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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
Style:
independent film, surreal, black comedy, cult horror, suspense ...
Plot:
surrealism, edgar allan poe, psychiatric ward, mental institution, madness, voice over narration, insane asylum, female nudity, rape, torture, forest, occult ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Kelly, a young woman, has been plagued by nightmares of a burning man her entire life. Upon entering college, she pledges a sorority that forces them to perform an initiation night prank. With several of her friends, she breaks into a store and ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, ritual, campus, sorority, murder, female protagonist, nightmare, prank, female nudity, secret, mental institution, danger ...
Time:
80s
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190K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style:
realistic, cult classic, costume drama, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, gunslinger, criminal, shootout, friendship, sheriff, western hero, wild west, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 90s, 1880s
Place:
arizona, america, usa, tucson arizona, mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When the disappearance of children and bloody murders multiply in a small mountain village, an old legend shrouded in sulphur reappears... Commander Guardiano and Captain of the Gendarmerie De Rolan are forced to join forces to uncover the truth.
Style:
psychological horror
Plot:
corpse, police, village, legend, bare chested male, hitchhiker, local legend, demon, missing child, mysterious disappearance, child abduction, basement ...
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
Style:
scary, dark fantasy, gothic, slasher, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, monster, supernatural horror, murder, supernatural power, escape, heroic mission, obsessive quest, social misfits, motel, psychiatrist, creature ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 19th-century France, a man (Thomas Coumans) magically has his wishes come true but at a price that shortens his life.
Style:
philosophical, enigmatic, visually appealing, sad, captivating ...
Plot:
abuse, curse, medieval, supernatural power, frustration, desire, sexual relations, ambition, poverty, suicide attempt, rise to the top, desperation ...
Time:
1830s, 19th century, 1820s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a ...
Plot:
office, japanese police, making love, castle, priest, murder of wife, murder, sibling relationship, unfaithful wife, prison, prisoner, hospitalization ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Following up the successful "P.O.E.: Poetry of Eerie", some of the original filmmakers regrouped for this newest experiment which aims to bring the tales of Edgar Allen Poe to life through the distinct lens of Italian horror with spoken ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, murder, sex scene, castration, male nudity, danger, violence, strong violent content, deadly creature, isolation, gay, mirror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
police investigation, missing person, cold case, police detective, murder mystery, unsolved crime, under the surface, false identity, uncover truth, police partner, homicide detective, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, creepy, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, murder, murderer, gory, psychopath, hospital, holiday horror, brutality, death, murder of a nude woman, extreme violence ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
chicago
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933
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
It is a story of a depressed, isolated man stuck in a tedious but well-paying programming job.
Style:
explicit, disturbing, erotic, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
social criticism, female pubic hair, software, beach, christmas, female nudity, sex, car accident, masturbation, office, dance lesson, male masturbation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A murder mystery set on an island near Venice. A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
Style:
erotic, slasher, sexual, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
nobility, serial killer, amateur detective, passion, desire, seance, male nudity, voyeur, nobleman, peasant, sexual attraction, strangler ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
italy, venice, europe, turin italy
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti ...
Style:
spoof, dark comedy, psychotronic, absurd, black comedy ...
Plot:
fictitious kingdom, female nudity, switching bodies, astrologer, human brain, brain, prophet, sarcasm, sexual attraction, brain transplant, actress, businessman ...
Place:
central europe, europe, czech republic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.
Style:
retro, biting, cynical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
writers, psychiatrist, mental illness, adultery, writer's block, housewife, sexual attraction, voyeur, psychopath, 007, poet, estrangement ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Style:
tragicomedy, intellectual, ironic, black comedy, tension
Plot:
satire, nuclear threat, absurdism, moral dilemma, madness, dark humor, dystopia, existentialism, espionage, isolation, psychiatrist, scientist ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
psychological, art house, cerebral, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, filmmaking, midlife crisis, loneliness, stream of consciousness, flashback, memory, satire, catholic, dream, actress ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france, england ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
tuberculosis, childhood friend, naked man, gay rape, homoerotic friendship, gay erotica, homoeroticism, male rape, gay, friendship, friendship between boys, male pubic hair ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
spain, europe, mallorca
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Disorderly Orderly is a 1964 American comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film was produced by Paul Jones with a screenplay by director Frank Tashlin, based on a story by Norm Liebermann and Ed Haas.
Style:
esoteric, not serious, feel good, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cheerleader, hospital, doctor, business, doctors and patients, misfit, love and romance, nothing goes right, goofy hero, unlikely criminals, elderly, workplace ...
Time:
60s
Place:
persia, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, dark, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
therapist, cure, patient, capitalism, health, slut, capitalist, nubile girl, sauna, hospital, spa, lust ...
Time:
year 2016, future, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, alps, america, germany ...
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119K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Style:
gothic, teen, dark, satanic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen fantasy, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, high school, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, bullying, black magic, goth, revenge, coming of age, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, seattle, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Adapted from a story by William Irish, it's a noirish tale of a man who orders a mail-order bride but receives instead a con woman.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, anthology, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, private investigator, mail order bride, murder, self sacrifice, female nudity, husband wife relationship, unconditional love, plantation, marriage, female villain, dangerous women ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, nice france, lyon, mississippi, europe ...
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80K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, mind bending, cerebral, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, medieval, determination, uncover truth, asian, mentally challenged, mother, mental disorder, police brutality, overprotective mother ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, heartbreaking, serious, depressing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, hotel, dysfunctional family, against the odds, child's point of view, loneliness, children, family problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
Time:
1930s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
missouri, california, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, breathtaking, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, manly, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, indiana jones, desert, jungle, artifact, chase, alien, sword fight ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
peru, south america, ussr, mexico city, latin america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
Style:
neo noir, crying, expressionism, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial killer as protagonist, characters murdered one by one, gay club, pyramid, satanic cult, woman fights a man, man dressed as woman, caught stealing, silent man, deaf woman, mute character ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, creepy, scary, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked man, murder, masked killer, violent, supernatural, gory, torture, blood, hospital, violence ...
Time:
90s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, crime boss, missing person, murder, voice over narration, motel, interrogation, alcoholic, baseball, ex convict, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, dracula, farce, satire, vampire bite, stupidity, sexy female vampire, insane asylum, goofy hero, hypnosis, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, england, romania, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style:
sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, ira, injustice, parents and children, youth, family relations, depression, life is a bitch, death, children, rich and poor, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
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17K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a young man who leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Style:
ironic, witty, sex comedy, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
womanizer, playboy, infidelity, abortion, promiscuity, character study, jazz, self discovery, lifestyle, coming of age, cupid, morality ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe, california
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