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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series that revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments across the globe which program individuals referred to as "Actives" with temporary personalities and ...
Style:
mysterious, serious, suspenseful, cyber, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
undercover, kickass women, innocence lost, cyberpunk, memory loss, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, human nature, self discovery, uncover truth, female warrior, implanted memory ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, tucson arizona
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512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man challenges the web to offer money for a sex tape of him and his girlfriend to finance his work and finally be able to afford having a child. Is it really wrong to sell our own intimacy in order to be able to afford making our dreams come ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, satirical, semi serious, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, ethics, intimacy, money, male female relationship, financial problem, money problems, seduction, relationships, couple relations, wanting a baby, sex tape ...
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191K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
cerebral, political, sexy, suspense, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, courtroom, politics, corruption, reporter, corporate crime, journalist, conspiracy, terrorist, tobacco, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, washington d.c., kentucky, south carolina, mississippi ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, euthanasia, confession, moral dilemma, ethics, family tragedy, terminal illness, alzheimer's disease, redemption, courtroom, husband murders wife ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Yugoslavia, Liechtenstein, Italy
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion.
Style:
thought provoking, reflective, bleak, black and white, historical drama ...
Plot:
pacifism, conscientious objector, ethics, world war two, religion, anti war, moral dilemma, conscience, obedience, humanism, religious conflict, existentialism ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1961, 1940s
Place:
france
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184K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created by Victor Fresco, who also served as the show's Executive Producer. The series ran on the ABC network from March 18, 2009 to January 26, 2010.
Better Off Ted focuses on ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, funny ...
Plot:
workplace, office, research, workplace romance, workplace situations, corporate world, team, success, coworker, experiment, ethics, evil corporation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming ...
Style:
christian film, psychological, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, professor, society, religions or cults, preaching, theology, time, christian, ethics, christianity, bible ...
Time:
1890s, future, victorian era
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then ...
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
journalism, strong female character, gangster, justice, corruption, drug lord, police, drug dealing, heroin, uncover truth, media, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, amsterdam, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his ...
Style:
political, philosophical, cerebral, disturbing, factual ...
Plot:
psychology, science, biopic, social experiment, electric shock, scientist, insanity, experiment, manipulation, couple relations, workplace, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2015, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, yale university, connecticut
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style:
political, tense, period piece, factual, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, media, television, mccarthyism, journalist, reporter, fighting the system, cold war, propaganda, terrorist, patriotism, communism ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 2005, 90s ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., california, usa, soviet union ...
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113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story:
Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Can he help himself by helping others? Will it bring him back into ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
therapist, loss, death of wife, ethics, changing lives, loss of loved one, family problems, satire, loss of wife, psychotherapist, loss of partner, patient ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown ...
Style:
serious, clever, realistic, exciting, dramatic
Plot:
legal, law firm, lawyer, trial, courtroom, starting over, courtroom drama, workplace, partner, lawyers and clients, dedicated lawyer, legal action ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, cincinnati ohio
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While researching a story that centers around an interface that connects the brain to a virtual reality super-computer, investigative reporter Sara Lincoln struggles with the technology's social and moral implications as the lines between her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, tension, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
virtual reality, super computer, ethics, consciousness, ethical dilemma, mind game, identity crisis, morality, female protagonist, mature, cyberpunk, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future
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283K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style:
political, period piece, thought provoking, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
president, politics, civil war, american civil war, american history, idealism, historical character, slavery, politician, racism, head of state, abraham lincoln ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, ancient times, 1800s, victorian era ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, america, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.
Style:
thought provoking, allegory, grim, political thriller, tense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, nuclear, ethics, guilt, catastrophe, remorse, anti war, inventor, conspiracy, manipulation, doomsday, tragic hero ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up ...
Style:
serious, tension, bleak, suspense, black and white
Plot:
post war, social justice, ethics, humanism, community, honor, social realism, solidarity, power struggle, lone hero, loot, resilience ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
poland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A prominent lawyer grapples with ethical quandaries and intricate legal obstacles when attempting to rectify past errors, inadvertently impacting society on a larger scale.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, tension, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, justice, ethics, moral dilemma, courtroom, redemption, guilt, character study, conflict, investigation, corruption, reputation ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man with seemingly unwavering ethics is challenged by his new boss, who believes everyone has a price and it willing to prove it. In this Capra-esque tale no one leaves unscathed when principles and pragmatism collide.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, sincere, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, human spirit, couple relations, workplace, boss and employee, couples, workplace situations, power relations, office, coercion, ethics, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
After his son runs over the member of a family from the mafia, an honest and reputed judge does everything in his power to protect him, putting his own professional and moral convictions to the test.
Style:
psychological, exciting, thrilling, serious, dramatic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, mafia, justice, organized crime, ethics, moral dilemma, legal action, life is a bitch, problem, court, father and son, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1938. Austria has been annexed by Nazi Germany, and Switzerland has closed its borders for Jewish refugees - a death sentence for thousands. But not all Swiss officials observe this inhuman order.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, border crossing, refugee, holocaust, immigration, moral dilemma, ethics, conscience, jewish history, nazi germany, border patrol ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Kintaro Yajima comes to Tokyo and is hired by Yamato Construction Company when he saves the life of the company's CEO. A former leader of a motorcycle gang, Kintaro is known for his highly principled and forthright way of dealing with matters ...
Style:
anime, captivating, tense, suspense, heroic ...
Plot:
honesty, corporate corruption, ethics, office politics, morality, workplace, crime boss, organized crime, criminal, battles, gang, gang leader ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
After losing his job at a publishing firm, Immanuel, joins a private insurance company, where he struggles to meet targets. Soon he is exposed to the ruthless inner workings of his new company, which follows various unethical practices and denies ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
corporation, workplace, publishing house, integrity, insurance, ethical dilemma, ethics, struggle, humanity, morality, social problems, problem ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Charming little story about a local town's doctor - but he is hiding a secret. He will have to come face to face with this truth, despite being great at his job... he will be forced to explain his actions and take responsibility.
Style:
medical drama, reflective, psychological
Plot:
village life, doctor, small town, community, morality, ethics, medicine, reputation, moral ambiguity, guilt, ethical dilemma, character study ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Lee Jang-hwan receives widespread acclaim and media attention after successfully cloning human embryo stem cells. A TV news program PD, Yoon Min-cheol, receives a phone call from an anonymous source who says he has worked with Dr. Lee on the stem ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, whistleblower, conspiracy, private investigation, ethics, doctor, investigative journalism, investigation, government conspiracy, investigative reporter, fertility clinic, physician ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
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58K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, psychological thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, manipulation, ethical dilemma, ethics, character study, moral ambiguity, evil, world war two, courtroom, courtroom drama, obsession, interrogation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, post world war two, year 1946, year 1945
Place:
germany, austria, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, captivating, realistic, humorous
Plot:
politics, ambition, rise to the top, political corruption, redemption, political conspiracy, rivalry, campaign, state affairs, family relations, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, humorous
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
medical, hospital, workplace situations, coworker relationship, doctors and patients, workplace, doctor, workplace romance, career, workplace humor, love affair, ethics ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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912K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style:
bloody, detective, captivating, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, double life, crime investigation, forensics, loner, right and wrong, hidden identity, dark humor, serial murder, dark secret, anti hero, vigilantism ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, canada
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