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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Morocco, France, Qatar
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Following a stint behind bars, a thief returns to where he buried his loot, only to find that his hiding spot is now a shrine to an unknown saint.
Style:
dark comedy, allegory, art house, absurd, existential
Plot:
shrine, thief, miraculous event, small village, satire, greed, moral ambiguity, dark humor, pilgrimage, social satire, corruption, treasure ...
Time:
future
Place:
morocco, north africa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry are approached by Sickan's grandmother and Sickan's younger brother Sven-Ingvar. Their evil nemesis Wall-Enberg are planning to steal billions of euros of the European Union's grants to culture. The grant ...
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, fast paced, parody
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, money, attempted robbery, caper, swedish, gang, teamwork, corruption, chase, satire, rivalry, master criminal ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A political thriller that unfolds during the British Mandate in 1930s Tel Aviv, following two British police officers, Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton, in their hunt for poet and Zionist activist Avraham Stern, who is plotting to evict British ...
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
love, impossible love, zionism, death, female protagonist, prison, police officer, torture, bomb, police, informant, death sentence ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
tel aviv israel, palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Carole tries to save the life of her son who has been wrongfully sentenced to death in a rigged trial.
Plot:
death sentence, political corruption, lawyer, flashback, deforestation, murder, police arrest, orangutan, hunting, environmental issue, forest, surfer ...
Place:
borneo, indonesia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes inexplicably attracted to a man who is stalking her. When her boyfriend goes missing, the stalker is the immediate suspect, until a game of jealousy and betrayal turns deadly.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, danger, couples, love and romance, neighbor, mysterious character, small town life, dating, dishonesty, twists and turns, murder mystery, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york state
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler, Mr. Haffmann. But faced with the German occupation, the two men will have no other ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, jew persecution, body swapping, family relations, marital rape, painting, nazi occupied france, husband wife relationship, impersonation, police arrest, butcher ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s
Place:
germany, paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Compulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they run into a group of young green activists. Lured by the free beer and snacks rather than by the ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
bare chested male, money, social problems, social issues, satire, social satire, female nudity, black friday, male nudity, money problems, airport, debt ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.
Style:
spy comedy
Plot:
spy, agent, fistfight, coincidence, jealousy, fire, lie, police arrest, false accusation, prostitute, murder, impersonation ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
infidelity, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, couples, society, dishonesty, family relations, love, love and romance, escapades, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young kids of Marseille defy the laws of gravity. Marco, Mehdi, Franck, Mélissa, Hamza, Mamaa, Julie : girls and boys dive, take flight, take risks to ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
seaside, nude, love triangle, friendship, group of friends, drug, hiding place, teenage boy, police, teenage girl, friend, sea ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, mediterranean sea, south of france, marseille
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
Style:
spoof, satirical, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
james bond spoof, satire, secret service, secret agent, fight, agent, spy, spy spoof, spy mission, special agent, showdown, government agent ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
africa, afghanistan, france, kenya
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, Belgium, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A caper film about the unlikely gang of retirees that pulled off the daring Hatton Garden jewellery heist of 2015.
Style:
captivating, light, ironic, independent film
Plot:
robbery, diamond theft, burglary, one last job, criminal, theft, treasure, jewelry, elderly, police investigation, elderly man, british ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple learns that their friendly neighbours might be Russian spies.
Style:
talky, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
russian spy, betrayal, best friend, secret agent, friendship, couples, friends, investigation, dishonesty, government agency, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1961
Place:
scotland yard, england, europe, london, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A modern day re-telling of the urban legend La Llorona. A beautiful woman who before committing suicide drowned her children because of her cheating husband. Now her curse is spreading and has possessed young mothers in a small suburban community. ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic
Plot:
drawing, desert, fear, husband wife relationship, interrogation, child murder, ghost, photograph, little girl, grief, latina, supernatural power ...
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Egypt, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Inspired by a real event , Clash takes place almost entirely in a riot van during a demonstration in Cairo after the removal of President Morsi in 2013.
Style:
suspense, emotional, rough, disturbing, political ...
Plot:
arab, muslim, egyptian revolution, humiliation, death, riot, protest, chaos, street riots, lynching, claustrophobia, nurse ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s
Place:
egypt, africa, middle east, maghreb, cairo egypt ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
not available
Plot:
stealing, shakespeare, pregnancy, criminal, con artists, extortion, theft, pregnant woman, improv, father son conflict, supermarket, theater ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Voyoucratie is FGKO’s new film project. It’s a dramatic fiction about a young gangster’s chaotic path into life crushed by a criminal universe that he can’t escape from. It’s also about a frozen portrait of a youth trapped by a system that ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
father son relationship, money, murder, police, heist, drug dealer, family relations, heroes, going straight, chase, violence, society ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Myanmar, Taiwan, India, Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
emigrant, smuggler, river, border crossing, corruption, immigrant, taxi, police arrest, nightmare, accident, suicide, factory ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
thailand, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A car crash victim, humiliated housewife and two repressed teens are connected by their relationships with hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, independent film, tension ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
double life, strong female character, social problems, social realism, secret, doctor patient relationship, friendship between men, secret life, organized crime, drug use, car accident, anguish ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, midwest, kentucky, cincinnati ohio ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
Style:
sexy, tense, erotic, controversial, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
violence, drug addict, sexual promiscuity, drug dealer, blonde, sex scene, female protagonist, sex in car, partying, relationships, sex in office, blonde girl ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, youth, little boy, american football, family relations, family problems, social relations, innocence lost, small town life, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Police Academy: The Series, also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series, is a 1988 American animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films. The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television. ...
Style:
anime, fast, slapstick, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
police academy, police officer, police, rookie, power relations, disorder, chaos, law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, master criminal, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dauna dared to be different. She faced the ancestral practices of her culture and she paid the price. She made decisions which made herself suffer and others as well. Without giving up before defeats and loses, these led her to reconcile and become ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
husband wife conflict, american indian, fire, prison, singing, photograph, priest, female protagonist, beach, teacher, flashback, tradition ...
Time:
year 1955, year 1973, year 1970, year 1980, year 1985 ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When it was first released in Argentina, Pablo Trapero’s film had the highest opening box-office of all time. The key to that success is simply that The Clan is based on one of the most shocking crimes in the country’s history, the Puccio Clan ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, social ...
Plot:
murder, abduction, hostage, violence, arrest, family relations, organized crime, family reunited, father son relationship, kidnapper, kidnapping, biopic ...
Time:
year 2015, 80s
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina, south america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class ...
Style:
disturbing, sexual, serious, art house, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, infidelity, politics, subculture, working class, friends, money, betrayal, friendship, life is a bitch, rise to the top ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
munich germany, africa, germany, morocco, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Waterbury family are completely happy until mysterious men take their father away and they have to move up to Yorkshire without him. The three open-hearted children soon make many friends including their Old Gentleman whom they regularly wave to ...
Style:
emotional, touching, semi serious, feel good, family saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
train, teenage girl, countryside, child's point of view, railway, children, friendship, christmas, missing father, human spirit, life is a bitch, family life ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 19th century, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
yorkshire, england, britain, northern england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Style:
black and white, existential, retro, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison escape, chase, friendship, truck, modern west, on the run, escape, wilderness, idealism, small town, cowboy, anarchist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1950s, 60s, year 1952 ...
Place:
albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, california, texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this tense thriller, Ma Shan (Wen Jiang) is a Chinese police detective who awakes one morning after a night of heavy drinking at his sister's wedding reception to discover that his gun has been stolen. Since only police officers are allowed ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
uncover truth, mind game, police investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, dishonesty, rivalry, protagonist as suspect, murder, memory loss, haunted by the past, life is a bitch ...
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and unexpected chain of events imaginable is set in motion.
Style:
semi serious, hilarious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
apocalypse, priest, media, chaos, adoption, news report, prison escape, convent, interrogation room, dystopia, post apocalypse, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, suspense, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, college, bullying, college life, haunted by the past, buddies, youth, moral dilemma, roommate, love triangle, college student, student ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
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