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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Slovenia, Ireland, Finland, Sweden
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus ...
Style:
surreal, touching, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
circus, hopes, wartime life, human spirit, performer's life, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, death in the family, magic realism, grief, mourning ...
Place:
poetic realism
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424K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
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207K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, psychological, surreal, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
depression, wedding, end of the world, apocalypse, sister sister relationship, nihilism, collision, mental health, disaster, female nudity, mental disorder, human nature ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
poetry, surrealism, magic realism, fetish, forbidden love, prostitute, fall in love, advertising, eroticism, erotica, sexual relations, friendship ...
Time:
near future, 90s
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style:
psychedelic, art house, disturbing, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, stripper, afterlife, trippy, drug trip, lsd, sex scene, hallucination, life after death, incest, abortion, youth ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, psychedelic, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, satire, theater, surrealism, actor, dark humor, showbiz, father daughter relationship, mental illness, alter ego, backstage ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is reborn, living through turbulent times - but what is it she needs to stay alive for?
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, historical drama ...
Plot:
abusive husband, survival, alternate reality, alternate world, alternate timeline, alternate dimension, magic realism, rebirth, destiny, female protagonist, second chance, life ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, psychedelic, dark, cerebral ...
Plot:
surrealism, alternate dimension, alternate reality, metaphysics, nightmare, female nudity, renaissance, magic realism, time travel, macabre, trippy, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1973, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal ...
Style:
humorous, surreal, light, visually stunning, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
time travel, childhood, treasure, children, time portal, map, good versus evil, ogre, parallel universe, time, dwarf, burglary ...
Time:
regency period, 80s, year 1981
Place:
london, arizona, europe, england, ancient greece
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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, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, road not taken, midlife crisis, alternate reality, lost love, life changing experience, lifestyle change, fish out of water, parallel universe, destiny, time travel, family man ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, 2000s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his ...
Style:
philosophical, artsy, surreal, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, philosophy, spirituality, existentialism, coming of age, death, father son relationship, hopes, parenthood, religion, grief, family relations ...
Time:
1950s, year 2011, prehistory, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
texas, southern usa, america, usa, china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After finding a young man's remains, Léa wakes up in the 90s and body swaps seven times as she tries to solve the mystery of his death — and prevent it.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
supernatural power, murder mystery, body swap, teenager, female detective, magic realism, mysterious past, investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, supernatural, changing the past or future ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Georgia, Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
In the Georgian riverside town of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken magically ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
lovers apart, magic realism, changing lives, relationships, secret identity, relationship problems, looking for love, body swapping, fall in love, personality change, love at first sight, new identity ...
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
Style:
anthology, psychological, tense, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, danger, haunted house, serial killer, evil force, death, nightmare, insanity, mental institution, creature ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 20th century, 60s, year 2013 ...
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa, massachusetts, north carolina ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Suffering from her mother's recent suicide, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth, against the objections of a life-size talking muslin doll. The Melancholy Fantastic is a psychological thriller set during the holidays.
Style:
christmas horror, surreal, suspenseful, gothic, fairy tale ...
Plot:
christmas, mental illness, holiday horror, grief, loneliness, losing-it hero, fall in love, imaginary character, objects come to life, imaginary, puppet, magic realism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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955K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, magic, supernatural, surrealism, witch, parallel world, imaginary, fantasy world, ghost, japanese mythology, creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
Style:
epic, visually stunning, colorful, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, master warrior, sword, kung fu, female martial artist, tough girl, swords and armor, warrior, hand to hand combat, unspoken love ...
Time:
18th century, year 2000, 2000s, 19th century, 17th century ...
Place:
china, beijing china, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, West Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, sincere, art house, visual ...
Plot:
christmas, childhood, ghost, coming of age, children, boy, child abuse, grief, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, extramarital affair, marriage as hell ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, year 1982, 20th century, victorian era ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old girl in a rural Spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein" for the village. The ...
Style:
art house, surreal, visual, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, spanish civil war, children, imagination, existentialism, surrealism, art, magic realism, youth, civil war, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940, year 1973
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has ...
Style:
surreal, touching, semi serious, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
countryside, escape from reality, housewife, eccentric family, family life, youth, teenage love, delusion, parents and children, surrealism, family history, magic realism ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
Style:
surreal, cerebral, meditative, sentimental, indie film ...
Plot:
cat, infidelity, talking cat, destiny, hopes, dancer, quitting a job, pets, life turned upside down, follow your dream, road not taken, couples ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
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69K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, romantic, light, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
love and romance, fall in love, love, self discovery, couples, looking for love, true love, magical, fantasy world, love story, loneliness, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
britain, canada, london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place (Círculo polar) where the day never ends in the ...
Style:
philosophical, heartbreaking, cerebral, melancholic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, true love, destiny, incest, brother sister incest, passion, love story, love, incestuous relationship, amor, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
finland, antarctica, australia, scandinavia, spain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Philip and Eul Soon are bound by an unusual fate: one’s happiness always results in the other’s misfortune. The two start writing a drama together, and the events in the screenplay mysteriously begin occurring in real life.
Style:
gothic, mysterious, mystical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, love triangle, magic realism, relationships, betrayal, brutality, riddles and clues, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, serial killer, supernatural horror, supernatural romance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Young wannabe musicians from the province decide to write hit song and gain the top of the charts in order to become legends of disco polo
Style:
entertaining, emotional, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
provincial life, record producer, fame, magic realism, follow your dream, performer, ambition, artists and showbiz, society, dancing, rivalry, rising to stardom ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Looking for a fresh start, Robin, a recently divorced mother moves to a small town with her daughter, Sophie where she has purchased a fixer-upper. Needing help with the renovations on her new home, she hires a handyman, Henry her meddling ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic, disturbing
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
guardian angel, divorced mother, neighbor, small town, magic realism, home renovation, romantic friendship, forbidden love, love interest, couples, relationships, in love ...
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293K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, light, 3d animation, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, teens ...
Plot:
magic, strong female lead, female protagonist, magical power, sister sister relationship, happy ending, girl, magical, friendship, small town, supernatural, friend ...
Time:
20th century, future, 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The Oxbow Cure is a winter tale of Lena, a middle-aged woman who has recently been diagnosed with a life-altering disease. In an attempt to come to terms with her transforming body, she leaves her home in the city for a new life in remote northern ...
Style:
psychological, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
alone, snow, female protagonist, magic realism, isolation, loneliness, nature, exorcism, paranormal investigation, characters in danger, supernatural ability, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Zel is a fortune teller. She lives and works in an old house at the edge of the woods. The house is crowded with ghosts (including a priest, a bride, a mute child, some washed up vaudevillians and a noisy, sight-impaired group of musicians among ...
Style:
semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, surreal, captivating ...
Plot:
mysterious character, ghost, haunted by the past, afterlife, social misfits, supernatural ability, society, misfit, redemption, supernatural, miraculous event, estate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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