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Romance Film, Thriller, crime film, lesbian-related film, romance film, thriller film
In a rural New Mexican town in 1989, reclusive gym manager Lou navigates relationships with her sister Beth, Beth's husband JJ, and flirtatious friend Daisy. One night while at the gym, Lou is approached by FBI agents in search of informat…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historie, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, medieval film, thriller film
Ahmed ibn Fahdlan is a court poet of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir of Baghdad until his amorous encounter with the wife of an influential noble gets him exiled as an "ambassador" to the Volga Bulgars. Traveling with his father's old frien…
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Drama, Justice Drama, Political Drama, drama film, political thriller film
Stephen Meyers is a talented political staffer and the junior campaign manager for Pennsylvania Governor Mike Morris. Just days before the pivotal primary elections in Ohio and North Carolina, Stephen and senior campaign manager Paul Zara …
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action thriller, disaster film
In 1970, Japanese Ride Flight 351 is hijacked by armed members of Japan's Red Army Faction soon after taking off for Itazuke from Tokyo. The young hijackers, referring to themselves as Ashita no Joe, demand to be flown to Pyongyang, where …
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
A joint operation between American and Russian special forces captures General Ivan Radek, the dictator of a rogue neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan that retained its nuclear weapons, threatening war. Three weeks later, U.S. president James …
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Action, Military Film, action film, thriller film, war film
In upstate California, former United States Army Special Forces colonel John Matrix is informed by his former superior Major General Franklin Kirby that unknown mercenaries have killed all the other members of his former unit. The assassin…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, action film, spy film, thriller film
In Aleppo, Syria, a team of US Navy SEALs, including Senior Chief Petty Officer John Kelly, rescue a CIA operative taken hostage by a suspected pro-Assad para-military group. The situation escalates as the SEALs discover that the captors a…
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Occult Horror, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror fiction, slasher film
Police Detective Mike Norris chases fugitive serial killer Charles Lee Ray, known as the "Lakeshore Strangler", through the streets of Chicago and into a toy store while Ray's accomplice, Eddie Caputo, flees the scene with Norris' partner,…
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Crime, Thriller, drama film, police film, thriller film
Will Grady finds his girlfriend, Summer Elswick, brutally murdered in a rural Maine house that they have been showing for sale as realtors. Tom Nichols and his partner Dan Cleary, detectives assigned to the case, question Will who reveals …
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Romantic Drama, Secret Agent, Thriller, drama film, romance film, thriller film, war film
In 1942, during World War II, Wing Commander Max Vatan, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot with intelligence duties, travels to Casablanca in Morocco to assassinate a German ambassador. To pose as a married couple, he is partnered with a Fre…
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, drama film, thriller film
Retail worker Matthew Morning is employed at a popular Los Angeles clothing store frequented by rising pop musician Oliver, whom Matthew impresses one afternoon by playing an under-appreciated song he loves on the store’s speakers. Oliver …
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Justice Drama, Thriller, drama film, legal thriller, mystery film, thriller film
Lawyer Michael Clayton is a "fixer" for the prestigious Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen law firm in New York City. One night, Michael attends to a high-profile client in Westchester County. Driving home, Michael sees three horses standing at the …
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Action, Crime, Heist, Thriller, action film, black comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film, heist film, mystery film
In 1969, student hackers and long-time friends Martin Brice and Cosmo use their skills to reallocate money from causes they consider evil to underfunded ones that help the world. When Martin steps out to get pizza, the police arrive and ar…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, ninja film, science fiction film
Weapons master James McCullen has created a nanotech-based weapon—nanobots that can rapidly devour any non-organic materials. His company M.A.R.S. sells four warheads to NATO, and American soldiers Duke and Ripcord are tasked to deliver th…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Hank is an accountant at a feed mill in Wright County, Minnesota with a pregnant wife, Sarah. After visiting their parents graves on New Year's Eve, Hank, his simpleminded brother Jacob, and Jacob's friend Lou Chambers stumble upon a crash…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, prison film
Henri Charrière is a safecracker nicknamed "Papillon" because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest. In France, he is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp in 1933 and is sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guiana. On the way, he meets…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, Romance Film, Social Drama, drama film, erotic thriller film, melodrama, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, romance film, thriller film
thumb|thumbtime=2:18|Trailer for Rebecca thumb|In Monte Carlo, Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) stops to speak to Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper (Florence Bates) only after recognizing her companion (Joan Fontaine), the woman he had encountered …
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, drama film, heist film, mystery film, psychological thriller film
In 1991, a gang of ruthless criminals stage a daring daylight robbery to steal a rare $10-million gem from a bank's safe deposit vault. Two of them double-cross their leader, Patrick Koster, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years …
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Buddy Cop, Buddy Film, Komödie, Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film, heist film, hood film, thriller film
Lifelong friends Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are devoted Miami Police narcotics detectives investigating $100 million of seized Mafia heroin, their biggest career bust, which has been stolen from a secure police vault. Internal Affairs …
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Simon and Robyn Callem leave Chicago after Simon takes a job in his hometown, Los Angeles, where they plan to start having children. While at the mall, they unexpectedly run into Gordon "Gordo" Moseley, high school classmate of Simon. Gord…
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Erotic Thriller, drama film, erotic film, romance film
The movie starts with Massimo and Laura getting married. Laura had lost her baby due to the accident that took place in the final scenes of the previous movie. Only Laura's best friend, Olga, travels to Italy to attend the wedding, as Mass…
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Horror, Mysterie, Slasher Horror, ghost film, hood film, horror film, psychological thriller, slasher film, thriller film
Helen Lyle is an anthropology graduate student at the University of Illinois Chicago. While researching urban legends, she familiarizes herself with Candyman, a spirit who kills anyone that speaks his name five times before a mirror. She l…
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Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
On August 18, 1973, five young adults – Erin Hardesty, her boyfriend Kemper, her brother Morgan, and their friends Andy and Pepper – are traveling to a concert after visiting Mexico to purchase marijuana. While driving through Texas, they …
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, horror film, thriller film
The film begins with chemistry professor Barney Cousins at his cabin, seemingly perfecting methods to conduct a kidnapping. He is so dedicated to his work that his wife Helene and his daughter Denise suspect he is having an affair. Jeff Ha…
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