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1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
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131K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, assassination attempt, revenge, killer, chase, professional killer, assassination, contract killer, hired killer, terrorism, gangster ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
chicago, washington d.c., russia, moscow russia, montreal ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, female spy, killer, female killer, female warrior, espionage, female martial artist, tough girl, murder, contract killer, death penalty ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, california, europe, venice ...
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32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hacker, ghost, college, paranoia, supernatural horror, suicide, internet, apocalypse, afterlife, danger, college life, computers and web ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped ...
Style:
scary, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, gory, supernatural horror, ghost child, confined, machine, inheritance, blood, family in danger, danger ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
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119K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician in this remake of the 1985 comedy-horror classic.
Style:
horror comedy, gothic, dark, bloody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, vampire hunter, blood, transformation, suspicion, monster, outcast, vampirism, love, murder, celebrity, violence ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, new jersey
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love, love story, terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, life, tragic love, cancer, opposites attract, leukemia, love and romance, destiny ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, police detective, protagonist as suspect, murder, dead prostitute, morgue, frame up, danger, riddles and clues, murder suspect, friend ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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113K
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, justice, home invasion, lone hero, small town, ex military, revenge, one against many, brutality, heroes, organized crime, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america
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416K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style:
suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
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155K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style:
suspense, teen, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, telekinesis, prom, revenge, high school, stephen king, blood, psychic power, supernatural ability, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
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204K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sweet, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
cinderella, princess, happy ending, cinderella story, love, magic, prince, kindness, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, rags to riches ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century, year 2015, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
europe, france
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275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place:
seattle, big ben london, australia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball. Although, Johnathan and Marcus try to quit, cruel and vindictive promoter Alexi Petrovich encourages them to still participate.
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, action packed, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
rebellion, greed, corruption, motorcycle, rivalry, contests and competitions, murder, revenge, car chase, riot, betrayal, celebrity ...
Time:
future, year 2002, near future, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, texas
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138K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, psychological, splatter ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked killer, holiday horror, psychopath, gory, killer, sadistic psychopath, masked man, vengeance, blood, bullying ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, midwest
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
femme fatale, betrayal, women, murder, school, conspiracy, vengeance, boarding school, guilt, police investigation, planned murder, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pittsburgh
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – ...
Style:
gothic, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, haunted, ghost, insomnia, evil, supernatural, mansion, psychology, destiny, danger, domestic disturbance, ghost child ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the ...
Style:
scary, stylized, suspense, intense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, virus, apocalypse, infection, quarantine, small town, epidemic, brutality, survival horror, eaten alive, transformation, soldier ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
colorado, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them.
Style:
bloody, brutal, disturbing, suspense, slasher ...
Plot:
revenge, violent, held captive, torture, torment, electric torture, burned at the stake, martyrdom, home invasion, murder, female friendship, martyr ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
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220K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human ...
Style:
scary, suspense, exciting, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mummy, archaeology, treasure hunt, egyptian mythology, ancient egypt, tomb, monster, pharaoh, desert, archaeologist, immortal, archeological dig ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 1930s
Place:
egypt, london, middle east, england, big ben london ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, gang war, gangster, small town, shootout, one man army, cowboy, assassin, one against many, tough guy, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, bleak, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, castle, melancholy, plague, nosferatu, death, rat, medieval, loneliness, insanity, solitude ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1850s, 1800s, 20th century ...
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe, germany, black sea ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one. A remake of the 1974 horror movie, Black Christmas.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, scary, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, christmas, violence, psychopath, dysfunctional family, hospital, murder, murderer, gory, sorority, brutality, incest ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 70s, 80s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her ...
Style:
road movie, light, detective, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hostage, reluctant partners, chase, bank robber, on the run, bank robbery, ex convict, police, comedy of errors, outlaw, fugitives, odd couple ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film Charade (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder, hidden identity, family problems, dishonesty, danger, death in the family, chase, interracial couple, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, death, spy ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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1.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, police, undercover cop, twists and turns, mole, organized crime, working undercover, mobster, espionage, plot twist, undercover, irish mob ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, persia, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A ...
Style:
funny, sexy, sentimental, witty, touching ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
angel, reincarnation, afterlife, heaven, american football, supernatural, body swap, football team, soul transference, murder of husband, back from the dead, football ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Style:
visually stunning, entertaining, motion capture, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, animal, boy, human animal relationship, orphan, talking animal, tiger, wild animal, friendship, courage, greed, wolf ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
india, asia
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