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 6.3
 41K
Watcher (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, scary, psychological, slasher ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, stalker, women, voyeurism, woman, murder, home invasion, expatriate, paranoia, being followed, missing woman, great ending ...
Time: 2020s
Place: romania, bucharest
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 4.7
 10K
Umma (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.
Style: suspense, slasher, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: korean american, immigrant, parent child relationship, parents and children, mother and daughter, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, ghost, supernatural, woman, folk horror ...
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Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country in 'Urban Legends: Final Cut', the suspenseful follow up to the smash hit 'Urban Legend'. At Alpine ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, surprise ending, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, serial killer, murder, college, teenage life, gory, halloween, college life, masked killer, multiple storylines, psychopath, filmmaking ...
Time: 90s
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 4.9
 111K
Anaconda (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: jungle, snake, boat, animal attack, survival, dangerous animal, killer animal, danger, river, strong violent content, giant snake, amazon river ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
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 7.5
 71K
The Farewell (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: lie, masseuse, grief, wedding, female protagonist, terminal illness, women, dialogue, life, grandmother granddaughter relationship, lovers, disability ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: china, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, japan
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 7.1
 65K
Leave No Trace (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an ...
Style: psychological, sincere, serious, road movie, captivating ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, forest, nature, veteran, teenage girl, trust, wilderness, survivalist, hitchhiking, isolation, survival, hiking ...
Time: 2010s, future, near future, 90s
Place: oregon, washington state, xian, portland oregon, colorado ...
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 6.3
 48K
Cargo (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: zombie, pandemic, post apocalypse, survival, infection, father daughter relationship, boat, infected, baby, aborigine, danger, protection ...
Time: near future, 2010s
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
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 7.4
 284K
Me Before You (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style: touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot: love, disability, love story, fall in love, love and romance, quadriplegic, euthanasia, caregiver, handicapped, relationships, death, accident ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, usa, mallorca, paris france, switzerland
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 7.4
 660K
Frozen (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, happy ending, power of love, female protagonist, wizards and magicians, love and romance, snowman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place: europe, scandinavia
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 5.8
 148K
Carrie (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: bullying, high school, telekinesis, prom, blood, stephen king, mother daughter relationship, humiliation, supernatural ability, teacher, supernatural, social misfits ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 439K
Brave (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, bear, heroine, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, archer ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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Lady Chatterley (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story: French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style: sexy, romantic, sexual, touching, sincere ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, sex, lady, sensuality, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, passion, erection, female nudity, female pubic hair, dysfunctional marriage, class differences ...
Time: year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place: riviera, mediterranean sea, europe, france
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Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: ...
Style: brutal, stylized, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, tough guy, vengeance, one man army, comic book, revenge, tough heroes, gory, dark hero, superhero, violent ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.4
 13K
Saving Face (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Style: touching, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, intercultural ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lgbtq, sapphic, lesbian sex, gay, gays and lesbians, loneliness, marriage ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: indiana, new york, usa, paris france, brooklyn new york city ...
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Loving Annabelle (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of ...
Style: erotic, touching, emotional, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, school, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, older woman younger woman relationship, love affair, teachers and students, teenage life, couples ...
Time: year 2006
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Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, friendship, childhood, holocaust, exile, farm, culture clash, immigrant, family relations, wartime life, anti semitism, understanding ...
Time: 1930s, year 2002, 20th century, 1940s
Place: kenya, africa, germany, south africa, east africa ...
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 5.9
 3K
Guinevere (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
Style: disturbing, independent film, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, photography, art, photographer, photograph, secrets, love and romance, social differences, society, parents and children, age difference, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: san francisco, california, usa, ireland, los angeles
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 7.6
 707K
American Psycho (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style: psychological, psychological thriller, surreal, brutal, stylized ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, dark humor, violence, materialism, psycho killer, mental illness, murder, yuppie ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, 2000s, y2k, year 1987 ...
Place: new york, america, seattle, yale university, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.0
 18K
Senseless (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
Style: parody, humorous, entertaining, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: rivalry, college, drug, mentor, culture clash, creativity, stereotypes, experiment gone awry, goofy hero, nothing goes right, youth, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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A Thousand Acres (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.
Style: psychological, touching, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot: farm, child molester, dysfunctional family, shakespeare, incest rape, incest, women, tragedy, domineering father, jealousy, betrayal, sex crime ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: iowa, usa
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 7.2
 12K
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The big Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive women patients. One day Louis is flirting with married and sexy Metty Mereaux, not ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, southern gothic, gothic, spooky ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: witchcraft, curse, coming of age, dysfunctional family, all black cast, black, implied incest, black history, african american, infidelity, redemption, women of color ...
Time: year 1997, 60s, 20th century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, indiana, usa, detroit
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 6.7
 111K
Four Rooms (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, anthology, funny, black comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, multiple storylines, workplace situations, disorder, hotel, gangster, curses spells and rituals, fish out of water, couples, new year's eve, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: america, los angeles, california, usa
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 7.3
 200K
Point Break (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, extreme sport, extreme sports, surfer, surfing, gang, robbery, gangster, undercover, bank robber, buddy, fbi ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, australia, north america
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 5.7
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Streets (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Tough drama looks at the plight of a young L.A. prostitute, who shoots heroin to get through the day, sells sex just to survive, and eats roadkill sometimes when there isn't anything else available. Into this futile existence is thrown a psycho ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: juvenile delinquency, serial killer, prostitute, killer, cop, rescue, on the run, runaway, illiteracy, heroin, youth, society ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
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 5.8
 18K
Blue Steel (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style: neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, psychopath, chase, stalking, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.1
 3K
India Song (1975)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter is the wife of the French ambassador and leads a solitary yet privileged life in Calcutta. The tedium of her existence is relieved by numerous illicit love affairs with government officials, young men who find her an ...
Style: art house, cult classic, experimental, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: feminist, sisters, hardcore, women, success, minimalism, love letter, feminism, sister, sensuality, dancing, voice over narration ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: india, france, kolkata
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 7.4
 325K
Lady Bird (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style: thought provoking, art house, realistic, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, teenager, high school, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, first love, loss of virginity, prom, friendship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, teen angst ...
Time: year 2002, year 2017, 2010s, near future, year 2003 ...
Place: sacramento california, california, new york, usa
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 6.9
 43K
Ravenous (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Mexico, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale ...
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: cannibalism, cannibal, wendigo, snow, winter, gory, death, camp, isolation, military, fort, survival ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place: usa, california
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 6.9
 44K
Near Dark (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Style: scary, road movie, gothic, dark, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, femme fatale, hitchhiker, goth, farm, truck, motel, blood, small town, monster, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: oklahoma, nebraska, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
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Ghost in the Machine (1993)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Karl, a technician in a computer shop, is also the "Address Book Killer," who obtains the names of his victims from stolen address books. Terry and her son Josh come into the store to price software, and a salesman uses Terry's ...
Style: scary, slasher, futuristic, suspenseful, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, hospital, cyberpunk, virtual reality, computer, murder, androids and robots, cybersecurity, death, violence, internet, computer hacker ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: midwest, ohio, cleveland ohio
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