Wyoming Territory, with three bounty corpses. His horse gives out and, faced with a blizzard, Warren hitches a ride on a stagecoach drive…
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Found Footage, Horror, Horror comedy, drama film, found footage film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Two siblings from Philadelphia, Becca and Tyler, prepare for a five-day visit with their grandparents while their divorced mother Loretta goes on a cruise with her boyfriend. Loretta has not spoken to her parents in fifteen years after the…
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Heist, action film, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, heist film, mystery film, thriller film
Eighteen months after escaping the FBI, the fugitive Four Horsemen—J. Daniel Atlas, Merritt McKinney, Jack Wilder, and new member Lula May—await orders from the Eye, the secret society of magicians. Their handler, FBI Special Agent Dylan S…
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Drama, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, speculative fiction film
In August 2005, Daisy Fuller is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. She tells her daughter Caroline about blind clockmaker Mr. Gateau, hired to make a clock for a train station in 1918.
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