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▶ TrailerOn Earth-828 in 1964, the world celebrates the fourth anniversary of astronauts Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm becoming the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four after they…
▶ TrailerIn 1998, Henry "Hank" Thompson is a bartender living on the Lower East Side. He calls his mother in Patterson, California, every day, especially to discuss their shared love of the San…
Facing foreclosure of their homes in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon to an expanding country club, a group of boys who call themselves "the Goonies"—Michael "Mikey" Walsh, Richard "Data" Wang,…
▶ TrailerKate Carter works in Oklahoma with storm chasers Javi, Addy, Praveen, and her boyfriend, Jeb. Alongside a Dorothy V doppler, the team launches barrels of sodium polyacrylate beads into a tornado in…
▶ TrailerIn 2018, Wade Wilson uses Cable's time travel device to prevent the death of his girlfriend, Vanessa Carlysle. He then travels from his universe, Earth-10005, to Earth-616—also called the "Sacred Timeline"—hoping to…
Following the First World War, Lamont Cranston sets himself up as a opium drug kingpin and warlord in Tibet. The Tulku, a mysterious holy man who exhibits psychic abilities, abducts Cranston and…
▶ TrailerDecades after the apocalypse, Australia is a radioactive wasteland and the Green Place of Many Mothers is one of the last remaining areas with fresh water and plant cultivation. The Roobillies discover…
▶ TrailerIn 1944, at the height of the Second World War, the Allies prepare to invade German-occupied Europe under Operation Overlord. Under the supreme command of Gen. Dwight D.
▶ TrailerIn summer 1949, Klaus Mann calls his sister Erika from an apartment in Cannes, where he shares his dissatisfaction with his writing and contemporary art as a whole. Erika invites him to…
After being expelled from school, Billie, an impulsive and unconventional teen girl, discovers magical abilities that take her from suburbia into Hexe, a realm of witches. With her cautious mother Alice, she…
▶ TrailerIn 2006, journalist Chris Hansen hosts To Catch a Predator, a Dateline NBC series where he conducts sting operations with the anti-pedophilia vigilante group Perverted-Justice. They lure would-be child predators, expecting to…
▶ TrailerSet in 1977 Los Angeles, eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the film follows former stuntman Cliff Booth, who has become a Hollywood "studio fixer".
▶ TrailerLowen Ashleigh, a published author living in New York City, grieves her mother's death from cancer while struggling to find a wider audience for her work. She is approached by a publisher…
In 1932 Granada, Carlos, a young man from a wealthy family, is refused membership of an exclusive social club after its members vote against his admission using a blackball ballot because of…
▶ TrailerSeven-year-old Isabella Martin, nicknamed Bella, struggles to adjust to a new school and cope with the growing distance between her parents. Her mother, Ursula, is consumed by her corporate career, while her…
Ko Bum-seok is the police chief of Hope Harbor, a small village near the Korean Demilitarized Zone populated mostly by elderly residents. His second cousin, Ko Sung-ki, asks him to inspect a…
▶ TrailerIn 2019, data engineer Frances Haugen joins the Civic Integrity team at Facebook. Although she believes in Facebook's mission to connect people, she discovers that its leadership prioritizes engagement and revenue over…Movie data from Wikidata (CC0). Synopses from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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