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Drama, Thriller, drama film, thriller film
In 1930s Texas, Eugene Evans lives with his family in a small town. The land is drought-stricken and dust storms plague the country. When Eugene is five years old, his father abandons his family.
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
In 1948, Reverend Desmond Spellacy is a young Roman Catholic monsignor in the Los Angeles Archdiocese. His older brother Tom is a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Des is skillful at developing church projects whil…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, erotic thriller, neo-noir
Jack Grimaldi is an NYPD homicide detective who seems to have everything: a lavish lifestyle; a beautiful wife, Natalie; and an adoring teenaged mistress, Sheri. However, Jack only affords his lifestyle because he's on the take, doing favo…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Teenage prodigy Paul Conway and his mother Jeannie move into their new house in the town of Welling. He soon becomes friends with paperboy Tom Toomey. Living next door to Paul is Samantha Pringle and her abusive, alcoholic father Harry.
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Drama, drama film, prison film, thriller film
As a 17-year-old orphan, Henri Young went into a grocery store where he was denied work. This leads him to steal $5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister Rosetta, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the…
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Political Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, political thriller film
New York Police Department police officer Billy Taggart is arrested for the murder of Mikey Tavarez. Earlier, Tavarez was tried for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Bolton Village resident Yesenia Barea but avoided a conviction due to a …
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Crime, Horror, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological thriller, thriller film
Jennifer Tree is a rising print model in New York City. On an evening out alone, Jennifer is stalked and drugged at a Brooklyn nightclub. She wakes up in a cell containing personal items taken from her apartment.
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Police Film, Romantic Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
New Orleans police lieutenant Remy McSwain investigates the murder of a local mobster, leading police to suspect a war between two crime families. Anne Osborne, a state district attorney, arrives to investigate alleged police corruption. A…
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Animalhorror, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, comedy horror film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, natural horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film
Law student and athlete Allan Mann is struck by a truck and rendered quadriplegic following surgery. As his domineering mother and uncaring nurse try helping him, Allan, now in an SNP-equipped wheelchair, struggles to adjust. His friend, G…
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, prison film, science fiction film
In 2022, the penal system is run by corporations, and prisoners are seen as assets. Highly trained ex-Marine J.T. Robbins is imprisoned for life for murdering his commanding officer after being ordered to kill innocent civilians in Benghaz…
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Detective Film, action film, crime film, mystery film, teen film
Nancy Drew, an amateur sleuth, and her widowed father, Carson Drew, move from their quaint hometown River Heights to California, where Carson has a temporary job. Carson encourages Nancy to focus on living like a normal teenager, instead o…
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Action, Secret Agent, action film, buddy film
After retrieving a truck load of plutonium stolen from a US military base in Croatia by freelance international terrorist Stavros, anti-terrorist agent Jack Paul Quinn retires to Southern France with Kathryn, his pregnant wife. A governmen…
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Crime, Forensic, Marital Tragedy, Thriller, crime film, drama film, film noir
thumb|left|Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall in The Letter thumb|Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie Leslie Crosbie, the wife of a British rubber plantation manager in Malaya, shoots dead Geoffrey Hammond, a well-known member of the expatriate co…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, drama fiction, drama film, fantasy film, mystery film, psychological drama, science fiction, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller, thriller film
At the headquarters of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul grooms Damian Wayne, the young son of his daughter Talia and Batman, to succeed him. The League is ambushed by a group of assassins led by Slade Wilson, Ra's al Ghul's initial ch…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
Cash is trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of his recently orphaned niece Savannah in an Appalachian town in Odim County. When the sadistic kingpin Big Cat, who runs the town, forces him back into her services, Cash learns…
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Drama, Ghost-Movie, Psychological Thriller, drama film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Maureen Cartwright is a personal shopper in Paris for Kyra Gellman, a supermodel. One night, Maureen video chats with her boyfriend, Gary, a contractor in Muscat, Oman, who encourages her to visit him, which she turns down. At Kyra's apart…
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LGBTQ-related film, Musical, Thriller, thriller film
The Relentless are an aspiring rock band, half from England and half from the US. The band's vocalist, Johnny Faust, lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his mother and his girlfriend Gretchen. Other band members are Dylan, Leo and Ricky.
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Drama, Thriller, thriller film
Nick Brady is in Colombia with his brother when he meets Maria. She is the niece of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. As both Nick and Maria see how dangerous life can be around her uncle Pablo the pair decide to leave Colombia along with Nick's…
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Psychological Thriller, crime film
Tess Thorne, a successful crime-mystery writer, is invited to a library in upstate Massachusetts for a meet-and-greet with fans, but is scared of flying so drives to engagements even long distances away. After the event, Ramona, the organi…
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Thriller, thriller film
An attractive woman, Chloe, lives with her stepson Jacob in a luxury mansion on an isolated peninsula, only accessible from the mainland by a swing bridge. One evening, while entertaining a friend, Alice, she admits she has no idea where h…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
At a diner, a man (Kirk Baltz) talks to an older man (Philip Baker Hall) over cigarettes and coffee. He explains how, while gambling at a casino, he wrote his name on a $20 bill for good luck. Before he could use it, he ran into his friend…
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Horror, exploitation film, horror film, monster film, natural horror film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film
After refusing a demand for anal sex from a scummy customer named Buck, naïve prostitute Clara Wood is evicted from the town brothel by the madame, Miss Hattie. Clara makes her way to the decrepit Starlight Hotel, located deep in the remot…
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Criminal Comedy Film, action film, black comedy film, buddy film, comedy film, crime comedy film, crime film, crime thriller film, gangster film
Italian American Harry Valentini and his Jewish friend and next-door neighbor Moe Dickstein occupy the bottom rung of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo's gang. Making a living by doing Castelo's lowest jobs, such as looking after his goldf…
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Horror, Thriller
The film is set in 1931 in Oregon. A twin brother and sister, living on a secluded farm with their widowed father, discover an Icelandic spell book in the attic. The siblings begin to suspect that there is a connection between their mother…
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