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107K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:
sweet, teen, touching, lyrical, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, music band, musician's life, rock and roll, teenager, singing, bullying, dream girl, adolescence, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1985, future ...
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland, london, nebraska, england
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146K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, starting over, female protagonist, death of mother, tourism, human spirit, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1995, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, oregon, usa, mojave desert ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Style:
compassionate, sad, sweet, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, social worker, depression, troubled teen, teenager, foster child, adolescence, suicide attempt, coming of age, mental illness, problem child, self harm ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wes Anderson’s incisive quirky comedy build up stars complex characters like in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ with Bill Murray on in the leading role. An ocean adventure documentary film maker Zissou is put in all imaginable life situations and a ...
Style:
funny, visually stunning, sexy, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
ocean, submarine, revenge, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, mission, filmmaking, expedition, rivalry, vengeance, sea voyage, adventurer ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
italy, fictional island, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Style:
sad, emotional, romantic, teen, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, teenage love, dying, youth, love and romance, relationships, last wish, fighting illness, dealing with death, virginity ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
brighton, usa, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sweet, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
love story, best friends in love, love, happy ending, love and romance, friendship, bittersweet, photograph, nude model, loneliness, small town, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his ...
Style:
inspirational, psychological, breathtaking, sincere, depressing ...
Plot:
disability, hospital, paralysis, death, coma, stroke, memory, writers, courage, patient, mute or deaf, communication problem ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, year 2007, y2k
Place:
france, paris france, europe, hong kong, nepal ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, heartbreaking, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
single parent, writers, friendship, writer's life, parents and children, death, biopic, peter pan, stage play, country house, passion, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, year 2004, turn of the century, future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
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228K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from ...
Style:
sentimental, funny, indie film, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
depression, self discovery, melancholy, coming of age, female nudity, paraplegic, love story, love, family relations, relationships, drug, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 2004, near future, medieval times, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, new york, usa, seattle
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201K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, sad, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
loneliness, stop motion, friendship, social misfits, letter, depression, melancholy, asperger's syndrome, young woman, relationships, solitude, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, year 1976, 70s
Place:
australia, oceania, persia, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Style:
touching, philosophical, sentimental, dramatic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
destiny, true love, life philosophy, life & death, aging, existentialism, love and romance, life changing, melancholy, magic realism, love, life lesson ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place:
southern usa, cambodia, usa, new orleans, russia ...
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312K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.
Style:
philosophical, emotional, sentimental, romantic, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, couples, dialogue, love story, lovers reunited, love and romance, true love, chance meeting, one day, lovers, passion, destiny ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york, warsaw poland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Selva is an eccentric relationship counselor who has made a name for herself with her unorthodox sessions. But Selva’s career hits a roadblock when she takes on Elías and Malena, a young couple who are seeking guidance on how to separate.
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, semi serious, visually appealing, emotional ...
Plot:
bittersweet, unfaithful husband, female psychologist, marriage counselor, couples therapy, separation, breakup, honest, love story, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, sexual content ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, envy, shame. Adaś Miauczyński goes back to his childhood days when, like most of us, he used to find it problematic to name the emotions that accompanied him. To improve the quality of his adult life, he decides ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, mind bending, philosophical, confusing ...
Plot:
bittersweet, fear, anger, self discovery, childhood, joy, sadness, character study, doubts and hesitations, love affair, loneliness, human relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Soul-touching and moving, TWO WAYS HOME compassionately follows Kathy (Tanna Frederick), a woman newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is released from prison on good behavior and returns to her country home in Iowa to reconnect with her ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, heartbreaking, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
mental illness, mother daughter relationship, bittersweet, mental health, family drama, bipolar disorder, character study, little girl, honest, life philosophy, fighting illness, real world ...
Place:
iowa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about to go to high school, however, Jack no longer believes that his brother is a superhero, in fact, ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
bittersweet, small town, coming of age, brotherhood, family drama, siblings, down syndrome, disability, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, life philosophy, family life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Desperate for quick cash, Caleb gets hired on as a sober companion to a retired pop star. Two worlds collide in this dark comedy about recovery, relapse and the twilight zone of disillusionment.
Style:
dark, realistic, dark comedy, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
bittersweet, coach, alcohol abuse, recovery, addiction, alcoholic, coping, drunkard, recovering alcoholic, talent, finding yourself, price of fame ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.
Style:
witty, talky, psychological, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
death, bittersweet, existentialism, obsession, dialogue, space travel, corruption, insanity, mental illness, life philosophy, art, ethnic conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Is relevant?
692K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her ...
Style:
disturbing, poignant, depressing, heartbreaking, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
teenage girl, power relations, cheerleading, teachers and students, teacher student relationship, dysfunctional family, depression, innocence lost, family in crisis, character study, complex characters, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
ohio, florida
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
book, bookstore, correspondence, friendship, writers, love, post war, pen pal, bittersweet, death, longing, kindness ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1987, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
london, new york, england, europe, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Style:
grindhouse, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
vietnam war, drag racing, hippie, racing, bittersweet, coming of age, marijuana, student protest, radio, driving, car, auto racing ...
Time:
60s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1966, year 1965 ...
Place:
vietnam, usa, california, san francisco, hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Nadya, a young girl from St. Petersburg, is living and learning in London. Suddenly she decides to pay an unexpected visit to her boyfriend Zhenya.
Style:
humorous, uplifting, semi serious, sweet, romantic drama ...
Plot:
female protagonist, bittersweet, friendship, breakup, runaway, infidelity, long distance relationship, unlikely couple, unfulfillment, chance meeting, male objectification, best friend ...
Place:
london, russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Story:
If you are a provincial who wants to conquer a big city, then you should not look for easy ways to the heights of well-being - the bitter experience of the girl Lera is proof of this.
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
betrayal, revenge, love triangle, bittersweet, unrequited love, friendship, couple relations, romantic rivalry, love interest, sibling relationship, conflict, relationships ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mal-soon is a tough granny in a shanty town in Busan. In front of her, 12-year-old Gong-ju appears with her baby sister Jin-ju on her back. Gong-ju claims that she is the daughter of Mal-soon’s runaway daughter. Mal-soon’s peaceful life becomes ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, captivating, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
grandmother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, bittersweet, life, life turned upside down, care, granddaughter, elderly man, children, friendship, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Place:
busan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Latvia, Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
He was waiting for Anna in a cafe everyday from five till seven for six months. But another woman came in and their relationship started...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, semi serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
dating show, waiting, love triangle, pregnancy, bittersweet, lost love, love affair, couples, moral dilemma, love and romance, couple relations, young man ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Bobber undergoes experimental surgery to help him walk again, Daniel Burton falls in love with his beautiful rehabilitation doctor and invites her to spend Christmas at the farm.
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
christmas, rehabilitation, family drama, bittersweet, hopes, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, family relations, holiday, family life, parents and children, human nature, surgical operation ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A 7 year love story between Ryota Hayama and Koharu Uemura from their first date to eventual marriage. Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not afraid of to speak her mind and she ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, melancholic, light, sincere ...
Plot:
friendship, relationships, youth, bittersweet, school, young love, high school, destiny, life philosophy, buddies, stereotypes, teenager ...
Place:
japan
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