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Action · Dark tone · Happy ending

Deathstalker (2025)

The Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of the long‑dead sorcerer Nekromemnon. After Deathstalker retrieves a cursed amulet from a corpse‑strewn battlefield, dark magick marks him and monstrous assassins pursue him. To survive, he must break the curse and confront the rising evil, discovering that death is only the start of a far darker destiny.

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Drama · Dark tone · Ambiguous ending

Urchin (2025)

Mike scrapes a living on London’s streets, constantly hustling while evading noisy roadside evangelists and a treacherous friend who refuses to repay stolen cash. Soon the law catches up with him. As he tries to rebuild his life, he jumps between jobs as a line‑cook and a waste‑collector, seeking community even as his self‑destructive urges linger.

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Comedy · Dark tone · Ambiguous ending

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)

Facing a cascade of personal crises, Linda (Rose Byrne) struggles to care for a child suffering from a baffling illness while her husband remains absent. As a missing‑person case looms and her sessions with a therapist grow increasingly antagonistic, she fights to hold her life together.

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Drama · Tense tone · Ambiguous ending

A House of Dynamite (2025)

Academy Award‑winning director Kathryn Bigelow helms this tense thriller about a mysterious, unclaimed missile that strikes the United States. As panic spreads, a frantic race ensues among intelligence teams, political leaders, and military officials to identify the perpetrator and decide the nation’s response before the situation escalates further.

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Horror · Dark tone · Ambiguous ending

Vicious (2025)

When Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious box with a note to place three items—something she needs, hates and loves—the ritual quickly descends into a waking nightmare. Reality warps, memory betrays, and she faces a series of impossible choices, forced to confront the darkness inside her before it consumes everything she knows.

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Drama · Tense tone · Happy ending

The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)

While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, journalist (Keira Knightley) sees a passenger thrown overboard late at night, but crew insist no one is missing and everyone is accounted for. Ignored by crew and passengers, she persists in uncovering the truth, even as the investigation endangers her life. Based on Ruth Ware’s bestselling novel.

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Comedy · Hopeful tone · Happy ending

Maintenance Required (2025)

Charlie, compelled to reassess the future of her all‑female mechanic garage, begins confiding in an anonymous online friend named Beau. When she discovers that Beau is actually the owner of a competing shop and her real‑life business rival, their secret chats evolve into a surprising personal connection, forcing both to navigate a growing attraction amid fierce professional competition.

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Action · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

Samurai Fury (2025)

As famine and plague ravage 15th‑century Japan, a detached shogun remains inert while his people suffer. Rebellious wanderer Hasuda Hyoe, fed up with the shogun’s apathy, conspires to topple the ruler and rescue the nation from self‑inflicted ruin. Starring Ôizumi Yô (I Am a Hero) as Hyoe, the film follows his daring quest, confronting powerful forces that stand in the way of his vision for a liberated Japan.

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Action · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

The Smashing Machine (2025)

Mark Kerr, an American mixed‑martial‑arts legend, is hailed as one of the sport’s greatest talents. Inside the ring he appears unbeatable, yet outside he battles addiction, inner demons and the pressure of his fame. His girlfriend Dawn wrestles with finding her place in the chaotic world of combat sports and in Mark’s life.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Ambiguous ending

Anemone (2025)

Set in the remote forests of Northern England, a man embarks on a solitary trek into the woods hoping to find and reconnect with his estranged hermit brother. Their relationship, once tangled and intense, was irrevocably changed by pivotal events that occurred decades earlier, leaving both men haunted by the past.

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Comedy · Whimsical tone · Happy ending

Good Boy (2025)

Indy, a loyal dog, and his human best friend Todd leave city life for a vacant family home in the countryside. Indy is instantly wary of the creepy old house, but his devotion to Todd never wavers. As they settle in, Indy is vexed by eerie sounds and strange corners, sparking humorous, heartfelt moments as he watches over his owner.

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Comedy · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

Shell (2025)

Samantha Lake, a struggling actress, receives an invitation to the dazzling inner circle of Zoe Shannon, the charismatic CEO of the luxury wellness brand SHELL. As she becomes entangled in the opulent lifestyle, a spate of disappearances among SHELL’s clientele forces Samantha to suspect that Zoe is concealing a terrifying secret.

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Horror · Dark tone · Mixed ending

Bone Lake (2025)

During a romantic retreat at an isolated lakeside manor, a couple’s vacation is shattered when a striking, enigmatic pair moves in, forcing them to share the property. What begins as a seductive escape devolves into horror, where sex, deceit and manipulation intertwine, long‑buried secrets emerge, and a violent struggle for survival ultimately erupts.

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Action · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Play Dirty (2025)

The film follows expert thief Parker (Mark Wahlberg) as he orchestrates the biggest job of his career, recruiting partner Grofield (LaKeith Stanfield), tech specialist Zen (Rosa Salazar) and a crew. Their plan draws them into a dangerous clash with New York’s organized crime, delivering a gritty, clever caper directed by Shane Black.

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Action · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

One Battle After Another (2025)

Washed‑up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives in a haze of paranoia, eking out an off‑grid existence with his spirited, self‑reliant daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his sinister nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after sixteen years and Willa disappears, the former radical races against time to locate her, forcing both father and daughter to confront the lingering fallout of his past activism.

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Animation · Whimsical tone · Happy ending

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)

When Gabby and Grandma Gigi set out on a road trip, their plans are upended when Gabby’s treasured dollhouse is mistakenly taken by the eccentric cat‑lady Vera. Determined to get it back, Gabby embarks on a whimsical adventure, reuniting the Gabby Cats and racing against time to rescue her beloved dollhouse before it’s lost forever.

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Action · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Dead of Winter (2025)

After a blizzard drives a grief‑stricken loner (Emma Thompson) off the road near a Minnesotan lake, she seeks refuge at a remote cabin. Inside she discovers a terrified young woman (Laurel Marsden) kidnapped by a desperate, armed couple (Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca) intent on murder. Cut off from cell service and isolated in the woods, she must confront the captors and fight for survival.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

Eleanor the Great (2025)

After seven decades of sharing her life with a longtime companion, Eleanor relocates to New York City in search of a fresh beginning. At ninety, forging new relationships proves challenging, leaving her yearning for connection. She eventually forms an unexpected bond with a 19‑year‑old student, discovering companionship across generations.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

All of You (2025)

Set in a near‑future world where a scientific test pairs people with their predicted soulmates, longtime friends Simon (Brett Goldstein) and Laura (Imogen Poots) discover their quiet, unspoken attraction is tested when the algorithm matches one of them to another person. As they grapple with the results, their feelings become impossible to ignore.

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Drama · Hopeful tone · Happy ending

Ruth & Boaz (2025)

After rising to fame as an Atlanta hip‑hop star, Ruth Moably abandons the glittering scene for a quieter life in rural Tennessee. There she looks after Naomi, the woman who raised her, and, amidst the slower pace of her new home, encounters the love she has always hoped for.

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Drama · Dark tone · Bleak ending

The Ugly (2025)

While supervising a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong‑hwan receives a call that the remains of his mother, missing for forty years, have finally been found. Determined to learn what happened, he sets out on a twisted odyssey into his family’s traumatic past, confronting buried memories and unveiling dark secrets that reshape his understanding of the people and events that have shaped his life.

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Horror · Dark tone · Bleak ending

The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)

The Strangers return, more brutal and relentless than before. After discovering that Maya (Madelaine Petsch) survived their previous attack, they come back to finish what they started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must endure another night of relentless terror, pursued by the masked killers driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose.

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Biography · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

The Lost Bus (2025)

Amid one of America’s deadliest wildfires, a reckless school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a devoted teacher (America Ferrera) race against a raging inferno to evacuate 22 frightened children, confronting scorching heat, collapsing roads and split‑second decisions in a desperate fight for survival.

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Drama · Whimsical tone · Happy ending

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)

What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to relive a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding. A surprising twist of fate thrusts them onto a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure where they must confront their memories and discover how the past can shape the future.

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Documentary · Tense tone · Ambiguous ending

Predators (2025)

To Catch a Predator was a widely watched television series that staged sting operations, luring men who had solicited minors to a hidden-camera set where they were confronted, interviewed and later arrested. The documentary follows the show’s rise, the controversies and challenges it provoked, and its impact on awareness of online predation.

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Horror · Dark tone · Bleak ending

Him (2025)

Cameron Cade, a rising‑star quarterback, has built his identity around football. The night before the scouting Combine, a deranged fan attacks him, causing a serious brain injury that threatens his career. As hope wanes, his mentor and idol Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans) steps in to help him find a way forward.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Plainclothes (2025)

At his mother’s New Year’s Eve party, Lucas, a young police officer, misplaces a confidential letter. As the family gathering becomes oppressive, his search forces him to confront memories of an undercover stint months earlier, when he infiltrated a mall bathroom and arrested men by seducing them.

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Adventure · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

Xeno (2025)

When a fearless teenage girl discovers a mysterious alien crash‑landed in the desert near her home, she learns it is far from the benign visitor she imagined—powerful, unpredictable, and on the run. With government agents closing in, she must protect her otherworldly companion while uncovering a hidden truth that could alter everything.

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Action · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Prisoner of War (2025)

Starring martial arts icon Scott Adkins as British SAS officer James Wright, Prisoner of War follows a soldier captured by the Japanese and confined in a Philippine POW camp. As the camp prepares for the Bataan Death March, Wright and his comrades are compelled to fight in savage death matches staged for the amusement of their captors, testing their resolve and survival.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

Another End (2025)

Sal drifts through memories after Zoe’s death, his sister Ebe urging him to try Another End—technology that briefly restores a deceased person’s consciousness. The program returns Zoe in another woman’s body, giving Sal a fleeting chance to love, speak, and say goodbye. As the session ends, he refuses to accept loss and seeks to keep her alive through Ava, the woman who lent her body.

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Thriller · Dark tone · Bleak ending

Compulsion (2025)

When a young woman stays at her stepfather’s villa, her visit quickly turns perilous. She becomes the target of con artists, and a violent murder forces her into a deadly cover‑up. As a local detective closes in, alliances crumble and long‑buried secrets surface, shattering trust.

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Biography · Bittersweet tone · Happy ending

Swiped (2025)

The film draws from the true story of Bumble’s visionary founder, following recent college graduate Whitney Wolfe (Lily James) as she harnesses grit and ingenuity to break into a male‑dominated tech world, launch two groundbreaking dating apps and rise to become the youngest self‑made female billionaire.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Happy ending

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)

Set in the 1930s, the Crawley family and their staff confront upheaval as Mary becomes the focus of a public scandal and the estate suffers financial strain that threatens its reputation. Facing possible social disgrace, the Crawleys must accept change while the servants ready themselves for a new era under the next generation at Downton Abbey.

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Horror · Hopeful tone · Happy ending

The Long Walk (2025)

Adapted from Stephen King’s first‑written novel and helmed by Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of the Hunger Games films, this intense, chilling and emotionally charged thriller puts its characters — and its audience — into a relentless contest of endurance, forcing everyone to confront the unsettling question of just how far they would go when their very survival depends on continuing to walk.

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Comedy · Light tone · Ambiguous ending

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

Forty-one years after the original mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the estranged members—David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer)—are compelled to reunite for a final concert. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues revives the tongue‑in‑cheek documentary style, chronicling the band’s chaotic comeback and the absurdities that follow.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Ambiguous ending

My Sunshine (2025)

During a winter on Hokkaido, Takuya, convinced he is the weakest player on his ice‑hockey team, watches the figure skaters who share the rink. He becomes fascinated by Sakura, a rising star from Tokyo, and catches the attention of her coach, Arakawa, who begins to mentor him.

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Action · Hopeful tone · Happy ending

Code 3 (2025)

A burned‑out paramedic agrees to work one last 24‑hour shift to train his successor, only to have the night erupt into a cascade of emergencies and personal reckoning. Filled with heart, sharp humor, and relentless high‑stakes action, the film delivers a non‑stop, pulse‑pounding ride from start to finish.

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Drama · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Bang Bang (2025)

In his prime, Bernard Rozyski—known as “Bang Bang”—was a celebrated prize‑fighter loved by fans. Now angry and reclusive, he lives in a rundown Detroit home. His world is shaken when his estranged daughter suddenly leaves her rebellious teenage son with him, forcing Bang Bang to confront his bitter past and consider a reluctant chance at redemption.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

The History of Sound (2025)

Set in the aftermath of World War I, the film follows two young men—Lionel (Paul Mescal) and David (Josh O'Connor)—who devote themselves to capturing the lives, voices and music of their fellow countrymen. While documenting these stories, their partnership deepens into a tender romance.

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Comedy · Light tone · Happy ending

The Wrong Paris (2025)

An aspiring artist (Miranda Cosgrove) enters a televised dating competition hoping to win a free trip to Paris, France, but the show lands her in Paris, Texas, near her hometown. While she initially plans to get eliminated, she unexpectedly connects with the bachelor (Pierson Fodé), and chemistry sparks between them.

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