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Genre: Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Go inside the lives of legendary music artists—through the lens of their own music.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, reflective, sentimental
Plot:
music history, celebrity, musician's life, musician, music, record producer, showbiz, lifestyle, country music, music business, american history, historical figure ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light ...
Style:
contemplative, sensitive, melancholic, pastoral, period drama
Plot:
painting, creative process, art history, impressionism, biopic, female nudity, painter, artist, affair, sunlight, female full frontal nudity
Time:
1890s, 19th century
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An author (Brinke Stevens) cures her struggle with writer's block by making up funny short stories about random people she sees in public.
Style:
independent film, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, social relations, writer's block, relationships, society, lifestyle, humour, storytelling, creative process, inspiration, female protagonist, friendship ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, flashback, inspiration, nostalgia, melancholy, musical performance, orchestra, creative process, memory, violinist ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
central europe, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Patrick is a struggling screenwriter who takes a second job as a male prostitute. He is supposed to write by day and do right by his lonely clientele at night, but he develops writer's block. When Patrick decides to draw from his amorous ...
Style:
intense, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama, comedy drama ...
Plot:
screenwriter, male prostitute, gender roles, writer's block, intimacy, creative process, sex work, conspiracy, inspiration, loneliness, moral ambiguity, taboo ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd
Plot:
writer's block, film industry, creative process, satire, bureaucracy, bittersweet, casting, improv, everyday life, social realism, indecision, movie studio ...
Time:
80s
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330
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Poland, UK, Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, atmospheric, art house
Plot:
classical music, renaissance, composer, holocaust survivor, piano, love triangle, creative process, character study, trauma, musician, legacy, isolation ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A painter has serious creative block. He decides that two nude models living in his house might help. His wife objects, or does she?
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, erotic, sensual, independent film
Plot:
painter, artist, house, domestic drama, creative process, inspiration, creative block, modeling, male protagonist, reconciliation, introspection, jealousy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A hopeful director with a secret plan, tells the story of his movie to a well-known but imperfect producer. The Director's stories reflect and question the Producer's beliefs, leaving the Producer confused by how the stories seem to ...
Style:
anthology, dark, dark comedy, satirical, tense ...
Plot:
filmmaking, creative process, behind the scenes, producer, moral ambiguity, director, character study, manipulation, mature, secrets, satire, irony ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Style:
art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
character study, obsession, creative process, isolation, alienation, realism, intimate, family conflict, identity crisis, mental health, slow burn, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A film director gathers his favorite actresses, those he worked with and those he loved. He wants to make a film about women but he doesn’t reveal much: he observes them, takes cue, until his imaginary throw them into another era, in a past where ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, period drama
Plot:
nostalgia, loneliness, female bonding, fashion, creative process, sisterhood, friendship, anxiety, creativity, identity, competition, longing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When romance novelist Kate Smith suddenly gets writer's block as she's beginning the final installment of her international bestselling steamy Bed 'n Breakfast series, she'll do pretty much anything to get her groove back. Like ...
Style:
rom com, feel good, light hearted, romantic comedy, uplifting ...
Plot:
writer's block, creative process, chemistry, independent woman, meet cute, sexual tension, small town, seductive, blue collar, intimate, slow burn, workplace ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy, Morocco, Qatar, Lebanon, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, art house, intercultural, poignant ...
Plot:
biopic, female protagonist, patriarchy, iranian, female artist, gender roles, creative process, exile, resilience, feminism, female empowerment, identity ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Julie Wagner has everything today's young woman thinks she wants: a successful husband who adores her, a baby on the way, a close circle of family and friends, and a career as a photographer that is about to take off. So why is she alone in ...
Style:
contemplative, sensitive, melancholic, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, character study, creative process, identity, personal growth, longing, intimate, domestic drama, photographer, isolation, regret ...
Place:
new york state
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157
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Jung-Min is an aspiring singer/songwriter with severe stage fear. Na-ra used to be a member of an Idol group. Na-ra has always been Jung-Min's crush. This musical drama shows how they fall in love and best their fears.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, heartfelt, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
first love, slice of life, musician, friendship, unrequited love, aspiring singer, personal growth, stage fright, overcoming fear, couple relations, couples, music ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Already a successful portrait photographer, Hannah sets to reinvent this art form. Abandoning herself to a creative process that might easily be mistaken for madness, she's soon visited by mirror images of herself, as well as her ...
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, avant garde, psychological horror, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
surrealism, loss, motherhood, grief, mourning, family tragedy, haunting, creative process, memory, obsession, ghost, female protagonist ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Follow the adventures of Arty and his sidekick Epiphany, as they search the galaxy to solve creative problems with art! Whether Arty needs to create a painting for the new children's library, a stuffed animal for his sister, or make a mask for ...
Style:
educational, captivating, funny, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
friendship, teamwork, children, art, imagination, space exploration, space adventure, extraterrestrial, painter, space and aliens, drawing, space mission ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Dawid, Vanessa and Ludwig are the finalists at a pitch-competition for a movie about the German Rap phenomenon CRO. As the three youngsters work out their extraordinary film ideas, they must fight through unexpected personal challenges.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, absurd, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, ambition, social relations, music industry, musician's life, shallowness, popularity, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, initially antagonists, socially awkward ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lindeman, 25-year-old art student, struggles to find his inspiration, finding himself in one ridiculous situation after the other.
Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
inspiration, slice of life, college student, sculptor, art school, lifestyle, student, satire, social satire, creative process, art student, personal growth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
minnesota
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356
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Milo and Ruby are an improbable pair who are setting out to do the impossible: create the greatest comic book the world’s ever seen!
Style:
semi serious, humorous, funny, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
teamwork, workplace, coworker, workplace situations, humour, satire, odd couple, pop culture, friendship, creative process, store manager, young adult ...
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888
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, reflective, independent film ...
Plot:
environmentalism, idealism, human spirit, hopes, social differences, creative block, art, creative process, homelessness, perseverance, collaboration, social commentary ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.
Style:
experimental, entertaining, captivating, dramatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
scandal, woman, moral ambiguity, rehearsal, moral dilemma, young man, young girl, spectacle, acting class, actor, young woman, student ...
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
No matter where she goes, Sora takes her sketchbook along. The world is full of mysterious and beautiful things, after all, and Sora doesn't want to miss a single one. The best way she knows to capture each moment is by drawing and sketching, ...
Style:
anime, captivating, entertaining, feel good, contemplative ...
Plot:
slice of life, school club, drawing, art, art student, everyday life, high school life, lifestyle, teenage protagonist, female artist, teenage girl, introvert ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Tatsuya Shindo (Keisuke Watanabe) has worked as a game creator for Dynamic Dream for the past 9 years. He dreamed of holding that job since he was a middle school student. Now, Tatsuya Shindo gets promoted to a middle management position within the ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, exciting, dramatic, humorous ...
Plot:
workplace, business, office, company, game, coworker, gambling, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, job, office work, office worker ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. ...
Style:
satirical, meta, independent film, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
filmmaking, behind the scenes, talk show, escapades, backstage, satire, creative process, urban, autobiography, intimate, character study, small community ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Adnan, a young art student, arrives in New York to spend the summer in an apartment. He interns at a gallery that exhibits the work of an older, unconventional artist he once crossed paths with. As moments from his past and present intertwine, a ...
Style:
art house, sensual, independent film, erotic drama, melancholic
Plot:
art student, intimacy, sexual tension, creative process, self discovery, coming of age, identity, sexual awakening, summer romance, erotic art, gay interest, gay sex ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the rise of designer Cristóbal Balenciaga from humble origins to fashion icon.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay interest, fashion, designer, biopic, gay, economist, evolution, fashion industry, based on real people, haute couture, stylist, style ...
Time:
year 1937, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
spain, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Leo is a successful author who is experiencing a tough writer's block. Feeling the pressure to finish the new installment of his popular series of books, Leo swaps homes with his best friend, Ellie, for a period of time. During his stay at ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
gay friend, gay, homosexual, gay man straight woman relationship, friendship, writer's block, self discovery, creative process, personal growth, second chance, loneliness, friends to lovers ...
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Genre: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Neko Atsume no Ie, Atsushi Ito stars as Masaru Sakamoto, a novelist who moves to the countryside to try to combat a bad case of writer's block. While struggling to begin his next novel, Masaru spots a stray cat, which he decides to befriend. ...
Style:
touching, captivating, exciting, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cat, animal, novelist, pets, obsession, life, writers, writer's block, woman, pet cat, loneliness, japanese woman ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of ...
Style:
colorful, feel good, inspirational, computer animated, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
lego, biopic, hip hop, legacy, pop culture, creative process, music history, influence, celebration, music industry, urban, behind the scenes ...
Time:
21st century
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