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Sci-Fi, Thriller, science fiction film
In 2048, on an Earth overpopulated and driven by violent conflicts, scientists are looking to Saturn's moon Titan as a new home for humanity, spearheaded by Professor Martin Collingwood. Rick Janssen, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, volunt…
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Adventure, Retro Science Fiction, action film, adventure film, alternate history film, dieselpunk, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In a technologically advanced New York City in 1939, the zeppelin Hindenburg III moors itself atop the Empire State Building. Aboard the airship is Dr. Jorge Vargas, a scientist who arranges for a package containing two vials to be deliver…
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Romance Film, crime film, drama film, psychological thriller, romance film
Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) is an esteemed but eccentric managing director of a preeminent auction house. A lifelong bachelor who avoids physical contact and refuses to use a mobile phone, he wears gloves at all times except when handlin…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
Detective Sal Procida shoots someone named Carlo Powers, grabs a bag of money and flees. Sal confesses the murder to a priest, asking for help with his financial situation: his wife is pregnant with twins, and they live in a moldy house to…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, girls with guns
Ava Faulkner is a recovering addict and former soldier turned assassin. In France, she kidnaps her new target, an English businessman. Before she kills him, she questions him on why someone wants him dead.
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Drama, War Film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film, war film
Gary Hook, a new recruit to the British Army, is sent to Belfast in 1971 during the early years of the Troubles. Under the leadership of the inexperienced Second Lieutenant Armitage, his platoon is deployed without protective gear to a vol…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Mysterie, ghost film, horror film
In 1921, author Florence Cathcart works with the police to expose fraudulent spiritualists. She lost her fiancé in the First World War and "hunts" ghosts to see if it is possible to bring him back. Robert Mallory, a teacher at a boys' boar…
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Slasher Horror, horror film, mystery film, slasher film
On their way home from a family party, David and Amy Fox, who are on the verge of divorce after the death of their son, are on a remote mountain road due to a wreck slowing down the interstate. They stop at an old auto repair garage after …
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Action, Historical drama, thriller film
In Scotland in the 1790s, a young Japanese woman named Tornado flees from a gang of brigands led by the ruthless Sugarman. Tornado stumbles upon a remote mansion and slips inside to hide. Shortly after, the gang arrives and occupies the ma…
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Blaxploitation, Western, Western film, blaxploitation film
Upon finding a wagon under attack by bandits, two Black bounty hunters, Boss and Amos intervene and save Clara Mae, a Black woman. Upon inspecting the bodies, the bounty hunters find several have rewards to their name and one holds a lette…
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Political Thriller, drama film
Elizabeth Sloane is a workaholic cutthroat lobbyist who has been called before a congressional hearing led by Senator Ronald Sperling to answer questions about possible violations of Senate ethics rules during her tenure at Washington D.C.…
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Caper-Movie, Crime, Film Noir, drama film, film noir, heist film
Criminal mastermind "Doc" Erwin Riedenschneider, freshly released from prison, visits a bookie named Cobby in an unnamed Midwestern river city to plan a jewel robbery. He seeks $50,000 to hire three men—a safecracker, a driver and a hoolig…
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Political Thriller, drama film, thriller film
Jack Burden, a Louisianan news reporter, takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer and parish treasurer. Circumstances develop that result in Tiny Duffy, a local political leader Burden knows, urging Stark …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, political thriller film, thriller film
In Salamanca, Spain, an assassination attempt on U.S. President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) unfolds from several different vantage points. GNN producer Rex Brooks directs news coverage from a mobile television studio as the president arriv…
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Action, Thriller, action film, girls with guns, thriller film
Kate is an assassin and expert sniper who eliminates targets chosen by her trusted mentor and handler, Varrick, or V. After she was left orphaned as a child, Varrick raised her as a father figure, giving her extensive training in weapons a…
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Action, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film
Alice Bowman moves to the (fictional) South American country of Tecala because her engineer husband, Peter Bowman, has been hired to help build a new dam for oil company Quad Carbon. While driving one morning through the city, Peter is cau…
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Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Newly-divorced doctor Sarah Cassidy and her 17-year-old daughter Elissa move to a small, upscale suburb. They are disturbed to discover the house they are moving into is on the same street as the house in which a girl named Carrie-Anne Jac…
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Ben Garvey, a reformed criminal, loses his job because of his criminal background. His brother Ricky comes to visit after being released from jail and convinces him to commit a robbery of gold dust from a laboratory. The heist goes horribl…
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Buddy Cop, Crime, Slasher Horror, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film, zombie film
In New York City, a waitress on her way home is assaulted by two muggers and seeks aid from a police officer, who breaks her neck. Over the next two nights, this "Maniac Cop" commits more murders, prompting Lieutenant McCrae, who was told …
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Richie Furst used to have a lucrative career on Wall Street; this history prevents him from receiving tuition assistance at Princeton, so he funds his master's degree by referring students to online gambling, for which he receives a cut. A…
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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
While attending a suburban Christian middle school, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos formed a bond over their interest in militaria, but were frequently in trouble with teachers and the school principal. On one visit to the principal's off…
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Animalhorror, Horror, horror film, thriller film
The movie begins with a recap of the ending of the first film where Willard Stiles is killed by his rats after he tries to kill them and Ben. Police arrive at the scene and find Willard dead. Two police officers stay at the Stiles house wh…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, horror film
Detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and his teenage daughter kidnapped by an insidious satanic cult. Hightower takes matters into his own hands and infiltrates the secretive cult with the help of the cult's only female victi…
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Action, Justice Drama, Psychodrama, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, girls with guns, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, rape and revenge film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
While walking home from work, Thana, a mute seamstress in New York City's Garment District, is raped at gunpoint in an alley by a masked attacker. Returning to her apartment, she is raped a second time by a burglar. Thana strikes this seco…
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