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Komödie, Satire, Sci-Fi, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film, science fiction film
In the mid-1950s, the Men in Black (MIB) organization was founded. After secretly making first contact with extraterrestrials in 1961, the small, albeit underfunded government agency becomes fully independent and secret. The MIB designates…
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Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film, superhero film
On the planet Krypton, Jor-El, a member of the Kryptonian high council, sentences criminals General Zod, Ursa, and Non to the Phantom Zone. He warns the council that Krypton will be destroyed by its exploding red supergiant sun, but they d…
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Action, Drama, Super Hero, action film, drama film, science fiction film
In the 1960s, governmental genetics researcher David Banner tries to improve human DNA. His supervisor, Colonel Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, forbids human experimentation, so David experiments on himself. His wife, Edith, soon gives birth …
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Drama, Fantasy, Horror, body horror film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, speculative fiction film, surrealist fiction, surrealist film, thriller film
Henry Spencer's face appears superimposed over a planet in space. He opens his mouth and a spermatozoon-like creature emerges. A man inside the planet moves a set of levers, and the creature is flushed away.
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, chase film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, techno-thriller, thriller film, war film
In 2003, Dr. Serena Kogan of Cyberdyne Systems convinces death row inmate Marcus Wright to sign over his body for medical research following his execution. Sometime later, the automated Skynet system is activated, becomes self-aware, and p…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, apocalyptic film, chase film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In the years since destroying Cyberdyne Systems, John Connor has been living as a nomad following the death of his mother, Sarah. He fears the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet is still hunting him despite the foretold war between …
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Drama, Sci-Fi, epic film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the early 22nd century, mysterious cosmic-ray bursts emanating from Neptune cause power surges that threaten to destroy all life in the Solar System. Major Roy McBride is informed that the surge is antimatter in origin and may be connec…
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Action, Japanese Monster Movie, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, kaiju, science fiction film
Five years after the revelation of giant monsters, called "Titans", Dr. Emma Russell, a paleobiologist working for the Titan-studying organization Monarch, and her daughter Madison witness the birth of a giant larva named Mothra. Emma calm…
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Sci-Fi, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, science fiction film
Searching for a way to address overpopulation and global warming, Norwegian scientist Dr. Jørgen Asbjørnsen develops "downsizing", an irreversible process that shrinks organic material. He becomes part of the first group of human test subj…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, Thriller, Vampirfilm, action film, fantasy film, horror film, neo-noir, science fiction film, thriller film, vampire film
In 1967, a pregnant woman is attacked by a vampire, causing her to go into premature labor. Doctors can save her baby, but the woman dies. Thirty years later, the child has become the vampire hunter Blade, who is known as the "Daywalker", …
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, superhero film, thriller film
While exploring space for new habitable worlds, a probe belonging to the bio-engineering corporation Life Foundation discovers a comet covered in symbiotic lifeforms. The probe returns to Earth with four samples, but one escapes and causes…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Horror, drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film
In a post-apocalyptic world, Malorie Hayes informs two young children that they are going down the river in a rowboat. She sternly instructs them not to remove their blindfolds, or they will die. The film then cuts between the events of th…
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Action, Komödie, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Eddie Morra is a struggling author in New York City. His girlfriend Lindy, frustrated with his lack of progress and ambition, breaks up with him. Eddie encounters Vernon, the brother of his ex-wife Melissa, who gives him a sample of a new …
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Aliens, Military Film, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Mercenary Royce is dropped from the sky into an unfamiliar jungle and meets several others who arrive the same way: Los Zetas enforcer Cuchillo, Spetsnaz Alpha Group soldier Nikolai, IDF sniper Isabelle, RUF officer Mombasa, San Quentin de…
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Fantasy, Mysterie, Super Hero, detective film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
In 1961 Philadelphia, baby Elijah Price is born with both arms and legs broken, caused by Type I osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare disease that renders his bones extremely fragile and prone to fracture. In the present day, unhappily married …
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Animation, LGBTQ-related film, adult animated film, comedy film, fantasy film, romance film, science fiction film
Anxious and introverted protagonist Saira lives a sheltered life on the planet of Clitopolis, where she is princess, daughter of two neglectful lesbian queens. After she is devastated by a break-up with Kiki, her partner of two weeks, Kiki…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
On the planet of Cybertron, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are on the verge of losing their war against the Decepticons and prepare to evacuate the planet. Decepticon forces led by Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave intercept the Au…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, thriller film
The Ark spacecraft escapes from the planet Cybertron carrying an invention capable of ending the war between Autobots and Decepticons, and crash-lands on the dark side of Earth's Moon in 1962. NASA detects the crash, and President John F. …
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Romantic Comedy, Sci-Fi, comedy film
On November 9, in Palm Springs, Nyles wakes up and fails to consummate sex with his girlfriend Misty. That evening, Nyles attends a wedding reception for Tala and Abe. There, he bonds with the maid of honor, Tala's depressed half-sister Sa…
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Super Hero, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
Four years after becoming king of Atlantis, Arthur Curry has married Mera and has a son, Arthur Jr., while splitting his life between land and sea. Meanwhile, David Kane / Black Manta continues to seek revenge against Arthur for his father…
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Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
At the White House, a teleporting mutant, Nightcrawler, attacks the President of the United States; he is shot and retreats. Meanwhile, Logan explores an abandoned military installation at Alkali Lake in Alberta for clues to his past, but …
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Drama, Horror, Mysterie, action film, alien invasion, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, religious horror, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Former Episcopal priest Graham Hess lives on a rural farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, with his asthmatic preteen son, Morgan, and young daughter, Bo, who has a fixation on contaminated water. Graham's younger brother Merrill, a failed min…
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Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, body horror film, drama film, horror film, monster film, romance film, romantic drama film, romantic horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist, meets Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife, a science journalist, at a press event. He takes her back to his home and laboratory and shows her his invention: a set of "telepods" that allows instantane…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, dark fantasy, epic film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film
In order to cast the world into eternal night, the Lord of Darkness sends the goblin Blix to kill the unicorns in the forest near his castle and bring him their horns. Told by Darkness that the best bait is Innocence, Blix and her colleagu…
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