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Thriller, horror film, thriller film
Randolph "Randy" Bradley is a fast food worker in rural Louisiana who is slated to be promoted to manager, yet still submits to bullying by coworkers Chris and Jess. Another coworker, Benson, sees Randy being bullied and intervenes. After …
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 1983, a highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed "worlds" — Western World (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval Europe) and Roman World (the ancient city of Pompeii). The resort's worlds are p…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film, prison film
In 1972, after a violent confrontation with his abusive father, Miklo Velka, a teenager of half-Mexican descent, leaves Las Vegas for East Los Angeles. He moves in with his cousins, Paco and Cruz, who are members of the Vatos Locos gang. M…
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Dark Comedy, Fake Documentary, Satire On Media, Thriller, black comedy film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film
In Little Hope, New Hampshire, young ambitious Suzanne Stone is obsessed with being on television, aspiring to become a world-famous broadcast correspondent. But today's headline reads, "Little Hope's own weather (girl) reporter is possibl…
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Christmas film, Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
An unseen man climbs the exterior of a sorority house during a Christmas party and enters the attic. The house phone rings, and sorority sister Jess Bradford answers, discovering an obscene call from a previously known caller nicknamed "Th…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, thriller film
Eight years after the events of the first film, blind Navy SEAL veteran Norman Nordstrom lives with his 11-year-old daughter Phoenix and his rottweiler Shadow in a Detroit suburb. Norman tells Phoenix that her birth mother died in a fire i…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, Komödie, Martial-Arts, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, martial arts film
LAPD Detective James Carter is in Hong Kong on vacation with his friend, Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee. His vacation is put on hold when a bomb at the US Consulate General kills two undercover US Customs agents. Lee is assigne…
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Crime, Thriller, crime thriller film, thriller film
When the son of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Mark Kimball is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and …
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Six days after the end of the American Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen seek out cryptographer Thomas Gates and ask for his help in decoding a message copied into Booth's diary. Thomas recognizes the message as a Playfai…
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horror film, thriller film
Xavier Carr, a Black LAPD officer and former Crip, navigates the tension of policing the "Colonial Courts" housing projects where he grew up. His partner, Ethan Hawkins—the son of a legendary but deceased sergeant—is desperate to join the …
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Detective Film, Thriller, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
Tony Wendice, a retired English professional tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot, who has been having an affair with Mark Halliday, an American crime-fiction writer. Tony secretly knows about the affair and plots Margot's…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film
Following a suicide attempt after her terminally ill mother died in a house fire, Anna Ivers is discharged from a psychiatric institution after ten months; she has no memory of the actual fire, though recurring nightmares from that night f…
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Action, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, prison film, thriller film
Former prosecutor Ray Breslin is the founder and co-owner of Breslin-Clark, a security firm specializing in testing the security measures of supermax prisons. Posing as an inmate to study facilities from within and exploit their weaknesses…
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Action, action film, drama film, political thriller film, thriller film
U.S. President James Sawyer makes a controversial proposal to sign a peace agreement with other nations to remove military forces from the Middle East. Divorced veteran John Cale works as a Capitol Police officer assigned to Speaker of the…
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Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
While millionaire airline magnate Tom Mullen and his wife Kate attend a science fair, their son Sean is kidnapped and taken to an apartment by Maris Conner, a caterer working for the Mullens; brothers Clark and Cubby Barnes; and tech exper…
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Action, Animalhorror, Thriller, action film, adventure film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
In a remote underwater facility, doctors Susan McAlester and Jim Whitlock are conducting research on mako sharks to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, by harvesting a specific protein complex from the shark's enlarged brain tissue to hel…
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Thriller, action film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
While traveling from California to Colorado to pick up his childhood friend and crush Venna, Lewis Thomas reluctantly stops in Salt Lake City after he learns his estranged brother Fuller has been arrested. Lewis bails him out and Fuller ta…
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Forensic, Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, thriller film, trial film
Erin Bruner, an ambitious lawyer seeking to become a senior partner in her law firm, takes the case of Father Richard Moore, a Catholic diocesan priest charged with negligent homicide following an attempted exorcism of 19-year-old student …
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Dark Comedy, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, thriller film
Con artist Marla Grayson makes a living by convincing the justice system to grant her guardianship over elders who she pretends cannot take care of themselves. She places them in an assisted living facility, where they are sedated and lose…
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Mysterie, horror film, thriller film
Pop superstar Alfred Moretti causes a media frenzy by announcing his first new album in 30 years. He invites six guests to a listening party at his Utah compound: journalists Stan Sullivan and Ariel Ecton, talk show host Clara Armstrong, i…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Girls with Guns, Sci-Fi, Zombiefilm, action film, biopunk, girls with guns, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film, zombie film
Alice and the survivors on board the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia are attacked by a fleet of Umbrella gunships led by Alice's brainwashed former ally, Jill Valentine; Alice is captured during the attack. An Alice clone awakens in…
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Mysterie, Police Film, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dana Scully, a former FBI Special Agent, is now a staff physician at a Catholic hospital; she is treating Christian, a young boy with symptoms similar to Sandhoff disease. FBI Special Agent Mosely Drummy approaches Scully for help in locat…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
After a flying saucer lands in the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the United States Army surrounds it with soldiers and tanks. A humanoid in a spacesuit emerges, announcing that he comes "in peace and with good will". While the alien i…
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Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, neo-noir, romance film, splatter film, superhero film, thriller film, vigilante film
Eric, an addict with a troubled childhood, struggles with life and nightmares at a rehabilitation center. Shelly, a musician with similar issues, receives a video on her cell phone from her friend Zadie that incriminates Vincent Roeg, a cr…
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