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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White ...
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
werewolf, danger, supernatural, small town, vampire, gypsy, desire, protagonist as suspect, family relations, family secret, forbidden sex, sheriff ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to ...
Style:
tense, exciting, breathtaking, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, runaway train, disaster, save the day, train crash, chase, train engineer, race against time, determination, freight train, courage, danger ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, north america, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
abuse, abusive husband, female protagonist, single mother, serial killer, police investigation, life is a bitch, parents and children, hopes, danger, disorder, love ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
backwoods, illicit affair, family secret, murder, cheating wife, sexually dissatisfied wife, danger, milf, incest, self sacrifice, outdoor sex, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six individuals are caught up in a supernatural perfect storm as an evil lays claim to one of them while threatening to tear apart the soul of a small Pennsylvania town.
Style:
serious, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
afterlife, supernatural, possession, danger, evil, halloween, archangel, wrestling, psychic, supernatural power, bare breasts, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teenager, high school life, teenage life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, school, teachers and students ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
amish, adoption, family relations, identity crisis, family problems, religions or cults, hopes, youth, self discovery, dishonesty, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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297
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
3 interconnecting stories set along the Lincoln Highway in South Central Pennsylvania.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Plot:
amish, farm, urban legend, introspection, society, small town, writers, relocation, friendship, rivalry, bigfoot, sasquatch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Musical
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A young vampire girl faces the joys and trials of being the new kid in town when her family moves from Transylvania to Pennsylvania.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, preschool, horror for children
Plot:
vampire, friendship, werewolf, gargoyle, children, supernatural, safe, acceptance, high school life, family values, small town, identity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, transylvania
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable ...
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, evil man, child in peril, child, killer child, psychopath, missing child, serial killer, danger, confined, hostage, woman in danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five college students embark on a paranormal investigation of Dead Woman’s Hollow Road, a hub of mysterious deaths and strange phenomena along the Appalachian Trail. The probe turns deadly when people in their camp begin dying. For those still ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
evil spirit, college student, sheriff, darkness, supernatural, hunting, characters in danger, evil, peril, friendship, fear, deadly creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sophie, a young volunteer, meets her kindred spirit in Roxie, a girl with a life threatening medical condition and a unique wish to meet Bigfoot.
Style:
unusual plot structure, touching, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
child cancer, bigfoot, desire, paranormal, hospital, doctor, nightmare, yeti, volunteer, brain tumor, giant, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Two best friends compete to be the best man at their childhood friend's wedding.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
wedding, best friend, rivalry, contests and competitions, lovers reunited, couples, ambition, obnoxious boss, friends, old friend, friendship, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 911 operator receives a ghostly call from a child murdered thirty years before and becomes obsessed with unraveling the crime. What she discovers shatters her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, riddles and clues, haunted by the past, danger, nightmare comes true, murder, uncover truth, grief, murder mystery, haunting, twists and turns, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Romantically Challenged is a comedy television series, which ran on ABC from April 19, 2010 to May 17, 2010. It is set in Pittsburgh and created by Ricky Blitt, who is also the show's head writer. The show stars Alyssa Milano. ABC officially ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sitcom
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, friendship, manhood, buddies, couple relations, love and romance, couples, lifestyle, family relations, dating, single mother, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home to bear an illegitimate child, and witnesses an environmental accident involving a genetically modified crop of corn. Doubted by the community she has returned to, she questions her own sanity as she tries to discover what ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, corporate crime, genetics, research, science, farm, fighting the system, obsession, society, life is a bitch, youth, single parent ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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338
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On a remote farm in the sweeping hills of Pennsylvania, three lives are torn apart by love, abandonment, deception and murder.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, estate, tragic love, destiny, countryside, family farm, inheritance, danger, sex with sister, sex crime, farm, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Some 70 years after Jacob Burkitt snapped and killed his entire family, thrill-seeking teens crash the allegedly haunted Burkitt Manor to give their friend Sara (Adrienne Fischer) a spooky surprise for her 18th birthday. But as the night drags on -- ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, danger, friends, estate, supernatural, youth, party, zombie, curse, struggle for survival, murder, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Norse runestone is discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The prophecy upon it tells of the Norse great wolf Fenrir (Fenris), and that its release from the stone will bring about Ragnarok --- the end of the world. Archaeologist Sam Stewart and wife ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, monster, supernatural power, save the world, apocalypse, curses spells and rituals, viking, danger, heroes, chaos and mayhem, gory, legends and myths ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As the three out-of-towners toast the end of their journey, someone at the bar is watching them and setting a deadly trap. Now, as closing time draws near, a night of unspeakable horrors is about to begin. Jesse Archer (Violet Tendencies, Going Down ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, sex, male nudity, gay rape, gay sex, oral sex, male pubic hair, bare chested male, gay lead character, gender, gay stereotype ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york, philadelphia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, is forced to move to the country when her parents feel the squeeze of economic hard times. A fish out of water, far from her comfort zone, she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, sincere, light, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
horse, new house, girl horse relationship, school, family relations, family life, teenage life, farm, hopes, countryside, fish out of water, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia, ireland
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Two young twins are sent to spend time at their aunt's farm. What nobody knows is that the aunt's handyman is a psycho serial killer who dismembers his victims and stores their body parts in the barn.
Style:
slasher, independent film, slasher horror, splatter, psychotronic
Plot:
aunt nephew relationship, serial killer, twins, pig killer, farm, cannibalism, necrophilia, handyman, male rape, incest, rape, killer ...
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, twisted, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
farm, youth, family in danger, murder, danger, small town, religions or cults, family relations, redneck, child in peril, serial killer, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amusement park, is found half dead in his mill. Bellboy Barry admits to have done it - in self defense. ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, neo noir, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
amusement park, profanity, infidelity, love affair, unemployment, murder, love triangle, workplace situations, couples, life is a bitch, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two ...
Style:
inspirational, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
homeless shelter, coming of age, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, homeless, homeless man, homeless woman, apartment building, children, daughter, mother ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a small Pennsylvania rust belt town, and the rise and fall of a crime-riddled community as seen through the eyes of a sheriff with a history of violence.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, christian film
Plot:
mother son relationship, small town, crime investigation, family problems, moral dilemma, family relations, relationship problems, accusation, murder investigation, framed for murder, police detective, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style:
suspense, captivating, deep, twisted, thrilling ...
Plot:
small town, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, murder, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, therapist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, humorous, dark comedy, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
college, midlife crisis, professor, coming of age, adultery, divorce, mentor, gay relationship, college professor, teacher student relationship, university, alienation ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 254 min.
Story:
Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, factual, intense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american civil war, military, war, battles, slavery, civil war, civil rights, independence, usa history, soldier, infantry, epic battle ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, maryland
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, suspenseful, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, prostitute, obsession, conspiracy, call girl, missing person, private investigator, investigation, brutality, murder mystery, pimp, prostitution ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
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