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Super Hero, action film, spy film, techno-thriller, thriller film
Russian terrorist group Anarchy 99 acquires the biochemical weapon "Silent Night", presumed missing since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Undercover NSA agent Jim McGrath is assigned to recover the weapon, but is killed by Anarchy 99 …
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Thriller, action film, crime film, mystery film, police film, thriller film
When Captain Jackie Velez of the Miami-Dade Police Department is murdered, suspicion falls on her specialized unit, the Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT), amid rumors of a crew of crooked cops robbing drug houses. Her second-in-command, Lieute…
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Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In the mid-1940s, Michael Corleone is a World War II veteran and the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone. Vito is head of the Corleone mafia family and runs it with his eldest son Santino Sonny and adopted son Tom Hagen, a lawyer who is the …
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Action, Super Hero, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, superhero film, thriller film
Bane, a former member of the League of Shadows, leads an attack on a CIA plane over Uzbekistan to abduct nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel. Meanwhile, eight years after the death of Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent and the arrest…
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Action, Drama, Gangster Film, Heist, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
Neil McCauley, a Los Angeles professional thief, and his crew—Chris Shiherlis, Michael Cheritto, Gilbert Trejo, and new recruit Waingro—rob $1.6 million in bearer bonds from an armored car. Waingro, who unbeknownst to McCauley is an active…
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Crime, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee at Quantico, is recruited by Behavioral Science Unit chief Jack Crawford to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant and cannibalistic psychiatrist imprisoned at the Baltimore State Hospital for the …
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, vigilante film
In the fictional city of Conyers, Pennsylvania, the Dover and Birch families celebrate Thanksgiving together. After dinner, girls Anna Dover and Joy Birch go missing after playing on a parked RV. Detective Loki responds to a police call ab…
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Gangster Film, Mafia Film, Police Film, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
In 1980s Boston, Irish mob boss Frank Costello introduces himself to a young Colin Sullivan. Years later, Sullivan has been groomed as Costello's spy inside the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and joins the Special Investigation Unit. Ano…
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Crime, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, police film, thriller film
thumb|upright|Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th century painting, Mona Lisa, is featured as a major plot point in the film. During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Miles Bron, the co-founder of technology company Alpha, hosts a murder myste…
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Action, Cyberpunk, Film Noir, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, film noir, neo-noir, science fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2019 Los Angeles, former police officer Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, who likes to make origami figures, and is brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a "blade runner" was to track down bioengineered…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, Mafia Film, biographical film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, period drama film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1955, teenager Henry Hill becomes enamored by the criminal life and Mafia presence in East New York, a working class Italian American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City. He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his …
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Adventure, Crime, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, ninja film, superhero film
In Gotham City, young Bruce Wayne falls down a well and develops a fear of bats. One evening, Bruce visits the opera with his parents and is so unsettled by the performers masquerading as bats that he asks to leave. While returning home, a…
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Mysterie, Parodie, Teen Horror Film, comedy film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film
In the small town of Woodsboro, California, high school student Casey Becker is home alone when she receives a phone call from an unknown person. Their conversation about horror films turns sadistic when the caller reveals that her boyfrie…
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Action, Anti-War Film, Crime, Political Drama, Social Drama, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
In New York City, former Marine and Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle takes a job as a night-shift taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia and loneliness, frequently visiting adult movie theaters on his breaks, and keeping a diary in…
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Animalhorror, Natural Disaster, Thriller, adventure film, horror film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, survival film, suspense film, thriller film
In the New England beach town of Amity Island, a young woman goes for a late-night ocean swim. An unseen force attacks and pulls her underwater. Her partial remains are found washed up on the beach the next morning.
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid met…
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Marital Tragedy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, film noir, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
Saxophonist Fred Madison receives a cryptic message on his intercom in the Hollywood Hills: "Dick Laurent is dead." Moments later, he hears tires screeching and sirens racing past his house. The next morning, his wife Renee finds a VHS tap…
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Action, Satire On Media, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2017, following a worldwide economic collapse and resource scarcity, the USA has become a totalitarian police state. The government maintains control through propaganda and censorship of unsanctioned art, music, and communication. The s…
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Political Drama, Political Satire, Social Drama, action film, arthouse science fiction film, black comedy film, comedy drama, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, exploitation film, mystery film, prison film, satirical film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
thumb|right|Human furniture from the Korova milk bar, where the "milk-plus" was served In a futuristic Britain, Alex DeLarge is leader of a gang of "droogs": Georgie, Dim, and Pete. They engage in an intoxicated evening of "ultra-violence"…
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Action, Christmas film, action film, action thriller, heist film
On Christmas Eve, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles, hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, at a party held by her employer, the Nakatomi Corporation. He is driven to Nakatomi…
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Crime, Crime Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Drama, action film, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1987, Jerome "Jerry" Lundegaard is the executive sales manager of a Minneapolis car dealership owned by his father-in-law, Wade Gustafson. Desperate for money, he plans to have his wife, Jean, kidnapped. On the recommendation of dealers…
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Gangster Film, Mysterie, action film, crime drama film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, flashback film, gangster film, heist film, mystery film, neo-noir, suspense film, thriller film
While lying badly wounded on a ship docked in San Pedro Bay, career criminal Dean Keaton is shot dead by a shadowy figure whom he calls "Keyser." The police recover 27 bodies and two survivors from the ship: Arkosh Kovash ("Ákos Kovács"), …
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