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 6.9
 468K
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a ...
Style: humorous, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: dark humor, obnoxious boss, comedy of errors, dentist, murder, boss, boss and employee, sexual harassment, workplace, plan gone awry, manipulation, farce ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, murder, stephen king, prostitution, surveillance, bomb, witnessing a crime, gangster, rivalry, master criminal, exploitation, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, las vegas, nevada
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The Godfather Squad (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Bruce Liang plays a Chinese Kung Fu movie star, who during his free time carries on a one-man crusade against drug dealers. The villains trick Liang into signing up to appear in a new martial arts movie. The plan is to kill Our Hero while the ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: kung fu, ambush, mafia, filmmaking, revenge, asian woman, asian, hitman, duel, brawl, kung fu master, asian man ...
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4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western
Plot: cowboy, american civil war, prison, bandit, ambush, gold, wild west, fugitive, shootout, combat, showdown, battles ...
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The Appaloosa (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: horse, gunfight, bandit, vengeance, bounty hunter, wrestling, village life, dishonesty, on the run, folk hero, tough heroes, one against many ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966
Place: sonora, mexico
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 7.1
 13K
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for ...
Style: intense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robber, betrayal, vengeance, greed, bank robbery, stolen gold, going straight, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, on the run, obsessive quest, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1880s
Place: california, monterey california, mexico, latin america, usa ...
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 5.5
 17K
Momentum (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, female protagonist, female assassin, heist, conspiracy, tough girl, hand to hand combat, female killer, one woman army, woman with a gun, bank, robbery ...
Place: cape town south africa, washington d.c.
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Game of Death (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, cia, assassination attempt, hitman, hospital, rivalry, dishonesty, confined, violent content, spy, murder, gunfight ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: michigan, detroit
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 5.1
 98K
Moonfall (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, UK, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic ...
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, moon, end of the world, outer space, space exploration, space and aliens, catastrophe, youth, meteor shower, space travel, survival ...
Time: 2020s, year 2012, year 1969, 2010s, year 2011
Place: usa, colorado, los angeles, california, new york ...
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Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the ...
Style: road movie, humorous, anamorphic, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, elephant, rescue, village, culture clash, military, airplane, journey, boy, cargo plane, chase, politics ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, 60s, year 1962
Place: vietnam, asia
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 5.4
 4K
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of 'Fatal Beauty' begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike ...
Style: detective, crying, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, violence, good versus evil, murder, reluctant partners, gangster, cocaine, massacre, mob hit, female police officer, showdown, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In a not-too-distant future, a lethal virus sweeps across Europe, prompting the creation of quarantine refugee camps in the United States. Police officers Delon (Natasha Henstridge) and Lemieux (Christopher Lambert) learn of a grisly murder in the ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, brutality, quarantine, virus, chase, race against time, catastrophe, fantasy world, dystopian future, chaos, danger, investigation ...
Time: year 2007, future, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, europe
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 8.0
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Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time: future, distant future, 2020s
Place: space western
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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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 7.7
 13K
Don (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang ...
Style: fast, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot: dual role, gangster, gang, undercover, on the run, mistaken identity, lookalikes, underworld, undercover cop, indians, rebel, revenge ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia, bombay india
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 6.1
 36K
Krull (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Style: dark fantasy, exciting, cult classic, light, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: good versus evil, sword and sorcery, monster, sword, medieval, cyclops, giant spider, space opera, fortress, rescue, sword fight, beast ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, middle ages
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Inbetween Worlds (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jesper is a soldier in the German army, who reports for a new tour of duty in Afghanistan. His unit is to protect a village from the Taliban.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: soldier, wartime life, translator, culture clash, danger, gain trust, battle zone, friendship, war in afghanistan, death threat, village, murder ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, pakistan, middle east
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Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A couple encounters a perverted gas station attendant who threatens them with a shotgun. They take a deserted path in Texas to seek help, but only meet up with a cannibalistic clan interested in helping themselves to fresh meat.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, gory, cannibalism, torture, texas chainsaw massacre, survival, psychopath, murder, masked killer, psychological torture, hitchhiker ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: texas, austin texas, florida, usa, california
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword ...
Style: epic, entertaining, suspense, arthurian, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens
Plot: king arthur, knight, legend, warrior, medieval, excalibur, mythology, throne, chosen one, king, mentor, training ...
Time: middle ages, year 2017, medieval times, 6th century
Place: england, london
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 7.7
 80K
Black Book (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style: tense, erotic, psychological, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war two, holocaust, espionage, spy, nazism, nazi, war, revenge, resistance, occupation, gestapo, ss ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century, y2k ...
Place: netherlands, holland, germany, israel, amsterdam ...
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 4.4
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Amazon Warrior (1998)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In a post-apocalyptic world, a camp of Amazon women is raided by a gang of murderous bandits, who kill everyone in the camp except one small girl. She grows up to be a mercenary, and one day she takes a job escorting the two daughters of a powerful ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Plot: post apocalypse, revenge, female fighter, jungle, female fight, ancient, woman with a gun, distopia, voice over narration, amazon, post thermonuclear war, female nudity ...
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 6.4
 134K
Savages (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Style: sexy, tense, intense, action packed, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, drug cartel, rescue, marijuana, violence, twists and turns, drug dealing, friendship, woman in danger, polyamory, gangster, drug lord ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, southern california, los angeles, usa, tijuana mexico ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, stylized, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: vampire, undead, president, supernatural, american civil war, violence, vampire hunter, tough heroes, warrior, blood, head of state, good versus evil ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2012, victorian era, year 2000 ...
Place: indiana, seattle, washington d.c., usa, new orleans
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 6.0
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Hercules (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: mythology, hercules, legends and myths, greek mythology, warrior, superhero, battles, mercenary, beast, legend, strongman, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 15th century
Place: ancient greece, greece, athens greece
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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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 5.3
 5K
The Island (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, rough, cult classic ...
Plot: island, survival, pirate, kidnapping, rescue, insanity, ship, father son relationship, brainwashing, violence, supernatural, ocean ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: caribbean, miami, new york
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 5.4
 53K
I Spy (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a ...
Style: spoof, entertaining, humorous, exciting, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: espionage, spy, buddy, malice, secret agent, boxing, secret service, secrets, cia, betrayal, kidnapping, redemption ...
Time: year 2002, 2010s
Place: budapest, monte carlo, central europe, las vegas, washington d.c.
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Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front ...
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, old west, investigation, murder, cowboy, outlaw, frame up, betrayal, jail, sheriff, fistfight, rape ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967
Place: mexico
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 6.4
 58K
Chaos (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style: exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, bank robbery, police detective, investigation, police investigation, hostage, gangster, police, heist, vengeance, conspiracy, brutality ...
Time: year 2005
Place: seattle, usa
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 6.3
 102K
The American (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Style: ambiguous ending, suspense, tense, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hitman, one last job, nudity, sniper, spy, betrayal, anti hero, loner, assassination, assassin, small town, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
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