| Pulp Fiction (1994) | 8.8 | |
| Atonement (2007) | 7.8 | |
| The Fall (2006) | 7.8 | |
| Inception (2010) | 8.8 | |
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 8.3 |
Storytelling movies and TV shows – page 4
Best films
New films
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Fresh, unflinching and devastatingly honest, Bill Burr lets loose in this feature length comedy special. Burr shares his essential tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse, exposes how rom-coms ruin great sex and explains how too many childhood hugs ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, humorous, witty, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
comedian, life philosophy, childhood, philosophy, stand up comedian, storytelling, parenthood, transformation, violence, beautiful scenery, life & death, mentor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, touching, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
classmate, coming of age, bullying, high school, relationships, assassin, friendship, mentor, runaway, storytelling, existentialism, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
73K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.
Style:
funny, buddy comedy, humorous, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
sisters, sister sister relationship, sister, party, foul language, relationships, mother daughter relationship, woman, female friendship, storytelling, drinking, women ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, florida, usa, orlando florida
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, realistic, witty, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, happy ending, bullying, youth, teacher, drinking, neighbor, divorced parents, storytelling, character study, redemption ...
Time:
year 1946, 2010s, y2k, year 2014, year 1965 ...
Place:
new york, peru, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
Style:
teen, witty, exciting, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, pre-teens, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
private detective, amateur detective, who done it, murder, investigation, twists and turns, happy ending, brutality, female protagonist, secrets, storytelling, chase ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
Style:
sweet, feel good, humorous, light, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dance, dancing, storytelling, mentor, comeback, workplace, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, workplace romance, salsa, love ...
Time:
80s, year 2014, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
63K
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot:
nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, visually stunning, breathtaking, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
stripper, writer's life, party, high society, passion, female nudity, friendship, artist, aging, surrealism, skinny dipping, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, twist ending, black comedy, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, dinner party, plot twist, storytelling, dialogue, hidden identity, kidnapped, chess, survival, hostage, mental disorder, villain ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey, australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
Style:
entertaining, erotic, humorous, stylized, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
success, mafia, internet, porn industry, stripper, orgy, strip club, porn star, nudity, masturbation, caught masturbating, pizza ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, texas, hamburg germany, houston texas, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, sexy, gothic horror, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, eternal youth, aristocracy, painting, deal with the devil, destiny, beefcake, male nudity, fall in love, society, immortality, artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, year 2009, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, britain, ireland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a ...
Style:
feel good, funny, fairy tale, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
wish come true, imaginary kingdom, miraculous event, life turned upside down, nothing goes right, imaginary, imagination, medieval, children, escapades, disorder, swimming pool ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 20th century, year 1974, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive ...
Style:
parody, hilarious, funny, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, profanity, jungle, wilhelm scream, stupidity, vietnam war, showbiz, dark humor, violent, helicopter crash, adaptation, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, hawaii, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style:
tense, epic, action packed, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, vigilante, secret identity, tragic hero, organized crime, moral dilemma, psychopath, master criminal, revenge, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
london, north america, usa, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, neo noir, clever, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, hitman, assassin, revenge, plot twist, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, secrets, mysterious character, mafia, master criminal ...
Time:
2000s, year 1979, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, breathtaking, sexy ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
survival, dog, wilderness, rescue, expedition, pets, dog sled, husky dog, animal, winter, storytelling, heartwarming ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 90s
Place:
antarctica, new zealand, oregon, antarctic, astoria oregon ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the rock opera of the same name, based on the last weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was directed by Norman Jewison. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were nominated for two 1974 Golden Globe Award for ...
Style:
stylized, talky, intense, cult classic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
betrayal, dancing, rock and roll, music, desert, christianity, broadway, hopes, storytelling, adaptation, greed, creativity ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, 70s
Place:
middle east, israel, ancient greece, palestine, jerusalem ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often ...
Style:
sexy, factual, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex addict, group sex, friendship, filmmaking, showbiz, adultery, actor's life, addiction, couple relations, homoerotic friendship, promiscuity, character study ...
Time:
70s, year 2002, y2k, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, arizona
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, harsh, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, bounty hunter, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, robbery, revenge, gunfight, storytelling, heroes, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1965, 1890s, 1870s
Place:
new mexico, texas, usa, north america, mexico ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
melancholic, thought provoking, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style:
cult classic, teen, talky, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teenage girl, detention, teen angst, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
chicago, illinois, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
Is relevant?
303K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, porn industry, drug abuse, multiple storylines, addiction, drug, cocaine, adult filmmaking, adultery, drug addiction, voyeurism, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style:
enigmatic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, couples, world war two, young lovers, love, scientist, science, storytelling, life philosophy, love and romance, catastrophe, death ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place:
new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Lisette and husband Chino face marital difficulties. She is fed up with the kids, while he has job troubles. His mother Rosaria hates Lisette and the neighborhood tramp has designs on Chino. Things get even worse when Chino goes to jail and Lisette ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, independent film, romantic drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
couples, love affair, family relations, culture clash, storytelling, hopes, stereotypes, dark humor, human nature, eccentric family, parents and children, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
usa, indiana, new york, bronx new york city, new jersey
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ...
Style:
factual, intense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
baseball, brutality, ghost writer, storytelling, biopic, underdog, dark hero, adaptation, lone hero, mentor, historical figure, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 50s, 1940s
Place:
detroit, georgia, usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the ...
Style:
cerebral, epic, saga, entertaining, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, date night, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
space opera, star wars, outer space, robot, spaceship, rebellion, intergalactic, space station, space, wilhelm scream, space travel, space wars ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, year 1977, year 2016 ...
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
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