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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In ...
Style: political, epic, captivating, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot: civil rights, african american, racism, slavery, black, journalism, discrimination, blaxploitation, female protagonist, plantation, interracial relations, black lives matter ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s, 1920s ...
Place: southern usa, america, louisiana, usa, texas ...
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 8.1
 13
My Rosy Life (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Maeng Soon-yi has sacrificed everything in her life for the sake of others. She missed out on her youth because she was too busy taking care of her father, who started drinking heavily after her mother abandoned them when Soon-yi was 10 years old. ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: cancer, hardship, male female relationship, relationships, social problems, marital problem, family relations, fighting illness, life is a bitch, illness, family life, care ...
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 7.2
 383K
The Menu (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style: suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy, humorous, art house ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: food, restaurant, revenge, obsession, food critic, chef, perfectionist, mass murder, social satire, grudge, murder, cooking ...
Time: 2020s
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Silverton Siege (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: criminal, hostage, prison, female warrior, hostage situation, chase, robbery, mission, thief, problem, threat to kill, gang ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: south africa, africa
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What They Had (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
Style: sentimental, captivating, sincere, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: alzheimer's disease, memory loss, mother daughter relationship, drinking, lie, blizzard, self discovery, introspection, drinking alcohol, family drama, illness, dementia ...
Place: chicago, sacramento california, florida, california, illinois
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 6.9
 2K
El mar (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.
Style: disturbing, erotic, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: tuberculosis, gay, childhood friend, gay erotica, friendship, gay rape, male rape victim, haunted by the past, terminal illness, political unrest, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: spain, europe, mallorca
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 7.7
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For Motherland (1977)
Genre: History, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 192 min.
Story: In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Plot: knight, brother, nurse, king, sister, cowardice, martyr, fort, heroism, independence, artillery, russian empire ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: romania, bulgaria, ottoman empire
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 7.1
 2K
Romero (1989)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This fil chronicles the transformation ...
Style: inspirational, christian film, realistic, tense, serious ...
Plot: church, murder, catholic, priest, biopic, religion, saint, christian, social commentary, politics, clergy, faith ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: latin america
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 6.5
 865
Dirty Pictures (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, thought provoking, erotic ...
Plot: museum, art, lawsuit, courtroom, jury, politics, courtroom drama, against the rules, fighting the system, righting the wronged, perversion, rebelliousness ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1990
Place: ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
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 5.1
 1K
Ned Kelly (1970)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century ...
Style: social, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: manhunt, aborigine, outlaw, rock, hippie, heroes, prison, frontier town, bank robber, society, life is a bitch, folk hero ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: australia, new south wales, ireland
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The Girl from Monday (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.
Style: semi serious, cynical, clever, stylized, witty ...
Plot: dystopian future, danger, chaos, alien encounter, big business, totalitarianism, cynicism, corporation, employer employee relationship, marketing, age-gap relationship, rebel ...
Time: future
Place: new york
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The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a 2002 Indian historical biographical film about Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter who fought for Indian independence.It shows in detail how Singh came to develop his views on the British Raj and his struggle for Indian ...
Style: realistic, patriotic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: revolution, freedom fighter, sikh, police brutality, patriotism, patriot, fighting the system, social decay, indian history, injustice, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
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The Glass Agency (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their ...
Style: islamic, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: iranian, iraq iran war, persian culture, siege, hostage, satire, post war, injustice, losing-it hero, unfulfillment, fighting the system, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq, tehran iran
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 7.2
 1K
Silence (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Style: spiritual, existential, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: samurai, christianity, edo period, nativity, mental disorder, catholic, time machine, spirit, tokugawa shogunate, religious persecution, danger, clergy ...
Time: 17th century, year 1971, middle ages
Place: japan, asia
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Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depicted more ...
Style: captivating, epic, gloomy, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: joan of arc, female warrior, medieval, saint, catholic, biopic, teenage girl, faith, christianity, time machine, catholic saint, battles ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: france
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 6.5
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The 14 Amazons (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
Plot: revenge, kung fu, badass female lead, sword, female warrior, martial arts, battles, generation, folk hero, daring rescue, military, heroes ...
Time: middle ages
Place: hong kong, china
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Zabriskie Point (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: hippie, desert, counterculture, on the road, sex orgy, rebellion, politics, materialism, love and romance, rebelliousness, twentysomething life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1970, 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, italy, phoenix arizona ...
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in ...
Style: political, bleak, factual, brutal, bloody ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rebellion, civil war, ira, resistance, war, politics, freedom, rebel, traitor, injustice, occupation, debate ...
Time: 1920s, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, post world war one ...
Place: ireland, england, northern ireland, dublin ireland, europe ...
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Wedding Crashers (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random ...
Style: funny, sex comedy, romantic, light, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: wedding, seduction, fiance fiancee relationship, wedding party, love and romance, looking for sex, marriage, love story, stereotypes, twists and turns, party, friends ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: maryland, usa, salt lake city utah, denver colorado, vermont ...
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Veronica Guerin (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then ...
Style: suspense, intense, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot: journalism, investigation, strong female character, murder, gangster, justice, corruption, drug lord, police, drug dealing, heroin, journalist ...
Time: 90s, year 2003, 20th century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe, amsterdam
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The Star Maker (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through the small villages of Sicily pretending that he is working for the big film studios in Rome.
Style: uplifting, serious, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, hidden identity, self discovery, love and romance, disorder, hopes, on the road, cons and scams, village life, countryside, small town, village ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: sicily, italy, europe, madrid, palermo italy ...
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Terminal Invasion (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is not of this Earth.
Style: serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, alien invasion, airport, supernatural, evil alien, tough heroes, prisoner, anti hero, danger, survival, save the world, confined ...
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Fear and Trembling (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it ...
Style: witty, semi serious, realistic, humorous, funny ...
Plot: translator, culture clash, workplace, fish out of water, employer employee relationship, power relations, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, demotion, friendship, business, cultural difference ...
Time: year 2003, year 1993, year 1991, year 1990, 90s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, belgium
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Stoned (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychedelic, retro ...
Plot: rock, music, drug abuse, musician's life, musician, showbiz, life is a bitch, rock star, rise and fall, rock and roll, addiction, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 2005, 60s
Place: britain, paris france, morocco, munich germany, london
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I Am Cuba (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Soviet Union
Duration: 141 min.
Story: An unabashed exercise in cinema stylistics, I Am Cuba is pro-Castro/anti-Batista rhetoric dressed up in the finest clothes. The film's four dramatic stories take place in the final days of the Batista regime; the first two illustrate the ills ...
Style: political, surreal, captivating, experimental, visual ...
Plot: rebellion, dictatorship, propaganda, dictator, politics, cuban revolution, revolution, political unrest, prostitution, state affairs, society, poetry ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: cuba, soviet union, ussr, latin america, havana cuba
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 5.4
 5K
The Sicilian (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Style: intense, serious, realistic, suspense, spiritual ...
Plot: mafia, betrayal, sicilian, gunfight, ambition, leadership, political unrest, dishonesty, politics, society, gangster, class differences ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place: sicily, italy, europe
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The Seventh Sign (1988)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
Style: suspense, biblical, scary, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: pregnancy, supernatural, apocalypse, christianity, religion, clergy, end of the world, prophecy, curse, worldwide chaos, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: haiti, venice california, california, nicaragua, israel
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The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
Style: captivating, thought provoking
Plot: imperial russia, russian history, czar, royalty, russian revolution, family relations, exile, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family problems, forbidden love, historical character ...
Time: year 1918, year 1917, 1910s
Place: russia, soviet union
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 4.6
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The Order (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now, to find his dad and recover a sacred scroll, he'll have to outwit officials and a ruthless ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, feel good, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, martial arts, terrorism, kidnapping, artifact, adventurer, missing person, religions or cults, obsessive quest, parents and children, father son relationship, sect ...
Time: 11th century, middle ages, year 2001, 2000s
Place: middle east, israel, tel aviv israel, jerusalem, ukraine
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 7.1
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Another Way (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, ...
Style: historical drama, political, captivating, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbianism, gay, female bonding, infidelity, hospital, politics, female nudity, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: europe, hungary, budapest
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