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Final Destination
Cast
Devon Sawa Devon Sawa
Ali Larter Ali Larter
Kerr Smith Kerr Smith
Kristen Cloke Kristen Cloke
6.6 6.8K votes
Genre: Horror
Country: United States of America
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Plot:  airport, time travel, omen, premonition, airplane accident, airplane crash, corpse, death, ...
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NiNoKuni
Cast
Kento Yamazaki Kento Yamazaki
Mackenyu Mackenyu
Mei Nagano Mei Nagano
Koichi Yamadera Koichi Yamadera
6.6 277 votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Adapted from the video game series of the same name, NiNoKuni follows high school peers Yuu and Haru who must travel between two separate yet parallel worlds to help save their childhood friend, Kotona, whose life is in danger. In this magical quest complicated by love, the three teens will be tasked with making the ultimate choice.
Plot:  princess, friendship, magic, kingdom, despair, wheelchair, wheelchair user, love, ...
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Echo Valley
Cast
Julianne Moore Julianne Moore
Sydney Sweeney Sydney Sweeney
Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson
Kyle MacLachlan Kyle MacLachlan
6.4 396 votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 105 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child.
Style:  shocking
Plot:  drug dealer, drug addiction, ex husband, riding instructor, problem child, psychological thriller, drugs, farm house, ...
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Shakedown
Cast
Howard Duff Howard Duff
Brian Donlevy Brian Donlevy
Peggy Dow Peggy Dow
Lawrence Tierney Lawrence Tierney
6.4 24 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 80 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
Plot:  infidelity, robbery, san francisco, california, photographer, gangster, despair, blackmail, ...
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Alien³
Cast
Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver
Charles S. Dutton Charles S. Dutton
Charles Dance Charles Dance
Paul McGann Paul McGann
6.4 6.4K votes
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
Plot:  prison, android, spacecraft, dystopia, imprisonment, space travel, space colony, redemption, ...
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Leave the World Behind
Cast
Julia Roberts Julia Roberts
Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawke
Mahershala Ali Mahershala Ali
Myha'la Myha'la
6.4 3.3K votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Style:  psychological, slow burn, chilling
Plot:  based on novel or book, blackout, crisis, vacation, deer, apocalypse, armageddon, family, ...
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Hancock
Cast
Will Smith Will Smith
Charlize Theron Charlize Theron
Jason Bateman Jason Bateman
Jae Head Jae Head
6.4 10.3K votes
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 92 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Plot:  love of one's life, flying, alcohol, advertising expert, superhero, pokies, forbidden love, lovers, ...
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13 Sins
Cast
Mark Webber Mark Webber
Devon Graye Devon Graye
Tom Bower Tom Bower
Ron Perlman Ron Perlman
6.3 1.2K votes
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Plot:  hotel, hostage, blackmail, detective, new orleans, louisiana, coffee shop, arrest, ...
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The Dive
Cast
Louisa Krause Louisa Krause
Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe
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Shire Richardson
6.3 232 votes
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life.
Plot:  affectation, remake, angry, desperate, appreciative, assertive, audacious, awestruck
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Alien Resurrection
Cast
Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver
Winona Ryder Winona Ryder
Dominique Pinon Dominique Pinon
Ron Perlman Ron Perlman
6.2 5.6K votes
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 109 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.
Plot:  android, smuggling (contraband), dystopia, mercenary, sequel, alien, betrayal, cloning, ...
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Gothika
6.2 2.6K votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: R
Story:  After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham, of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.
Plot:  rape, insanity, married couple, car crash, paranormal, confusion, murder, psychiatric hospital, ...
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The Iceman Cometh
Cast
Lee Marvin Lee Marvin
Fredric March Fredric March
Robert Ryan Robert Ryan
Jeff Bridges Jeff Bridges
6.0 30 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 239 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
Plot:  prostitute, saloon, despair, based on play or musical, alcoholic, traveling salesman, greenwich village, barflies
Time:  1910s
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A Haunted House
Cast
Marlon Wayans Marlon Wayans
Essence Atkins Essence Atkins
Nick Swardson Nick Swardson
Cedric the Entertainer Cedric the Entertainer
6.0 2.1K votes
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: United States of America
Duration: 86 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep his sex life on track - turns to a priest, a psychic, and a team of ghost-busters for help in this spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.
Plot:  ghostbuster, haunted house, parody, crude humor, spoof, horror spoof, fake documentary, demonic possession, ...
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Ravenous
Cast
Marc-Andru00e9 Grondin Marc-Andru00e9 Grondin
Monia Chokri Monia Chokri
Charlotte St-Martin Charlotte St-Martin
Micheline Lanctu00f4t Micheline Lanctu00f4t
6.0 486 votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:  In an isolated rural community of Quebec, Canada, some inhabitants attack other people, hungry for human flesh. A few survivors gather and go deep into the forest to escape them.
Style:  absurd
Plot:  affectation, quebec, forest, zombie, angry, aggressive, infected, desperate, ...
Place:  canada
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Open Water 2: Adrift
Cast
Susan May Pratt Susan May Pratt
Eric Dane Eric Dane
Richard Speight Jr. Richard Speight Jr.
Niklaus Lange Niklaus Lange
5.5 722 votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends when they get stuck in the water many miles from shore and a happy reunion turns into a fight for survival.
Plot:  school friend, baby, drowning, loss of loved one, shark, desperate
Place:  mexico
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The Mortuary Assistant
Cast
Willa Holland Willa Holland
Paul Sparks Paul Sparks
John Adams John Adams
Mark Steger Mark Steger
5.4 122 votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate takes a night shift job at River Fields Mortuary. Initially, the job seems straightforward — embalming bodies, completing paperwork, and keeping things tidy. But once Rebecca starts working the night shift, things take a dark turn.
Plot:  night shift, based on video game, mortuary, macabre, desperate, supernatural horror, psychological horror, callous
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Tammy
Cast
Melissa McCarthy Melissa McCarthy
Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon
Kathy Bates Kathy Bates
Mark Duplass Mark Duplass
5.3 1.3K votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 97 min.
Audience: R
Story:  For burger-joint employee Tammy, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. It's time to hit the road, but without money or transportation, Tammy's options are limited. Her only choice is a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother Pearl, who has a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. It's not the escape Tammy had in mind, but it may be what she needs.
Style:  absurd
Plot:  robbery, alcoholism, road trip, female protagonist, on the road, fired from the job, blunt, reckless driving, ...
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Slackers
Cast
Devon Sawa Devon Sawa
Jaime King Jaime King
Jason Segel Jason Segel
Jason Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman
5.2 219 votes
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, United States of America
Duration: 86 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.
Style:  cynical
Plot:  infidelity, drug abuse, roommates, job interview, college, eavesdropping, graduation, final exam, ...
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