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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Syria
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series revolves around Erwa, a 40-year-old television writer, whose story begins on the night of Baghdad's fall, to show the historical events and political turns that have occurred from 2003 until now.
Style:
romantic drama, family saga, bleak, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
love story, regret, social change, mourning, heart disease, death, terminal illness, nostalgia, illness, resilience, post war, urban ...
Place:
syria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Story:
Sometimes the comedy of life turns into a tormenting drama. Aurelio is a comedian who's paying in full the price of fame. His indiscipline and the way he managed his career have encouraged his exclusion from the stage. Now, locked in his house ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, psychological, comedy drama, dark comedy ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, loss, fame, depression, isolation, regret, loneliness, nostalgia, abandonment, intimate, bittersweet, realism ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
Style:
bleak, poignant, pastoral, period piece, depressing
Plot:
marriage, death, loss, unrequited love, regret, tragic romance, mortality, grief, character study, suffering, bittersweet, mourning ...
Place:
croatia, balkan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
middle aged man, midlife crisis, character study, loneliness, regret, alienation, existential crisis, family drama, intimate, infidelity, urban, slice of life ...
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A neurosurgeon returns back to the USSR from Sweden and has to deal with rejection - both at work and at home.
Style:
existential, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
regret, identity crisis, midlife crisis, guilt, love triangle, friendship, alienation, failed marriage, self discovery, nostalgia, sacrifice, scientist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, siberia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A story about partly miserable lives of middle aged men and unfulfilled dreams of youth.
Style:
melancholic, bleak, existential, grim, period piece
Plot:
frustration, regret, midlife crisis, alcoholism, middle aged, guilt, slice of life, shame, realism, crisis, self destructing, friendship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A decade after a tragic event, Jacob decides to return home to his small southern roots, only to find that the past is not really the past and that people may change but they never forget. Can you ever really go home?
Style:
melancholic, emotional, southern gothic, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
regret, secrets, loss, character study, getting home, guilt, bittersweet, family secret, family conflict, longing, forgiveness, redemption ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ivan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in Ivan’s unshakeable ...
Style:
melancholic, existential, art house, surreal, moody
Plot:
death, guilt, loneliness, grief, regret, loss, memory, mourning, hotel, obsession, suicide, mature ...
Place:
bucharest, afghanistan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film takes places in different time periods and countries. It narrates the story of a common man, who after entering into a deal with a strange character with superpowers, has the possibility of going back to his own past and to live again his ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
supernatural power, back in time, regret, second chance, changing the past or future, social problems, time travel, time jump, changing lives, lifestyle change, satire, sent to the past ...
Place:
morocco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
There's a magical door in Woody's closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. When he finds out where it goes, his life will be changed forever.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
second chance, regret, time portal, changing the past or future, changing lives, time warp, lifestyle change, back in time, troubled past, satire, magical object, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seneca’s Day is set in the year 1989, the final period of the Soviet era in Lithuania. Eighteen-year old buddies establish the Seneca’s Fellowship with the motto “Live each day as if it was your last”. A love triangle breaks up the ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
frustration, nostalgia, identity crisis, loss of innocence, coming of age, regret, friendship, reunited friends, life philosophy, life is a bitch, social problems, bittersweet ...
Time:
80s
Place:
lithuania
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369
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Et si c'était possible de faire marche arrière dans le temps pour modifier le cours des événements et changer sa destinée? Et si une deuxième chance nous était offerte? Et si c'était possible grâce à Plan B - Le jour où Philippe ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
changing the past or future, second chance, time loop, time warp, sent to the past, starting over, time traveler, travel, regret, time jump, aftermath, time ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Las Vías del Amor is a Mexican telenovela that aired on the Televisa channel in Mexico and Univision in the United States from 2002-2003.
Style:
novela, soap opera, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
regret, guilt, loss, family drama, relationships, male female relationship, family problems, relationship problems, family relations, guilty conscience, eccentric family, grief ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Madoka Tsutsumi is a university student. He rarely expresses his feelings and he has never done an impulsive act in his life. One night, he sees an old man and a pink rabbit struggling physically. The pink rabbit seems surprised and asks Madoka if ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, university student, angel of death, student, regret, afterlife, life & death, empathy, guy, supernatural being, young man ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Self made millionaire Rolando Dominguez (Carlos Guerrero) could not resist the tempting pleasures that came with his success and now finds himself homeless, demented, and tormented by flashbacks of his regretful mistakes and broken promises to his ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, missing child, riches to rags, parent child relationship, promise, millionaire, family relations, wealth, money, loss, guilt, regret ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
single parent, parents and children, family relations, homecoming, unfulfillment, baseball, love, fatherhood, relationships, second chance, redemption, regret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
love triangle, heartbreak, breakup, regret, male female relationship, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, marital problem, family relations, couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The lives of four people from different walks of life is affected by a disastrous road accident. The regret, remorse and realisation these characters undergo makes the crux of the film.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
accident, regret, road accident, guilt, remorse, multiple storylines, social differences, society, crisis of conscience, tragic event, changing lives, social problems ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man afflicted with clairvoyance tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder.
Style:
mind bending, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
changing the past or future, clairvoyance, time travel, eye, regret, danger, self sacrifice, chase, tragedy, organized crime, young man, philosophy ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A poignant drama that chronicles the unexpected friendship that develops between Cooper, a melancholy bartender, who at thirty-six still isn't sure what he wants to do with his life, and Daisy, an extremely bright but socially awkward girl in ...
Style:
mysterious, lyrical, artsy, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
bartender, friendship, alone, writers, introspection, changing lives, fall in love, love and romance, forgiveness, regret, self discovery, loneliness ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to ...
Style:
funny, romantic, sweet, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, boys' night ...
Plot:
wedding, best friend, friendship, female friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, wedding dress, friends, sex scene, bachelorette party, fear of commitment, single woman, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, milwaukee wisconsin, paris france, wisconsin
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Style:
touching, emotional, period piece, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, redemption, tragic love, injustice, love story, unfulfilled love, sex scene, forbidden love, love and romance, false accusation, innocence ...
Time:
1930s, victorian era, 1940s, year 2007, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, dunkirk, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, light hearted, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wedding, wedding planner, breakup, regret, relationships, reception, reconciliation, second chance, wooing, slice of life, maturation, couples ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 47 year old Christian man on the other side of an unwanted divorce thinks back on his first love from high school and wants to see her again.
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, sentimental, melancholic, christian film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christian, flashback, divorce, regret, first love, heartbreak, lost love, longing, high school romance, nostalgia, bittersweet, reminiscence ...
Time:
70s, 2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
Style:
dark comedy, surreal, tense, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
pop culture, marriage proposal, threat, religion, cosmic horror, suicide, extramarital affair, golddigger, traumatic past, murder disguised as suicide, accidental killing, adultery ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes ...
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, children, ghost, christmas carol, holiday, dream, society, friends, rivalry, chase, lesson, character change ...
Time:
victorian era, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night a group of college friends try to navigate their complicated love lives before they leave for winter break.
Style:
light, disturbing, touching, romantic, humorous ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas party, christmas, estranged couple, human nature, lifestyle, high school friend, relationships, young adult, friendship, christmas spirit, unfulfillment ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Each hour-long film follows a different women as they experience “moments that are emotionally raw, thought-provoking and utterly personal”.
Style:
melancholic, suspense, disturbing, serious, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dating, male female relationship, destiny, society, family problems, loneliness, life, job, desperation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family drama, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A rich and nasty woman returns to her hometown to evict everyone but discovers the true meaning of Christmas thanks to the local townsfolk – and an actual angel. Features 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton!
Style:
colorful, sentimental, humorous, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, christmas spirit, coldhearted, rich man, christmas season, character change, human nature, christmas time, happy ending, life changing experience ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young woman from a small town accuses the college heartthrob of sexual assault.
Style:
captivating, touching, unusual plot structure
Plot:
sexualized violence, rape, lovers apart, society, social differences, regret, false accusation, youth, young man, prejudice, flirting, love ...
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