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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 115 films.
Drama, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, vigilante film
In the fictional city of Conyers, Pennsylvania, the Dover and Birch families celebrate Thanksgiving together. After dinner, girls Anna Dover and Joy Birch go missing after playing on a parked RV. Detective Loki responds to a police call ab…
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Drama, Justice Drama, black comedy, crime film, drama film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Thirty-year-old medical school drop-out Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas lives with her parents and works in a coffee shop. At night, she visits bars pretending to be intoxicated, entrapping men to take her home before revealing her sobriety and …
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Action, Anti-War Film, Crime, Political Drama, Social Drama, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
In New York City, former Marine and Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle takes a job as a night-shift taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia and loneliness, frequently visiting adult movie theaters on his breaks, and keeping a diary in…
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Action, Destiny, Girls with Guns, Japanese Animation Film, Justice Drama, Martial-Arts, Psychological Thriller, Samurai Film, Yakuza Film, action film, action thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, girls with guns, martial arts film, neo-noir, samurai cinema, splatter film, thriller film, vigilante film, wuxia film
In 1999, the Bride, a former member of the Deadly Viper assassination squad, is rehearsing her marriage at a chapel in rural El Paso, Texas. The Deadly Vipers, led by Bill, attack the chapel, shooting everyone. As the Bride lies wounded, s…
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Action, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, thriller film, vigilante film
Hutch Mansell sits inside an interrogation room, heavily bruised and injured. Two FBI agents interrogate him about his identity; Hutch responds that he is simply "nobody". In a flashback, Hutch leads an ordinary, mundane life as an office …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, vigilante film
In 2003, former Force Recon Marine and CIA SAD/SOG officer John Creasy travels to Mexico to visit his old friend Paul Rayburn, who convinces him to take a bodyguard position with Samuel Ramos, a wealthy Mexico City automaker. He needs prot…
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Forensic, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film, trial film, vigilante film
In 1984 in Clanton, Mississippi, ten-year-old African-American girl Tonya Hailey is abducted, raped, and beaten by two local white men, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, while on her way home from getting groceries. The duo dump her in a ne…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Robert McCall, a former Marine and retired DIA/DCS officer, lives in Boston and works at a big-box home improvement store. He helps his colleague Ralphie train to become a security guard. Unable to sleep, McCall often spends late nights re…
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LGBTQ-related film, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action thriller, dystopian film, political drama, political thriller film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, thriller film, vigilante film
In the near future, Britain is ruled by the Norsefire political party, a fascist and totalitarian regime led by High Chancellor Adam Sutler. The government controls the populace through propaganda and fear, imprisoning or executing those d…
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Southern Gothic, Thriller, black comedy film, thriller film, vigilante film
Twin sisters Racine and Anaia have been left disfigured in a fire started by their father when they were children; Racine's entire left arm is scarred, while Anaia's injuries are mostly on her face and chest. Racine receives a letter from …
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Political Thriller, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, alternate history film, drama film, dystopian film, neo-noir, superhero film, vigilante film
In 1985, a man living in a Manhattan apartment watches news about escalating Cold War tensions and the response from five-term President Richard Nixon when an unknown assailant attacks and hurls him to the street below. Throughout the open…
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Action, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
At a secluded winery in Sicily, Robert McCall kills the gangster Lorenzo Vitale and his henchmen to obtain a key to the winery's vault to recoup money stolen in a cyber-heist. While McCall is leaving the winery, Vitale's grandson shoots hi…
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Gangster Film, Thriller, action film, drama film, prison film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Clyde Shelton lives with his wife and daughter in Philadelphia when two burglars, Rupert Ames and Clarence Darby, break into their home. Ames ties up and gags Clyde, while Darby stabs him in the stomach before raping and murdering his wife…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, prison film, science fiction film, superhero film, vigilante film
In the aftermath of Superman's death, intelligence officer Amanda Waller convinces the U.S. government to greenlight Task Force X, a response team of criminals and supervillains. The team will be used to combat metahuman threats, under Wal…
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Action, Erotic Film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film
Three friends, Arlene, Shanna and radio DJ "Jungle" Julia Lucai, drive down Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, on their way to celebrate Julia's birthday. In a bar, Julia reveals that she made a radio announcement offering a free lap dance …
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film, vigilante film
After taking down Pushkin's operations, Robert McCall works as a driver and assists the less fortunate with the help of his close friend and former DIA colleague Susan Plummer. McCall travels to Istanbul, and disguises himself as a bearded…
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Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, Komödie, Police Film, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, parody film
Nicholas Angel, a recently promoted Metropolitan Police Sergeant, is reassigned to the rural town of Sandford, Gloucestershire for being too exceptional, despite his desire to continue in London. On his first night in town, Angel arrests D…
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Action, action film, neo-noir, thriller film, vigilante film
John Wick is on the run in Manhattan after he was labeled "excommunicado" for the killing of High Table crime lord Santino D'Antonio on Continental grounds. At the New York Public Library, John retrieves a marker medallion and a rosary. He…
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Marital Tragedy, Romance Film, Satire, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, crime film, drama film, independent film, romance film
Sarah Pierce lives with her husband Richard and daughter Lucy in suburban Boston. Their unhappy marriage falls apart when she discovers his addiction to Internet pornography. One day she meets Brad Adamson, a married law school graduate wh…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Former Green Beret and retired CIA officer Bryan Mills attempts to build a closer relationship with his 17-year-old daughter, Kim, who lives with her mother, Lenore, and her wealthy step-father, Stuart. While overseeing security at a conce…
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Destiny, Marital Tragedy, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Social Drama, action film, action thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
William Foster is stuck in Los Angeles traffic on a hot day. After his air conditioning fails, he abandons his car and begins walking, carrying his briefcase. At a convenience store, the Korean owner refuses to give change for a telephone …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, adventure film, anthology film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film, vigilante film
"The Customer Is Always Right (Part I)" The Salesman walks onto a penthouse balcony where The Customer looks out over Basin City. He offers her a cigarette and says that she looks like someone who is tired of running and that he will save …
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Gothic film, Zombiefilm, drama film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, zombie film
thumb|thumbtime=44|Night of the Living Dead (1968) Siblings Barbra and Johnny Blair drive to a cemetery in rural Pennsylvania to visit their father's grave, where a pale man in a tattered suit kills Johnny and attacks Barbra. Fleeing to a …
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Action, action film, crime film, neo-noir, splatter film, thriller film, vigilante film
John Wick infiltrates a smuggling compound run by Abram Tarasov, who is highly strung following the recent deaths of his nephew Iosef and brother Viggo at John's hands. There, he recovers his stolen Boss 429 Mustang and defeats all of Abra…
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