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 6.6
 253K
The Beach (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style: psychological, scenic, tense, stylized, visual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: island, travel, adventurer, beach, obsessive quest, exotic island, utopia, tourist, drug, marijuana, jungle, hippie ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
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 5.6
 40K
Beast (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Iceland, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: animal attack, killer animal, animal, survival horror, lion, wild animal, father daughter relationship, rescue, wilderness, dangerous animal, monster, wilderness survival ...
Time: 2020s
Place: africa, south africa
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 4.3
 17K
Siberia (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A diamond trader travels to Russia to arrange a sale. When his partner goes missing (along with the gems), the diamond trader winds up disappearing to Siberia. There, he begins a relationship with a local cafe owner, only to have his past soon catch ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, captivating, romantic, tense ...
Plot: cold weather, gem, forgery, missing person, love story, deal, uncover truth, love at first sight, american abroad, puppet, criminal underworld, infidelity ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: russia, siberia, st. petersburg russia
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Silverton Siege (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: criminal, hostage, prison, female warrior, hostage situation, chase, robbery, mission, thief, problem, threat to kill, gang ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: south africa, africa
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Eraser: Reborn (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, surprise ending
Plot: tough guy, u.s. marshal, witness protection, martial arts, abusive husband, attempted murder, fbi, shootout, woman in jeopardy, animal attack, female lawyer, fear ...
Time: 2020s
Place: south africa, cape town south africa, los angeles
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 4.7
 3K
Mr. Bones (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
Style: exciting, not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: obsessive quest, golf, ambition, rivalry, escapades, disorder, oracle, imaginary, wizards and magicians, golfer, tribe, african tribe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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 4.7
 7K
Vanguard (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Taiwan, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, undercover agent, computer cracker, fight, kidnapping, female warrior, medieval, danger, heroes, rescue, rescue mission, secret agent ...
Time: 2020s
Place: london, tower bridge london, middle east, africa
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 5.2
 4K
Skyfire (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Tianhuo Island is a beautiful paradise. It almost makes people forget that it is located in the "Ring of Fire", the world-famous Pacific Rim volcanic belt. Young geologist Li Xiaomeng brings her team here to develop the first volcanic ...
Style: psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, resort, fire, father daughter relationship, island, volcanic eruption, catastrophe, female warrior, race against time, destruction, survival ...
Time: 2010s
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 7.9
 714K
District 9 (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style: mockumentary, serious, suspense, biting, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, distopia, space and aliens, alien encounter, apocalypse, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis, refugee, society ...
Time: year 2009, future, 2000s, year 2000, year 1982 ...
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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 3.7
 2K
Supernova (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 172 min.
Story: A international science conference is held in Australia when Dr. Austin Shepard mysteriously disappears Dr. Shepard's colleague, Christopher Richardson and other people are soon faced with the reality of an impending crisis and an attempt to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, universe, desert, survival, danger, astronomer, heroic mission, save the planet, escapades, natural disaster, violence, military ...
Time: 2000s
Place: australia, africa, taj mahal, tokyo, sydney australia ...
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 7.0
 58
75 (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A car crash victim, humiliated housewife and two repressed teens are connected by their relationships with hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, existential, freeze frame ...
Audience: kids
Plot: double life, strong female character, social problems, doctor patient relationship, friendship between men, secret, secret life, organized crime, drug use, social realism, introspection, car accident ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, midwest, ohio, kentucky ...
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 6.3
 50K
Free Fire (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A crime drama set in 1970s Boston, about a gun sale which goes wrong.
Style: dark comedy, suspense, black comedy, tense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: warehouse, chase, brutality, murder, violence, revenge, blood, gang, arms dealer, gangster, fear, deception ...
Time: 70s, year 2017
Place: boston, ireland, massachusetts
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 5.2
 10K
Red Scorpion (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, gunfight, brutality, assassination, justice, gratuitous violence, soldier, mission of murder, politics, war, state affairs, undercover ...
Time: 80s
Place: africa
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 3.7
 618
Black Thunder (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style: serious, rough, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, airplane, danger, save the day, undercover, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, pilot, invisibility, die hard, world war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya
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NWA Starrcade '90 (1990)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Starrcade '90 was the eighth annual Starrcade professional wrestling PPV event produced under the NWA banner. It was the third Starrcade event produced by WCW, and the last PPV event held by the NWA. It took place on December 16, 1990 from the ...
Plot: wrestling, new zealander, insane, professional wrestling, horseman, world championship wrestling, laptop, cell, crazy, blood, feud, stock market ...
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WWE No Way Out 2012 (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Story: Desperate measures have earned the Big Show an ironclad contract from John Laurinaitis. Now the Big Show vows to take out 14 years of pent-up aggression on John Cena inside the confines of a 15-foot high steel cage, but if the Big Show falls to ...
Plot: wrestling, wrestler, demon, manager, white rapper, cousin cousin relationship, giant, sexy woman, puerto rican, tough girl, champion, british ...
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AWA SuperClash III (1988)
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Story: The American Wrestling Association teams up with various other regional promotions to deliver the third SuperClash, live from Chicago on December 13, 1988.
Plot: wrestling, women's wrestling, professional wrestling, crazy, rock and roll, professional wrestler, award, sergeant, blood, african american, king, interview ...
Place: chicago, memphis, minneapolis minnesota, dallas texas
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The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: spy, satire, farce, virus, espionage, betrayal, stupidity, culture clash, brutality, secret service, secret agent, love ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, south africa, uganda, santiago chile ...
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Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story: One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Style: entertaining, surprise ending, suspense, clever, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: heist, illusionist, con artists, con men, magic, manipulation, caper, twists and turns, illusion, chase, magician, card trick ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 1984, 80s
Place: london, macau, china, new york, new jersey ...
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 7.1
 45K
No Way Out (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, political thriller, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: twists and turns, conspiracy, murder, espionage, cold war, investigation, love triangle, political corruption, sex scene, spy, plot twist, secretary of defense ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style: light, funny, humorous, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dignity, women, small town, coming of age, leaving home, parenthood, happy ending, honest ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, bali, ethiopia
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 7.3
 188K
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style: entertaining, action packed, suspense, action comedy, saga ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, buddies, buddy, police, chase, car chase, revenge, gunfight, cop, partner, home invasion, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, south africa, africa, california, usa
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 6.2
 56K
Hard Target (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Style: exciting, suspense, entertaining, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, chase, gunfight, manhunt, ex military, tough heroes, drifter, justice, survival, danger, one man army, hunting ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new orleans, louisiana, 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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 6.7
 11K
Catch a Fire (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an ...
Style: tense, political, factual, emotional, harsh ...
Plot: terrorism, racism, politics, rebellion, fighting the system, apartheid, police brutality, civil rights, visceral, ethnic conflict, political unrest, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2006, year 1980, year 1991 ...
Place: south africa, africa, angola
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 7.8
 14K
Breaker Morant (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the ...
Style: political, tense, factual, witty, intense ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, politics, legal, war, military, murder, court, military life, tragedy, world politics, soldier ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, year 1980, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: south africa, africa, australia, south australia
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, witty, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, robot, artificial intelligence, superhero team, tony stark character, heroes, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, master villain, killer robot, good versus evil, androids and robots ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, future, year 2016, 21st century
Place: oslo norway, usa, new york, london, eastern europe ...
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 6.6
 469K
Elysium (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style: futuristic, cyber, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, space station, apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, dark future, ecological disaster, post apocalypse, utopia, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place: los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa
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 5.3
 4K
Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental, teen
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: surfing, beach, surfer, friendship, hopes, rivalry, misfit, lifestyle, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills, south africa, africa
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 5.8
 282
After the Rain (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Steph, an Afrikaner, struggles with his past and heritage in the new South Africa. When his girlfriend befriends a black South African man called Vusisizwe trouble brews.
Style: serious, realistic, crying, tragic
Plot: tragic romance, love triangle, soldier, apartheid, friends, couples, society, love and romance, friendship, male female relationship, flash forward, slum ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 70s
Place: africa, south africa
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