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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Style:
road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
car chase, car, driver, hitchhiker, on the road, road trip, radio station, on the run, chase, driving, reckless driving, rattlesnake ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
san francisco, california, colorado, utah, denver colorado ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Style:
sexy, serious, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
on the run, found footage, vandalism, revenge, teenage life, society, murderous pair, danger, love, violence, manipulation, erotica ...
Place:
kentucky, usa
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55K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
Style:
surreal, thought provoking, mind bending, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
conspiracy, danger, hidden truth, politician, who to trust, mysterious character, epidemic, scientist, twists and turns, graphic violence, violence, virus ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, contract killer, hired killer, killer, professional killer, assassin, chase, female warrior, asian man white woman relationship, on the run ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, wild west, on the run, temple, haunted by the past, vegetarian, flashback, kung fu classic, fugitive, man with no name ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
usa, new mexico, arizona
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, backwoods, swamp, lost in the woods, ambush, poacher, murder, american south, dog attack, pursuit, on the run ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1973, 70s
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa, vietnam, texas ...
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. When it is learned that local baddie Bubber Reeves has escaped prison, Rogers' son is concerned because he is having an affair with Reeves' ...
Style:
retro, suspense, southern gothic, neo noir, crime drama ...
Plot:
racism, social commentary, manhunt, adultery, small town, lynch mob, drunkenness, sheriff, murder, vigilantism, escaped prisoner, on the run ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, southern usa, new jersey, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Clint Eastwood plays a bounty hunter who helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, talky, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the road, kidnapping, bail bondsman, bounty hunter, car chase, on the run, baby, tough guy, money, shootout, machine gun, disguise ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
sacramento california, usa, california, las vegas, reno nevada
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
disco, hair loss, politician, on the run, murder, lsd, headache, bald woman, babysitter, murder suspect, full moon, massacre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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56K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Style:
touching, sincere, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night, teens
Plot:
unlikely relationship, fall in love, stockholm syndrome, love and romance, single parent, love, happy ending, single mother, boy, longing, on the run, holiday ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
usa, canada, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, surprise ending, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, computer, undercover, disappearance, conspiracy, computer cracker, race against time, on the run, deception, assassin ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. ...
Style:
crying, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
sign language, on the run, on the road, teen angst, single mother, animal, gorilla, youth, friendship, pets, lawyer, van ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hawaii, africa, seattle
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.
Style:
road movie, suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
chase, false identity, tiger, corruption, justice, on the run, motorcycle, happy ending, woman in jeopardy, shootout, argument, framed for murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york, detroit, wisconsin ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Beauvoir, lonely, aging private detective, is put on the bloody track of beautiful Catherine Leiris who kills and robs her rich husband(s) on their wedding night. Although he never approaches her directly, he follows her and increasingly feels to be ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, slasher, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
femme fatale, on the run, obsession, private detective, murder, haunted by the past, anti hero, anti heroine, false identity, crime spree, fugitive, voyeur ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, sicily, france, cote d'azur, europe ...
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34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are involved in wild car chases with cops as they head south to cross ...
Style:
sexy, teen sex comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
on the run, strip club, stripper, car crash, shootout, kidnapping, misunderstanding, gangster, chase, disorder, murder, car chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses – the Firefly family are ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men guns blazing – yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed. Hiding ...
Style:
scary, bloody, suspense, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, torture, brutality, psychopath, sheriff, kidnapping, maniac, violence, female villain, hostage, killer clown ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
texas, bolivia, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single handedly takes on ruthless developers determined to evict Clydie - a widow with two young children. Nobody knows who Sam is.
Style:
exciting, political, cult classic, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
martial arts, widow, hand to hand combat, bank robber, sex scene, vigilante, on the run, farm, manhunt, showdown, arson, one against many ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
montana, california, hawaii, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, fast, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, escape, chase, on the run, betrayal, diamond, fistfight, left for dead, prison fight, femme fatale, prison guard, murder ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style:
road movie, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
psycho killer, hitchhiker, serial killer, psychopath, desert, stalker, violence, sociopath, stalking, kidnapping, highway, motel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, california
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19K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
Style:
futuristic, cyber, entertaining, tech noir, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, cyberpunk, dystopia, bounty hunter, on the run, dystopian future, chase, racing, apocalypse, time traveler, time loop, car ...
Time:
future, year 1992, 90s, year 2009, year 1991 ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang ...
Style:
parody, black comedy, humorous, independent film, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, lost in the woods, on the run, bank, heist, robbery, caper, sheriff, sabotage, river, law enforcement, chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
montana, new jersey, usa, las vegas
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2.4M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
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138K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, harsh, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, conspiracy, police corruption, redemption, race against time, reluctant partners, nypd, chase, hostage, witness, secret service, on the run ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new york, iran, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued ...
Style:
intense, humorous, semi serious, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, on the run, fbi, chase, rogue agent, african american, mistaken identity, disorder, cons and scams, fish out of water, frame up, hidden identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
texas, new york, florida, latin america, usa ...
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11K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, hacker, police chase, on the run, undercover, reluctant partners, frame up, manhunt, partner, prison, rivalry, prison life ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, miami
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, desert, car chase, one against many, hostage, chase, on the run, fugitives, organized crime, blood, female nudity, sheriff ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Renegade is an American television series that ran for 110 episodes spanning 5 seasons, first broadcast between September 19, 1992 and April 4, 1997. The series was created by Stephen J. Cannell. Executive Producers included Cannell, Stu Segall, ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, frame up, on the run, bounty hunter, police corruption, heroes, partner, law enforcement, chase, dishonesty, reluctant partners, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san diego california
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Style:
road movie, suspense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
on the run, motel, sexual fantasy, hit and run, family relations, misfit, introspection, siblings relations, working class, sibling relationship, family problems, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada, hawaii, reno nevada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
action packed, saga, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
dystopia, alien, bounty hunter, lone hero, outer space, space and aliens, one man army, distant planet, space opera, one against many, tough guy, space ...
Time:
future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place:
space western
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