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Sci-Fi, Thriller, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2029 Los Angeles, the Mercy Capital Court responds to a surge in crime by using artificial intelligence (AI) judges to try defendants for violent offenses. To assemble evidence, all devices are also registered to the municipal cloud to …
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Action, action film
Dominic "Dom" Toretto and his team are asked by the Agency to steal a computer chip during its transit in Rome. Dom and his wife Leticia "Letty" Ortiz stay behind with his son Brian "Little B" Marcos, while Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, Han Lu…
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Drama, Justice Drama, black comedy, crime film, drama film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Thirty-year-old medical school drop-out Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas lives with her parents and works in a coffee shop. At night, she visits bars pretending to be intoxicated, entrapping men to take her home before revealing her sobriety and …
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erotic film, erotic thriller, exploitation film, flashback film, found footage film, horror film, pornographic film, rape and revenge film, snuff film, splatter film, thriller film
Miloš, a semi-retired pornographic actor, lives in Belgrade with his wife, Marija, and their six-year-old son, Petar. His brother Marko is a corrupt police officer who envies Miloš's life and is sexually attracted to Marija. Lejla, a forme…
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Action, Destiny, Girls with Guns, Japanese Animation Film, Justice Drama, Martial-Arts, Psychological Thriller, Samurai Film, Yakuza Film, action film, action thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, girls with guns, martial arts film, neo-noir, samurai cinema, splatter film, thriller film, vigilante film, wuxia film
In 1999, the Bride, a former member of the Deadly Viper assassination squad, is rehearsing her marriage at a chapel in rural El Paso, Texas. The Deadly Vipers, led by Bill, attack the chapel, shooting everyone. As the Bride lies wounded, s…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, vigilante film
In 2003, former Force Recon Marine and CIA SAD/SOG officer John Creasy travels to Mexico to visit his old friend Paul Rayburn, who convinces him to take a bodyguard position with Samuel Ramos, a wealthy Mexico City automaker. He needs prot…
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Action Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, action comedy film, action film, thriller film
Yuichi Kimura ("the Father"), boards a bullet train departing Tokyo to find the person who pushed his young son Wataru from a rooftop, leaving him comatose. At the same time, an American freelance gangster codenamed "Ladybug"—whose "bad lu…
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LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, rape and revenge film
Alex and Marcus, a young couple, wake up together and discuss their relationship, as well as an upcoming party, while in the nude. Marcus voices concern about Alex's ex, Pierre, also being invited because he "stole his girl", to which Alex…
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Action Comedy, Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film
Gorr and his daughter, Love, the last of their race, struggle in a barren desert. Despite their prayers to their god, Rapu, Love dies. The god-killing Necrosword calls to Gorr, leading him to Rapu's lush realm.
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Action, action film, thriller film
In Springfield, Massachusetts, retired school teacher Eloise Parker lives alone but shares a warm friendship with Adam Clay, a quiet beekeeper who rents space in her barn. One day, Eloise falls for a phishing scam that steals her life savi…
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Action, action film, crime thriller film, thriller film
In New York City, John Wick is grieving the death of his wife Helen, who had arranged for him to receive a beagle puppy, Daisy, to help cope with his loss. A few days later, a group of Russian gangsters led by Iosef Tarasov accost John at …
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Coming Of Age, Erotic Thriller, Psychodrama, Romance Film, Thriller, drama film, romance film, teen film
In New York City, wealthy teenager Sebastian Valmont regularly manipulates and seduces women, but seeks someone who poses a challenge to his charm. He settles on Annette Hargrove—the daughter of his new school headmaster—who is staunchly o…
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Crime, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, thriller film
In Stockholm, journalist Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the legal and professional fallout of a libel suit brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström. The wealthy Henrik Vanger offers to give Blomkvist evidence against W…
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Destiny, Drama, Social Drama, drama film
Ruth Slater is released from prison after serving twenty years for killing a sheriff who came to evict her and her five-year-old sister, Katie, from their home in Snohomish, Washington. Upon her release, she gets two jobs, and begins to se…
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Psychodrama, Thriller, drama film, rape and revenge film
Miranda Wells is a nurse living in a small town who is buying a new house. Her friend sets her up on a blind date with a man named Kevin. On the day of the date, Miranda finds someone outside her porch, whom she assumes is Kevin, and invit…
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Coming Of Age, Forensic, Mafia Film, Social Drama, buddy film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, prison film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, trial film
In the summer of 1967, Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan and John Reilly are childhood friends living in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. At that time, the boys start running small errands for local gangster "King" Ben…
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Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, drama film, prison film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Clyde Shelton lives with his wife and daughter in Philadelphia when two burglars, Rupert Ames and Clarence Darby, break into their home. Ames ties up and gags Clyde, while Darby stabs him in the stomach before raping and murdering his wife…
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Adventure, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, adventure film, drama film, rape and revenge film, suspense film, thriller film
Four Atlanta businessmen decide to go whitewater canoeing down the Cahulawassee River in the remote northern Georgia wilderness before it becomes dammed. Lewis Medlock is an avid outdoorsman and survivalist who leads the group, and Ed Gent…
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action thriller, neo-noir
A professional hitman known only as the Killer stakes out a Parisian hotel room. He prepares to use a sniper rifle to kill a target who will check into the hotel room at an unknown time. While waiting for the target, he eats, practices yog…
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Action, action film, comedy film, drama film, heist film, thriller film
After defeating Owen Shaw and securing pardons for their past crimes, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and the team have returned to the US to live normal lives. Dom tries to help Letty Ortiz regain her memory, while Brian accustoms to lif…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, rape and revenge film
Susan Morrow owns an upscale Los Angeles art gallery. Her current show involves a presentation of obese majorettes dancing vigorously while naked. Susan receives a manuscript for a novel written by her estranged ex-husband, Edward Sheffiel…
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Exploitation Film, crime film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, rape and revenge film, splatter film, thriller film
Short story writer Jennifer Hills lives in Manhattan and rents an isolated cottage in Kent near the Housatonic River in the Litchfield County countryside to write her first novel. The arrival of the attractive and independent young woman a…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
In 1977 Detroit, Vietnam War veteran and factory worker John Miller completes probation. He buys an engagement ring for his girlfriend Sophia, having rescued her from drug-trafficking mobster Reynolds, her abusive ex-boyfriend. The jealous…
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Action, Splatter Film, Thriller, action film, rape and revenge film
Jen and her married boyfriend, Richard, take a chartered helicopter to his secluded luxury vacation home in the desert. The pilot gives Richard a small bag of peyote. Jen is a young, beautiful American who wants to move to Los Angeles to p…
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