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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen suicide, high school, grief, depression, mental health, mourning, loss, teen angst, coming of age, family conflict, trauma, character study ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A tragic love affair between Victoria and Johannes. She's the daughter of a rich estate owner and he's the son of a poor miller. Despite the deep love between them, her father makes Victoria ditch Johannes for the richer Otto.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, tragic ending, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
tragedy, love triangle, love, arranged marriage, heartbreak, forbidden love, literary, nordic, unfulfilled love, family relations, writers, social differences ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five passengers - the Bandit, his friend Matvei, Matvei's old father, the Musician, and a young woman - race along an empty road in a big black jeep, searching for the Belfry of Happiness which, according to hearsay, lies somewhere between St. ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
society, quest, faith, group of strangers, religious, musician, unhappy, travel, friendship, bandit, pilgrimage, myth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style:
black and white, thought provoking, romantic, sad, art film ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
cold war, musician, love story, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, poet, border crossing, concert, marriage, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, year 1957, year 1949 ...
Place:
poland, paris france, former yugoslavia, east berlin, warsaw poland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and ...
Style:
touching, tragic ending, lyrical, fairy tale, art house
Plot:
world war two, mother son relationship, mother love, diabetes, bomber, single mother, writers, education, promise, writer's life, desire for fame, aviator ...
Time:
20th century, year 2017, year 1940, year 1938
Place:
nice france, poland, france, warsaw poland, africa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
queen, love triangle, royal family, british history, medieval, royal court, king, intrigue, tudors, betrayal, siblings relations, kingdom ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, rome italy, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, rough, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
musician, music, lgbt, gay, aids, rock band, singer, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, music industry, rock concert ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1982, year 1975 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, england, britain, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, high school, depression, bullying, guilt, loss of friend, human relationship, troubled teen, loss, classmate classmate relationship, suicidal, lgbtq ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
In the final days of the Chinese Civil War, Communist agents Wu Shi and Zhu Feng go undercover in Taiwan to gather vital military intelligence. Sacrificing their personal lives for their mission, they risk everything to aid the liberation of key ...
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, tense, tragic ending, political drama
Plot:
spy thriller, betrayal, patriotism, heroism, espionage, loyalty, sacrifice, chinese civil war, double life, ruse, resistance
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Opera at La Scala Milan
Style:
melancholic, heartbreaking, tragic ending, intercultural, emotional ...
Plot:
opera, tragedy, betrayal, italian opera, classical music, suicide, loyalty, love story, loss, theater, marriage, abandonment ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Arguing with his parents, Petre, a teenager, moves at his bigger brother, Andrei, a successful actor.
Style:
tragic ending, atmospheric, period piece
Plot:
envy, jealousy, sibling rivalry, teenage angst, family conflict, family drama, coming of age, accident, loss, rebellion, alienation, tragedy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A lyric tragedy in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. Roberto Devereux was composed in the summer of 1837, the year, according to biographers, in which Donizetti seems to have suffered most, having lost his third son ...
Style:
tragic ending, period piece, historical drama
Plot:
opera, love triangle, treason, jealousy, classical music, queen elizabeth i, palace intrigue, betrayal, scandal, mourning, queen, duke ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about an incident in the last war when a gypsy girl sacrifices herself for her lover, a partisan who has deserted.
Style:
tragic ending, poignant, bleak, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, desertion, sacrifice, gypsy, loss, partisan, female protagonist, loyalty, resistance movement, forbidden love, star crossed lovers, moral dilemma ...
Time:
80s, year 1941
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very ...
Style:
bleak, romantic drama, tragic ending, period drama
Plot:
emotional manipulation, tragic romance, obsessive love, regret, melancholy, character study, heartbreak, jealousy, loneliness, male protagonist, mature, isolation ...
Place:
arabia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The true story of a jealous policeman and his young wife living in a shanty-town in South America.
Style:
crime drama, tragic ending, tense, art house
Plot:
murder, gender roles, jealousy, abusive relationship, domestic violence, statutory rape, child marriage, trauma, female protagonist, police corruption, obsession, manipulation ...
Place:
venezuela
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.
Style:
black and white, art house, tragic ending, bleak, road movie ...
Plot:
drifter, wagon train, working class, poverty, social realism, existentialism, anti hero, frustration, fatalism, alienation, character study, outsider ...
Place:
balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One night, Tomsky tells a story about his grandmother, an elderly countess. Many years ago, in France, she ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, tense, tragic ending, psychological ...
Plot:
gambling, card playing, greed, obsession, imperial russia, curse, supernatural, tragedy, occult, madness, superstition, moral dilemma ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Tensions run high near the border of British India, which is about to be partitioned with a new country called Pakistan. Sikhs living in this border town have heard numerous stories of Muslims killing, raping, and looting other Sikhs, Hindus, and ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, tragic ending, heartbreaking, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, religious conflict, independence, social commentary, sacrifice, vigilante, heroism, village life, moral dilemma, mature, violent, punjabi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
pakistan, india
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Religious conflict tears apart star-crossed lovers from different faiths. Despite threats and heroine's illness, hero risks all to reunite. Tragedy strikes, but hero's sacrifice through organ donation gives heroine a second chance at life.
Style:
dramatic, tear jerker, emotional, tragic ending, intense ...
Plot:
organ donation, sacrifice, interfaith relationship, religious conflict, star crossed lovers, life & death, tragic love, selflessness, death, second chance, desperation, illness ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Leyton and his lifelong friend Modesto are both fishermen and as close as brothers, but very different in temperament. The braggart Modesto is a slave to progress, while the more unpretentious Leyton is content with the simple life. Modesto marries ...
Style:
tense, emotional, tragic ending, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
love triangle, betrayal, tragedy, adultery, friendship, jealousy, infidelity, conflict, moral ambiguity, working class, machismo, passion ...
Place:
chile
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
Surya is the son of a local don, and studies at the Chengalpet Matriculation School. His mother who is separated from her criminal husband wants him to grow up as a model citizen. Surya who is attached to his mother gives a promise that he will not ...
Style:
emotional, tragic ending, suspense
Plot:
class conflict, revenge, bullying, loss of innocence, social inequality, tragedy, mother son relationship, coming of age, rivalry, male protagonist, peer pressure, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An Italian boy dreams of becoming a bullfighter. In the sunny Andalusian pasture, a calf is born destined to be a fighting bull. Humans and animals grow up in totally different worlds, but their lives reflect each other. Only in the end will they ...
Style:
tragic ending, emotional, melancholic, lyrical, pastoral ...
Plot:
bull, bullfighting, destiny, coming of age, calf, loss of innocence, symbolism, grownups, identity, ambition, ritual, empathy ...
Place:
andalusia, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Struggle is the story of Darren, a young gay man, who arrives in Toronto seeking a new life. Running out of money, and with nowhere to live, he quickly falls in with a group of gay rent boys. Complicating matters for himself, he falls in love with ...
Style:
dark, tragic ending, melancholic, intense, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, prostitution, male prostitution, romantic obsession, homelessness, loneliness, poverty, unrequited love, forbidden love, sex work, sexual identity ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three brothers reunite at a remote cabin in the woods, when beckoned by their father. The brothers are left to deal with the dark secrets and demons that have haunted them their whole lives. The resulting truths they must face, end in an explosive ...
Style:
tragic ending, intense, tense, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
trauma, family secret, dysfunctional family, dark past, brothers, sibling rivalry, guilt, family drama, grief, moral ambiguity, betrayal, haunting ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Panama, USA, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two young siblings ended up living on the streets, having nothing left but their love. It's a story about survival, second chances and second falls, with an unexpected turn at the end.
Style:
captivating, sincere, tragic ending, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, siblings, orphan, family relations, problem solving, relationship problems, relationships, life, brother, male female relationship, family problems, street life ...
Place:
panama
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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Potseluy babochki (Russian: Поцелуй бабочки, meaning Butterfly Kiss) is a 2006 Russian film directed by Anton Sivers. The world premiere of the film was held July 21, 2006. He (Nikolai Orlanov) is the genius of industrial espionage. ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, captivating, tragic ending, melancholic ...
Plot:
espionage, industrial espionage, male female relationship, love story, fall in love, master criminal, relationships, love interest, changing lives, lifestyle change, couple relations, love affair ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A journey through the memories of teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events leading to the fatal moment his life is cut short. Paul moves to a new school and becomes involved with 'The Freaks', a group on the periphery of school ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, gang, teenage life, youth, high school life, downfall, kids in trouble, bullying, teen angst, tragedy, coming of age, outsider ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young Vietnamese bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris — but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.
Style:
emotional, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
tragic love, live performance, theater, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, longing, sacrifice, vietnam war, loss, separation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west end london, saigon, london, asia, vietnam
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Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Ramesh spends his time flying kites and playing games along with his friends on the streets. However, his life takes a turn for the better when he accidentally meets an aspiring designer, Priya.
Style:
romantic drama, semi serious, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
young love, love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love interest, relationship problems, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, class differences, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
samurai, biopic, social problems, life, society, social issues, recovery, rebellion, military, revolution, loyalty, honor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
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