Visually appealing movies and TV shows – page 2

List of visually appealing movies

 7.8
 163K
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style: disturbing, bloody, dark, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly, adult
Plot: revenge, serial killer, vengeance, murder, violence, psychopath, violent, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, murderer, brutality ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea, east asia
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 7.3
 101K
Submarine (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar ...
Style: witty, visually appealing, touching, surreal, sexy ...
Audience: teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, teenage love, teenager, school, high school, virginity, high school life, youth, teen angst, rock, social relations ...
Time: year 2010, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place: wales, england, britain
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 8.0
 750K
La La Land (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, family outing
Plot: music, jazz, dancing, love, musician, audition, bigger dreams, jazz club, love story, destiny, traffic jam, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 2016, year 2015, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, paris france, california
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Style: touching, philosophical, sentimental, dramatic, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: destiny, true love, life philosophy, life & death, aging, existentialism, love and romance, life changing, melancholy, magic realism, love, life lesson ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place: southern usa, cambodia, usa, new orleans, russia ...
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 7.6
 608K
Watchmen (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited ...
Style: neo noir, visually appealing, sexy, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, alternate reality, moral dilemma, anti hero, superhuman powers, cold war, alternate history, conspiracy, human nature, parallel world, masked vigilante, one against many ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, future ...
Place: new york, washington d.c., america, los angeles, vietnam ...
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 7.3
 101K
Frida (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: "Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style: visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place: mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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 7.6
 627K
Despicable Me (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: adoption, imaginary, children, orphan, super villain, friendship, minion, escapades, kids and family, adoptive father, mad scientist, lifestyle change ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place: usa, north korea, egypt
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Style: visually appealing, fairy tale, costume drama, feel good, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing, teens, chick flick, kids ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, children, meaning of life, rise to the top, christmas time, grandfather granddaughter relationship, fight for justice, inventions and discoveries, magic, friends in love, lie ...
Time: victorian era, 2020s, 19th century
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In the Mood for Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they ...
Style: atmospheric, melancholic, sexy, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens
Plot: loneliness, adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, lovers, love affair, marriage, unrequited love, newspaper, true love, love story, relationships ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: hong kong, japan, china, east asia, shanghai ...
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The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story: Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were ...
Style: anime, visually appealing, captivating, enigmatic, adult animation ...
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: reincarnation, high school life, resurrection, wizards and magicians, demon, supernatural power, supernatural ability, magic, academy, magical, black magic, magician ...
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time: future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place: persia
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 7.2
 284K
Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, psychological, cerebral, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, sun, end of the world, isolation, spaceship, self sacrifice, earth, heroic mission, expedition, space, danger ...
Time: future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill ...
Style: cerebral, atmospheric, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, jesse james, betrayal, gang, depression, biopic, vengeance, assassin, criminal, idol, modern west, robbery ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, 2000s, ancient times, 1880s ...
Place: missouri, america, kentucky, usa, new york ...
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 8.1
 202K
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story: In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing, atmospheric ...
Plot: nobility, rise and fall, aristocracy, opportunist, duel, card playing, british army, pistol duel, wealth, soldier, social climber, literary ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 20th century, year 1975, 19th century ...
Place: ireland, england, prussia, berlin germany, britain ...
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 8.4
 1.2M
The Shining (1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style: psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place: colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style: ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time: 1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 227 min.
Story: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning, historical drama ...
Audience: teens, family outing, date night, kids
Plot: world war one, desert, military, british empire, camel, islam, great war, imperialism, politics, historical character, battles, quicksand ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1962 ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, arabia, ottoman empire, jordan ...
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 6.1
 110K
The Neon Demon (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Style: art house, sexy, disturbing, dark, psychological ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: fashion, teenage girl, cannibalism, model, beauty, lesbian, obsession, jealousy, murder, rivalry, fashion model, surrealism ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, pasadena california
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 6.4
 227K
Death Race (2008)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style: exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time: year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
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 7.0
 692K
Prometheus (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style: futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time: future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland, seattle
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 7.5
 122K
A Single Man (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style: sexy, touching, sincere, emotional, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, depression, homosexuality, loneliness, gays and lesbians, lgbt, broken heart, lgbtq, homosexual, grief, death, glbt ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, cuba, usa, london ...
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 7.9
 562K
Children of Men (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style: atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience: adult
Plot: apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place: england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
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 7.9
 193K
Hero (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Style: visual, philosophical, breathtaking, visually stunning, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, sword fight, swords and armor, master warrior, lovers, desert, female warrior, twists and turns, vengeance, medieval, kung fu ...
Time: ancient times, medieval times, year 2002, middle ages, 2000s
Place: china, ancient china, east asia, asia, mongolia ...
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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, visually appealing, cerebral ...
Plot: twists and turns, existentialism, dark humor, character study, murder, misfit, infidelity, blackmail, trial, eccentricity, false accusation, deception ...
Time: 1940s, year 2001, y2k, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: california, usa
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 7.7
 68K
Days of Heaven (1978)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish ...
Style: art house, sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, visually appealing ...
Plot: farmer, love triangle, impossible love, farm, train, love, autumn, harvest, passion, childhood, class differences, photograph ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1978, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place: usa, chicago, texas, midwest, austin texas
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 8.3
 1.3M
American Beauty (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style: melancholic, thought provoking, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place: usa, america, los angeles, iran
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The Thin Red Line (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style: philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot: war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place: asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
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The Last Emperor (1987)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, political, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Plot: childhood, chinese history, world war two, biopic, revolution, emperor, politics, prison, eunuch, drug addiction, communism, symbolism ...
Time: 1950s, 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 1900s ...
Place: china, beijing china, asia, japan, east asia
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 8.0
 1.4M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place: atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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The Fifth Element (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, visually stunning, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, space opera, dystopia, cyberpunk, space and aliens, good versus evil, dystopian future, space travel, save the world, end of the world, space adventure, heroic mission ...
Time: future, year 1997, 90s, 1910s, 23rd century ...
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, egypt, new york
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