Storytelling movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, teen, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
high school, violence, teenager, brainwashing, paranoia, insanity, twists and turns, bullying, small town, mind control, mind game, making love ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
male rape victim, male nudity, sex scene, trauma, childhood trauma, revenge, bare butt, haunted by the past, boy, rage, storytelling, traumatized man ...
Time:
21st century
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104K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style:
clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Style:
anthology, independent film, intellectual, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
taxi, culture clash, night, taxi driver, immigration, multiple storylines, storytelling, nightlife, blindness, conversation, blind character, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
paris france, rome italy, helsinki finland, new york, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Once a feared lawman, the legendary Bat Masterson trades his sheriff's badge for a pen and becomes a newspaper reporter. He now travels the frontier to chronicle the amazing true stories of the Wild West and bring them to life once more.
Style:
captivating, period piece, educational, suspenseful, factual
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cowboy, storytelling, investigation, newspaper reporter, outlaw, wild west, reporter, biopic, narration, travelogue, victorian england, gunfight ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, 1880s
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3K
Genre: Biography
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, underground film, experimental ...
Plot:
private detective, storytelling, death, autobiography, terminal illness, lgbt, gender, church, infidelity, underground, eyesight, lgbtqi ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, asia
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728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, period piece, mythical, existential ...
Plot:
grandmother grandson relationship, storytelling, small village, urban legend, legend, imagination, life & death, magic realism, folklore, family relations, problem, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ukraine
TV show
Story:
In the center of the plot are the adventures of Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Bukhankin, known by the nickname "Mityai", the best friend of Ivan Budko and an incorrigible fantasist.
Style:
humorous, touching, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
storytelling, uninhibited rivalry, family relations, parents and children, family problems, farce, lie, friendship, working class, satire, small town, voice over narration ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, realistic, parody, serious ...
Plot:
tribe, australian aboriginal, swamp, vengeance, murder, love and romance, couples, heroes, couple relations, aborigine, mistaken identity, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 1930s
Place:
australia, oceania, tokyo
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Genre: History
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Hosted by actor Tom Cavanagh, Stories from the Vaults is a series of 30-minute shows featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The new series, produced by Caragol Wells Productions, ...
Style:
educational, informative, entertaining, thought provoking, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
museum, storytelling, science, conservation, behind the scenes, inheritance, education, historical figure, knowledge, natural history, culture, exploration ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, date night, kids
Plot:
world war one, desert, military, british empire, camel, islam, great war, imperialism, politics, historical character, battles, quicksand ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1962 ...
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, arabia, ottoman empire, jordan ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, nature, arctic, isolation, rescue, human spirit, stranded, hopes, airplane, winter, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
canada, antarctic, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ernesto, a Cuban actor who decides to audition in Mexico, is stranded in the gigantic city when he fails to achieve a leading role in an important play. Facing the dilemma of returning defeated to his home, he accidentally meets Belén in the ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
actor, storytelling, actress, relationships, urban, problem, male female relationship, actor's life, slice of life, identity, audition, theater ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
mexico city, mexico, cuba
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities ...
Style:
educational, captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, storytelling, drunk, british history, drunkenness, irreverent, humour, stand up comedian, adult humor, comedian, historical event, sketch ...
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Style:
road movie, disturbing, talky, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, teenage girl, first love, misfit, teenage boy, supermarket, van, sex scene, on the road, adolescence, naked in public, motel ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017, 90s
Place:
oklahoma city, kansas city, america, oklahoma, nebraska ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The StoryTeller is a live-action/puppet television series. It was an American/British co-production which originally aired in 1988 and was created and produced by Jim Henson.
Reruns of The StoryTeller episodes were featured in some episodes of The ...
Style:
fairy tale, anthology, feel good, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, legends and myths, ancient, storytelling, imaginary, pet owner relationship, giant, fantasy life, talking animal, escapades, monster, oldtimer ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his ...
Style:
philosophical, artsy, surreal, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, philosophy, spirituality, existentialism, coming of age, death, father son relationship, hopes, parenthood, religion, grief, family relations ...
Time:
1950s, year 2011, prehistory, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
texas, southern usa, america, usa, china
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76K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ death.
Style:
sincere, political, depressing, visually stunning, art house ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, ira, male nudity, suicide, prisoner, dying, terrorist, nudity, rebellion, police brutality, suffering ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 2000s, 90s, year 1981 ...
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, london, europe, belfast
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10K
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Teenage girl Osama cuts her hair and dresses like a boy to get a job and support her widowed mother and grandmother. When Osama is called by the Taliban to join school and military training she embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she ...
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
islam, coming of age, survival, taliban, terrorist, injustice, storytelling, justice, religion, police investigation, muslim, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, persia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Style:
sexy, road movie, erotic, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, sexuality, sex, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, age difference, friendship between men, on the road, threesome, male friendship, gay ...
Time:
year 2001, near future, year 2002, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city, acapulco mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses ...
Style:
anthology, scary, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
witch, transformation, stephen king, hitman, mummy, gargoyle, macabre, child in peril, revenge, murder, witchery, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years is told for the first time in a major drama for BBC Two.It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
physicist, science, genius, scientist, disability, storytelling, self discovery, biopic, life is a bitch, family relations, hospital, marriage proposal ...
Time:
60s, year 2004
Place:
england
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274K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, witty, talky, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
gangster, twists and turns, corruption, organized crime, dark humor, gang leader, robbery, homosexual, cons and scams, faked death, crime gone awry, mafia ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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56K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief ...
Style:
sexy, light, contemplative, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
womanizer, love and romance, infidelity, life philosophy, relationships, happy ending, seduction, storytelling, sex in car, unfaithful boyfriend, lifestyle, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2004, 60s, 21st century
Place:
new york, united kingdom, usa, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with ...
Style:
sexy, black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
journalism, femme fatale, satire, female protagonist, erotic fantasy, teenage girl, oral sex, murder, television, cheating wife, adultery, erotic scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new hampshire, usa, california, minnesota, canada
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, touching, art house, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
temptation, desert, storytelling, tarot card, multiple storylines, love, humanity, existentialism, visceral, mental disorder, father son relationship, decadence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style:
erotic, atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, stallion, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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