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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces.
Style:
religious horror, bleak, tension, psychological thriller, period piece ...
Plot:
supernatural power, family drama, claustrophobia, ancient rome, coming of age, moral ambiguity, sacrifice, hidden identity, isolation, reluctant hero, superstition, prophecy ...
Place:
greece, crete
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gwyn Marcus has always wanted a marriage like her parents. She has just accepted the proposal of her boyfriend Matt, but she has misgivings about their future together. Her fear of commitment grows as she learns of the various affairs that her ...
Style:
light, clever, melancholic, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dysfunctional marriage, brother sister relationship, sister sister relationship, adultery, infidelity, marriage, marital problem, marital reconciliation, yuppie ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, miami, orlando florida, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can happen, the master sends his apprentice out into the world ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenager, urban legend, loss of father, orphan, father daughter relationship, doctor, 18 year old, employer employee relationship, father son relationship, party, rivalry, drunkenness ...
Time:
1880s, 19th century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the wake of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance, the son of a Hasidic funeral director returns home with his pregnant wife in hopes of reconciling with his father. Little do they know that directly beneath them in the family morgue, an ancient ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, mystical, disturbing
Plot:
pregnant woman, supernatural, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, demon, life is a bitch, paranormal, family in danger, evil, family life, dysfunctional family, danger ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
neighbor, crime boss, rescue, mob hit, saving a life, threat, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, problem, runaway, ex couple relations, mafioso, mafia ...
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13K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime
Style:
humorous, light, talky, feel good, not serious ...
Plot:
politics, fish out of water, camel, nightclub singer, friendship between men, friendship, partner, disorder, misfit partners, state affairs, nothing goes right, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
morocco, sahara, middle east, austin texas, africa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
TRAUTMANN tells the story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by ...
Style:
motivational, costume drama, inspirational, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
football, husband wife relationship, goalkeeper, father daughter relationship, love and romance, world war, rivalry, courage, college, ambition, transformation, post war ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 1940s, year 1956, year 1949 ...
Place:
germany, england, manchester
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58K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village, New York, USA. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark ...
Style:
sentimental, stylized, lyrical, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, bohemian life, aids, lgbtq, gay, drug abuse, hiv, glbt, drug addiction, christmas, friendship, drag queen ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, year 2005, future, 90s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, new mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Style:
humorous, parody, light, lyrical, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
broadway, sex maniac, showbiz, theater, farce, audition, eccentricity, accountant, dancing, cons and scams, mentor, transvestism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, rio de janeiro, bronx new york city, buenos aires argentina ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her life.
Style:
touching, light, emotional, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
jewelry, judaism, women, stereotypes, love and romance, self discovery, love affair, introspection, orthodox jew, infidelity, job, divorce ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, israel, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Style:
talky, intense, stylized, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
starting over, abusive husband, hand job, adolescence, couples, family relations, hitchhiker, human nature, couple relations, love affair, parents and children, destructive relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, india, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) vows revenge and Eric's ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
olympics, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, vengeance, power relations, betrayal, rivalry, coach, employer employee relationship, athlete, neo nazi ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
europe, east germany, seoul, berlin germany, germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens).
Style:
tense, clever, cerebral, mindfuck, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, partner, counterfeiter, manipulation, forgery, crime gone awry, justice, con man, con men, robbery, partners in crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, venezuela, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, biting, witty ...
Plot:
crimes of passion, murder, destructive relationship, vengeance, obsession, addiction, life is a bitch, dishonesty, couple relations, womanizer, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, year 1976, year 1980
Place:
philadelphia, new york, florida, virginia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
Style:
controversial, psychological, biblical, epic, talky ...
Plot:
temptation, christianity, spirituality, desert, jesus, faith, religion, controversy, jesus christ, surrealism, resurrection, fasting ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, biblical epic, 1930s, year 1988 ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, holy land, middle east, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, talky, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
couples, writers, brutality, haunted by the past, redemption, voyeur, lost love, character study, justice, self destructing, tennis, hidden identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
oxford university, new england, massachusetts, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
Style:
melancholic, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
lifeguard, love, insomnia, love story, dysfunctional family, fall in love, couple relations, couples, race against time, lifestyle, master and servant, gambling ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana learns that ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, talky, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, adultery, infidelity, existentialism, forbidden love, secret relationship, character study, introspection, lifestyle, city life, actor's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, london, czech republic, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
masochist, adult filmmaking, novelist, drug dealer, dating, film industry, adult film industry, woman with a gun, art, rock, gangster, silly humor ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, miami ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a ...
Style:
captivating, dark comedy, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
missing person, espionage, sex, intrigue, undercover, rivalry, dishonesty, woman in danger, chases and races, politics, cia agent, fugitive ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, afghanistan, nicaragua ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style:
touching, road movie, tragicomedy, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
holocaust, closeted homosexual, on the road, culture clash, journey, self discovery, collector, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, europe, odessa ukraine, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An archaeologist finds the mummified remains of a giant--the offspring of a Fallen Angel and a human woman. Now he has to stop the terror he has unleashed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, captivating, exciting, dark ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
adventurer, giant monster, deadly creature, danger, good versus evil, survival, supernatural ability, obsessive quest, daring rescue, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, supernatural horror ...
Place:
egypt, middle east, indiana, usa, africa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased ...
Style:
demonic, frightening, satanic, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, violence, possession, exorcism, demon, blood, priest, investigation, murder, supernatural, police detective, decapitation ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1998
Place:
virginia, washington d.c., usa, copenhagen, richmond virginia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
judaism, love affair, fall in love, youth, love and romance, society, culture clash, looking for love, couples, spirituality, religion, jewess ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
israel, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.
Style:
realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
culture clash, dysfunctional family, parents and children, love and romance, sibling relationship, family problems, estrangement, couples, holocaust, couple relations, gender, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe
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76K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Style:
philosophical, epic, historical drama, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, mathematics, destiny, atheism, impossible love, political unrest, antiquity, historical character, ancient world, religions or cults, unrequited love ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, alexandria egypt, egypt, greece, rome italy ...
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63K
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot:
nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Style:
sexy, humorous, witty, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
sex, sexual fantasy, male prostitute, friendship, partner, unrequited love, milf, money problems, mentor, pimp, fish out of water, sexual relations ...
Time:
2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, ireland, california ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Business is a Canadian television series, which airs on The Movie Network in Canada and IFC in the United States.
The plot of the show centres on Vic Morgan, an adult film director of a low-budget softcore pornographic series similar to Girls ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, mockumentary ...
Plot:
showbiz, filmmaking, friendship, audition, lifestyle, desire for fame, satire, sleazy, power relations, workplace, ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along ...
Style:
sad, cynical, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
rain, uncle nephew relationship, storm, bare chested male, interfaith relationship, apprentice, family relations, working class, ghetto, social differences, anti semitism, workplace situations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
canada
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