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Animation, Cartoon, Fantasy, High Fantasy, adventure film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film
Early in the Second Age of Middle-earth, Elven smiths forge nine Rings of Power for mortal Men, seven for the Dwarves, and three for the Elves. Soon after, the Dark Lord Sauron makes the One Ring to control them and uses it to attempt to c…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Drama, biographical film, crime film, drama film, prison film
George Jung and his parents Fred and Ermine live in Weymouth, Massachusetts. When George is 10 years old, Fred files for bankruptcy but tries to make George realize that money is not important. In the late 1960s, an adult George moves to L…
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Destiny, Komödie, Political Drama, Satire On War, comedy drama, comedy film, war film
In 1965, Airman First Class Adrian Cronauer arrives in Saigon to work as a DJ for the Armed Forces Radio Service. Private Edward Garlick takes him to the radio station, where his attitude and demeanor contrast sharply with those of many st…
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Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film
Nine years have passed since the failure of the Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, in which commander David Bowman and his crew were lost. Amid international tensions, the United States and Soviet Union each prepare separate missions to…
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Drama, Historie, drama film, historical film, war film
On 20 January 1942, a conference of Nazi German officials at a villa in Wannsee is chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Reich Security Main Office. Heydrich has been given a mandate by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring to carry out a "c…
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Adventure, Drama, Military Film, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film
During World War II, MI6 officers Colonel Turner and Admiral Rolland assemble a commando team to rescue American Brigadier General George Carnaby, a chief planner for the Western Front, who is a prisoner at Schloß Adler (Castle of the Eagl…
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Anarchic Comedy Film, Animation, Military Film, Musical, Satire On War, action film, marionette film, romantic comedy film, satirical film, war film
Team America, an international organization dedicated to counterterrorism, defeats a group of Islamic terrorists in Paris, but are very reckless and destroy the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and the Louvre in the process. The team include…
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Action, action film, action thriller, drama film, independent film, splatter film, war film
During the political protests of the Saffron Revolution in Burma, ruthless SPDC officer Major Pa Tee Tint leads his Burmese Army forces in a campaign of fear. His soldiers pillage settlements, sadistically slaughter innocents, abduct teena…
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Animation
At Orly Airport in Paris, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi prepares to board a plane to Tehran, but changes her mind at the last moment. She spends the whole day at the airport, reflecting on her life before her departure from France. During the 19…
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Drama, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, post-apocalyptic film
Dr. Russell Oakes works at a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and spends time with family as his daughter Marilyn prepares to move away. In nearby Harrisonville, farmer Jim Dahlberg and family hold a wedding rehearsal for his eldest daug…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film
A joint operation between the FBI and the MVD in Moscow leads to the demise of the younger brother of Azerbaijani mafia kingpin Terek Murad. Intending to retaliate, Murad hires an ex-KGB asset, an international hitman operating under the c…
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Thriller, Western, Western film, crime film, drama film
In 1884 Arizona Territory, Dan Evans is a poor rancher and Civil War veteran who owes money to Glen Hollander, a local banker in the town of Bisbee. Hollander's men burn down his barn and scatter his cattle as a warning to pay his debts. T…
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Historie, Political Drama, historical drama film, political drama
Amidst the Cold War in 1986, U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev agree to an informal summit at Reykjavík, Iceland, with the aim of managing simmering geopolitical tensions and nuclear proliferation.…
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Political Thriller, drama film, film noir, political film, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film, war film
During the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese soldiers capture a U.S. Army platoon, taking them to communist China. Three days later, Sergeant Raymond Shaw and Captain Bennett "Ben" Marco return to UN lines.
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Buddy Film, Komödie, Sci-Fi, Western, Western film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, steampunk film
Four years after the end of the American Civil War in 1869, U.S. Army Captain James T. "Jim" West and U.S.
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Girls with Guns, Secret Agent, action film, girls with guns, mystery film, spy film, thriller film
Evelyn Salt is in prison in North Korea, suspected of being a U.S. spy. The CIA arranges a prisoner exchange to stifle the publicity her boyfriend, arachnologist Mike Krause, is bringing to her case.
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Drama, Romance Film, drama film, romance film, war film
Logan Thibault, a US Marine serving in Iraq, witnesses a Marine called "Aces" die attempting to aid one of his men during an ambush. The following morning, he finds a picture of a young woman on the ground just before a mortar attack destr…
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Drama, Military Film, Thriller, disaster film, drama film, historical film, katastrophe, thriller film
During the nuclear arms race in 1961, the Soviet Union possesses enough missiles to destroy the world twice-over, the United States ten times over, and they continue to build more. American nuclear submarines patrol near Leningrad and Mosc…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
In an unnamed South East Asian country, the Prime Minister closes a deal with a representative of Cardiff, an American company specializing in water systems. After the representative leaves, a group of armed rebels initiate a coup d'état a…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, Girls with Guns, Vampirfilm, Werewolf, action film, action thriller, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, romance film, vampire film, werewolf film
For generations, vampires and Lycans, an ancient species of werewolf, have secretly waged war. The vampires gain the upper hand when Lycan leader Lucian seemingly dies at the hands of vampire Kraven, who becomes the second-in-command to th…
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Mysterie, erotic film, erotic thriller, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, neo-noir, satanic film
In 1955 New York City, a man named Louis Cyphre contacts private investigator Harry Angel to track down crooner John Liebling, known professionally as Johnny Favorite. Favorite suffered neurological trauma resulting from injuries received …
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Drama, Historie, adventure film, drama film, historical film
In 1947, over the Muroc Army Air Field in California, a number of test pilots are killed while flying high-speed aircraft such as the rocket-powered Bell X-1. After another pilot, Slick Goodlin, demands $150,000 () to attempt to break the …
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Romance Film, drama film, romance film, war film
Staff Sergeant John Tyree is shot in Afghanistan while serving in the United States Army Special Forces in 2003. In voice-over, he recalls a childhood trip to the U.S. Mint and compares himself to a coin in the United States military befor…
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Silly Movie, action film, parody film
Zohanele "Zohan" Dvir is an IDF commando known for his promiscuity and superhuman traits. Despite his success, he is tired of the Israeli-Arab conflict, and he dreams of leaving the military to become a hairstylist for John Paul Mitchell S…
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