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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Just as in that earlier work, this film takes place in a jury room and takes place in real time. The film opens as the jury is about to acquit the defendant ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, intellectual, parody, surprise ending
Plot:
courtroom drama, persuasion, moral dilemma, prejudice, mature, peer pressure, character study, confined, social commentary, realism, leadership, gender issues ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This time Lesha, Slava, Kamil and Sasha go to St. Petersburg. And three of the four do not even know why they go there. But at some point it becomes clear that it does not matter - why. It is important that they go.
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, feel good, situational comedy, road movie ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friends, family relations, storytelling, parents and children, male friendship, male bonding, dishonesty, dialogue, spoken inner thoughts, family problems, road trip, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
SmodCo Animations gathered in one big collection. (With excerpts from SModcast.com’s own Hollywood Babble-On and Jay & Silent Bob Get Old!)
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, storytelling, escapades, humour, society, jay and silent bob, talk show, pop culture, improv, autobiography, internet culture, behind the scenes ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, France
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
Among the guests who come to the mansion of aristocratic landowner Nikolai over Christmas are a politician, a young countess, and a general with his wife. They dine and discuss topics such as progress and morality. As the debate becomes more heated, ...
Style:
art house, philosophical, cerebral, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
culture clash, aristocracy, manor, morality, debate, mansion, high society, cultural difference, relationship problems, intrigue, slow burn, literary ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Style:
feel good, melancholic, romantic, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, painter, literature, artist, bohemian life, magic realism, love and romance, love story, writers, nostalgia, writer's life, art ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
paris france, france, versailles, europe, montmartre paris ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A story of friendship, love, marriage, secrets, lies that unfolds between two couples in one apartment during a Sunday brunch that will affect their lives forever.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, couples, marriage, male female relationship, love story, husband wife relationship, love and romance, friends, family life, family relations, love affair, satire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four funny flawed fierce females discover what they don't know: about themselves, their families and Western Civilization.
Style:
dark comedy, witty, cynical, biting, fast paced
Plot:
female friendship, self discovery, identity crisis, female empowerment, introspection, realism, social commentary, urban, city life, millennial, satire, confrontation ...
Place:
las vegas, philadelphia, new york, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
"Un Crime" takes place over a single night, between 10pm and 6am. It takes place in a single setting - a millionaire's apartment in Lyon. The film is about the conflict between two men, alone, face to face in the closed world of the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
male nudity, guilt, confession, single, power struggle, manipulation, character study, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, suspicion, interrogation ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over a fleeting week and a half, twenty-somethings Michael and Laura find counterparts within each other and form a deep, intense connection that is tested by their inevitable separation.
Style:
melancholic, controversial, emotional, reflective, contemplative ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
introspection, male female relationship, soul mate, couple relations, young adult, up and down relationship, self discovery, couples, lifestyle change, lifestyle, breakup, friendship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Grab a six-pack, gather your closest friends and settle in for a night of solace and cheer-and of course, a few Drinking Games. Joseph Lawson's critically acclaimed debut film centers on six friends in Portland, Oregon, who come together ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, independent film
Plot:
funeral, friendship, loss, grief, regret, bittersweet, mourning, character study, party, guilt, slice of life, intimate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, ironic, satirical, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
school, elementary school, satire, office politics, social commentary, intimate, hypocrisy, slice of life, bureaucracy, bittersweet, social realism, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A Hungarian TV version of the play shot in just two takes.
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, intense, experimental ...
Plot:
shakespeare, theater, tragedy, adaptation, minimalism, literary, power, guilt, ambition, madness, intimate, fate ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This Italian political satire from filmmaker Lina Wertmuller will be most enjoyable for those well-grounded in Italian politics. Covering the late March through April general elections of 1994 in which right-wing conservatives routed the incumbent ...
Style:
satirical, realistic, period piece, political drama
Plot:
working class, social commentary, small town, political satire, communism, class conflict, social realism, sexual tension, forbidden romance, village life, friendship, hairy armpit ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the common secretary she pretends to be, but ex-terrorist Lisa ...
Style:
art house, suspense, existential, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, stalking, character study, obsession, guilt, secrets, moral ambiguity, identity, regret, deception, realism, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, turin italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Hos Martin is a Norwegian situation comedy that premiered on TV2 on January 6, 2004.
Style:
sitcom, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, satire, cafe, actor, coffee, lifestyle, everyday life, cafeteria, male friendship, slice of life, intimate, community ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With unexpected humor, Maddie Corman shares a story of perseverance and hope in the face of crisis in this film based on her renowned one-woman show.
Style:
uplifting, independent film, satirical
Plot:
dark secret, confession, self discovery, marriage, hopes, character study, relationships, marital crisis, perseverance, betrayal, infidelity, bittersweet ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid secrets attend the party to find out what follows on the ...
Style:
tense, satirical, suspenseful, islamic
Plot:
domestic drama, character study, secrets, confrontation, high society, realism, infidelity, moral ambiguity, marriage, city life, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
persia, iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
grief, guilt, mother-in-law, family problems, loss, mourning, character study, bereavement, loss of daughter, mother in law, countryside, loss of wife ...
Place:
maine
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gay man in Soho tries to come to terms with new reality after 9/11.
Style:
independent film, psychological, melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, 9/11, death, breakup, character study, introspection, gay lead character, slice of life, uncertainty, intimate, urban ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A newly recovering alcoholic, (Ethan Rengepis) embarks on a train ride home to visit his young Autistic son he has not seen since birth, sharing his story with a stranger (Ambrose).
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
autism, alcoholism, alcoholic, character study, father son relationship, social problems, life is a bitch, recovering alcoholic, rehabilitation, family drama, parenting, personal growth ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lawrence is an optimistic suit salesman for whom everything always goes right-until he takes the suicidal credit collector Holloman under his wing, and everything starts to go wrong. Very wrong.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, suicidal thoughts, odd couple, dark humor, misfit, male female relationship, mishap, relationships, problem, accountant, opposites attract, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seoul, South Korea, September 21st, 2008. Eight citizens, the first to intervene as jurors in the country's legal history, are randomly selected to examine a matricide case that appears to have been resolved due to the existence of apparently ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, tense, intense ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom, legal investigation, court, justice, legal action, law and order, court case, trial, society, legislation, judge ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Four adults are detained in their apartments with only each other and a computer for online company. They each come from a different class with differing views but they all have one defining purpose to understand why they are really being held ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intellectual, mind bending ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, isolation, claustrophobia, class conflict, mind game, dystopia, classism, social commentary, hostage situation, surveillance, moral dilemma, single ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A smooth-talking telemarketer finds himself at the mercy of the man he tried to swindle.
Style:
satirical, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, ironic ...
Plot:
deception, manipulation, hostage situation, workplace, salesman, con trick, escapades, rivalry, workplace situations, irony, satire, hostage ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Claire et Bruno forment depuis douze ans un couple établi, une "institution". Au cours d'une journée à la campagne réunissant tous leurs proches, ils vont, par jeu, prétendre qu'ils se séparent.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, satire, villager, pretense, marital crisis, love affair, husband wife relationship, love story, relationships, love and romance, couple relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An improvised film; a man discovers he's emotionally stuck between his ex-girlfriend, his new girlfriend and his best friend; and in the course of a day he must follow his passion and become unstuck.
Style:
light, romantic, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
improv, passion, ex girlfriend, introspection, personal growth, best friend, self discovery, love triangle, love and romance, relationships, ex couple relations, love affair ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems ...
Style:
humorous, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
food, prison, jail cell, prisoner, new year, jail, satire, conversation, prison sentence, humour, prison life, storytelling ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Style:
tension, psychological, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, intimate, realism, character study, confrontation, jealousy, domestic drama, slice of life, secrets, bittersweet, mature ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Ambiguous is a 2003 Japanese Pink film directed by Toshiya Ueno. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Five suicidal people meet on the Internet and form a 'suicide group'. They all have reasons for which ...
Style:
bleak, dark drama, reflective, tense, controversial ...
Plot:
suicide, loneliness, desperation, isolation, mental illness, character study, self harm, confession, regret, ethical dilemma, existentialism, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman frequents tea shops and other places looking for the right man. A cup of green tea will show you the way to find your true love.
Style:
psychological, romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
blind date, dating, love, love affair, love interest, love and romance, love story, female protagonist, symbolism, relationships, character study, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
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