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Musical, Romance Film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film, thriller film
Rachel Marron, an Academy Award–nominated actress and music superstar, is receiving death threats from a stalker. After a bomb explodes in her dressing room, her manager Bill Devaney seeks out professional bodyguard Frank Farmer, a former …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, post-apocalyptic film
A man and his young son struggle to survive after an unspecified catastrophe results in an extinction event, which causes the death of all plant life and virtually all animal life. The man and boy travel on a road to the coast in hope that…
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Drama, Historie, Political Drama, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller, thriller film
In 1966, U.S. State Department analyst Daniel Ellsberg is embedded with American soldiers in Vietnam. He documents the conflict's on-the-ground reality and soon realizes the Vietnam War is unwinnable.
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Horror, Werewolf, body horror film, feature film, fiction film, horror film, supernatural horror film, thriller film, werewolf film
In 1995, a hiker's vanishing in the remote mountains of Oregon sparks speculation about a virus transmitted by the region's wildlife, dubbed "hill fever" by locals but called ma'iingan odengwaan, or "Face of the Wolf", by earlier Native Am…
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Action, Gangster Film, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, prison film, thriller film
Decorated honorably discharged Army Ranger Cameron Poe is convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing a bar patron in self-defense when the other man drunkenly attacks him and his pregnant wife, Tricia. During his eight-year sentence…
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Horror, Mysterie, psychological horror fiction, psychological thriller
Eloise "Ellie" Turner, a sweet and naive teenager with troubled mental health, loves the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties and dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Her mother, who was a fashion designer, died by suicide when Elli…
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Cannibal-Movie, Splatter Film, adventure film, cannibal film, horror film, thriller film
College freshman Justine becomes interested in a student social activism group led by Alejandro and his girlfriend Kara. The group plans a trip to the Amazon rainforest to stop a petrochemical company from forest clearing and displacing na…
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Thriller, drama film, thriller film
During a surprise nuclear attack drill, many USAF Strategic Missile Wing controllers prove unwilling to turn the keys required to launch a missile strike. Such refusals convince Dr. John McKittrick and other NORAD systems engineers that mi…
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film, political thriller film, war film
During World War II, Wehrmacht Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is serving in Tunisia on the staff of the 10th Panzer Division, where he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the future of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler. Stauffenberg lose…
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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, thriller film, trial film
Theodore "Ted" Crawford, a wealthy Irish aeronautical engineer living in Los Angeles, confirms that his wife, Jennifer, is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally. Confronting his wife, Crawford shoots her. He calls the polic…
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Komödie, Silly Movie, Sitcom, action film, buddy film, dystopian film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Following the impact of a meteorite into Earth 65million years ago, the universe is split into a pair of parallel dimensions. Surviving dinosaurs escape into the new dimension, evolving into a humanoid race and founding a city known as Din…
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Dark Comedy, Marital Tragedy, Psychological Thriller, Satire, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
Harvard Law student Oliver Rose meets Barbara when they bid on the same antique at a Nantucket auction. The pair start a passionate relationship, eventually marrying, having two children, and buying a large house in Washington, D.C. Over t…
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Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, drama film, psychological thriller
Trevor Reznik is a machinist whose insomnia has led to him becoming emaciated and a loner. His coworkers eventually turn against him when he is involved in an accident that causes his coworker to lose his left arm; Trevor was distracted by…
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Adventure, Drama, Psychological Thriller, adventure film, drama film, melodrama, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Richard, a young American backpacker seeking adventure in Bangkok, stays in a drab travellers' hotel on Khao San Road where he meets a young French couple, Françoise and Étienne, and he immediately becomes attracted to Françoise. He also m…
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Crime, Komödie, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
In Warfield, Connecticut, widowed single mother Stephanie Smothers runs a vlog featuring crafts and recipes for mothers. She becomes friends with Emily Nelson, the mother of her son Miles' best friend and classmate Nicky and a PR director …
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Action, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, action thriller, adventure film, spy film, thriller film
Six weeks after Jason Bourne's escape from Russia, Operation Outcome agent Aaron Cross (Number Five) is assigned a training exercise in the Alaskan wilderness as punishment for going AWOL. He must traverse the rugged terrain to find a remo…
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Crime, Historical drama, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, thriller film
The film's storylines alternate between Rodney Alcala's crimes in different locations from 1971 to 1979 and Sheryl Bradshaw's life in 1978 Los Angeles which leads to the two meeting on The Dating Game. In 1977, Rodney photographs a woman o…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, science fiction film, splatter film, zombie film
After completing a nursing shift in the Milwaukee area, Ana returns home to her husband, Luis. Because they are distracted during the evening, they miss emergency news reports. The next morning, a zombified neighbor girl enters their bedro…
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Horror, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, action film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, teen film, thriller film
In 1957, on an automobile production line in Detroit, a newly-built red 1958 Plymouth Fury slams its hood shut by itself onto a worker's hand, while another worker is found dead inside the car after dropping cigar ash on its seats. In 1978…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, slasher film, supernatural film, teen film, thriller film
High school student Alex Browning boards Volée Airlines Flight 180, a Boeing 747-200B, with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris from John F. Kennedy Airport. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition that the plane will explode in …
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Adventure, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, spy film, thriller film
The British information-gathering vessel St Georges, which holds the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC), the system used by the Ministry of Defence to co-ordinate the Royal Navy's fleet of Polaris submarines, is sunk after traw…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, martial arts film, ninja film
Mortal Kombat is a martial arts tournament that is held once every generation between representatives of the realms of Earth and the otherworldly dimension of Outworld. If Outworld achieves ten consecutive victories, the Outworld Emperor w…
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Animalhorror, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film, melodrama, mystery film, natural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
At a San Francisco pet store, socialite Melanie Daniels meets lawyer Mitch Brenner, who wants to buy lovebirds for his sister Cathy's 11th birthday. Mitch recognizes Melanie from her court appearance regarding a practical joke gone awry an…
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Thriller, thriller film
Kate Garrett works as a horse trainer on her farm, Echo Valley, in southern Pennsylvania. Kate is reeling from the loss of her wife, Patty, who died in a riding accident, and is struggling to make ends meet with the operation of the farm. …
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