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The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on article movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, feel good, dramatic and intense films and TV shows about / with runaway, mentor, catastrophe, dialogue, storytelling, redemption, brutality, nude, life philosophy and culture clash plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on article: Cobb (1994), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Perfect (1985), Isn't She Great (2000), The Slender Thread (1965), Bernie (2011), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Resurrecting the Champ (2007), Zulu (1964), At First Sight (1999).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ...
Style:
factual, intense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
baseball, brutality, ghost writer, storytelling, biopic, underdog, dark hero, adaptation, lone hero, mentor, historical figure, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 50s, 1940s
Place:
detroit, georgia, usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, rough, teen, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
dancing, disco, dance, coming of age, dancer, nightclub, friendship, profanity, music, working class, slut, pizza ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, north america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight. This film contains one of the greatest scenes of the '80s, an across the room sexual dance-off between the two main ...
Style:
sexy, cult classic, retro, sex comedy, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
aerobics, fitness, dancing, journalism, gym, courtroom, happy ending, workout, stoned, unlikely couple, love and romance, investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 70s
Place:
morocco, los angeles, california
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a ...
Style:
light, satirical, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Plot:
female protagonist, ambition, fame, marriage, writers, cancer, novelist, autism, eccentricity, showbiz, success, rags to riches ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 1930s, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, connecticut
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller.
Style:
retro, visually stunning, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
drug abuse, race against time, overdose, psychologist, african american, rescue, student, suicide, police, drug overdose, suicide attempt, marriage ...
Time:
60s
Place:
seattle, usa
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67K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself ...
Style:
black comedy, sexy, dark comedy, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dark humor, small town, closeted homosexual, murder, confession of crime, embezzlement, true crime, hidden corpse, prison visit, district attorney, murder trial, greed ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, inspirational, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
animal, jungle, gorilla, environmental, forest, biopic, extinction, brutality, environmentalism, human spirit, nature, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
africa, south africa, congo, rwanda
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style:
sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
boxing, journalism, african american, ex athlete, hopes, american football, boxer, athlete's life, lifestyle, newspaper, introspection, change of luck ...
Time:
year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado, detroit, las vegas ...
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46K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1879, during the Zulu wars, man of the people Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and snooty Lt Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) were in charge of defending the isolated Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes, holding out during an ...
Style:
realistic, epic, period piece, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
war, british colonialism, military, british empire, siege, british army, zulu, human spirit, historical event, battles, colonialism, epic battle ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, 1870s ...
Place:
africa, south africa, britain, united kingdom, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
blindness, blind character, disability, happy ending, winter, love, bittersweet, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, illness, happiness, meme ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
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112K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, erotic, social, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
stripper, strip club, seduction, shopping, money, pole dancing, exploitation, dancer, male nudity, sex worker, female protagonist, hypocritical woman ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2007, year 2019, year 2014 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Ball’s widely-read book "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival", the movie brings to light the story of Donatella, who, following the brazen murder of her ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, realistic
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, family business, fashion designer, drug abuse, fashion show, workplace, life is a bitch, family relations, siblings relations, addiction, model ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, teens
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, mob boss, squad, tough law enforcer, undercover cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, revenge, corruption, violent ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, israel, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly ...
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
business, underdog, inventor, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, legal, lawsuit, marketing, courtroom, lawyer, car, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit, california
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
Style:
sexy, stylized, teen, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
heist, youth, burglary, teenage life, celebrity, teenage girl, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, high school, mansion, high society, greed ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills, new jersey ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
weed, drug smuggling, marijuana, public nudity, male nudity, drug dealing, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, female nudity, buddies, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2006, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, idaho, canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom drama, death penalty, biopic, dishonesty, fugitives, legal, confined, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A mother in Queens, New York, is so angered when she discovers that her son is a drug addict that she becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional
Plot:
undercover, family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, human spirit, drug dealing, law enforcement, hopes, society, family problems, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, lgbt cinema, touching ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gender, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbt, gay slur, gays and lesbians, gay man straight woman relationship, polyamory, church, gay teenager ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2002, year 2006, year 2000 ...
Place:
indiana, usa, colorado, wyoming, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A true immigrant story set against the vibrant backdrop of Flushing, N.Y. in the 1980s and 1990s.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, medieval, gangster, gang, police investigation, life is a bitch, tragic love, law enforcement, siblings relations, drug, mafia, monster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Angela Delvecchio, coming from a rather poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigeous clique of her high school. Angela wants to be accepted and seeks Stacy's friendship. But when she ...
Style:
teen, slasher, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, high school, serial killer, school, murder, young lovers, peer pressure, clique, evil child, killing spree, love ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who ...
Style:
entertaining, intense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
motorcycle, motorcycle race, biker, racing, gang, chases and races, rise to the top, contests and competitions, rebelliousness, parent child relationship, family relations, rebellion ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."
Style:
sexy, humorous, satirical, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
brothel, prostitution, women, dancing, prostitute, broadway, country, female nudity, culture clash, governor, society, workplace ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, intense, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, terrorism, hostage, mercenary, terrorist, ransom, rescue, survival, prisoner, runaway, insurance, unrequited love ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
south america, latin america, colombia, chechnya, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser). Soon, the ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, light, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, father son relationship, mentor, lone hero, adaptation, storytelling, power relations, friendship, athlete's life, self discovery, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, latin america, usa, mexico, nebraska ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, erotic, compassionate ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
near death experience, first sexual experience, loss of virginity, sexual activity, female nudity, disabled, male virgin, nudity, woman on top, oral sex, therapist, sexual awakening ...
Time:
year 2012, 20th century, 80s, year 1988, 70s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After sixteen years of marriage and four children, Betty Broderick's high-powered attorney husband decides to leave her for a younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. Hurt by his betrayal and feeling helpless against his legal ...
Style:
tense, biting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, men's rights, betrayal, true crime, killing spree, serial killer, couples, family problems, suburban life, suburbs, social decay, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san diego california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police ...
Style:
detective, suspense, talky, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
father son relationship, redemption, murder, police, guilt, drug dealer, drug addict, grandfather grandson relationship, homicide detective, regret, dark past, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, mindfuck ...
Plot:
journalism, writers, ethics, workplace, politics, media, fake news report, homosexual, research, workaholic, suspicion, career ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., palo alto california, haiti
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Style:
cerebral, tense, dark comedy, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, hostage, bank, heist, lgbtq, hostage situation, bank robber, character study, heat wave, fbi agent, true crime, gay ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, year 1972, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, persia, usa, north america ...
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