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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Welcome to Lisbon: there are mermaids by the Tagus and birds flying over the old city; there are mad scientists and singing fish; lost tourist guides and lost tourists; fado and sad guitars. What a weird city you may think - but no. Lisbon is about ...
Style:
art house, anthology, surreal, satirical, melancholic ...
Plot:
city life, economic crisis, slice of life, identity, resilience, mermaid, intimate, bird, migration, mad scientist, ensemble
Place:
lisbon portugal, portugal
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1920s Warsaw, a legendary conman tries to exploit the financial problems of a vaudeville theatre in order to rob a bank.
Style:
period piece, lighthearted, witty, slapstick, costume drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
vaudeville, bank robbery, showbiz, heist, scheming, satire, entertainment industry, nostalgia, economic crisis, corruption, intrigue, escapism ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
warsaw poland, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Gustavo idolizes his older brother Paco and his punk, "Frikis" bandmates. When word reaches the Frikis of a potential reprieve from the effects of the economic crisis, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV to ...
Style:
emotional, controversial, independent film, art house, tragic ...
Plot:
hiv, coming of age, branding iron, aids, punk music, punk, friendship, subculture, counterculture, brotherhood, desperation, youth culture ...
Time:
90s
Place:
cuba
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the name of economic recovery, the Brazilian Government created a perennial system of compulsory vertical isolation for seniors over 80 to be confined in a colony. Teca is 77 and lives in the village of Muriti, in the Amazon, when she is ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, suspense, tragicomedy, political drama
Plot:
dystopia, aging, amazon, elderly man, social commentary, escape, social isolation, ageism, human rights, bittersweet, economic crisis, resistance ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The market town Braunschlag, on the outskirts of Austria close to the Czech Republic is bankrupt. The mayor, under pressure form Russian mafia creditors and state government has an idea after a night of too much alcohol in shabby town-disco: Only a ...
Style:
black comedy, semi serious, captivating, cynical, dark comedy ...
Plot:
mayor, small town, provincial life, satire, dark humor, corruption, greed, problem, money problems, deception, town mayor, con trick ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
unlikely criminals, murderous pair, satire, society, vigilantism, social decay, life is a bitch, disorder, escapades, nothing to lose, partner, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Each morning, whatever the day, four friends meet at a bar to have some beers and fix the world their own way, by criticizing and ranting against everything and everyone. They have something in common: they are all unemployed. Well, all but one.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
unemployment, friendship, social satire, satire, social issues, friends, conversation, group of friends, social problems, camaraderie, working class, everyday life ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman and a businesswoman face financial ruin during an economic crisis. As they try to recover, a comedic romance develops between them.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, romantic comedy, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
widow, satire, businesswoman, money, financial problem, business, money problems, businessman, male female relationship, problem, relationships, financial ruin ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, provincial life, community, society, social problems, small town, church, humour, family problems, breaking the law, money problems, small community ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Kaoru Ushijima's Kaukau Finance is the lender of last resort for many of the poorest people in the area: He collects without mercy and without fail.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
loan shark, debt collector, black market, debt, social relations, money problems, white trash, humour, social misfits, financial problem, social problems, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As every year Carlos (Raul Godoy) is spending the summer in the country with his family in order to help out with things. Perhaps he won't even be returning to Madrid, as economic prospects are hardly rosy there. In addition, his father's ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, romantic drama, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gay relationship, forbidden love, family relations, village, police officer, lgbtq, gay, fall in love, life is a bitch, couple relations, lgbt, social problems ...
Place:
spain, poetic realism
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
A group of urbanites flee the city for different reasons: existential, economic crisis, need for fresh air, search for peace, inspiration to compose ... The intention of these strangers is to settle in an abandoned town and start their lives from ...
Style:
sincere, entertaining, captivating, light, lighthearted
Plot:
small town, adaptation, friendship, family relations, male female relationship, escapades, rivalry, love, disorder, society, culture clash, fish out of water ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The adventures of the people living in a small village on a border between Russia and Belarus.
Style:
light, feel good, humorous, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
village life, everyday life, businessman, bull, neighbor neighbor relationship, family relations, village, friendship, nature, drinking, society, drinking alcohol ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The owner of a bed and breakfast has an epiphany: in order to survive, he has to transform the B&B into a place of worship - where he will host tourists in exchange for a donation.
Style:
satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, business, religion, religious fanatic, society, religious faith, social satire, escapades, religious cult, ethical dilemma, tax evasion, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stéphane, Cathy and Thierry are the best employees of the Employment Agency of their city. But their results are so good that the agency will have to close because of a lack of unemployed. The three colleagues then have the crazy idea of creating ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating, witty ...
Plot:
unemployment, satire, teamwork, colleague, employment agency, problem, employment, workplace, job, problem solving, coworker, escapades ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Style:
realistic, captivating, political, serious, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, scam, financier, stock exchange, fraud, money, investor, financial crisis, finance, businessman, corporate world, workplace ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
stock market, greed, finance, business, wall street, trading, money, dishonesty, corporate crime, ambition, rise and fall, workplace ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, england, europe, singapore, bahamas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Style:
clever, suspense, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
wall street, entrepreneur, stock broker, marketing, entrepreneurship, business, stock market, finance, financial crisis, crime gone awry, greed, poker ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s, future, 2000s
Place:
new york, bolivia, long island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, stock market crash, stock market, corporate greed, marketing, rivalry, insider trading, vengeance, corporate world, speculation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
TV drama series set in a time of social and economic collapse where hyper-inflation has lead to food shortages and mass riots. A desperate husband and father, Norman Mortimer (David Neal), takes his family to a large house in the country where he ...
Plot:
dystopia, economic crisis, food, riot, father son relationship, british, soldier, brother sister relationship, birthday party, news report, food shortage, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The closed community of "Altos de la Cascada", a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident. It is the starting point so that ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, lifestyle, widow, marriage, investigation, young couple, economic crisis, tennis, dead body, swimming pool, social relations, society ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, loneliness, butcher, revenge, incest, alienation, insanity, transgression, violent, existentialism, nihilism, extreme ...
Time:
turn of the century, year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a mother with her daughter; and Teodora, a sick old woman who searches for her long-lost son before ...
Style:
sad, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
broken family, multiple storylines, one day, family problems, problem, life is a bitch, eviction, hardship, economic crisis, poverty, family drama, blood ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Franco, after being fired from his job decides, as compensation for the damage, to steal a bull from his former company.
Style:
road movie, surprise ending
Plot:
bull, unemployment, fired from the job, balkan war, wagon train, economic crisis, breeding, rural setting, family relations, absent husband, on the road, animal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, hungary, croatia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A brother and sister embark on a journey to retrieve an inheritance from their grandmother in the wake of economic collapse and impending apocalypse.
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
inheritance, road trip, family relations, sibling relationship, estranged family member, puzzle, apocalypse, grandmother, brother sister relationship, heir, heiress, sister ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two young Spanish men, with a university education, are tired of unemployment and decide to move to Germany. But soon they will find out that finding a better living is not as easy as they expected.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, unemployment, immigrant, buddies, society, love and romance, travel, finance, emigrant, economic crisis, friends, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style:
sincere, independent film, depressing, serious, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, loss of job, workplace, employer employee relationship, guilt, poverty, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium, ethiopia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Canada, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jose lives with his family in La Soledad, a dilapidated villa located in what used to be one of Caracas' most affluent neighborhoods. After learning that the owners are planning to sell the property, Jose seeks any solution that might keep his ...
Style:
captivating, political
Plot:
treasure, social problems, hidden treasure, treasure hunt, lost treasure, city life, treasure hunter, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, money problems, city, poverty ...
Place:
africa, venezuela
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Behind her, fire and a case full of money. In front of her, the hopeless vastness of the motorway. Only a day before she was a caring mother, a loving wife, a responsible daughter. ...
Style:
homoerotic, tense, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, bisexual, on the run, couples, love affair, dishonesty, life turned upside down, danger, rivalry, strong sexual content, gay, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, bosnia herzegovina, europe
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