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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
state affairs, leadership, society, medieval, dishonesty, betrayal, tudors, royal family, downfall, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest, ambition ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.
Style:
romantic, sexy, stylized, erotic, compassionate ...
Plot:
royal court, young wife, true love, palace, love and romance, society, forced marriage, nobility, passion, couples, tenderness, fall in love ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the ...
Style:
serious, stylized, emotional, romantic drama, period piece ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love affair, jealous husband, royal court, society, aristocracy, unfaithful wife, heir, tudors, passion, french history, duke ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
TV show
Story:
This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, family saga, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, clergy, catholic priest, friendship, love and romance, couple relations, tragic love, priest in love, family life, society, destiny ...
Time:
50s, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
Style:
cute, feel good, romantic, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
college, sorority, high school, cheerleading, youth, popularity, student life, fall in love, teenager, college life, teenage girl, society ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, teen romance, youth, bet, fall in love, young love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage love, friendship ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
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49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, surreal, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, danger, society, chaos, plague, post apocalypse, survival, post-apocalyptic future, family in danger, gory ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, adult animation, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, drug abuse, dystopia, schizophrenia, conspiracy, disorder, addiction, trippy, society, fighting crime, consciousness, losing-it hero ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place:
california, texas, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid ...
Style:
enigmatic, erotic, period piece, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
artist, painter, painting, art, master and servant, sexual tension, nymphet, teenage girl, society, couple relations, maid, portrait ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2003, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe, america
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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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25K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach ...
Style:
touching, sexy, sweet, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, surfing, homosexuality, gay relationship, homosexual, gay romance, gay slur, lgbtqi, gay love, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
california, idaho, southern california, new jersey, san francisco ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the ...
Style:
serious, cynical, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller ...
Plot:
rise to the top, society, politics, betrayal, rise and fall, campaign, state affairs, life is a bitch, political corruption, student life, assassination, gangster ...
Place:
russia
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23K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style:
serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, indiana, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
childhood, kids in trouble, youth, boy, realism, adoption, social problems, life is a bitch, street kid, society, parents and children, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium
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36K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, magic, witch, danger, friendship, college, black magic, death, university, society, youth, clan ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Ouran High School Host Club is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine between the September 2002 and November 2010 issues. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the ...
Style:
anime, humorous, touching, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cross dressing, society, debt, high school, teenage life, youth, identical twins, rich and poor, seductive behavior, high school life, flirting, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
marriage of convenience, arranged marriage, love and romance, world war two, society, destiny, pregnancy, unhappy marriage, pretend relationship, hopes, soldier, marriage ceremony ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 50s
Place:
usa, colorado
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.
Style:
serious, sexual, sexy, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
depravity, female nudity, voyeurism, society, corporal punishment, fetish, porn, freak, sexual harassment, sexual perversion, manipulation, adult filmmaking ...
Time:
year 1998, victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, turn of the century ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, laugh out loud, satirical ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
transvestism, drag queen, cabaret, gay interest, small town, gay slur, fashion, society, fashion show, transvestite, gay, gay bashing ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
milan italy, europe, england, italy, london
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22K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.
Style:
suspense, scary, bloody, bleak, spooky ...
Plot:
zombie, satire, zombie apocalypse, group of strangers, society, dark humor, gory, cannibalism, supernatural, brutality, danger, survival horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Style:
feel good, serious, realistic, controversial, humorous ...
Plot:
power of media, society, starting over, media, misfit, unemployment, assassination, media satire, hacker, irresponsible, social misfits, redemption ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
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131K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, african american, courage, u.s. navy, racial discrimination, military, navy, racial segregation, human spirit, dream come true, diving, underdog ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 60s ...
Place:
america, africa, usa, pacific ocean, cuba ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, courage, japanese history, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, human spirit, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 2003, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, asia, africa, san francisco, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, rom com, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
love story, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, opposites attract, cinderella story, couples, mistaken identity, single parent, hotel, social differences, single mother ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco ...
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22K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, disturbing, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
youth, nudity, sex scene, hip hop culture, sex with a stranger, society, teenager, juvenile delinquency, hip hop, female nudity, making love, brutality ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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160K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape ...
Style:
touching, sad, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
gender, loneliness, cross dressing, lesbian, lgbtq, master and servant, woman dressed as man, relationships, society, death, maid, gender disguise ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1800s, victorian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
ireland, england, britain, dublin ireland, europe
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348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
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