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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, period piece, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
con artists, forgery, friendship, mistaken identity, police investigation, unhappiness, fish out of water, satire, families, heist, social commentary, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Eleanor Crane goes to visit her uncle Peter in a remote Eastern European village, and receives an unexpectedly cold welcome from the villagers, who are plagued by a deadly curse - and from her uncle, who hides a deadly secret of ...
Style:
atmospheric, sinister, grim, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
werewolf, curse, supernatural, superstition, family secret, transformation, family drama, folk horror, survival, blood, teen angst, coming of age ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, border, alien monster, survival, danger, soldier, death, friendship, society, russian soldier, catastrophe, dystopia ...
Time:
future
Place:
eastern europe, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Moldova
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Story:
An intricate intertwining of politics, investigations and romance unfolds against the backdrop of Moldova over the past thirty years, where the forces of good and evil collide in a compelling plot.
Style:
dramatic, tense, suspenseful, family saga, atmospheric ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, political intrigue, post soviet, conspiracy, power struggle, moral ambiguity, loyalty, investigative journalism, betrayal, national identity, legacy ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 2010s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, neo noir, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
secret police, communist party, villain as protagonist, secret agent, obsession, cold war, paranoia, totalitarianism, male female relationship, agent, social problems, relationship problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trumpet player Géza Elekes does not play very well in his private life, and his fourth marriage has failed. One day he gets a call from his father, whom he hasn't spoken to in decades. This prompts her and her son, András, who is in the thick ...
Style:
road movie, comedy drama, melancholic, black comedy
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, trumpet player, family drama, border crossing, reconciliation, slice of life, dark humor, grandfather, midlife crisis, bittersweet, humanism ...
Place:
budapest, transylvania, hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: War, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the ...
Style:
bleak, tension, existential, art house, period drama
Plot:
world war two, village, scapegoat, injustice, moral dilemma, tragedy, nazi occupation, village idiot, outcast, war crime, sacrifice, fear ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In 1975 two Romanian kids go about their daily routine in their native fishing village on the Danube Delta when a mysterious stranger asks them for a ride in their fishing boat to an island located deep inside the river delta.
Style:
suspense, tension, atmospheric, crime drama, noir ...
Plot:
boat, murder, danger, stranger, children, fear, isolation, mistrust, coming of age, village life, friendship, deception ...
Time:
70s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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399
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Eckermann called Little Cloud, works in the Meteorological Office, but prefers to daydream in his bathtub. On his office computer he elaborates an absolute method for safe winning.
Style:
bleak, tragic ending
Plot:
melancholy, urban decay, loneliness, character study, working class, isolation, friendship, abandoned city, moral ambiguity, refugee, minimalism, hedonism ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tragic story of the life of revolutionary and romantic Nikolai Bukharin and his failed attempt to refute the charges against him. In parallel with the trial of Nikolai Bukharin, the whole life of this amazing man, who was ready to die for his ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tense, intellectual, grim ...
Plot:
repression, biopic, political persecution, tragedy, courtroom, historical figure, idealism, ideology, communism, totalitarianism, trial, revolutionary ...
Time:
20th century, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, eastern europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.
Style:
atmospheric, art house, independent film, period drama, moody
Plot:
magician, jewish culture, stage magic, european, theater, character study, ambition, obsession, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis, existential crisis, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1979, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ...
Style:
art house, bleak, reflective, melancholic, depressing
Plot:
nude young male, nudity, teenager, mother son relationship, autobiography, coming of age, adolescence, realism, survival, false accusation, trauma, injustice ...
Place:
eastern europe, russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Russia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 49 min.
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Story:
Three friends, Sergey Fedotov, Nurali Aslanbekov and Andrey Khomenko, Russian, Kazakh and Ukrainian, served and fought together in Afghanistan. After being injured in the hospital, all three of them took care of the same girl. Fate has divorced ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, sincere, serious, intense ...
Plot:
friendship, military life, conflict, veteran, military officer, wartime life, war, courage, soldier, military service, military, military training ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
afghanistan, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat, their concern focuses on the supply of oil from the refineries of Romania. Without the flow of "black gold", Germany's doom is ...
Style:
tension, period piece, historical drama, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, partisan, battles, military, nazi germany, resistance, resistance movement, sabotage, commando mission, sacrifice, occupation, explosions ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.
Style:
tension, realistic, intense, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
train, world war two, journey, railroad, danger, military, survival, loss, desperation, heroism, resilience, violence ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. Because there aren't enough experts and materials in ...
Style:
historical drama, period drama
Plot:
post war, worker, factory, stalinism, frustration, betrayal, blue collar, labor movement, quarrel, river, machine, tragic event ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, post world war two
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, soviet union, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of 10-year-old boy and his family against the backdrop of the bloody events of 1956, in Budapest. Children do not yet understand what is going on, but they're happy because the schools are closed. But gradually, to adults and children ...
Style:
tension, emotional, bleak, melancholic, sad ...
Plot:
children, innocence lost, repression, political unrest, oppression, fear, loss, child protagonist, coming of age, violence, shock, urban ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s
Place:
budapest, eastern europe, europe, hungary
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of the novice musician Kuzma. Three days before the planned concert he goes with his friend Bard to Berlin for the old car "Pobeda". It is said that there is a collector ready to exchange the yellow beast for the Mercedes-Benz ...
Style:
emotional, comedy drama, indie film, uplifting, poignant ...
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, car journey, coming of age, identity, friendship, personal growth, aspiring musician, love interest, bittersweet, nostalgia, vintage car ...
Place:
berlin germany, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A prostitute is enlisted into the Security Services in order to steal some highly classified records just as the communist regime is about to topple. What begins as political intrigue deftly turns into a complicated love affair.
Style:
captivating, romantic drama, suspense, tension, historical drama ...
Plot:
prostitute, conspiracy, political intrigue, undercover, espionage, working undercover, theft, gang of thieves, organized crime, undercover agent, criminal, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
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147
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, France, Hungary, Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
OUT is an odyssey about 50 year old family man Agoston wandering through East Europe. After loosing his lifelong job in a power plant of small Slovak village Agoston takes the shady but alluring opportunity to work as a welder in a shipyard in ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic, existential, bleak
Plot:
unemployment, family man, loneliness, poverty, journey, survival, loss, working class, aging, blue collar, social realism, self discovery ...
Place:
eastern europe, slovakia, latvia
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226
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Baklava is a fairy tale about a country in the heart of the Peninsula and two brothers, separated by the timelessness of the Transition. Djore is 26, dresses in black, listens to drum & bass and does graffiti. Kotze is 9, wears a silver ...
Style:
independent film, sincere, captivating, road movie, dark comedy ...
Plot:
treasure, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, brothers, hidden treasure, treasure hunt, brother, family relations, treasure hunter, travel, social change, coming of age ...
Place:
bulgaria, eastern europe, balkan
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242
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Poland, Turkey
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Konrad Wolski, head of the Q department, an elite Polish intelligence unit, taking over a Belarusian arms dealer in Istanbul, learns about a terrorist attack planned in Sweden. The weapon to be used in the attack is to come from the Soviet arsenal ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
blackmail, spy, espionage, intelligence, spy thriller, political intrigue, prospector, spy mission, terrorism, politics, counter terrorism, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, istanbul turkey, warsaw poland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Andrey inherits a map to his great-grandmother's treasure, a gift from her lover, and hidden since the early 19th century. He and Mikhail, the descendant of his great-grandmother's lover, follow the map's clues to Montenegro.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hidden treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, humour, escapades, obsessive quest, treasure hunter, treasure, map, family secret, inheritance, car chase ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
montenegro, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Film takes us deep inside the world of Latvian teenagers in 90s: combining the intimate diary of a teenager Jānis trying to find himself by joining a subculture, as well as a skillful, detailed and almost documentary-like depiction of the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, identity, teenager, youth culture, outsider, friendship, rebellion, identity crisis, nostalgia, subculture, intimate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latvia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hardcore soccer ultra, Gyula, and his wife, Mariann, long for a baby. But it turns out that Gyula is sterile and when their plans to adopt also go up in smoke, Mariann does a deal behind her husband's back: they will take in the soon to be ...
Style:
comedy drama, emotional, heartfelt, dark comedy, romantic comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, adoption, parenthood, infertility, moral dilemma, family drama, roma, pregnancy, machismo, identity, secrets, ethnicity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Macedonian military deserter and his Italian blood-brother are searching for a dead grandmother wrapped up in a stolen carpet, all over the Balkan's criminal underworld.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, road movie, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
satire, criminal, mafioso, gangster, caper, mafia, fight, journey, desertion, criminal underworld, friendship, organized crime ...
Place:
balkan, macedonia, eastern europe, former yugoslavia, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real story of the journalist Vesela Toteva (in the role is her daughter -Valentina Karoleva) searching for her own happiness during the dynamic and uncertain 90's in Bulgaria. A tale about drugs, fall, fear and redemption.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, serious, dark, rough ...
Plot:
heroin, addiction, journalist, junkie, drug addiction, fear, family drama, female protagonist, single mother, mother daughter relationship, drug, second chance ...
Place:
bulgaria, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the late 1980s, stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason. When he reappears, after the demise of the Communist regime, he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most, his master and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
theater, betrayal, actor, secret, problem, political unrest, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, corruption, power struggle, frustration, character study ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with the mercenary hired to eliminate her.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, human trafficking, female protagonist, one woman army, sniper, unlikely friendships, battles, criminal's revenge, female vigilante, criminal, murderer ...
Place:
eastern europe, minnesota
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
con artists, deception, treasure hunt, scam, con men, scheming, russian empire, couple relations, male female relationship, escapades, criminal, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
eastern europe
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