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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man born on the leap day of February 29 ages only one year in every four years. Because of this unique trait, he has lived through many historical periods of Malaysia; from the colonial years to the Japanese invasion and Independence. Though some ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
aging, bittersweet, true love, supernatural romance, supernatural, interracial relations, unfulfilled love, society, love and romance, unfulfillment, waiting, unrequited love ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
malaysia, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
Style:
emotional, realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations, mental illness, dark humor, introspection, parents and children, unfulfillment, unsuccessful, elderly, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, bittersweet, unlikely criminals, family relations, gangster, custody, single parent, single mother, character study, longing, loneliness, unrequited love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, venice, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot:
bittersweet, family relations, fall in love, parents and children, society, love and romance, workplace situations, workplace, father son relationship, optimism, humanism, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, bittersweet, illness, family relations, slice of life, family drama, parenting, relationships, problem, trauma, parent child relationship, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Rodrigo and Rocco join their families to hold a birthday party for their grandfather. Rodrigo is a regular middle-class teenager, while Rocco is rather more unconventional, indie magazine writer, and has deep conflicts with his father.
Style:
emotional, semi serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, youth, bittersweet, on the road, elderly, family relations, human nature, hotel, innocence lost, road trip, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
mexico
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161
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A road movie romance that conjures a heady concoction of free love and end of the world conspiracy.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, road movie, romantic ...
Plot:
unlikely couple, self discovery, bittersweet, on the road, love and romance, road trip, intimate, personal growth, family issues, identity crisis, small town, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A rocker makes a pact to kill himself on his 37th birthday. 12 weeks before the release of his final album and the end of his life, he meets and falls in love with a woman who has a dark secret of her own.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot:
redemption, introspection, bittersweet, fall in love, musician's life, haunted by the past, love and romance, music band, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, suicide, rock star ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A veteran actor is at the end of his glory days. He was a great film, TV and theater performer, but he hardly work anymore. Then he meets a young director who wants to carry out a science fiction project, and a friendship emerges.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
bittersweet, introspection, redemption, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, actor's life, aging, filmmaking, hopes, elderly, friendship, legacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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438
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, independent film, sentimental ...
Plot:
terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, cancer, death wish, suicide, family relations, life & death, mortality, national park, character study, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Created by Peter Bowker, From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel Cotton, a Manchester family man who is torn between the life he wants and the life he could have. The story spans the four years that ...
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bittersweet, streetwise, parents and children, family relations, bombing, soccer, siblings relations, city life, society, urban, ira, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
manchester, england, northern england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Scorn takes a look into the trials and tribulations of a group of people dealing with relationships, love, pain and friendship during the course of one year.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, love, family problems, introspection, couples, couple relations, human nature, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, urban, abuse, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, sentimental, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
aging, small town, working class, bittersweet, obsession, society, retiring, elderly, workplace situations, social relations, car salesman, tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, Slovakia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
"Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, childhood, fish out of water, greed, courage, lion, youth, misfit, bittersweet, country, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2003, 1910s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
texas, africa, middle east, austin texas, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
feminism, teacher, college, coming of age, art, art history, feminist, gender, life philosophy, teachers and students, dedicated educator, boarding school ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, death, boy, good deed, disfigurement, addiction, abusive husband, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
tibet, usa, nevada, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, love story, male female friendship, couples, friends in love, friendship, relationships, life philosophy, opposites attract, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iran, scotland, london, paris france, england
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316
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Max is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For Xmas, Max offers him Rose, a call-girl found on the street whom she’s very fond of. Despite the complicated situation, Toni’s gonna have a hard time ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, bittersweet, unlikely couple, family relations, parents and children, starting over, hopes, love and romance, society, urban, father daughter relationship, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chubby is the nickname of Kevin, a 12 years old kid already weights 100 kilos (220.46 lb). If he keeps devours fries, pastries and ice cream everyday, he's gonna have heart attack sooner or later unless he decides to change his diet to turn ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, youth, physical appearance, friends, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, misfit, obesity, weight loss, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, emotional, romantic drama
Audience:
date night
Plot:
disability, bittersweet, couple relations, society, mentally challenged, love and romance, music band, social misfits, music, women, female protagonist, choir ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Linus is pushed to his limits when he learns Grandma is coming to visit and plans on ridding him of his childish security blanket.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
peanuts, bittersweet, children, friends, youth, family relations, pets, childhood, kids and family, nostalgia, heartwarming, grownups ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, unfulfilled love, true love, high school sweetheart, small town, love affair, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, lovers reunited, young love, road not taken, teenage love ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, new orleans, canada
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294
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, bittersweet, hip hop, friends, introspection, once promising, unfulfillment, urban, midlife crisis, regret, frustration, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, africa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
romantic, touching, inspirational, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
cancer, teenager, love story, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, teenage love, love, first love, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1900s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, southern usa, virginia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Based upon the Catalan drama series Polseres vermelles, the series focuses on a group of teenagers living together as patients in a hospital's pediatric ward.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, meditative, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
hospital, friendship, adolescence, medical, youth, bittersweet, teenager, best friend, support group, coming of age, illness, teenage life ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, scenic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, bittersweet, lovers, pop singer, romantic rivalry, couple relations, nostalgia, aging, family drama, memory loss, twists and turns, family values ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style:
touching, teen, sexy, sweet, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer, teenager, coming of age, vacation, friendship, shyness, loneliness, teenage girl, youth, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, country music, bittersweet, insomnia, love, couples, musician's life, couple relations, friends, twentysomething life, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
new york, tennessee, usa, memphis, nashville tennessee ...
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97K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sad, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay father, gay interest, grief, gay relationship, relationships, father son relationship, male male relationship, love, dog, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 2000s, year 1971, year 2003 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, couples, loss of spouse, starting over, lost love, letter, grief, life philosophy, widow ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
ireland, seattle, europe, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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