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I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: A door to another world stretches out before a boy who's been brutally bullied all his life. This alternate reality grants him access to all sorts of things, like cheat skills and a portal that lets him travel between his old and new worlds! ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, ecchi, learning ...
Plot: harem, fantasy world, isekai, demon, school, fight, portal, supernatural ability, parallel world, magical, adventurer, changing lives ...
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Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into ...
Style: christmas classics, sweet, touching, claymation, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: stop motion, christmas, holiday, reindeer, imaginary kingdom, winter, toys, xmas, christmas season, island, snow, misfit ...
Time: 60s
Place: fictional island
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
Style: realistic, bleak, social, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: journalism, terrorism, investigation, politics, social commentary, reporter, obsession, police investigation, police, surveillance, police chase, communism ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: germany, europe, west germany
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 6.1
 6K
Sleepwalking (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, foster home, road trip, haunted by the past, family problems, introspection, child abuse, friendship, mother daughter relationship, loss of job, single parent, coming of age ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, california, utah
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 5.1
 2K
Allure (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Plagued by the abuse of her past and the turmoil of failed intimate encounters, Laura struggles to find a lover and a sense of normalcy. Her beacon of hope comes in sixteen year-old Eva, a talented pianist disillusioned by the life her mother ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, touching, psychological thriller ...
Plot: lesbian love, tomboy, lesbian interest, teenage girl, lesbian teen, older woman younger woman relationship, painful sex, forbidden love, obsession, female protagonist, female on male rape, lesbian attraction ...
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 6.8
 3K
Murina (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Brazil, USA, Slovenia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: friend, teenage girl, family problems, grownups, teenager, relationship problems, control, parents and children, father, coming of age, woman, diving ...
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Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, ...
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: female assassin, serial killer, murder, psychopath, sex addict, danger, amateur detective, violence spree, obsession, teachers and students, gory, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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The Marriage Escape (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jan is married to Gedda. Gedda loves him só much, it stifles Jan. When he has to move to a nursing home because of early onset dementia, their lives take a special turn.
Plot: bare chested male, police officer, comedy of manners, police, emotional abuse, passive aggressive behavior, coffee, freedom, man in underwear, donkey, elevator, family relations ...
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Office Killer (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder ...
Style: psychological, slasher, black comedy, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: asthma, workplace, office, asthmatic, manipulation, serial killer, psychopath, workplace romance, obsession, goofy hero, protagonist as suspect, evil woman ...
Time: 90s
Place: virginia, new york, usa
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 6.3
 520
Black Journal (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".
Style: freeze frame, entertaining, dark comedy, black comedy, crying ...
Plot: true crime, serial killer, female villain, biopic, mother issues, mute character, suspicious man, delusional woman, serial killer as protagonist, puritanism, dual role, predicting the future ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938
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Strangler vs Strangler (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When it comes to crime, Belgrade is same as any other modern metropolis, except for having its own serial killers. That blank is filled when a flower salesman begins strangling women. A popular, but very disturbed rock star soon becomes ...
Style: dark comedy, horror musical, cult classic, horror comedy, surreal ...
Plot: serial killer, female nudity, strangulation, killing spree, police investigation, anonymous letter, telepathy, rock concert, opera, badass, love letter, serial killer as protagonist ...
Time: 80s
Place: serbia, balkan, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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 6.5
 4K
The Pass (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two young professional soccer players share a hotel room the night before their first big game. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives - a decade of fame and ...
Style: lgbt cinema, touching, sentimental, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay love, lgbt, gay slur, gay athlete, gay interest, gay lead character, homosexuality, football, naked man, closeted gay, soccer ...
Time: 2000s
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 7.9
 1.3M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
Place: britain, iran, los angeles, america, nova scotia ...
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 5.7
 54K
You Again (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Before the wedding bells toll, Marni must show her brother that a tiger doesn't change its ...
Style: romantic, romantic comedy, teen, light, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: wedding, bullying, cheerleading, marriage, female protagonist, teenager, bully, happy ending, wedding preparations and rituals, uninhibited rivalry, adolescence, farce ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.9
 3K
Father Hood (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them into a family.
Style: road movie, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: kids, manly
Plot: kidnapping, chase, heist, father daughter relationship, reporter, road trip, criminal, convict, highway, child hero, youth, travel ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: las vegas
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Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, Ed. He is recognized by Kemp (Dadda) as the murderer of Kemp's former employer, whereupon Sloane ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, manipulation, psychological manipulation, age-gap relationship, dark humor, murder, woman rapes man, male objectification, abuse of power, womanizer, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
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 4.1
 539
Night Fire (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A wife with burning desire. A husband with dangerous motives. The quest for ecstasy can turn into a struggle for survival.
Style: sexy, erotic, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: coercion, sexual manipulation, watching sex, violent husband, sexual behavior, erotica, manipulation, voyeurism, couples, harassment, submissive woman, husband wife conflict ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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 5.7
 488
Kiss me Kismet (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Götz, the owner of an record shop in Berlin, Kreuzberg, is in love with Aylin.But Aylin is espoused to an turkey doctor named Tarkan. Götz and Aylin are fallin in love and they want to get married. Their Plans first get strong restistance from the ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, romantic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: islam, culture clash, romantic relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, love triangle, love and romance, relationships, love interest, couple relations, in love, fall in love ...
Place: berlin germany
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, light, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, date night
Plot: cinderella, cinderella story, love and romance, fall in love, prince, true love, evil stepmother, beauty, princess, wish come true, fairy, hopes ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages
Place: czechoslovakia, central europe, german democratic republic, czech republic, east germany
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Indian Summer (1972)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: female nudity, sex scene, teacher, high school, teachers and students, poetry, love story, poet, bare chested male, unhappiness, seaside, substitute teacher ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy
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 8.0
 93K
Perfect Blue (1997)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style: surreal, suspense, adult animation, anime, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, serial killer, mentally unstable, stalking, obsession, actor's life, actress, twists and turns, psychopath, rape, losing-it hero, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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No One Would Tell (1996)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, captivating
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: abusive relationship, obsession, fatal attraction, love, abuse, toxic relationship, abused woman, serial killer, troubled teen, mental issues, trouble, high school life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a young prostitute is murdered and left in a rubbish heap, her mother does everything to track down the killer.
Style: sad
Plot: prostitute, prostitution, murder, trouble, troubled teen, psychotic, loss of daughter, pimp, abusive boyfriend, emotional abuse, murder of daughter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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 6.7
 21K
Martian Child (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, single father, mars, writers, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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 6.1
 2K
Expired (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, being the perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: young lovers, fall in love, opposites attract, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, unlikely couple, single parent, lifestyle, family relations, couples, unfulfilled love ...
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 7.9
 32K
Dev D (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Dev who, after spurning Paro's love due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and vodka for solace. Paro moves on but Dev still is in remorse. He meets Chanda, a prostitute with problems of her own. Dev likes her but his penchant for ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, serious, psychological, offbeat ...
Plot: tragic love, self destructing, slut, addiction, drug addiction, prostitute, drug abuse, society, human nature, couple relations, social differences, pimp ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: asia, new delhi, delhi, india
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Control Factor (2003)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, uncover truth, rivalry, undercover, government agency, investigation, dishonesty, supernatural ability, murder, conspiracy ...
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 7.0
 61K
Breakdown (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, road movie, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, highway, chase, road trip, murder, conspiracy, desert, car breakdown, danger, couples, ransom, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, arizona, massachusetts, usa
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Reviving Ophelia (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, serious
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: family problems, coming of age, family relations, family life, teenage life, obsession, youth, hidden truth, parents and children, single parent, sisters, abusive relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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