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How to Get Rid of the Others (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's "New Copenhagen Criteria", a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the criteria - those who have received more from ...
Style: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, thought provoking
Plot: law enforcement, confined, against the rules, political corruption, fighting the system, dark humor, prison, human nature, social decay, life is a bitch, disorder, injustice ...
Time: year 2007
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 6.5
 903
Sister Smile (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: nun, convent, ambition, musician's life, follow your dream, showbiz, mother superior, society, against the rules, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rise and fall ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: belgium, europe
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The Christmas Choir (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on a true story, The Christmas Choir is the inspiring account of how one man can make a remarkable difference simply by giving of himself. Workaholic accountant Peter Andrews (Jason Gedrick) has overlooked Christmas, friends and even his ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, lifestyle, womanizer, redemption, music band, family gatherings, performer's life, optimism, against the rules, road not taken, youth, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 21st century
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A Rational Solution (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Four of Sweden's top actors anchor Jörgen Bergmark's tragi-comedy about a couple, both marriage counsellors, who find themselves in deep water when the husband falls for his best friend's wife. A smart, funny film made for adults. ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: open marriage, love triangle, love and romance, working class, society, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couples, family problems, infidelity, buddies, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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 6.8
 155
Harragas (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in the northern Algerian port city of Mostaganem. The title refers to the hordes of refugees, the 'Harragas', who smuggle themselves out of the country via any means possible. Here we meet one such group, Rachid, Nasser and Imene who ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, touching, gloomy
Plot: immigrant, against the rules, danger, hopes, corrupt officer, seaport, refugee, lost at sea, migration, exile, cop, ocean ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa, algeria, spain, mediterranean sea
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 7.3
 162K
Snowden (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story: CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style: realistic, factual, political thriller, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: espionage, journalism, whistleblower, fighting the system, hacking, moral dilemma, internet, surveillance, technology, cia, spying, idealism ...
Time: year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2012 ...
Place: hong kong, geneva switzerland, japan, russia, america ...
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Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The great halls of Asgard have fallen silent since a new king has overtaken the throne. His name is Loki, son of almighty Odin, brother to the Thunder God, Thor. Once a powerful trickster, the God of Mischief, Loki now rules a grand kingdom with ...
Style: epic, stylized, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot: viking, superhuman powers, norse mythology, good versus evil, rivalry, throne, culture clash, fish out of water, social differences, obsessive quest, redemption, against the rules ...
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Charlie's Country (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's ...
Style: semi autobiographical, realistic, thought provoking, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: racism, culture clash, introspection, society, against the rules, elderly, social misfits, escapades, wilderness, indigenous people, self discovery, alienation ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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The Orange Thief (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Living on the outer boundaries of society, the eponymous orange thief and some other country-wise ruffians steal fruit for sustenance, sale, and the sheer excitement of courting danger. After the thief ends up in a Sicilian jail, his life takes an ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot: criminal heroes, life turned upside down, society, against the rules, social misfits, jail, prisoner, deal, cell mate, thief, life sentence, land ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sicily, italy
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 6.5
 667
Born in 68 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: gay, utopia, family relations, rebelliousness, friendship, lovers, society, against the rules, hopes, fighting the system, idealism, rebellion ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: france, paris france
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 8.2
 6K
Television (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A devout village leader prohibits an array of modern devices, but when his strict measures go too far, the locals rise up in popular rebellion.
Style: semi serious, thought provoking, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: satire, against the rules, media, technophobia, social relations, village life, rebellion, society, village, communication, generation gap, television ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia
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 6.7
 239
Son of a Lion (2007)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the Pakistani tribal village of Darra Adam Khel, a young Pashtun boy Niaz Afridi defies the expectations of his father to continue in the family business making weapons and calls for an education.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sincere, inspirational ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, family relations, follow your dream, family problems, rebelliousness, single parent, against the rules, hopes, parents and children, family business, boy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: pakistan, afghanistan
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The Harvest Project (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A psychological thriller set in the world of the black market human organ trade.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: black market, moral dilemma, against the rules, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, terminal illness, transplant, organ donation, organ, organ transplant, working undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Soar Into the Sun (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where he immediately comes into conflict with ace pilot ...
Style: exciting, emotional, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: military, fighter jet, aerial combats, rivalry, fall in love, daring rescue, heroic mission, against the rules, friendship, danger, soldier, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, north korea
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Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 322 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome to the gayest of gay ghettos, West Lahunga Beach, where Rick and Steve make their fabulously decorated double-income-no-kids home. That is until Rick's lifelong lesbian friend Kirsten asks him to be the father of her child. There's ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, couples, family problems, misfit partners, couple relations, against the rules, gays and lesbians, gender, pregnancy, gay interest, gay couple, motherhood ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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Red Light Revolution (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A luckless Beijinger opens an adult shop to make ends meet, sparking a sexual revolution in his conservative neighborhood.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: society, rebellion, fighting the system, family relations, against the rules, workplace, life is a bitch, parents and children, workplace situations, farce, store, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia, beijing china
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 6.2
 417
Faith (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, touching, sincere, thinking ...
Plot: self discovery, introspection, haunted by the past, hopes, society, youth, rebellion, against the rules, forbidden love, love and romance, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 5.0
 536
Sarah's Choice (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, uplifting, christian film
Plot: faith, moral dilemma, christian, pregnancy, against the rules, mysterious character, society, youth, lifestyle, rise to the top, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Time: future
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All the Queen's Men (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, spy comedy, art house ...
Plot: undercover, military life, heroic mission, secret agent, government agency, rescue, against the rules, military, danger, transvestism, behind enemy lines, man dressed as woman ...
Time: year 2001
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, england
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Boppin' at the Glue Factory (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A junkie nurse rules the night shift at a convalescent hospital.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film, realistic
Plot: satire, workplace, dark humor, life is a bitch, against the rules, dishonesty, workplace situations, addiction, drug abuse, cons and scams, retirement home, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.6
 48K
Sudden Impact (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Style: neo noir, intense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: rape and revenge, vigilante, rape, murder, chase, police investigation, revenge, female killer, justice, car chase, police, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
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Lord of the Flies (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, black and white, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wilderness, island, survival, bullying, innocence lost, children, coming of age, isolation, youth, desert island, childhood, human nature ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century, future, near future
Place: britain, fictional island, pacific ocean
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Murder at the Presidio (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the only homicide committed on the famed San Francisco Military base. A military Criminal Investigations Officer goes beyond his orders to get to the facts behind what appears to be a robbery-motivated killing. What he ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic
Plot: fighting the system, military, mind game, uncover truth, investigation, military life, against the rules, law enforcement, who done it, haunted by the past, military base, murder ...
Place: san francisco, usa
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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
Style: intense, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mob boss, chase, organized crime, mafia, prison, biopic, heist, character study, against the rules, notoriety, realism ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, year 2008, 70s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Married to the Mob (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, feel good, witty ...
Plot: starting over, murder, gangster, hitman, organized crime, fbi agent, fbi, betrayal, harassment, surveillance, mobster, mafia ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, miami
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Step Up Revolution (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style: romantic, feel good, entertaining, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenager, teenage life, revolution, culture clash ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, florida
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 6.3
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Running Wild (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A grissled cop with tendencies towards excessive force teams up with an ambitious and righteous prosecutor to track down a dangerous crime boss whom they both want desperately to catch. But their quarry resorts to devious methods to stall their ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: investigation, murder, gangster, partners against crime, vigilantism, against the rules, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, legal, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia, seoul, south korea
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller, political ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, cold war, spy, navy, espionage, nuclear threat, cia, politics, underwater, nuclear submarine, u.s. navy, sea ...
Time: 80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place: russia, washington d.c., usa, maine, soviet union ...
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 5.5
 90K
Cop Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his ...
Style: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, law enforcement, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, police officer, robbery, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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 6.3
 49K
The Dead Pool (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, detective, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, car chase, police, justice, murder, vigilante, corruption, reporter, prison, mafia, gangster, against the rules ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
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