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Dark Mountain (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In March of 2011, three filmmakers disappeared in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona while documenting their search for the Lost Dutchman mine. Their bodies were never found... but their camera was.
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, mockumentary ...
Plot: supernatural, mine, escapades, danger, legends and myths, ghost, curses spells and rituals, inventions and discoveries, found footage, unsolved mystery, supernatural power, paranormal activity ...
Time: 20th century, year 2011
Place: arizona, los angeles
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Lilies of the Field (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior ...
Style: black and white, christian film, touching, retro, social ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: desert, religion, nun, catholic, farm, friendship, literary, faith, christian, african american, courage, church ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 50s
Place: arizona, usa
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 5.9
 650
Riot (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, gulag, judiciary, nazi, prisoner, prison escape, escape, prison break, prison riot, chases and races, confined, fugitives ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: arizona, minnesota, usa
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Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, detective, mind bending, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: desert, motorcycle, motorcycle cop, biker, existentialism, corruption, bike, murder, car chase, gunfight, police investigation, police ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, usa
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A Distant Trumpet (1964)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, surprise ending
Plot: cavalry, military, apache, cavalry charge, fort, civil war, soldier, cave, battles, surrender, u.s. army, equestrian ...
Time: 60s
Place: arizona, usa, washington d.c., mexico
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 5.4
 635
Arizona Sky (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jake and Kyle are two boys who grew up together in rural Arizona. They are best friends, and they begin to take their relationship to the next level when Jake's father moves him and his family away to California. Jake and Kyle can never forget ...
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Plot: gay, homosexual, desert, small town, lgbt, friendship, homecoming, life is a bitch, gender, lifestyle, friends, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
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The Before Time (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When two rival crews head into the desert to shoot a reality show based on a buried Navajo treasure, they discover that truth is not only stranger than fiction, it's more dangerous. Something wants them from digging deeper and from escaping the ...
Style: suspense, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: found footage, arizona desert, mass murder, supernatural, survival, deadly creature, vengeance, loss, supernatural ability, manhunt, deathtrap, peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona
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Stop Over in Hell (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a stagecoach stop far away in the Wild West the unexpected arrival of a man called "Colonel" will change all of the passengers' peaceful lives. He begins a macabre game, solely asking for one thing - to abide by his law and wait. ...
Style: psychotronic, disturbing, scary, rough, suspense
Plot: psychopath, hanging, rape, stagecoach, outlaw gang, violence, danger, old west, death, vengeance, chase, cowboy ...
Time: year 1865, 1860s
Place: arizona, spain
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The Last Rampage (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: prison escape, runaway, escape, fleeing, jail, criminal, serial killer, prison break, arizona desert, escaped prisoner
Time: 70s
Place: arizona
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Walking Dead In The West (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Arizona Territory, the 1870's. Marshal Frank Wilcox, along with a Buffalo Soldier from the U.S. Army, must galvanize a group of survivors to fight back when the living dead rise and seek the flesh of the living. It's a world gone mad ...
Style: psychotronic, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: apocalypse, cowboy, survival horror, apache, apache territory, zombie apocalypse, walking dead, survival, heroes, camaraderie, plague, fear ...
Time: 1870s
Place: arizona, usa
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 5.8
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Arizona (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor, goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.
Style: suspense, ironic, satirical, black comedy, political ...
Plot: realtor, murder, single mother, hostage, dark humor, revenge, criminal, exploitation, teenager, debt, divorced couple, kidnapped ...
Time: 2000s
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
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 5.9
 20
Degenerate (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Haunted by the images of his own traumatic past, Blair O'Leary (Bobby Field) unknowingly leads his friends down a dark path of destruction. Being a good friend, Marcus (David Yost) lends a helping hand getting Blair, Ralphie (Claude Duhammel), ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, psychological, suspenseful
Plot: criminal, gangster, punk, youth, desert, arizona desert, blood, death, rivalry, revenge, violence, murder ...
Time: year 1997
Place: arizona, california
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Tombstone Rashomon (2017)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in Tombstone Rashomon, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet ...
Style: tense, harsh, intense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: gunfight, old west, small town, escapades, criminal, murder, investigation, weapons, sheriff, wyatt earp, gunfighter, shoulder holster ...
Place: arizona
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Gunfight at Yuma (2012)
Genre: Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Seven Years after his wife's murder and the events that changed his life, Caleb Williams has become a gunfighter known as The Tailor.
Style: atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: desert, couple relations, old west, social relations, small town, clergy, small town life, prison, death row, arizona desert, deadly, winchester rifle ...
Time: 19th century
Place: arizona, yuma arizona
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The Last Man on Earth (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.
Style: offbeat, humorous, sitcom, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: date night, family outing
Plot: survival, alone in the world, post apocalypse, chaos, danger, survivor, virus, save the world, distopia, partner, isolation, deadly virus ...
Time: future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: tucson arizona, usa, arizona
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The Phoenix Incident (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.
Style: enigmatic, tense, mockumentary, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: ufo, found footage, military, desert, alien abduction, conspiracy, alien invasion, missing person, danger, investigation, death, alien ...
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
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Mister Sadpants (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Story: When a peculiar vandal terrorizes Gladwater High with sad poetry, a guidance counselor competes with a newspaper student to solve the mystery.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot: student, teenager, high school, teacher student relationship, counselor, depression, teacher, poetry, sadness, teen angst, father daughter relationship, mental health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
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Yankee (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: On the run from the police, an Arizona man crosses into Mexico and gets deeply involved in drug trafficking, with the help of modern technology.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, rough, dramatic
Plot: drug lord, ambition, gangster, drug dealing, criminal heroes, master criminal, notoriety, organized crime, drug traffic, smuggling, rise to the top, dea ...
Place: latin america, arizona, sonora
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story: This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and ...
Style: spaghetti western, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: old west, vengeance, wild west, cowboy, revenge, desert, harmonica, gunfight, small town, mysterious character, death, showdown ...
Time: 19th century, year 1968, 1800s
Place: arizona, yuma arizona, usa
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The High Chaparral (1967)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David ...
Style: retro, saga, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: apache territory, wild west, indians, team, ranch, apache indian, starting over, siblings relations, hopes, crumbling marriage, old west, family relations ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: arizona, tucson arizona, usa, mexico
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Genesis II (1973)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
Style: apocalyptic, grindhouse, serious, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, epidemic, loner, end of the world, post apocalyptic, wasteland, distopia, suspended animation, cave, rebellion ...
Time: near future, future, 70s, 22nd century
Place: arizona, new mexico
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 2K
Butterfly (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Orson Welles, as judge Rauch, holds a lengthy trial against Jess Tyler, a caretaker deserted by his wife ten years before, who's accused of improper relations with his daughter Kady. Complications follows when Wash, father of Kady's baby, ...
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, independent film, sincere ...
Plot: father daughter incest, incest, sex with daughter, voyeur, incestuous desire, seduction, nudity, lust, forbidden love, sex scene, desert, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 1930s, year 1982, year 1937
Place: arizona, nevada, usa
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 6.8
 5K
Alice (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous ...
Plot: workplace, single mother, diner, women, coffee shop, co worker co worker relationship, naive woman, waitress, restaurant, best friend, strong female presence, starting over ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
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Red Sun (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An ancient Japanese sword is robbed by gangsters from the Japanese ambassador while he is traveling through west America. The embassador's bodyguard, a samurai, goes after them with the help of one of the gang leaders who was betrayed by his ...
Style: spaghetti western, epic, independent film, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: katana, train robbery, cowboy, samurai, native american, wild west, heist, samurai sword, martial arts, female nudity, train, desert ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1870s
Place: arizona, usa, new mexico
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 14K
Hombre (1967)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Style: realistic, tense, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Plot: journey, old west, cowboy, racism, desert, loneliness, outlaw, native american, character study, embezzlement, dialogue, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, year 1967
Place: arizona, usa, yuma arizona, tucson arizona
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 61K
Breakdown (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, road movie, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, highway, chase, road trip, murder, conspiracy, desert, car breakdown, danger, couples, ransom, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, arizona, massachusetts, usa
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 5.5
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The Dark Wind (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, mind bending ...
Plot: native american, native american reservation, murder, desert, indians, american indian, arizona desert, navajo indian, airplane crash, police, drug smuggling, federal agent ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: arizona, usa
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Night of the Lepus (1972)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest!!
Style: serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, absurd ...
Plot: giant animal, mutation, monster, gene manipulation, creature feature, experiment gone awry, giant monster, chaos, dangerous animal, mad scientist, danger, heroes ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: arizona, usa
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 5.3
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Land Raiders (1969)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
Style: spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: raid, rape, cowboy, slaughter, murder, battles, righting the wronged, tough heroes, chases and races, forgery, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century
Place: arizona
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.
Style: spiritual, horror comedy, mythical, uplifting, mystical ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: circus, magic, myth, creature, librarian, snake, monster, pagan, kaiju, fantasy world, medusa, animal ...
Place: arizona, usa
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