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Crime, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, police film, thriller film
thumb|upright|Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th century painting, Mona Lisa, is featured as a major plot point in the film. During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Miles Bron, the co-founder of technology company Alpha, hosts a murder myste…
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Anti-War Film, Military Film, Political Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, epic film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, satirical film, thriller film, war drama, war film
In 1969, during the Vietnam War, jaded MACV-SOG operative Captain Benjamin L. Willard is summoned to I Field Force headquarters in Nha Trang. The officers there tell him that U.S.
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, black comedy film, drama film, thriller film
In 2006, scholarship student Oliver Quick struggles to fit in at the University of Oxford because of his inexperience with upper-class manners. He befriends Felix Catton, a popular student from a wealthy family who is sympathetic to Oliver…
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Action, Thriller, action film
Former MI6 "Black Kite" assassin Michael Mason lives alone on a remote island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Every week, he receives supplies from teenager Jessie and her uncle, who Mason served with in the Royal Marines. When a storm kil…
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Secret Agent, Time Travel, action film, science fiction film, spy film, thriller film, time-travel film
On "the 14th,” the Protagonist leads a covert CIA extraction during a staged terrorist siege at an Opera House in Kyiv. Compromised, he is saved from KORD forces by a masked operative whose bag has an orange trinket. The Protagonist retrie…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, body horror, horror film, science fiction film, supernatural horror film
A man returns home from searching for a missing couple with his two dogs. A short time later he is awakened by the dogs barking and when he arrives at their kennel, the two dogs are painfully fusing together. A short time later, Millie Wil…
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Crime, Justice Drama, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, film based on a literary work, film noir, flashback film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
The film starts with a Polaroid photograph of a dead man. As the sequence plays in reverse, the photo reverts to its undeveloped state, entering the camera before the man is shot in the head. The film continues, alternating between black-a…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, black comedy film, comedy horror, crime film, drama film, slasher film, thriller film
In 1987, New York City investment banker Patrick Bateman meticulously maintains a polished social façade while harboring violent impulses. He dines at trendy restaurants, obsesses over his physical appearance, and navigates a shallow circl…
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Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
On their fifth anniversary, writing teacher Nick Dunne returns home to find that his wife, Amy, is missing. Amy's fame as the inspiration for her parents' Amazing Amy children's books ensures widespread press coverage. The media finds Nick…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, Southern Gothic film, crime drama film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Max Cady, a psychopathic rapist, is released from prison after finishing a full sentence for the rape and battery of a 16-year-old girl. During his trial in Atlanta fourteen years earlier, his public defender, Sam Bowden, was so appalled b…
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Gothic film, Horror, body horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discover…
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Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, mystery film, neo-noir, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2049 Los Angeles, bioengineered humans known as replicants are still used for slave labor. K (short for serial number, KD6-3.7), a Nexus-9 replicant, works for the Los Angeles Police Department as a "blade runner", an officer who hunts …
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, thriller film
Jenny Greengrass and her boyfriend, Steve Taylor, set off for a weekend away at Eden Lake, a remote spot in the English countryside. On the journey there, Steve complains about youths' recent antisocial behaviour and criticises adult paren…
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Horror, Mysterie, Thriller, comedy horror, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
On a suburban street at night, a Black man walks alone, talking on his phone. After a car approaches him, the man, sensing trouble, attempts to escape, but is subdued, dragged into the car and driven away. Six months later, Black photograp…
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Action, Cyberpunk, Film Noir, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, film noir, neo-noir, science fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2019 Los Angeles, former police officer Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, who likes to make origami figures, and is brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a "blade runner" was to track down bioengineered…
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Thriller, drama film, musical film
Mother Mary, a world-famous musical artist, prepares to mount a comeback performance in the wake of an onstage accident. Overwhelmed during a costume fitting, she flees to the English countryside to seek out fashion designer Sam Anselm, he…
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LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, art film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, experimental film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, romance film, surrealist film, suspense film, thriller film
The film opens with brightly lit images of couples dancing the jitterbug, over which a young blonde woman appears smiling and being applauded, followed by a point-of-view shot descending toward a pillow as someone lies down. At night on Mu…
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Drama, Horror, drama film, horror film, thriller film
In the middle of winter, an American student, Dani, is traumatized after her sister Terri, who has bipolar disorder, kills their parents and herself via carbon monoxide poisoning in a murder-suicide. This strains Dani's relationship with h…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, religious horror, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
As a spacecraft departs a planet, a tall humanoid alien drinks a black liquid, causing its body to dissolve. Its remains crumble into a waterfall and the alien's DNA falls apart and starts to recombine. In 2089, archaeologists Elizabeth Sh…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In 2142, a Weyland-Yutani probe recovers a large cocoon from the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo. Months later, at the run-down Jackson's Star mining colony on the perpetually dark planet LV-410, orphaned colonist Rain Carradine discovers t…
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, body horror film, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
The commercial space tug Nostromo is returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in "stasis": captain Dallas, executive officer Kane, warrant officer Ripley, navigator Lambert, science officer Ash, and engineers Parker and Brett, along wit…
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Thriller, Western film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
During the winter on the Wind River Indian Reservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agent Cory Lambert discovers the frozen body of 18-year-old Natalie Hanson of the Northern Arapaho tribe. FBI special agent Jane Banner arrives to inves…
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