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Mafia Film, Thriller
Freddie Jackson (Tom Hardy) has just been released from prison. He has done his time, made the right connections and now he is ready to use them. His wife Jackie (Kierston Wareing) dreams of having her husband home but she has forgotten th…
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Thriller, thriller film
Bob and Darcy Anderson have been happily married for 27 years with two adult children. One evening while Bob is away on a business trip, Darcy goes into the garage to search for batteries. When rummaging through Bob's things, she comes acr…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, prison film, thriller film
Frank Leone, a mechanic in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low-security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison on furlough fixing cars, playing American football and seeing…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ruth Edscer (Kalki Koechlin), a British-Indian woman, arrives in Mumbai searching for her father, Arjun Patel, who had abandoned her family when she was a kid. Except for a letter that he had once sent, she has no official documents of his…
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Thriller, police film, thriller film
Bradley Hasling, CEO of a tech corporation called Amygdala, gives an interview about the company's newest product, Kimi. Kimi is a smart speaker which controversially makes use of human monitoring to improve the device's search algorithm. …
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Drama, Horror, drama film, horror film, mystery film, silent film
Roger Balfour is found dead in his London home one night. Burke, a representative of Scotland Yard, after questioning everyone present, declares the death a suicide despite objection from Balfour's neighbour and close friend, Sir James Ham…
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir, thriller film
In 1946, professional hitmen Al and Max arrive in Brentwood, New Jersey, to kill Pete Lund, a gas pump attendant known as "The Swede". After being confronted by the pair in a diner, Lund's coworker, Nick Adams, warns him. A despondent Lund…
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Drama, Thriller, docudrama, drama film, spy film
Christopher Boyce, an expert in the sport of falconry and the son of a former FBI special agent, gets a job as a civilian defense contractor working in the so-called "Black Vault," a secure communication facility through which flows inform…
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Action, Adventure, adventure film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film
In Ancient China a magical dragon, whose eyelashes produce a tea that cures any disease, has established a cult of White Wizards guarding it. However, some of them turned into greedy Black Wizards and ignited a civil war. To harvest more t…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film
Detroit Police Department's detective Orin Boyd is a cop in Detroit's 21st precinct, who saves the Vice President of the United States from a right-wing militant group trying to kill him. Because he disobeyed orders, however, Captain Frank…
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Conspiracy Thriller, action film, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
While working with a team from the University of Chicago on a project to convert hydrogen from water into clean energy, student machinist Eddie Kasalivich inadvertently discovers a sound frequency in his home laboratory that perfectly stab…
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Action, Anti-War Film, Thriller, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
In August 1944, famous works of modern art being held by the Wehrmacht are being shipped to Germany; the officer in charge of the operation, Colonel Franz von Waldheim, is determined to take the paintings to Germany, no matter what the cos…
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Action, Sport, action film, drama film
Halfway through the alternate world of 2000 Champ Car Season, rookie sensation Jimmy Bly has already won five races. His success has drawn the ire of the defending champion and current points leader Beau Brandenburg, who believes he is not…
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Drama, Film Noir, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, melodrama, prison film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
thumb|right|upright|Newspaper ad in 1939 In 1920, two Irish-American youths, Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly, attempt to rob a railroad car carrying fountain pens. Jerry escapes from the police, while Rocky is caught and sentenced to ref…
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Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime film, drama film, erotic thriller, film noir, neo-noir
Bridget Gregory works as a telemarketing manager in New York City. Her husband, Clay, a physician in debt to a loan shark, sells pharmaceutical cocaine to drug dealers for $700,000. At home, Clay slaps Bridget after she insults him.
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Accident, action film, disaster film, drama film
A privately owned Boeing 747 belonging to wealthy philanthropist Philip Stevens is flying to his Palm Beach, Florida estate. His estranged adult daughter Lisa and her young son Benjy are among the passengers. She is unaware Stevens is dyin…
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Erotic Film, Melodrama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir, romance film
In 1934 Frank Chambers, a drifter, stops for a meal at a diner outside Depression-era Los Angeles and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a young, beautiful woman, Cora Smith, and her much older husband, Nick Papadakis, a hardw…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, drama film
Moose is an autistic man who works as a street performer on Hollywood Boulevard. An avid film buff, Moose fills his apartment with memorabilia from various movies, including those of cult movie star Hunter Dunbar, with whom he has develope…
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Crime, Thriller
Aging career pickpocket Harry is forced into a desperate, high-stakes race against time through the streets of his city.
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Drama, Historie, Thriller, drama film, political drama, political thriller film, thriller film, war film
In an unknown Balkan city-state – "a place that calls itself Rome" – riots are in progress after stores of grain are withheld from citizens and civil liberties are reduced due to a war between Rome and neighbouring Volsci. The rioters are …
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Horror, drama film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror fiction
After Charles "Corky" Withers fails in his first attempt at professional magic, his mentor Merlin says that he needs a better gimmick. Corky comes back as a combination magician and ventriloquist with a foul-mouthed dummy named Fats, becom…
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Action, Martial-Arts, action film, martial arts film
In Hong Kong in 1966, business partners Paul Wagner and Nigel Griffith open the Victoria Harbour Tunnel. Paul attends with his wife Katherine and their identical twin infant sons, Chad and Alex. After the celebration, the family is followe…
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Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In Israel, ex-government agent Peter Sandza and his psychic son Robin meet Ben Childress, Peter's old agency colleague. Sandza plans to leave his old life and return to the United States with his son, but Childress objects and subsequently…
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Ghost-House-Movies, drama film, ghost film, horror film
A terrified mother, her teen daughter, and her young son are packing to flee when an unseen attacker kills the whole family. Five years later, the Solomon family moves from Chicago into the house, located near a small town in North Dakota,…
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