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Action, Christmas film, action film, action thriller, crime film, thriller film
On an unspecified day during Christmas week, two years after the events of the previous film, John McClane is now a lieutenant with the LAPD, who arrives at Dulles International Airport to pick up his wife, Holly. He is met with hostility …
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, political drama, prison film, trial film
In 1974, a Belfast burglar named Gerry Conlon is mistaken for an IRA sniper by British security forces and pursued until a riot breaks out. Gerry is sent to London by his father Giuseppe to discourage an IRA reprisal against him. While tak…
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Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
In early May 2002, a last-minute midnight hearing is held before serial killer Malcolm Rivers' scheduled execution the next day. A tape of Malcolm reciting the poem "Antigonish" is played. Journals belonging to Malcolm are discovered havin…
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Drama, Historie, Social Drama, drama film, trial film
A military tribunal convened in Nuremberg, Germany, involves four German judges and prosecutors standing accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in atrocities committed under the Nazi regime. Dan Haywood heads a panel of A…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the year 2678, the spaceship Hunter-Gratzner is struck by micrometeoroids that penetrate the hull, killing the captain and sending it off course toward a nearby planet. First Officer Owens and docking pilot Carolyn Fry attempt an emerge…
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Biographical picture, Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, independent film, prison film
"The following is based on a true story. It began October 6, 1970 in Istanbul, Turkey." On vacation in Istanbul, American college student Billy Hayes straps of hashish bricks to his chest. As he and his girlfriend Susan are about to board …
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Police Film, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film, techno-thriller, thriller film
Former CIA analyst Jack Ryan now teaches history at the United States Naval Academy. In London with his wife Cathy and their young daughter Sally, Ryan witnesses and intervenes in a terrorist kidnapping attempt on Lord William Holmes, the …
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Destiny, Justice Drama, drama film, prison film
In early 1950s Florida, decorated World War II veteran Lucas "Luke" Jackson drunkenly beheads several parking meters. He is sentenced to two years on a chain gang in a prison camp run by the Captain, a stern warden, and Walking Boss Godfre…
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Drama, Forensic, Justice Drama, Melodrama, Romantic Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, prison film, romance film
In 1958, 15-year-old Michael Berg becomes sick on a tram ride in an unnamed provincial city. He is helped by 36-year-old tram conductor Hanna Schmitz. Weeks later, he has recovered from scarlet fever and at his mother's insistence visits H…
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Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, Mafia Film, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, film noir, heist film, neo-noir, thriller film
Corky, a lesbian ex-convict, is hired as a painter and plumber at a Chicago apartment building. She encounters Violet and Caesar, the couple who live next door to the apartment she is renovating. While Caesar is gone, Violet seduces Corky.
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Action, Super Hero, Terrorism, action film, action thriller, buddy cop film, buddy film
In response to a brief blackout at the FBI Cyber Division headquarters, FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman asks local law enforcement to bring in high-level computer hackers nationwide. NYPD Police Detective John McClane is assigned to pick…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller, flashback film, political thriller film, spy film
In 1991, the United States and China are close to a major trade agreement, with the President due to visit China to seal the deal. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learns that its asset Tom Bishop has been arrested at a People's Liber…
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Action, action film, thriller film
The Expendables—led by Barney Ross and formed by Lee Christmas, Gunner Jensen, and Toll Road—extract former member Doctor Death, a medic and knives specialist, from a dictator’s fortress prison-camp during his transfer on a train. They rec…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, prison film
Henri Charrière is a safecracker nicknamed "Papillon" because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest. In France, he is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp in 1933 and is sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guiana. On the way, he meets…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, legal drama, prison film
Matthew Poncelet, who was sentenced to death for the murder and rape of a teenage couple, Walter Delacroix and Hope Percy, has been on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for six years. His accomplice, Carl Vitello, was sentenced…
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Political Satire, anti-war film, comedy drama, comedy film, comedy of error, drama film, parody film, political satire, slapstick, war film
On the Western Front, a Jewish soldier fighting for the Central Powers nation of Tomainia valiantly saves the life of a wounded pilot, Commander Schultz, who carries valuable documents that could secure a Tomainian victory. However, after …
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Horror, horror film, prison film
At George H. W. Bush State Prison somewhere in the Southwestern United States, William "Bill" Boss, a cannibalistic, psychopathic warden, watches the end of The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) with his accountant, Dwight Butler.
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Action Comedy, Western, Western film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, treasure hunt film
In 1933, at a San Francisco funfair, a boy named Will who idolizes the legendary Lone Ranger encounters Tonto, an elderly Comanche man who starts recounting his experiences with the Old West adventurer, 64 years ago. In 1869, lawyer John R…
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Action, Drama, Thriller, action film, drama film, prison film, thriller film
Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin is sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security military prison for sending his troops on a rescue mission in Burundi, which violated a presidential order and resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers. Prison …
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Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Parodie, Super Hero, comedy film, fantasy film, superhero film
Within the DC-centric portion of the Lego universe, Batman protects Gotham City and fights crime. During his latest mission to stop the Joker and his cronies from destroying the city, Batman succeeds, but additionally hurts Joker's feeling…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film, prison film
George Jung and his parents Fred and Ermine live in Weymouth, Massachusetts. When George is 10 years old, Fred files for bankruptcy but tries to make George realize that money is not important. In the late 1960s, an adult George moves to L…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, drama film, prison film
On January 18, 1960, Frank Lee Morris, a burglar and escape artist, is transferred to the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. In the dining hall, Morris makes the acquaintance of the eccentric Litmus, who is fond of desserts. Morri…
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Adventure, Drama, Military Film, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
During World War II, MI6 officers Colonel Turner and Admiral Rolland assemble a commando team to rescue American Brigadier General George Carnaby, a chief planner for the Western Front, who is a prisoner at Schloß Adler (Castle of the Eagl…
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Action, action film, thriller film
After barely surviving a previous mission in Dhaka, Tyler Rake is airlifted for medical treatment to Dubai, and after recovery, retires from mercenary work to a cabin in Gmunden to recuperate. Tyler is later approached by a stranger and as…
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