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Louis C.K.: Chewed Up (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star (Lucky Louie) as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male ...
Style: cynical, witty, talky, political, stylized ...
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, society, disorder, politically correct, social problems, physical appearance, lifestyle, couples, gender, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.4
 39K
Top Boy (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Style: serious, sincere, suspenseful, rough, anime ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, gang, ambitious, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug dealing, struggle, partners in crime, right hand man, poverty, social problems, gang war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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Too Big to Fail (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few ...
Style: factual, tense, political, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: financial crisis, wall street, finance, politics, greed, economic crisis, economics, business, stock broker, stock market, bankruptcy, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa
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 7.6
 26K
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Style: political, bleak, rough, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: ira, rebellion, civil rights, protest, conflict, politics, terrorism, injustice, civil war, ethnic conflict, political unrest, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1972 ...
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom
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 7.6
 2K
Six Degrees (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Six Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation. It premiered on September 21, 2006, ...
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, touching, mysterious ...
Plot: love affair, starting over, lifestyle, haunted by the past, struggle, social problems, coincidence, human nature, career, friendship, idealism, city life ...
Place: new york, usa
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The Chaser's War on Everything (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The Chaser's War on Everything was an Australian television satirical comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television station ABC1. It has won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Television Comedy Series. ...
Style: humorous, realistic, cynical, clever, not serious ...
Plot: satire, comedian, society, social problems, friends, media, dark humor, politician, disorder, prank, mishap, sketch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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Higher Ground (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Higher Ground is an American-Canadian drama action television show shot outside Vancouver, British Columbia. The series ran from January 14, 2000 - June 16, 2000 and aired on Fox Family. It stars Joe Lando, Hayden Christensen, A.J. Cook, Meghan Ory, ...
Style: sincere, serious, emotional, touching, existential ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: juvenile delinquency, troubled teen, hardcase students, dedicated educator, rebellion, boarding school, social problems, teenage life, social misfits, understanding, youth, troublemaker ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: usa
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 6.9
 9K
Neds (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story: NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, ...
Style: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, street kid, bullying, coming of age, gang war, youth, social decay, teenage life, society, realism, social problems, rebellion ...
Time: year 2010, 70s, 20th century
Place: scotland, europe
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The Bang Bang Club (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough, independent film
Plot: photojournalist, photographer, journalism, media, photograph, photography, newspaper, life risking, society, political unrest, discrimination, social problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: africa, south africa
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 7.1
 12K
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, political ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, racial violence, leadership, prison life, interracial relations, freedom fighter, friendship, rebellion, human spirit, fighting the system, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa
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 7.1
 20K
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested ...
Style: touching, sad, road movie, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dog, depression, owner dog relationship, small town, friendship, solitude, life philosophy, on the road, character study, dysfunctional family, travel, social problems ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: oregon, alaska, portland oregon, usa
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 7.2
 16K
City of Men (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style: tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: friendship, street gang, slum, betrayal, coming of age, favela, relationships, best friend, character study, brutality, storytelling, adaptation ...
Time: year 2008, year 2007, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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Fast Food Nation (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an ...
Style: talky, stylized, disturbing, semi serious, bad ending ...
Plot: fast food restaurant, food, junk food, cooking and food, butcher, hamburger, satire, public health, illegal immigration, greed, health, workplace ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, colorado, mexico
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 7.7
 10K
The Practice (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons on ABC from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, clever, thrilling ...
Plot: lawyer, law firm, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer, courtroom, moral dilemma, social problems, workplace, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, injustice ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
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Boston Public (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school ...
Style: realistic, humorous, sentimental, sincere, sitcom ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, teacher, teachers and students, rivalry, youth, teenage life, everyday life, social problems, society, idealism, struggle, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
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 8.2
 3K
City of Men (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: City of Men is a Brazilian television programme created by Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, the directors of the film City of God. The series was watched by 35 million viewers in Brazil and was released internationally on DVD shortly after the ...
Style: stylized, captivating, serious, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: kids in trouble, friendship, street gang, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, social decay, street kid, struggle, social problems, society, youth, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo brazil, latin america
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 7.2
 124K
Pay It Forward (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place: tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the ...
Style: suspense, political, disturbing, realistic, political thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, small town, civil rights, african american, police, ku klux klan, investigation, murder, deep south, racial slur, discrimination, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1988, year 1964
Place: mississippi, america, usa, southern usa
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 7.3
 167K
Invictus (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby ...
Style: uplifting, political, inspirational, sincere, factual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, rugby, human spirit, president, apartheid, politics, leadership, underdog, biopic, politician, idealism, historical character ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa, cape town south africa
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Norte, the End of History (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 250 min.
Story: A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when ...
Style: philosophical, realistic, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: double murder, social problems, revenge, punishment, government corruption, immigrant, society, social relations, working class, village life, prison, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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 7.6
 270
Black Dog (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: Ko Ha-Neul dreamed of becoming a teacher, due to a teacher who helped her when she was young. Ko Ha-Neul now begins work as a temporary teacher at a private high school. While working there, she interacts with many people, including teachers Park ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, heartfelt ...
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, social problems, school, female teacher, school teacher, high school life, female protagonist, society, workplace, coworker, workplace situations ...
Place: korea
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 6.1
 599
Maggie (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A couple’s hospital tryst is caught on X-Ray. Thinking she and her boyfriend are the ones in the compromising radiograph, nurse Yoon-young goes in the next day to resign only to find that everyone has called in sick except the head doctor.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, satirical, intelligent ...
Plot: videotaped sex, hospital, social problems, nurse, caught having sex, workplace situations, doubt, satire, social satire, co worker co worker relationship, relationship problems, workplace ...
Place: seoul
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My Husband Won't Fit (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Kumiko and Kenichi meet in college and build a happy marriage together. But over time, an unusual problem threatens to destroy their relationship.
Style: dorama, erotic, suspenseful, suspense, sitcom
Plot: mature, social problems, infidelity, making love, love, love affair, family relations, love and romance, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, sexual fantasy, sexual relations ...
Place: japan
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 7.8
 10K
Happiness (2021)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in ...
Style: apocalyptic, dorama, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: epidemic, apartment building, survival, virus, illness, zombie apocalypse, social problems, struggle for survival, society, social isolation, isolated place, fighting illness ...
Time: near future
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The Other Lamb (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Belgium, USA, Denmark, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A haunting and nightmarish tale that tells the story of Selah, a young girl born into a repressive cult known as the Flock. The members of the Flock – all women and female children– live in a rural compound, and are led by one man, known only as ...
Style: suspense, psychological, enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: religious cult, woman, religious leader, female protagonist, community, cult leader, teenage sexuality, polygamy, menstruation, coming of age, social problems, sorority ...
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 8.1
 2K
Kaiba (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In a world where memories exist in memory chips separate from the body, death of the body no longer means death of the soul. It is possible for memories to be viewed, altered, and transferred between bodies. These memory chips are used by the rich ...
Style: anime, futuristic, captivating, psychological, psychedelic ...
Plot: memory, social problems, social relations, social issues, class society, dystopia, cyberpunk, society, dream world, technology, lifestyle, hi-tech ...
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 8.1
 513
Early Swallows (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behavior, LGBT identity crises-a subject that is ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological
Plot: teen suicide, secret, father son relationship, high school, social media, depression, homosexuality, gay son, teenage life, gay teenager, coming of age, gay ...
Place: ukraine
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Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, social, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, homosexual, gay interest, first love, gay bashing, self discovery, gay slur, chinese culture ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, year 1987, 2020s
Place: taiwan, asia, taipei, ontario canada
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 5.2
 17K
Paradise Hills (2019)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.
Style: atmospheric, colorful, twisted, apocalyptic, offbeat ...
Plot: women, teenage girl, dystopic future, high society, island, classism, social problems, lgbt, overweight, therapy, feminist, woman ...
Time: future
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 7.7
 51K
The Past (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story: After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, captivating, cerebral, art house ...
Plot: divorce, depression, dysfunctional family, coma, infidelity, parenthood, relationships, suicide, childhood, secret, love and romance, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: france, iran, middle east, persia, paris france ...
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