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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 198 films · Page 2.
Action, Justice Drama, Thriller, action film, action thriller, drama film, war film
In December 1981, United States Army Vietnam War veteran John Rambo visits the home of his army buddy Delmar Barry and learns that he has died from the effects of Agent Orange exposure. Wandering aimlessly on foot, he arrives at the town o…
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Thriller, survival film, thriller film
The town of Annieville, South Carolina, awaits the arrival of Category 5 hurricane Henry. Despite the imminent danger, Dakota finds herself unable to leave her recently-deceased mother's house due to her agoraphobia, while the heavily preg…
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Thriller, survival film, thriller film
A scuba diver searching for his father's remains in the ocean is swallowed by a sperm whale, leaving him an hour to find a way to escape.
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Monster Film, Thriller, adventure film, female buddy film, horror film, monster film, survival film
Sarah is picked up by her husband Paul and daughter Jessica after a whitewater rafting trip with her thrill-seeking friends Juno and Beth. Paul is distracted on the ride home, causing a car crash that kills both him and Jessica. Sarah awak…
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Accident, Drama, Historie, adventure film, disaster film, docudrama, drama film, historical film, survival film
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a party where guests watch Neil Armstrong's televised first steps on the Moon from Apollo 11. Lovell, who orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, tells his wife Marilyn that he will return to the Moon to …
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Horror, horror film, natural horror film, survival film, thriller film
Tourists Greg and Heather visit Tucker’s Experience, a shark cage attraction run by the eccentric boat captain Tucker. While riding out into the ocean, Tucker remarks on how he survived a shark attack as a child, which scarred him and chan…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film, superhero film, survival film
In 2029, no mutants have been born in 25 years, and an aging Logan suffers as his healing ability is failing, slowly poisoned by his adamantium skeletal grafts. Working as a limousine driver in El Paso, Texas, he and the mutant tracker Cal…
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Splatter Film, Teen Horror Film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, teen film, thriller film
In 1958 at Camp Crystal Lake, camp counselors Barry and Claudette sneak away from other counselors for a late night rendezvous in a supply shed. An unseen assailant attacks and murders them. On Friday, June 13, 1980, camp counselor and coo…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, horror film
On May 21, 1962, off the Labrador Coast, passengers aboard the Italian ocean liner MS Antonia Graza dance as a lounge singer named Francesca performs the song "Senza fine". A little girl named Katie Harwood sits alone until the ship's capt…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, biographical film, drama film, pirate film, survival film, thriller film
Richard Phillips takes command of MV Maersk Alabama, an unarmed container vessel from the Port of Salalah in Oman, with orders to sail through the Guardafui Channel to Mombasa, Kenya. Wary of pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Af…
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Animalhorror, action film, disaster film, horror film, katastrophe, natural horror film, survival film, thriller film
During an international flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai, an improperly stowed power bank ignites a fire in the aircraft's cargo hold, leading to an explosion that ruptures the cabin and destroys an engine. As rows of passengers are rip…
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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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Computeranimation, Komödie, adventure film, buddy film, children's film, comedy film, survival film
In New York City, a lion named Alex lives in the Central Park Zoo as a star attraction known as the "King of New York" with his best friends, a zebra named Marty, a giraffe named Melman, and a hippopotamus named Gloria. Marty, having grown…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, prison film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Shortly after escaping the planet LV-426, the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco is travelling back to Earth with Ellen Ripley, Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, Cpl. Hicks, and the damaged android Bishop in cryonic stasis. An alien egg hatches on boar…
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Animalhorror, Thriller, survival film, thriller film
Five friends, Sara, Max, James, Adrianne and Greg, travel to Thailand on a graduation trip funded by Sara. Sara's father died during a visit to Thailand, and she hopes to honor his memory by visiting the country and seeing the Devil's Mout…
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Adventure, Drama, action film, adventure film, biographical film, disaster film, drama film, survival film, thriller film
In May 1996, several commercial expeditions at the base camp of Mount Everest prepare to climb to the summit. Rob Hall, who popularized commercial Everest missions, leads Adventure Consultants; Scott Fischer is the chief guide for its riva…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, Zombiefilm, buddy film, comedy film, horror film, parody film, romantic comedy, zombie comedy, zombie film
In the Crouch End area of London, 29-year-old sales advisor Shaun is disrespected by his colleagues, does not get along with his stepfather Philip, and is dumped by his girlfriend Liz after he promises to improve himself but is unsuccessfu…
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Drama, Thriller, disaster film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, survival film, techno-thriller, thriller film
The Space Shuttle Explorer, commanded by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, is in Earth orbit to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. Ryan Stone is aboard on her first space mission, to perform hardware upgrades on the telescope.
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Splatter Film, Torture Porn, horror film, splatter film, thriller film
Two college students, Paxton Rodriguez and Josh Brooks, travel across Europe with their Icelandic friend Óli Eriksson. In the Netherlands, they visit an Amsterdam nightclub, followed by a brothel. They are booted from the nightclub after g…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, Obsession, Splatter Film, Teen Horror Film, Zombiefilm, comedy horror, parody film, splatter film, zombie film
Michigan State University students Ash Williams and his girlfriend, Linda, take a romantic getaway to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. While in it, Ash plays a tape of archaeologist Raymond Knowby, the cabin's previous inhabitant,…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama film, survival film
In the early 1980s, an Israeli adventurer named Yossi Ghinsberg travels to Bolivia planning to journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. There, he meets Marcus Stamm, a Swiss school teacher, and Marcus's friend Kevin Gale, an Americ…
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Political Thriller, crime film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film
Joe Turner is a bookish CIA analyst, codenamed "Condor", who works at the American Literary Historical Society in New York City, in reality a clandestine CIA office. The staff analyzes print media from around the world. Turner files a repo…
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Drama, Thriller, survival film, thriller film
Chris Lemons, Duncan Allcock, and David Yuasa are members of a team of saturation divers who work to maintain undersea gas lines in the North Sea. While on rotation, the divers live onboard a vessel in pressurized chambers which maintain c…
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Adventure, Drama, biographical film, docudrama, drama film, independent film, survival film
On April 26, 2003, avid mountaineer Aron Ralston goes hiking at Utah's Canyonlands National Park without telling anyone. He befriends lost hikers Kristi and Megan and gives them directions. While guiding them, he shows them an underground …
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