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Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos (2021)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jennifer Dulos, the wealthy, Connecticut mother-of-five who mysteriously vanished.
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: emotional abuse, construction company, male female relationship, marriage, aspiring writer, uxoricide, marital infidelity, police investigation, death threat, murder investigation, partner, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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 5.8
 2K
Guernica (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, informative
Plot: spanish civil war, journalist, world war two, civil war, saving a life, militia, politics, nazism, military, freedom, hiding place, war violence ...
Time: 1930s, year 1999, pre world war two, year 1939, year 1937 ...
Place: basque country, spain, madrid
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Stockholm Stories (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The lives of five seemingly unrelated lost souls intertwine in Sweden’s chilly capital in this delicate and wryly funny ensemble film. A precocious yet untalented young writer, a friendless advertising genius, a tight-lipped workaholic, a shy ...
Style: psychological, contemplative, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: high society, breakup, aspiring writer, male female relationship, coming of age, existential crisis, nordic, sex in an elevator, cycling, nudity, stutterer, telephone call ...
Place: europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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 5.1
 898
Slutty Summer (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Hunky writer Markus returns home to find his boyfriend of four years naked with another man. Newly single, he begins waiting tables at a swinging Chelsea hotspot where the indelible supporting cast of co-workers offers conflicting directions on the ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gay teenager, friendship, infidelity, lifestyle, youth, womanizer, opposites attract, unlikely couple, love triangle, looking for love, lgbtq ...
Place: new york, virginia, usa
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Perfect Partner (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A single father struggling to make his comeback as a screenwriter falls in love with one of his students. Meanwhile his son, studying to become a chef, falls in love with his teacher. Love is great for creativity, but it comes with a price.
Style: romantic, sexy, feel good, humorous, sex comedy
Plot: cooking, screenwriter, female writer, creative block, aspiring writer, muse, jealousy, talent, inspiration, love and romance, chef, age-gap relationship ...
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Miller's Girl (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A precocious young writer becomes involved with her high school creative writing teacher in a dark coming-of-age drama that examines the blurred lines of emotional connectivity between professor and protégé.
Style: thrilling, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: teacher student relationship, teachers and students, student, female protagonist, ambition, imagination, male teacher female student affair, reality versus fantasy, male female relationship, relationships, relationship vs career, couple relations ...
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The Holiday Dating Guide (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dating coach and aspiring book author Abigale Slater is tasked by her publisher Jack to prove that her dating advice really works. With that, she decides to make a man fall for her by Christmas Eve in 12 days. When she Michael Ryan, her ...
Style: funny, captivating, entertaining, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, female protagonist, couple relations, male female relationship, couples, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female writer, love and romance, aspiring writer, relationships ...
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Burning Patience (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mario is a young fisherman who dreams of becoming a poet. He gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer moves there after being exiled from Chile.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, period drama
Plot: poet, writers, dream, postman, life, fisherman, aspiring writer, changing lives, relationships, male protagonist, ambition, follow your dream ...
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 7.7
 44
Ghost Writer (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Two women are bound by their mutual passion for writing. Tono Risa is already a successful writer. Her books are all best sellers and have been made into movies, putting increasing pressure on Risa to keep churning out masterpieces. The professional ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: ghost writer, writers, novelist, writer's block, problem, writer's life, aspiring writer, women, job, female protagonist, lifestyle, female writer ...
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Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a gruesome fire.
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: murder investigation, investigation, testimony, suspicion, death, society, youth, investigator, victim, heroes, aspiring writer, weirdo ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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To Walk Invisible (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
Style: captivating, cult classic, historical drama, dark, gothic ...
Plot: writers, sisters, female writer, novelist, publisher, women, family relations, historical figure, social relations, writer's life, sister, life ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1840s
Place: yorkshire
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The Senior Class (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 83 min.
Story: By agreeing to keep his crush's secret, a college student becomes her friend. But things soon fall apart when she gets swept up in scandalous rumors.
Style: anime, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: teenager in love, unlikely friendships, beauty, school, help, truth, aspiring writer, lie, high school life, talent, secret revealed
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Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
Plot: writers, lesbian, gay, fraud, women, hidden identity, lie, secret identity, aspiring writer, secret, deception, con trick ...
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How to Get Over a Breakup (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Peru
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The film tells the life of Maria Fe, a young woman who faces singleness after six years of relationship. Along with her two soul friends, played by Karina Jordán and Jely Reátegui, the girl must learn to be single again. On the way, you will run ...
Style: funny, entertaining, psychological, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: single woman, blogger, female protagonist, female writer, lifestyle, social satire, satire, humour, writers, aspiring writer, woman, recovery ...
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 7.4
 9K
Shrill (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Annie is a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss.
Style: motivational, ironic, captivating, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: overweight, writers, overweight woman, self acceptance, lgbtq, journalism, changing lives, female protagonist, lifestyle change, female journalist, blog, coping ...
Time: 2010s
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My Sister, My Writer (2018)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Suzuka Nagami is a beautiful third-year middle school student who has excellent grades and is the student council president. She wrote a novel about a little sister who dotes on her older brother, and the novel wins a light novel award. After they ...
Style: anime, humorous, captivating, romantic, entertaining ...
Plot: brother sister relationship, writers, love and romance, family relations, aspiring writer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sister, relationships, brother, love story, humour, female nudity
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Mr & Mme Adelman (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story: How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals and secrets feed the story of this extraordinary couple, as they experience both the large and ...
Style: realistic, witty, tragicomedy, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot: soul mate, family relations, life philosophy, supportive spouse, true love, up and down relationship, fall in love, writer's life, couple relations, family life, opposites attract, love ...
Time: year 2017
Place: france
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Style: captivating, satirical, psychological, thrilling, buddy comedy ...
Plot: therapist, struggling actor, writers, unhappy marriage, husband wife relationship, marriage, male female relationship, satire, female writer, family relations, troubled marriage, relationships ...
Place: new york
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A Kind of Murder (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with ...
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: death of wife, unhappy marriage, architect, investigation, police brutality, revenge, danger, disorder, police investigation, dishonesty, winter, escapades ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, year 1960
Place: new york
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 6.9
 7K
Mother (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After two failed marriages a science fiction writer decides that coming to terms with his mother will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with her.
Style: talky, humorous, witty, clever, laugh out loud ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, mother, mother son relationship, eccentricity, divorce, brother brother relationship, starting over, sibling rivalry, slice of life, psychology, aspiring writer, novelist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, los angeles
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 6.7
 58K
Kalifornia (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Style: neo noir, bleak, road movie, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, road trip, lovers on the run, journalist, redneck, on the road, mental illness, insanity, journalism, ex convict, motel ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, pittsburgh, texas
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The Tree That Saved Christmas (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Twenty years after saving a frail sapling from a cutting crew, Molly Logan learns that the bank is foreclosing on her parents' Christmas tree farm. Can the tree she spared rescue the holiday?
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, golden retriever, aspiring writer, high school sweetheart, photographer, old love, employer employee relationship, brother sister relationship, horse, female writer, time jump ...
Place: new york, vermont
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Love Affair(s) (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For four days, while waiting ...
Style: captivating, romantic
Plot: tourism, pregnant woman, love, romantic relationship, in love, love and romance, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south of france, france, paris france
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 7.0
 8K
Martin Eden (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to ...
Style: social, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Plot: individualism, class struggle, love at first sight, love and romance, social differences, couples, secret love, love affair, young lovers, love triangle, writers, biopic ...
Time: 70s
Place: naples italy, italy
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 6.3
 22K
The Rewrite (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Style: feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: writers, teacher, college, justice, single parent, fall in love, college life, teaching, power relations, unlikely couple, writer's life, professor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york state
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 6.5
 4K
Jasper Jones (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous ...
Style: exciting, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, boy, racism, small town, friendship, suspicion, suicide, first love, teenage boy, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: australia, adelaide south australia
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 6.2
 31K
Wonder Wheel (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, enigmatic, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot: adultery, unhappy marriage, betrayal, psychiatrist, extramarital affair, alcoholic, summer, infidelity, waitress, smoking, temptation, carnival ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 2017
Place: usa, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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 6.2
 23K
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Style: sexy, witty, romantic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: adultery, village, journalist, infidelity, homecoming, love and romance, female nudity, pop star, unfulfilled love, love affair, love triangle, couples ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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 6.4
 47K
The Good Girl (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, sincere, independent film, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: small town, older woman younger man relationship, dull life, mental illness, dysfunctional marriage, suicide, workplace, infidelity, adultery, dark humor, lie, blackmail ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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