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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, drama film, political film, political thriller film, thriller film
Major Bennett Marco commanded a U.S. Army unit during the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Sergeant First Class Raymond Shaw was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions following an enemy ambush of his reconnaissance patrol in Kuwait.
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Drama, Sci-Fi, biopunk, body horror film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, thriller film
In an unspecified future, significant advances in biotechnology have led to the widespread adoption of machines and analogue computers that can directly interface with and control bodily functions. Humankind itself has experienced several …
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Psychological Thriller, Teen Horror Film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, slasher film, teen film
Kristen Parker dreams of Freddy Krueger, who attacks her and makes it look like she has slit her wrist in the real world. Believing Kristen to be suicidal, her mother Elaine admits her to Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital, where she is pla…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, survival film
Momma and her two young children, Nolan and Sam, live in a cabin in a large forest. According to Momma, a supernatural force known as "The Evil" has spread across the world, leaving them the only survivors. Momma is besieged by visions of …
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Thriller, drama film, erotic film, erotic thriller, thriller film
Sandra, manager of a ChickWich fast food restaurant, receives a call from someone identifying himself as Officer Daniels. He claims to be in contact with the regional manager about a customer who had money allegedly stolen by an employee t…
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Destiny, Monster Film, drama film, flashback film, horror film, thriller film
A beautiful and conniving trapeze artist named Cleopatra seduces a carnival sideshow dwarf named Hans after learning of his large inheritance. This is much to the chagrin of Frieda, his fiancée, also a dwarf. Cleopatra also conspires with …
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Marital Tragedy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, drama film, melodrama, mystery film, psychological thriller, romance film, thriller film
Sean and Anna are a married couple living in New York City. He is heard lecturing to an unseen audience, explaining that he does not believe in reincarnation. Afterwards, Sean goes jogging, collapses, and dies.
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Action, action film, thriller film
Joanna "Joey" Locke and her older brother Michael grow up in a troubled London household, which has forced Joey to take up wall-climbing to escape her abusive father. Twenty years later, as an adult and former soldier, Joey looks after Mic…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
Jeff and Amy Taylor are driving from Boston to San Diego in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee. In the Arizona desert, they nearly collide with a battered pickup. At a gas station, the pickup's driver, Earl, angrily confronts Jeff before departing.
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Fantasy, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, horror film, superhero film
U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Lieutenant Colonel and CIA operative Al Simmons is assigned by his superior, Jason Wynn, to infiltrate a biochemical weapons plant in North Korea, despite Simmons' growing moral qualms with the nature of his w…
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Animalhorror, comedy film, comedy horror film, horror film, science fiction film, splatter film, thriller film
Local fisherman Matt Boyd is fishing in Lake Victoria, Arizona when a small earthquake hits, splitting the lake floor and causing a whirlpool. Matt falls in and is eaten by a school of prehistoric piranhas that emerge from the chasm. As sp…
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film
After bombings in Sheffield, UK, police raid an apartment in Manchester, but the terrorists inside trigger an explosion, destroying the building. In Samarra, Iraq, CIA officer Roger Ferris is tracking Al-Saleem, the elusive leader of the t…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Detective Film, Historie, Horror, Mysterie, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
In 1888, Mary Kelly and a small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. Their friend Ann Crook is a former prostitute now married to a wealthy painter named Albert, and she has recently given birth to a daughte…
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Family Drama, Mafia Film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
After his mother overdoses, 18-year-old Joshua "J" Cody asks his estranged grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, for help, and she invites him to move in with her. Smurf is the affectionate matriarch of a Melbourne crime family that uses her h…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1944, eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their …
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Drama, Mysterie, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
After their mother dies from an overdose, sisters Spider and Jessie, hide her body out of a fear that they will be separated by the foster care system.
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Buddy Film, Dark Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Satire On Media, Thriller, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, independent film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1941, up-and-coming Broadway playwright Barton Fink accepts a contract from Capitol Pictures in Hollywood to write film scripts for a thousand dollars per week. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Fink settles into the cheap Hotel Earle. His ro…
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Justice Drama, Late Western, Western film
In the Old West, outside LaHood, California, in Carbon Canyon, mining baron Coy LaHood is waging a war of intimidation against independent prospectors and their families — including Hull Barret, who is courting Sarah Wheeler. Sarah's teena…
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Detective Film, Monumental Film, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, neo-noir
Down-on-his-luck private eye Philip Marlowe leaves his Los Angeles apartment to buy cat food. After he returns, his close friend Terry Lennox arrives and asks Marlowe for a ride to Tijuana, Mexico. Marlowe notices scratches on Terry's face…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Girls with Guns, Western film, Zombiefilm, action film, biopunk, dystopian film, girls with guns, horror film, horror western, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
A cloned Alice wakes up in a mansion, wanders through its halls, and is forced to escape several security traps. However, she is eventually killed by a bounding mine hidden on the floor. Her body is dumped into a pit filled with dozens of …
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, monster film, post-apocalyptic film
In 2002, young Quinn Abercromby is visiting a London Underground construction project. Construction workers penetrate a cave and a dragon emerges from hibernation, incinerating the workers with its fire breath. The only survivor is Quinn, …
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Action, Christmas film, action film, girls with guns, thriller film
Samantha Caine is a schoolteacher in small-town Honesdale, Pennsylvania, living with her boyfriend Hal and her daughter Caitlin. Eight years earlier, she was found on a New Jersey beach, pregnant with Caitlin, and totally amnesiac. Having …
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Destiny, Thriller, buddy film, drama film, neo-noir
New York City law student and gifted poker player Mike McDermott dreams of winning the World Series of Poker. At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy "KGB", an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Romance Film, action film, crime film, heist film, prison film, romantic comedy film
The movie intercuts between flashbacks and the present day. This plot summary follows the true chronology. Career bank robber Jack Foley is incarcerated at Lompoc Penitentiary in California along with his friend and accomplice Buddy, after…
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