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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
TV show
Story:
1952, Cryopigi, Xanthi. Marika vows never to leave her sisters, Vasiliki, Frosso and Despinio. But in pursuit of a better life, the girls end up as maids in different homes. Will they manage to survive and merge again?
Style:
melancholic, tense, art house, grim
Plot:
survival, exploitation, sisters, resilience, abuse of power, gender roles, claustrophobia, solidarity, obedience, patriarchy, identity, surveillance ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
greece
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100
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Spain, 1982. Marisa decides to take her daughter to Madrid to find a solution for an unwanted pregnancy. Lucia ends up in Peñagrande, a reformatory for pregnant teenagers. There, she will forge strong friendships with the other girls and discover ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, tense, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
injustice, motherhood, women's rights, unwanted pregnancy, child kidnapping, abuse of power, trauma, social realism, family drama, reformatory, human rights, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain, madrid
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394
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the ...
Style:
psychological, political, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalinism, torture, catholic, character study, biopic, faith, physical torture, problem, male female relationship, abuse of power, interrogation, totalitarianism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Michael Mikaele is a young man in a catatonic state living in a psychiatric ward where his doctor thinks her sympathies for him justify raping him. It's all part of his mad world, and we see what brought him there. He's an artist from a ...
Style:
psychological horror, independent film, sex comedy, black comedy
Plot:
surrealism, mental illness, abuse of power, unsettling, psychiatric ward, sexual assault, driven mad, isolation, hallucination, claustrophobia, alienation, stream of consciousness ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Style:
historical drama, romantic, grim, bleak, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
betrayal, female protagonist, starting over, male female relationship, female friendship, women's prison, new life, wrongful conviction, prison life, oppression, injustice, political repression ...
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Genre: Drama, Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mixed group of prisoners in a concentration camp in North Korea struggle for survival and dignity as best the can, enduring the cruelty of the guards and of their fellow inmates.
Style:
bleak, tense, intense, emotional, period piece
Plot:
humiliation, dehumanization, oppression, suffering, concentration camp, survival, totalitarianism, desperation, abuse of power, forced labor, brutality, trauma ...
Place:
north korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rene Cardona directs the film version of Jose Leon Sanchez's best-selling novel, which relates the author's 20 years of imprisonment on an island ruled by brutality. When a sadistic man declares himself the boss of an island pueblo, an ...
Style:
intense, dark, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
prison, island, brutality, isolation, escape, social commentary, dictatorship, injustice, power struggle, abuse of power, tyranny, oppression ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Thommy, a Christian migrant labourer from Kerala is an obedient slave of his aggressive, tyrannical landlord Bhaskara Pattelar. Thommy obeys all the orders of his master, whether it is to make his own wife sexually available to his master or in ...
Style:
bleak, intense, grim, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
loyalty, obedience, feudalism, oppression, landlord, freedom, abuse of power, tyranny, social realism, character study, exploitation, tenant ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Silvia is incarcerated in a corrupt women prison and forced to participate in drug distribution. When she refuses she is punished and her sister murdered. She will try to get free and get her revenge.
Style:
dark, bleak
Plot:
women in prison, female protagonist, revenge, female vigilante, corruption, abuse of power, drug traffic, injustice, retribution, escape, exploitation, escape attempt ...
Time:
80s
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209
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.
Style:
dark, serious, tense, tragic
Plot:
naked man, perestroika, soviet army, brutality, mockery, military, realism, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, violence, toxic masculinity ...
Place:
eastern europe, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
Style:
controversial, bleak, period piece, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, prostitution, brothel, journey, moral ambiguity, abuse of power, violence, military, trauma, mountain, realism, desperation ...
Place:
albania, greece, athens greece
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Genre: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
For fun, two men kidnap and torment women in bondage.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, intense, dark, art house ...
Plot:
bondage, kidnapping, sexploitation, exploitation, abduction, sexual abuse, captivity, mature, female victim, psychological torment, sadomasochism, taboo ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense, grim ...
Plot:
dystopia, totalitarianism, corruption, abuse of power, rebellion, civil liberties, resistance, british, espionage, social commentary, escape, suspicion ...
Time:
near future, 90s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Action
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Story about young criminals in Belgrade during the 1990s crisis.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, intense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, rage, hostage situation, anguish, violent, identity, psychological torture, moral ambiguity, isolation, abuse of power, corruption ...
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who's accused of political crimes. After some false starts, he manages to arrest her, but is startled to learn that she's also a nun. ...
Style:
intense, political thriller, dark, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
male nudity, nun, torture, interrogation, interrogation room, abuse of power, political repression, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, guilt, obsession, confession ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A pretty young college student is arrested during a demonstration. She is taken to a notorious detention center, where she is subjected to sexual harassment by lesbian inmates and guards, and becomes the target of a sadistic, bullwhip-wielding ...
Style:
controversial, transgressive, tension, retro, period piece ...
Plot:
female prisoner, women in prison, prison, mature, sexual harassment, reformatory, sexual abuse, exploitation, sexploitation, corruption, voyeur, abuse of power ...
Time:
60s
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202
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, bleak, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
orphan, world war two, police brutality, survival, justice, coming of age, social injustice, juvenile detention, realism, teenage protagonist, abuse of power, character study ...
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 16 year-old society girl is kidnapped and exploited by a group of people including one of her high school teachers. One by one Virginia seduces her captors and is able to gain the upper hand.
Style:
disturbing, dark, controversial, intense, erotic drama ...
Plot:
sexploitation, kidnapping, rape, seduction, coercion, loss of innocence, sexual abuse, ransom, moral ambiguity, taboo, manipulation, captivity ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A renowned wellness influencer invites one of her recently overdosed followers to seek recovery at her small-town manor. Once the follower arrives, she realizes the dark world existing within the manor is not what she–nor millions of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, gothic
Plot:
abuse of power, psychological manipulation, manipulation, deception, isolation, dark secret, cult leader, claustrophobia, mistrust, obsession, moral ambiguity, paranoia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The 17 years old Marco Weiss has spent as usual his holiday with his parents at the Turkish Rivera.But on the last day of his stay Marco is arrested for sexual abuse against the minor British girl Carolina.He will spend 247 days in provisional ...
Style:
harsh, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
prison, desperation, investigation, trial, district attorney, anguish, judge, flirting, propaganda, holiday, teen romance, arrest ...
Place:
turkey, germany
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306
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the girlfriend of a cult leader tries to leave the flock, she finds escape to be more difficult than she imagined.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
escape, fight, cult leader, manipulation, escape attempt, brainwashing, indoctrination, religious fanaticism, control, abuse of power, psychological abuse, paranoia ...
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 12, Gabriel was sexually abused by Father Vincey, his headmaster. Fifteen years later, he is still traumatized. Constantly racked by this wrong that he has kept secret, Gabriel buys a gun and moves in near the boarding school where the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
revenge, sexual abuse, pedophile priest, rape victim, church, trauma, rape and revenge, problem, sexualized violence, violence, pedophile, rape ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boy, totalitarian regime, loss, tragedy, deportation, nuclear testing, oppression, social problems, foster child, reprisal, dysfunctional family, repression ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
kazakhstan
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A broken family,a forbidden ritual,and a girl caught between the real and the unreal.Honey is a haunting tale of systemic abuse,spiritual delusion,and the invisible horrors inflicted on children,where the darkest monsters aren't imaginary.
Style:
psychological horror, intense, tense, atmospheric, surreal
Plot:
domestic abuse, religious fanaticism, trauma, father daughter conflict, possession, supernatural, paranoia, cult leader, occult, animal sacrifice, abuse of power, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison in the US - the Army Stockade of the Presidio base near San ...
Style:
bleak, grim, independent film, political drama, period drama
Plot:
anti war, military prison, vietnam war, court martial, awol, repression, human rights, authoritarianism, abuse of power, psychological torture, interrogation, anti establishment ...
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Magnificat is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
dark, grim, brutal, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
abbey, torture, religious, mature, catholicism, convent, moral ambiguity, medieval, clergy, monastery, sin, haunting ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century
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122
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A mysterious cult has decided to take a new direction in giving Victor, a hard working trusted member, a promotion. However, his cruel minded disciples have decided to take action of their own. Growing tired of their monotonous plans, they begin to ...
Style:
suspense, sinister, tense, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
occult, secret society, manipulation, danger, abduction, confrontation, abuse of power, escape, conspiracy, corruption, ritual, survival ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes is a German action television series, an RTL co-production with ORF. First aired on 18 June 2009, it is set in a monastery and involves martial arts. Fifteen 45 minute episodes have been produced as of October 2011 in two ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, action drama, heroic, fast paced
Plot:
martial arts, justice, fighting crime, monk, monastery, fight, assistant, showdown, fight for justice, social injustice, protector, battles ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the year 2000, Nevenka Fernández, 24 years old, Councilor for Finance in the Ponferrada City Council, suffered relentless persecution, both sentimental and professional, by the mayor, a man accustomed to doing his will politically and ...
Style:
historical drama, intense
Plot:
sexual harassment, female protagonist, courtroom, biopic, political scandal, feminism, abuse of power, courage, women's rights, survivor, investigative journalism, political corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Five female prisoners forge a unique bond after a deadly accident... until corruption and turf wars within a ruthless prison threaten to destroy them.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, emotional, intense, tense
Plot:
women's prison, power struggle, survival, corruption, organized crime, betrayal, violence, female friendship, abuse of power, sisterhood, moral ambiguity, anti hero ...
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