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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.
Style:
exciting, stylized, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
martial arts, obsessive quest, danger, escapades, siblings relations, buddhism, acrobat, collector, lost treasure, treasure hunter, kung fu, passionate kiss ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
china, tibet
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Style:
scenic, romantic, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
literary, unrequited love, dalmatian, victorian england, farm, beach, love, tragic romance, canceled wedding, male nudity, lost love, sergeant ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1967, 1870s, 1860s
Place:
britain, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
Style:
spaghetti western, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, small town, heroes, old west, dishonesty, rivalry, lone wolves, wild west, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, outlaw gang, tough guy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1860s
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Frontier Circus is an American Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s. Filmed by Revue Productions, the program aired on the CBS from October 5, 1961, until September 6, 1962.
Style:
suspense
Plot:
circus, carnival, outlaw, survival, rodeo, wild west, van, traveling circus, wagon train, travel, train, hunter ...
Time:
1880s, 19th century
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Greatest Show on Earth is an American drama series starring Jack Palance about the American circus, which aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to April 28, 1964. It was produced by Desilu, the production company founded by Lucille Ball and Desi ...
Style:
vintage, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, behind the scenes, showbiz, problem solving, spectacle, entertainment industry, management, resilience, leadership, friendship, teamwork, accountant ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Traveling players invent the strip tease while mixed up in a Central American revolution.
Style:
sexy, spaghetti western, sensual, romantic comedy, political ...
Plot:
female warrior, circus, revolution, anarchist, train, woman with a gun, female fight, heroine, cowboy, professional, striptease, artist ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 1910s ...
Place:
central america, latin america, mexico, france, ireland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his ...
Style:
dramatic, art house, dark, tragic, period drama
Plot:
circus, wrestling, fame, revenge, rivalry, competition, rise and fall, tragic hero, small town, ambition, violence, guilt ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a style evocative of Fellini at his most surreal, this bizarre French Canadian fantasy follows the romance between a young filmmaker and a bearded lady from a local circus during the 1960s. The story begins in a contemporary theater where a ...
Style:
art house, surreal, avant garde, romantic, experimental ...
Plot:
circus, magic realism, sideshow, freakshow, filmmaking, memory, identity, loss, nostalgia, love story, obsession, ghost ...
Time:
60s
Place:
louisiana, montreal
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Cuba, Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. The Old Man lands near a Caribbean island where a poor family gives him shelter in a chicken coop. Father Gonzaga is the skeptical priest who rushes to ...
Plot:
magic realism, angel, small town, branding iron, husband wife relationship, bus, priest, baby, island, sideshow, news report, caravan ...
Place:
cuba, caribbean
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Genre: Family, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
doberman, canine, traveling circus, extortion, government agent, dog, horse riding, horse, agent, gang leader, racketeer, undercover agent ...
Time:
year 1976
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes them off, she can color people, according to their nature and mood. The grown-ups of the village consider the cat to be dangerous, but the kids ...
Style:
cult classic, psychotronic, allegory, psychedelic, experimental ...
Plot:
cat, surrealism, modernism, magic realism, circus, renaissance, magician, taxidermy, soul, metaphor, bird, magic show ...
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children ...
Style:
sexy, gothic, suspenseful, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
vampire, forest, supernatural, circus, female vampire, dracula, curse, sexual perversion, mysterious character, deadly creature, criminal's revenge, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1972
Place:
bosnia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come ...
Style:
road movie, manga, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
on the road, female nudity, prostitution, circus, male nudity, bare breasts, amazon jungle, surrealism, transformation, nude girl, friendship, couples ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
brazil, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This thriller investigates the mysterious assassination of a gay pastor in rural South Africa. Without witnesses or explanations, the crime appears to the police and others as a jigsaw puzzle without enough pieces. The police then suspect and arrest ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, escape, small town, interracial relations, mistaken identity, gay subtext, violent content, religions or cults, disorder, criminal heroes, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south africa, canada, europe, africa, belgium ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany, Latvia, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A road movie based on the Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice...
Style:
road movie
Plot:
ballet, prostitution, winter, belly dancer, bear, rave, musician, prostitute, death, female nudity, pursuit, love triangle ...
Place:
eastern europe, russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish ...
Style:
art house, sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, visually appealing ...
Plot:
farmer, love triangle, impossible love, farm, train, love, autumn, harvest, passion, childhood, class differences, photograph ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1978, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place:
usa, chicago, texas, midwest, austin texas
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around ...
Style:
serious, philosophical, black and white, slow cinema, tense ...
Plot:
philosophy, surrealism, chaos, musician, delusion, circus, magic realism, social relations, danger, small town life, village life, european ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
hungary, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK, Spain, Italy, Jordan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the ...
Style:
entertaining, breathtaking, epic, saga, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, manly ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, holy grail, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, map, artifact, mythology, father son relationship, father, escapades, myth ...
Time:
1930s, year 1912, 20th century, year 1989, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, europe, jordan, israel, utah ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A rich young Japanese man travels to Australia with the intention of buying a Citroën DS car (the goddess of the film's title - nicknamed the Déesse, after its initials in French, déesse being French for "goddess") that he has ...
Style:
serious, stylized, erotic, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, childhood trauma, on the road, attempted rape, sexual abuse, child abuse, self discovery, obsessive quest, couples, unlikely partners, husband wife relationship, murder ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1967
Place:
australia, japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: South Korea, USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Being teased for his color, Johnny the white koala joins a traveling carnival with Hamish, a Tasmanian devil, and Higgens, a photographer monkey as talent agents. On the way through the Australian outback desert, the trailer they are in comes loose ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, exciting, not serious, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
koala, buddies, wilderness, save the day, mistaken identity, disorder, escapades, danger, outback, friends, silly humor, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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