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The Last Kiss (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Giulia (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Carlo (Stefano Accorsi) have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of ...
Style: romantic, melancholic, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, pregnancy, betrayal, loneliness, relationship problems, adulthood, human nature, love, hopes, dishonesty, coming of age, marriage ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: italy
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Permanent Midnight (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ben Stiller plays comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who ...
Style: factual, intense, depressing, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: addiction, drug, writers, heroin, drug abuse, husband wife relationship, drug addict, human nature, drug addiction, lifestyle, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, pittsburgh, beverly hills
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Brother to Brother (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Style: serious, thought provoking, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot: black lgbt, gay, gay teenager, lgbt, human nature, society, lifestyle, friendship, lgbtq, artists and showbiz, love and romance, estrangement ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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The Butcher Boy (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, black comedy, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: mental illness, dysfunctional family, friendship, childhood, murder, coming of age, sexual abuse, bullying, altar boy, insanity, boarding school, transformation ...
Time: year 1997, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
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 7.0
 1K
Mind the Gap (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style: semi serious, talky, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: starting over, human nature, lifestyle, family relations, couples, city life, introspection, waking up, unfulfillment, single parent, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Coast to Coast (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Contemporary story of a couple whose marriage has gone astray, partly due to the infidelity of both partners and also the fact that their eldest son was killed in a car accident 8 years before.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, clever ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: road trip, family problems, human nature, introspection, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, elderly, crumbling marriage, hopes, on the road, moving, married couple ...
Place: connecticut, minneapolis minnesota, los angeles, california, usa
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 4.9
 17K
The Ten (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Style: cynical, not serious, witty, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: nudist, atheism, insanity, farce, screwball, brutality, human nature, moral dilemma, dark humor, love and romance, multiple storylines, satire ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., mexico, st. louis missouri
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Young Girls in Black (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: human nature, teenage life, family problems, society, youth, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, rebelliousness, coming of age, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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 6.7
 4K
Tumbleweeds (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes up with a controlling trucker and fights with her ...
Style: touching, road movie, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: mother daughter relationship, asthma, friendship, loneliness, on the road, self discovery, human nature, starting over, single mother, family problems, single parent, love and romance ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: california, arizona, usa, santa fe new mexico, south carolina ...
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A Burning Hot Summer (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to rest.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy ...
Plot: friendship, breakup, fall in love, human nature, love and romance, artists and showbiz, couples, husband wife relationship, adultery, jealousy, friendship between men, affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy, france, europe, paris france
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Little White Lies (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies ...
Style: semi serious, talky, emotional, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot: friendship, gay, vacation, beach house, secret, repressed homosexual, beach, unrequited love, friends, group of friends, declaration of love, accident ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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Since Otar Left (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Georgia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The one joy in the lives of a mother and daughter comes from the regular letters sent to them from Paris from the family's adored son, Otar. When the daughter finds out that Otar has died suddenly, she tries to conceal the truth from her ...
Style: touching, harsh, sentimental, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: elderly, poverty, human nature, life is a bitch, protecting from truth, generation gap, society, family problems, loss of child, parents and children, dealing with death, death ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, tbilisi, russia ...
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Deep in the Woods (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A wanderer named Timothee (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine (Isild Le Besco) and takes advantage of her until he is ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot: rape, woods, young lovers, human nature, manipulation, youth, danger, hopes, love and romance, dishonesty, power relations, sexual abuse ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: europe, france, south of france
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 7.3
 6K
The Eel (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a ...
Style: enigmatic, captivating, psychological, touching, independent film ...
Plot: self discovery, starting over, human nature, social relations, hopes, crimes of passion, haunted by the past, murder, suicide attempt, prison, adultery, obsession ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 80s
Place: japan, asia
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Day Night Day Night (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A 19 year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with no accent so it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. And we never learn why she made her decision. We don't know whom she represents, what she ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, serious, psychological, experimental ...
Plot: suicide bomber, terrorism, mysterious character, danger, human nature, female protagonist, bomb, life, strong female lead, destruction, urban, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city
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 6.9
 5K
Black Bread (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spanish civil war, coming of age, post war, revenge, hate, human nature, society, uncover truth, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, injustice, social relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain, catalonia, europe
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 7.8
 24K
Hud (1963)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and ...
Style: emotional, realistic, atmospheric, black and white, thought provoking ...
Audience: manly
Plot: rancher, dysfunctional family, redemption, ranch, human nature, parents and children, family life, rodeo cowboy, family problems, irresponsible, father son relationship, small town ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, 1950s, 50s
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, america, usa
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 7.5
 16K
Sidewalls (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A romantic comedy full a refreshing global perspective, SIDEWALLS is director Gustavo Taretto's clever and moving ode to the modern people and urban landscape of Buenos Aires. Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, sincere, realistic, hispanic ...
Plot: architecture, introspection, lifestyle, human nature, internet, hopes, love story, mannequin, first date, depression, amor, human relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: buenos aires argentina, latin america, argentina
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How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Two men at a remote Arctic base begin mistrusting each other after an important radio message.
Style: psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: wilderness, radio, solitude, arctic, isolation, human nature, danger, confined, dishonesty, survival, snow, winter ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: ussr, soviet union, russia, antarctica
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 5.3
 9K
The Players (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ...
Style: sexual, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sex comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sexual relations, couples, sex scene, couple relations, human nature, infidelity, friendship between men, husband wife relationship, lie, erotica, nudity, sexuality ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france, europe, las vegas
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I Like It Like That (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Lisette and husband Chino face marital difficulties. She is fed up with the kids, while he has job troubles. His mother Rosaria hates Lisette and the neighborhood tramp has designs on Chino. Things get even worse when Chino goes to jail and Lisette ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film, romantic drama ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: couples, family relations, culture clash, storytelling, hopes, dark humor, stereotypes, love affair, human nature, eccentric family, parents and children, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: usa, indiana, new york, bronx new york city
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 4.6
 250
Crystal River (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The story is of a married woman who, grieving her inability to have children, finds comfort and healing in her friendship with another man. It's about discovering grace in darkness and the unexpected places we find healing.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot: infidelity, friendship, human nature, couples, family problems, mysterious character, love and romance, crumbling marriage, friends, bare chested male, married, woman ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.1
 2K
Off Beat (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams.
Style: serious, emotional, touching, sincere, sad ...
Plot: human nature, love and romance, life is a bitch, looking for love, underdog, haunted by the past, dream, workaholic, sleeping, male pubic hair, pregnancy, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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The Last Kiss (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Revolves around a young couple and their friends struggling with adulthood and issues of relationships and commitment. Based on the 2001 Italian film L'ultimo bacio, directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Style: emotional, romantic, intense, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: pregnancy, wedding, infidelity, adultery, friendship, introspection, manic pixie dream girl, human nature, free spirited, power of love, marriage, youth ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place: wisconsin, polynesia, usa, sydney australia, australia ...
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 6.3
 123K
Funny People (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
Style: funny, humorous, tragicomedy, melancholic, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: comedian, cancer, loneliness, character study, dark humor, midlife crisis, sarcasm, redemption, destiny, life philosophy, old love, supportive friend ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san francisco
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 5.4
 9K
Love (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a ...
Style: futuristic, psychological, thought provoking, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot: isolation, space travel, trapped in space, space, astronaut, space and aliens, loneliness, survival, human nature, stranded, solitude, losing-it hero ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2030s, 2040s, 1860s
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 6.7
 41K
Apt Pupil (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the ...
Style: psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: holocaust, nazi, stephen king, obsession, high school, blackmail, nazism, murder, world war two, male nudity, war criminal, homosexual subtext ...
Time: 90s, year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: germany, california, usa
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 8.1
 252K
Love's a Bitch (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer ...
Style: bleak, psychological, depressing, emotional, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
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 5.9
 978
Among Giants (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are friends, especially Ray with Steve, a young Romeo. Into the mix comes Gerry, an Australian ...
Style: melancholic, intense, sincere, emotional, social ...
Plot: working class, friends, life, love triangle, society, human nature, friendship, male nudity, age difference, age-gap relationship, older man younger woman relationship, love ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: england, yorkshire, europe
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 7.6
 245K
21 Grams (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style: mind bending, emotional, bleak, gloomy, depressing ...
Plot: life is a bitch, guilt, tragedy, grief, drug addiction, multiple storylines, drug addict, drug, loneliness, loss, mathematician, hit and run ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico, persia
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