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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Four black students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post-racial' America ...
Style:
witty, independent film, melancholic, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
racism, interracial relations, college life, satire, campus, prejudice, storytelling, obsession, oral sex, black, friendship, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2014, year 2012, year 2011 ...
Place:
usa, indiana, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, stylized, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
radio, aids, amateur detective, listener, storytelling, book, adaptation, pedophile, mental illness, snow, illness, hospital ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, wisconsin
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the ...
Style:
grindhouse, lyrical, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, erotic scene, depression, storytelling, female nudity, justice, mafia, visceral, loneliness, train, chases and races, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1972, 1920s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, arkansas, chicago, illinois, memphis
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed ...
Style:
humorous, compassionate, bad ending, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, small town, gender, adultery, storytelling, homosexual, gay bashing, gay slur, gay interest, brother brother relationship, tragedy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa, dallas texas, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style:
scary, dark, demonic, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural horror, demon, supernatural, ghost, occult, spiritualism, ouija board, ghost child, possession, exorcism, macabre, haunted house ...
Time:
year 2016, 60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
Style:
scenic, light, humorous, road movie, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, hiking, camping, elderly, camping trip, escapades, road trip, wilderness, writers, woods, foul language, backpacking ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
appalachia, new hampshire, usa, california
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1.4M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place:
atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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117K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Style:
thought provoking, political, touching, inspirational, period piece ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, british prime minister, british history, female protagonist, female politician, monarchy, british politics, women, biopic, alzheimer's disease, political leader ...
Time:
20th century, year 2011, 2010s, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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907K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band ...
Style:
epic, exciting, visually stunning, visual, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
sword fight, warrior, ancient, war, courage, battles, mythology, military, human spirit, gory, legends and myths, ancient world ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 2000s, year 2006, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, persia, rome italy ...
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18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, suspense, teen, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
incest, teenage girl, father daughter incest, incestuous relationship, teenager, sex, murder, attempted rape, cheerleader, voyeur, bad girl, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Germany, Canada, France, UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Who or what exactly is a Heffalump? The lovable residents of the Hundred Acre Wood -- Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and the rest of the pack -- embark on a journey of discovery in search of the elusive Heffalump. But as is always ...
Style:
sweet, touching, stylized, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
winnie the pooh, friendship, children, childhood, talking animal, storytelling, life philosophy, happy ending, elephant, cartoon bear, culture clash, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cult classic starring Ralph Macchio as a want-to-be blues guitar virtuoso who seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.
Style:
road movie, light, captivating, offbeat, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
music, deal with the devil, blues, destiny, on the road, coming of age, rock and roll, mentor, supernatural, storytelling, life philosophy, transformation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, new york, california
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168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Style:
anthology, hood, cult classic, disturbing, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
child abuse, mortician, afterlife, brutality, murder, funeral home, police brutality, hip hop, supernatural, drug, storytelling, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, california, southern california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Style:
psychological, suspense, sexy, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
revenge, torture, politics, haunted by the past, brutality, dictatorship, doctor, humiliation, lawyer, justice, storytelling, attempted murder ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, eastern europe, barcelona ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A robot — ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an ...
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, talking robot, stranded on an island, island, skunk, motherhood, anthropomorphism, orphan, goose, nature, wildlife, wilderness survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
north america
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the ...
Style:
anthology, dark fantasy, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
tattoo, hallucination, end of the world, dystopia, hypnosis, psychedelia, femme fatale, flashback, storytelling, surrealism, skinny dipping, drifter ...
Time:
future, medieval times, year 1969, distant future, 1930s ...
Place:
africa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot:
forbidden love, aristocracy, heir, doomed love, storytelling, intrigue, orphan, love and romance, self discovery, love affair, vengeance, society ...
Time:
1800s, year 2010, 2010s, 19th century, 18th century ...
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal, iberian peninsula, europe, venice ...
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530K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, brutal, harsh, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
revenge, cia, drug cartel, drug smuggling, hitman, brutality, fbi, fbi agent, black ops, cia agent, vigilantism, murder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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104K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
destiny, chase, runaway, storytelling, creativity, wizard, good versus evil, fight scenes, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, friends, disorder ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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216K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life ...
Style:
sexual, erotic, sexy, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, sex, sex addict, sexuality, nudity, sexual relations, sex scene, sexual dysfunction, male nudity, masturbation, lifestyle, fetish ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Martin McGartland's real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991, Martin (Jim Sturgess) works his way up the ranks of the IRA, while keeping his informant with the police Fergis ...
Style:
sexy, factual, brutal, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ira, brutality, weapons, crime gone awry, storytelling, terrorism, secret agent, snitch, danger, state affairs, undercover, spy ...
Time:
80s, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, canada, northern ireland, europe, scotland ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, clever, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, plot twist, secret, magic, magician, rivalry, illusionist, stage magic, uninhibited rivalry, deception, secrets ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, edwardian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
london, peru, colorado, los angeles, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, north america, new york
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140K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually ...
Style:
mind twisting, cerebral, surreal, black and white, sexual ...
Plot:
surrealism, mute character, actress, silence, patient, existentialism, medical, nordic, art, dream, alienation, insanity ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Style:
factual, harsh, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
outlaw gang, wild west, bank robbery, vengeance, gang, gunfight, jesse james, destiny, bank robber, civil war, storytelling, visceral ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
missouri, texas, minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, cult classic, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, insanity, anti war, military, army, secret mission, violence, mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Style:
spaghetti western, epic, breathtaking, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot:
old west, civil war, treasure hunt, gunfight, greed, american civil war, moral ambiguity, desert, anti hero, shootout, hitman, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966, 20th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, erotic, independent film, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fashion, satire, fashion model, female nudity, female pubic hair, nudity, farce, lesbianism, multiple storylines, storytelling, art, public nudity ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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