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The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story: November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, powerful
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, british soldier, british military, killed in action, soldier, dam, shell shock, royal air force, british army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: netherlands, germany, holland
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, ...
Style: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, captivating, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hitman, terrorism, buddies, mission, bodyguard, woman with a gun, female agent, nun, killer, agent, torture chamber, mob boss ...
Time: 2020s, future, 1950s, 50s
Place: russia, italy, europe, eastern europe, athens greece ...
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A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, alien, creature, survival horror, deaf, silence, survival, monster, deafness, alien invasion, child in peril, macabre ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, near future
Place: new york, usa, new york state, atlantic ocean, america
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Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: The next installment in the franchise.
Style: suspense, ambiguous ending, saga, anamorphic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chases and races, car, woman kills a man, car chase, street racing, brother brother relationship, family relations, terrorist plot, cia agent, ak 47, chase, carsploitation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1989, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: georgia, las vegas, jamaica, tokyo, edinburgh scotland ...
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 5.8
 13K
Miss Bala (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corruption, beauty queen, cia agent, drug lord, undercover agent, mob boss, danger, slave trade, female spy, drug cartel, sniper, sex slave ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: tijuana mexico, california, mexico, los angeles, san diego california
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
Style: action adventure, apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terminator, time travel, robot, androids and robots, cyborgs, technology, cyberpunk, hand to hand combat, gunfight, killer robot, aeroplane, revenge ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 2020s, future, year 1998 ...
Place: mexico, mexico city, texas, guatemala
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 7.7
 273K
First Blood (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style: cult classic, serious, suspense, exciting, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, one man army, vietnam war, manhunt, soldier, tough heroes, tough guy, danger, police brutality, escape, bad cop, lone wolves ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place: vietnam, washington state, usa, arizona
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 6.8
 357K
Annihilation (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style: suspense, psychedelic, psychological, disturbing, lovecraft ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: female protagonist, creature, dna, mutation, scientist, expedition, research, genetic mutation, terror, biologist, transformation, mission ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: chicago, florida, pakistan
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 7.4
 33K
Blindspotting (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested ...
Style: suspenseful, thought provoking, hood, disturbing, comedy drama ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: parole, probation, fight, best friend, party, cemetery, police, black, racism, ghetto, police brutality, black lives matter ...
Place: oakland california, milwaukee wisconsin, colorado, las vegas, bali ...
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 5.0
 28K
Leatherface (2017)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will ...
Style: slasher, psychotronic, suspense, brutal, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, maniac, chainsaw, psychopath, chainsaw murder, kidnapping, violence, rage, mental institution, psycho killer, sociopath, fear ...
Time: year 1955, 1950s, year 1965, 60s
Place: texas, southern usa
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 6.3
 226K
Tomb Raider (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Style: exciting, captivating, action adventure, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: female protagonist, jungle, strong female character, treasure hunt, rescue, peril, tough girl, female fighter, tomb raider, tomb, chase, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
Place: hong kong, fictional island, united kingdom, england, asia ...
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Killing Ground (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When young urbanites Ian and Sam decide to go camping, they arrive at their isolated destination to discover another tent already set up, but no sign of its owners. With the other campers at large, Ian and Sam's discovery of a child wandering ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens, toddlers
Plot: camping, rape, backwoods, serial killer, survival horror, violence, dog, doctor, rape and murder, husband wife relationship, wilderness, murder ...
Place: oceania, australia
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 7.2
 100K
Wild at Heart (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style: surreal, road movie, black comedy, avant garde, dark comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: on the road, murder, surrealism, forbidden love, on the run, road trip, violence, sex scene, domineering mother, rape, haunted by the past, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place: new orleans, texas, austin texas, usa, california ...
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SS Operation Wolfcub (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Obscure Joe Sarno thriller featuring Harry Reems in a non-explicit role.
Plot: soldier, camp, nazi, military camp, boat, mercenary, ex marine, rural setting, commander, militia, mission, military training ...
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Style: exciting, epic, intense, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: comic book, mutant, superhero, superhero team, superpower, teleportation, technology, x men, good versus evil, psychic, transformation, disguise ...
Time: future, year 1983, 2010s, year 2016, 80s
Place: cairo egypt, egypt, poland, west berlin west germany, berlin germany ...
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 5.5
 6K
Cat Run (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors from a ruthless assassin hired to silence her.
Style: exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: female killer, female spy, femme fatale, private detective, on the run, female assassin, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, investigation, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montenegro, usa, lyon, spain, europe ...
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The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
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 5.4
 4K
Renegades (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style: detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
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 6.2
 20K
Revenge (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style: sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Plot: betrayal, dangerous attraction, love triangle, couple relations, revenge, vengeance, adultery, unfaithful wife, friendship, desert, extramarital affair, love ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.6
 287K
Resident Evil (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain ...
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, splatter, bloody ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, infected, virus, zombie apocalypse, artificial intelligence, monster, survival, bio weapon, woman with a gun, gory, experiment gone awry, apocalypse ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2002, near future, 21st century
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 8.3
 1.1M
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style: dark comedy, suspense, non-linear, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gangster, gang, undercover cop, psychopath, dark hero, perfect crime, organized crime, violent, caper ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: los angeles, usa, california, bolivia
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 6.6
 204K
Machete (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style: parody, brutal, grindhouse, stylized, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: hitman, blood, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, machete, corruption, immigrant, tough heroes, tough guy, sword fight, violent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, witty, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, dark humor, organized crime, twists and turns, crime gone awry, disorder, gang, nothing goes right, debt, violent, friends ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, london, britain, europe
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style: light, funny, humorous, detective, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, police, education, mischievous children, small town, bullying, undercover, elementary school, school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles
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 7.1
 97K
Elephant (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychological, realistic, controversial ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, mass murder, teacher, school, violence, murder, high school, youth, teenager, serial killer, boy ...
Time: year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon
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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story: A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style: epic, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, military, tank, combat, military operation, courage, allies, soldier, army ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: germany, america, netherlands, europe, united kingdom ...
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As Good as Dead (2010)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, hostage, kidnapping, escape attempt, brutality, deception, confined, vengeance, danger, rivalry, twists and turns, domestic disturbance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 5.5
 541
Death Valley (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Four friends head to the desert to attend a winter rave. Instead, it turns into the trip to hell when they meet up with a couple of bad locals.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, desert, escapades, danger, buddies, chases and races, rivalry, murder, rave, psychopath, friends, cheating fiance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california
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Experiment in Torture (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Lured by the smell of easy money, beautiful, exotic dancers agree to spend the weekend at the remote mountain getaway of a wealthy voyeur. Once there, the girls are drugged, tied up and slowly tortured to death with everything from a blowtorch to an ...
Style: scary, realistic, serious, rough, slasher
Plot: serial killer, stripper, psychopath, danger, gory, woman in danger, kidnapping, dancer's life, brother sister relationship, murder, mental institution, fear ...
Time: 21st century
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Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min.
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Story: Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: civil war, american civil war, old west, gunfight, feud, revenge, violence spree, violence, murder, rivalry, ethnic conflict, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s, 1890s ...
Place: kentucky, west virginia, usa
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