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 6.2
 69K
Colossal (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, Canada, South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
Style: dark fantasy, absurd, melancholic, dark comedy, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: giant monster, small town, creature, bullying, alcoholic, kaiju, moral dilemma, monster, drinking, alcoholism, childhood, giant robot ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: seoul, new york
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Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Ai, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Acca." Spinning the gacha at their ...
Style: anime, psychological, surreal, surprise ending, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: friendship, magical creature, self harm, teen suicide, alternate reality, bullying, suicide, slice of life, tragic past, moral dilemma, dream, self mutilation ...
Time: future
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town, small town life, angel, friendship, depression, life philosophy, snow, life changing experience, self discovery, happy ending ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1946, year 1945, year 1919 ...
Place: america, new york, new york state, usa
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 6.4
 89K
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time ...
Style: romantic, feel good, touching, light, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: time travel, love story, fall in love, love, love and romance, fish out of water, manners, couple relations, dating, duke, supernatural romance, destiny ...
Time: 19th century, year 2001, 2000s, 1870s, victorian era ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a ...
Style: romantic, exciting, humorous, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: zombie, prejudice, unlikely couple, couples, female warrior, wooing, supernatural, looking for love, zombie survival, plague, shaolin, virus ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, 1800s, 2010s, victorian era ...
Place: england, europe, britain, london
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand, UK, India, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the sequel to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, surreal, visual ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: fantasy world, time travel, time loop, alice in wonderland, magic, talking dog, queen, imagination, good versus evil, talking animal, castle, alternate reality ...
Time: victorian era, year 2016, 19th century, 1870s
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Project Almanac (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Style: exciting, suspense, futuristic, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time loop, teenager, time, time machine, alternate timeline, time paradox, butterfly effect, changing the past or future, time traveler, teenage life, teleportation ...
Time: future, year 2015, year 2014, 2010s, distant future ...
Place: usa, woodstock, atlanta georgia
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I, Frankenstein (2014)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
Style: gothic, stylized, scary, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: frankenstein, supernatural, immortality, gargoyle, frankenstein's monster, superhero, monster, deadly creature, immortal, save the world, superpower, transformation ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 1790s, 21st century
Place: melbourne
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 5.6
 143K
R.I.P.D. (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Style: buddy comedy, not serious, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, investigation, unlikely partners, ghost, escapades, obsessive quest, uncover truth, life & death, law enforcement, police detective, rivalry ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, seattle, usa, new england, massachusetts
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 6.9
 79K
Trollhunter (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Style: dark fantasy, mockumentary, scary, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: troll, giant monster, hunting, monster, forest, wilderness, cryptozoology, giant, supernatural, found footage, folk horror, fantasy world ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: europe
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, stylized, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: vampire, undead, president, supernatural, american civil war, violence, vampire hunter, tough heroes, warrior, blood, head of state, good versus evil ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2012, victorian era, year 2000 ...
Place: indiana, seattle, washington d.c., usa, new orleans
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 6.8
 385K
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time, time traveler, changing the past or future, time machine, benign alien, alternate timeline, technology ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida, coney island brooklyn new york city
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 5.8
 111K
The Wolfman (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Style: gothic, suspense, dark, period piece, gothic horror ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: werewolf, deadly creature, supernatural, transformation, beast, gory, blood, monster, mythology, alternate reality, death, macabre ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 2010s, year 2000, year 2010 ...
Place: europe, london, tower bridge london, england
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 6.4
 135K
Daybreakers (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save ...
Style: futuristic, scary, stylized, intense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, epidemic, vampirism, distopia, pandemic, apocalypse, dystopian future, cure, female vampire, virus, transformation ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, year 2019, 2010s ...
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 6.8
 327K
The Island (2005)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, manly, boys' night
Plot: distopia, cloning, escape, clone, conspiracy, fugitives, technology gone awry, island, dystopian future, lookalikes, utopia, on the run ...
Time: future, year 2005, year 2019, 2010s, near future ...
Place: fictional island, los angeles
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 6.4
 55K
Night Watch (2004)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the ...
Style: dark fantasy, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: supernatural, vampire, good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, witch, death, dystopia, supernatural power, monster, brutality, struggle ...
Time: year 2004, year 1992, 2000s, medieval times, 90s ...
Place: russia, soviet union, eastern europe, europe, moscow russia
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style: anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, imaginary, fantasy world, self discovery, magical, demon, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, transformation ...
Time: year 2004, year 2005, 20th century, 1900s, 2000s ...
Place: japan, seattle
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 6.2
 86K
Solaris (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Style: philosophical, confusing, futuristic, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Plot: space travel, space station, space and aliens, afterlife, mysterious planet, outer space, planet, astronaut, trapped in space, space exploration, alien contact, space ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, future
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 6.2
 145K
Reign of Fire (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to ...
Style: exciting, suspense, entertaining, apocalyptic, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: dragon, apocalypse, monster, creature, post apocalypse, end of the world, extinction, chaos, dystopia, destruction, deadly creature, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2002, near future, jurassic, 2000s ...
Place: ireland, europe, britain, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom ...
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Style: psychological, enigmatic, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: urban legend, psychic, conspiracy, twists and turns, death of wife, reporter, supernatural, supernatural power, investigation, hallucination, warning, angel ...
Time: year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place: west virginia, pittsburgh, virginia, washington d.c., usa ...
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 3.6
 3K
Galaxina (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt. When a mission requires the ship's crew to be placed in suspended animation ...
Style: parody, humorous, stylized, not serious, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cryogenics, space opera, female robot, motorcycle, spacecraft, robot, space, alternate reality, alien invasion, alien, transformation, technology ...
Time: future, year 2016, year 1980
Place: space western
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 8.0
 845K
Donnie Darko (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style: psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, time travel, psychology, imaginary friend, insanity, schizophrenia, parallel universe, surrealism, suburbs, time loop, social misfits, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place: virginia, america, los angeles, usa
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Passion of Mind (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Marie, a widow in Provence with two daughters, locks her bedroom door and goes to sleep, she dreams about Marty, a literary agent in Manhattan who dreams equally vividly about Marie. The women look alike. Marie meets William who begins to court ...
Style: psychological, sentimental, philosophical, romantic, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dream, double life, psychology, alternate reality, twists and turns, unfulfillment, single parent, mental illness, friendship, dead husband, mother daughter relationship, women ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, france, paris france, provence, europe ...
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 6.1
 70K
Mystery Men (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Style: parody, humorous, stylized, spoof, absurd ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, good versus evil, superhero spoof, comic book, bowling, alternate reality, hostage, stupidity, justice, superhero team, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, future
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 7.0
 146K
Highlander (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, sincere, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: immortality, mentor, sword fight, medieval, magic, supernatural, immortal, good versus evil, master warrior, fight scenes, duel, mythology ...
Time: 80s, middle ages, 20th century, 16th century, 1940s ...
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, usa, europe, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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 4.7
 1K
Entangled (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four brilliant university students are forced to confront themselves in terrifying ways when their Quantum Physics experiment leads to an entangled parallel existence that leaves them questioning who they are and what is real.
Style: tense, confusing, futuristic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: alternate dimension, alternate reality, scientific experiment, quantum physics, multiverse, parallel universe, doppelganger, time loop, reality vs fantasy, science gone wrong, alternate world, science runs amok ...
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the tiny pups will stop at nothing ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, humorous, suspense, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, animal life, animal, police dog, pets, kids and family, family relations, couples, family life, silly humor, mischievous children, talking animal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills, california, usa, peru
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 3.8
 10K
Mr. Nanny (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.
Style: funny, melancholic, intense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: nanny, wrestler, kidnapping, kids and family, dysfunctional family, alternate reality, adaptation, family relations, family life, parents and children, mischievous children, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
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 4.8
 19K
Monkeybone (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley (Fraser) into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilariously horny alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and ...
Style: stylized, humorous, absurd, not serious, cult classic ...
Audience: date night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot: parallel world, coma, surrealism, monkey, alternate reality, dream, carnival, drawing, cyclops, goofy hero, imaginary, stop motion ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001
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 7.0
 204K
Stargate (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, archaeology, space opera, slavery, pyramid, teleportation, creature, mythology, evil alien, archaeologist, ancient egypt, alien ...
Time: future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place: egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa
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