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political thriller film
Inspired by two actual events, one surrounding the death of Professor Chen Wen-chen of Carnegie Mellon University in 1981, and the other the 1984 assassination of journalist Henry Liu in California by Chen Chi-li and his fellow Bamboo Unio…
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comedy horror, horror film, mystery film, silent film
In a decaying mansion overlooking the Hudson River, millionaire Cyrus West approaches death. His greedy family descends upon him like "cats around a canary", causing him to become insane. West orders that his last will and testament remain…
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Crime Comedy, Detective Film, Parodie, comedy film, crime film, parody film
The film begins in a theatre, where a pianist begins to play a piano accompaniment to the actual film being shown in the theater. Holmes has just restored a stolen artifact to three French nuns, and is later called on a case by Dr. Mortime…
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Christmas film, Mysterie, action film, mystery film
One Christmas night, a man runs through a forest carrying something. A nearly deserted train pulls into a station, and two conductors get out, take a stretch, and kill time as no one seems to board. Just as the train is about to depart, th…
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Mysterie, Romance Film, Thriller, drama film, film noir, romance film
In England, on the night of April 4, 1851, Walter Hartright is walking to Limmeridge House when he encounters a woman in white who is lost. She is familiar with the Fairlies, for whom Walter is the new drawing master. The conversation ends…
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Thriller, drama film, thriller film
Peter Derns is a recently divorced father and executive for a baked goods company in Portland, Oregon, who has just been released from a clinic after being treated for paranoia. On his first day back at work, he is upset to find that his c…
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Heist, heist film, mystery film, romantic comedy
Jack Rhodes, a rich American living in London, attends a party and meets Gillian Bromley, an attractive woman who is also a thief. Rhodes observes Gillian stealing diamond jewelry from the house and later discovers Gillian hiding in his ap…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, neo-noir
In 1972, a group of gunmen wearing Richard Nixon Halloween masks steal evidence from a police evidence storage unit, killing several officers in the process. Dennis Meechum is an officer on duty during the theft. Meecham is badly wounded b…
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Animation, comedy horror, mystery film
In Atlantic City, a werewolf breaks into a jewelry store, and steals a ruby necklace setting off an alarm. The creature scares off the security guard, then two policemen arrive. The duo try to stop the hairy thief, but it is too fast for t…
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Mysterie, Psychodrama, drama film, mystery film
Nancy Freeman is a lonely woman who lives with her ailing mother Betty. An aspiring short story writer whose submissions are routinely rejected, Nancy finds an outlet for her creativity and need for attention and affection by running a blo…
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Mysterie, thriller film
Alcoholic ex-cop Mike Kendall, who is out of the force after a deadly incident which cost him the life of his partner, moonlights as a private investigator under the name of Jack Winter, to middling success. He lives on the kindness of his…
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Computeranimation, action film, adventure film, animated film, fantasy film, mystery film, science fiction film
Arkie lives with her father Blister, a giant octopus, on the Peninsula. They help plants recover from the loss of electricity that affects them. Meanwhile in the City of Light, Dr.
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Mysterie
Harrison Hardy (Thomas Mann) is plagued by a recurring dream that he has experienced nearly 5,000 times. Seeking help, he consults the enigmatic Dr. Karn (John Malkovich), who specializes in reincarnation therapy.
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drama film
Father John Buerlein (Jeremy Sisto) is the mild-mannered priest of a small Catholic parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Overworked and underpaid, he has grown jaded with the profession and has trouble connecting with his parishioners. During…
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Detective Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
While Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are soliciting donations for a charity ("The Reformed Criminals Assistance League"), they call on Mr Enderby, a rich recluse. He tumbles down the long entrance staircase, apparently the victim of a fatal h…
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Mysterie, Romance Film, drama film, romance film
The film revolves around Reece Gilmore , the sole survivor of a massacre at the Boston restaurant where she worked as a chef. Reece wants to escape her life, so she hits the open road with no destination in mind, desperate for a fresh star…
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Drama, Thriller, political thriller film
In the spring of 2008, U.S. President Walter Emerson is visiting Colorado ahead of Super Tuesday in the primary elections for his party's nomination in the upcoming presidential election. Emerson, formerly an appointed Vice President who a…
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Crime, Thriller, mystery film
Set within the underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs, the film follows Paddo, Vice President and the heir to the leadership of a motorcycle club, who has to save his brother's life by betraying his president. Paddo has been running th…
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Drama, Mysterie, crime film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
In 1972 David and Peter face each other in a chess match. David, the loser, stabs the winner Peter with a fountain pen. The loser's savage attack on his childhood opponent after his public humiliation and defeat lead to the dissolution of …
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Crime, adventure film, crime thriller film, horror film, science fiction film
The beheading of Dr Fu Manchu is witnessed in China by his nemesis, Nayland Smith. Back in London, however, it is increasingly apparent to Smith—now assistant commissioner in Scotland Yard— that the international criminal mastermind is sti…
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Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film, ghost film, mystery film
Wealthy young heiress Ann Carrington and her best friend Gail Richards are riding in a speeding taxi driven by Bob, along the coast. A figure dressed all in black, with covered face and hat, aims a rifle with the telescopic sight crosshair…
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Film Noir, action film, film noir, mystery film
Julie Benton is terrorized by her insanely-jealous husband, concert pianist Lyle. He threatens to kill her if she ever tries to leave him, and he nearly does by forcing the accelerator of their car to the floor while Julie frantically weav…
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Komödie, action comedy film, mystery film
William Gridley, a newly arrived American diplomat at the American Embassy in London, rents a room in the Mayfair townhouse of Carly Hardwicke, a charming young woman and a fellow American expatriate. When Gridley inquires about Carly's ma…
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Psychological Thriller, mystery film, thriller film
Angela Anderson buys a pair of large scissors from a hardware shop. On her way home, she is attacked in the elevator of her apartment block by a red-bearded man, whom she stabs with the scissors in self-defense. Immediately after the attac…
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