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Dangerous Minds (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns ...
Style: touching, inspirational, sentimental, hood, sincere ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teacher, school teacher, coming of age, hip hop, school, teaching, ghetto, mentor, gangster, education, amusement park ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: bay area, california, usa, san francisco
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 6.8
 31K
Bugsy (1991)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style: realistic, intense, stylized, suspense, talky ...
Plot: casino, gambling, mafia, gangster, biopic, organized crime, mobster, hollywood, ambition, rise and fall, bohemian life, love affair ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
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 6.6
 27K
Take the Lead (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom ...
Style: inspirational, sexy, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: dancing, teacher, dance, dancer, dancer's life, dedicated educator, teenager, music, high school, respect, teachers and students, prejudice ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 8.5
 8K
Cracker (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Style: clever, detective, crime drama, rough, witty ...
Plot: police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, british police, investigation, police procedural, psychologist, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, police officer, nypd ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s
Place: england, manchester, northern england, europe
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 7.6
 47K
Short Cuts (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting--profoundly or fleetingly--through each other's lives. Running the emotional gamut from disturbing to humorous, Altman's portrait of the contemporary ...
Style: philosophical, talky, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: multiple storylines, infidelity, suicide, marriage crisis, bare butt, destruction of property, waitress, loss of loved one, life philosophy, character study, fishing, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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 7.4
 33K
SLC Punk! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style: realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, subculture, rebelliousness, rock, self destructing, coming of age, drug overdose, rebellion, friendship, drug, punk rock, rock and roll ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: utah, north dakota, seattle, england, los angeles ...
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 6.7
 1K
Duet for One (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another woman and her favorite pupil leave the country. Unable to bear all this loss, Stephanie attempts ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: disability, multiple sclerosis, tragic hero, life is a bitch, family problems, musician's life, crumbling marriage, couples, life turned upside down, family in crisis, violin, extramarital affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, london
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 4.7
 1K
The Next One (1984)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An astronaut's widow and her young son meet a stranger from the future on a Greek island.
Style: independent film
Plot: time travel, astronaut, extortion, love triangle, forced marriage, brother brother relationship, bare chested male, interdimensional travel, hearing voices, young widow, mythology, radio ...
Time: future
Place: greece, athens greece
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 7.0
 47K
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style: neo noir, independent film, disturbing, detective, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gambling, redemption, police, rape, corruption, drug addiction, masturbation, baseball, police corruption, heroin, police lieutenant, nun ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.7
 206K
The Whale (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Style: serious, dramatic, thought provoking, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: religion, overweight man, obesity, gay, father daughter relationship, food, pizza, caregiver, teacher, father daughter reunion, ex husband ex wife relationship, domestic drama ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: idaho, new york state
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 5.6
 2K
Drown (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot: lifeguard, gay, jealousy, bullying, drowning, swimming, gay love, gay club, gay interest, beach, intimidation, public nudity ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style: sad, depressing, heartbreaking, psychological, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: family drama, sadness, loneliness, depression, loss, suicide attempt, death, nephew, grief, uncle nephew relationship, dysfunctional family, adoption ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: massachusetts, boston, nebraska, new england
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Veronika Voss (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the ...
Style: noir, black and white, art house, stylized, neo noir ...
Plot: drug addiction, existentialism, addiction, morphine, reporter, movie star, hardcore, exodus, world war two, time travel, women, wartime life ...
Time: 1950s, year 1982, 80s
Place: munich germany, germany
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 5.0
 1K
Toad Road (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A disturbing portrait of contemporary youth culture where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Style: surreal, psychological, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, drug abuse, missing person, addiction, woods, drug addiction, group of friends, small town, youth, danger, violence, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, baltimore, pennsylvania, maryland
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 7.8
 533
Crystal City (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: homicide detective, serial murder, unsolved crime, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, killing spree, forensics, crime solving, murder mystery, murder, tragic past ...
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 8.4
 6K
Upright (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When family outcast Lucky Flynn learns that his mother is dying, he decides to drive to the other side of Australia to see her, packing nothing but an upright piano for the journey. But his plans are soon turned upside down when he meets the runaway ...
Style: road movie, feel good, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: road trip, smuggling, cross country, desert, misfit, nothing goes right, journey, partners in crime, dishonesty, robbery, on the road, disorder ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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 7.4
 26K
Badlapur (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, violence spree, life turned upside down, revenge, loss of son, private detective, widower, bank robbery, husband wife relationship, mission ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: india
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 239K
Body of Lies (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, terrorist, intelligence agency, secret service, government agency, conspiracy, danger, politics ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, jordan, syria, virginia ...
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 5.7
 5K
Natural City (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to ...
Style: suspenseful, cyber, exciting, stylized, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, cyberpunk, robot as menace, dystopian future, androids and robots, computers and web, society, danger, man versus machine, save the world ...
Time: future
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 8.0
 802K
The Incredibles (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Style: entertaining, funny, exciting, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, good versus evil, secret identity, superhero team, superheroine, superhuman powers, strong female character, disguise, villain, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: year 2004, 60s, 20th century, year 1962, 2000s ...
Place: usa, chicago, fictional island
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, scenic, breathtaking, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, manly, girls' night ...
Plot: sword fight, friendship, fantasy world, wizard, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, mythology, middle earth, magical, river, hobbit ...
Time: year 2001, future, 2000s, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place: new zealand, iran, detroit
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Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, cyber, apocalyptic, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, cyberpunk, on the run, robot, artificial intelligence, sex with a robot, androids and robots, corporation, assassination plot, androids, hitman, rivalry ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.1
 205K
Spaceballs (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space travel, space and aliens, space opera, alien, satire, space, farce, wilhelm scream, star wars, outer space, human in outer space, princess ...
Time: future, 80s
Place: space western
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 7.8
 451K
Predator (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, survival, jungle, creature, military, hunting, deadly creature, mission, gory, chase, alien invasion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place: latin america, south america, central america
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 4.5
 408
Double Target (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy, Philippines, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Miles O’Keeffe stars as an ex-military specialist in Vietnam trying to recover his son after learning that his wife has died in a concentration camp. The government considers the child their property since the war is over. There are others ...
Style: independent film, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, surprise ending ...
Plot: vietnam war, spy, one man army, mission, commando, monster, killing an animal, commando mission, combat, final showdown, henchman, commando unit ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines, bangkok thailand, thailand, southeast asia, vietnam ...
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 4.7
 2K
Skidoo (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
Style: cult classic, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hippie, counterculture, lsd, acid trip, underground, gangster, escape, prison, friendship, drug abuse, hitman, stash ...
Time: 60s
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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Mission: Impossible (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: espionage, spy, iron curtain, race against time, danger, government agency, terrorism, fighting crime, twists and turns, heroic mission, cold war, working undercover ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place: europe, france, paris france, eastern europe, east germany
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 5.4
 903
Fade to Black (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Serbia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, iconic filmmaker Orson Welles (Danny Huston) makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled political plot involving murder and mysterious motives. A ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: filmmaking, murder, investigation, starting over, movie business, manipulation, danger, showbiz, life is a bitch, femme fatale, private detective, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1942, year 1948
Place: rome italy, italy, europe, usa
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 6.6
 19K
Lords of Chaos (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: Hungary, UK, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, rough, satanic ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: music band, heavy metal, black metal, music, rock band, danger, murder, violence, musician, gay, death, society ...
Time: year 1987, 80s, 90s
Place: oslo norway
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style: touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, teenage life, youth, first love, couples, teenage love, high school, family relations, love, classmate, drinking problem ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, key west florida
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