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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film
A teenage boy awakens in an underground elevator without memory of his identity. A large group of male youths greets him in a large grassy area, called the "Glade", enclosed by massive stone walls. The "Gladers" have formed a rudimentary s…
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Monster Film, Mysterie, Splatter Film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, psychological horror fiction
Rose Da Silva and her husband Christopher are disturbed by their adopted daughter Sharon's constant sleepwalking and nightmares about Silent Hill, a town in West Virginia that was abandoned in the 1970s due to a massive coal seam fire. Des…
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Occult Horror, ghost film, horror film, mystery film
True crime writer Ellison Oswalt experienced success due to his debut book presenting new evidence that led to the perpetrator's capture. Following the failure of his subsequent works, he moves to Chatsford, Pennsylvania, with his family. …
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Teen Horror Film, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On October 31, 1963, in the suburban Illinois town of Haddonfield, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally stabs his teenage sister Judith to death with a chef's knife. On October 30, 1978, psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis and nurse Marion Chamb…
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Thriller, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
After the pope's fatal heart attack, the College of Cardinals, under the leadership of its dean, Thomas Cardinal Lawrence of the United Kingdom, convenes to elect a successor. Four cardinals emerge as likely candidates: Aldo Bellini of the…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror fiction, thriller film
Teenage girls Katie and Becca discuss an urban legend about a cursed videotape that causes whoever views it to die a week later. That night, Katie, who viewed it one week ago with her friends, is killed by an unseen force. At Katie's funer…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Obsession, drama film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror fiction, supernatural film, thriller film
Married couple Josh and Renai Lambert have recently moved in to a new home with their sons, Dalton and Foster, and their infant daughter Kali. One evening, Dalton sneaks into the attic, where he encounters a mysterious entity after falling…
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Caper-Movie, Komödie, action film, adventure film, comedy film, heist film, mystery film
Professional thief Danny Ocean is paroled after four years in a New Jersey prison. He breaks his parole by traveling to Los Angeles and reunites with friend and colleague Rusty Ryan. They travel to Las Vegas to secure financial backing fro…
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Dark Comedy, Heist, Thriller, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, comedy drama, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, flashback film, gangster film, heist film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Eight men planning to rob a jewelry store for a diamond shipment eat breakfast at a diner. To pull off the heist, boss Joe Cabot assembles six experienced robbers who are strangers to each other. Joe and his son, "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot, ha…
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Horror, Mysterie, Occult Horror, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
In 1981, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren document the exorcism of 8-year-old David Glatzel, attended by his family, his older sister Debbie, her boyfriend Arne Johnson, and Father Gordon in Brookfield, Connecticut. In an attempt to sa…
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Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
By 2022, the cumulative effects of overpopulation, global warming, and pollution have caused ecocide, leading to severe worldwide shortages of food, water, and housing, bringing human civilization to the brink of collapse. New York City ha…
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Gothic film, Horror, Psychological Thriller, drama film, gothic horror film, horror film, psycho-biddy, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, religious horror, satanic film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse rent a recently vacated apartment in the Bramford, a large Gothic building in New York City, after the previous tenant, an elderly woman, fell into a coma and died. Guy and Rosemary ignore their friend Hutch's wa…
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Drama, Romance Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
In 1969, "the manager of Western Auto", Chase Andrews is found dead in the mud, at the bottom of a 63 ft tall metal fire tower from which he had fallen. The muddy bog floods at high tide, destroying any tracks from the killer and no finger…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
An autistic child whose mother desires to have him treated at the Harbor Neuroscience facility is instead raised by his father, a U.S. Army psychological operations officer who refuses to enroll him. When the mother leaves the family, unab…
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller
In the burned-out remains of a large house, Him, an acclaimed poet struggling with writer's block, places a crystal object on a pedestal in his study, and the building morphs into a beautiful home in an edenic landscape. Mother, the poet's…
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Mysterie, mystery film, thriller film
At an underground club, a man attends an erotic show which culminates with a naked woman about to crush a live tarantula under her high-heel. Adam Bell, a college history professor, lives a quiet, mundane life in Toronto. He rents a film, …
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Destiny, Family Drama, Thriller, horror film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
Claire Bartel, a Seattle housewife pregnant with her second child, is sexually assaulted by her new obstetrician, Dr. Victor Mott, during a routine check-up. Her husband Michael encourages her to report Dr.
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1953, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) aims to improve its public image following decades of corruption. Career-focused sergeant Edmund Exley lives in the shadow of his legendary detective father, whose murderer was never identi…
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Animation, Komödie, Romance Film, Satire On Media, buddy film, comedy film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, neo-noir
In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans. Private detective Eddie Valiant, once a staunch ally of the toons, has become a depressed alcoholic following his brother Teddy's murder by an unknown toon…
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Horror, Social Drama, adventure television series, horror television series
During a heavy rainstorm in Derry, Maine, in the spring of 1960, George Denbrough plays in the streets with a paper sailboat made by his stuttering older brother, Bill. It falls into a storm drain, where Georgie encounters Pennywise the Da…
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Detective Film, crime film, detective film, drama film, mystery film
Flashback to Belgium at the Yser Bridge on October 31, 1914, in the front lines of World War I. Hercule Poirot's captain has been given a mission considered certain death for all of his men. Poirot suggests his captain follow a strategy th…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Melodrama, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, melodrama, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson and a fellow policeman chase a crook on the roofs of several houses; Scottie slips and nearly falls. His colleague attempts to rescue Scottie, but falls to his death. Some time later, Scottie…
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Mysterie, action film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, superhero film, suspense film, thriller film
Superhuman David Dunn and his son Joseph track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with multiple personalities called The Horde, to an abandoned factory near Philadelphia. Kevin holds four cheerleaders hostage to feed The Beast, a superhuman person…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film
In a pub, five friends—Phil, Dom, Hutch, Luke, and Rob—discuss plans for a holiday. Rob suggests hiking in Sweden but gets rebuffed. Afterward, Luke and Rob leave to purchase alcohol but get involved in a robbery which soon turns violent.
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