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Plot Summary:
Gnorm is just an average Gnome. But he wants to impress the lady Gnomes by doing something heroic. So he steals the Gnome's magic stones to expose them to sunlight to recharge them. When he gets to the surface, (Gnome's live deep underground) he witnesses a murder, and the killer ends up with his stones. Detective Casey, who was working a sting operation with the murdered man, (another detective) is blamed for botching the sting, and causing the death. Wanting to catch the killer to clear his name, he teams up with Gnorm, who he accidentally discovers. He is going to need Samantha's help, but she thinks he is a nut. You see, no one else knows about Gnorm.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: folk tale
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Plot Summary:
A Tokyo cop is sent to Los Angeles to help an LAPD detective break up a yakuza ring operating in the city.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, folk tale, psychotronic, mystical
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: crying, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gay cinema
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 83 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, not serious, action comedy, cult classic, family comedy, realistic, surprise ending, romantic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spooky, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, not serious, ironic, spy comedy, light hearted, exciting, offbeat, feel good
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 64000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 161000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 142000
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 47000
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Country: UK, USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 155000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 179000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Votes: 30000
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IMDB Votes: 20000
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IMDB Votes: 110000
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