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Drama, Thriller, disaster film
During the closing days of the Second World War, six members of the Royal Air Force fighter squadron led by Canadian pilot Ted Stryker are killed because of a command decision he made. Stryker blamed himself for that bad decision, falling …
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Thriller, biographical film, drama film
In 1987, Latif Yahia, an Iraqi soldier fighting in the Iran–Iraq War, is called to become a "fedai" ("body double" or political decoy) for Uday Hussein, the son of president Saddam. Latif comes from an upper-class family and attended schoo…
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Horror, horror film, psychological thriller, science fiction film, zombie film
The film begins with an oscilloscope display of the waves of radio announcer Grant Mazzy's radio monologue. As the monologue goes on, the oscilloscope image shows a small bubble appear and grow to almost bursting. This turns out to be the …
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Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Leo Handler visits his mother Val's house in Queens, New York, where she throws a surprise party celebrating his parole. There he meets up with Willie Gutierrez, his cousin Erica Soltz's boyfriend, who thanks him for serving time in prison…
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Action, Romantic Comedy, Thriller, romantic comedy
Three boysBrad, Frank Wheeler, and Kevintravel from the fictional bedroom suburb of Middleton to Pittsburgh, bringing money with hopes of seeing a naked woman. They find a prostitute named V who is willing to show her breasts. However, whe…
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Crime, Horror, Thriller, comedy horror, crime film, horror film
Middle-aged Ezra Cobb helps operate a farm in the rural Midwest with his elderly mother, Amanda, a religious fanatic who has indoctrinated him since childhood to abhor women. She tells him that there is one woman that he should contact upo…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, mystery film, romance film, thriller film
Bart Bromley lives with his mom and has Asperger syndrome. He places hidden cameras in a room at the hotel where he works as a night desk clerk and uses the live feeds and recordings to overcome his social awkwardness by imitating the spee…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film
Victor Frankenstein and his wife, Elizabeth, are scientists who bring to life Adam, a fully-grown, handsome young man with the mind of an infant. Adam's cells fail to replicate correctly, and he soon develops deformities on his face and bo…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Mysterie, horror film, thriller film
In Swinton, Louisiana, police officer Kevin Ganning pulls over a green van for not having a license plate, but when he points his gun at the driver, an unknown entity pulls him away. Officers Renee Lomito-Smith and rookie Danny Holledge ar…
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Mysterie, thriller film
When a copycat murderer strikes, Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek help from an incarcerated serial killer called "the Artist", who makes a deal with them to speak to the district attorney to commute his sentence into life in priso…
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Political Drama, Political Thriller, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy
Don Anderson is the Mickey's hamburger chain marketing director who helped develop the "Big One," its most popular menu item. When he learns that independent research has discovered a considerable presence of fecal matter in the meat, he t…
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horror film, thriller film
The film opens with a reconstruction of events leading up to the disappearance of amateur hiker Gary Hinge in the remote Great Basin Desert of Nevada during July 2017. Gary, whose planned route had taken him from the small town of Ruth to …
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
Fifteen-year old Rachel Barber misses her train to meet with her father. Her parents grow concerned and report the incident to the police the next day. Since Rachel had gone missing with her backpack, with several of her most favorite poss…
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Psychodrama, Thriller, neo-noir, thriller film
John Knox works a day-to-day job as a contract killer employed by Jericho, a crime boss. He is estranged from his wife and son, and lives alone, interacting only with other members of his industry and Annie, the Polish sex worker who visit…
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Drama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
Ed Horman, a conservative businessman from New York, arrives in Chile to search for his son Charlie, a journalist who disappeared during the recent military coup. Ed meets his daughter-in-law, Beth, with whom he has a strained relationship…
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Thriller, psychological thriller film
David Chamberlain, an expectant father, drives to the hospital where his wife is in labor. On the way there, a stranger gets into the back of his car, simply known as “The Passenger” and tells him to pick a card while holding a gun to his …
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Thriller, independent film
Fourteen-year-old Ellie Christianson lives in an affluent neighborhood with her parents, Karen and Ben, and younger sister, Inger. Beneath their privileged life-style is one tinged with dysfunction and chaos. Ben is a workaholic with a hec…
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Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film, mystery film, thriller film
Having solved a high-profile case involving serial killer Edmund Cutler that ended with her being taken hostage by Cutler but managing to overpower and arrest him, officer Jessica Shepard of the San Francisco Police Department is transferr…
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science fiction film, thriller film
Dr. Annika Kask, a brilliant computer scientist known for groundbreaking work in astrophysics, is recruited by a tech billionaire to join a secret research project on a private Caribbean island. The project centers on a device called LITTL…
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Action, action film, thriller film
After touring factory locations in Mansfield, Ohio for her father's company, Hong Kong-based Zhang Innovations, Daya Zhang and her entourage are abducted by terrorists despite her bodyguard and head of security Bao Yung attempting to fight…
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Crime, Drama, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
The film centers on Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, a domestic terrorist who terrorized the United States for nearly 20 years. It alternates between two timelines: Kaczynski's time attending Harvard University and his prolonged…
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Historical drama, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, thriller film
In 1934 London, Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is the theatre critic for The Daily Chronicle, a tabloid newspaper now owned and run by Viscount David Brooke (Mark Strong) after the death of his father. Erskine delights in writing vitriolic r…
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Detective Film, Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, crime film, docudrama, documentary film, drama film, mystery fiction
A body is discovered on a collective farm during harvesting in 1982. A subsequent search of adjacent woods, authorized by the new forensic specialist, Viktor Burakov, turns up seven more bodies in varying stages of decomposition. The film …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, action thriller