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 6.1
 342
Patti Rocks (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn't seen in six months, and asks a favor: to drive with him to see his pregnant ...
Style: independent film, talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: nudity, pregnancy, on the road, couples, family relations, friends, friendship, infidelity, buddies, battle of the sexes, love and romance, gender ...
Time: 80s
Place: minneapolis minnesota, wisconsin
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 5.5
 268
Vinegar Hill (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Family secrets surface when a married couple returns to the husband’s hometown, where his overbearing family interferes with their imagined new start.
Style: suspense, realistic, psychological, serious
Plot: dark past, secret, punishment, husband wife relationship, dark secret, homecoming, child abuse, unemployment, sheriff, father son relationship, abusive father, chores ...
Place: wisconsin
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 6.4
 26K
That '90s Show (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Hello, Wisconsin! It's 1995 and Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, is visiting her grandparents for the summer where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red. Sex, ...
Style: sitcom, psychological, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: friend, teenage girl, child, friendship, teenager, teenage daughter, grandparents, grandparent grandchild relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, lifestyle, changing lives ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: wisconsin
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Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend ...
Style: feel good, humorous, romantic, light, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, childhood friend, programmer, uncle niece relationship, homecoming, happy ending, ambition, character change, love and romance, small town life ...
Place: chicago, wisconsin
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Anything for Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Katherine, a high-powered executive who believes men are intimidated by her career, is persuaded by her friend to create an internet dating profile claiming she is an executive assistant.
Style: romantic, sentimental, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: online dating, lie, dating service, romantic triangle, opposites attract, love and romance, doctors and patients, self fulfillment, looking for love, hidden identity, platonic, unlikely couple ...
Place: wisconsin
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 4.7
 277
Club Wild Side (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A couple try to save their marriage, while their houseguest discovers her sexuality.
Style: erotic, sensual, sex comedy, sexy, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: erotica, open relationship, voyeur, female masturbation, infidelity, obsession, fatal attraction, outdoor sex, bare breasts, sexploitation, lesbian cunnilingus, sex in car ...
Place: wisconsin
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 7.2
 47
Homer (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Homer is 18... and he wants to keep the feeling of the first time going for the rest of his life
Style: independent film
Plot: stoner, school, funeral, hitchhiking, friendship, sex, small town, marijuana, coming of age, generation gap, motorcycle, parent child relationship ...
Time: 60s
Place: wisconsin, woodstock
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 6.1
 53
Blessing (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set on a Wisconsin dairy farm, Randi, the daughter, is trying to find a way to escape the farm, but her devotion to her family especially Clovis her younger brother is preventing her from doing that; until, that is, she met the local milk truck ...
Style: independent film
Plot: youth, family relations, milkman, lottery, drifter, brother sister relationship, farm, dysfunctional family, cow, abusive father, religion, dairy farm ...
Time: 90s
Place: wisconsin
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Caddie Woodlawn (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The exciting adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy growing up in the Wisconsin frontier of the 1860s. Based on the children's book.
Style: tension
Audience: kids
Plot: girl dog relationship, redhead girl, father daughter relationship, dog, massacre, horse, boy, mother daughter relationship, girl, prank, human dog relationship, boy and dog ...
Time: 1860s, 1800s, 19th century
Place: wisconsin, boston
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Terror Overload (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: In the wrap around story called "Devil Driver", a creepy truck driver tells a trilogy of terrifying tales to a sexy stranded hitchhiker that include "Dinner Date", "Lot Lizard" and "Mongo Chupa"! She has no ...
Style: anthology, independent film
Plot: chupacabra, torture, truck driver, prostitution, incest, driving, clown, mutilation, monster, cannibalism, hillbilly, castration ...
Place: wisconsin, minnesota
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 4.7
 526
Catching Faith (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high school football star, daughter a straight A student and her husband is CFO of a booming start-up company. The sudden death ...
Style: christian film, light, feel good, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: high school student, american football, christian, faith, football, religion, high school athlete, high school football, christianity, belief in god, high school, mockery ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, america, wisconsin
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The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered more than a dozen people, and ate many of them, before he was caught in 1991.
Style: disturbing, psychological, controversial, crying, queer cinema
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, killer, psycho killer, biopic, true crime, cannibalism, gay, killing, murder, exploitation, violent ...
Place: milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Style: romantic, sentimental, feel good, rom com, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, single father, love story, storytelling, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, true love, daughter, divorce, best friends in love, love, male female friendship, father ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, year 1992, 20th century ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new york state, usa, wisconsin
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The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from the NASA try to save the world.
Style: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: small town, giant spider, mutant, evil alien, monster, kaiju, spider, giant monster, experiment gone awry, save the world, deadly creature, amateur detective ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: usa, wisconsin
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Aliens in America (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Aliens in America is an American sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW for one season from 2007–2008. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim Doyle. Luke Greenfield directed ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, exchange student, family relations, muslim, culture clash, youth, friendship, society, social relations, racism, friends, prejudice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
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The Night Listener (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Style: psychological, suspense, melancholic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: radio, aids, gay, listener, book, mental illness, amateur detective, pedophile, snow, illness, hospital, lgbt ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, wisconsin
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Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, scary, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, necrophilia, psychopath, exploitation, true crime, murder, redneck, killer, gory, obsession, freak, violent ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: wisconsin, usa
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Picket Fences (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Picket Fences is an American television drama about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United ...
Style: detective, semi serious, gloomy, humorous, touching ...
Plot: small town, family relations, deaf, legal, villain, young heroes, police officer, nypd, satire, sheriff, murder, district attorney ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, wisconsin
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A Map of the World (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story: School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting ...
Style: black comedy, realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: sex crime, jazz, women, family relations, testimony, friendship, drowning, false accusation, sexual abuse, small town, dairy farm, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: usa, milwaukee wisconsin, minnesota, wisconsin
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The Straight Story (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in ...
Style: road movie, feel good, touching, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: road trip, on the road, old age, small town, aging, brother brother relationship, family feud, illness, reconciliation, determination, travel, nature ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: iowa, mississippi, nebraska, usa, wisconsin
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The Prince & Me (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: college, love and romance, fall in love, prince, eligible bachelor, couples, cinderella story, opposites attract, graduation, princess, youth, royalty ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: europe, denmark, wisconsin
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 5.5
 6K
Ed Gein (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, insanity, murder, mental illness, arrest, true crime, biopic, life is a bitch, psycho killer, neighbor, killer, schizophrenia ...
Time: y2k, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, texas, wisconsin
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Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size ...
Style: touching, depressing, humorous, melancholic, cute ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: mental illness, loneliness, sex doll, shyness, doll, introvert, delusion, small town, young man, forbidden love, grief, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2007, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
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 6.5
 66K
BASEketball (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone ...
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, spoof, not serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: baseball, basketball, friends, farce, unlikely friendships, underdog, business, partner, rivalry, rise to the top, ambition, satire ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, wisconsin
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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style: scary, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, living dead, post apocalypse, infected, plague, terror, zombie attack, survival horror ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 2000, future, year 2003 ...
Place: usa, midwest, wisconsin
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 6.8
 308K
Bridesmaids (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to ...
Style: funny, romantic, sweet, humorous, talky ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, boys' night ...
Plot: wedding, female friendship, friendship, best friend, rivalry, wedding preparations and rituals, fear of commitment, sex scene, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, women, uninhibited rivalry, single woman ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, paris france, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
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 6.0
 48K
Bird on a Wire (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.
Style: road movie, suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: chase, false identity, corruption, car chase, tiger, justice, on the run, motorcycle, betrayal, fbi, violence, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york, detroit, wisconsin ...
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 7.3
 228K
Dogma (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. Angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of ...
Style: humorous, satirical, clever, witty, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: religion, angel, satire, god, dark humor, god or devil, religions or cults, heaven and hell, atheism, good versus evil, jay and silent bob, save the world ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: pittsburgh, illinois, new jersey, usa, wisconsin
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 6.2
 5K
Thin Ice (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, manipulation, dark humor, disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, snow, winter, small town, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, wisconsin
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Totally F***ed Up (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Life really sucks for a group of gay and lesbian teenagers living in Los Angeles. Their parents kicked them out, they're broke and bored, their lovers cheat on them, and they're harassed by fag-bashers. If things are going to be this way, ...
Style: dark comedy, intense, aesthetic, erotic, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teenager, orgasm, coming of age, lgbtq, gay interest, teenager, punk rock, junkie, slacker, angry ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 70s
Place: los angeles, malibu california, minneapolis minnesota, usa, wisconsin
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