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Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: This is the acclaimed 2008 BBC adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel. While it originally aired as a 3-part miniseries, this home video release includes a single uninterrupted version of the entire film.
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, sincere, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: english countryside, society, sister sister relationship, romanticism, love and romance, love triangle, countryside, rich and poor, wooing, rich man poor woman, unrequited love, manners ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place: london, europe, britain, england
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The Scrapper (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: He was only a teen when his brother, Syd, took their parents' lives. Now Robbie Hood lives a boring, safe life where chances are far and few between. Rage builds, and Robbie's life takes three turns: A bar brawling legend, an underground ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense
Plot: against the odds, rich and poor, society, vigilantism, teenage life, heroes, gang, love, brother brother relationship, fight, robin hood, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
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The Power of Destiny (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: La Fuerza del Destino is a Mexican telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa. Sandra Echeverria and David Zepeda star as the main protagonists, while Laisha Wilkins, Gabriel Soto, Rosa Maria Bianchi, and Juan Ferrara star as the main ...
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, soap opera ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, rich and poor, love and romance, hopes, dishonesty, society, intrigue, destiny, dignity, novel
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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 7.6
 3K
Chandni Bar (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Chandni Bar, a film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar depicts the gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, rape, gangster, political unrest, vengeance, rich and poor, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prostitute, family relations, dancer's life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india
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Fanny Hill (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, ...
Style: costume drama, serious, touching, romantic, sincere ...
Plot: sexual content, prostitute, true love, life is a bitch, love affair, maid, society, fall in love, love and romance, social differences, lovers apart, rich and poor ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: england, london
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David Copperfield (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: An orphan with a rough childhood becomes a barrister.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, costume drama, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: coming of age, charles dickens, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, social differences, young heroes, society, life is a bitch, child as adult, adulthood, rich and poor, orphan ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england
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To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to ...
Style: semi serious, sincere, epic, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: ship, sea voyage, sea captain, imperialism, fall in love, introspection, social differences, escapades, military, unlikely couple, teaching the ways of the world, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period, georgian era
Place: australia, england
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 769
Goat Story (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The film will feature a comedic story about a friendship between the village-boy Kuba and his goat in medieval Prague. In Prague, Kuba falls in love with Máca, a worldly girl. The Goat begins to envy this relationship. Their story intertwines with ...
Style: adult animation, exciting, touching, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, best friend, rich and poor, escapades, social differences, interracial relations, friends, society, fall in love, goat, destiny, power relations ...
Time: middle ages, 21st century
Place: prague, czech republic
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 6.4
 7K
The Border (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style: talky, neo noir, serious, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: border, corruption, murder, u.s. mexico border, immigrant, moral ambiguity, police, character study, police corruption, happy ending, emigration, kidnapping ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: texas, mexico, latin america, california, el paso texas
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The Uncertainty Principle (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Style: contemplative, cynical, realistic, talky, serious ...
Plot: starting over, hopes, estate, rich and poor, infidelity, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, couples, down on your luck, social differences, marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal
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So This Is Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Eighteen-year old Ashley's life is headed in the wrong direction. She's been hanging out with a bad crowd and seeking an escape from the drama at home. Everything begins to change when a handyman working on the family's house ...
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: christmas, teenage girl, holiday, parents and children, rich and poor, family in crisis, couples, friendship, society, teenage pregnancy, xmas, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Generation Now (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A multi-cultural celebration of young people triumphing in the face of adversity, societal pressures and difficult familial situations.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gang, friendship, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, society, life is a bitch, hopes, youth, rich and poor, drug abuse, against the odds ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, california, san francisco
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Raja (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Raja is a nineteen year old orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush gardens and palm trees. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is a cross-cultural drama ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot: opposites attract, fall in love, unlikely couple, social differences, love and romance, society, obsession, youth, orphan, destructive relationship, couples, rich and poor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa
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Coronation (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The elderly heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family, Andres, suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his tiranic and almost crazy grandmother. The differences in class and age don't stop ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, contemplative
Plot: obsession, love triangle, love affair, social decay, self discovery, rich and poor, family relations, power relations, elderly, aging, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chile, santiago chile
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The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Brian Cruver, an ambitious 26-year-old lands a job at Enron. As he assimilates to the company's get-rich-quick mantra, spending sprees and wild corporate "gatherings" become the norm. But when Enron files for bankruptcy, Cruver ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, political, edutainment ...
Plot: evil corporation, greed, corporate crime, fighting the system, uncover truth, ambition, rise and fall, rise to the top, couple relations, love and romance, society, life is a bitch ...
Place: austin texas
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Home Beyond the Sun (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Home Beyond the Sun is the story of persecution, faith, and freedom escaping a world of fear. A bible college student, Jenna goes to teach in an area of China where her faith is forbidden. She discovers an orphanage and befriends a Chinese orphan, ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: orphan, family relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, society, hopes, rich and poor, adoption, religions or cults, christian, teacher, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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The District (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...
Style: humorous, adult animation, semi serious, entertaining, epic ...
Plot: political satire, hypocrisy, terrorism, escape, organized crime, subculture, oil well, social decay, disorder, life turned upside down, rich and poor, culture clash ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, stone age
Place: hungary, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
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 6.2
 23K
Vanity Fair (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, melancholic, emotional, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: high society, social climbing, aristocrat, rise to the top, female protagonist, rich and poor, blind ambition, couple relations, lovers, life turned upside down, power relations, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1820s, 1800s, regency period ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, bombay india ...
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Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
Style: surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, cult classic ...
Plot: stop motion, imaginary kingdom, obsession, escapades, fall in love, society, rescue, rich and poor, doll, surrealism, puppet, human relationship ...
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Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot: sexual abuse, life is a bitch, family relations, social decay, woman in danger, rich and poor, family problems, city life, urban ghetto life, gender, youth, sexual harassment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, mexico city
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Inland (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Algerian filmmaker Tariq Teguia wrote and directed this impressionistic look at a man whose life takes an unexpected turn far away from home. Malek (Abdelkader Affak) is a surveyor from Algeria who is semi-retired, but at the urging of a friend he ...
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic
Plot: desert, self discovery, friendship, danger, state affairs, couple relations, unlikely couple, starting over, lovers on the run, disorder, social relations, couples ...
Time: 2000s
Place: algeria, africa
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Fox and His Friends (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class ...
Style: disturbing, melancholic, serious, realistic, art house ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, working class, friends, subculture, gays and lesbians, friendship, unlikely friendships, gay interest, infidelity, social differences, rich and poor, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: germany, munich germany, morocco, africa
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The Pool (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boy in abject poverty works in a hotel and becomes obsessed with a swimming pool in the opulent hills of Panjim, Goa, India. His life gets turned upside-down when he attempts to meet the mysterious family who lives at the house.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, touching, sincere, relaxing ...
Plot: hotel, social differences, social relations, human nature, obsession, society, rich and poor, master and servant, swimming, illiteracy, orphan, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: india, asia, goa india
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Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975. Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First ...
Style: realistic, stylized, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot: butler, domestic servant, maid, working class, master servant relationship, high society, wealth, master and servant, lifestyle, couples, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: england, london, britain, hawaii, europe
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 74K
Changing Lanes (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two ...
Style: psychological, harsh, realistic, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: lawyer, revenge, legal, court, courtroom, justice, drug addict, custody battle, business, corruption, brutality, character study ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Crimson Gold (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 97 min.
Story: For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. One day when his friend, Ali, shows him the contents of a lost purse, Hussein discovers a receipt of payment and cannot believe the ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: poverty, motorcycle, life is a bitch, rich and poor, breaking point, resentment, discrimination, injustice, depression, realism, hypocrisy, pizza delivery boy ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, pakistan, tehran iran ...
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 6.8
 1K
City of Life (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United Arab Emirates
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A privileged young male Arab at odds with his cultural identity and his less fortunate street smart friend; a disillusioned Indian taxi driver who bears an uncanny resemblance to a famous Bollywood star; and a former Romanian ballet dancer now ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, culture clash, human nature, society, love and romance, family relations, job seeking, looking for love, rich and poor, immigrant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: dubai, middle east
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 6.8
 10K
Mammoth (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story: While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the ...
Style: melancholic, depressing, thought provoking, sincere, multicultural ...
Plot: pedophilia, doctor, loneliness, life philosophy, family problems, moral dilemma, maid, corporate world, parents and children, rich and poor, social differences, couple relations ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, thailand, the philippines, usa, asia ...
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 6.6
 3K
Upswing (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Style: not serious, witty, humorous, hood, realistic ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, fish out of water, hidden identity, rich and poor, farce, cons and scams, social differences, disorder, society, dishonesty, dark humor, financial problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
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 6.1
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The Sea Wall (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Cambodia, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The film centers around a young French widow and her two adolescent children attempt to carve out a meager life for themselves by farming rice fields alongside the ocean in French Indo-China in the 1930's. Their efforts are hampered each year ...
Style: atmospheric, sentimental, serious, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: corruption, righting the wronged, social differences, fighting the system, lack of money, dam, landowner, family relations, interracial relations, rich and poor, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: cambodia, indochina, asia
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