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Adventure, Drama, Thriller, action film, thriller film
The film opens with a prologue that consists of four segments described by critics as "vignettes". They show the principal characters in different parts of the world and provide their backstories. Nilo, an elegantly dressed man, enters a f…
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Horror comedy, Slasher Horror, Teen Horror Film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
Cotton Weary, now a successful talk show host, is contacted by Ghostface, who demands to know the whereabouts of Sidney Prescott. When Cotton refuses to cooperate, Ghostface murders him and his girlfriend Christine. Detective Mark Kincaid …
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Adventure, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, adventure film, spy film, thriller film
After an encounter with knife-throwing twin assassins Mischka and Grishka in East Berlin, mortally wounded British agent 009, dressed as a circus clown and carrying a fake Fabergé egg, crashes into the British ambassador's residence and di…
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Monster Film, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, dystopian film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
An amorphous parasitic alien race abandons its dying planet and travels across space, eventually coming to Earth. Upon settling, the spores take the form of small pods with fragrant pink flowers. Elizabeth Driscoll, a laboratory scientist …
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Action, Secret Agent, action film, spy film, thriller film
IMF agent Trevor Hanaway is killed in Budapest by assassin Sabine Moreau, who steals Russian nuclear launch codes to sell to a man named "Cobalt". IMF agent Ethan Hunt is extracted from a Moscow prison, along with an asset named Bogdan, by…
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Horror, Thriller, crime film, horror film, thriller film
Rocky, Alex, and Money are three Detroit delinquents who make a living by breaking into houses and stealing valuables. Rocky longs to move to California with her younger sister, Diddy, and escape from their abusive mother and her alcoholic…
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Drama, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, biopunk, horror film, science fiction film
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by splicing animal DNA to create hybrids for medical use at the company N.E.R.D. (Nucleic Exchange Research and Development). Their work has yielded Fred and Ginger, two lar…
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Action, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, prison film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 1988, amidst war between the United States and an alliance of China and the USSR, Manhattan has been converted into a maximum security prison to address a 400% increase in crime. In 1997, while flying President John Harker to a peace su…
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Biographical picture, Political Drama, drama film
In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan graduates from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a missionary clinic in Uganda run by David Merrit and his wife, Sarah. Aft…
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Splatter Film, Torture Porn, horror film, splatter film, thriller film
Two college students, Paxton Rodriguez and Josh Brooks, travel across Europe with their Icelandic friend Óli Eriksson. In the Netherlands, they visit an Amsterdam nightclub, followed by a brothel. They are booted from the nightclub after g…
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Slasher Horror, Thriller, slasher film
Kansas Highway Patrol officer Jane Archer witnesses her husband, Mike, being murdered by a serial killer dubbed by the media as the "Satanic Slasher" due to the occult symbols left behind at the crime scenes. She becomes obsessed with trac…
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Action, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
In 2012, following the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Benghazi is named one of the most dangerous places in the world. While several countries have pulled their embassies out of Libya in fear of an attack by militants, the U.S…
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Thriller, Time Travel, drama film, dystopian film, intersex film, science fiction film, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1975, a time-traveling agent, whose face is not seen, suffers severe burns while trying and failing to disarm a bomb in a public building's basement. An unseen person helps him activate his time-travel device, called a "field kit", allo…
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, thriller film
In 1957, the Dollanganger children — 14-year-old Chris, 12-year-old Cathy, and 5-year-old twins Carrie and Cory — live happily with their parents, Christopher and Corrine, in Pennsylvania. When Christopher dies in a car crash, the family i…
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Action, Criminal Comedy Film, Romantic Drama, action film, romantic comedy film, screwball comedy film
John Smith, a construction executive, and his wife Jane, an IT recruiter, are at marriage counseling. They have been married for about five or six years, and their marriage is suffering from a lack of communication and acts of quiet aggres…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Super Hero, Sword And Sorcery, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film, sword-and-sandal film
A Cimmerian blacksmith forges a sword and shows it to his young son, Conan, as he tells him of the "Riddle of Steel", an aphorism on the importance of steel to their people. A band of raiders led by cult leader Thulsa Doom then massacres t…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, spy film, thriller film
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is retired from fieldwork and has settled down with his fiancée, nurse Julia Meade, who is unaware of his job training recruits. IMF Director of Operations John Musgrave approaches him about a special mission to rescue…
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Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, Political Drama, Psychodrama, Thriller, crime film, legal thriller, thriller film, trial film
Mitch McDeere, a top Harvard Law School graduate, accepts a lucrative offer from boutique law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke in Memphis, Tennessee. After he and wife Abby relocate there, he prepares for the Tennessee bar exam. Senior partne…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
A Los Angeles-based ballet troupe, consisting of principal dancer Bones, bratty socialite Princess, deeply religious Grace, kind-hearted Zoe, and her hearing impaired sister Chloe, are invited to a prestigious international competition in …
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film
DEA agents collect MI6 agent James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter's wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drug lord Franz Sanchez. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and…
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Mysterie, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, horror film, superhero film
The demon Mephisto sends his bounty hunter, the Ghost Rider, to retrieve the contract of San Venganza for control of a thousand dark souls. Seeing that the agreement would give Mephistopheles the power to bring hell to Earth, the Rider ref…
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Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film
In 17,000 B.C., seven Primes—the highest ruling Cybertronians—collect Energon from Star Harvesters, machines that consume stars to harness their energy. The Primes have a sacred rule to never deplete a star that sustains life. One of them …
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, arthouse science fiction film, crime film, psychological thriller, science fiction film, thriller film
On the night that Miller's Comet passes Earth, eight friends gather for a dinner party at the home of couple Mike and Lee. Emily is hesitant to accompany her boyfriend Kevin on an extended business trip abroad. Amir has brought Kevin's ex-…
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Aliens, alien invasion, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, teen film
One evening at Herrington High School in Ohio, teachers and Principal Drake leave after discussing the school's budget. When Drake returns to retrieve her keys, she is attacked by the school's football coach, Joe Willis. Drama teacher Mrs.
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