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Samsara (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: India, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, spiritual, captivating, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: buddhism, self discovery, monk, zen, buddha, human nature, buddhist monk, culture clash, buddhist, social differences, lifestyle, humanity ...
Time: year 2001
Place: tibet, asia, himalaya
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Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 463 min.
TV show
Story: The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in ...
Style: suspense, social, captivating, psychological, novela ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, strong female character, female protagonist, conflict, racial tension, parents and children, female artist, family relations, teenage sexuality, social differences, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
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Echoes of the Rainbow (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother ...
Style: sincere, realistic, sentimental, serious, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: social differences, family relations, society, life is a bitch, rise and fall, lifestyle, family business, money problems, family life, family problems, social problems, cancer ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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 6.8
 3K
Rags (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Rags follows the story of Charlie Prince, an orphan living with his acerbic and unloving stepfather and spoiled, simple-minded stepbrothers. Charlie's dream is to be a singer, and while he is vocally talented and can write music, he can't ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, fairy tale, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: cinderella story, cinderella, teenage love, orphan, showbiz, youth, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, step siblings, social differences, love and romance, unlikely couple ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Lady in the Van (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style: witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot: homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, van, poverty, social differences, old woman, life & death, loneliness, character study, nun ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: england, london
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 7.6
 5K
Court (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, gujarati ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, trial, social differences, court, injustice, power relations, society, legal, discrimination, lawyer, judge ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: india
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 7.0
 3K
Hidden Away (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: At the age of 14 the world around you changes at a dizzying speed. But what if actually it's you that changing? What if these changes take you away from what up until now, has been your world? Ibrahim and Rafa are going to suffer these changes ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, cute ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay love, gay teenager, gay slur, gay romance, closeted gay, teenage life, friendship between boys, outcast, deportation, gay youth, swimming pool ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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 5.8
 14K
The Toy (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers ...
Style: funny, feel good, satirical, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: friendship, youth, family problems, social differences, rich and poor, spoiled brat, toys, fish out of water, life philosophy, twists and turns, millionaire, slavery ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: usa, louisiana
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Baaria (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual ...
Style: atmospheric, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: fascism, politics, communism, world war two, social differences, family life, small town, election, mafia, injustice, state affairs, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: sicily, italy, europe
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Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: By turns tragic and transcendent, Akira Kurosawa’s film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son ...
Style: touching, meditative, compassionate, atmospheric, depressing ...
Plot: poverty, redemption, samurai, social differences, life is a bitch, working class, slum, tragedy, unlikely friendships, character study, hopes, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1970, 60s
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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 7.5
 165K
Trading Places (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style: funny, hilarious, feel good, laugh out loud, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stock market, prostitute, switching roles, fish out of water, beggar, wrongful arrest, social satire, wager, rags to riches, poverty, investor, christmas ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, arizona, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.9
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Overboard (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: memory loss, rich woman poor man, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, parents and children, carpenter, pretend relationship, love, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: oregon
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The Woman in White (1997)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and ...
Style: gothic, psychological, suspenseful, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: investigation, mysterious character, uncover truth, social differences, society, couple relations, love and romance, infidelity, ghost, missing person, obsession, supernatural ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: england, britain, europe
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Eros (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve ...
Style: sexy, erotic, anthology, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prostitute, sexuality, love affair, social differences, society, lovers reunited, psychiatrist, erotica, lifestyle, obsession, obsessive love, infidelity ...
Time: 1950s, year 2004, 20th century, 50s
Place: china, hong kong, asia, italy
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Starter for 10 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a ...
Style: feel good, witty, sweet, melancholic, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: university, coming of age, college, politics, social differences, unlikely friendships, happy ending, love triangle, student, buddies, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2000s, year 1985
Place: england, united kingdom, britain, europe, india
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 7.7
 448K
Crash (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Style: bleak, touching, thought provoking, sincere, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, police, prejudice, racial tension, multiple storylines, sexual harassment, racist, social injustice, redemption, interracial relations, class differences, city life ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, persia, santa monica california ...
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Squid Game (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: "Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: survival, game of death, prize, brutality, violence, cruelty, game, most dangerous game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, poverty, graphic violence ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: south korea
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Kakegurui (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. ...
Style: anime, social, serious, suspense, intellectual ...
Plot: gambling, direction and purpose, struggle for survival, humiliation, power struggle, fighting the system, academy, gambler, social differences, fight for supremacy, class system, student ...
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The Nanny Diaries (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, emotional, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: nanny, dysfunctional family, family relations, adult child friendship, mischievous children, obnoxious boss, parents and children, love and romance, little boy, fish out of water, fall in love, babysitting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa, connecticut ...
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Private Lessons (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a ...
Style: sexy, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, erotic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, sexual awakening, blackmail, older woman teenage boy sex, teenage love, older woman younger man sex, first sexual experience, erotica, sexual initiation, nanny, sexual relations, couples ...
Time: 80s
Place: philadelphia, usa
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Two Moon Junction (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, melancholic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dangerous attraction, erotica, young lovers, sex, sexual relations, unfaithful wife, sexual obsession, love, love story, fall in love, nudity, social differences ...
Time: 80s
Place: alabama, southern usa
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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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The Help (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style: touching, inspirational, thought provoking, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot: racism, friendship, discrimination, civil rights, writers, women, maid, master and servant, human spirit, life is a bitch, racial segregation, racial issues ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 50s ...
Place: mississippi, usa, america, africa, southern usa
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of ...
Style: sexy, erotic, controversial, sexual, manga ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, impotent husband, sex, world war one, erotica, nudity, love triangle, master and servant, infidelity, dysfunctional marriage, war injury, love ...
Time: year 1981, 1910s
Place: england, britain, france, europe
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Flowing Waves (2000)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: After a difficult romance in a class-divided society, the love birds find out marriage is not what they thought it would be.
Style: romantic, sincere, serious, touching
Plot: family disapproval, social differences, coma, love, infatuation, troubled marriage, car accident, love affair, love and romance, hit and run, fall in love, wedding ...
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Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 327 min.
TV show
Story: Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
Style: romantic, costume drama, stylized, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids
Plot: prejudice, love and romance, love story, wooing, fall in love, aristocracy, initially antagonists, social differences, looking for love, unlikely couple, opposites attract, couple relations ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1810s, 1800s ...
Place: england, britain, europe
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The Skulls (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Luke's exultance at being selected for The Skulls (a secret society bred within the walls of a prominent Ivy League Campus) is soon overshadowed when he realises that all is 'not well in Wonderland'. For The Skulls is a breeding ...
Style: suspense, exciting, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: secret society, college, conspiracy, murder, manipulation, uncover truth, friendship, investigation, conspiracy theory, social differences, society, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: yale university, connecticut, usa, harvard university
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 7.0
 65K
Becoming Jane (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
Style: romantic, touching, costume drama, period piece, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot: unfulfilled love, writer's life, love, prejudice, love and romance, love story, couples, fall in love, women, biopic, social differences, society ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 50s, year 2007 ...
Place: england, ireland, britain, europe, london
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Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot: on the road, revenge, friendship, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, culture clash, reckless driving, advertising executive, profanity, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Where the Heart Is (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Style: humorous, satirical, touching, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot: farce, single father, fashion, social differences, destiny, life philosophy, society, family problems, real estate, family drama, art, friendship ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
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