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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 198 films · Page 3.
Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, science fiction film, survival film, thriller film
Sixty-five million years ago on the planet Somaris, space pilot Mills is convinced by his wife to take a two-year space expedition to earn money to treat their ill daughter, Nevine. His spaceship, the Zoic, is damaged in an asteroid storm …
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Fugitive Drama, Social Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film
In April 1994, Rwanda is engulfed in a civil war between the Hutu-controlled government and Tutsi rebels. In Kigali, Paul Rusesabagina manages the Belgian-owned Hôtel des Mille Collines and lives with his Tutsi wife Tatiana. The Tutsi are …
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Adventure, Drama, Thriller, drama film, erotic thriller, horror film, romance film, survival film
Jack and Jennifer are a wealthy couple who are yachting in the Caribbean during Christmas. One of their crew is the handsome Manuel, who is immediately found attractive by Jennifer and her friend Gail. Shortly after, Manuel is cursed by hi…
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Action, Drama, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, survival film
In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the sunk whaleship Essex, offering money for his story. Nickerson initially refuses, then agrees after his wife intervenes. In 1820, a Nantucket whalin…
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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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Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, hard science fiction, science fiction film, survival film
After an oil crisis, Lunar Industries makes a fortune by building Sarang Station, a facility on the far side of the Moon to mine the alternative fuel helium-3. The facility requires only one human to maintain operations and launch canister…
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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, survival film
On June 23, 2018, twelve boys of the junior football team "Wild Boars" and their assistant coach Ekkaphon Chanthawong leave practice to explore the Tham Luang cave. When the team fails to arrive at a birthday party organized by their paren…
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Action, Thriller, action film, adventure film, drama film, sport film, survival film, thriller film
While rock climbing in Monument Valley, a freak accident puts adult siblings Peter and Annie and their father Royce Garrett in a deadly situation. To save his children, Royce verbally pushes Peter into cutting his safety rope, causing Royc…
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Thriller, drama film, survival film, thriller film
Action, Drama, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, drama film, horror film, independent film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, thriller film, zombie film
The United States is devastated by a mysterious phenomenon that reanimates recently-dead human beings as flesh-eating zombies. At the dawn of the crisis, it has been reported that millions of people have died and reanimated. Despite the go…
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Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
On August 18, 1973, five young adults – Erin Hardesty, her boyfriend Kemper, her brother Morgan, and their friends Andy and Pepper – are traveling to a concert after visiting Mexico to purchase marijuana. While driving through Texas, they …
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Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, horror film, slasher film
Office worker Sam Lawton is heading to a company retreat with his colleagues. While crossing the North Bay Bridge, he has a premonition of the bridge collapsing due to high winds, killing everyone except for his ex-girlfriend Molly Harper.…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, psychological horror fiction, psychological thriller, survival film
A young man named Ben falls through the ceiling of a room where the walls begin moving inwards. He tries to solve a puzzle to unlock the exit, but is unable to do so as the walls close on him. Three days earlier, a puzzle cube is sent to v…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, teen film
One year after the explosion of Flight 180, college student Kimberly Corman is heading to Daytona Beach, Florida, for spring break with her friends Shaina, Dano, and Frankie. On the entrance ramp to U.S. Route 23, she has a premonition of …
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Animalhorror, Thriller, survival film, thriller film
Maddie, a talented cellist, is struggling to recover from a tragedy in which her friend Chad died protecting her during a robbery. A gun misfire during the robbery also left Maddie with hearing loss for which she uses hearing aids. To help…
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biographical film, drama film, survival film
In 2009, John Jones, a 26-year-old medical student and experienced caver, arrives in Utah for the Thanksgiving weekend with his wife Emily and young daughter Lizzie. They are picked up by John's brother Josh, who tells him that the Nutty P…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, psychological horror fiction, science fiction film
A man named Alderson awakens in a room that has hatches on each wall and floor, each leading to other rooms. He enters another room and is killed by a hidden wiretrap. Five different people all meet in another room: three men (Quentin, Ren…
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Sci-Fi, action film, superhero film, teen film, thriller film
John Smith is an alien from the planet Lorien. He was sent to Earth as a child with eight others, collectively called the Garde, to escape the invading Mogadorians, who destroyed Lorien. John is protected by a guardian (who is called Cêpan…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, survival film
In June 1995, despite a lack of hiking experience, Cheryl Strayed leaves Minneapolis to hike, by herself, of the Pacific Crest Trail. During the journey, she reflects on her childhood and memories of her mother, Bobbi, whose death from can…
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Adventure, drama film, prison film, survival film, war film
After the Soviet invasion of Poland in World War II, Polish army officer Janusz Wieszczek is held prisoner and interrogated by the NKVD. Unable to force a confession of espionage from him, the Soviets torture his wife until she denounces h…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film
Riya wakes up aboard a scientific research station on a distant, barren planet with no recollection of how she got there. While exploring the station, she suffers nightmarish flashbacks and finds several corpses. She encounters a man named…
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Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, crime film, slasher film, splatter film
Police informant Michael Marks awakens in a room with a spike-filled mask locked around his neck. Billy the Puppet on a screen says that the key to open the death mask has been surgically inserted behind his eye. He cannot bring himself to…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, survival film
Momma and her two young children, Nolan and Sam, live in a cabin in a large forest. According to Momma, a supernatural force known as "The Evil" has spread across the world, leaving them the only survivors. Momma is besieged by visions of …
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Action, action film, drama film, survival film
A man narrates a letter addressing people he will miss. In the Indian Ocean eight days earlier, the man wakes to find water flooding his boat. It has collided with a wayward shipping container, ripping a hole in the hull.
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