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Charms for the Easy Life (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: small town, interracial relations, small town life, family relations, fall in love, family life, homecoming, estrangement, couples, family problems, social relations, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 1910s, 1900s, 1920s
Place: north carolina, usa
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 6.4
 7K
The Border (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style: talky, neo noir, serious, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: border, corruption, murder, u.s. mexico border, immigrant, moral ambiguity, police, character study, police corruption, happy ending, emigration, kidnapping ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: texas, mexico, latin america, california, el paso texas
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 6.0
 864
As Summers Die (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
Style: political, independent film, captivating, touching, realistic ...
Plot: trial, old woman, interracial relations, social relations, injustice, family problems, legal, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, idealism, society, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa, louisiana
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 5.1
 602
Smoke Screen (2010)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Sandra Brown’s “Smoke Screen” follows newswoman Britt Shelley (Jaime Pressly), who shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay’s lifelong friend Raley Gannon ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, mind bending
Plot: murder suspect, journalism, politics, journalist, society, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, female reporter, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, reporter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern usa
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Killers Three (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile of cash from a bootlegger, assisted by the man's restless wife (Diane Varsi). But the heist doesn't go as planned and takes a tragic turn. ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: bootlegging, redneck, wanted, heist, married couple, special agent, world war two, starting over, violence spree, dishonesty, law enforcement, agent ...
Time: 1930s
Place: north carolina, south carolina, california, southern usa
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Girls Gone Dead (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A group of six ex-high school cheerleaders are stalked by a killer with a medieval war hammer and battle axe during their first Spring Break from college.
Style: slasher, realistic, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy ...
Plot: beach, murder, serial killer, masked killer, danger, best friend, gory, woman in danger, killing spree, party, nudity, wrestler ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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All the Way Home (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the ...
Style: retro, realistic, serious, gloomy, sentimental ...
Plot: grief, death of husband, family relations, small town, car accident, family problems, life turned upside down, small town life, death in the family, parents and children, family in crisis, hopes ...
Time: 1910s, year 1963, 1900s
Place: tennessee, usa, southern usa
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 4.5
 200
Mangus! (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Mangus Spedgwick suffers an unforeseen tragedy that causes him to lose the role of Jesus in his high school's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, he fights with all he's got to get back the part, and carry on the family tradition.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat
Plot: family relations, small town, follow your dream, dark humor, youth, hopes, redemption, on the road, teenage life, disability, religions or cults, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas, southern usa
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 4.6
 249
Preacherman (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary Lou. Mary Lou's ex-boyfriend becomes suspicious of the ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: preacher, con man, redneck, backwoods, exploitation, female nudity, charlatan, deception, sheriff, sexuality, blonde, liar ...
Time: 70s
Place: north carolina, southern usa
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 4.6
 270
Holy Water Joe (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, surprise ending, action adventure
Plot: bounty hunter, civil war, trick, american south, loot, cannon, shootout, dead body, bare butt, bare chested male, killing, pistol ...
Time: year 1865
Place: austin texas, southern usa
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 5.7
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Shallow Grave (1987)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Passing through a small Georgia town on their way to Florida, four young college girls witness the local sheriff murder a woman. They try to escape before he murders them, too.
Style: slasher, psychotronic, road movie, suspense, vintage
Plot: sheriff, adultery, strangulation, murder, cop, grave, psychopath, backwoods, prank, corrupt sheriff, damsel in distress, female nudity ...
Place: georgia, florida, southern usa, atlanta georgia, usa
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Mississippi Masala (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Style: romantic, light, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: racism, immigrant, culture clash, interracial relations, racial prejudice, indians, stereotypes, family drama, honest, love affair, opposites attract, fall in love ...
Time: year 1991, 70s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1972
Place: mississippi, uganda, africa, india, southern usa ...
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The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Style: parody, humorous, funny, light, talky ...
Plot: culture clash, female nudity, unlikely friendships, storytelling, disorder, family relations, sex scene, masturbation, peeping tom, journalism, siblings relations, nothing goes right ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1957, 1950s
Place: arizona, kansas, texas, hong kong, italy ...
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 7.1
 64K
The Jerk (1979)
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: irreverent, farce, dog, rags to riches, stupidity, coming of age, sniper, butler, fish out of water, leaving home, family reunited, road trip ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, los angeles, st. louis missouri
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 3K
In Country (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, sex comedy, sincere ...
Plot: friendship, obsession, vietnam veteran, vietnam war, destruction, self discovery, soldier, coming of age, hopes, youth, human nature, homecoming ...
Time: year 1989
Place: kentucky, vietnam, usa, southern usa, washington d.c.
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style: inspirational, talky, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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 6.1
 23K
Fletch Lives (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, Fletch becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name. In the ...
Style: humorous, slapstick, detective, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, lawyer, investigation, satire, harassment, mansion, disguise, conspiracy, biker gang, inheritance, ku klux klan, intimidation ...
Time: 80s
Place: louisiana, los angeles, usa
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 7.2
 116K
Easy Rider (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style: road movie, psychedelic, avant garde, offbeat, cult classic ...
Plot: road trip, hippie, on the road, motorcycle, friendship, biker, marijuana, existentialism, freedom, rock music, rebelliousness, hallucination ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, southern usa ...
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Donnie Darko (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style: psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, time travel, psychology, imaginary friend, insanity, schizophrenia, parallel universe, surrealism, suburbs, time loop, social misfits, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place: virginia, america, los angeles, usa
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 6.2
 4K
Dream Boy (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, child abuse, gay relationship, lgbt teen, gay couple, dysfunctional family, gay rape, gender, homosexual rape, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
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Down in the Delta (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rosa Lynn sends her druggie daughter Loretta and her children Thomas and Tracy away from the big city to live with their uncle Earl in the ancestral home in rural Mississippi. Earl puts Loretta to work in his restaurant, Just Chicken, while also ...
Style: touching, emotional, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: slavery, black, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, women of color, african american, storytelling, drug addiction, solace, black girl, anti racism, racism ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: mississippi, chicago, indiana, usa, atlanta georgia ...
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Dead Man Walking (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style: touching, thought provoking, sad, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: prison, death row, death penalty, nun, rape, court, death sentence, murder, confession, lethal injection, execution, justice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa
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Crimes of the Heart (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it ...
Style: talky, touching, humorous, dark comedy, emotional ...
Plot: sisters, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, childhood, betrayal, redemption, sister, adaptation, parenthood, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time: 80s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, inspirational, factual ...
Plot: country music, music, biopic, female protagonist, musician's life, poverty, singer, rags to riches, musician, mining, music business, rising to stardom ...
Time: 1950s, year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: kentucky, usa, washington state, nashville tennessee, appalachia
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Candyman moves on to New Orleans and starts his horrific murders once more. This time, his intended victim is a school teacher. Her father was killed by the Candyman, and brother wrongly accused of the murders.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, cult classic, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, urban legend, ghost, blood, killer, murder, violence, mardi gras, vengeance, gory, candyman ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, usa, southern usa
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Prince Jack (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
Style: independent film, political
Plot: john f. kennedy, brother, politics, politician, prince, cold war, american south, candidate, white house, election campaign, oval office, civil rights ...
Time: 60s
Place: dallas texas, washington d.c., america, texas, usa
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Things That Hang from Trees (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: St. Augustine, Florida, 1969. An eight-year-old boy's wish to see the fireworks from atop the city's lighthouse is complicated by his odd neighbors, abusive peers, and hopeless parents. The young boy's seemingly simple goal develops ...
Style: disturbing, touching, psychological, captivating, southern gothic
Plot: child abuse, bullying, american football, mother son relationship, boy, mental illness, husband wife relationship, small town, drunkenness, teasing, father son relationship, bad father ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: florida
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 7.0
 24K
Get Low (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Style: touching, emotional, talky, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: solitude, small town, funeral director, character study, life philosophy, death, uncover truth, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, unfulfillment, mysterious character, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, year 1938, 1930s
Place: tennessee, usa, appalachia
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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Martin Lawrence leads an all-star cast, including Cedric the Entertainer, Mo'Nique, and Mike Epps, in the hit comedy "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins." When a celebrated TV show host (Lawrence) returns to his hometown in the South, his ...
Style: humorous, funny, semi serious, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: black american, black, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, cousin cousin relationship, african american, brother brother relationship, mother son relationship, happy ending, love, black history, hip hop ...
Time: year 2008, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia, los angeles
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Something to Talk About (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In one of her best-ever roles, Julia Roberts is Grace, whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick ...
Style: talky, satirical, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: horse, love affair, adulterous husband, female protagonist, family relations, family problems, women, family life, human nature, self discovery, parents and children, southern belle ...
Time: 90s
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