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Action, Komödie, Police Film, action film, blaxploitation film, comedy film
Detroit Police Department Detective Sergeant Jericho Jackson, known locally as "Action" Jackson, was a celebrated lieutenant in the police force. He had been demoted nearly two years prior, because of a case he headed involving the crimina…
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Komödie, comedy film, comedy thriller, mystery film
In Beverly Hills, fashion model Jennifer Downing is kidnapped. Her father, multimillionaire P. J.
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black comedy film, thriller film
Kevin and his wife, Suzie, have been separated for two months. In an attempt to reconcile, Kevin arranges a romantic weekend getaway. To Suzie's dismay, she learns during the journey that he is taking her to her father's lake house in the …
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Dark Comedy, comedy film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Ray operates a hardware store with his brother Junior in a small Texas town. He gets several photographs from private detective Skip. Taken during a stake-out at a local motel, the pictures indicate infidelity by Ray's wife Stacy-Lynn.
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, martial arts film, thriller film
DEA Agents John Hatcher and his partner Chico pursue a drug dealer called Hector on foot, who, it is later revealed, has blown John's cover. John and Chico manage to fight their way out of an ambush set up by Hector, but during their escap…
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Horror, Mysterie, action film, disaster film, exploitation film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In Evans City, Pennsylvania, a man kills his wife and burns down his farmhouse. Firefighters David and Clank—both Vietnam War veterans—are called to the scene. David's pregnant girlfriend, a nurse named Judy, is called to the office of Dr.
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, horror film
A group of young people are addicted to playing an online computer game called Hellworld which is based on the Hellraiser series. Adam was so obsessed with the game that he ultimately committed suicide after becoming too immersed in it. At…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Historical drama, Historie, Political Thriller, drama film
In modern-day New York, Derek Jacobi arrives at a theatre where he delivers a monologue questioning the lack of manuscript writings of William Shakespeare, despite the undeniable fact that he is the most performed playwright of all time. B…
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
Spencer Armacost is an astronaut working for NASA, and his wife Jillian is a second-grade teacher. While he and Alex Streck are walking in space on a mission, an explosion knocks out their communication with the command center. They land s…
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Biographical picture, Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
In 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb interviews drug dealer Ronny Quail, who is outraged that the government used civil asset forfeiture to keep his house even after he was acquitted. Webb's ensuing article about the abuses of…
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Drama, Slasher Horror, crime film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
Before the "Phantom-attacks", which occurred about eight months after World War II, Texarkana was pleasant and citizens were preparing for a good future. On the night of Sunday, March 3, 1946, Sammy Fuller and Linda Mae Jenkins park on a l…
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Action, Thriller
A man is hunted by wealthy elites in a game he initially agrees to but comes to regret.
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Action Comedy, Martial-Arts, Modern-Day Fantasy, Secret Agent, action comedy film, buddy film, fantasy film, martial arts film
Eddie Yang is a Hong Kong police inspector cooperating with Interpol in the capture of a crime lord named AJ "Snakehead" Staul. Snakehead procures an ancient book from a Chinese bookstore keeper, which tells the story of a boy chosen every…
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Crime, Drama, Mafia Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, hood film
Jeffrey Cole is a recent graduate of the Cincinnati police academy who dreams of working undercover. Cole manages to get an undercover assignment the day of graduation and earns the praise of his superiors. He is soon given the task of tak…
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Drama, Film Noir, boxing film, drama film
Sportswriter Eddie Willis, broke after the newspaper he works for goes under, is hired as a PR man by boxing promoter Nick Benko. Nick has recruited Toro Moreno, a towering Argentine. Despite Toro's lack of fighting ability, Nick plans to …
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Horror, anthology film, flashback film, horror film
Walter Craig arrives at a country cottage in Kent, where he is greeted by his host Elliot Foley. Craig is an architect whom Foley has invited to his home to consult on some renovations. Upon entering the sitting room of the cottage, Craig …
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Psychological Thriller, psychological thriller
Carla, seven-months pregnant and with four children already from various men, working as a cashier in Bath, England, is contacted by Heather; best friends at school while pre-teens during Year 7, they meet up having not spoken in years. He…
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Action, action film, crime film, drama film
Thirty-five-year-old Jewish-American convict and junkie, Butch "Bullet" Stein, is released from prison on parole after serving an 8-year sentence for being an accomplice to a robbery, perpetrated by his friend, Irish-American gangster Padd…
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Animation, Drama, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, thriller film
Bill is a man whose daily routines, perceptions, and dreams are illustrated through multiple split-screen windows that are narrated by an uncredited Don Hertzfeldt. He often has meetings with his ex-girlfriend, but suffers from an unnamed …
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Action, Adventure, Martial-Arts, action film, martial arts film
Late at night, in an empty bar in the present day (the mid-1990s), an old man enters and awaits service. Not long after, a group of thugs arrives and attempts to rob the till. The old man defeats them easily, one by one, with hand-to-hand …
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Action, War Film, action film, war film
Lieutenant Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton and his bombardier/navigator Lieutenant Morgan "Morg" McPherson are flying a Grumman A-6 Intruder during the Vietnam War over the Gulf of Tonkin. They hit their target in North Vietnam, a 'suspected truc…
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Animalhorror, drama film, horror film
Social misfit Willard Stiles, who cares for his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta in a musty old mansion, is constantly humiliated and mercilessly taunted in front of his co-workers by his vicious and cruel boss, Frank …
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Horror, Thriller, drama film, horror film
The Parkers are a somewhat reclusive religious family living in the Catskill Mountains who are about to undergo a period of ritual fasting. After purchasing supplies at a local goods store, Mrs. Parker notices a poster regarding a missing …
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, ghost film, mystery film, thriller film
Will Atenton, a successful editor for a New York City publishing house, quits his job to focus on writing a book while spending more time with his wife Libby and their young daughters, Trish and Dee Dee. The family is initially happy to li…
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