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 6.1
 1K
Jungle (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Where beasts feared to tread, he made it his home; Where the scorching sun could not reach, he shined in the cold bloodedness. Where the police never managed to catch him, he always killed
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious
Plot: hostage, danger, rescue, lone wolves, love and romance, love triangle, chase, captive, police, terrorist, damsel in distress, moll ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
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One in the Chamber (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, rivalry, danger, criminal heroes, violence spree, chases and races, murder, mob boss, gangster, corruption, mob hit, stalking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, prague, europe, eastern europe
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 6.0
 103K
Sahara (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action packed, scenic, buddy comedy ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, adventurer, treasure hunter, desert, obsessive quest, archaeology, escapades, civil war, good versus evil, danger, buddy ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, nigeria
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 7.2
 3K
Underdog (1964)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A shoe shine puppy transforms himself into a superhero every time Sweet Polly Purebread (a pretty TV reporter) gets in trouble.
Style: exciting, humorous, light, captivating, retro ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: superhero, cartoon dog, dog, mad scientist, superhuman powers, fighting crime, escapades, good versus evil, hidden identity, laboratory, imaginary, danger ...
Time: 60s
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Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
Style: romantic, scenic, light, humorous, dorama ...
Plot: medical, army, soldier, friendship, love affair, doctor, love, military, military officer, danger, playing footsie, love and romance ...
Place: korea, afghanistan, thailand
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Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Another Ernst Hofbauer schoolgirl exploiter in the same vein as his Schoolgirl Report films, but for this one he raised the sleaze level to new heights with non-pornographic scenes of rape, pedophilia, satanic rituals, virgin sacrifice and golden ...
Style: sensual, sex comedy, erotic, grindhouse, mockumentary ...
Plot: sexual pleasure, sex scene, massage, peeping tom, damsel in distress, dysfunctional marriage, exploitation, sex crime, promiscuous woman, german humor, female nudity, lust ...
Place: munich germany
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The Dragon Spell (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Little Nicky, the son of the Tanner, a famous strongman, has made up his mind, that he can conquer the dragon as his father did long ago. Against prohibition of his father, Nicky has managed to get into trouble and now it depends only on his ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, stylized, light, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, folk hero, good versus evil, damsel in distress, legend, adventure hero, escapades, fight, sword and sorcery, magic, heroes, dragon ...
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 4.0
 12K
Trauma Center (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lt. Wakes is a vengeful police detective determined to solve the murders of his partner and an informant, and joins forces with a witness injured during the shootings. After the killers pursue the witness across the abandoned floor of a hospital, ...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: murder witness, asthma, asthmatic, murder, fight, pursuit, police investigation, danger, damsel in distress, hunt down, woman in danger, law enforcement ...
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Style: scenic, exciting, visually stunning, fairy tale, tense ...
Audience: family friendly, manly, girls' night, teens, family outing
Plot: tarzan, jungle, feral child, slavery, revenge, animal attack, animal, superhero, colonialism, monkey, lone hero, geopolitics ...
Time: victorian era, year 2016, 19th century, 2010s, future ...
Place: africa, congo, united kingdom, london, england ...
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Sleeping with Danger (2020)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Inspired by Ann Rule’s true crime collection Mortal Danger and Other True Cases. Paul Carter was like a knight in shining armor when he met flight attendant Grace Tanner and swept her into a passionate love affair. But her dream man quickly became ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: obsessive love, psychopath, fatal attraction, rough sex, obsession, murder, stalking, family conflict, graphic violence, blackmail, investigation, seduction ...
Time: year 1994
Place: oregon
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 5.0
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Lethal Admirer (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Megan's fiancé is killed, she moves cross country and rebuilds her life with a new boyfriend and a closer relationship with her sister. Once she befriends one of her old colleagues, Lloyd, things take a turn for the worst. She realizes he ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: woman in danger, fatal attraction, stalking, dangerous attraction, obsession, unrequited love, new life, insanity, damsel in distress, danger, psychopath, villain ...
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The Reckoning (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her ...
Style: stylized, captivating, suspenseful, dark fantasy, dark ...
Plot: witch hunt, witch, plague, torture, imprisonment, curse, near death experience, pursuit, occult, assassin, black magic, witchcraft ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england
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Aladdin (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street-urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: princess, desert, genie, love, arabian nights, disney princess, friendship, magic, poverty, unlikely couple, rags to riches, aladdin ...
Time: middle ages, year 1992, 90s, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, sahara, arabia, iraq
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 6.9
 19K
Opera (1987)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Style: slasher, disturbing, suspense, scary, bloody ...
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, female nudity, voyeur, obsession, nudity, bare breasts, nude, nude girl, sadistic psychopath, cruelty, masked villain ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: europe, italy
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 6.6
 75K
Joy Ride (2001)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style: suspense, scary, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: kidnapping, prank, truck driver, road trip, psychopath, truck, paranoia, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, revenge, murder, on the road ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, salt lake city utah, wyoming, san diego california, colorado ...
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman ...
Style: exciting, stylized, epic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, batman, revenge, superhuman powers, heroes, superman, justice, vigilante, good versus evil, wonder woman, alien, save the world ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 1918, year 1981, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., detroit, kansas, africa ...
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 7.3
 317K
The Accountant (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: autism, assassin, accountant, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, justice, gunfight, vigilante, hitman, investigation ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 1989, year 2006 ...
Place: washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
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 7.0
 363K
Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style: detective, serious, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: investigation, sniper, loner, hitman, vigilantism, assassin, murder, tough guy, ex military, lone hero, one man army, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania ...
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The Princess Bride (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: revenge, true love, love and romance, sword fight, imaginary kingdom, swashbuckler, friendship, princess, pirate, prince, save the princess, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, 20th century, victorian era, year 1987, 15th century
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 5.7
 124K
Priest (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is ...
Style: dark fantasy, scary, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, apocalypse, post apocalypse, clergy, dystopia, distopia, danger, good versus evil, monster, vampire hunter, master warrior ...
Time: future, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, entertaining, dark fantasy, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, ship, sword fight, fantasy world, treasure, captain, pirate ship, pirate captain, swashbuckler, curses spells and rituals, escapades ...
Time: 18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, haiti ...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen ...
Style: romantic, exciting, witty, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: pirate, swashbuckler, mermaid, ship, chase, treasure hunt, fantasy world, treasure, captain, sword fight, mythical creature, adventurer ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 2011
Place: london, iran, britain, fictional island, madagascar ...
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 8.2
 940K
Die Hard (1988)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: hostage, gunfight, one man army, heist, tough guy, christmas, terrorist, terrorism, police, shootout, robbery, skyscraper ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 2016
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Man of Steel (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation ...
Style: exciting, serious, visually stunning, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: superhero, good versus evil, superhuman powers, alien invasion, double life, secret identity, superman, vigilante, earth, villain, space travel, adoptive father ...
Time: year 2013, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, canada, kansas
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 6.3
 210K
Knight and Day (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately ...
Style: romantic, exciting, entertaining, action comedy, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: spy, secret agent, chase, cia, espionage, couples, on the run, chases and races, undercover, secret service, assassin, gunfight ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: boston, austria, spain, kansas, andalusia ...
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Style: exciting, breathtaking, epic, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, manly, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, indiana jones, treasure, adventurer, archaeology, nazi, artifact, chase, villain, desert, escapades ...
Time: 1930s, year 1936, 20th century, 90s, year 1981
Place: egypt, south america, nepal, africa, himalaya ...
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 7.5
 791
Honey West (1965)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Honey West is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC during the 1965–1966 television season. The series starred Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West and John Ericson as her partner, Sam Bolt. Only 30 half-hour ...
Style: detective, retro, noir, neo noir
Plot: spy, private detective, female protagonist, 007, female superhero, damsel in distress, woman with a gun, women, kickass women, martial arts, female detective, private investigator ...
Time: 60s
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 5.9
 44K
9½ Weeks (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, sensual ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: obsession, erotica, dangerous attraction, sex scene, bdsm, sexuality, sexual relations, strong sexual content, destructive relationship, masturbation, couples, mysterious character ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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 5.3
 3K
Hunted (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
Style: suspense, disturbing, exciting, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychopath, high school student, serial killer, violence, murder, woman in jeopardy, woods, attempted rape, survival, maniac, woman in danger, sadistic rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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George of the Jungle (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of ...
Style: slapstick comedy, humorous, parody, slapstick, spoof ...
Audience: family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: jungle, fish out of water, childhood, tarzan, rescue, gorilla, goofy hero, elephant, heiress, friendship, monkey, happy ending ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: san francisco, africa, usa
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