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Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.
Style: retro, meta, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, infidelity, alcoholism, drug addiction, ambition, casino, ex husband ex wife relationship, american abroad, hospital, sleeping pill, first love, mentor protege relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: rome italy, italy, usa, connecticut, europe
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 4.4
 829
Ride (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up learning things about each other they had not previously known.
Style: hood, black comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: hip hop, urban, ghetto, black, black girl, road trip, bus trip, ambition, bus, friends, destiny, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: miami, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem
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Simon & Simon (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective, exciting
Plot: partners against crime, detective agency, private detective, private investigator, sibling relationship, family relations, workplace, rivalry, partner, reluctant partners, riddles and clues, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california, usa, san diego california
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Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, biting, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: bus, working class, strike, lechery, workplace, ego clash, rivalry, dishonesty, society, couples, disorder, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: britain, england
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 5.9
 11K
G.B.F. (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The bitter fight for supremacy between the three most popular girls at North Gateway High takes an unexpected turn when their classmate, Tanner, is outed and becomes the school’s first openly gay student. The trio races to bag the big trend in ...
Style: humorous, light, sweet, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, lgbt teen, gay lead character, high school, gays and lesbians, gay interest, friendship, teenager, teenage life, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa
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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's ...
Style: serious, psychological, stylized, clever, hood ...
Plot: jazz, music, black, friendship, rivalry, musician's life, hip hop, african american, urban, jealousy, saxophonist, blaxploitation ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
 129
Paradise Lost (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Mayor of a small Flemish town is determined at all costs to save a unique bird sanctuary from a ruthless businessman who advocates a housing development on the site. The main story, though, centres on a childhood trauma that unites the two men ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: cousins incest, incest, femme fatale, teenage sex, female nudity, male nudity, ego clash, rivalry, social relations, campaign, village, village life ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: europe, belgium
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 6.7
 3K
7 Women (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a mission in China in 1935, Agatha Andrews is a rigid missionary beset by Mongolian bandits led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan. With her are her assistant Jane Argent, staff members Emma Clark, Miss Russell and Miss Binns, head of the British ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: warlord, female doctor, doctor, mission, religions or cults, power relations, society, danger, rivalry, war refugee, life is a bitch, faith ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 1930s, year 1935, 60s
Place: china, mongolia, asia
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Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.
Style: romantic drama, independent film, semi serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: opera, rivalry, power relations, couples, bank, showbiz, college, unfulfilled love, ambition, artists and showbiz, mind game, feminism ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: new york, england, london, manhattan new york city
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Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Style: sentimental, touching, factual, compassionate, sad ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: childhood, filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, writer's life, family drama, love, family relations, showbiz, success, parents and children, writers ...
Time: year 2013, edwardian era, 60s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place: california, los angeles, australia, usa, london
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A Fool and His Money (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sandra Bullock and Jonathan Penner star in this hilarious, sexy comedy. New York advertising executive Morris Codman (Penner) seems to have it all - lots of talent and a beautiful girlfriend, Debbie (Bullock). When he loses his job he decides to use ...
Style: independent film, cynical, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: ranch, religions or cults, disorder, workplace situations, reincarnation, down on your luck, cons and scams, obnoxious boss, nothing goes right, clergy, love and romance, society ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
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 5.9
 6K
The Grand (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes ...
Style: funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining, clever ...
Plot: gambling, poker, gambler, greed, sarcasm, adaptation, contests and competitions, casino, underdog, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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Guys & Balls (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small town’s soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to ...
Style: realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, small town, self discovery, sport team, injustice, self fulfillment, grudge, athlete's life, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 21st century
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The Suburbans (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: An 80s one-hit wonder band named The Suburbans reform for a special performance at one of the ex-member's wedding. At the wedding, a young record company talent scout happens to be in the audience and decides to give the now 40-ish performers a ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wedding, scout, love, brotherhood, sexy woman, infidelity, blonde, music industry, fictional band, sexual attraction, sexual desire, sex addict ...
Time: 80s, year 1999, 90s
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 5.8
 626
A New Life (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Steve Giardino, an abrasive workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife Jackie divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back into the dating world in middle age and in search of a new life.
Style: realistic, semi serious, talky, touching, witty ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dating, pregnant woman, blind date, divorce, wall street, ego clash, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, starting over, hopes, battle of the sexes, self discovery ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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 6.5
 290K
Zoolander (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic "he's so hot right now" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the ...
Style: funny, humorous, parody, light, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: conspiracy, fashion model, male model, brainwashing, satire, fashion, assassination, dumb, stoner, fame, president, comedy of errors ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, malaysia
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The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A world class ice skater eager to take the top prize in the biggest competition around finds his dreams going up in flames after his partner suffers a debilitating injury in this romantic sports drama starring Matt Lanter, Francia Rosa, and Christy ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: figure skating, skating, sport competition, love, competition, teenager, lifestyle, rise to the top, athlete's life, hopes, athlete and trainer, rivalry ...
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 7.0
 9K
Still Crazy (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor ...
Style: clever, humorous, neurotic, contemplative, semi serious ...
Plot: music, rock and roll, rock band, comeback, rock, satire, british, fictional band, musician, singer, death, underdog ...
Time: 70s, year 1998, 20th century, 90s
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
Style: epic, captivating, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, barbarian, battles, tragic hero, sword fight, ancient world, peplum, ancient, betrayal, politics ...
Time: ancient times
Place: rome italy, ancient greece, greece, europe, italy
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 5.8
 276
Tiara Tahiti (1962)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, clever ...
Plot: hotel, island, violent content, military, vengeance, uninhibited rivalry, ego clash, starting over, rivalry, resort, stock broker, power relations ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: tahiti, germany
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Christmas at Maxwell's (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ...
Style: uplifting, touching, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: christmas, human spirit, family life, life is a bitch, hopes, love and romance, family problems, couples, road not taken, homecoming, miraculous event, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas
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My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style: sentimental, period piece, romantic, factual, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: movie star, historical figure, biopic, fame, hollywood, actress, actor's life, ambition, cultural icon, women, depression, celebrity ...
Time: 50s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 1950s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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 5.5
 18K
Navy Seals (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, war, soldier, u.s. navy, battles, heroes, special forces, gunfight, danger, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, north america, pentagon
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 5.3
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The Operator (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A scoundrel is tormented by a seemingly-omniscent telephone operator.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Plot: gambling, infidelity, vengeance, mind game, family problems, couples, womanizer, investigation, danger, downfall, family in danger, false accusation ...
Time: 90s
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 6.5
 736
Champions (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Style: sad, independent film, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: horse, horse race, biopic, racehorse, doctors and patients, horseman, equestrian, cancer, jockey, chemotherapy, family relations, power relations ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1981
Place: usa, kentucky
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 6.3
 177K
Blades of Glory (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: skating, competition, olympics, figure skating, farce, rivalry, championship, friendship, life philosophy, coach, satire, ambition ...
Time: year 2007, year 2013, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, montreal, north korea, ukraine
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 7.1
 445K
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive ...
Style: parody, funny, hilarious, spoof, controversial ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: jungle, wilhelm scream, vietnam war, showbiz, satire, storytelling, stupidity, military, disguise, actor, profanity, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: vietnam, southeast asia, hawaii, asia
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 6.5
 82K
Morning Glory (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, melancholic, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: workaholic, journalism, hotshot, media, work ethic, female protagonist, life philosophy, reporter, journalist, showbiz, relationship vs career, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
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Biker Mice from Mars (1993)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Biker Mice from Mars is a science fiction action animated series created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three seasons before it was cancelled. It follows three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named ...
Style: exciting, humorous, retro, anime, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: alien, mars, motorcycle, battles, heroes, mechanic, alien encounter, space travel, superhero, warrior, childhood, martian ...
Place: chicago, illinois
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 8.3
 1.1M
Toy Story (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from ...
Style: touching, computer animated, exciting, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: friendship, toys, wilhelm scream, rescue, toy story, toy comes to life, rivalry, friends, childhood, teamwork, anthropomorphism, birthday ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: usa, ohio
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