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Tove (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb ...
Style: psychological, tense, melancholic, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, writers, lgbt, lesbian relationship, artist, lesbian love, unrequited love, lesbian couple, love affair, love, female artist ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1947, year 1952 ...
Place: finland, helsinki finland, paris france, eastern europe
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 7.1
 164K
Babylon (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story: A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s.
Style: thrilling, dramatic, visual, captivating, witty ...
Audience: adult
Plot: film history, filmmaking, orgy, party, hedonism, hollywood, movie star, film industry, gambling, movie business, unrequited love, graphic violence ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 2020s, year 1932, 1930s ...
Place: los angeles, new york, california
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 115K
The Fabelmans (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story about a young man’s discovery of a shattering family secret and an exploration of the power of movies to help us see the truth about each other and ourselves.
Style: semi autobiographical, dramatic, reflective, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: father son relationship, coming of age, childhood, bullying, family relations, relationships, mother son relationship, boy, filmmaking, mother, life, father ...
Time: 2020s, year 1964, year 1965, 20th century, year 1957 ...
Place: arizona, northern california, new jersey, california, los angeles ...
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Being the Ricardos (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Style: historical drama, satirical, independent film
Plot: biopic, hollywood, marriage, art, friendship, love, trailblazer, writers, comedian, post war, women, urban ...
Time: 2020s, 1950s, year 1952, year 1960
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, disturbing, talky ...
Plot: televangelist, rise and fall, religion, luxury, adultery, unfaithful husband, lgbt, family relations, religious, scandal, sermon, evangelical christianity ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, year 1971, year 1960, 80s ...
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, palm springs california
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Respect (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Style: captivating, uplifting, factual, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: biopic, rape, showbiz, blues, celebrity, african american, black, musician, concert, rising to stardom, fame, musician's life ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century, year 2019, 1950s ...
Place: usa, los angeles, madison square garden manhattan new york city, atlanta georgia, paris france ...
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 6.3
 37K
Evita (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Style: intense, lyrical, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, biopic, redemption, ambition, female protagonist, hopes, rock ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, year 1996 ...
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, spain, south america ...
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The Song of Names (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, Hungary
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.
Style: captivating, touching, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, violinist, musician, mysterious disappearance, family relations, polish, investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, tragedy, war, wartime ...
Time: year 1951, 80s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1952 ...
Place: poland, new york, london, warsaw poland, israel ...
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In Spring Breeze (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The film is about the language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan.
Plot: student protest, revolt, oppression, freedom
Time: year 1952
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 62K
Chaplin (1992)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, factual, light, intense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: biopic, rising to stardom, hollywood, childhood, actor's life, filmmaking, success, mccarthyism, comedian, unlikely friendships, depression, honest ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, edwardian era, 1950s, 1920s ...
Place: london, los angeles, england, california, switzerland
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Chattahoochee (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.
Style: disturbing, serious, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom drama, mental institution, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, male pubic hair, male nudity, hospital, price of justice, prodigy, fighting the system, rebellion ...
Time: year 1989, 50s, 1950s, year 1952, year 1955 ...
Place: florida, usa, miami, korea
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The Age of Adaline (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
Style: romantic, touching, dramatic, emotional, fairy tale ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: immortality, love, love story, immortal, life & death, loneliness, aging, supernatural, love and romance, miraculous event, beautiful scenery, impossible love ...
Time: edwardian era, future, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: san francisco, california, peru, oregon, arizona
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The Devil's Ballad (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A serial killer responsible for 7 minors' deaths thus far seems to kill to a particular rhythm, which the authorities must identify to catch him.
Style: twisted
Plot: waterfall, mirror, convention, grape, private detective, bicycle, murder, poison, wine, sparrow, ball
Time: year 1952, 1950s
Place: japan
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Afterimage (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the ...
Style: avant garde, twist ending, educational, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: art, artist, painting, painter, communism, legal system, father daughter relationship, professor, teacher student relationship, loss of mother, one legged man, art history ...
Time: 50s, year 1948, year 1950, year 1952, 1940s ...
Place: poland
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The Fencer (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Finland, Estonia, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
Style: inspirational, captivating, sincere, disturbing
Plot: fencing, coach, school, teacher, hiding, courage, fear, politics, rivalry, teaching, professor, world war one ...
Time: 1950s, 90s, year 1953, year 1952
Place: estonia, soviet union, eastern europe
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Trophy Wife (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness.
Style: humorous, funny, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: workplace, farce, power relations, obnoxious boss, adultery, character study, mayor, workplace situations, love and romance, family business, society, boss and employee ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1978, year 1952
Place: france, europe, paris france
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Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Style: black and white, existential, retro, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, chase, friendship, modern west, on the run, escape, indians, idealism, small town, wilderness, cowboy, anarchist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 1950s, 60s, year 1952
Place: albuquerque new mexico, new mexico
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The World Unseen (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, erotic, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, lesbian love, gender, forbidden love, lesbian teen, love and romance, injustice, life is a bitch, self discovery, society ...
Time: ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place: south africa, africa
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Four Minutes (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.
Plot: running, runner, track and field, cambridge university, male female relationship, twenty something, jazz, new year, boat, pianist, race, patient ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1952, year 1947 ...
Place: helsinki finland, oxford university, mount everest
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Queen & Country (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, France, UK, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous, historical drama ...
Plot: military life, military, soldier, disorder, friends, buddies, youth, boot camp, wartime life, skinny dipping, training camp, bittersweet ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1952, year 1953 ...
Place: england, europe
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The Finest Hours (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, shipwreck, forces of nature, storm at sea, coast guard, courage, daring rescue, sinking ship, fisherman ...
Time: 1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1952, year 1951 ...
Place: new england, boston, massachusetts, usa
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Brooklyn (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Style: sentimental, touching, romantic, sweet, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: starting over, love and romance, immigrant, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, female protagonist, immigration, true love, working class, homesickness, coming of age, hopes ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2015, 1900s ...
Place: ireland, brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, america ...
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The Thief (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where ...
Style: bleak, realistic, sincere, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: coming of age, orphanage, betrayal, death, soldier, family relations, cons and scams, parents and children, hospital, drinking, communism, revolution ...
Time: 50s, post world war two, year 1997, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: russia, soviet union, siberia, black sea
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Shutter Island (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental disorder, psychiatrist, schizophrenia, mental institution ...
Time: 1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: boston, persia, iran, america
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Ray (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, pianist, disability, blind character, heroin ...
Time: year 2004, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place: georgia, new york, indianapolis indiana, california, usa ...
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: If These Walls Could Talk follows the plights of three different women and their experiences with abortion. Each of the three stories takes place in the same house in three different years: 1952, 1974, and 1996.
Style: sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: abortion, moral dilemma, pregnancy, family relations, unwanted pregnancy, women's rights, couples, society, life is a bitch, lesbian, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: chicago, illinois
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I Am David (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, uplifting, tense ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: boy, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, rescue, children, hopes, human spirit, danger, courage, boyhood, holocaust ...
Time: year 2003, 1950s, year 1951, post world war two, year 1952
Place: denmark, switzerland, italy, europe, greece ...
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The Dominici Affair (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, sincere, factual
Plot: murder witness, false witness, police detective, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal, injustice, family relations, family problems, crime and punishment ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1954, year 1952 ...
Place: france, south of france
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The Scapegoat (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, period piece, realistic ...
Plot: lookalikes, scapegoat, mistaken identity, switching roles, hidden identity, family problems, dark humor, disorder, family relations, dishonesty, coincidence, cons and scams ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1952, 1950s
Place: england, europe
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The Last Ride (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The final days of Hank Williams.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, sincere, sad ...
Plot: country music, friendship, redemption, musician's life, starting over, rise and fall, road trip, rising to stardom, downfall, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 2010, year 1952, 1950s
Place: usa, alabama, ohio, west virginia, virginia
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