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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In May 1993, Brazil experienced one of the worst economic crises in its history. The government then decides to set up a real task force to solve the problem. Confined to a bunker as a way of shielding the operations of growing political pressures, ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, period piece, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
government, inflation, economic crisis, behind the scenes, realism, negotiation, teamwork, bureaucracy, civil unrest, bunker, confined, latinos ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and ...
Style:
realistic, dark, bleak, grim, intense ...
Plot:
boxing, debt, economic crisis, desperation, unemployment, working class, father son relationship, urban, moral dilemma, social realism, social commentary, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
finance, banker, banking, bank, financial crisis, money, economic crisis, financial ruin, crisis, justice, financial problem, business and finance ...
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
TV show
Story:
Dalangtaosha is directed by Jana Shah and Lin Xiaoxin, starring Bao Janfeng and Cheng Taishen, and starring Hai Qing in particular, Wang Wenna, Sun Lishi and Du Ziming, starring Wang Zhifei, Xia Tian, Ma Mingyu, Dai Yi, Chen Ruoxuan and Meng Zoey.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thrilling, family saga ...
Plot:
betrayal, stereotypes, political conflict, communist propaganda, social realism, storytelling, patriotism, government official, economic crisis, chinese history, communist party, historical event ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Directed by Kong Sheng and produced by Hou Hong Liang who are famous for their work on titles such as 'Battle of Changsha', and 'Nirvana in Fire', while written by screen writer Liu He Ping. The drama is set during 1948 during an ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, political thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
chinese civil war, political intrigue, spy, chinese history, undercover agent, power struggle, espionage, communist party, economic crisis, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, intrigue ...
Time:
year 1948
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A well-meaning but hapless functionary in grips of mid-life crisis is appointed to run Russia's Ministry of Long-term planning - a small, underfunded, understaffed and generally ignored state agency. With a team consisting of sycophants and ...
Plot:
corrupt politician, political corruption, loser, government, corrupt official, prime minister, corrupt, co worker co worker relationship, police department, corruption, rescue attempt, failed attempt ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, erotic drama, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, explicit sex, sex scene, sex, looking for sex, sexual promiscuity, sexuality, desire, sexual fantasy, sexual attraction, unsimulated sex, nymphomaniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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72
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. He takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it’s the only way he can ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
character study, struggle, working class, resilience, blue collar, unemployment, survival, empathy, family drama, social realism, social commentary, economic crisis ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Colombia
TV show
Story:
In 2001, a gang of Colombian thieves travel to Argentina to carry out robberies while the country is preoccupied with a political and economic crisis.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
robbery, gang, thief, stealing money, financial crisis, theft, burglar, criminal gang, crisis, stolen money, money, economic crisis ...
Place:
argentina, colombia, latin america, buenos aires argentina, south america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return ...
Style:
bleak, black comedy, existential, slapstick
Plot:
perestroika, homelessness, poverty, post soviet, survival, social realism, desperation, class struggle, realism, economic crisis, collapse, urban decay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It is nearly a generation since we've visited Dobie Gillis, and the middle-aged Dobie is nothing like he was as a youth, having has sown all of his wild oats. He's settled into the predictable adult life, married to the reliable Zelda (who ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, touching ...
Plot:
small town, economic crisis, character study, friendship, social commentary, satire, bittersweet, resilience, blue collar, family business, slice of life, rebirth ...
Time:
60s, 50s
Place:
colorado, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Style:
historical drama, period piece
Plot:
world war two, religion, working class, family drama, economic crisis, social realism, catholicism, poverty, depression era, sacrifice, illness, small town life ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yemen
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A number of obstacles stands in the way of a young couple as only 10 days are left for their wedding, each obstacle is in one way or another caused by the aftermath of the 2015 war in Yemen.
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, emotional, tense, intense ...
Plot:
wedding, resilience, economic crisis, social realism, civil unrest, countdown, young couple, social commentary, family bonds, family conflict, hopes, domestic drama ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Everything will be fine" the doctor promised Jo while she was giving birth to her first child. But, some forty years and four sons later, nothing is happening like it should be during this month of August: as she arrives on Greek soil to ...
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical, tension ...
Plot:
satire, overprotective mother, family drama, motherhood, festival, dysfunctional family, family relations, father son relationship, punishment, mother son relationship, parents and children, relationship problems ...
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
interwar period, historical character, historical figure, lifestyle, wartime life, determination, war, wartime, historical event, heroes, great depression, social change ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
france, germany, soviet union, britain, poland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Peru
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on a theater musical, this movie is set in the city of Lima, Peru during the end of the 80's. The plot is about a group of youngsters from Lima who are participating in a contest for the best new Peruvian rock band. All these while they ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, semi serious, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
rock music, adolescence, coming of age, musician's life, music, love affair, competitor, grownups, love interest, life, musician, record producer ...
Place:
latin america
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600
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
To fight against the introduction of automatic checkouts that threaten their jobs, staff members at Hard Discounts secretly create their own "Alternative Discount" outlet by salvaging products that would otherwise have been wasted.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
working class, against the rules, cons and scams, workplace situations, society, rebellion, partner, dishonesty, store, employee, supermarket, security guard ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
Style:
art house, black comedy, philosophical, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
greed, retribution, moral dilemma, revenge motive, small town, revenge, vengeance, economic crisis, betrayal, corruption, social commentary, tragedy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Empire of Gold is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Go Soo, Lee Yo-won, and Son Hyun-joo. It airs on SBS beginning July 1, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
power struggle, ambition, wealth, family business, sibling rivalry, empire, rich, family drama, problem, family problems, rivalry, intrigue ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three divorced fathers are forced to live together.
Style:
captivating, humorous, psychological, disturbing, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
father, roommate, working class, financial difficulty, parents and children, family relations, love and romance, living together, divorced parents, male female relationship, kids and family, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brazil, 1988. An unemployed tractor driver hijacks VASP flight 375 and orders commander Murilo to crash the plane on the Planalto Palace to kill the president - whom he considers guilty for the country's devastating economic crisis.
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Plot:
terrorism, hostage situation, airplane hijack, hostage negotiator, hijacking, politics, aviation, terrorist attack, terrorist, capture, economic crisis, political unrest ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Valentino and Salvo, unemployed and in search of fortune and recommendation, leave Palermo for Valentino’s home town, Monteforte, where they will try to survive the Italian crisis by opening some sort of hospice.
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
friendship, living together, escapades, stealing money, road trip, neighbor neighbor relationship, wedding, economic crisis, social commentary, social satire, satire, unemployment ...
Place:
sicily
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The workers fight for their rights creating independent union. They know that it is the only way to struggle against the owners of the plant.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
exploitation, socialism, capitalism, industry, money, worker, labor union, class conflict, crisis, working class, city life, society ...
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Cyprus, Germany, Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Caught between the mob and border patrol, washed-up musician Yiannis must put his plans to leave Cyprus on hold when his beloved dog escapes across the wall to the island's Turkish side.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, dog, border, lost dog, human dog relationship, trespassing, animal human communication, human animal relationship, owner dog relationship, pets, musician's life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cyprus, turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An aging slacker finds his comfortable status quo and family dynamic disrupted when his ex-wife and her current partner decide to move from Argentina to Paraguay and take his children with them.
Style:
melancholic, sincere, romantic, poignant, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, father daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorced couple, children, love and romance, couple relations, parent child relationship, family drama, fatherhood, husband wife relationship, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, paraguay
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
President Vasily Goloborodko is in power for almost half a year. The economic situation in the country had deteriorated: prices are rising and the national currency has depreciated. People's confidence in the President is rapidly falling. To ...
Style:
humorous, social, captivating, satirical, dramatic ...
Plot:
corruption, government corruption, president, politics, parent child relationship, loneliness, mentor, love triangle, rivalry, society, dishonesty, destiny ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Seven years after the incident in Pitta, all from the group leaves the Aegean, and get's to shore... Stavrakomathiakakis - after the mysterious kidnap of his 12 years old Pakistanian protégé Noori - leaves Psiloritis and, following her ...
Style:
satirical, witty, absurd, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, social commentary, irreverent, economic crisis, political corruption, urban, political satire, class conflict, kidnapping, corruption, political campaign ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
athens greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Akira Yamazaki and Akira Kaido are new employees at Industrial Central Bank. They are both outstanding at their jobs and fierce rivals, but they come from totally different backgrounds. When Akira Yamazaki was a child, his father's factory went ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, dramatic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, cheating, hospital, bank, compassion, manipulation, hotel, funeral, perseverance, professional rivalry, rivalry, finance ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, UK, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tattoo artist Billy and unemployed Nakos are best friends from Athens. Old bachelor Nakos is a racist, obsessed with the victim mentality, and he rages at Greece’s increasing immigrant numbers. Billy, however, is in favor of foreigners coming. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
refugee, greek, syrian refugee, xenophobia, immigration, racism, lifestyle, changing lives, social problems, social issues, immigrant, city life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece, athens greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Flora Lau’s debut feature is a beautifully formed, subtle film that focuses on the lives of two people with very different prospects – a wealthy Hong Kong woman and her mainland Chinese chauffeur – both trying to cope with life’s unexpected ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
love and romance, boss and employee, platonic, power relations, odd couple, love, mother love, bankruptcy, male female relationship, death of husband, politics, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
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