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64K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Style:
satirical, stylized, atmospheric, period piece, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nazi, gay, fascism, lgbtq, cabaret, gay interest, decadence, world war two, closeted homosexual, dancing, politics, lgbt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist gem. Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet bowls, poker-playing monks using religious medals as chips, and police officers looking for a missing girl who is right ...
Style:
surreal, satirical, humorous, art house, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, sadomasochism, monk, chaos, religion, courtroom, society, mistaken identity, greed, visceral, estrangement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style:
sexy, tense, humorous, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, satire, adaptation, director, workplace, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, workplace situations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, future, 70s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, nice france, french riviera, riviera
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his ...
Style:
sexy, depressing, erotic, fairy tale, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, incest, sexy girl, bus, small town, family problems, grief, small town life, winter, law, adultery, flashback ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
canada, british columbia
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is ...
Style:
cult classic, controversial, epic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, gang, gunfight, violent, desert, robbery, honor, soldier, on the run, one last job, bounty hunter ...
Time:
1910s, year 1969, 20th century, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
texas, mexico, arizona, yuma arizona, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
political thriller, psychological, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, china, washington d.c., korea ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Style:
teen, humorous, melancholic, retro, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, car, friendship, teenager, small town, high school student, drag racing, love at first sight, rock and roll, street racing, street gang ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1962, near future ...
Place:
california, arizona, usa, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
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799K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
atmospheric, dramatic, epic, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, war, survival, wartime, evacuation, soldier, beach, military officer, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, dunkirk ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style:
tense, epic, action packed, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, vigilante, secret identity, tragic hero, organized crime, moral dilemma, psychopath, master criminal, revenge, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
london, north america, usa, hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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112K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
body horror, surrealism, cyberpunk, television, virtual reality, mind control, hallucination, insanity, dystopia, satire, mind game, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, malaysia, toronto ontario canada, usa, canada ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, psychological horror, black comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, beach, sibling rivalry, child star, jealousy, actress, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, murder, rat ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 1930s, year 1917, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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72K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, erotic, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
photographer, photography, photograph, fashion, voyeurism, corpse, murder witness, fashion photographer, fashion model, nudity, free love, photo studio ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style:
cerebral, psychological, black and white, black comedy, retro ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, guest, humiliation, conversation, couples, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, night, love hate relationship, childlessness, alcoholism, drinking ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s, 1930s
Place:
new england, usa
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145K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, political, clever, grim ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
police corruption, police, fighting the system, corruption, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, corrupt cop, hippie, female nudity, cop, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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184K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in ...
Style:
depressing, epic, psychological, emotional, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, russian roulette, hunting, anti war, suicide, friendship, small town, wedding, u.s. army, gambling, drunkenness, war crime ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, post world war two, 60s
Place:
vietnam, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Style:
political, clever, witty, black comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
politics, satire, comedy of errors, lawyer, secret service, impotence, mansion, funeral, eviction, country estate, wealth, garden ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., north carolina, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, political, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Plot:
childhood, chinese history, world war two, biopic, revolution, emperor, politics, prison, eunuch, drug addiction, communism, symbolism ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 1900s ...
Place:
china, beijing china, asia, japan, east asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, betrayal, mafia, corruption, gangster, shootout, irish mob, loyalty, love triangle, blackmail, mobster, prohibition era ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1990, 1920s
Place:
usa, new orleans, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Austria, Greece
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so ...
Style:
surreal, art house, funny, dark comedy, witty ...
Plot:
gypsy, magic realism, dark humor, wedding, music, surrealism, gangster, corruption, debt, european, ethnic, drinking ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
serbia, balkan, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
surrealism, puppeteer, subconscious, psychology, satire, lesbianism, body swapping, body swap, philosophy, actor, existentialism, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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65K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, dark, sexy, horrifying ...
Plot:
ghost, revenge, orphan, spanish civil war, disappearance, child abuse, gold, boarding school, haunted, coming of age, supernatural, orphanage ...
Time:
1930s, year 2001, year 2000, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
portugal, south america, spain, europe, madrid ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely. It describes the meeting of ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sweet, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love, destiny, love story, young love, opposites attract, unlikely couple, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, disorder, couple relations, nothing goes right, boyfriend ...
Time:
2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, asia, korea, seoul ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, bloody, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
violence, revenge, vengeance, murder, female vigilante, serial killer, torture, prison, violent, kidnapping, female protagonist, justice ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, australia, east asia, asia, korea ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
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