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Genre: Action, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Samurai is directed by then debutante, Balaji Sakthivel and produced by S Dhanu under the Alayam Banner. The film starred Vikram, Anita, Jayaseel and Sriya Reddy in the lead roles.Vikram, a medico, leads a gang of four to abduct corrupt politicians ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
vigilante, arrest, kidnapping, court, secret identity, vigilantism, suicide, political corruption, fight for justice, police, corrupt cop, fight ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Music
Country: Egypt
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The events revolve around three eras: the Pharaonic era, the Mamluk era, and the first half of the 20th century. The events revolve around corruption and the power of some clerics over the ages to power and false and bad dealings with the people, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
ancient egypt, treasure hunt, arab, arrest, king, marriage, strong female character, rebellion, revenge, pharaoh, muslim girl, treasure ...
Place:
egypt, ottoman empire
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Herb’s life is a mess. He’s lost his welfare, can’t hold a job, can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut up and a diet that consists mainly of cheap beer and mushy peas. It’s no way to live and he knows it.
Then he learns ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, light, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
criminal, father son relationship, arrest, lonely man, little girl, bank robbery, teenage boy, bare chested male, senior citizen, hotel room, noisy neighbor, violence ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia, Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Zoran is the hero of this story set in Skopje during the German occupation of the city in World War II. Through his eyes, we experience all the cruelty, poverty and suffering of wartime. A love affair between his Macedonian mother and ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, tense
Plot:
world war two, boy, liberation, assassination, partisan, nazi occupation, german officer, traitor, prisoner, german occupation, arrest, mother son relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, macedonia, balkan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, small town life, police, journalist, loss of daughter, teenage girl, arrest, interrogation, crime scene, investigation, revenge ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1991, 90s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany
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10K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, who are ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, realistic, spaghetti western ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
billy the kid, abuse, outlaw gang, ambush, sheriff, squad, american history, cowboys and outlaws, outlaw, arrest, gunfight, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
new mexico
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21K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, game of death, homicide detective, police detective, revenge, psycho killer, police partner, police protagonist, clue, violence, forensics, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experience of Billy Moore who survived his Thai prison ordeal by becoming a Muay Thai boxing champion.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, brutality, prison rape, tattoo, violence, male rape, boxing match, friendship, drug addict, muay thai, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, year 2010
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
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166
Genre: Biography
Country: Russia, Lithuania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He considers himself a genius but the publishers refuse to print his works. He loves women but they don’t always understand him. Constantly without money and out of touch with reality. The elegant fop Daniil Yuvachov names himself Kharms- a name ...
Style:
avant garde, rough, psychological, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
absurdism, writer's block, arrested, repression, writers, poet, father son relationship, gulag, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, publisher, world war two, arrest ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, st. petersburg russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.
Style:
erotic, saga, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorist, investigation, politics, sikh, conspiracy, criminal underworld, police officer, torture, police, arrest, brutality, race against time ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india, bombay india, africa, nigeria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, touching, humorous, romantic drama ...
Plot:
golf, self discovery, past, false identity, missing person, on the road, father son relationship, chance meeting, unlikely couple, disorder, family problems, escapades ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Easter is a five story-arc opera about the coming-of-age of juking. The first of its tales aptly deals with contemporary civil unrest with foci on the interrelationships between law enforcement in communities it serves, and corruption within the ...
Style:
intense, suspense, detective, twisted, allegory ...
Plot:
politics, vengeance, survival, revenge, police, conspiracy, strained relationship, rescue, fight, arrest, easter, prodigy ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, morocco, new jersey, panama ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A divorced mother faces the bitter irony of being suspected of child abuse when in fact her own teen son is taking verbal and physical swipes at her.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, family relations, single parent, teenage life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, domestic disturbance, abuse, false accusation, tragic event ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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96K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, chases and races, unlikely friendships, taxi driver, heist, buddy, french president, incompetent police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, europe, provence, paris france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, touching, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
political corruption, police, politics, government corruption, investigation, justice, organized crime, arrest, prison, judge, election campaign, legal ...
Place:
brazil, switzerland
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France, Philippines, Vietnam
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story:
The Daltons are back in jail. And they want out. Real bad. Every episode is a new chance to escape.
Style:
captivating, feel good, satirical, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
prison, brother brother relationship, prison escape, prisoner, escape attempt, escape, prison warden, warden, prison guard, security guard, arrest, runaway ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
nevada
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Based on actual events. Late 1941, Group Silver A are dropped into occupied Czechoslovakia on an SOE mission to set up a Radio communications centre for the resistance, and contact a German Army officer whom is forwarding information to the British.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, sentimental, compassionate, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, german occupation, fight, agent, arrest, police station, mass murder, secret mission, trap, war crime, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Tells the story of a Las Vegas drug dealer who lives a crazed drugged out lifestyle alongside many gonzo cronies, but eventually opts out of the business before it destroys him.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, cynical, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, drug addiction, chauffeur, drug dealer, drug, drug use, drug dealing, car theft, paranoia, drinking, party, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When it was first released in Argentina, Pablo Trapero’s film had the highest opening box-office of all time. The key to that success is simply that The Clan is based on one of the most shocking crimes in the country’s history, the Puccio Clan ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, social ...
Plot:
murder, abduction, hostage, violence, arrest, family relations, organized crime, family reunited, father son relationship, kidnapper, kidnapping, biopic ...
Time:
year 2015, 80s
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina, south america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Style:
buddy comedy, action comedy, entertaining, parody, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
espionage, muscleman, high school reunion, friendship, cia, high school, spy, accountant, bullying, revenge, betrayal, redemption ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 1996, 90s, 21st century
Place:
maryland, boston, baltimore, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, prison, criminal, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, released from prison, corrupt cop, police detective, police investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, los angeles, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This is the story of two women on opposite ends of a lifetime, a very young, curious Jiyan and her life-weary but resistant grandmother Berfe, in order to save the person who links them to each other.
Style:
serious, touching, atmospheric, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
kurd, family relations, against the odds, youth, elderly, obsessive quest, false arrest, family in crisis, on the road, military, injustice, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kurdistan, turkey
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities, a killer (James Lew) starts killing the cops forcing a martial-arts officer (Lorenzo Lamas) to fight back. AKA Midnight Man
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, independent film, fable
Plot:
martial artist, martial arts, police officer killed, police officer, fistfight, violence, sword fight, tough guy, villain, arrest, gangster, police raid ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hitman, tough cop, motorcycle, biker, police officer, police corruption, organized crime, on the road, attempted rape, ambush, corrupt official ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, san francisco ...
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349K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style:
tense, harsh, psychological, clever, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, gunfight, wild west, runaway, honor, outlaw, prisoner, gunslinger, sheriff, heroic mission, righting the wronged, gang ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, yuma arizona, usa, sonora ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Style:
intense, bleak, factual, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
police investigation, satanism, courtroom drama, murder investigation, courtroom, jury, legal, court, murder, twists and turns, brutality, police interrogation ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, memphis, southern usa, arkansas
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A bank robbery gone wrong leads to a horrific crime and the capture of the most relentless outlaw in Texas...the infamous Johnny Rios. Incarcerated, Rios ups the ante with a daring ultimatum that gives the sleepy town of Wardlaw a rude awakening as ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
old west, vengeance, rivalry, vigilantism, heist, family relations, fugitives, small town, sheriff, psychopath, murder, showdown ...
Place:
texas, usa
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957
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tania, a young Russian woman who lives illegally in Belgium with her 13-year-old son Ivan. Constantly on her guard, she dreads police checks until the day she is arrested.
Style:
captivating, touching, emotional, sentimental, political ...
Plot:
illegal alien, escape, human spirit, fighting the system, social differences, injustice, immigrant, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, parents and children, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
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