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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tamás is a young, Budapest-based director of video clips and commercials who dreams of directing his...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, biting ...
Plot:
filmmaking, follow your dream, ambition, culture clash, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, love and romance, poet, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, hungary, budapest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Morocco
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A Moroccan-Norwegian co-production about the dark side of Casablanca (Casanegra). In a country where good virtues are the norm in public, Casanegra shows the vices: domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse. Meet Karim and Adil and their ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
longing, friendship, lifestyle, misfit, society, gangster, urban ghetto life, hopes, social differences, life is a bitch, youth, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When eighteen-year-old Brendan King attempts to leave his turbulent gang life behind him, his past continues to threaten his new-found faith, family, and future
Style:
christian film, realistic, touching, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, adoption, christian, haunted by the past, redemption, human spirit, going straight, society, youth, crime and punishment, teenage love, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Marius" takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
seaport, lovers apart, marriage proposal, obsession, couples, follow your dream, hopes, unfulfillment, couple relations, unfulfilled love, working class, sailor ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, south of france
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A single mom in the 1970s raises her two daughters and becomes involved in illegal drug trade to make a better life.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
rise and fall, criminal heroes, drug dealing, dealer, parents and children, single parent, unlikely criminals, danger, hopes, crime gone awry, family relations, protecting from truth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa, ohio
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
ECSTASY is a dark romantic comedy, based on the controversial book, “Ecstasy”, by Irvine Welsh. “Ecstasy”, was translated into 20 languages and was a number one bestseller in over 20 countries. Mr. Welsh’s first book, “Trainspotting”, ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Plot:
rave, ecstasy, introspection, going straight, couples, fall in love, addiction, hopes, drug dealing, drug, clubbing, party ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, edinburgh scotland, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, sociological, psychological ...
Plot:
best friend, life is a bitch, hijacking, woman in danger, class differences, mind game, interracial friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, child with gun, prostitute mother, sociology ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
For the last thirteen years AJ (Triple H) has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport). Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, starting over, daring rescue, tough heroes, chases and races, heroes, forced into action, woman in danger, hopes, wrestling, violent content, chance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Miles Montego has it all - cars, boats, good looks, mansion, money, women, but more importantly, he has a past.
Style:
christian film, touching, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
christianity, religious conversion, faith, fall in love, criminal, christian, going straight, human spirit, in love, redemption, hopes, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two brothers fight to escape a violent and poor neighborhood in Caracas by playing soccer. Daniel wishes to play professionally while Julio supports the family with dirty money. The opportunity of a lifetime comes when a talent scout invites them to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, rough, serious, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, slum, football, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, life is a bitch, teenage life, contests and competitions, athlete's life, society, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two French Canadian ne’er-do-wells travel to New York City with a scheme to a get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
christmas, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, going straight, fish out of water, reluctant partners, partner, cons and scams, disorder, misfit, odd couple, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, canada
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
This Is Not My Life is a 2010 New Zealand television mystery thriller which originally aired on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel on Thursday nights.
Set in the 2020s, the show centres on Alec Ross who awakes one morning to find that he ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
memory loss, uncover truth, twists and turns, small town, identity crisis, memory lapse, erased memory, repressed memory, danger, society, memory, chance ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Dominican Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It follows the story of Miguel Santos, a. k. a. Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sentimental, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, immigrant, athlete, culture clash, follow your dream, rags to riches, fish out of water, american dream, against the odds, character study, rookie, hopes ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
iowa, africa, new york, puerto rico, kansas ...
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Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray 'Harley' Davidson is a hustler. With flash clothes and a fast mouth, Harley lives life in the fast lane. With his passion for all things gambling, money runs like water through Harley's hands and as quickly as he makes a killing ...
Style:
rough, realistic, exciting, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, lone wolves, profanity, partner, gangster, boxing, fight, martial arts, underground fighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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25K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Style:
humorous, witty, 3d animation, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
mad scientist, brainwashing, experiment, halloween, evil scientist, rivalry, ambition, follow your dream, rising to stardom, hunchback, plan gone awry, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
europe
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133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, love and romance, happy ending, couples, teen romance, dancer, ballet, dance school, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, gang, dishonesty, society, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, rich and poor, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa, africa
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1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, mental illness, mentally unstable, vengeance, criminal's revenge, violence spree, sexual content, murder, strip club, nightclub, crime boss, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all winter. His mother, Rose (Ogier) likes to play the slots just ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
infidelity, family business, resort, love triangle, dull life, family problems, hopes, couple relations, elderly lovers, family life, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
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3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her ...
Style:
light, humorous, witty, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
redemption, friendship, vengeance, revenge, mentor, prejudice, culture clash, rape and revenge, human nature, brutality, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france, geneva switzerland, marseille ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not ...
Style:
suspense thriller, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
betrayal, chance, partner, violent content, low lives, down on your luck, heist, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, intrigue, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
terrorism, hidden identity, manhunt, undercover, special agent, danger, government agency, on the run, journalism, chases and races, federal bureau of investigation, scoop ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style:
sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, ira, injustice, parents and children, youth, family relations, depression, life is a bitch, death, children, rich and poor, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Estonia, Finland, Sweden, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank nearly $1 billion in gold bullion hidden in Paris for 50 years. Russian mobsters have a bold plan to hijack the gold after shutting down the ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
gold, patriotism, pregnancy, gangster, chance, crime gone awry, couple relations, criminal heroes, chaos and mayhem, treasure hunt, family life, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, post world war two
Place:
estonia, paris france, france, russia, soviet union
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Second Chances is an American television series created and written by producers Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham. The series premiered December 2, 1993, on CBS. Its cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Connie Sellecca, Megan Follows, Michelle ...
Style:
soap opera, suspense, twisted, serious, realistic
Plot:
small town, murder mystery, family secret, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, lawyer, business, resort, hotel, small town life, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dangerous Women is a syndicated nighttime American soap opera about a group of women who served time in prison together. It was created and written by Reg Watson and produced by Reg Grundy Productions.
Style:
soap opera, crime drama, emotional, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friendship, ex convict, prison, women, secrets, second chance, parole, redemption, betrayal, revenge, loyalty, rebirth ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, stylized, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, female assassin, female killer, hitman, professional killer, woman with a gun, espionage, female agent, working undercover, spy, femme fatale, secret government organization ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, offbeat, allegory ...
Plot:
horse race, horse riding, jockey, stepfather stepson relationship, inheritance, racehorse, satire, partner, disorder, family relations, animal life, unlikely partners ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are lionized and given exceptional benefits. He thinks up a plot to ...
Style:
retro, independent film, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
single father, father son relationship, grief, coming of age, family relations, parent child relationship, immigrant, society, rescue, single parent, survival, hidden identity ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
florida, puerto rico, new york, usa, harlem ...
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