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This Is the Sea (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan (leader in militant underground and pal of Malachy's brother Padhar), who wants Malachy ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, ira, shakespeare, anglo irish relations, trouble, profanity, religions or cults, family problems, family relations, snitch, forbidden love, unfulfillment ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, northern ireland
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 5.3
 442
Love Walked In (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.
Style: suspenseful, neo noir, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot: femme fatale, showbiz, love triangle, sex scene, cons and scams, obsession, private detective, down on your luck, love and romance, infidelity, violent content, supportive spouse ...
Time: year 1997, 1940s
Place: latin america
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Our Happy Lives (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Six people whose lives are intertwined struggle to find happiness amid broken relationships and painful life changes.
Style: serious, realistic, touching
Plot: sexual identity, lgbt, immigrant, friendship, couples, friends, gender, society, love and romance, unfulfillment, breakup, militant ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 5.3
 521
Half-Life (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: As troubling signs of global cataclysms accelerate, a brother and sister react to their father's desertion and the powerful presence of their mother's new boyfriend.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: mother's boyfriend, youth, family relations, manipulation, parents and children, teenage love, single parent, prodigy, society, love and romance, child's point of view, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
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11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: state affairs, tragic hero, political unrest, idealism, heroes, downfall, writer's life, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, writers, lgbtq, political activist ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1970
Place: japan
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Kill the Referee (1984)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Michel,a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: soccer, chase, false accusation, chaos and mayhem, militant, gang, on the run, vengeance, chases and races, obsession, death, falling from height ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, normandy
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 7.3
 953
Uptight (1968)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Style: political, independent film, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: blaxploitation, black, racial issues, african, music and dance, gangster, assassination, life is a bitch, betrayal, rebellion, politics, vengeance ...
Time: 60s
Place: ireland, cleveland ohio
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 6.7
 548
The Gladiators (1969)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.
Style: mysterious, independent film, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: soldier, dystopia, distopia, human experiment, war game, fictional game show, military, game of death, anti war, insubordination, militant, computer system ...
Time: 20th century, future
Place: europe
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 6.4
 765
Fast-Walking (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
Style: political, independent film, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: prison, woman with a gun, blaxploitation, murder, corrupt, revolutionary, security guard, stoner, escape, confined, unlikely partners, militant ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: montana, usa, oregon
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 5.9
 1K
The Other (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble ...
Style: realistic, serious, biting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: arab, terrorism, terrorist, investigative journalism, manipulation, society, fall in love, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, politics, journalism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
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 6.0
 658
The New Eve (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Camille is an emancipated 30-something woman who has no desire to settle down and have a family, preferring to coast along on a succession of ephemeral relationships and one-night stands. However, her lifestyle fails to satisfy her fully, and in a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sexual, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: lesbian sex, obsession, pregnancy, drunkenness, female nudity, lesbian, adultery, sister in law sister in law relationship, lesbian relationship, gender, love and romance, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe, paris france
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 6.6
 324
Sisters (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Argentinian sisters Elena and Natalia, who were separated, meet again in Texas in 1984.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, captivating
Plot: family relations, estrangement, on the run, betrayal, survival, prodigy, love and romance, teenage life, couple relations, supportive spouse, mentally unstable, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, argentina, texas, spain
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 6.5
 667
Born in 68 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: gay, utopia, family relations, rebelliousness, friendship, lovers, society, against the rules, hopes, fighting the system, idealism, rebellion ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: france, paris france
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Watermelon Man (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin ...
Style: surreal, cult classic, biting, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot: racism, social commentary, culture clash, satire, black, transformation, racial issues, african american, african, black lives matter, black history, marriage ...
Time: 60s
Place: england
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 6.8
 4K
Putney Swope (1969)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Swope is the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, and is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman of the board.
Style: independent film, surreal, black and white, black comedy, funny ...
Plot: advertising, satire, business, absurdism, advertising executive, advertising agency, employer employee relationship, husband wife relationship, ceo, board of directors, blaxploitation, racism ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, usa, philadelphia
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, futuristic, space horror, saga ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, end of the world, revolution, gorilla, monkey, survival, rebellion, time dilation ...
Time: future, near future, 20th century, 2000s
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 6.5
 209K
Air Force One (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hostage, airplane, secret service, president, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: russia, afghanistan, iraq, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
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 8.0
 35K
The Breath (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A major who had just lost two people in his command in a combat with PKK militants arrives at the station and takes charge. He finds it very difficult to step out of the state of depression due to his recent loss and so intimidates his soldiers into ...
Style: captivating, rough, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: military, turkish army, soldier, ambush, danger, war, against the odds, military life, anti war, terror, terrorism, wartime life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place: ottoman empire, middle east, asia, turkey, kurdistan
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 8.2
 913K
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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 5.8
 863
Black Gunn (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their ...
Style: independent film, neo noir, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vietnam war, organized crime, black, gangster, racism, nightclub, injustice, chase, gang, fighting the system, chases and races ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles
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 5.8
 648
Mr. Ricco (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? ...
Style: political
Plot: lawyer, blaxploitation, militant, dog, attorney, lieutenant, exploding car
Time: 70s
Place: san francisco
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 7.1
 30K
Mosul (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, perverse ...
Plot: isis, war on terror, military, near death experience, pow, islam, terrorism, terrorist, islamic terrorism, guerilla warfare, terrorist group, urban decay ...
Time: 2010s
Place: iraq, middle east
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United Red Army (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story: The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, rough, bleak, anime ...
Plot: revolution, radical, rebellion, idealism, society, life is a bitch, military, isolation, danger, communism, hostage, terrorism ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 70s, year 1960, year 1972 ...
Place: japan, asia
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 5.9
 320
The Slams (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict (Jim Brown) who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.
Plot: blaxploitation, prison, organized crime, murder, black, heist, jail, mobster, prison escape, interracial relations, african american, sadism ...
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Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 1972, Milano. We are just a few days before the general elections. The daughter of a well-known professor is found dead. Mr Bizanti editor in chief of newspaper "Il Giornale", in agreement with its owner Mr. Montelli, decides to charge of ...
Style: political, cult classic, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: underage sex, journalism, politics, manipulation, police, fascism, reporter, psychology, years of lead, murder, media, state affairs ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: italy, milan italy
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 289
Ice (1970)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: "An underground revolutionary group struggles against internal strife to stage urban guerilla attacks against a fictionalized fascist regime in the United States. Interspersed throughout the narrative are rhetorical sequences that explain the ...
Style: independent film, fake documentary
Plot: alternate history, underground movement, rebellion, hiding place, partisan, revolutionary, radicalism, militant, meeting, revolution, oppression, violence ...
Time: near future, 60s
Place: new york, mexico
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The Niklashausen Journey (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the ...
Style: art house
Plot: politics, preacher, male female relationship, revolutionary, gunfight, sex scene, bishop, christian, garbage dump, church, smuggling, alienation ...
Time: medieval times, 15th century
Place: paris france, germany, chicago
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 91K
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, UK, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A military officer in command of a drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya sees her mission escalate from “capture” to “kill” just as a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone.
Style: suspense, political, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: terrorism, drone, military, terrorist, islamic terrorism, survival, terrorist plot, spy, surveillance, moral dilemma, espionage, tragedy ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: africa, kenya, england, london, las vegas ...
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 21K
Shaft (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style: grindhouse, stylized, tense, harsh, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, anti hero, mafia, organized crime, urban, gunfight, hitman, kidnapping ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, america, africa, harlem ...
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 8K
School Daze (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent.
Style: hood, cult classic, black comedy, social, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, black, blaxploitation, hip hop, male nudity, fraternity, coming of age, college life, school, urban, black history, african ...
Time: 80s
Place: africa, atlanta georgia
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