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 6.8
 240K
Role Models (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look ...
Style: funny, hilarious, entertaining, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick
Plot: community service, lifestyle change, dimwit, friendship, adolescence, friends, teaching the ways of the world, youth, character change, stoner, young heroes, farce ...
Time: year 2008, medieval times, 21st century
Place: los angeles, middle east, california, usa, venice beach california
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 5.4
 581
The Bartender (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vadim is an ordinary office worker with no prospects, desperate to somehow change his boring life. One afternoon, while pondering his life in a pub, a mysterious bartender offers Vadik a cocktail. Upon drinking this cocktail, Vadik's world is ...
Style: light, humorous, sincere, funny, feel good
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: bartender, character change, rise to the top, man-woman relation, overnight success, misfit, magical, bar
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Almost Charming (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A romantic comedy about Jean-Marc who is a convinced bachelor and also very busy. So busy that he almost missed his own daughters wedding ceremony...
Style: romantic, feel good, humorous, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love and romance, nothing goes right, opposites attract, self discovery, parents and children, on the road, disorder, family relations, character change, lifestyle change, father daughter relationship, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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 5.2
 4K
Josie (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Everyone knows everyone in the southern town of Baymont. So when tattooed, sweet-talking Josie struts into town, heads turn. Striking up relationships with young punk Gator and loner Hank, she quickly becomes a hot topic of local gossip.
Style: bloody, suspense, surprise ending, psychological, independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: schoolgirl, love triangle, revenge, forbidden love, friendship, protection, daughter, character change, death sentence, girl, terror, woman with a gun ...
Place: texas
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 7.5
 310
The Cops (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Alon Shenhav, an outstanding detective officer who came from Nahariya and moved to Tel Aviv, is asked to return to his hometown and acts there as a detective officer for a year. When he returns, he discovers that Maor Ezra is a criminal organization ...
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, detective
Plot: mafia, justice, obsession, fight for justice, changing lives, morals, sacrifice, one against many, moral dilemma, police detective, lifestyle change, fighting crime ...
Place: israel, tel aviv israel
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A Kiss Before Christmas (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Ethan, always the nice guy, wakes up in a new reality at Christmas. Initially, he is enthralled with his new life but soon realizes that it's not what he thought it would be.
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, entertaining, captivating, reflective ...
Plot: christmas, husband wife relationship, rich snob, career, relationship problems, workaholic, midlife crisis, family man, fish out of water, businessman, introspection, changing lives ...
Place: chicago
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The Shrink Next Door (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 341 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by the true story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around...then took it over. When he first meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them—and what happens when ...
Style: psychological, funny, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: psychiatrist, psychological manipulation, psychological trauma, psychotherapist, domination, self discovery, psychotherapy, mental illness, character study, character change, behavior control, introspection ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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How I Became a Gangster (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A polish gangster discovers the senselessness of his life.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, visually appealing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafioso, criminal underworld, changing lives, organized crime, moral transformation, criminal as protagonist, mafia, character change, true crime, personality change, lifestyle change, criminal organization ...
Place: poland, europe
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience ...
Style: romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, rom com, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: love, ghost, womanizer, wedding, true love, love story, lifestyle change, lovers reunited, supernatural, introspection, love and romance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.1
 778K
Inside Out (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, 3d animation, motivational ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: imaginary friend, memory, creativity, dream, joy, childhood, parents and children, life philosophy, subconscious, coming of age, friendship, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
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 7.1
 439K
Brave (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, bear, heroine, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, archer ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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 5.6
 40K
Mother's Day (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother's Day.
Style: romantic, entertaining, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: mother daughter relationship, single father, holiday, secrets, divorce, multiple storylines, parenthood, relationships, character change, changing lives, family relations, relationship problems ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia
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 6.3
 44K
Sabrina (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.
Style: romantic, sweet, feel good, sentimental, light ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, date night
Plot: fall in love, age difference, love story, workaholic, cinderella story, love and romance, millionaire, love, happy ending, cinderella, couple relations, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, europe, long island, new york
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 6.4
 233K
Big Daddy (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Style: funny, sentimental, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: adoption, child's point of view, parenthood, immaturity, single father, responsibility, childhood, orphan, adolescence, slacker, children, mentor ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Two Is a Family (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.
Style: feel good, touching, funny, inspirational, sad ...
Plot: single father, parenting, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, terminal illness, child care, responsibility, childhood, abandoned by mother, absent mother, parents, single parent ...
Time: year 2016
Place: africa, france, london
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 6.0
 104K
Jobs (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Style: inspirational, serious, factual, realistic, intense ...
Plot: entrepreneur, business, creativity, rise to the top, inventor, computer, entrepreneurship, biopic, inventions and discoveries, prodigy, believe in yourself, business venture ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 2013, 90s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, india
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 6.8
 119K
The Family Man (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style: feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: christmas, midlife crisis, road not taken, destiny, parallel universe, life changing experience, alternate reality, lost love, fish out of water, lifestyle change, time travel, family relations ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Place: new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the ...
Style: surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, tear jerker ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: afterlife, heaven and hell, life & death, life philosophy, heaven, redemption, reincarnation, spirituality, love, hell, metaphysics, life after death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: cuba
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, miami ...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Style: feel good, inspirational, motivational, surreal, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, family outing
Plot: self discovery, travel, daydreamer, life changing experience, journey, loneliness, adventurer, photographer, obsessive quest, lifestyle change, disorder, dream ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: iceland, greenland, usa, new york, los angeles ...
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 5.4
 641
Kung Fu Zohra (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Zohra is convinced that separating from her husband Omar would break her little girl’s heart and so determines not to leave him despite the violence he metes out. Then she meets Chang Sue, the caretaker of the gym where she works to make ends ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, social
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, lifestyle change, man hits a woman, family problems, changing lives, character change, troubled marriage, marital problem, master warrior ...
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 5.6
 301
Ballad (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi (Takei) does the time-traveling and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei (Kusanagi). Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren (Aragaki) who ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: medieval, character change, fight, princess, love affair, time jump, changing the past or future, warrior, time traveler, changing lives, time travel, relationship problems ...
Place: japan
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A Change of Heart (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Discouraged with cards that life has felt him, Hank is a man whose circumstances have steered him to fear change, but his town is adhering less to traditional white man and wife partnerships of which he is comfortable. After suffering a heart ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: social relations, drastic change of life, heart transplant, character change, transplant, changing lives, organ transplant, social issues, society, lifestyle change, irony of fate, social problems
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 6.8
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Mr. Baek (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Mr. Baek is a successful hotelier who's more interested in hoarding his money than in enjoying his golden years. But in a strange turn of events, this classic scrooge gets a second chance at life when he wakes up as a younger version of himself ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot: scrooge, changing lives, character change, second chance, hotel manager, workplace situations, hotel, hotel owner, satire, workplace
Place: korea
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Identity Theft of a Cheerleader (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A 33 year old woman takes on a teenage identity and goes back to high school. Inspired by True Events.
Style: entertaining, captivating, absurd
Audience: teens
Plot: body swapping, strong sexual content, cheerleader, friends, switching roles, life turned upside down, silly humor, character change, love and romance, adulthood, high school, transformation ...
Time: 21st century
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Beautiful Beast (2013)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The classic Beauty and the Beast tale told with a twist! Isabelle is all beauty - on the outside. When she gets lost on a skiing vacation, she is helped by Jeremy, a man hiding from the world and his past. He's the first person to put Isabelle ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: beauty and the beast, beauty, lost in the woods, character change, male female relationship, love story, love interest, relationship problems, female protagonist, changing lives, love affair, lifestyle change ...
Place: new york, switzerland
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 7.3
 13K
Physical (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sheila Rubin is a quietly tortured, seemingly dutiful housewife supporting her smart but controversial husband’s bid for state assembly. But behind closed doors, she has her own darkly funny take on life; she’s battling a complex set of personal ...
Style: captivating, psychological, humorous, exciting, independent film ...
Plot: aerobics, housewife, character change, lifestyle change, family relations, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, life philosophy, coping, relationship problems, marital problem, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: california
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 8.4
 152K
After Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
Style: uplifting, dark comedy, funny, compassionate, ironic ...
Plot: bereavement, death of wife, dog, starting over, death wish, death, journalism, life, grief, depression, newspaper office, suicide ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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 5.9
 220
Godmother (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A humble housewife becomes an assassin for money, gaining self-confidence and rebuilding her life.
Style: humorous, romantic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: dark humor, female protagonist, fight, housewife, lifestyle change, drastic change of life, character change, problem solving, changing lives, female mercenary, criminal, humour ...
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Once Upon A Holiday (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When an actual, honest-to-goodness royal princess runs off from her official obligations and duties for a couple of days to see how the other half lives, she winds up falling for a good Samaritan who is unaware of her real identity during the ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, light ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, love, princess, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, fall in love, character change, time travel, couples, looking for love ...
Time: future, 21st century
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