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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When God distributed wiseness and foolishness through a newly created world, one of the cherubs accidentally dropped all the foolishness on a tiny village called Chelm. So everyone in the village is very dumb. Recently orphaned boy Aaron and his ...
Style:
anime, fable
Audience:
kids
Plot:
village, golem, amnesia, stupidity, wisdom, evil sorcerer, orphan, goat, intelligence, boy, uncle nephew relationship, sorcery ...
Place:
warsaw poland
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173K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, thought provoking, sincere, saga ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adoption, childhood memory, childhood, husband wife relationship, parenthood, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, depression, teenage angst, siblings, flashback, self esteem ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 2020s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place:
syria, harvard university, pittsburgh, vietnam, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a determined toy company executive, Christy, must learn about Hanukkah in a hurry in order to land a big account, she enlists the help of her co-worker's friend Jonathan, who happens to also be in desperate need of turning his bachelor pad ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas romance, judaism, breakup, christmas party, opposites attract, jewish american, high school teacher, winter, snow, christmas eve, holiday ...
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A recent divorcee's holiday celebration with her adult children derails when she falls for her daughter's charming new boyfriend. A comedy influenced by "The Graduate," told from the perspective of a protagonist inspired by Mrs. ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, older woman younger man, divorced woman, love triangle, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, problem, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, ...
Style:
humorous, parody, not serious, slapstick, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twins, happy ending, thanksgiving, stupidity, siblings relations, celebrity, family relations, misfit, looking for love, life turned upside down, eccentric family, dating ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An anonymous suitor sends optometrist Sara a gift for each night of Hanukkah. On her journey to find her secret admirer, she learns her one true love might be someone she never expected.
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, online dating, community center, jewelry, contractor, chef, childhood friend, night, judge, unrequited love, female protagonist ...
Place:
seattle, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions ...
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, feel good, absurd ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, in-laws, marriage, family relations, family disapproval, eccentric family, parents and children, youth, suburbs, comedy of errors, family gatherings, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, miami
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves.
Style:
semi autobiographical, dramatic, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, teenage boy, bullying, childhood, relationships, filmmaker, autobiography, boy, anti semitism, filmmaking, life ...
Time:
2020s, year 1957, 20th century, year 1965, year 1963 ...
Place:
arizona, northern california, new jersey, california, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, melancholic, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, santa claus, snow, toys, husky dog, christmas time, happy ending, sibling relationship, imaginary, bodyguard, xmas ...
Time:
year 1993, future, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
chicago, nova scotia, sydney australia, london, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Drama - On a December night in 1943, three Jewish children escape from Nazi-occupied France and are given refuge by Sister Gabrielle at a Catholic school in which the gentile students must face their fears about harboring Jews from the Nazis. As the ...
Plot:
world war two, christmas, nun, faith, judaism, religion, children in wartime, faith based, siblings, hanukkah, hiding place, escape ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
france
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, South Korea, Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Arthur, D.W., and their family and friends prepare to make the best Christmas ever in Elwood City - but obstacles get in their way.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, touching, light ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, friendship, christmas present, father son relationship, christmas time, stocking, reindeer, cartoon rabbit, locker, rabbit, shopping ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alex and Elliot an unlikely pair connect to write a film about a New York cop working undercover as a fashion model.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, glbt, gay subtext, love and romance, nothing goes right, introspection, odd couple, lifestyle, couple relations, gender, human nature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.
Style:
romantic drama, romantic comedy, intercultural
Plot:
widower, interracial relations, tolerance, unlikely friendships, japanese culture, forgiveness, interracial romance, social commentary, family conflict, wooing, loneliness, aging ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
brooklyn new york city, japan
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Full-Court Miracle is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie. It premiered on November 23, 2003. Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, against the odds, sport team, contests and competitions, underdog, follow your dream, rivalry, athlete and trainer, fish out of water, win over, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
All Ira Finkelstein wants for Christmas is...Christmas. Unfortunately, his parents are sending him to Florida to be with his Grandparents. Ira's spirit soars as he manages to land in Christmas Town, USA, instead.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, follow your dream, disorder, mischievous children, friends, family relations, hopes, switching roles, parents and children, holiday, xmas ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, stylized, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, coming of age, family problems, family secret, loneliness, family drama, parenthood, youth, society, lifestyle, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. ...
Style:
humorous, witty, melancholic, satirical, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
murder, transvestism, dysfunctional family, family relations, artists and showbiz, eccentric family, lifestyle, family life, parents and children, dark humor, love affair, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 50s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
spain, greenwich village manhattan new york city, hong kong
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, factual, scary ...
Plot:
orthodox jew, rabbi, drug dealing, lifestyle, partner, religions or cults, society, unlikely criminals, loser, drug traffic, brother sister relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, amsterdam, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, sapphic, friendship, blind date, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance, lgbt, glbt, looking for love, lifestyle, sex ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought ...
Style:
sweet, fairy tale, sentimental, touching, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
rat, mouse, escape, childhood, good versus evil, furry, cat, animal, immigrant, orphan, american dream, greed ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 80s, 1880s
Place:
new york, russia, usa, hamburg germany, hong kong ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, poignant ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, life lesson, destiny, ss ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, poland, europe, tuscany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place:
italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Planet Express crew return from cancellation, only to be robbed blind by hideous "sprunging" scam artists. Things go from bad to worse when the scammers hack Bender, start traveling through time, and take Earth over entirely! Will ...
Style:
futuristic, humorous, adult animation, witty, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
time travel, destiny, cyclops, androids and robots, space and aliens, greed, satire, betrayal, computer virus, escapades, imaginary, misfit partners ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2000, 24th century, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york state, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bell and Belle want to break out of their trailer park lives and get up and out to the "Big City" of Atlanta. Just when they think they are on their way to getting a nest egg Bell falls for a handsome police officer named Rhett Butler.
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, ironic, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
partner, best friend, friends, social relations, couples, odd couple, society, buddies, misfit, farce, teenage life, family relations ...
Place:
georgia, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, gay marriage, lgbtq, couples, gay club, nothing goes right, love and romance, lgbt, gay bashing, gay son ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, talky, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, christmas party, marijuana, friendship, holiday, sex scene, christmas eve, drug, marriage proposal, drug dealer, childhood friend, buddies ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2001, future, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, commands ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, offbeat, surreal ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, princess, holiday, snowman, nativity, santa claus, bell, mannequin, snow, xmas, christmas season, generosity ...
Time:
80s
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