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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save his terrible economical situation. The film disappears. He suspects it is stolen and starts a hunt after a perpetrator.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, cult classic, art house
Plot:
alcoholism, nostalgia, loneliness, outsider, addiction, obsession, mother daughter relationship, redemption, eviction, second chance, intimate, personal growth ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shin-chan must rescue the adults of Kasukabe when they mysteriously abandon their responsibilities to relive their youth at the new 20th-century expo.
Style:
anime, retro, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
children, nostalgia, childhood, families, japanese culture, parent child relationship, parents and children, plan, mischievous children, rescue, teamwork, family drama ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Vic Edwards was one of the biggest movie stars in the world, known for his mustachioed good looks and cocky swagger. With his Hollywood glory a distant memory, the now-octogenarian Vic is prompted to reassess his life with the passing of his beloved ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
aging, old man, nostalgia, hollywood, depression, actor's life, celebrity, artists and showbiz, loneliness, lifestyle, washed up star, goth girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nashville tennessee, los angeles, usa, tennessee
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When his friend Paul dies unexpectedly, Travis heads into the woods to say goodbye. As Travis deals with his grief, and the way it has affected the relationships in his life, he starts to realize that he actually might not be alone in the woods. ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, nostalgia, cabin in the woods, friendship, ghost, violence, paranormal, loss, demon, death, exorcism, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
In the summer of 1995, childhood friends Zheng Ren Wei and Lin Jia En took their college entrance exam. Zheng got into a college in Taipei and was ready to start an exciting life in the big city. Lin, unfortunately, failed the test and was stuck in ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, lighthearted, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
college life, friendship, coming of age, slice of life, youth, first love, nostalgia, high school life, problem, relationships, lifestyle, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
taiwan, taipei
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324K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, melancholic, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
camp, summer camp, camping, childhood, reunited friends, friendship, childhood sweetheart, weekend, honest, group of friends, mentor, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
canada, ontario canada, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, emotional, touching, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
radio, working class, dysfunctional family, coming of age, rescue, lifestyle, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, new year's eve, world war two, nostalgia ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1987, 70s ...
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, loss, memory, loneliness, love, working class, nostalgia, grief, character study, village life, tragedy, isolation ...
Time:
1920s, year 1917, 60s
Place:
poetic realism, idaho
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936
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
road trip, nostalgia, family relations, satire, family drama, adolescence, coming of age, hopes, bittersweet, siblings, tenderness, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland
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65K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
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11K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and ...
Style:
period piece, tragicomedy, sentimental, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
cooking, coming of age, gay interest, food, chef, cooking and food, homosexuality, lgbt, first kiss, youth, high school, cleaning lady ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they are helped by their ...
Style:
funny, captivating, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
time travel, father daughter relationship, musician, schoolboy, friendship, time machine, nostalgia, time traveler, stoner, rock and roll, predicting the future, sent to the past ...
Time:
2030s, 1920s, future, 60s, 1780s ...
Place:
london, vienna, new orleans, china, sahara
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1993, Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years he will not stop filming. The bunch of friends, the loves, the successes, the failures. From the 90s to the 2010s, it is the portrait of a whole generation that is emerging ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, sincere, romantic comedy
Plot:
found footage, wedding party, group of friends, memories, practical joke, nostalgia, party, friendship, christmas, love, new year, flashback sequence ...
Time:
year 2013, year 1999, 90s, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
france, paris france, barcelona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Grlom u jagode is a 1975 Yugoslavian TV series directed by Srđan Karanović and co-written by Karanović and Rajko Grlić. Depicting the life and times of a young man nicknamed Bane Bumbar, the series achieved huge popularity throughout SFR ...
Style:
period piece, sitcom
Plot:
coming of age, nostalgia, youth culture, grownups, high school life, melancholy, friendship, family drama, slice of life, male protagonist, personal growth, first love ...
Time:
60s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade, belgrade serbia, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Story:
Nobody, nobody but...Juan tells the story of a U.S.-based senior citizen named Juan (Dolphy) who lives in a senior citizens' home run by his son (Eric Quizon) and daughter-in-law (G. Toengi). Juan's favorite pastime is watching Wowowee on ...
Style:
melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
nostalgia, homesickness, loneliness, elderly man, senior citizen, diaspora, variety show, reminiscence, retirement home, isolation, longing, old love ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
age difference, college, college student, happy ending, love and romance, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love, book, teacher student romance, thirtysomething life, passion, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, new york, columbus ohio, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the ...
Style:
touching, hood, melancholic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, wedding, high school, homoeroticism, african american, black, friendship, hip hop, friendship between men, storytelling, homecoming, blaxploitation ...
Time:
80s, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, africa, texas ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series in the I Love the... series presented by VH1. The sequel to I Love the '70s, it premiered on VH1 July 10, 2006 until July 14, 2006, airing at 8pm and 9pm ET each night.
Style:
stylized, semi serious, realistic, humorous, game show ...
Plot:
media, celebrity culture, arts and culture, artists and showbiz, music, showbiz, media sensation, society, power of media, comedian, nostalgia, pop culture ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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913
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Three estranged friends are going to be forced to gather very much to their regret ... Axel (Santiago Segura), a very particular Spaniard, decides to undertake the search of his former companions in Buenos Aires. 25 years ago they formed a musical ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
musician, rock band, father son relationship, rock music, rock concert, nostalgia, desire for fame, music band, reunited friends, group of friends, musician's life, old friends reunited ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death fo a prominent crime boss. Devastated by htis turn of ...
Style:
homoerotic, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
yakuza, bare breasts, anal rape, mob boss, organized crime, crime boss, rage, anger, wrath, betrayal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friend ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Biopic based on the life of author Raymond Roussel.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
haunted by the past, circus, homecoming, workplace, performer's life, family business, fall in love, dark past, circus performer, nostalgia, love and romance, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france, europe, south of france
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Genre: Drama
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, nostalgia, journey, female protagonist, resilience, unrequited love, self discovery, promise, reminiscence, introspection, intimate, bittersweet ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
These Are the Days is an animated television series from Hanna-Barbera, originally broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1974, to September 27, 1975. The series, although critically acclaimed, only lasted 16 total episodes. Each episode had a run time ...
Style:
period piece, sentimental, educational, cult classic
Plot:
family relations, nostalgia, family drama, slice of life, everyday life, family values, small town, heartwarming, childhood, coming of age, community, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, turn of the century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact, they talk of themselves as if they were dead. We don't know what is true or false, what is dream or reality.
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, reflective, existential, art house ...
Plot:
memory, nostalgia, aging, ambiguity, life & death, intimate, existential crisis, loneliness, death, dream, slow burn, minimalism ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Miss Tacuarembó is a unique mixture of drama, comedy, musical with touches of parody and nostalgia which for its beautiful narration will attract many open-minded viewers not only in Latin American world. The story of Natalia, the main hero, and ...
Style:
heartfelt, period piece, parody
Plot:
female protagonist, nostalgia, beauty pageant, aspiration, small town life, christianity, coming of age, bittersweet, satire, female empowerment, latinx lgbt, amusement park ...
Time:
80s
Place:
uruguay, latin america, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Released to commemorate Kamen Rider 555's 20th anniversary, the film takes place after the ending of the TV series. Masato Kusaka and Mari Sonoda are fighting a new iteration of Smart Brain led by Kitazaki, who begins an operation to ...
Style:
captivating, twisted
Plot:
superhero, kamen rider, superpower, masked hero, nostalgia, ranger, save the world, save the day, battles, fight, power rangers, identity crisis ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, poignant
Plot:
winter, grief, mourning, nostalgia, bittersweet, loneliness, loss, character study, memory, regret, aging, family tragedy ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
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298
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.
Style:
period piece, reflective, poignant, melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
literary, small town, death, nostalgia, small town life, everyday life, narration, memory, community, slice of life, birth, funeral ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
new england, new hampshire
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Daniel and Alison meet in 1989 Sheffield and fall in love as teenagers before life takes them in different directions. They reconnect years later through shared musical memories, wondering if they're meant to be together.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, heartfelt, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nostalgia, relationships, teenage love, romantic reunion, bittersweet, longing, youth, second chance, memory, flashback, lost love, coming of age ...
Time:
80s
Place:
united kingdom
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