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Komödie, Road Movie, Thriller, comedy film, road movie
At a bar in Philadelphia in 1999, a man named Santos sits in a booth while nervously clutching a briefcase. He exits in a hurry and is followed by the bartender, who murders and decapitates him in an alley. Elsewhere in Philadelphia, Jamie…
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Mysterie, science fiction film, thriller film
Ellie, her mother Celeste, her stepfather Daniel, and her stepsister Anna live on Caddo Lake on the Louisiana-Texas border. Anna vanishes one night while near the lake. The family and community begin searching for her, with no results.
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Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, black comedy film, crime film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Spencer and Laura Peterson, with their children Luke and Anna, are coping with the loss of their elder son, Caleb, to the war in Afghanistan. They are visited by David Collins, a former U.S. Army sergeant who claims he was Caleb's best fri…
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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, Komödie, black comedy film, crime comedy film, heist film
Long-time friends and small-time London criminals Eddie, Tom, Soap, and Bacon put together £100,000 so that Eddie, a card sharp, can participate in one of "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale's high-stakes three-card brag games. The game, however, is …
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Police Film, Thriller, action film, action thriller, crime thriller film, vigilante film
A psychopathic sniper, later referred to as "Scorpio", shoots a woman while she swims in a San Francisco skyscraper rooftop pool. He leaves behind a threatening letter demanding he be paid $100,000 or he will kill more people. The note is …
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Biographical picture, Conspiracy Thriller, Family Drama, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
CBS producer Lowell Bergman convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards, who at…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film, vigilante film
Paul Kersey, a trauma surgeon, lives with his wife Lucy and daughter Jordan in Chicago. When the family visits a restaurant with Paul's brother Frank, a valet parking attendant named Miguel secretly copies their address after hearing that …
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Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, dystopian film, film noir, horror film, neo-noir, science fiction film, thriller film
John Murdoch awakens in a hotel bathtub with amnesia. He receives a phone call from Dr. Daniel Schreber, who urges him to flee the hotel to evade a group of men who are after him.
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Family Drama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, thriller film
Ten-year-old Mark Evans has recently lost his mother, Janice. Before leaving on a business trip to Tokyo, Mark's father, Jack, transports him from Arizona to his Uncle Wallace and Aunt Susan's house in Rock Harbor, Maine, where he will sta…
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Thriller, musical film, psychological thriller film
Music superstar Abel Tesfaye warms up and performs at a headlining concert. Afterwards, he parties and does drugs with his manager, Lee. Despite encouragement from Lee, Abel does not want to perform due to growing depression after a recent…
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Action, Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1997, Los Angeles is experiencing a heat wave and a turf war between heavily armed Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels. A Predator watches a shootout between the gangs and the LAPD, observing as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan charges into the…
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Animation, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, Thriller, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, fantasy film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller
A scientist is commissioned by his government to create a highly intelligent robot in the name of peaceful progress, which the government then seizes and turns into the Fabrication Machine, an automaton that can construct an army of war ma…
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Action, action film, heist film, thriller film
Following their successful heist in Brazil, Dominic Toretto lives with Elena Neves; his sister Mia lives with Brian O'Conner and their son, Jack; Gisele Yashar and Han Lue are together; and Roman Pearce and Tej Parker live in luxury. DSS a…
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Animation, Computeranimation, Fantasy, Ghost-House-Movies, Horror comedy, children's film, comedy horror, detective film, family film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, independent film, thriller film
On the day before Halloween, young Dustin James "D.J." Walters spies on his elderly neighbor, Horace Nebbercracker, who is known for frightening children off his property and confiscating their belongings. D.J.'s parents leave town for a c…
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia
A dystopian near-future Australia is facing a breakdown of civil order primarily owing to widespread oil shortages and ecocide. The berserk motorbike gang member Crawford "Nightrider" Montazano kills a rookie officer of the poorly funded M…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, action thriller, thriller film
Secret Service agent Mike Banning undergoes training at a paramilitary facility in Virginia, owned by his former Army Ranger commanding officer Wade Jennings, now CEO of private military company Salient Global. Banning is recommended for t…
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Retro Science Fiction, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In 1873 New Mexico Territory, a man awakens injured in the desert with a strange metal bracelet attached to his left wrist and no memory. He wanders into the town of Absolution, where preacher Meacham treats his wound. Sheriff John Taggart…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Five years after Kyra's death, Riddick has become uneasy in his role as Lord Marshal of the Necromonger fleet. His refusal to swear into the Necromonger faith has caused dissent among his subjects. After the latest attempt on his life, Rid…
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Action, Mysterie, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Some time after helping the Holy See deal with an antimatter threat, Harvard University professor Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital room in Florence, Italy. He has no memory of the last few days but is plagued with hellish visions. Dr.
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Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, Torture Porn, crime film, exploitation film, horror film, rape and revenge film, splatter film, thriller film
Novelist Jennifer Hills travels from New York City to Louisiana to work on her next book in privacy. The gas station attendant, Johnny Miller, gives her directions to her rented cabin when she gets lost. He embarrasses himself by trying to…
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Crime, Thriller, crime thriller film
In 1983, Bruce Pierce and Gary Yarbrough lure Walter West out into the woods at night under the ruse of a hunting trip, and murder him. Veteran FBI agent Terry Husk reopens the long-vacant field office in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, looking for …
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, legal thriller, mystery film, trial film
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his little brother Ricky are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their Memphis trailer home when they encounter mob lawyer W. Jerome Clifford attempting suicide. Mark sneaks up to the back of Clifford's car t…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Obsession, Occult Horror, horror film, supernatural film, thriller film
Philadelphia detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) visits convicted serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas) on death row shortly before his execution. Reese appears strangely cheerful, grips Hobbes' hand, and delivers what seems to be…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, rape and revenge film
Karen and Mack McCann are happily married with two daughters, seventeen-year-old Julie (from Karen's previous marriage) and six-year-old Megan. One afternoon while Karen is out shopping, Julie is violently raped and murdered after answerin…
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