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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
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835K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed up against each others in small but sometimes profound ways
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot:
loner, professor, mental illness, male female relationship, generation gap, immigrant, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, school, marriage, compassion, obsession ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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1.7M
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal ...
Style:
dark, exciting, saga, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, batman, vigilante, secret identity, heroes, double life, disguise, justice, corruption, superpower, good versus evil, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
usa, himalaya, africa, north america, asia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just out of prison, Tomáš, a taciturn loner, takes a job cleaning houses where people have recently died. Things take an alarming turn when he begins putting in overtime: hiding behind closet doors after hours to secretly watch the homes’ ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, psychological, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
loner, socially awkward, dysfunctional family, employer employee relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, estrangement, hiding, stalking, therapy, hiding place, neighbor neighbor relationship, stolen money ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at ...
Style:
suspense, horrifying, disturbing, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
one against many, stephen king, humanity in peril, gunslinger, alternate dimension, literary, gun fu, brutality, murder, boy, supernatural, portal ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, stylized, twisted ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hidden camera, found footage, prank, bullying, twists and turns, home invasion, old man, revenge, lawyer, neighbor, crime gone awry, halloween ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
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403K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.
Style:
feel good, funny, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens ...
Plot:
life, life changing experience, lifestyle change, love and romance, character change, change of heart, philosophy, life philosophy, optimism, couples, motivational speaker, self esteem ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, north america, nebraska ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style:
cult classic, teen, talky, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teenage girl, detention, teen angst, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
chicago, illinois, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and ...
Style:
talky, humorous, retro, funny, anime ...
Plot:
prostitute, desert, left to die, loner, survival, death of protagonist, rags to riches, oasis, water, great ending, rattlesnake, homeless ...
Time:
1900s, year 1970, 19th century, 70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, america, nevada, san francisco, new orleans ...
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330K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Style:
surreal, art house, clever, absurd, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
absurdism, dystopia, distopia, solitude, blindness, love, manhunt, society, suicide attempt, hotel, relationships, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, future, near future
Place:
ireland, greece, hellas, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional ...
Style:
witty, clever, sincere, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
doctor, village life, hospital, treatment, loner, doctors and patients, teacher, surgery, responsibility, antisocial behavior, manners, medicine ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, cornwall, london, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The Lego Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he ...
Style:
parody, computer animated, stylized, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
lego, batman, superhero, orphan, adopted son, redemption, loner, justice league, justice, superheroine, dinosaur, alter ego ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2016, year 1997, year 2008 ...
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, cyber ...
Plot:
cyberspace, friendship, teenage life, youth, lie, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loner, cheating girlfriend, social network, murder, social relations, mistaken identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, bear attack, native american, paranoia, mountain man, revenge, pain, winter, trapper, wolf pack, loner ...
Time:
1820s, 1800s, year 1971, 19th century, 70s
Place:
north dakota, usa
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1K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Thailand, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Whilst growing up in rural Thailand, a young orphan girl is taught the ways of magic by her grandmother. But when grandmother falls sick, Dau is lured to Bangkok to find work so that she can buy medicine. She finds herself working in a go-go bar, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, scary, mysterious ...
Plot:
spell, witch, lesbian seduction, curses spells and rituals, country girl, supernatural, loner, revenge, prostitute, grandmother, supernatural ability, danger ...
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia, bangkok thailand
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – ...
Style:
gothic, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, haunted, ghost, insomnia, evil, supernatural, mansion, psychology, destiny, danger, domestic disturbance, ghost child ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
child in peril, child, farmer, hostage, moral dilemma, brother sister relationship, child's point of view, dark secret, loner, farm, children, teenager ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the ...
Style:
bloody, brutal, exciting, fast paced, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, revenge, kung fu, assassin, martial artist, one man army, vengeance, hand to hand combat, fight to the death, ninjitsu, assassination ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 21st century
Place:
china, osaka japan, berlin germany, asia, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size ...
Style:
touching, humorous, depressing, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, mental illness, sex doll, shyness, doll, delusion, bittersweet, young man, introvert, small town, forbidden love, character study ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone. One day, her irritating next-door neighbor who would attempt to talk with her is discovered dead, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
lonely, loner, alone, call center, loneliness, changing lives, social problems, lifestyle change, living alone, social isolation, social issues, life is a bitch ...
Place:
south korea
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38K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.
Style:
spoof, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
woman, loner, attempted murder, one woman army, race against time, female protagonist, sociopath, tragic past, danger, kidnapped daughter, secret, child kidnapping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex doll, obsession, stalking, murder, loner, doll, mentally unstable, abduction, couples, objects come to life, love affair, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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374K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, action packed, exciting, action thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, assassination, corruption, revenge, manhunt, military, cover up, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, usa, baltimore ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify ...
Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship between men, bromance, friendship, wedding, gay interest, couple relations, marriage, mentor, friend, socially awkward, male bonding, best friend ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california, chicago ...
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29K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style:
clever, witty, cynical, adult cartoon, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
sarcasm, loner, social misfits, everyday life, teenage life, high school life, antisocial behavior, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, teenage girl, teen angst, school ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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224K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. ...
Style:
cult classic, psychological, rough, black comedy, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
rage, vigilante, anger, midlife crisis, alienation, violence, character study, social commentary, urban decay, losing-it hero, traffic jam, road rage ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, persia, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre ...
Style:
apocalyptic, road movie, perverse, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, desert, loner, car chase, planet, chase, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, oil ...
Time:
future, 20th century, distant future, year 1982, near future ...
Place:
australia, oceania, middle east
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23K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net believing her to be a mermaid.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, fairy tale, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, mermaid, small town, sea, mysterious stranger, daughter, longing, fisherman, self discovery, character study, secrets, solitude ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
ireland, europe, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tragic ending, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
ballet, ambition, complex characters, father daughter relationship, loner, dancer, career, dance, choreography, legacy, risk, blind ambition ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union
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