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Chinese Box (1997)
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, sentimental, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, philosophical, sexy, thought provoking ...
Plot:
unrequited love, abuse, love, death, colonialism, culture clash, photography, politics, couples, new year, dancing, prostitute, party, journalist, photographer, prostitution, illness, doctor, jealousy, rally, father daughter relationship, bartender, outcast, memory, courage ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, beijing china, north korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, metafiction, neo noir, independent film, cult classic ...
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Time:
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Place:
china, europe, asia, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, adultery, love affair, sex, obsession, infidelity, sexuality, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, passion, sex scene, love triangle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Mexico, UK, Colombia
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
colombia, latin america, caribbean, paris france
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100%
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Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, sexy, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, love affair, tragic love, social differences, couples, fall in love, wartime life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, minimalism, time, slut ...
Time:
1910s, 2000s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1966 ...
Place:
taiwan, taipei, shanghai, tokyo
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Swann (Jeremy Irons), an eligible bachelor in the best circles of fin-de-siècle Paris, has also some more vulgar but rich friends, the Verdurins. Through them he meets Odette (Ornella Muti), a courtesan, with whom he falls hopelessly in love. She ...
Style:
sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, italy, egypt
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, Poland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, erotic drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex, infidelity, passion, adultery, waitress, photography, voyeurism, lesbianism, voyeur, erotic scene, photograph, love triangle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, disturbing, erotic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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21%
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Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, talky, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
voyeur, dysfunctional family, illicit affair, infidelity, pregnancy, adultery, extramarital affair, bare breasts, family secret, nudity, unfaithfulness, voyeurism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
stylized, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
1920s, year 1996, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, shanghai, spain, japan ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, captivating, serious, romantic, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, middle east, malibu california ...
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Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, touching, philosophical, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, secret love, cancer, love and romance, existentialism, death, hospital, illness, relationships, love story, dealing with death, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
lyon, france, europe, algeria, new york ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, romantic drama, historical drama, costume drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe, france, paris france, new york ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style:
touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, family relations, best friend, terminal illness, pregnancy, tragic hero, couples, family problems, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, France, Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, sentimental, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lovers reunited, love triangle, small town, love and romance, human nature, couples, crumbling marriage, introspection, couple relations, small town life, unfulfilled love, bittersweet ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china, asia, shanghai
Similarity:
18%
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