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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, intense, rough, action packed ...
Plot:
secret service, frame up, conspiracy, investigation, on the run, blackmail, assassination attempt, treason, president, assassination, espionage, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, washington d.c.
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8K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his vehicle.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
missing person, psychopath, witnessing a crime, truck, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, kidnapping, serial killer, murder, on the run, rescue, on the road, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
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226K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it ...
Style:
tense, gloomy, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, virus, natural disaster, end of the world, suicide, graphic violence, catastrophe, paranoia, danger, plague ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, boston, philadelphia, west virginia, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style:
exciting, teen, suspenseful, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superpower, supernatural, alien, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, good versus evil, young heroes, friendship, teenage love, high school, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.
Style:
scary, demonic, surprise ending, black comedy, creepy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
demon, good versus evil, supernatural, temptation, demonic possession, sex scene, mind control, psychic, prostitute, time machine, trapped in a building, monster ...
Time:
90s, year 1917, 20th century, 1910s, 80s
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
Style:
cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, rescue, vietnam war, blindness, blind man, one man army, vengeance, sword fight, organized crime, buddies, one against many, gangster ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
vietnam, asia, miami, australia, reno nevada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style:
intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, organized crime, ex convict, police corruption, chase ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
las vegas, new mexico, usa, nevada, utah ...
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74K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, prison, friendship, bank robbery, bored housewife, on the run, stockholm syndrome, hostage, caper, home invasion, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, mexico
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336K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a ...
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, teen, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
teleportation, chase, youth, super powers, supernatural ability, good versus evil, presumed dead, young heroes, supernatural, adolescence, danger, world spanning ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
egypt, himalaya, michigan, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, usa, iowa, san francisco, boston
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Zambia, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A scientist plots a bank robbery based around his newest invention -- a time travel gadget that will send its user 10 minutes into the past. Everything goes according to plan, until he encounters a group of thieves who've planned their heist ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, grindhouse
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time, changing the past or future, time loop, back in time, on the run, heroic mission, destiny, hostage, heroes, rivalry, race against time ...
Place:
africa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
Nandu, an orphan, is a top-notch professional killer in town. He manoeuvres his operations with the help of his buddy. In one such operation, he falls into the eyes of the cops. While fleeing from the crime scene, he unintentionally becomes the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
assassination, on the run, betrayal, hidden identity, dishonesty, chases and races, assassination attempt, frame up, murder, accidental killing, gunfight, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style:
bleak, sincere, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, pregnancy, on the run, feminist, women's rights, religious fundamentalism, society, friendship, injustice, prostitute, dialogue, discrimination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia, california
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, rough, tense, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, infected, survival, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, plague, deadly virus, infection, post apocalypse, chaos, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, france ...
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style:
road movie, sexy, erotic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, escapades, fugitives, sexualized violence, attempted rape, revenge, on the road, rape, feminist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, bolivia, oklahoma, usa ...
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3K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Sam regains consciousness in the middle of a crowded subway, he doesn't know how he got there, where he came from nor his own name. He franticly searches for his identity, using the contents of his backpack. Slowly but surely he realizes ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
memory loss, twists and turns, on the run, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, danger, murder, manipulation, who to trust, youth, young heroes, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
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Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Poland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A couple decides to spend a romantic evening in a floor of a semi-abandoned building that slip because she works as a consultant for the council house and got the keys. During the evening they discover that a hooded murderer is the only tenant left ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, christmas horror ...
Plot:
home invasion, couples, couple relations, murder, danger, on the run, gory, masked killer, murder witness, isolation, tenant, maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Seven teenagers travel to an old, decrepit house, the site of a horror movie set and rumored to be haunted. But when two grave robbers arrive seeking refuge from an army of the living dead, it becomes the ultimate fight for survival.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, halloween, vampire, on the run, legends and myths, danger, supernatural, youth, race against time, nudity, struggle for survival, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
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24K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
poverty, children, slum, favela, mischievous children, young heroes, coming of age, friends, corruption, child in peril, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story:
A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
human spirit, against the odds, girl heroine, danger, on the run, escapades, female whipping, prisoner, society, injustice, life is a bitch, sailing ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
australia, england, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned graveyard surrounded by strange scarecrows. ...
Style:
slasher, creepy, frightening, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
scarecrow, characters killed one by one, massacre, supernatural, profanity, halloween, survival, heist, crime gone awry, on the run, rescue, chase ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The region where the borders of North Korea, China, and Russia come together, forms a sort of modern day wild west, where more than half of the population relies on illegal activity in order to survive. In Yanbian, on the Chinese side of the border, ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, illegal immigrant, taxi driver, asian gangster, korean gangster, murder, survival, gangster, gang war, on the run, bloodbath, wife ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
korea, asia, seoul, south korea, east asia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss ...
Style:
light, touching, cute, crying, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
childhood, mouse, friendship, good versus evil, orphan, rescue, kidnapping, chase, little girl, anxiety, talking animal, treasure hunt ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, madagascar, new york, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It has been over one year since the start of the outbreak. Our society has collapsed and the world has descended into chaos. Elvis and Tweeter are two of the last people left alive, and band together to flee the United States for a remote island ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, escape, plague, zombie, apocalypse, on the run, survival, cannibalism, supernatural, social decay, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, caribbean
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
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42K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Style:
neo noir, serious, grindhouse, road movie, suspense ...
Plot:
violence, redemption, robbery, partner, twists and turns, cons and scams, on the run, homecoming, survival, car chase, murder, crime gone awry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes ...
Style:
neo noir, road movie, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
on the run, lovers on the run, criminal, great depression, murder, bank, robbery, young couple, prison, crime spree, thief, female nudity ...
Time:
1930s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa
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42K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
game, mind game, psychology, twists and turns, graphic violence, money, plot twist, greed, manipulation, brutality, mysterious character, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
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15K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her
Style:
sexy, suspense, detective, erotic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police protection, hostage, conspiracy, female lawyer, chase, gunfight, sex scene, car chase, lawyer, female killer, female assassin, lust ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, miami, usa
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16K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telekinesis, heroes, supernatural ability, protector, young heroes, foreknowledge, supernatural, danger, imaginary, escapades, on the run, orphan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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