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Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tanjirō Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, board the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyōjurō Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: master warrior, demon, magic, supernatural, fight, mutilation, superhuman powers, violence, danger, battles, conspiracy, graphic violence, vengeance, manipulation, ambition, dishonesty, daring rescue, uninhibited rivalry, tough heroes, villain, love, virus, gore, demon hunter, tragedy
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France
Plot tags: folklore, friendship, wolf, peril, father daughter relationship, family relations, legends and myths, hunter, happy ending, human animal relationship, wolf pack, good versus evil, celtic, healer, courage, rescue, foe turned friend, lone wolves, friend, kids and family, teamwork, unlikely friendships, forest, magic, waterfall
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Plot Summary:
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale — were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, India
Plot tags: courtroom drama, activist, hippie, injustice, riot, political protest, courtroom, jury, political persecution, court, political repression, legal, law, protest, dictator, conflict, dictatorship, black, politician, fighting the system, protestant, political prisoner, political unrest, protestor, political activist
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: revenge, rape, rape and revenge, revenge from beyond the grave, medical school, unpunished crime, violence, death of friend, chauvinism, sexual predator, oral sex, feminist, women, female protagonist, murder, double life, dating, wedding ceremony, vigilante justice, brutality, feminism, strong female character, vigilante, sociopath, woman
Riders of Justice (2020)
Plot Summary:
Markus, a deployed military man, has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which his wife ended up being a random casualty of
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland
Plot tags: revenge, father daughter relationship, organized crime, vengeance, male prostitute, mathematics, investigation, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, mafia, murder investigation, murder mystery, lynching, catastrophe, twists and turns, murderer, crime investigation, teamwork, danger, unsolved crime, crime solving, cold case, secret revealed, partners in crime
Tenet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 571000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: time travel, time paradox, time, alternate timeline, time loop, save the world, cia agent, terrorism, quantum physics, espionage, propaganda, time traveler, spy, seeing the future, car crash, technology, fight, betrayal, special agent, end of the world, apocalypse, teamwork, airport, terrorist, butterfly effect
The Courier (2020)
Plot Summary:
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: cold war, spy, russian spy, cuban missile crisis, counter intelligence, agent, reconnaissance, espionage, politics, real life, interrogation, secret agent, war, wartime, special agent, prospector, new year, nazi, winter, secret service, post war, intrigue, danger, secrets, truth
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 264000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, alien, creature, creature feature, deaf, survival horror, survival, silence, monster, deafness, alien invasion, child in peril, macabre, sign language, alien creature, alien monster, strong female character, boat, deaf girl, deaf child, supernatural, escape, island, radio station, terror
The Invisible Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
Currently unknown
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 249000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Plot tags: twists and turns, stalking, stalker, sadist, home invasion, invisibility, homicidal maniac, domestic violence, domestic abuse, murder, suicide, psychological abuse, husband hits wife, sociopath, death, violence against women, abusive boyfriend, invisible man, panic, evil man, near death experience, woman in danger, abusive relationship, hitchhiking, terror
The Hater (2020)
Plot Summary:
A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Plot tags: gay bar, social media, manipulation, demonstration, public relations, bullying, revenge, social network, virtual world, vengeance, fake news report, presidential election, sponsor, in love, hate, new job, cyberbullying, social problems, moral dilemma, defamation, social issues, social criticism, criminal's revenge, hacker, business
The Call (2020)
Plot Summary:
Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: time travel, psychopath, serial killer, borderline personality disorder, police officer, time, couples, xmas, violence, death, chase, danger, husband wife relationship, killer, supernatural, parallel world, past, parallel universe, murder mystery, paradox, asian, cell phone, terror, plot twist, thoughtful
The Devil All the Time (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the 1960s after World War II in Southern Ohio, bizarre, compelling and mentally disturbed people suffer from the war's psychological damages
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 149000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, post war, murder, stepbrother stepsister relationship, small town, psycho, sheriff, boy, hand job, reverend, suicide, world war two, evil, violence, vengeance, society, killer, danger, death, maniac, lesbian, rape, revenge, psychopath, slave
The Stronghold (2020)
Plot Summary:
A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: police, french police, police officer, chase, danger, violence, death, murder, police detective, law enforcement, partners against crime, investigation, friendship, murder investigation, friends, graphic violence, chases and races, vengeance, society, who done it, partner, police investigation, buddy cop, law enforcer, uncover truth
Extraction (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: mercenary, rescue mission, kidnapping, one against many, one man army, ex special forces, machismo, tough guy, swat team, death threat, stranded, jungle, child, police corruption, assassination attempt, child in peril, child kidnapping, child abduction, organized crime, human trafficking, military, battlefield, sniper, ambush, spy
The Dry (2020)
Plot Summary:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Plot tags: murder, haunted by the past, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police, small town, heroes, violence, death, family relations, male female relationship, evidence, suicide attempt, elderly man, funeral, uncover truth, murderer, chase, society, who done it, danger, police investigation, police detective, twists and turns
Boss Level (2020)
Plot Summary:
A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time loop, repeated event, one against many, time travel, tough guy, time traveler, dying repeatedly, trapped, martial arts, hitman, end of the world, brutality, death, murder, final battle, time, time machine, male protagonist, revenge, urban setting, time paradox, distopia, space, superhero, travel
Escape From Pretoria (2020)
Plot Summary:
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison…
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, South Africa, Germany
Plot tags: prison escape, apartheid, prison, prison break, political activism, escape, political prisoner, prisoner, human spirit, jail, human rights, maximum security prison, freedom, political activist, politics, political persecution, rebelliousness, dictator, dictatorship, racism, youth, friends, brutality, hopes, imprisonment
Run (2020)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: overprotective parent, mother daughter relationship, bad mother, revenge, kidnapping, teenage girl, single mother, disability, lie, teenage life, woman in a wheelchair, life is a bitch, terror, parents and children, teenager, female warrior, dysfunctional family, overprotective father, child abuse, youth, sociopath, family relations, mental illness, fear, family problems
Let Him Go (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: horse, family relations, grief, grandson, murder of husband, brutality, husband wife relationship, death, sheriff, retired, father in law daughter in law relationship, fight, injustice, grandparent grandchild relationship, revenge, woman with a gun, aged person, ranch, abusive husband, abusive father, love, native american, mountain, wedding, food
The Old Guard (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four immortal mercenaries who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal
Duration: 125 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: immortality, strong female lead, immortal, superhero, black ops, female protagonist, female killer, female warrior, gay, tough girl, homosexual, assassination attempt, regeneration, female soldier, ambush, existentialism, mad scientist, anti heroine, female leader, children, dna, murder, gay couple, shared dream, assassin
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: dementia, suicide, high school, winter, farm, school, snow, relationships, estrangement, road trip, parents and children, haunted by the past, waitress, elderly couple, depression, poetry, janitor, family relations, human nature, blizzard, time, time travel, mental disorder, puzzle, past
Bloody Hell (2020)
Plot Summary:
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Plot tags: cannibalism, ogre, ex convict, escape, survival, heist, mysticism, trap, family secret, deathtrap, struggle for survival, secret, survival horror, heist gone wrong, trapped, supernatural horror, cannibal, monster, serial killer, bank robbery, ghost, supernatural, supernatural being, supernatural power, guts
The Night House (2020)
Plot Summary:
Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: occult, demonic possession, afterlife, grief, forest, suicide, depressed woman, ghost, widow, high school student, female protagonist, invisibility, dark secret, haunted house, investigation, secret, depression, bookstore, suicide of husband, supernatural, life & death, haunted, characters in danger, xmas, love
His House (2020)
Plot Summary:
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: supernatural, ghost, refugee, haunted, diaspora, haunted house, folklore, escape, female warrior, stereotypes, husband wife relationship, death of daughter, survival, psychology, violence, rescue, manipulation, nightmare, trapped, african american protagonist, shark, witch, monster, lgbt, pandemic
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: buddy cop, police, police detective, police partner, chase, buddy, race against time, police chase, investigation, tough guy, murder, friendship between men, black, nightclub, undercover cop, african american, revenge, gang, drug lord, criminal, rescue, midlife crisis, danger, police investigation, police officer killed
The Hunt (2020)
Plot Summary:
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Plot tags: manhunt, murder, game of death, strong female lead, survival, female protagonist, hunter, massacre, danger, pursuit, characters killed one by one, gore, satire, sniper, hunted, trapped, airplane, hostage, conspiracy, drone, dying woman, social media, most dangerous game, revenge, kidnapping
Possessor (2020)
Plot Summary:
A thriller about an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to enable its operatives to inhabit other people's bodies, ultimately driving them to carry out assassinations for high-paying clients
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Plot tags: body horror, gore, sociopath, murder, brutality, corporation, hallucination, mind control, virtual reality, technology, sadism, assassination attempt, blonde, surveillance camera, suicide by cop, loss of girlfriend, graphic violence, female warrior, serial killer, male nudity, apocalypse, maniac, spy, ghost, cyberpunk
Hunter Hunter (2020)
Plot Summary:
Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers but their tranquility starts to be threatened when they think are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf and Joseph leaves them behind to track it
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: beast, macabre, wolf, serial killer, dog, monster, wilderness, revenge, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, bait, woods, dead body, animal attack, gore, obsession, gory, brutality, saving a life, creature feature, survival, teenager, jungle
I Care a Lot (2020)
Plot Summary:
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: lesbian, con artists, manipulative woman, con woman, guardian, lesbian love, female protagonist, caper, fraud, lgbt, escapades, abduction, diamonds, disguise, drugged, deception, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, mafia, benefit, con trick, revenge, fight, criminal, lie
Greenland (2020)
Plot Summary:
A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: natural disaster, apocalypse, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, humanity in peril, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, diabetic, comet, panic, race against time, mass destruction, death, demolished city, rescue, looting, post apocalypse, end of civilization, desperation, riot, survivor, meteor shower, military, father in law son in law relationship