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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, talky, witty, political, stylized ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, gender, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, physical appearance, social problems, disorder, politically correct, lifestyle, sexual relations, couples, comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this unique and dynamic live concert experience, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life after 40 destroys politically correct images of modern life with thoughts we have all had...but would rarely admit to.
Style:
witty, humorous, talky, parody, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedian, sarcasm, parenthood, dark humor, pop culture, storytelling, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, everyday life, social problems, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Will Ferrell stars in a stand-up comedy as George W. Bush in this take on the former President of the United States. After playing George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live for many years, funny man Will Ferrell brings his impression to Broadway to send ...
Style:
humorous, talky, funny, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, president, patriotism, election, white house, state affairs, george w. bush, u.s. president, satire, topical humor, greed, family drama ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, poland, middle east, texas ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style:
talky, suspense, costume drama, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, salem witch trial, curse, courtroom drama, colonial america, politics, spell, twists and turns, vengeance, court, manipulation ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, north america, new england ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Style:
talky, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
radio, social commentary, paranoid, radio dj, death, murder, introspection, racism, anonymity, twists and turns, liberal, media ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, parody ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, circumcision, adaptation, creativity, art, storytelling, dialogue, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, nosy ...
Time:
year 2005, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style:
talky, light, humorous, hilarious, period piece ...
Plot:
newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, satire, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, scoop ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1974, 1930s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize ...
Style:
realistic, teen, talky, rom com, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, love triangle, love, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, slacker, fictional reality show, best friends in love, depression, yuppie, graduation, young lovers ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
usa, seattle, chicago, houston texas, texas ...
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103K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
road trip, on the road, bounty hunter, chase, race against time, hitman, train, buddy cop, odd couple, partner, chases and races, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, chicago ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Style:
humorous, talky, melancholic, light, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
singleness, slutty attitude, breakup, adaptation, starting over, couple relations, love and romance, looking for love, illicit affair, dating, slut, affair ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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238K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, talky, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, couples, lust, sex, seduction, adultery, passionate interest, murder, destructive relationship, fatal attraction, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom, ireland ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
sexy, political, talky, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, gangster, roman empire, mentor, adultery, brainwashing, undercover, conspiracy, secret agent, debt ...
Time:
year 2001, y2k, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In one of her best-ever roles, Julia Roberts is Grace, whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick ...
Style:
satirical, talky, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
horse, love affair, adulterous husband, female protagonist, southern belle, women, family problems, family life, human nature, self discovery, parents and children, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
savannah georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on a play by David Rabe, Hurlyburly is about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes, whose dysfunctional personal lives are more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios.
Style:
talky, dark comedy, cynical, captivating, philosophical ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, hollywood, drug, insanity, marijuana, showbiz, buddies, love triangle, friendship, filmmaking, destiny ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
Style:
cynical, talky, depressing, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nudity, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, greed, secrets, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's Play transplanted into a 1930s setting.
Style:
talky, stylized, period piece, witty, political ...
Plot:
politics, medieval, shakespeare, royal family, murder, betrayal, manipulation, royalty, assassination, greed, battles, monarchy ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
england, london, europe, new york, germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, talky, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, satire, on the road, motor home, self discovery, quitting a job, cross country trip, married couple, fired from the job, marriage, couples, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place:
las vegas, arizona, nevada, new york, los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, black comedy, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, private detective, murder, characters killed one by one, whodunit, investigation, guilt, paranoia, weekend, false accusation ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
alps, austria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style:
hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
SOUL KITCHEN film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after ...
Style:
talky, feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
restaurant, brother brother relationship, chef, cooking, food, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, gourmet, workplace problem, family business, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, hamburg germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Style:
sexy, humorous, talky, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot:
sleepwalking, mental disorder, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, adulthood, loser, marriage, mental illness, sleeping, road trip ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, pennsylvania, maryland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Style:
talky, semi serious, realistic, humorous, cult classic ...
Plot:
art, high society, satire, racism, art dealer, investigation, gay lead character, urban setting, character study, lgbt, social differences, social climbing ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
new york, usa, afghanistan, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, tense, talky, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, flight attendant, stewardess, ex convict, airport, robbery, bail bondsman, deception, blaxploitation, female protagonist, arrest, heist ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, africa
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, talky, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, twists and turns, police investigation, character study, obsession, redemption, domestic violence, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see ...
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, black and white ...
Plot:
american football, lawyer, surveillance, insurance fraud, crooked lawyer, lawsuit, insurance, friendship, hospital, cons and scams, odd couple, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
cleveland ohio, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, last wish, grief, road trip, memory, life, family relations, male friendship, self discovery, parents and children, partner, last will and testament ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, australia, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first things first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
mad scientist, robot, space and aliens, space travel, satire, stupidity, teleportation, irreverent, scientist, time, imaginary, satellite ...
Time:
future
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. ...
Style:
talky, realistic, funny, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
journalism, workplace romance, satire, media, workaholic, friendship, slutty attitude, workplace, love triangle, unlikely friendships, reporter, couples ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, 60s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, boston, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style:
inspirational, talky, thought provoking, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, racism, courtroom, legal investigation, racial discrimination, widow, activist, injustice, life is a bitch, righting the wronged, jury ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, talky, sexual, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
phone sex, friendship, satire, neighbor, unlikely friendships, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, boss and employee, workplace situations, black, women, nudity ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, africa
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