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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, thriller film
Throughout the film, the main narrative is intercut with footage of an elderly janitor working at a high school, including scenes in which he sees students rehearsing Oklahoma! and watches a romantic comedy film. A young woman (whose occup…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
After her husband Karl's death, widow Barb sets out to fulfill his last request to have his ashes scattered in remote Lake Hilda in northern Minnesota, where the two had their first date. During a snowstorm as she drives there, she takes a…
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Teen Horror Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, splatter film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Teenager Tina Gray awakens from a terrifying nightmare in which a disfigured man wearing a bladed glove attacks her in a boiler room. Her mother points out the mysterious slashes on her nightgown. The following morning, Tina's best friend …
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Thriller, thriller film
In Los Angeles, pregnant attorney Caitlyn Morales is assigned to represent Polly Murphy, a young woman facing eviction and homelessness. Shortly after their first meeting, Caitlyn gives birth to her second daughter, Josie, while struggling…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, action thriller, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film
In 1944 Nazi-occupied Poland, 14-year-old Erik Lehnsherr is separated from his parents upon entering the Auschwitz concentration camp. While attempting to reach them, he causes a set of metal gates to bend toward him because of his mutant …
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Action, Gangster Film, Komödie, Road Movie, Splatter Film, Vampirfilm, Western film, action comedy film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, horror film, horror western, monster film, splatter film, thriller film, vampire film
At a Texas roadside liquor store, fugitive bank robber Seth Gecko and his deranged brother Richie kill the clerk and a Texas Ranger and destroy the building. Richie nurses a gunshot to his hand as they drive down the highway to a motel and…
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Political Thriller, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, alternate history film, drama film, dystopian film, neo-noir, superhero film, vigilante film
In 1985, a man living in a Manhattan apartment watches news about escalating Cold War tensions and the response from five-term President Richard Nixon when an unknown assailant attacks and hurls him to the street below. Throughout the open…
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Mysterie, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, disaster film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
After an argument with her fiancé, a young woman named Michelle leaves her New Orleans apartment. That night, while driving through rural Louisiana, she hears news reports of blackouts in several major cities. Suddenly, her car is struck o…
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Thriller, drama film, thriller film
Niki White is the apprentice of New York City piano tuner Harry Horowitz, a friend of his late father. Once a gifted musician, Niki has hyperacusis and can no longer play the piano, wearing ear protection at all times against loud noises. …
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Action, Japanese Monster Movie, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, kaiju, science fiction film, thriller film
Five years after the three headed dragon-like extraterrestrial, King Ghidorah, awakened giant monsters, known as "Titans", and was defeated by Godzilla, Kong is monitored by Monarch within a giant dome on Skull Island, which has been struc…
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Action, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
At a secluded winery in Sicily, Robert McCall kills the gangster Lorenzo Vitale and his henchmen to obtain a key to the winery's vault to recoup money stolen in a cyber-heist. While McCall is leaving the winery, Vitale's grandson shoots hi…
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Action, Justice Drama, Thriller, action film, action thriller, drama film, war film
In December 1981, United States Army Vietnam War veteran John Rambo visits the home of his army buddy Delmar Barry and learns that he has died from the effects of Agent Orange exposure. Wandering aimlessly on foot, he arrives at the town o…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
In Los Angeles, California, a Fortico armored-truck robbery leaves two guards and a bystander dead, which sets off a series of events told in four acts. A Dark Spirit Five months after the opening scene's robbery, Patrick Hill joins Fortic…
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Action, Drama, Psychodrama, action film, buddy cop film, crime film, heist film, sport film, surf film, thriller film
Former Ohio State quarterback and rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah assists senior agent Angelo Pappas in investigating a string of bank robberies by the "Ex-Presidents": robbers who wear rubber masks of former presidents Ronald Reagan, Jimmy C…
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Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi, science fiction film, thriller film
Primary school teacher Gemma and her boyfriend Tom, a landscaper, visit a housing development called Yonder, where all the homes appear identical. They are shown house number 9 by an unusual real estate agent named Martin, who unsettlingly…
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Biographical picture, Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Mafia Film, action film, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, gangster film, melodrama, mystery film, romance film
In 1960, the nine-year-old Calogero lives in Belmont, a working-class Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx with his father Lorenzo, a Surface Transit (later MTA) bus driver, and his mother Rosina. Calogero becomes enamored of the Maf…
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Thriller, survival film, thriller film
The town of Annieville, South Carolina, awaits the arrival of Category 5 hurricane Henry. Despite the imminent danger, Dakota finds herself unable to leave her recently-deceased mother's house due to her agoraphobia, while the heavily preg…
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Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, drama film, prison film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Clyde Shelton lives with his wife and daughter in Philadelphia when two burglars, Rupert Ames and Clarence Darby, break into their home. Ames ties up and gags Clyde, while Darby stabs him in the stomach before raping and murdering his wife…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
A suicide bombing by ISIS in a Kansas City grocery store kills 15 people. In response, the U.S. government orders CIA officer Matt Graver to apply extreme measures to combat Mexican drug cartels who are suspected of having smuggled the ter…
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Adventure, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, adventure film, drama film, rape and revenge film, suspense film, thriller film
Four Atlanta businessmen decide to go whitewater canoeing down the Cahulawassee River in the remote northern Georgia wilderness before it becomes dammed. Lewis Medlock is an avid outdoorsman and survivalist who leads the group, and Ed Gent…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film
In 1986, Charles Xavier and Magneto meet young Jean Grey at her parents' house to invite her to join their school, the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. Ten years later, in 1996, industrialist Warren Worthington II discovers his son is …
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Thriller, survival film, thriller film
A scuba diver searching for his father's remains in the ocean is swallowed by a sperm whale, leaving him an hour to find a way to escape.
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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, comedy film, crime film, female buddy film, heist film, thriller film
Newly paroled con artist Debbie Ocean, the younger sister of Danny Ocean, reunites with her former partner Lou Miller to plan an ambitious new heist. The target is the Toussaint, a $150 million diamond necklace owned by Cartier, which Debb…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, Secret Agent, action film, action thriller, mystery film, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film
In the Mediterranean Sea, Italian fishermen rescue an American man adrift with two gunshot wounds in his back. Tending to his wounds, they find he has amnesia but shows fluency in several languages. A tiny laser projector found implanted i…
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