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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada (Ekland) is a spy and is going to denounce his ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, dramatic, political thriller ...
Plot:
revolution, betrayal, conspiracy, sacrifice, tragedy, oppression, moral dilemma, political intrigue, authoritarianism, secret society, execution, spy ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, tense, exciting, period piece ...
Plot:
samurai, edo period, fight for supremacy, battles, ronin, warrior, fight, showdown, war, samurai era, power struggle, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
When two brothers attempt to honour their father's dying wish, their actions cause widespread chaos.
Style:
emotional, intense, suspense, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
brothers, chaos, journey, quest, brotherhood, loyalty, grief, moral dilemma, redemption, sacrifice, loss, secrets ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The Twenties: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmann's have to realize the upcoming and growing fascism and their children are fascinated by a magician ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, atmospheric
Plot:
fascism, summer vacation, children, psychological manipulation, magician, coming of age, fear, propaganda, foreshadowing, family drama, performer, intimidation ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
italy, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film is set just before Poland's communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos), a tired, sloppy, lonely man, whose wife has long since left him. For him, censorship is both an art and a ...
Style:
surreal, satirical, absurd, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
renaissance, surrealism, cinema, social commentary, political satire, magic realism, bureaucracy, political repression, provincial, civil unrest, midlife crisis, bittersweet ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The film is set on mid-1970, when the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian national football team on the FIFA World Cup serves as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the ...
Style:
dark, historical drama, bleak, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
torture, dictator, dictatorship, military dictatorship, political repression, oppression, brazilian history, political persecution, social commentary, abduction, assassination, psychological trauma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lucas is a widower who works as a clockmaker. He has a daughter who lives in a village in northern Spain. One day his daughter go to school as each morning and he opens his shop. Aafter, a neighbor comes running to tell him that his daughter just ...
Style:
political thriller, dark, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
revenge, assassination, obsession, political violence, terrorism, grief, vigilante, loss, trauma, father daughter relationship, character study, vigilante justice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
madrid
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A rebellious chapter of the American Nazi Party storms a Miami hotel as part of a plan to destroy the city’s power plant and a Navy destroyer.
Style:
political thriller, controversial, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
neo nazi, domestic terrorism, political violence, terrorist, extremism, sabotage, social commentary, fear, conspiracy, hostage situation, law enforcement, underground movement ...
Time:
60s
Place:
miami
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The incorruptible judge Annibale Salvemini, starts investigating over a classic Italian business/politics/corruption affair. He start to operate, as usual, very strongly. He orders numberless arrests. But the reaction of counterparts won't take ...
Style:
serious, suspense, tense, political drama
Plot:
corruption, investigation, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, politics, character study, power struggle, legal investigation, guilt, mistrust, law and order, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
morocco, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
October 26, 1979, a presidential assassination shakes the nation. Taking on the defense of Park Tae-joo, the secretary involved in the presidential assassination, lawyer Jung In-hoo enters what would be South Korea's most notorious political ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
assassination, court, justice, judge, problem, legal action, political unrest, politics, political intrigue, courtroom, defense attorney, oppression ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Amidst rising anti-Semitism in Billings, Montana, Rae, a 22 year-old descendant of Holocaust survivors uncovers the truth about a childhood accident.
Style:
realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, problem, holocaust, neo nazi, nazism, nationalism, life is a bitch, female protagonist, nazi, racial discrimination, tragic past ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After an irreverent TV show makes people less afraid of the Camorra, the actors begin receiving threats from the criminal organization.
Style:
parody, satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, camorra, criminal underworld, organized crime, mafia, bandit, criminal gang, gang member, escapades, gang, unlikely criminals, gangster ...
Place:
italy, naples italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to ...
Style:
tense, captivating, political thriller, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, assassination, political unrest, father daughter conflict, haunted by the past, years of lead, daughter, father and daughter, social problems, teenager, insurgent, life is a bitch ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On a storm-ravaged island that has seen its share of tragedy, a person who had been assumed dead reappears and ignites a frenzy of reactions, ranging from ecstatic religious fervor to fear.
Style:
tense, bleak, tension, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
island, ruins, fear, isolation, grief, moral ambiguity, resurrection, secrets, morality, desperation, haunting, civil unrest ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
City of Lodz in Poland, after the Second World War. Two brothers, Tadek and Andrzej, grow up without a father, and their mother, so busy at work, does not notice when the boys join a rowdy and anti-Semitic organization.Only when during a fight one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
self discovery, immigrant, immigration, family relations, culture clash, society, single parent, neo nazism, holocaust survivor, identity, family drama, anti semitism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
israel, middle east, poland, australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rex and his men aim to kill the homeless people living in a local deserted school hoping it'll slow an ultra-deadly strand of COVID. Now, outnumbered 100 to 1, Hap must save his little sister.
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
virus, homelessness, distopia, quarantine, pandemic, society, coronavirus, salvation, rescue, homeless, deadly virus, sibling relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas. There are four audiovisual provinces, and the threat of war is felt among the ...
Style:
soap opera, satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
political satire, social commentary, political unrest, lifestyle, satire, social issues, social problems, national identity, civil unrest, dystopia, country, oneiric
Time:
year 1990
Place:
chile
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the tempestuous campaign trail rivalry between Labour Party leader Ad Melkert and flamboyant newcomer Pim Fortuyn, as they go head-to-head leading up to the Netherlands’ 2002 general elections.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, political, tense ...
Plot:
politician, election, political candidate, politics, political campaign, rivalry, male protagonist, political activism, intrigue, competitor, political intrigue, biopic ...
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
The story begins while a nationwide referendum is being held to decide whether or not Canada will join the United States. The people of Canada vote to join the U.S., while Prime Minister Tom McLaughlin (Paul Gross) watches the results on the news.
Style:
disturbing, tense, political, captivating, political drama
Plot:
political intrigue, politics, political satire, world politics, political unrest, politician, presidential candidate, political corruption, political campaign, president, social relations, power struggle ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When cattle mysteriously start dying of anthrax in a small Alberta ranching community, an RCMP officer tries to keep the peace as ranchers lay the blame on a local agricultural research center. A reporter encourages the angry ranchers - led by the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
quarantine, investigation, bio weapon, government agency, journalism, race against time, danger, virus, biohazard, infection, protest, civil unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In September 1989, more and more GDR citizens fled to the West German embassy in Prague. Among them were Stefan and Bettina, who were spending their honeymoon in Czechoslovakia. When Stefan briefly returns to the GDR to fetch their young son, he ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, tense, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war, desperation, siege, border crossing, desertion, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, social realism, solidarity, civil unrest, mistrust ...
Time:
80s
Place:
east germany, prague, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Separated across continents, petro-chemist Andy Yeats and his family must survive the deadly effects of a sudden global oil crisis and find the mastermind behind it all.
Style:
tense, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, distopia, society, family drama, family relations, son, wife, daughter, rescue, teenage daughter, desperation, family bonds ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.
Style:
anthology, controversial, independent film, art film, experimental ...
Plot:
political protest, activism, social commentary, political satire, authoritarianism, human rights, corruption, satire, nationalism, civil unrest, realism, sketch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary, budapest, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 345 min.
Story:
We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors ...
Style:
political, black and white, informative, powerful, inspirational ...
Plot:
army vs civilians, socialism, anarchism, found footage, anarchist, revolution, worker, union, strike, struggle, labor, civil unrest ...
Time:
victorian era, 20th century, 2000s, turn of the century, 1870s ...
Place:
paris france, france, versailles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a ...
Style:
tech noir, cult classic, futuristic, serious, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, dystopia, police brutality, violence, conspiracy, kick-butt women, bodyguard, corruption, haunted by the past, uncover truth, violent ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1995, near future, year 1999 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The human race is wiped out by a government invented super flu. The remaining survivors take sides in the forces of good and evil. A mysterious old woman who is a servant of God and a powerful and deadly man who might be the devil himself. A gas ...
Style:
scary, apocalyptic, satanic, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, disaster, end of the world, stephen king, post apocalypse, pandemic, supernatural, plague, good versus evil, cursed object, deadly virus ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, maine, nebraska, usa, oregon ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, violence, danger, technology, science, super soldier, chase, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, military, escapades ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
virginia, usa, eastern europe, new york
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, atmospheric, costume drama, historical drama ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
christianity, apostle, investigation, jesus christ, roman empire, jesus, desert, messiah, resurrection, crucifixion of jesus, religion, religious ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place:
jerusalem, china, rome italy, spain, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Style:
rough, political, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
ira, irish history, rebellion, politics, civil rights, protest, conflict, terrorism, injustice, civil war, army vs civilians, riot ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1972 ...
Place:
ireland, europe, united kingdom, northern ireland, england ...
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