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Drama, Horror, drama film, historical film, horror film
In 1645, during the English Civil War, Matthew Hopkins, an opportunistic witch hunter, takes advantage of the breakdown in social order to impose a reign of terror in East Anglia. Hopkins and his assistant, John Stearne, visit various vill…
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Thriller
David Petersen (Allen Leech) is passing through the Colorado Rockies during a severe snowstorm. He stops off at a diner, where the waitress Ana (Nina Bergman) is accosted by her violent ex-husband Vincent (Yan Tual). David calmly and charm…
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crime film, detective film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
A young boy steals the organs of slaughtered animals from a local butcher and preserves them in jars underneath his bed. Upon discovering this, his father beats him. After he grows up, he plots & kills his father with a rope used to hang c…
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Action, action film
Darren McCord is a French Canadian-born firefighter for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, now serving as the fire marshal for the Pittsburgh Civic Arena after being unable to save a young girl from a house fire two years prior. Darren has tak…
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Drama, drama film, thriller film
Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
The Way Out Directed by Radio Silence Written by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Mitch and Jack are on the run from mysterious floating creatures. Filled with remorse, Mitch looks at a photograph of his daughter, Katherine, as they drive down a name…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film
Hollywood A-list actress Honey Whitlock publicly presents herself as a sweet and considerate woman, but is actually a profane, unreasonable, and demanding diva. While in Baltimore to attend a premiere for her latest film, Honey is kidnappe…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, neo-noir
Three criminals, Ray, Pluto and Fantasia (Ray's girlfriend), commit six brutal murders over the course of one night in Los Angeles as they seek a cache of money and cocaine. The trio leave for Houston to sell the cocaine to a friend of Plu…
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Gangster Film, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film
George, a low-level working-class gangster recently released after seven years in prison, is given a job in London by his former boss, Denny Mortwell, as the driver and bodyguard for a high-priced prostitute named Simone. Mortwell also wan…
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Heist, Thriller, action film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
A man named Joe Walker checks into the Roosevelt Hotel, enters his hotel room on the 21st floor, and climbs on the ledge, apparently ready to commit suicide. The crowd below calls the police. Dante Marcus controls the crowd, while Jack Dou…
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Thriller
horror film, thriller film
Sasha is a new babysitter in the prestigious neighborhood of Coral Grove. She is scheduled to babysit a young girl named Zaley Viviers whose mother Camille is a graduate of Winscott, the school Sasha wanted to go to for Pre-medical educati…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, drama film, heist film
Parker and Longbaugh are petty criminals from Illinois who travel to New Mexico hoping for the proverbial "big score." At a sperm donation clinic, the pair overhear a telephone conversation detailing a $1 million payment to a surrogate mot…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film, war film
Valerie Plame is employed by the Central Intelligence Agency, a fact known outside the agency to no one except her husband and parents. She is an intelligence officer involved in a number of sensitive and sometimes dangerous covert operati…
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Horror, Thriller, Vampirfilm, comedy horror film, vampire film
Chris Emerson, a young former surfing pro and his younger sister Nicole move to Luna Bay, California, following the death of their parents, to live in a house owned by their aunt Jillian. Chris leaves his address at the home of Edgar Frog,…
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Crime Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film
Playwright Sidney Bruhl debuts his latest in a series of flops and returns home. Dejected, he reveals to his wife, Myra, that he has received an excellent manuscript, Deathtrap, from an unlikely former student, Clifford Anderson, asking fo…
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, exploitation film, giallo, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film
Peter Neal, an American writer of violent horror and thriller novels, visits Italy to promote his latest book, Tenebrae. He is accompanied by his literary agent, Bullmer, and his assistant, Anne. Neal is unaware that his embittered ex-fian…
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Occult Horror, horror film
Casey Beldon has nightmarish hallucinations of strange-looking dogs in the neighborhood and an evil child with bright blue eyes following her around. While babysitting Matty, her neighbor's son, she finds him showing his infant sibling its…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film
William Tell is a gambler who taught himself how to count cards during an eight-year stint in military prison. Seeking to avoid attention—either from fame or from casino bouncers—Tell's gambling philosophy is to bet small and win modestly.…
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Animalhorror, Thriller, action film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Nixon Oil company inspector Paul Sturges is sent to a small Mexican town in Baja California, to check on El Diamante, an offshore oil rig. He brings his wife Ines and their two children, Audrey and Tommy, along for a vacation. Upon arrival…
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Thriller, horror film, slasher film
A man washes off blood in a bathroom, changes his appearance, puts his belongings into a suitcase, and leaves through the front door of his house, nonchalantly passing the butchered remains of his family. Boarding a ferry, he throws the su…
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Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
After a traumatic home invasion, Liza and her son Jude are left deeply shaken. Jude becomes mute, and Liza suffers from nightmares. To heal, they move to a remote estate with Sean, who is Liza’s husband and Jude's father.
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Detective Film, Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, Splatstick, comedy film
Six years after meeting her during an investigation, FBI agent Malcolm Turner is now married to Sherry Pierce and is the stepfather of her son Trent, and assumes a desk job to be close to her as they await the arrival of their first child.…
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Marital Tragedy, Thriller, drama film, romance film
In Depression-era North Carolina, George Pemberton is an ambitious timber baron who falls in love with Serena Shaw, a young woman with a sad past. They marry, and she joins him on his land and starts to take control, pressuring and questio…
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