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75K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
rich woman poor man, memory loss, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, destiny, carpenter, pretend relationship, personality change, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, action adventure, visually stunning, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
star wars, space opera, alien, space and aliens, intergalactic, jedi, heroic mission, space station, space wars, space battle, good versus evil, outer space ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Style:
teen, humorous, melancholic, retro, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, car, friendship, teenager, small town, high school student, drag racing, love at first sight, rock and roll, street racing, street gang ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1962, near future ...
Place:
california, arizona, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been ...
Style:
dark comedy, teen, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
high school, vampire, cheerleader, cheerleading, supernatural, chosen one, good versus evil, teenage girl, reincarnation, high school student, female protagonist, blonde girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, europe
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194K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children, adult
Plot:
poltergeist, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, psychic, suburban life, suburbs, child in peril, children, parallel world, television, supernatural power ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the ...
Style:
period piece, epic, entertaining, exciting, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night, teens ...
Plot:
knight, robin hood, good versus evil, archer, sword fight, chase, swashbuckler, justice, medieval, folk hero, courage, sword and shield ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 19th century, 12th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, israel, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style:
feel good, touching, funny, sweet, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
cross dressing, divorce, comedy of errors, nanny, gender, kids and family, children, custody battle, transvestism, transvestite, childhood, parenting ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
bay area, san francisco, california, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
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85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style:
breathtaking, perverse, suspense, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, tough law enforcer, vigilante, killer, violence, murder, one man army, car chase, chase, police investigation, violent, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south america, california, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, monster, friendship, halloween, coming of age, young heroes, child as adult, father son relationship, mischievous children, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, wish come true ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, sweet, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
afterlife, reincarnation, heaven, death, love, ghost, older woman younger man relationship, eternal love, love story, paradise, daughter, angel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 60s, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., yale university, cleveland ohio
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39K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, teen, cult classic, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night
Plot:
department store, shopping, motorcycle, love, ends with a wedding, public nudity, security guard, fired from the job, guard dog, impossible love, sex scene, happy ending ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style:
feel good, road movie, funny, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens
Plot:
thanksgiving, road trip, holiday, train, travel, airplane, on the road, airport, husband wife relationship, railway, buddy, traveling salesman ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
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101K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.
Style:
teen, cult classic, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, youth, dance, small town, love and romance, music, dancer's life, rebelliousness, rebellion, artists and showbiz, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1984, 70s, 20th century
Place:
utah, pittsburgh, usa
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49K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
Style:
sexual, funny, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, raunchy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
loss of virginity, virginity, revenge, cheerleader, voyeurism, male nudity, high school, public nudity, teacher, teenager, strip club, sex scene ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1954, 80s
Place:
florida, everglades, usa, miami, canada
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181K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught ...
Style:
funny, cult classic, spoof, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, heavy metal, music, musician, dumb, satire, rock, basement, hard rock, stoner, sarcasm, rock music ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, milwaukee wisconsin, seattle, wisconsin ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, teen, erotic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
coming of age, sex scene, teenager, high school, pimp, sex, prostitution, sex in a chair, sexual fantasy, sexual attraction, premarital sex, suburbs ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, future
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, new jersey, california
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73K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, girls' night, kids
Plot:
elderly, cocoon, life & death, alien, space and aliens, chase, benign alien, fountain of youth, alien invasion, first contact, extraterrestrial, cancer ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
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139K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and ...
Style:
fairy tale, epic, scenic, cult classic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, prophecy, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, magic, baby, black magic, wizard, destiny, mother daughter relationship, castle, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 20th century, future, 1900s ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Seven friends - Alec, Billy, Jules, Kevin, Kirby, Leslie and Wendy - are trying to navigate through life and their friendships following college graduation. Alec, who aspires to political life, has just shown his true colors by changing his ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, teen, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, love, graduation, happy ending, infidelity, high school, love triangle, young adult, life philosophy, adolescence vs adulthood, looking for love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, coming of age, teenage girl, relationships, teen romance, teenager, class differences, high school student, love story, father daughter relationship, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the ...
Style:
sad, sweet, touching, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
dog, childhood, orphan, afterlife, heaven, angel, talking animal, death, friendship, furry, escape, junkyard ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1939
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
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145K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Taiwan, Japan, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style:
surreal, visually stunning, cyber, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, dystopia, computer game, programmer, computer genius, motorcycle race, hacking, computer hacker ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, pentagon, north america
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88K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, rom com, fairy tale, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
mermaid, happy ending, transformation, fish out of water, public nudity, cape cod massachusetts, longing, love, brother brother relationship, interspecies romance, sea, obsession ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, entertaining, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, revenge, police officer, home invasion, buddy, car chase, vigilante, partner, interracial friendship, profanity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, california, africa, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
Style:
teen, cute, romantic, romantic drama, happy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
high school, coming of age, tomboy, best friend, love triangle, friends to lovers, teenage love, friendship, happy ending, teenager, teen romance, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
california
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546K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten ...
Style:
cult classic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, kids, manly ...
Plot:
aviation, fighter pilot, pilot, u.s. navy, cold war, fighter jet, warplane, love and romance, aerial combat, officers and cadets, flying, aviator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san diego california
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe ...
Style:
funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
dark humor, beach, murder, farce, insurance, comedy of errors, heat wave, vacation gone wrong, weekend getaway, businessman, summer job, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
love and romance, princess, beast, castle, beauty and the beast, power of love, imaginary, transformation, opposites attract, father daughter relationship, prince, disney princess ...
Time:
18th century, 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
france, europe
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1.2M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. ...
Style:
suspense, breathtaking, entertaining, exciting, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, date night, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
dinosaur, island, survival, creature feature, animal attack, child in peril, research, children, dangerous animal, teenage girl, science, fantasy world ...
Time:
jurassic, year 1993, 20th century, prehistoric times, 90s
Place:
montana, fictional island, caribbean, central america, dominican republic ...
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