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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the ...
Style:
dark comedy, retro, political thriller, black comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, hitman, assassination, killer, world war one, spy, professional killer, covert operation, conspiracy, serial killer, women, love story ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, year 1969, edwardian era, 19th century ...
Place:
paris france, venice, europe, london, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler's brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a machine. The Nazis plan to release a deadly gas destroying all life on the planet. To ensure their success they kidnap Professor Coleman the only man on ...
Style:
cult classic, retro, period piece, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
conspiracy, island, bio weapon, mad scientist, exploitation, hitler, nazi occultism, secret laboratory, kidnapping, rescue mission, underground, fictional country ...
Time:
60s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
farce, bourgeoisie, high society, social commentary, absurdism, satire, social satire, surrealism, dark humor, decadence, dinner, dream ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, paris france, france, spain
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot ...
Style:
retro, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revolutionary, exotic locale, trucker, fictional country, truck, arab, desert, chase, rebellion, military, on the run, escapades ...
Time:
60s
Place:
africa, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen ...
Style:
sexual, art house, black and white, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
existentialism, surrealism, nihilism, sister sister relationship, religion, lesbian incest, dysfunctional family, female masturbation, translator, war zone, room, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, tokyo
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46K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Style:
futuristic, funny, surreal, slapstick, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, dystopia, robot, cryogenics, distopia, time travel, cloning, resistance movement, food, surrealism, dystopian future, imagination ...
Time:
future, 70s, 22nd century, year 1973, 1920s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, mercenary, politics, rescue, battles, heroes, dishonesty, danger, against the odds, political unrest, political corruption, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, 80s
Place:
africa, zimbabwe, south africa, london, england ...
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120K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style:
exciting, tense, saga, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, cold war, circus, secret agent, 007, race against time, terrorism, agent, secret service, female nudity, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india, east germany, west germany, east berlin, fictional island ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help ...
Style:
parody, funny, black comedy, humorous, political ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
puppet, puppetry, terrorist, terrorism, satire, secret agent, death, visceral, actor, stupidity, stoner, prejudice ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
cairo egypt, washington d.c., south dakota, north korea, france ...
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738K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Bahamas, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
007, spy, poker, james bond, espionage, secret service, chase, casino, cia, undercover, terrorist, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, britain, bahamas, italy, europe ...
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137K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, Brazil, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, action packed, apocalyptic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, dystopia, woman with a gun, secret movement, cyberpunk, strong female lead, rebelliousness, superheroine, dystopian future, female killer, kick-butt women ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, witty, cute, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
princess, jazz, prince, good versus evil, magical, disney princess, love and romance, girl, cinderella story, happy ending, transformation, animal life ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 20th century, year 1912, 2000s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, north america, mississippi
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Style:
intense, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorist plot, politics, tough heroes, terrorist, brutality, violence, secret agent, kidnapping, dark hero, chases and races, danger, political unrest ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
africa, washington d.c., usa, south africa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
androids and robots, hacker, cyberpunk, politics, ghost in the shell, dystopian future, terrorism, investigation, imaginary, cyberspace, artificial intelligence, secret agent ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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32K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, light, atmospheric ...
Plot:
brutality, magic realism, dark humor, eccentricity, teamwork, loneliness, satire, friendship, lifestyle change, goofy hero, misfit, revenge ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Italy, Qatar, Tunisia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, feel good ...
Plot:
tribe, oil, desert, sheik, arab, bedouin, rivalry, state affairs, muslim, parents and children, family relations, society ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, ottoman empire, arabia
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
espionage, alternate reality, alternate history, fascism, resistance, multiverse, freedom fighter, assassination, political intrigue, politics, undercover, seppuku ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
japan, berlin germany, usa, san francisco, cuba ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
Style:
suspense, epic, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, superhero, justice, comic book, villain, violent, distopia, fighting crime, heroes, good versus evil, imaginary, threat ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, soviet union, washington d.c., ussr
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707K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, power of love, happy ending, female protagonist, love and romance, wizards and magicians, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Germany, Bulgaria
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, action thriller, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, danger, mission, violent, commando, weapons, martial arts, partner, heroes, secret service, rescue, terrorism ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 80s, 21st century
Place:
romania, moscow russia, wyoming, las vegas, california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea, Cambodia
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, humorous, saga, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, robot, artificial intelligence, good versus evil, superhuman powers, technology, tony stark character, superhero team, supernatural ability, master villain, heroes, killer robot ...
Time:
year 2015, future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, usa, europe, london, new york ...
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24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, homecoming, political unrest, totalitarianism, state affairs, ruler, gay son, family relations, parents and children, secret, society, exile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
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34K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Style:
suspense, captivating, sincere, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
revenge, flying saucer, funeral, village, manhunt, male pubic hair, murder, drone, resistance, catastrophe, life is a bitch, transsexuality ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, near future
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman ...
Style:
visually stunning, epic, philosophical, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, superhuman powers, revenge, justice, vigilante, heroes, violence, good versus evil, superman, death, super powers ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014, year 1981 ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., kansas, africa, tijuana mexico ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intelligence officer Ishikawa and former air artillery ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, ghost in the shell, terrorism, artificial intelligence, special agent, partner, danger, imaginary, fighting crime, undercover, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
kurdistan, east asia, japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Morocco
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist ...
Style:
breathtaking, exciting, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex special forces, chinese army, ship, nuclear, law enforcement, terrorism, desert, military, group of criminals, save the day, arms dealer, weapons ...
Place:
somalia, china, morocco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
China's deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector.
Style:
exciting, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, swat team, military, fight, martial arts, fire, blood, military officer, friendship, courage, heroism, soldier ...
Place:
africa, china
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A prankster prince who wants to experience life as an ordinary teen leaves his kingdom to live incognito with a single mom and her studious son.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
prince, friendship, slice of life, foreign exchange student, wealthy family, lifestyle, satire, hidden truth, lifestyle change, rich man, student, friends ...
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