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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
Obsessive, self-destructive London television scriptwriter Daniel Feeld finds his health failing while involved with the post-production on his new TV drama, "Karaoke." A hard-drinking heavy smoker, Feeld is in much physical pain as he ...
Style:
metafiction, psychological, surreal, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
paranoia, screenwriter, murder, obsession, character study, hallucination, identity, double life, urban, claustrophobia, duplicity, creative block ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
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18K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, witty, semi serious, cerebral ...
Plot:
murder, closeted homosexual, writers, perfect crime, gay lead character, gay relationship, murder mystery, scared to death, manuscript, sociopathy, sociopath, stage play ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
new york state, long island, new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, confession, murder, hanging, detective inspector, murder trial, fame, actress, police inspector, death sentence, diary ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. He undertakes to make a major movie using the title - if not the content - of a best-selling sex manual "Love in Sex". Enlisting ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, parody, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, disorder, religions or cults, couples, artists and showbiz, misfit, nothing goes right, lifestyle, actor's life, media, breakup ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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59K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, sexy, gothic, sexual ...
Plot:
sexuality, writer's life, rape, priest, sex, perversion, steamy romance, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, writers ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, year 2000, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has ...
Style:
erotic drama, manga
Plot:
lesbian sex, female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian, bare breasts, femme fatale, reincarnation, priest, seduction, erection, gay, suicide ...
Place:
paris france, france, london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. ...
Style:
witty, romantic comedy, clever, rom com, retro ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
screenwriter, drinking, writer's block, weekend, love, fashion, writers, costume party, vampire, couples, love and romance, writer's life ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
paris france, france, usa, europe, england
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143K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Style:
entertaining, romantic, captivating, humorous, existential ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
astronomy, small town, love, asteroid, desert, alien, arizona desert, diner, military, domestic drama, alien encounter, mechanic ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspense, thrilling, cult classic ...
Plot:
private detective, political corruption, private investigator, russian roulette, guard dog, private investigation, marriage of convenience, deep south, underwater, newspaper, police corruption, murder ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
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39K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker ...
Style:
art house, erotic, philosophical, biting, grindhouse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, satire, femme fatale, writers, film producer, estranged couple, car accident, film industry, passive aggression, swimming pool, relationships ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, france, mediterranean sea, southern italy ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Pretty young girls get involved in humorous sexual situations.
Style:
sex comedy, anthology, freeze frame, teen comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, female masturbation, nudity, female pubic hair, adulterous husband, sex on a train, bowling, truck driver, female nudity, sex, male nudity, suffocated to death ...
Place:
central europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating, art house
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, intimacy, family relations, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, women, life turned upside down, escapades, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small-town star helps a young apprentice land the girl of his dreams.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Plot:
small town, coming of age, small town life, reincarnation, couples, wizards and magicians, aging, youth, artists and showbiz, twins, desire for fame, misfit ...
Time:
year 1980, 50s, 1950s, year 1951
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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28K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style:
captivating, costume drama, historical drama, period piece, intellectual ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, sex scene, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian attraction, writers, lesbian, open marriage, woman, female writer ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1890s, year 1900, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, louisiana, marseille
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Style:
emotional, witty, stylized, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
bad singing, opera singer, concert, heiress, biopic, music, musician, recording studio, transformation, singing, passion, bald woman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 2016, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Victor Derval is returning home after a performance when he is hailed by Lisa, a young Hungarian woman. Her motives are mysterious; is she simply a star-struck peasant girl, or an ambitious, manipulative aspiring star?
Style:
avant garde
Plot:
immigrant, movie studio, film history, theater, urban setting, aspiring actress, male female relationship, revolutionary, age difference, playwright, actor, bourgeoisie ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A romantic film packed with fun and adventure Gandharavam tells the story of an auto mechanic who falls in love with the daughter of a crime mob family.
Style:
romantic, masala, emotional, romantic comedy, action comedy ...
Plot:
forbidden love, crime family, young adult, family conflict, auto mechanic, elopement, urban, heroine, families, gangster, street life, heroism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
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428K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sentimental, reflective, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, fall in love, life, lovers, life philosophy, couple relations, true love, looking for love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, cornwall
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The winner of twelve film festival awards including Best Feature Film and the Audience Award, "Broadway's Finest" follows three desperate, men who impersonate New York City undercover cops and chase down a notorious drug in order ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, humorous, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot:
impersonating a police officer, ambition, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, audition, police investigation, actor, undercover cop, friendship, drug overdose, betrayal, rehearsal, friendship between men ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city
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985
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without paroll, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, gloomy, rough
Plot:
prison, criminal heroes, follow your dream, female nudity, prison escape, redemption, prison life, strong violent content, profanity, writer's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.
Style:
disturbing, lyrical, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
female nudity, lovers reunited, infidelity, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, love affair, love triangle, couple relations, actor's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2001, 18th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, italy, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, clever, existential, artsy ...
Plot:
philosophy, conversation, food, dialogue, restaurant, existentialism, art, cooking, dinner, realism, transcendence, occult ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1981
Place:
new york, poland, sahara, middle east, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the ...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, fantasy adventure, slasher, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot:
muppets, puppet, puppetry, pig, amnesia, broadway, children, sesame street, wedding, rat, dog, theft ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, delaware, maine ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, hercule poirot, murder mystery, serial killer, murder, writers, conspiracy, literary, mysticism, estate, uncover truth, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, acapulco mexico, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation. The third Miss Marple film starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, black and white ...
Plot:
amateur detective, whodunit, private detective, murder mystery, courtroom drama, murder, strangulation, false accusation, power relations, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s, year 1951, 1950s, 50s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Style:
political thriller, political, independent film, contemplative, biting ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, espionage, holocaust, politics, satire, chess, world war, radio station, book, guilt, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
germany, israel, new york, europe, usa ...
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313K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sexy, visually stunning, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cabaret, love story, tragic love, jealousy, nightclub, sexual attraction, showbiz, music, performer's life, bohemian life, passion, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2001, ancient times, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, europe, detroit, france, montmartre paris ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.
Style:
sexy, exciting, visually stunning, dark fantasy, mystical ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
mythology, legends and myths, greek god, monster, myth, giant bird, roman empire, greek mythology, bare breasts, giant monster, zeus, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
ancient times, 1900s, 80s, future
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
According to Spencer, She's the one... Everyone else thinks so too!
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
porn industry, friendship, workplace, fall in love, couples, love and romance, buddies, love triangle, workplace romance, unfulfilled love, workplace situations, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
THE EXTRA MAN is a sophisticated and moving comedy from filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE EXTRA MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When a deeply ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, touching, semi serious, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, writer's life, starting over, hopes, misfit, teaching the ways of the world, writers, eccentricity, rudeness, self discovery, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2010, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, russia, manhattan new york city ...
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