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Midnight Caller (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio. Except for a ...
Style: detective
Plot: radio station, journalism, radio, radio announcer, ex-cop, producer, boss, ex cop, amateur detective, anti hero, talk radio
Place: san francisco
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 5.8
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Rock Me Baby (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rock Me Baby is an American television series set in Denver, Colorado. It is a comedy / drama that debuted on September 15, 2003 on UPN. Rock Me Baby stars actor and comedian Dan Cortese as Jimmy Cox, co-host of a popular Denver radio show with his ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining
Plot: life turned upside down, couple relations, family relations, couples, babies and infants, radio dj, parenthood, radio station, radio announcer, baby
Time: 21st century
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 39K
Private Parts (1997)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
Style: humorous, funny, semi serious, witty, sexy ...
Plot: radio, nudity, anti conformity, sorority, public nudity, satire, female pubic hair, female nudity, ambition, lifestyle, workplace, rebelliousness ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, year 1981, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: washington d.c., middle east, new york, usa, detroit
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The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a sequel/spin-off of the original CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. It was made for the syndication market from 1991 to 1993. MTM Enterprises produced the show. Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner, and Richard Sanders reprised ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: radio station, radio dj, workplace, workplace situations, power relations, boss and employee, media, rock and roll, radio announcer, office, dj, radio ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
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Anurodh (1977)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Mr. Choudhary does not approve of his son, Arun, indulging in singing songs and music. He wants him to be a businessman like himself. Out of fear of his father finding out about his continued indulgence, Arun changes his name to Sanjay Kumar. He ...
Plot: radio station, mechanic, dual identity, poet, illness, flashback, singer, friendship, radio, friend, boy, wealth ...
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And All That Jazz (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in 1952, film tells the story of young musicians playing - then forbidden - jazz music in basements and attics around Poland. The group hires itself to social parties, youth dances, etc, each time waiting for the management to disappear in order ...
Plot: radio station, dancing, renaissance, exile, propaganda, university, concert, jazz, teenage boy, communism, protest, josef stalin ...
Time: 1950s
Place: eastern europe
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The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.
Plot: world war two, fencing, nazi, third reich, radio station, world war, false evidence, police officer, sniper, pharmacist, nazi officer, nazi occupation ...
Time: pre world war two, year 1939, year 1938, 1930s
Place: germany, prague, berlin germany, munich germany, poland ...
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The Moth (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is psychological drama by Tomasz Zygadlo begins as a straightforward story. Jan (Roman Wilhelmi) is the host of a nightly talk show in which he counsels people who call in with their problems. He is dedicated to helping these lonely souls but ...
Style: experimental
Plot: radio station, female nudity, unfaithfulness, loneliness, nervous breakdown, exhaustion, mistress, alcohol abuse, advice, telephone call, employer employee relationship, drunkenness ...
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Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. ...
Plot: radio station, satire, cuban revolution, media manipulation, capitalist society, theater, rehearsal, advertising, skull, publicity, media, media hype ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, paris france
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Love's Lone Flower (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A woman's lesbian feeling towards two different female singers - one in Shanghai during late 1940s and another in Taiwan during late 1950s.
Style: captivating, romantic
Plot: lesbian, bisexual, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lesbianism, love triangle, singer, romantic relationship, couple relations, love and romance, relationships, radio station ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s
Place: taiwan, shanghai
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A radio play is going to go on air at a Tokyo radio station. It is a weepy melodrama written by housewife Miyako, who is the winner of the competition run by the station. Suddenly, the hot-tempered lead actress Nokko decides she wants the name of ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous, witty ...
Plot: radio station, silly humor, screwball, friends, disorder, couples, destiny, filmmaking, showbiz, love affair, astronaut, village ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, new york
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Young Soul Rebels (1991)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Young Soul Rebels is a 1991 film by Isaac Julien which examines the interaction between youth cultural movements in Britain. Skinheads, Punks & Soulboys along with the political and cultural tensions between them. The film received the ...
Style: realistic, serious, independent film, crying, queer cinema ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, skinhead, immigrant, friendship, erotica, radio station, subculture, punk, lgbtqi, black ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: england, europe, britain, london, united kingdom
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Dead Air (2009)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Logan Burnhardt is the ego-king of the airwaves, but his unflappable persona is put to the test when a terrorist bio-attack unleashes a plague of flesh-ripping maniacs on Los Angeles.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot: zombie, terrorism, infection, home invasion, virus, isolation, plague, chaos, escapades, violence spree, media, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 5.5
 1K
WUSA (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds ...
Style: political, contemplative, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: radio station, corruption, unhappy ending, fascism, corporation, oppression, stoner, corrupt, politics, assassination, prostitute, racism ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new orleans
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Telling Lies in America (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Karchy (Brad Renfro) is a boy in school who has moved from Hungary to America in the 1960's. He is struggling in school and trying to adjust to America's culture. He then hears about a radio DJ Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) who holds a contest ...
Style: sentimental, talky, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, high school, radio dj, childhood, manipulation, happy ending, police investigation, love and romance, human nature, introspection, false accusation, high school life ...
Time: 60s, year 1997, 90s
Place: europe, ohio, hungary, cleveland ohio
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Straight Talk (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call ...
Style: emotional, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: fish out of water, mistaken identity, radio, rise and fall, cons and scams, looking for love, rise to the top, journalism, media, workplace, downfall, unlikely couple ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: chicago, usa, arkansas
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's ...
Style: road movie, funny, dark comedy, slapstick comedy, surreal ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: prison escape, blues, on the run, treasure hunt, small town, music, great depression, obsessive quest, country music, on the road, runaway, dark humor ...
Time: 1930s, year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: mississippi, ancient greece, america, greece, persia ...
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Mother Night (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Style: dieselpunk, political thriller, political, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, espionage, politics, holocaust, satire, world war, radio station, propaganda, guilt, book, chess ...
Time: 1940s, year 1996, 60s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: germany, israel, new york, usa, europe ...
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Carry On, Munna Bhai (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders' home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, inspirational ...
Plot: friendship, friends, love and romance, contests and competitions, disorder, professor, fall in love, best friend, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, medicine, psychiatrist ...
Time: year 2006
Place: india, middle east, asia, bombay india, mumbai india ...
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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer, who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, yet another of his ...
Style: cult classic, tense, sexual, serious, realistic ...
Plot: monopoly, storytelling, radio, death, depression, hotel, drinking, radio station, daydreamer, jail, sexuality, mental disorder ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: philadelphia, new jersey, hawaii, usa, tokyo ...
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Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize ...
Style: scary, humorous, suspense, absurd, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: giant spider, spider, creature feature, monster, creature, disaster, giant monster, stupidity, dumb, heroes, mad scientist, killer animal ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
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Dead Air (1994)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A distraught disc jockey (Gregory Hines) seeks out a mystery caller (Debrah Farentino) who may be the killer of his girlfriend (Laura Harrington).
Style: twist ending, psychological thriller, surprise ending
Plot: radio station, radio, radio dj, death of girlfriend, anonymous telephone call, telephone call, small town, police, african american, murder, killer, dj ...
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One Hundred Steps (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of Peppino Impastato, a political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. One hundred steps was the number of steps it took to get from the Impastato house to the house of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, rough, political ...
Plot: assassination, radio, gangster, fighting the system, rebelliousness, political activist, dishonesty, idealism, society, rebellion, media, painting ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, corsica, sicily, europe
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The First Grader (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Kenya, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: education, school, teacher, racism, hopes, boy, prisoner of war camp, social relations, human spirit, ex military, dedicated educator, follow your dream ...
Time: year 1963, 1950s, 21st century
Place: africa, kenya
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Random Acts of Violence (2019)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough, serious ...
Plot: road trip, serial killer, serial murder, murder, violence, investigation, small town, drawing, masked killer, xmas, telephone call, fire ...
Time: 2010s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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THEM (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
Style: anthology, suspense, captivating, exciting, spooky ...
Plot: supernatural, bullying, female warrior, black, propaganda, social relations, social problems, black people, black man, society, struggle for survival, social issues ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century
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Norwood (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Norwood is a 1970 film that reunites True Grit co-stars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby, also featuring Joe Namath. It was based on the book of the same title, written by Charles Portis (who also wrote True Grit), but updated from the original 1950s ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: radio station, vietnam veteran, pregnancy, bus, veteran, singer, best friend, partner, homecoming, infidelity, on the road, village life ...
Time: 60s
Place: texas, new york, arkansas
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American Hot Wax (1978)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950's. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting ...
Style: psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: rock and roll, radio, musician, coming of age, racism, radio station, talk show host, jazz, radio dj, music business, fighting the system, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
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Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ ...
Style: teen, cult classic, independent film, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: radio, high school, teenager, coming of age, suicide, rebellion, rock, youth, rock and roll, school, misfit, teen angst ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: arizona, seattle, usa, phoenix arizona
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Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro ...
Style: witty, independent film, retro, talky, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love, radio, radio station, age difference, aunt, past, older woman younger man sex, couples, parents and children, infidelity, love affair, college ...
Time: 80s, 1950s, year 1951
Place: new orleans, usa
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