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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged French maid Genoux (Eileen Way), who has served her faithfully for a lifetime, Lady Slane deals ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, poignant, melancholic, wistful ...
Plot:
literary, intimate, elderly man, character study, bittersweet, domestic drama, cottage, gender roles, old woman, elderly woman, jewelry, loss of husband ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 1930s
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.
Style:
romantic drama, poignant, emotional, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
female protagonist, monologue, heartbreak, love, regret, loss, loneliness, intimate, bittersweet, minimalism, abandoned, desperation ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Overflow Psychiatric hospital. Lighting in a stormy night's sky. With almost 12 years without seeing each other, Marcos Ferro (36) and Ivan Manusovich (37) meet the morning after having heard the news about Martin Tayal's death, Who was ...
Style:
social, disturbing, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
mental institution, psychiatric hospital, mental health, social problems, society, psychology, psychologist, lifestyle, magazine editor, magazine, social issues, psychiatrist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 320 min.
TV show
Story:
Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a "dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond", a ...
Style:
offbeat, comedy drama, atmospheric, cult classic, contemplative ...
Plot:
jazz, corruption, social satire, social commentary, school, environmentalism, political corruption, teachers and students, power relations, disorder, dishonesty, mysterious character ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
northern england, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Divergent factions within the Catholic Church are plagued by internal ideological quarrels.
Style:
philosophical, art house, intellectual, avant garde, existential ...
Plot:
catholic church, religious conflict, clergy, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, bureaucracy, symbolism, ambiguity, satire, absurdism, art, catholic priest ...
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Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
A new comedy series about two gay guys who don't leave the apartment, INDOOR BOYS follows Nate and Luke as they navigate their no-boundaries friendship.
Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, exciting, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, gay youth, gay interest, male homosexuality, homosexual, homosexuality, gay lead character, house, gay couple ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
As Araragi Koyomi approaches the end of his high school journey, a mysterious chain of events begins to unravel the secrets of his past. With ties to the people he cherishes, Araragi must face the truths that will shape his future—and decide the ...
Style:
anime, dark fantasy, psychological, twist ending, sinister ...
Plot:
supernatural, memory, character study, investigation, apparition, darkness, identity, high school, symbolism, locked room, ghost, monologue ...
Place:
monogatari
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Romanian immigrant (Daniel Lavoie) uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's (Claire Bloom) heart.
Style:
heartfelt, meditative
Plot:
confession, separation, empathy, loneliness, character study, elderly man, tenderness, compassion, bittersweet, mature, intergenerational friendship, urban ...
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sometimes people reveal their deepest secrets to complete strangers. They tell them without holding back, with complete sincerity. They tell them as if there were no tomorrow. Night ends, morning comes, and all that remains are words.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
mind game, secrets, interview, journalism, manipulation, claustrophobia, celebrity culture, character study, suspicion, celebrity, confession, interrogation ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
group therapy, psychoanalysis, satire, character study, social satire, family problems, psychotherapist, therapy, social problems, loneliness, mental health, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Hitler Meets Christ premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2007 and went on to play at other festivals internationally. Written as a play by Michael Moriarty entitled "Hitler and Christ meet Death at the Port Authority Bus Station" ...
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, art house, controversial, philosophical ...
Plot:
character study, train station, delusion, identity crisis, hitler, impostor, ethics, urban, intimate, nihilism, redemption, minimalism ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After devoting his life to publish philosophy, history and psychoanalysis, the editor Mario Zavadikner, discontented with the social and intellectual reality, decides to shoot himself at the office of his publishing house. An unexpected presence ...
Style:
tension, dark, dark comedy, thought provoking, black comedy ...
Plot:
writers, literary, book editor, suicide, suicide attempt, existential crisis, character study, publishing house, desperation, moral dilemma, philosophy, office ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Working in their garage, indie entrepreneurs Madeline and Owen discover the secret of time travel. There's only one hitch: a bug in the code creates a new copy of Madeline at the same time every day.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
time travel, travel, clone, problem, back in time, time loop, time traveler, escapades, time jump, satire, time warp, time machine ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
monarchy, political intrigue, civil war, shakespeare, palace intrigue, monarch, medieval, power struggle, king, royalty, ruler, arrogance ...
Time:
14th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, art house, anthology ...
Plot:
quarantine, virus, deadly virus, loneliness, isolation, character study, social isolation, lifestyle, social relations, society, social problems, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
On the eve of Eid, a grumpy, miserly loner Jahangir is visited by three mysterious guests, claiming to be ghosts. As they make him revisit his past, Jahangir is forced to confront the life he has built in bitterness and solitude. A heartwarming tale ...
Style:
poignant, uplifting, melancholic, reflective, spiritual ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
redemption, forgiveness, generosity, heartwarming, regret, second chance, memory, community, family drama, nostalgia, bittersweet, solitude ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
Style:
sincere, humorous, captivating, light, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fake death, couples, friendship, journalism, love and romance, impersonating, society, mistaken identity, family relations, impersonation, publicity stunt, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
dismemberment, murder, gory violence, justice, moral ambiguity, trial, courtroom, patricide, courtroom drama, true crime, murderer, problem ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Ebin Mathew, a budding lawyer ambitiously joins hands with his advocate friend Madhavi Mohan, to share a new office space in order for them to start their independent careers. Their relationship gets strained when they land on opposite ends of a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, trial, professional rivalry, legal action, attorney, court case, legal system, court, criminal justice, competitor, workplace ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a city where everything is possible, a guy and a girl are looking for the impossible - a parking place. the story of an hour and a half of two strangers who met in a bar and want to spend the night together but cant find a parking place and thus ...
Style:
humorous, atmospheric, light, captivating, sitcom ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
city life, looking for sex, looking for love, couples, nothing goes right, disorder, dating, chance meeting, slice of life, character study, self discovery, minimalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
couples, character study, secrets, realism, husband wife relationship, marital problem, satire, lifestyle, secret, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, intellectual, tension ...
Plot:
satire, theatre play, theater, screenwriter, playwright, character study, wartime, bureaucracy, literary, ethical dilemma, collaboration, performance art ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, tension, captivating ...
Plot:
negotiation, hostage, manipulation, abduction, kidnapping, rescue, criminal, twists and turns, police investigation, danger, confined, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously burlesque mise-en-scène is repeated many times but each time in a different place and performed by new ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, surreal, experimental ...
Plot:
relationships, love triangle, romantic relationship, couple relations, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, romantic triangle, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, ex classmate, romantic friendship, love interest ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suddenly Alyona start talking to a stranger man who lives... inside her head.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, sincere, touching, light ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
male female relationship, understanding, love and romance, couples, divorced woman, fall in love, couple relations, disorder, mother, love, brawl, advice ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After five years of marriage, their relationships have come to a dead end – no kids, no common interests, almost no more love is left… When the wife asks for divorce, the husband tries the last remedy to cure their relationships – a scientific ...
Style:
light, feel good, sentimental, humorous, romantic drama ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
couples, love and romance, marriage, family relations, sex, love, hopes, husband wife relationship, destiny, twists and turns, reconciliation, divorce ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 6 min.
TV show
Story:
Although they have the best intentions, a movie executive and a screenwriter make terrible decisions while planning popular films.
Style:
parody, semi serious, ironic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, movie business, comedian, hollywood, irony, joke, humour, ridicule, irreverent, creative process, office, deadpan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
I Polykatoikia, is a popular Greek Comedy television series, originally broadcast on Mega Channel and lasting for three seasons, from October 6, 2008 until May 27, 2011. It consists of 132 episodes. The script of each of the first 90 episodes was ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, satirical, funny, semi serious ...
Plot:
apartment building, everyday life, neighbor, greek, life, noisy neighbor, irony, neighbor neighbor relationship, lifestyle, satire, nosy neighbor, friendship ...
Place:
athens greece
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A high school teacher in Austin tries to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day.
Style:
captivating, satirical, psychological, realistic, heartfelt ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, teacher, lgbt, high school life, high school, satire, high school teacher, gay interest, teacher student relationship, workplace situations, coworker ...
Place:
austin texas
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