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Drama, alternate history film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1926, Agatha Christie finds herself in a difficult place when her writing is thwarted by predictable plot lines and her unfaithful husband pushes her for a divorce she does not want. As she searches for a way to revive her novel develop…
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Christmas film, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film
thumb|right|upright=1.2|thumbtime=2:34|Trailer for Lady in the Lake Tired of the low pay of his profession, hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective Phillip Marlowe submits a murder story to Kingsby Publications. He is invited to the publ…
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Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film
An opening sequence features Frank Bigelow walking through the long hallway of a police station to report his own murder. From here to the end, the story is told in flashback. Bigelow is a hard-driving accountant and notary public in Banni…
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Drama, drama film, mystery film
Horror
Ben Mears attacks priest Donald Callahan in a homeless shelter in Detroit, and they fall out a window. In the hospital where he and Callahan are taken, Ben is asked by an orderly why, as a Christian, he should not let Ben die for attacking…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Iberia Parish's Sheriff Detective Dave Robicheaux is investigating the murder of a young woman, and has a chance encounter with Hollywood stars Elrod Sykes and his girlfriend Kelly Drummond. They are in the small town to make a Civil War f…
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Low Fantasy, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
At Dark Waters, a Native American sacred land containing an enigmatic swamp spirit, a teenager is murdered by a plant-like monster. The following day, young replacement sheriff Kyle Williams reaches Bywater and meets with deputy sheriff Fr…
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comedy film, family film, mystery film
Daphne Blake is a high school student who has a semi-popular web show discussing the possibility of aliens and supernatural occurrences. Velma Dinkley is Daphne's supportive yet critical online friend, who believes there is a logical expla…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film
The story is presented in five parts, each bearing a title: The Stranger: Arden lives with her abusive, invalid mother, in the countryside of Acton, California. One day she discovers the naked body of a dead woman on the property. Arden be…
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Horror, Mysterie, exploitation film, horror film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, slasher film
A man dressed in black drives through Los Angeles, listening to the exhortations of a radio preacher. Near a car dealership, the man has a flashback of a car accident that occurred at the site, which killed a young woman. The man arrives a…
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Action, action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Joe Huff is an Alabama cop who has been suspended for excessive violence. After stopping a supermarket robbery, he is summoned by FBI agent Lance Dockery, who takes him to meet with special agent Frank Cunningham. Cunningham blackmails Joe…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, spy film, thriller film, war film
In London, sand is put into the bearings of an electrical generator, causing a power blackout. At a cinema owned by Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka), people demand their money back. Verloc enters through a back entrance to the living quarters a…
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Thriller, documentary film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, horror film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
A married couple in their 40s, John and Laura Taylor desperately want to have a baby, but they are unable to have a lasting pregnancy. After attempting all other options, the couple hire a beautiful young woman named Anna, who agrees to be…
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Crime, Thriller, action film, drama film, mystery film
On a live fire exercise in the jungles of Panama, a team of Army Rangers trainees is led by instructor and Master Sergeant Nathan West, tasked with traversing the jungle in hurricane weather, attacking pop-up metal targets with live ammuni…
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Horror, Mysterie, drama film, horror film
In Natchi, a small town in the Indian state of Kerala, George States has last stage brain cancer and only six months to live. To prevent death and gain immortality, he decides to extract the nagmani, immortal blood from a nagin, a shape-sh…
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Crime, action film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
In 1957, a Russian cargo plane is flying above Antarctica. In the cockpit, the two pilots conspire to kill three men sitting in the hold guarding a padlocked box. The copilot leaves his seat and begins to shoot the other men.
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, horror film, slasher film, teen film
A group of prep school students consisting of Graham, Mercedes, Lewis, Randall, Regina, Tom, Dodger and Owen play a game called Cry Wolf, where someone is marked as a "wolf" and the group tries to figure out who it is. After meeting his ne…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, thriller film
As a child, Luke witnesses the aftermath of a mass shooting at a neighborhood coffee shop. He meets another boy among the onlookers at the scene: Daniel, who invites him to play and quickly becomes his friend. Although others cannot see Da…
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Komödie, Secret Agent, action comedy film, action film, comedy thriller, mystery film
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama becomes President of the United States and it is the first day of work for a man known as "The Fool". The Factory, a secret office of government agents, has hired him as a thief. After two agents, High Pri…
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, drama film, science fiction film
"Cutters" edit the collected memories of the recently deceased into feature-length memorials that are viewed by loved ones at funerals. The "cutters code" forbids them to mix footage from implants, to sell memories, and to have the implant…
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Drama, comedy drama, drama film, war film
thumb|left|St George's Church tower, seen in the film after being gutted in the Baedeker raids (modern photograph) The story concerns three young people: British Army Sergeant Peter Gibbs, U.S. Army Sergeant Bob Johnson, and a "Land Girl",…
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giallo, horror film, mystery film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
In Minneapolis, chiropractic nurse Georgia Jackson stays after-hours at her practice during a rainstorm to meet a new patient. Upon arrival, Georgia thinks she recognizes the patient, but the unseen patient brutally decapitates her with an…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, zombie film
Amateur photographer George LeMoyne arrives in coastal Potters Bluff. Lisa, a beautiful local woman, offers to model for him. When he accepts her invitation to have sex, a mob of townspeople beats and immolates him.
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Crime, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
A group of ten people, strangers to one another, arrive at a hotel deep in the Iranian desert, located adjacent to the ruins of Persepolis, 200 miles from civilization. The guests quickly discover that their host is mysteriously absent. He…
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