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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, investigation, swat team, fbi, police detective, prophecy, secret movement, who done it, government agency, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, black comedy, period piece, dark comedy ...
Plot:
cat, cow, corrupt cop, hospital, puerto rican, plot twist, black woman, punk, baseball, male nudity, criminal underworld, loss of girlfriend ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
road trip, lesbian, closeted homosexual, breakup, car, female female relationship, dog, lesbian bar, lesbian sex, female nudity, breaking up with girlfriend, criminal ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
philadelphia
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82K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Chile
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
Style:
historical drama, cerebral, philosophical, visual, sentimental ...
Plot:
royal family, christmas, unhappy marriage, mental disorder, british royal family, women, slice of life, female protagonist, adultery, mistress, royalty, marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 2020s
Place:
england, house of windsor
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Fictional portrayal of 'The Summer of 1990' in Kanehsatake: the major conflict between a Mohawk community and the Canadian and Quebec governments - over the expansion of a golf course into an aboriginal cemetery.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
civil rights, crisis, indigenous people, civil unrest, showdown, human rights, social justice, racial tension, activism, mature, small town, native american ...
Time:
90s
Place:
quebec, canada
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing under the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, f word, period drama
Plot:
female boxer, fighter, boxing, biopic, female empowerment, resilience, trailblazer, underdog, abusive relationship, empowerment, family drama, controversy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, year 1989, year 2010 ...
Place:
west virginia, las vegas, florida, tennessee
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, Qatar, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
Plot:
little girl, counterfeit money, police arrest, dictatorship, loss of family, saddam hussein, dictator, school, fire, singing, birthday, rooster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, crying, independent film, f word
Plot:
gay sex, male nudity, gay, gay anal sex, bare chested male, gay interest, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, first gay sexual experience, sexual attraction, gay cruising, undercover cop ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
san francisco, new york
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Branded an enemy of the state, a cyborg supersoldier struggles to find a cause worth fighting for in a dystopian society where nothing is what it seems.
Style:
adult animation, action packed, neo noir, tense, grim ...
Plot:
dystopia, gay, betrayal, cyborgs, cyberpunk, rebellion, political corruption, underground movement, conspiracy, anti hero, violent, graphic violence ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1992, 90s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inseparable best friends AJ & Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, buddy comedy, crying, teen comedy, f word ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
summer job, girl next door, teen romance, friendship, love triangle, lifeguard, swimming pool, summer, jealous friend, jealousy, teenage protagonist, seductive girl ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, iowa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Grumpy handyman Laco loses everything to a group of mobsters. Now wheelchair-bound and with his life spiraling, it's his new friend Gabo, a local Roma who helps Laco see things with a new perspective. Revenge is sweet.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, psychological, satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
revenge, police inspector, satire, paraplegic, handicapped, avenge, bandit, wheelchair bound, vengeance, man in a wheelchair, disability, disabled character ...
Time:
90s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
slovakia, central europe, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a surreal universe where bananas fire laser beams and soup cans are used as grenades, a wacky cast of gangsters are thrown into a deadly game to battle it out over a mystical longboard in this trippy take on the Tarantino crime genre.
Style:
psychedelic, slapstick comedy, avant garde, underground film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
surrealism, heist, alternate dimension, gangster, techno music, laser gun, shootout, deer, fantasy world, puzzle, heist gone wrong, underground ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes.
Style:
light hearted, slapstick, absurd, surreal, slapstick comedy
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
puppet, british, talking animal, puppetry, children, friendship, anthropomorphic animal, handyman, badger, bromance, ventriloquism, potato ...
Time:
80s, 90s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, enigmatic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
missing person, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, gay, kidnapped girl, kidnapped woman, small town, gay relationship, family relations, society, teenager, abduction ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, disgusting, epic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child, children, childhood, school, prank, single parent, fall in love, parents and children, mischievous children, balloon, boy, girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
Style:
semi autobiographical, sincere, serious, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, toddlers
Plot:
childhood trauma, death of mother, orphan, loss, loss of mother, little girl, summer, childhood, mother daughter relationship, farmhouse, uncle, countryside ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
spain, mediterranean sea, barcelona, catalonia, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
An honest lawyer reaches a moral crossroads after the cops force her to inform on her incarcerated brother, the leader of a rising criminal faction.
Style:
captivating, entertaining
Plot:
prison gang, police corruption, organized crime, prison, kidnapping, criminal, gunfight, brother, violence, prison life, family relations, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
south america, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
gay teenager, loner, gay, coming of age, child abuse, gay interest, murder, lgbtq, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, confronting the past ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, independent film, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, dark past, church, serial murder, small town, teenager, murder, double life, fear, mysterious villain, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, midwest
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45K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, USA, Switzerland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, lyrical, novela, intellectual ...
Plot:
writers, infidelity, marriage, aspiring writer, novelist, twists and turns, father son relationship, family relations, revelation, adulterous husband, professor, love affair ...
Time:
1950s, year 1992, 60s, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Film about a group of aid workers trying to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone in the Balkans.
Style:
humorous, cynical, black comedy, melancholic, political ...
Plot:
volunteer, war zone, aid worker, soldier, translator, life philosophy, wartime, world politics, landmine, dialogue, ethnic conflict, bosnian war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, year 2015, 90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, balkan
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243K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, neo noir, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, small town, nightmare, murder, investigation, mysterious villain, hallucination, supernatural, mysterious death, small town life, mysterious place ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, hawaii, washington d.c., usa, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.
Style:
psychological, tense, touching, contemplative, social ...
Plot:
sex scene, lesbian, unhappy marriage, married woman, female protagonist, couples, family relations, love and romance, husband wife relationship, love, male pubic hair, female pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, future
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eddie Murphy stars as shy Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, brilliant, 'calorifically challenged' genetic professor. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, Sherman grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, black comedy, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
overweight, campus, split personality, inventor, african american, food, sarcasm, jekyll and hyde, love, nothing goes right, alter ego, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
usa, north america, madagascar
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, music, classical music, mentor, composer, school, musician, teacher, teaching, honest, high school teacher, sign language ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
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174K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, christian film, uplifting, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
human spirit, rugby, racism, politics, president, apartheid, leadership, underdog, leader, biopic, politician, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 2000s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
south africa, africa, cape town south africa, johannesburg south africa, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
afterlife, angel, redemption, ghost, fear of commitment, supernatural, guardian angel, love, happy ending, imaginary friend, reincarnation, friendship ...
Time:
year 1959, 90s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
san francisco
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20K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.
Style:
political, disturbing, philosophical, cerebral, enigmatic ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, italian history, corruption, assassination, terrorist, prime minister, murder, state affairs, idealism, blackmail, head of state ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, year 1993, year 1991, year 1992 ...
Place:
europe, italy, sicily, moscow russia, soviet union ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain is the retooling of the American animated television series Pinky and the Brain, with the title characters being joined by Elmyra Duff from their other show Tiny Toon Adventures. The show is ...
Style:
absurd, fast paced, slapstick, surreal, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
cartoon mouse, crossover, mouse, world domination, talking animal, satire, children, mad scientist, odd couple, buddies, secret organization, household ...
Time:
90s
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