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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Cop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV ...
Style:
experimental, cult classic, surreal, absurd, sitcom ...
Plot:
broadway, camp, confusion, choreography, social commentary, criminal heroes, workplace, law enforcement, artists and showbiz, urban, rock, workplace situations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, addiction, character study, mother son relationship, father son relationship, literary, memory, alcoholism, guilt, confession, realism ...
Time:
1950s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play. His ego drives his girlfriend away, and when research for the play requires him to spend a week in a ...
Style:
disturbing, satirical, semi serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
retirement home, actor, theater, personal growth, character change, elderly, elderly man, changing lives, retired, satire, old man, social issues ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell is an American television comedy-variety program that ran on ABC from September 1975 to January 1976, hosted by Howard Cosell and executive-produced by Roone Arledge. The series ran for 18 episodes before being ...
Style:
sketch comedy, period piece, lighthearted, parody, spoof
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, television, nostalgia, satire, broadway, comedian, guest, joke, celebrity, live performance, stand up comedian, monologue ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The Musical is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Ku Hye-sun, Choi Daniel, Park Ki-woong, Ock Joo-hyun and Kim Eun-se. It aired on SBS from September 2 to December 23, 2011 on Fridays at 22:00 for 15 episodes.
Filming began in July ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama
Plot:
love triangle, ambition, showbiz, follow your dream, lifestyle, actor's life, love and romance, couples, musician's life, hopes, theater, aspiring actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul, new york, korea
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206
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An unfortunate convent cooking accident causes most of the order of the Little Sisters of Hoboken to die of botulism. Before all of the deceased sisters can be buried, Reverend Mother Superior (Rue McClanahan) buys a camcorder and VCR for the ...
Style:
dark comedy, parody, light hearted, slapstick, retro ...
Plot:
nun, convent, fund raising, camp, farce, irreverent, satire, vaudeville, broadway, burial, monk, mother superior ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Livestreamed from the penultimate show at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film follows the story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thought provoking, tension, serious ...
Plot:
mccarthyism, journalism, ethical dilemma, cold war, political conflict, live performance, broadway, anti communism, news anchor, government, politician, theatre play ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sexy, sexual, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
deception, showbiz, husband wife relationship, marriage, friend, broadway, dysfunctional marriage, actor, disguise, hotel, fame, producer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
budapest, europe, manhattan new york city, new york, hungary
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, psychological horror, black comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, beach, sibling rivalry, child star, jealousy, actress, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, murder, rat ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 1930s, year 1917, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The Munsters is an American television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. It stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies ...
Style:
sitcom, spooky, spoof, parody, scary ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, horror for children
Plot:
frankenstein, dracula, eccentric family, halloween, supernatural, vampire, husband wife relationship, servant, master and servant, satire, ancient, love ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to film. Earning a 1967 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and ...
Style:
cute, light, retro, light hearted, mythical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
animal, sailing, youth, dancing, animal lover, talking animal, veterinarian, literary, sea, myth, broadway, bomb squad ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 20th century, year 1967, victorian era ...
Place:
africa, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, satirical, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, anti war, soldier, dark humor, military, great war, satire, army, railway, british history, broadway, world war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1917, year 1915 ...
Place:
england, europe, brighton, britain, france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story:
On his deathbed, King Henry VIII recalls how he wooed and wed his six wives - and disposed of five of them - in a bid to secure the succession to the throne with a male heir.
Despite his many marriages and the crowded court, Henry remains ...
Style:
historical drama, fairy tale, costume drama, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot:
tudors, monarch, royalty, queen, king, biopic, royal family, monarchy, intrigue, serial killer, maniac, brutality ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, london
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25K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, costume drama, compassionate, bleak ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, royal family, murder, medieval, tragic hero, poisoning, state affairs, family relations, parents and children, spirit, dishonesty ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
denmark, europe, england
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, ...
Style:
gothic horror, scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
jekyll and hyde, laboratory, experiment gone awry, split personality, switching roles, rivalry, mentally unstable, disorder, supernatural ability, antidote, drug abuse, mad scientist ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 80s
Place:
europe, england, london
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
love and romance, princess, beast, castle, beauty and the beast, power of love, imaginary, transformation, opposites attract, father daughter relationship, prince, disney princess ...
Time:
18th century, 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mavis (Liza Minnelli) was a chorus line dancer on Broadway. Just as she was on the verge of getting more prominent roles, she fell in love. Her full-of-himself boyfriend moved them to Buffalo, far from the theater scene. As a musician, he plays with ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dancing, broadway, dancer, dance class, power relations, church, lifestyle, performer's life, ambition, love and romance, rising to stardom, underdog ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
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116K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, cult classic ...
Plot:
dark humor, multiple storylines, curses spells and rituals, workplace situations, couples, disorder, fish out of water, gangster, lifestyle, supernatural ability, workplace, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
america, los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.
Style:
epic, emotional, fairy tale, anthology, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, lawyer, redemption, revenge, destiny, rich and poor, nazism, nun, boxer, manhunt, christian, broadway ...
Time:
1910s, 1940s, year 1918, year 1940, year 1941 ...
Place:
france, paris france, normandy, germany, poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Style:
touching, sincere, costume drama, epic, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, hopes, literary, going straight, rise to the top, revenge, prison escape, prisoner, ex convict, prejudice, christian, napoleonic era ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, year 1998
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, serious, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
phantom of the opera, sex scene, obsession, obsessive love, opera singer, murder, police protection, serial killer, police shootout, secret passageway, opera, rat ...
Time:
19th century, year 1998, 90s, victorian era
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sexy, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot:
cinderella story, love and romance, female protagonist, cinderella, royalty, prince, class differences, love story, love, medieval, arranged marriage, step siblings ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, 90s, year 1998, 50s ...
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques Brel, all while hippies and other eccentrics cavort about them.
Style:
semi serious, surreal, offbeat, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
broadway, dancing, theater, human nature, love and romance, bittersweet, puppet, hippie, hot dog, old age, gluttony, mannequin ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, alps
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Genre: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critcally acclaimed Emmy nominated production. The thisspectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and ...
Style:
light, light hearted, cute, sweet
Plot:
christmas, nutcracker, opera, dancing, choreography, magical, broadway, ballet, dance performance, classical music, reality versus fantasy, reality vs fantasy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy ...
Style:
fairy tale, visually stunning, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, shakespeare, magic, love, mistaken identity, young lovers, unrequited love, friendship, fairy, farce, adaptation, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
19th century, year 1999, 1800s, victorian era, 18th century ...
Place:
england
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410K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural horror, magical, witchcraft, small town, horseman, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, new york state, britain, america, madagascar
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 177 min.
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Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman ...
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, fairy tale, stylized, epic ...
Plot:
royalty, ancient rome, ancient egypt, cleopatra, siege, roman empire, medieval, ancient history, ancient, ancient world, peplum, passionate love ...
Time:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
egypt, rome italy, europe, africa, middle east ...
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151K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, audition, gay, childhood, friendship, follow your dream, lgbtq, poverty ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, year 1985 ...
Place:
england, london, northern england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
snow white, good versus evil, medieval, princess, magic, danger, heroic mission, parents and children, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, heroes ...
Time:
medieval times
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