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Plot Summary:
The gates of Heaven & Hell have been broken and the afterlife is in ruins. One group of new arrivals must find a way to put things right to prevent an eternal battle between good & evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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The Belly of the Beast (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 2008, 12 Disciples of Satan are released upon the earth, to do battle with 12 Disciples of direct descendants of the Apostles.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: satanic, psychotronic
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Athisaya Piravi (1990)
Plot Summary:
Athisaya Piravi is a 1990 Tamil film starring Rajinikanth, Nagesh and Kanaka and music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was directed by SP. Muthuraman. The film is a remake of Yamudiki Mogudu, a 1988 Telugu film starring Chiranjeevi (in a dual role), Radha, Vijayashanti, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Allu Rama Lingaiah. It was a box office failure.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags:
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Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe (2021)
Plot Summary:
Death (in Bavarian: Boandlkramer) is supposed to get little Maxl, but he falls in love with Maxl's mother. Confused by the previously unknown feelings, he confides in the devil. The incarnate persuades him to start a business where the Boandlkramer gets the chance to compete for Gefi as a mortal. Encouraged by the advice of the recently deceased womanizer Max Gumberger, the Boandl stumbles through earthly life in search of eternal love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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AfterDeath (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five young people wake up dead. Washed up by the tide they scramble to an abandoned beach house, soon realizing that the perpetual night and blasts of pain suggest this is some version of hell. Between in-fighting and attacks by a demonic shadow creature, they recall the collapse of the nightclub that brought them here - and begin seeing hope of a second chance in the cabin's two mysterious paintings.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, serious, psychological thriller, teen, action adventure, confusing, weird, whimsical, pretentious
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The War Within: The Wilderness Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
A man fights through his own psychological and spiritual madness when his guilty past is shadowed by a religious Cult Leader.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, suspense, suspenseful
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Angels in the Infield (2000)
Plot Summary:
When Eddie Everett was a rookie in 1992, he led the California Angels to the American League Championship Series, where they played the Boston Red Sox. When a rookie playing for the Red Sox hits a ground ball to Everett, he bobbles it and is unable to get him out, while the runners he let on base score. Losing a chance to make it to the World Series. Ever since then, Everett had never been the same pitcher, or the same person. Six years later, Everett and his wife are divorced, and he has barely kept contact with their thirteen year old daughter, Laurel. However, at a game where the Anaheim Angels are playing the fictional Arizona Crimson Devils, and the Angels lose, his ex-wife says that she is taking a job in Boston and is leaving Laurel with him. When he takes her back home, she realizes that her father's life isn't at all what she thought it'd be. He can't get over losing that game his rookie year, and she prays that he can get a second chance.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Falling (2006)
Plot Summary:
Amidst his broken life, Police Officer Grayson Reed is about to be thrown into the middle of a feud between the five angels of Heaven and the leader of Hell. As faith ends in the world around him, Grayson will be faced with an ultimate choice that could decide the fate of our world.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags:
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Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)
Plot Summary:
Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, exciting, tense, captivating, independent film, offbeat, gloomy, sexual, crying
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Left in Darkness (2006)
Plot Summary:
Celia (Monica Keena, Freddy vs. Jason) has had a rough life, with a mother who died in childbirth and a father who disappeared. Unfortunately for Celia, death is not any easier than life. When she is drugged and raped at a frat party, Celia dies from an overdose, and must battle the terrible Soul Eaters who roam the afterlife.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough, disturbing, suspense, light
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Haunted Echoes (2008)
Plot Summary:
Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tattered marriage, they move to a quiet town to remodel an old mansion, but weird things start to happen in this eerie ghost story. Laura is convinced that they are being visited Kimberly's spirit, and Guy ultimately believes her, but is it really their daughter who is urging them to seek vengeance?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, serious
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Damned on earth (2014)
Plot Summary:
The ordinary Hell official Amon is assigned with a strange task by Luzifer: Together with the chaotic, sex-crazed Samsaveel, he is in charge of stopping Belial, Prince of Hell, who's gone out of control. In order to claim the thrones of Heaven and Hell, he uses a female body as a host, outwits Amon and Samsaveel and kills an angel. With this murder, he sparks a terrible war, because the forces of Heaven and Hell were supposed to balance good and evil on Earth. For centuries, they never raised a hand against each other. Until now.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lucifer incites Heaven’s wrath by dispatching train cars of condemned souls a-crashin’ through the pearly gates. As God plots to put an end to the rebellious deeds, a fable is told, and the midway gets set for a fateful reunion between God’s Agent and Hell’s Painted Doll, promising to make sinner and saint alike scream Alleluia!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 926
Genere: Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: horror musical, biblical, cult classic, bizarre
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Kingdom of Swords (2018)
Plot Summary:
This is the story about man who had a great way. His adventures and losses, his life make you to be surprised. We invite you in the middle ages - a times of darkness, of heroes, of big power and of eternity love.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, uplifting
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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010)
Plot Summary:
The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: spiritual, serious, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, mystical, mind bending, psychedelic, social, smart
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, suspenseful
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The Nephilim Chronicles (2014)
Plot Summary:
Detective Julius Barnes is one of the ancient Nephilim, a race of human-angel hybrids. When college student Sandra wakes up to find that her roommate Jackie has died in her sleep, Julius decides that Jackie's death was not from natural causes. She has become the latest victim of the Mare, a creature as old as humanity itself. The Mare gives her prey nightmares and feeds on their fear, killing them in the process. Can Julius stop the Mare before Sandra also falls victim to the Mare's hunger?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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They Found Hell (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a group of gifted college students run a secret teleportation experiment, they accidentally open a portal to another dimension, trapping them in Hell. One by one they are hunted, tortured and killed by the denizens of Hell who are bent on stealing their souls.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, bleak, philosophical
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An Angel of the Lord (2005)
Plot Summary:
A screwup angel is exiled from the Heaven down to Earth, incarnated as a beggar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sincere, humorous, captivating, light
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Angel or Demon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Valeria is a 17-year-old girl leading a normal life in Madrid until one night, after arguing with her parents about her report card, she is seemingly tempted by a mysterious young woman named Isis into committing a horrible act. Afterward, a stranger named Nathael appears to inform Valeria that he is an Angel, Isis is a Demon and that Valeria is a Malak, someone destined to become an Angel...if she can resist the temptations of the evil ones who are determined to make her fall.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, demonic
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Gabriel (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel tells the story of an archangel who fights to bring light back to purgatory - a place where darkness rules - and save the souls of the city's inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: gothic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, stylized, romantic, dark, surreal, religious horror, fantasy adventure
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The Prophecy (1995)
Plot Summary:
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dark, suspense, serious, dark fantasy, atmospheric, intense, suspenseful, satanic, tense, scary
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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
Plot Summary:
The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel Gabriel. As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind. The only one who stands in his way is Danyael, who was born of an Angel and a woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mystical, suspense, dark, satanic, controversial, demonic, apocalyptic
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American Satan (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, tense, gothic, slasher, mystical
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The Prophecy II (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Daniel.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, satanic, tense, serious, suspenseful, mystical, psychological thriller, slasher, controversial, demonic
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Fallen (2007)
Plot Summary:
Aaron and Azazel defeat the Powers, and force Mazarin and his second-in-command to leave. When the two return, they discover Camael has been released with the help of a rat. Aaron, Vilma, Gabriel, and Azazel travel up a mountain where the Light Bringer's temple is.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Reign of Fire (2002)
Plot Summary:
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, entertaining, apocalyptic, intense, action packed, action adventure, psychotronic, mystical, retro
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Good Omens (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 2019 the world is on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment. But follies ensue — Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a demon aren’t enthusiastic about the end of the world, and can’t seem to find the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, atmospheric, captivating, apocalyptic, emotional, supernatural thriller, offbeat, satanic, sitcom
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Made in Heaven (1987)
Plot Summary:
A romantic, occasionally funny, drama about two souls who consummate their marriage literally in "Heaven". Mike Shea, in his first life dies as a young man performing a heroic rescue. Shortly after arriving in "Heaven" he meets a new soul, Annie Packert, who has never lived on Earth before. The drama centers around their separation soon after being wedded and the burning question is whether they will reunite on Earth before time runs out or whether they are fated to eternal soul-searching.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, spiritual, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, independent film, sentimental, light, romantic
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Fallen (1998)
Plot Summary:
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: detective, twist ending, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, mindfuck, psychological, satanic, psychological thriller
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Plot Summary:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, spiritual, emotional, tear jerker, cerebral, reflective, thought provoking