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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
Style:
disturbing, romantic drama, rough, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
marital problem, wedding, restaurant, unhappy marriage, flashback, unhappiness, newborn, marriage, child custody, wedding ceremony, egotism, neglected wife ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 90s, year 1978
Place:
france, somalia
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Nic is lonely, stuck in her marriage, and the cat’s missing. She loves her son but wants more from life. When new mum Jen arrives in town, Nic’s life is lit up. But it comes at a cost.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
village life, regret, female friendship, problem, friends, friendship, satire, character study, domestic drama, loneliness, motherhood, suburban life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of: a close-knit ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
cancer, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, terminal illness, lie, deception, love, popularity, regret, university, money, couples ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological thriller, suspense, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, abortion, murder, divorce, rape, loss of family, infidelity, flashback, rape and murder, art ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
texas, los angeles, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, non-linear, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
pedophile, fired from the job, cover up, football, american football, scandal, investigation, conspiracy, media, husband wife relationship, teenager, expose ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2011
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671K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, survival, us military, combat, american soldier, religion, bible, military, pacifist ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, 20th century, middle ages, year 1945 ...
Place:
okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When sophisticated New York journalist Edith Iglauer is assigned to go to British Columbia to write a frivolous piece on the fishing industry, she butts heads with local fisherman and notorious loner, John Daly. While she thrives on the fast-paced ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, romantic, sincere, factual
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, opposites attract, journalism, fall in love, small town, true love, unlikely couple, writer's life, love and romance, society, love affair, environmentalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, vancouver, british columbia, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
the story tells of how a group of friends come together, encounter love and many other aspects of life through major events that occurred during 16 summers, such as the 729 blackout, 921 earthquake, SARS and the Beijing Olympics9
Style:
romantic, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
friendship, youth, regret, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, love interest, love affair, romantic relationship, love and romance, tragic love, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time:
90s, year 1988
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25 years after leaving the White House. His enlightenment takes place just as his wife Margaret Graves ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, political campaign, u.s. president, politician, love interest, first lady, epiphany, high society, election, aging, regret, activist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When her parents' financial problems threaten Ashley's dreams for college, the high school whiz kid takes matters into her own hands. She and her girlfriends turn their babysitting business into a wildly successful escort service for dads. ...
Style:
captivating, cynical, psychological, realistic, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prostitute, sex scene, babysitter, coitus, escort, abuse, friendship, college, ambition, money, regret, blackmailer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Popoy and Basha had been together forever. Their love story began when they first met as students at university. They had been inseparable and did everything together—eating, studying and attending parties. However, Popoy's incessant planning ...
Style:
tagalog, psychological, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
longing, cheerleader, breakup, love, chance, new life, regret, couples, breaking up with girlfriend, society, life lesson, group of friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set in their ways, even NORA and EVAN's arguments are routine and passionless. The arrival of a mysterious Valentine card opens the first crack in their long, frozen marriage. Repressed feelings of regret over lost and wasted opportunities ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage proposal, prison, dancing, husband wife relationship, memory, flashback, interview, government agent, regret, sexual dysfunction, memory loss, twists and turns ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style:
harsh, stylized, suspense, road movie, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, gunfight, ex convict, redemption, on the run, teenage girl, road trip, race against time, chase, violence, desert ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place:
california, new mexico, santa monica california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A college co-ed is brutally raped and struggles alone to rebuild her life, but when the chance for revenge comes she as a Victim sinks lower than her Predator.
Style:
serious, disturbing, erotic, brutal, rough ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, violence, sexual abuse, revenge, rape, bare chested male, misandry, sexualized violence, rape victim, brutality, sadomasochism, male pubic hair ...
Place:
baltimore, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Famous country singer Trey Cole is finally returning home after cruelly abandoning the town many years ago and never looking back, even when his brother died serving in the military. Now, realizing he's lost himself along the way, Trey ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, emotional, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
homecoming, small town, parents and children, family relations, store, friends, memories, barbershop, death of friend, regret, musician, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival. Maria is a pusher frau, wandering restlessly among addicts, abusers and bikers in a relentless search for love. Allan has just returned from an ill-fated trip across ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, tense
Plot:
male nudity, drug abuse, drug, starting over, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, overdose, drug dealing, organized crime, friendship, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by ...
Style:
captivating, touching, thought provoking, sad
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, time travel, christmas carol, miser, scrooge, change of heart, ghost, boy, regret, xmas, elderly woman, city ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rhode island
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11K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Style:
psychological, bleak, meditative, compassionate, atmospheric ...
Plot:
obsession, youth, redemption, forgiveness, apprentice, going straight, teenage life, family problems, parents and children, teachers and students, working class, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 90s, future, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium, usa, europe, los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
White collar crime, a crooked PI and a top notch homicide forensics team come together in this low-budget erotic thriller about a wife killed while in a hotel room with her lover.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
lesbian sex, lesbianism, private detective, haunted by the past, blackmail, murder, infidelity, extramarital affair, marriage, evidence, regret, anger ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At a house party, a handsome man wanders around catching up with friends he has not seen for some years. A travel writer now based in Berlin, Andre appears to be living an exciting international life, and yet... something has drawn him back home to ...
Style:
serious, touching, talky, realistic, romantic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, homecoming, love and romance, introspection, romantic relationship, one more chance, road not taken, unfulfillment, redemption, hopes, lifestyle, unrequited love ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
latin america, berlin germany, chile
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style:
melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot:
loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
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85
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
A unique new form merging film and music into a dark subconscious stew set to the music of Chelsea Wolfe's 2013 album Pain is Beauty.
Style:
experimental, melancholic, psychological, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
memory, regret, desert, isolation, haunting, solitude, macabre, guilt, female protagonist, ghost, minimalism, visionary ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Detached is a contemporary Scrooge tale set in the Hollywood Hills that follows Chadh Campbell, an unscrupulous mortgage broker, as he receives a stream of anonymous holiday greetings during Christmas Eve and Day. As Chadh searches for the ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
christmas, holiday, regret, scrooge, redemption, guilt, transformation, personal growth, reflection, crisis of conscience, character study, confrontation ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. ...
Style:
existential, philosophical, contemplative, art house, crying ...
Plot:
regret, reflection, memory, monologue, aging, identity, isolation, melancholy, solitude, theater, minimalism, intimate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
This year, seventy year old grumpy Johan is married with his wife Dora for fifty years. But unfortunately, Johan finds there is nothing to celebrate. Something seems missing... Something that's been out of place for all those years. He spends ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, existential, reflective, art house
Plot:
lgbt, repression, mature, regret, identity crisis, identity, loneliness, lgbtq, sexuality, bittersweet, marriage crisis, gay love ...
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331
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Pakshe movie is all about Balachandran (Mohanlal) who had to sacrifice his childhood love (Shobhana), to marry into a rich family who only wanted his IAS Status, in order to save his poor family, lives a life of regret and despair for his decision.
Style:
melancholic, realistic
Plot:
unrequited love, regret, unfulfilled love, tragic love, family drama, sacrifice, heartbreak, class conflict, moral dilemma, social status, tragic hero, arranged marriage ...
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292
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
For a man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, the suffering and hardships others go through every day are not something he can relate to. One day, he unexpectedly becomes involved in a murder incident. He meets a woman who is trapped in ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, romantic drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, tragic past, life is a bitch, conscience, moral dilemma, redemption, regret, guilt, social problems, confronting the past, troubled past, relationship problems ...
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.
Style:
psychological, bleak, enigmatic, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot:
ex convict, redemption, ghost, regret, guilt, murder, video game, kidnapped woman, shooting oneself in the head, old man, bare chested male, prison ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful ...
Style:
sexy, touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
divorced couple, down syndrome, divorced parents, true love, sick child, female nudity, childhood trauma, multiple storylines, love affair, depressed woman, reincarnation, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, montreal, paris france, canada, quebec ...
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