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Drama, Political Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
U.S. energy giant Connex Oil is losing control of key oil fields in a Persian Gulf kingdom ruled by the Al-Subaai family. The Emirate's foreign minister, Prince Nasir, has granted natural gas drilling rights to a Chinese company, greatly u…
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Action, Military Film, action film, pirate film, thriller film
The battleship arrives at Pearl Harbor, where President George H. W. Bush announces that the ship will be decommissioned in California.
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Adventure, Military Film, Political Drama, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Searching for rare blue diamonds that could enable a revolutionary communications laser, TraviCom employees Charles Travis and Jeffrey Weems discover the ruins of a lost city near a remote volcano in the Congolian rainforests. Karen Ross, …
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Adventure, drama film, prison film, survival film, war film
After the Soviet invasion of Poland in World War II, Polish army officer Janusz Wieszczek is held prisoner and interrogated by the NKVD. Unable to force a confession of espionage from him, the Soviets torture his wife until she denounces h…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film
In 1977, Lee Miller tells her life story to an interviewer, and it is depicted in a series of flashbacks. In 1937, Lee is a former New York City fashion model and aspiring photographer living a bohemian lifestyle in France when she meets a…
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Satire On War, War Film, action film, heist film, war film
In 1944 France, during World War II, United States Army Private Kelly—a former lieutenant scapegoated for a failed infantry assault—captures Colonel Dankhopf of Wehrmacht Intelligence. Kelly realizes that Dankhopf is carrying several gold …
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Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, drama film, political film, political thriller film, thriller film
Major Bennett Marco commanded a U.S. Army unit during the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Sergeant First Class Raymond Shaw was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions following an enemy ambush of his reconnaissance patrol in Kuwait.
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Action, Thriller, action film, drama film, political thriller film, spy film, thriller film
After bombings in Sheffield, UK, police raid an apartment in Manchester, but the terrorists inside trigger an explosion, destroying the building. In Samarra, Iraq, CIA officer Roger Ferris is tracking Al-Saleem, the elusive leader of the t…
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Action, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
Mitch Nelson, a U.S. Army captain with Green Berets Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595, is moving into a new home with his wife and daughter on September 11, 2001, after receiving an assignment to staff duty under Lieutenant Colonel Bo…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1944, eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their …
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Drama, War Film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1941, Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a bugler and career soldier who was once a professional boxer, transfers from Fort Shafter to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes wants him on …
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Justice Drama, Political Drama, War Film, drama film, romance film, war film
In County Cork in Ireland, in 1920, Damien O'Donovan is about to leave his native village to practice medicine in a London hospital. Meanwhile, his brother Teddy commands the local flying column of the Irish Republican Army. After a hurlin…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film
Ten years after defeating Hades' Kraken, Perseus, the demigod son of Zeus, now lives as a fisherman with his son Heleus, after the death of his wife Io. Zeus visits Perseus, warning him that, since humans stopped praying to them, the gods …
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Anti-War Film, Melodrama, drama film, war film
Three returning World War II veterans meet on a flight to their midwestern hometown of Boone City. USAAF bombardier captain Fred Derry had been a drugstore soda jerk who lived with his father and stepmother on the wrong side of the tracks.…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the future year of 1964, World War III has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, killing all humans there. The cobalt bomb's fallout is elevated compared to that of atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs. Air currents are slowly carrying the fal…
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Animation, Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In the near future, the United States has lost the war on drugs. Substance D, a powerful drug that causes bizarre hallucinations, has swept the country. Approximately 20 percent of the population is addicted.
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Animation, Komödie, animated film with LGBT character(s), comedy film, musical film
In South Park, Colorado, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski and his adopted brother Ike, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick visit the movie theater to see Terrance and Phillip's R-rated film, Asses of Fire, bribing a homeless man to help sneak the…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film
Evelyn re-closes Chicago's wall, and puts Jeanine's supporters on trial for plotting a coup. Johanna turns her back on this and is followed by many newly christened Allegiants. Tris and Four free Caleb and escape over the wall with Tori, C…
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Komödie, action comedy film, buddy film, war film
In the course of one day, Louisville, Kentucky cab driver John Winger loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend Anita, who has grown tired of his immaturity. Realizing his limited prospects, he persuades best friend Russell…
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Komödie, Satire On War, War Film, action film, comedy film, war film
In the summer of 2009, four-star General Glen McMahon, having won renown for his effective leadership in Iraq, is sent to Afghanistan to prepare a strategic assessment so the government can end the ongoing war. He is given wide latitude to…
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Biographical picture, Fairy-Tale Film, Historie, adventure film, comedy film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, horror film, werewolf film
In 1811, Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con artists who use Jake's extensive knowledge of folklore to fool people into believing they exorcise the supernatural, along with their sidekicks Hidlick and Bunst, in French-occupied Germany. I…
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Melodrama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, war film
Sometime in the future, Elizabeth 'Daisy' Rybeck, an irritable, neurotic American teenager, is sent by her father David to the English countryside for the summer to stay with her Aunt Penn and her three cousins: Eddie, Isaac, and Piper. Da…
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Animation, Time Travel, adventure film, buddy film, children's film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, time-travel film
Mr. Peabody is a highly intelligent anthropomorphic dog who lives in a New York City penthouse with his adopted human son, Sherman. Peabody uses a time machine called the WABAC to teach Sherman history.
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Christmas film, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, War Film, drama film, prison film
In 1942, Captain Yonoi is the commander of the POW camp in Lebak Sembada in Japanese-occupied Java. A strict adherent to the bushido code, his only connection to the prisoners are the empathetic Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrence, the only i…
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