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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M"
Style:
anthology, suspense, psychological, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
hardcore, violence, brutality, murder, survival, multiple storylines, life & death, justice, male objectification, courage, animal attack, animal cruelty ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A handsome Washington, D.C. doctor and a young New York woman fall in love at an unusual time...after they get married. Leah Lever is married to an Orthodox rabbi, Benjamin Lever, whose brother, Jake is a successful cardiologist and a non-practicing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
marriage of convenience, fall in love, couples, society, religions or cults, death in the family, hopeless romantic, cardiologist, family relations, family tradition, love and romance, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., brooklyn new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, rough, extreme horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, murder, virus, serial killer, cannibalism, deadly virus, female nudity, brutality, infection, dark humor, threesome, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
south africa, africa, china, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of coarse, happy-go-lucky cops investigate, and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, controversial, extreme horror, dark comedy ...
Plot:
restaurant, serial killer, cannibalism, food, violent, extreme, transgression, police, prison, murder investigation, killing spree, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
macau, china, asia, hong kong
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Norway, Denmark, Romania, Poland, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
Style:
satirical, horror comedy, psychological horror, independent film, fairy tale ...
Plot:
body horror, satire, female protagonist, sexual attraction, body mutilation, cosmetic surgery, cocaine, teenage girl, loss of father, sex, sexual euphemism, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of Black friends reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer.
Style:
slasher horror, horror comedy, laugh out loud, slasher, parody
Plot:
game of death, group, board game, masked killer, murder, african american, survival, killer, park ranger, cabin in the woods, black stereotype, terror ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When his partner Sek dies, Thongkam loses his property to his late love's eager family and must fight to reclaim the home they built together.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay couple, gay relationship, gay son, gay brother, gay romance, gay rights, gay interest, gay slur, gay love, gay sex, boys love ...
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
1960s, an Italian seaside village. Cast out after the death of her husband, the wife of a tailor battles to keep the local business afloat.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
dressmaker, marriage, tailor, relationships, male female relationship, fight for supremacy, village, society, troubled marriage, female protagonist, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
60s, year 1960, year 1968
Place:
southern italy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
caste system, female writer, class system, society, love story, social problems, relationships, male female relationship, social issues, love interest, relationship problems, love affair ...
Place:
germany, india
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, realistic, depressing, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, teenager, coming of age, drug addict, high school, mental illness, lgbt, youth, sex, sexuality, school, teenage life ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, brooklyn new york city, italy, california, singapore ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Haunted by his relationship with a fellow inmate, Steve struggles to reconnect with his girlfriend and the world around him. In an attempt to re-integrate with society Steve takes a Meals On Wheels job, only to befriend a seasoned clown who cares ...
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, feel good, psychological ...
Plot:
bisexual, gay, getting home, ex convict, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, gay lead character, gay interest, friendship, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, gay seduction, retirement home ...
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The sequel to Black Panther (2018).
Style:
futuristic, captivating, tear jerker, anime, absurd ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, heroes, human nature, fight scenes, danger, technology, beautiful scenery, fight, african american, african, death of king, death of brother ...
Time:
16th century, 2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
africa, atlantic ocean, virginia, boston, indiana ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ...
Style:
action thriller, political, independent film
Plot:
cia, sudden death, thug, bare chested male, martial arts, car bomb, burned alive, fortune, mercenary, fistfight, karate, killer ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After his mother dies, 19-year-old Charlie Conrad skips college to raise his 9-year-old brother, Ben, in this moving drama. But the heavy responsibility soon causes Charlie to yearn for a normal life. Things start to look up when he embarks on a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, longing, lgbt, gay interest, family relations, absent father, college, dysfunctional family, mysterious character, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate risk, and some will rise while others must fall. ...
Style:
anime, postmodern, surreal, crying
Plot:
theater, train, tokyo tower, giraffe, surrealism, high school life, bow and arrow, katana, gymnastics, dormitory, sword duel, singing ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s
Place:
japan, england, london, tokyo, tower bridge london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, homosexual, gay interest, gay bar, retirement home, gay couple, drag queen, gay father, gay friend, small town, lgbtq ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and ...
Style:
anime, manga, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
mind game, anti hero, secret identity, law enforcement, rivals, heart attack, battle of wits, fighting crime, supernatural, vigilante, serial killer, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Style:
psychedelic, mind bending, tech noir, psychological, non-linear ...
Plot:
computer, programmer, free will, alternate reality, flashback, time travel, computer game, video game, repeated scene, cyberpunk, time loop, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, near future, 2010s, year 1984
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Andrey, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge..
Style:
black comedy, disturbing, perverse, dark comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
bloody violence, held captive, father daughter relationship, brutality, bag of money, corrupt cop, farce, dysfunctional family, betrayal, criminal, revenge, unsupportive parent ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel. However, things have changed for the both of them and feelings of jealousy surround their new relationship.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, uplifting, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
death, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, fall in love, adaptation, couples, jealousy, love, destiny, youth, friendship ...
Place:
europe, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Australia, Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
tree, little girl, mother daughter relationship, death of father, death of loved one, desire, loss of father, children, grief, family relations, introspection, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, erotic, slow cinema, serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, passionate kiss, making love, fall in love, farmer, redemption, moral dilemma, religion, couples, regret, sin, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been ...
Style:
cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time:
year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, parody
Plot:
supernatural ability, crime and punishment, couples, bare chested male, death, drunkenness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hospital, funeral, joke, cemetery, swimming pool ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
renaissance, renewed love, envy, marriage crisis, musician, travel, opportunism, politics, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, musician's life, unlikely couple ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This modernist musical about love and loss in Paris centers around a young couple, Ismael and Julie, who in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these ...
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, sexual, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, gay, gay relationship, male male relationship, bare chested male, gay sex, male nudity, exploring sexuality, death, sexual relations, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, death, characters killed one by one, premonition, no survivors, gory, survival, death of protagonist, a vision, strong violent content, psychic, precognition ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 2000s, future ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
war zone, tragic love, propaganda, relationships, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, couple relations, struggle for survival, male female relationship, dead body, ambulance driver, terrorist ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
kiev ukraine, eastern europe, afghanistan, ukraine, russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
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