| Danton (1983) | 7.4 | |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) | 6.2 | |
| Parasite (2019) | 8.5 | |
| Tango Argentino (1992) | 7.2 | |
| Ghost (1990) | 7.1 |
Charlatan movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of charlatan movies
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones and the events leading up to one of the largest mass suicides in history.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mass suicide, commune, manipulation, suicide, escapism, psychic, mass death, cult leader, jungle, american abroad, leadership, no survivors ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 60s, year 1965, year 1978 ...
Place:
south america, indianapolis indiana, guyana, africa, san francisco ...
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224K
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
This is the story of how Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and it involves love, loss, hatred, envy and an unwillingness to accept anything that is different.
Style:
fairy tale, absurd, sinister, crying, powerful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
bullying, wizard of oz, witch, magic, feminism, abuse of power, talking animal, prejudice, based on broadway musical, dancing, rebellion, fighting the system ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.
Style:
period piece, disturbing, serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
televangelist, rise and fall, adultery, religion, unfaithful husband, luxury, lgbt, family relations, religious, secret, lie, scandal ...
Time:
year 1960, 1950s, 60s, year 1978, year 1977 ...
Place:
palm springs california, minneapolis minnesota, minnesota
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bernard, an executive for a big company, tries to get home in time for his wedding but is caught in the middle of a mass suicide. He saves a sect member who then follows him like a puppy, and is chased by the sect leaders, two over-the-top crooks ...
Plot:
automobile, cult leader, aristocrat, social commentary, charlatan, drunkenness, fiance fiancee relationship, henchman, father daughter relationship, immolation, religious cult, mountain ...
Place:
alps
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After getting electrocuted by an MRI machine, an ambitious young medical student begins to hear the thoughts of others.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Plot:
gay athlete, female protagonist, hospital, doctor, female doctor, physician, supernatural power, medicine, coworker, workplace situations, satire, workplace ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Style:
fairy tale, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, experimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, wedding, princess, cinderella story, surrealism, glamour, fall in love, love and romance, father daughter relationship, leaving home, donkey, music and dance ...
Time:
year 1970, medieval times
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a ...
Style:
double entendre, parody, not serious, humorous, spoof ...
Plot:
carry on, hospital, sexy nurse, medical, doctor, medicine, naked woman, satire, ambulance, witch doctor, crush, farce ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
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254K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
afterlife, love story, love, ghost, love and romance, death, impossible love, supernatural romance, psychic, psychic power, loss of loved one, reluctant partners ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.
Style:
depressing, political, disturbing, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, radiation sickness, nuclear war, atomic bomb, marriage proposal, survival, bombing, japanese soldier, health, unmarried woman, post war japan, doctor ...
Time:
year 1989, 1950s, 1940s, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, asia, japan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier Albert Pinson while living in exile off the coast of England. Though he spurns her affections, she follows him to Nova Scotia and takes on the alias of ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
love, unfulfilled love, mental disorder, lieutenant, unfulfillment, destructive relationship, downfall, unrequited love, women, crazy love, desire, stalking ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 1975, 1860s ...
Place:
france, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, canada, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Louise Farnt is obsessed with the world of self-help. And when she meets the not necessarily sane guru wannabe Val Stone, a murderous spree begins.
Style:
road movie, tense, disturbing, suspense, horror comedy ...
Plot:
serial killer, ambition, secret, female criminal, hallucination, camping, female psychopath, mystery woman, criminal, interview, celebrity, lecture ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paz seems to have the perfect life. She has a job, a partnerand friends but something ́s missing. In reality, there arethings she is unhappy about. She feels anxious andburdened but can ́t bring herself to express these feelings.Until one day she ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, talky, light, humorous ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, female protagonist, employer employee relationship, stepmother stepson relationship, workplace intrigue, coworker, intrigue, workplace romance, office romance, workplace, love story, employee employee relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, psychological thriller, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, scam, wealth, basement, plot twist, rich snob, driver, unemployment ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
court, courtroom, murder, explorer, breakup, small business owner, descendant, japanese history, judge, criminal, murderer, japanese woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, cynical, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, divorce, adultery, swimming pool, ransom ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
russian history, world war one, royal family, clergy, intrigue, royal court, imperial russia, rasputin, psychopath, ambition, tragic hero, revolution ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916, year 1917, year 1981
Place:
soviet union, st. petersburg russia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Yuri Kashiwaga was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto Islands from Tokyo. There, she begins to work as a temporary teacher at a middle school and advisor for the school chorus. The chorus aims to take part ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
pretty woman, knocked up, stupidity, religious, superstition, music teacher, pianist, middle school, female teacher, east asian girl, asian school, old friends reunited ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Arriving in an alpine village a crook is mistaken for a recently deceased doctor and decides to impersonate him. Three girls stranded in the same village are sheltered by the "doctor" and naked German hilarity inevitably ensues.
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, romantic comedy, spoof, sex comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nudity, fake doctor, mistaken identity, deception, sexual humor, farce, countryside, impersonation, mature, seduction, sexploitation, identity ...
Place:
alps
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Genre: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Horror anthology consisting of three stories: a bored young woman phones a friend, and is terrified when she hears her own voice pick up on the other end, a woman's noisy electric carving knife angers one of her neighbors, and a man who has had ...
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, suspense, anthology, disturbing ...
Plot:
dream, nightmare, supernatural, ghost, phone terror, isolation, paranormal, female protagonist, hallucination, slow burn, past life, urban legend ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, touching, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
old man, king of france, dying, french history, agony, pain, death of king, medicine, disability, death, royalty, king ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. One day when his friend, Ali, shows him the contents of a lost purse, Hussein discovers a receipt of payment and cannot believe the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
poverty, motorcycle, life is a bitch, rich and poor, breaking point, resentment, discrimination, injustice, depression, realism, pizza delivery boy, fiance fiancee relationship ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, pakistan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage. One of their ...
Style:
melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
religion, redemption, character study, loneliness, dishonesty, cons and scams, small town life, con men, shipwreck, con artists, faith, miraculous event ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
kansas, usa, texas
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68K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, hilarious, laugh out loud, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stupidity, rags to riches, dog, irreverent, farce, coming of age, sniper, fish out of water, leaving home, butler, family reunited, voice over narration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, los angeles, southern usa, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.
Style:
hood, independent film, humorous, black comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, college, black, urban, ghetto, party, friendship, gangster, black college, blaxploitation, campus, african american ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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98K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A supernatural thriller centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.
Style:
sad, emotional, psychological, touching, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
afterlife, psychic, natural disaster, destiny, disaster, death, supernatural ability, happy ending, trauma, near death experience, survival, grief ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, london, san francisco, bay area, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count Cagliostro is touring Russia and has created quite a ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, realistic, talky, biting ...
Plot:
wizards and magicians, love, fantasy life, love and romance, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, adventurer, dishonesty, escapades, cons and scams, fish out of water, con artists ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
cons and scams, supernatural ability, love affair, parents and children, dishonesty, magic, paranormal phenomena, juggling, magician, clairvoyant, castle, psychic ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2007
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland, montreal
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the popularity. It is a witty spoof about a ghost and the 'haunted' mansion where a ...
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, apparition, woods, old woman, rain, mother, rat, estate, pond, musician, guest ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Style:
entertaining, sweet, light, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience:
toddlers, kids, family outing, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
witch, world war two, magic, curses spells and rituals, football, witchcraft, childhood, good versus evil, anthropomorphism, boy, animal, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1971, year 1940, 70s
Place:
england, fictional island, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
magic, friendship, creativity, showbiz, comeback, artists and showbiz, partner, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, ambition, performer's life ...
Time:
year 2013, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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