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Drama, drama film, mystery film
On a rainy night, national hero Robert V. Forrest drives his automobile over a small bridge that has collapsed. He is killed, and the entire United States goes into deep mourning.
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Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film
Dr. Will Jennings, a research physician, has landed his major career break by patenting a new anesthetic drug. After speaking at a conference regarding the patent in a Seattle hotel, he is met by a strange woman, Cheryl, who introduces her…
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Biographical picture, Gangster Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film
On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa and his longtime friend Bobby Ciaro are impatiently waiting in the parking lot of a roadhouse diner. Moving in vignettes from when he was an International Brotherhood of Teamsters union organizer working the v…
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Political Drama, drama film, political thriller film
In early 2003, GCHQ analyst Katharine Gun obtains a memo detailing a joint United States and British operation to spy on diplomats from several non–permanent United Nations Security Council member states (Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guin…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Several years ago, Peter Koslow was released early from prison on condition that he work as an undercover informant for the FBI's New York City field office. Having worked his way into a Polish crime organisation, he is about to provide hi…
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Forensic, Thriller, thriller film, trial film
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay works the case of 17-year-old Mike Lassiter's alleged murder of his wealthy lawyer father Boone, a professional friend. Ramsay feels pressure to save Mike, but Mike's complete silence makes it difficult. Ram…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
During a commencement gala at the newly opened Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a Japanese keiretsu, a call girl, Cheryl Lynn Austin, is strangled while having rough sex on the boardroom table. LAPD Lieutenant Webster "Web" Smith and …
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Heist, Thriller, heist film
Los Angeles robbery-homicide sergeant Vincent Hanna (Plank) is on the trail of a gang of ruthless professional criminals, led by the methodical Patrick McLaren (McArthur), whose only mistake in the last heist was the killing of armored car…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film
Alex and his girlfriend Jenn leave the city for a camping weekend at a provincial nature reserve in Ontario, Canada. He plans to explore a trail he loved when he was younger and confidently refuses a map against park ranger warnings. Brad,…
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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, drama film, romance film, thriller film, trial film
Annie Laird is a New York City sculptor who lives with her son Oliver and works a day job as a data entry clerk. Annie is selected to be a juror in the trial of crime boss Louie Boffano, who is accused of ordering the murders of federal in…
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Sci-Fi, science fiction film, thriller film
Sean Bruner, a school security guard in Los Angeles, struggles with childhood trauma while he and his wife, Andrea, prepare for the birth of their first child. One night during his shift, a mysterious beam of light appears in the sky, and …
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
New York City hedge fund magnate Robert Miller manages a fund with his daughter Brooke and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. He is having an affair with a much younger woman, gallery owner Julie Cote, whom he has also helped finan…
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Cannibal-Movie, Horror, Splatter Film, horror film, prison film, slasher film
Several years after the reality TV show massacre, 4 college students – Alex, Brent, Sophie, and Trey – go to the West Virginia backcountry on a rafting trip. As they are camping by the riverside, the inbred cannibal Three Finger appears an…
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Ghost-Movie, Mysterie, ghost film, horror film
A paramedic rescues a young girl from the blazing Saint Luke's hospital before unsuccessfully inquiring about her mother's whereabouts. Sometime afterwards, undergraduate Shelley Baum hears her cat meowing near her house's koi pond. After …
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, thriller film
In 1969, John and Mary, a married couple asleep in their bed, are awakened in the middle of the night by knocks on their doors and windows. John goes downstairs to investigate but finds nothing. As he gets back into bed, he hears a crash d…
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action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, interactive film, mystery film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film, war film
Believing that Jason Todd is becoming too aggressive in his crime-fighting, Batman decides to suspend him from his active duties as Robin; angered, Jason forsakes Batman and leaves Gotham City. The two reunite in Bosnia to fight the Joker …
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Action, action film, thriller film
After the events of Wolf Warrior, Leng Feng and members of his special-ops team bring his fallen comrade's remains back to his hometown. As the family prepare for the funeral, a real estate company is about to demolish their house. The bos…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film
Liu Jian, a Chinese police officer, is sent to Paris to help the French authorities apprehend Chinese mob boss Mr. Big, who is involved in heroin smuggling. He meets Inspector Jean-Pierre Richard, a corrupt and violent police detective, at…
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Military Film, action film, thriller film, war film
In Manila, a terrorist assassinates the United States Ambassador to the Philippines, and also kills his son and dozens of children at an international primary school in a terrorist bombing. The mastermind, a Chechen terrorist, Abu Shabal, …
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Parodie, mystery film, parody film
Arriving at LAX, Dr. Richard Thorndyke has several odd encounters (such as a flasher impersonating a police officer and a passing bus with a full orchestra playing). He is taken by his driver and photographer, Brophy, to the Psycho-Neuroti…
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Action, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, spy film
In 1943, Nazi Germany is developing the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket. Technical issues with the V-1 lead the Germans to create a crewed version for flight testing, but the test pilots die flying it. Eventually, aviator Hanna Reitsch succ…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film
Charlotte Willmore is a talented young cellist who left Bachoff, a prestigious music school in Boston, to care for her terminally ill mother. Following her mother's death, Charlotte reaches out to Anton, the head of Bachoff, who invites he…
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Justice Drama, Police Film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
In the coastal petroleum refinery town of Katterly outside of Houston, Texas, Seasoned undercover narcotics officer Jim Raynor is told by his superior, Captain Dodd, to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for a…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
On 22 November 1963, Peter Miller, a young freelance reporter in Hamburg, West Germany, pulls his car over to the curb to listen to a radio report on the John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas. As a result, he happens to be stopped at a t…
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