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Bending The Rules (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, ...
Style: humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police corruption, partner, law enforcement, unlikely partners, dishonesty, wrestler, attempted murder, danger, wrestling, buddy cop, villainess ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
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Taking Chances (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When he discovers that an Indian casino is about to be built over the town's historic battlefield, Chase Revere, the self-appointed protector of a small town's rather meager place in American history, joins forces with sexy but dangerous ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: small town, partner, love and romance, fall in love, lifestyle, couple relations, unlikely couple, unlikely partners, hopes, small town life, couples, interviewer ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa
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Pickle & Peanut (2015)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A buddy comedy series about two unlikely friends — an emotional pickle and a freewheeling peanut.
Style: not serious, humorous, avant garde, absurd, buddy comedy ...
Audience: pre-teens, kids
Plot: buddies, disorder, nothing goes right, friends, ambition, underdog, follow your dream, unlikely partners, chase, grandmother, dark humor, peanuts ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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A Sense of Humor (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A serial killer abducts two stand-up comedians after they mock him as part of their on-stage act. If they teach him how to be funny, he might let them live.
Style: realistic, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
Plot: serial killer, partner, buddies, psychopath, disorder, dark humor, performer's life, power relations, unlikely partners, kidnapping, swearing, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 5.7
 9K
Joyful Noise (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: teenage love, autism, follow your dream, rivalry, music band, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, musician's life, choir, lifestyle, unlikely partners, chorus girl ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, USA, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ratchet and Clank tells the story of two unlikely heroes as they struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. When the two stumble upon a dangerous weapon capable of destroying entire planets, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, futuristic, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot: robot, superhero, good versus evil, save the world, betrayal, brutality, self discovery, escapades, friendship, partner, danger, imaginary ...
Time: future, 2010s
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, iconic
Audience: kids
Plot: secret agent, fall in love, odd couple, undercover, unlikely partners, chases and races, government agency, love affair, couples, espionage, housewife, spy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: washington d.c.
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Children of Wax (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set against the backdrop of a violent gang war, the police commissioner must find who is killing young children before the next innocent victim dies.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: drug dealing, gang, racism, dishonesty, unlikely partners, urban ghetto life, serial killer, gang violence, immigrant, society, city life, urban ...
Place: europe, berlin germany, germany
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 7.0
 565
The Librarians (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic, sitcom ...
Plot: friends, criminal heroes, best friend, workplace situations, unlikely criminals, gender, mentally unstable, workplace, unlikely partners, racism, catholic priest, priest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 5.4
 35K
Big Game (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, War
Country: Finland, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness. 13-year old Oskari is also in that wilderness, on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but ...
Style: entertaining, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: wilderness, survival, president, secret service, conspiracy, transformation, boy hero, partner, woods, unlikely partners, terrorism, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: finland, europe, pentagon, washington d.c.
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 2.4
 5K
Theodore Rex (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
Style: detective, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dinosaur, tyrannosaurus rex, murder, buddy cop, mad scientist, murder investigation, imaginary, clumsiness, surrealism, female police officer, telepathy, conspiracy ...
Time: future, prehistoric times, prehistory
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 8.1
 2K
Intelligence (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Intelligence is a Vancouver-based television crime drama starring Ian Tracey and Klea Scott that aired on the CBC. With its pilot first airing on November 28, 2005, the series began regular broadcasting on October 10, 2006. CBC reaired the pilot on ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: cia, boss, partner, gangster, investigation, workplace situations, smuggling, law enforcement, workplace, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Style: road movie, realistic, uplifting, emotional, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: self discovery, unlikely couple, starting over, adolescence vs adulthood, on the road, haunted by the past, social misfits, unlikely partners, couple relations, youth, crumbling marriage, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana, southern usa
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 7.5
 7K
On Probation (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Díaz is a burly seen-it-all cop who's depressed about his marriage. Silverstein is a skinny Jewish shrink who's assigned to help him back to his job. Soon Silverstein is taking advice from Díaz about *his* marriage, and is learning how ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: infidelity, psychoanalyst, partner, law enforcement, dishonesty, unlikely partners, investigation, petty criminal, friendship, fraud, phd, buddy cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, argentina, buenos aires argentina
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 7.5
 8K
Bliss (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young woman of about 17 years old, named Meryem (Ozgu Namal), has been raped, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. The eldest son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: cultural difference, rape, injustice, social differences, traditional versus modern, unlikely partners, love affair, innocence lost, husband wife relationship, sexual humiliation, turk, women's issues ...
Place: middle east, turkey, istanbul turkey
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 5.9
 23K
Mad Money (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
Style: light, sexy, feel good, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: heist, workplace, cons and scams, bank robbery, storytelling, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, society, money, caper, robbery, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa, kansas
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 4.8
 742
Breaking Point (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: "Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep seeded conspiracy and his own lingering past in order to gain the redemption he desires.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, conspiracy, uncover truth, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, legal, redemption, legal investigation, unlikely partners, strong violent content, gang leader ...
Place: usa, new york
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Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Starsky & Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series, which consisted of a 70-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast ...
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, semi serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police detective, partners against crime, police, undercover, police investigation, buddies, law enforcement, unlikely partners, society, working undercover, car chase, police protagonist ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, southern california, california
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The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Garrisons (Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette) are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups -- and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in ...
Style: funny, entertaining, light, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, animal, family drama, happy ending, justice, pets, disorder, family life, mistaken identity, rescue, young heroes, misfit ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
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The Morning After (1986)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, neo noir, stylized ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder, amnesia, twists and turns, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, partner, unlikely partners, older woman younger man relationship, ex cop, corpse, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Hypnotist (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: hypnosis, murder, hospital, hypnotist, boy, witnessing a crime, kidnapped boy, investigation, psychologist, law enforcement, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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 6.2
 3K
Endgame (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, sincere, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bomb, politics, rebellion, danger, hopes, revolution, siege, unlikely partners, folk hero, leadership, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
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National Security (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, buddy, police, chase, reluctant partners, stereotypes, partner, brutality, redemption, heroes, black, danger ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Highway to Heaven (1984)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. The series aired for five seasons, running a total of 111 episodes. It was shot entirely in California.
Style: serious, uplifting, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: angel, guardian angel, odd couple, redemption, friendship, supernatural, fish out of water, good deed, partner, human nature, unlikely partners, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
Genre: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked in this black comedy. Business is down, so hit man Bart is thrilled when Mrs. Ma hires him to kill her enemies -- and film the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, hitman, assassination, criminal heroes, danger, blind ambition, unlikely partners, revenge, filmmaking, husband wife relationship, money, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars! (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: While carrying on their usual hi-jinks, they inadvertantly stow-away on a spaceship bound for Mars. They meet up with the local Martian residents and cause them to invade the Earth, aided by the "Invincitron", a vacuum-wielding giant ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: mars, tom and jerry, space travel, anthropomorphism, animal, disorder, animal life, unlikely partners, imaginary, space and aliens, danger, rivalry ...
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 5.3
 600
El Cortez (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Style: suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, master criminal, haunted by the past, couples, friendship, confined, dishonesty, unlikely partners, drug dealing, criminal heroes, nude, blonde ...
Place: usa, nevada, reno nevada
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*batteries not included (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Style: feel good, entertaining, touching, light, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: ufo, apartment building, alien, alien robot, benign alien, space and aliens, eviction, robot, alien invasion, friendship, elderly couple, alien encounter ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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 7.8
 51K
The Killer (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, manly
Plot: hitman, assassin, heroic bloodshed, organized crime, gunfight, friendship, triad, revenge, one last job, yakuza, violent, mob boss ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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Avenging Angelo (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, France, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bodyguard, with whom she soon falls in love.
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mafia, hitman, organized crime, one man army, gangster, vengeance, hidden identity, dangerous attraction, love and romance, unlikely partners, parents and children, assassination attempt ...
Time: year 2002
Place: sicily
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