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Coherence
Cast
Emily Baldoni Emily Baldoni
Maury Sterling Maury Sterling
Nicholas Brendon Nicholas Brendon
Lorene Scafaria Lorene Scafaria
7.2 3.5K votes
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 89 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
Plot:  clone, paranoia, time travel, comet, alter ego, reunion, friends, psychological thriller, ...
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Run
Cast
Sarah Paulson Sarah Paulson
Kiera Allen Kiera Allen
Pat Healy Pat Healy
Sara Sohn Sara Sohn
7.2 2.9K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 90 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Style:  psychological, tense
Plot:  small town, wheelchair user, homeschooling, single mother, washington state, prescription medication, physical disability, college applications, ...
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The Stranger
Cast
Richard Armitage Richard Armitage
Siobhan Finneran Siobhan Finneran
Hannah John-Kamen Hannah John-Kamen
Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Saunders
7.2 560 votes
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, Adam Price's life upends as he becomes entangled in a web of secrets.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  detective, based on novel or book, blackmail, miniseries, memory loss, drug use, intoxication, neighborhood, ...
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Friday
Cast
Ice Cube Ice Cube
Chris Tucker Chris Tucker
Nia Long Nia Long
Tommy Lister Jr. Tommy Lister Jr.
7.1 2.1K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Plot:  drug dealer, rap music, parent child relationship, rapper, male friendship, urban life, slacker, pot smoking, ...
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Sideways
7.1 1.9K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 127 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Style:  whimsical
Plot:  based on novel or book, golf, wine, road trip, stag night, marijuana, writer, buddy, ...
Place:  california
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A Tale of Two Sisters
Cast
Lim Soo-jung Lim Soo-jung
Moon Geun-young Moon Geun-young
Yum Jung-ah Yum Jung-ah
Kim Kap-soo Kim Kap-soo
7.1 1.4K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Plot:  amnesia, drug abuse, loss of loved one, homicide, drug addiction, stepmother, menstruation, sister, ...
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Garden State
7.1 2.1K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 102 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Plot:  depression, new jersey, unsociability, paraplegic, expensive restaurant, loss of loved one, pop culture, difficult childhood, ...
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Climax
Cast
Sofia Boutella Sofia Boutella
Romain Guillermic Romain Guillermic
Souheila Yacoub Souheila Yacoub
Kiddy Smile Kiddy Smile
7.0 2.3K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—before it's too late.
Plot:  dancing, child abuse, sexual abuse, drug abuse, pregnancy, paranoia, orgy, imprisonment, ...
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Family Business
Cast
Jonathan Cohen Jonathan Cohen
Gu00e9rard Darmon Gu00e9rard Darmon
Liliane Rovu00e8re Liliane Rovu00e8re
Julia Piaton Julia Piaton
7.0 142 votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 18
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  After learning France is about to legalize pot, a down-on-his-luck entrepreneur and his family race to turn their butcher shop into a marijuana café.
Plot:  drug dealer, family relationships, marijuana, weed, comedy
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Cast
Amy Ryan Amy Ryan
7.0 138 votes
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.
Plot:  amateur detective, overdose, murder, serial killer, rape and murder, true crime, rapist, prescription drug abuse, ...
Time:  1970s, 1980s
Place:  california
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The Defence
Cast
Magdalena Cielecka Magdalena Cielecka
Filip Pu0142awiak Filip Pu0142awiak
Piotr u017burawski Piotr u017burawski
Jakub Gierszau0142 Jakub Gierszau0142
7.0 20 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 32
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Three-year-old Nikola Szlezyngier disappears in unexplained circumstances and her parents Angelika and Dawid are the main suspects. Angelika contacts an old friend Joanna Chylka, a brilliant, cynical and successful lawyer to help. With her new apprentice Kordian, Joanna will try to bring the case to a happy close.
Plot:  drug abuse, based on novel or book, kidnapping, pedophilia, career woman, prosecution, career, investigation, ...
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Regretting You
7.0 454 votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.
Plot:  high school, based on novel or book, aunt niece relationship, north carolina, death of father, car crash, underage drinking, tragedy, ...
Time:  2000s
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Millennium Mambo
Cast
Shu Qi Shu Qi
Jack Kao Jack Kao
Duan Chun-hao Duan Chun-hao
Doze Niu Cheng-Tse Doze Niu Cheng-Tse
7.0 252 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 106 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In 2011, Vicky looks back on her life a decade earlier, recalling her turbulent relationship with her controlling boyfriend Hao Hao and her growing connection to a compassionate gangster amid the neon haze of Taipei's nightlife.
Style:  melancholy, nostalgic
Plot:  ecstasy, techno, meditative, reflective, lyrical, wistful, euphoric
Place:  japan, taiwan
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High Maintenance
6.9 149 votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 34
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
Style:  witty
Plot:  marijuana, pot smoking, curious, meditative, understated, amused, euphoric, optimistic
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The Crimson Rivers
Cast
Jean Reno Jean Reno
Vincent Cassel Vincent Cassel
Nadia Faru00e8s Nadia Faru00e8s
Dominique Sanda Dominique Sanda
6.9 1.7K votes
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
Plot:  skinhead, based on novel or book, nun, ritual, detective, village, mountain, investigation, ...
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Lammbock
Cast
Lucas Gregorowicz Lucas Gregorowicz
Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Bleibtreu
Marie Zielcke Marie Zielcke
Julian Weigend Julian Weigend
6.9 230 votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:  Stefan and Kai run a thriving business: a home-grown cannabis trade disguised as a pizza delivery service. For now they just have to fight aphids.
Plot:  undercover agent, judge, joint, hunter, parent child relationship, chaos, drug trafficking, investigation, ...
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Layer Cake
Cast
Daniel Craig Daniel Craig
Sienna Miller Sienna Miller
Tom Hardy Tom Hardy
Colm Meaney Colm Meaney
6.9 2.4K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 105 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Plot:  london, england, based on novel or book, drug smuggling, hitman, kidnapping, gangster, drug trafficking, ...
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In the Fade
Cast
Diane Kruger Diane Kruger
Denis Moschitto Denis Moschitto
Numan Acar Numan Acar
Johannes Krisch Johannes Krisch
6.9 895 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Plot:  revenge, marijuana, racism, terrorist attack, terrorist bombing, bomb attack
Place:  germany
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Kingdom
Cast
Frank Grillo Frank Grillo
Jonathan Tucker Jonathan Tucker
Nick Jonas Nick Jonas
Matt Lauria Matt Lauria
6.9 133 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 40
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym.
Plot:  competition, sibling relationship, drug abuse, parent child relationship, training, sports, mixed martial arts (mma), in the closet, ...
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Kids
Cast
Leo Fitzpatrick Leo Fitzpatrick
Justin Pierce Justin Pierce
Chlou00eb Sevigny Chlou00eb Sevigny
Rosario Dawson Rosario Dawson
6.9 1.3K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: NC-17
Story:  A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
Plot:  puberty, first time, new york city, drug abuse, coming of age, hiv, juvenile delinquent, shoplifting, ...
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