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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, cycling, murder, wall street, car crash, riches to rags, attempted murder, drug dealer, father son relationship, guilt, bicycle race, stock market ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, new jersey, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Style:
exciting, detective, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, violence, brother brother relationship, murder, gangster, death of brother, organized crime, justice, vigilantism, cemetery, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
kentucky, chicago, appalachia, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
Style:
surprise ending, neo noir, sexy, suspense, tricky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, adultery, legal, court, infidelity, police detective, obsessive love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
michigan, detroit, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, erotic, futuristic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, model, murder mystery, plastic surgeon, amateur detective, serial killer, obsession, greed, technology gone awry, mind game, dishonesty, disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, future
Place:
california, beverly hills, los angeles, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, sex, teenager, high school, sex scene, older woman younger man, prostitute, young lovers, looking for sex, contests and competitions, teenage love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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145K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Taiwan, Japan, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style:
surreal, visually stunning, cyber, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, dystopia, computer game, programmer, computer genius, motorcycle race, hacking, computer hacker ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, pentagon, north america
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208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Patricia Arquette stars as American widow Laura Bowman, a young doctor who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s, in this fictionalized drama based on actual events. Bowman initially left San ...
Style:
inspirational, suspense, thought provoking, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
politics, independence, doctor, adaptation, state affairs, lone hero, haunted by the past, leadership, heroes, revolution, family drama, justice ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
burma, asia, thailand
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92K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style:
exciting, funny, neo noir, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, tough cop, revenge, reluctant partners, cop, partner, villain, tough guy, police investigation, police officer killed, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, north america, los angeles
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113K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
witnessing a crime, police, amish, police corruption, forbidden love, female nudity, police detective, twists and turns, witness, childhood, corruption, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Style:
touching, lyrical, feel good, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
punk, music, teenager, teenage girl, coming of age, friendship, punk rock, rebellion, friendship between girls, children, girl power, adolescence ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, year 2013, 20th century, 70s
Place:
seattle, scandinavia, eastern europe, europe, stockholm sweden ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, espionage, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, danger, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, france, usa, texas ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, visually stunning, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
adultery, murder, bodyguard, love triangle, infidelity, hostage, witness protection, husband wife relationship, death threat, home invasion, psychopath, woman in jeopardy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life. A science fiction thriller from the early 1990's with a ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, cult classic, medical horror ...
Plot:
afterlife, near death experience, supernatural, nightmare, hallucination, medical student, medical school, memory, suicide, paranoia, childhood memory, childhood trauma ...
Time:
80s, 90s, distant future, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, detective, slasher, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, killer, male nudity, serial rape, murder, murder of a nude woman, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, caught having sex, red light district, arrogant woman ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco
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35K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, uplifting, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, disability, fall in love, relationships, human spirit, depression, adolescence, teenager, motorcycle, teenage love, protective parent, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
california, usa
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194K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children, adult
Plot:
poltergeist, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, psychic, suburban life, suburbs, child in peril, children, parallel world, television, supernatural power ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A ragtag group of adventurers, including a former Nazi, is led by a half-maddened grizzled treasure hunter who wants a second chance to find the mythical treasure of the Amazon, after his first mission went terrible wrong.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, diamonds, topless woman, ex nazi, gold, bounty hunter, amazon, adventurer, danger, jungle adventure, cannibalism ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A man who has been dead and cryogenically preserved for ten years is miraculously revived, but with chillingly unexpected results.
Style:
medical horror, serious, suspenseful, slasher, scary
Plot:
freezer, haunted by the past, afterlife, experiment gone awry, attempted rape, murder, family life, escapades, deadly creature, good versus evil, clergy, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, businessman, murder of a nude woman, violence, nudity, black, chase, frame up, police investigation, police, death, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style:
black comedy, parody, independent film, dark comedy, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, nudity, cannibalism, punk, monster, female nudity, crematorium, undead, living dead, zombie apocalypse, paramedic ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
louisville kentucky, usa, san diego california, kentucky
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past--but his son has to search the world to find it
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
espionage, nazi, conspiracy, undercover, holocaust, violence, brutality, hitman, against the odds, haunted by the past, dishonesty, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1985, year 1945, future
Place:
berlin germany, england, switzerland, west berlin west germany, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
Style:
cult classic, detective, grindhouse, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante justice, hospital, cannon, gang, machine gun, murder, wine, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
police, nightclub, rape, incest, voyeur, female protagonist, hallucination, mental illness, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family problems, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States from Canada to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hit men sent to ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hitman, mafia, witness protection, testimony, police investigation, gangster, chase, organized crime, train travel, danger, district attorney ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, canada, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the ...
Style:
inspirational, melancholic, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, coming of age, wrestling, cheerleader, underdog, male nudity, adolescence, weight loss, training, teen angst, high school wrestling, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
washington state, washington d.c., california, new jersey
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33K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style:
realistic, hood, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
police, gang, gangster, hip hop, buddy cop, chase, gunfight, mafia, urban, cop, gang member, partner ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, venice beach california ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Martin McGartland's real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991, Martin (Jim Sturgess) works his way up the ranks of the IRA, while keeping his informant with the police Fergis ...
Style:
sexy, factual, brutal, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ira, brutality, weapons, crime gone awry, storytelling, terrorism, secret agent, snitch, danger, state affairs, undercover, spy ...
Time:
80s, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, canada, northern ireland, europe, scotland ...
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61K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ford plays an American doctor whose wife suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, missing wife, missing person, spy, investigation, hotel, chase, kidnapping, renaissance, hotel room, illuminati, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, eastern europe, middle east
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