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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A dictatorial film director (Finch) hires an unknown actress (Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Style:
retro, neo noir, psychological thriller, cult classic
Plot:
unfaithful wife, falling from height, obsession, possession, showbiz, female psychopath, reincarnation, hollywood, movie star, impersonation, doppelganger, junkie ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
circus, magic realism, renaissance, adultery, wine, young woman, magic, military officer, summer, bittersweet, friendship, rich and poor ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1920s
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I.
Style:
suspense, art house, philosophical, political, mind bending ...
Plot:
circus, nazism, nordic, world war two, inspector, sex, female nudity, masturbation, nudity, reptile, realism, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, pre world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, middle east, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women could be a weak link in a ...
Style:
grindhouse, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
casino, female nudity, heist, exploitation, call girl, bare breasts, swing, strong female presence, circus, battles, disorder, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the ...
Style:
fairy tale, satirical, vintage
Plot:
genie, desert, parachuting, royal court, erotica, love and romance, magic, king, journey, wife, heroes, trick ...
Place:
london, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
flapper, nobility, dancing, stenographer, love, american history, amateur detective, chase, theater, white slavery, bride and groom, passionate kiss ...
Time:
1920s, year 1967, 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, spoof, parody, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, hostage, spy spoof, terrorist, one man army, womanizer, cruise, ocean liner, james bond spoof, private detective, heroes, danger ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, realistic, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, gangster, farce, wuxia, gunfight, chase, twins, siblings relations, goofy hero, disorder, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1965, year 1992
Place:
hong kong, new york, tokyo
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129K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is ...
Style:
dark fantasy, scary, suspenseful, exciting, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, clergy, danger, good versus evil, religion, distopia, lone hero, superhuman powers ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style:
erotic, atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, stallion, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Fanny leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate, but as bright ...
Style:
erotic, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, waitress, passion, surrealism, public nudity, motel, voyeur, female nudity, lust, nightclub, marital crisis, casino ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, tokyo
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29K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story:
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style:
epic, controversial, compassionate, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, politics, world war two, italian history, friendship, revolution, class struggle, communism, peasant, socialist, sex, brutality ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
italy, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep, a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network, this formidable criminal is due to stand trial ...
Style:
tense, harsh, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, siege, gangster, police investigation, hostage, chase, one man army, master criminal, race against time, criminal heroes, vengeance, partner ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, disturbing, gloomy, period piece ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, singer, biopic, musician, love story, death, life philosophy, childhood, art, artist, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 1940s, 90s, 1950s ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, new york, montmartre paris ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home
Style:
visually stunning, offbeat, surreal, cerebral, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen fantasy, kids ...
Plot:
circus, coming of age, fantasy world, magic, imaginary kingdom, alternate reality, alternate dimension, good versus evil, trippy, parallel universe, imaginary, drawing ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
brighton, england
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, stylized, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, interpol, superhuman powers, tough cop, warrior, chase, locket, lone hero, police detective, kung fu, wuxia, immortality ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, ireland, dublin ireland, asia, europe
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22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, frightening, grindhouse, cult horror, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, gory, violent, extreme violence, murder, exploitation, schizophrenic, schizophrenia, disturbed individual, male victim, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
"The Revolt of Job" tells the story of a childless Jewish couple in WWII-era Hungary who adopt a Hungarian boy. They raise him with their values and traditions. Unfortunately, the Nazis eventually come and round up all Jewish families in ...
Style:
thought provoking, gloomy, touching, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, boy, nude bathing, skinny dipping, coming of age, judaism, israeli, little boy, orphan, family relations, deportation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
israel, eastern europe, europe, hungary
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26K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style:
humorous, cult classic, intense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, police, gangster, buddy cop, undercover, drug lord, wuxia, female martial artist, police detective, hand to hand combat, police inspector ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, malaysia, asia, thailand ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An evil circus owner chases a chimp and his friends through Africa. Not necessarily 'Dyn-O-Mite!', but this silly monkey business is decent family fun.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, eighties, neo screwball comedy
Plot:
circus, monkey, youth, acrobat, animal rights, giraffe, bonding, child protagonist, chimpanzee, guardian, lion, safari ...
Place:
africa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is a Japanese animated television series inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and the exploits of Captain Nemo. The series was created by Toho, from a concept of ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, exciting, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
boy, circus, escapades, imaginary, chase, rivalry, danger, heroes, master villain, young heroes, self sacrifice, air battle ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
ancient rome, chase, broadway, slavery, culture clash, fighting the system, love triangle, farce, ancient, husband wife relationship, transformation, justice ...
Time:
1st century, year 1966, 70s, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral ...
Style:
cult classic, semi serious, stylized, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, wu shu, medieval, martial arts, wuxia, kung fu master, fight, kung fu fighting, sword duel, swashbuckler, exodus, wire fu ...
Time:
middle ages
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Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list ...
Style:
cult classic, humorous, stylized, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, martial artist, wuxia, kung fu master, tai chi, wu shu, hardcore, gender bending, fight, kung fu fighting, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot:
heist, train robbery, robbery, gold, perfect crime, victorian england, betrayal, british, gangster, train travel, master criminal, partner ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s, turn of the century, year 1979 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, amateur detective, kung fu classic, organized crime, heroic mission, goofy hero, private detective, good versus evil, wuxia, kung fu, one man army, bio weapon ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
asia, turkey, china, hong kong, seoul ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lewis a young director get his first job directing a play at a mental hospital with the patients as the cast. The play that is decided on is Cosi fan tutte an opera by Mozart.
Style:
clever, witty, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
mental institution, hospital, storytelling, insanity, infidelity, opera, friendship, madness, hippie, psychiatric patient, psychiatric ward, theater ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, california, new jersey
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297K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, fantasy world, secret place, heroine, imagination, doll, danger, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, michigan, usa, north america, texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Style:
slasher, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
circus, serial killer, murder, manhunt, killer clown, carnival, macabre, amusement park, on the run, heist, crime gone awry, vampire ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, tower bridge london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.
Style:
black and white, sex comedy, experimental, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
circus, hypnosis, love triangle, machinery, black, love, engineer, drinking, factory, sexual content, family relations, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
belgrade, eastern europe, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia ...
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