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 5.0
 288
Nightwaves (2003)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Recently widowed Shelby Naylor (Sherilyn Fenn) listening to her husbands police scanner overhears a husband and wife arguing on the phone. The wife ends up dead and Widow Naylor points the finger endangering herself.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, woman in danger, false accusation, haunted by the past, couple relations, family problems, hitman, couples, infidelity, who done it, danger ...
Place: boston, usa
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 6.7
 2K
Morgan (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Morgan is the inspiring story of Morgan Oliver, a young athlete determined that a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed will not change him. He takes a chance on love when he meets Dean Kagen on a basketball court. Dean helps Morgan train for the ...
Style: psychological, touching, sentimental, sincere, rough ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay athlete, paraplegic, disability, gay interest, gay sex, love, lgbtq, handicapped, gay romance, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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The Naked Kiss (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former prostitute discovers that her philanthropic fiance is involved in perversion.
Style: neo noir, controversial, grindhouse, dark, surreal ...
Plot: prostitute, small town, social commentary, hospital, pedophile, prostitution, pedophilia, nurse, abortion, marriage proposal, child molester, hooker ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1961, year 1964
Place: america, switzerland, venice, usa
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Blue Away to America (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The victim of a serious accident, Camille finds himself in a strange, huge, rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos. He soon teams up with a group calling themselves "the wreckers" and who make their own rules, ignoring those of the ...
Plot: physical disability, man in a wheelchair, physical therapy, hospital, violence, coma, disability, doctor, paralysis, love, disabled person, quadriplegic ...
Place: america
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 6.2
 44
Kosumosu (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Teen Akiko (Akane Oda) returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend ...
Style: crying
Plot: aids, teenage boy, mother daughter relationship, cigarette smoking, father son relationship, swimming pool, student, flowers, train, argument, rain, truck ...
Place: japan, south america
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Nightmares in Precinct 7 (2001)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a failed operation that leaves several cops dead or wounded Officer Fong Jing wakes up at the hospital and discovers that he can see ghosts.
Style: detective, surprise ending, poliziottesco
Plot: home invasion, ghost, shootout, voice over narration, trick, strangled to death, death of mother, thief, masked man, serial killer, tragic event, coma ...
Place: hong kong
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The Dead Zone (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young man awakens from a six-year coma with the ability to see into peoples futures. This is the first two episodes of the television series.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological, serious, psychotronic
Plot: afterlife, stephen king, extrasensory perception, car accident, haunted by the past, stalking, destiny, who done it, supernatural ability, ghost, danger, supernatural ...
Time: year 1976
Place: vietnam, maine
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Oyster Farmer (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: fall in love, food, love affair, fish out of water, love triangle, couple relations, lovers on the run, society, love and romance, unlikely criminals, human nature, working class ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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 6.1
 560
Crush (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, leading to ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, independent film
Plot: hospital, woman, love and romance, couple relations, gays and lesbians, femme fatale, journalism, hidden identity, fugitives, rehabilitation, dishonesty, cons and scams ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: new zealand
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 7.2
 40K
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: SOUL KITCHEN film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after ...
Style: talky, feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot: restaurant, chef, cooking, workplace, lifestyle, food, brother brother relationship, loneliness, family relations, life is a bitch, workplace problem, family business ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe, hamburg germany
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 7.9
 117K
Talk to Her (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style: psychological, emotional, surreal, sexy, sincere ...
Plot: rape, tragic love, friendship, suicide, loneliness, female nudity, obsession, impossible love, tragic event, hospital, sex, women ...
Time: near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan
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 6.4
 39K
Cake (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Style: heartbreaking, depressing, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: drug addiction, loneliness, depression, obsession, suicide, friendship, suicide attempt, support group, character study, tragedy, mental illness, honest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, tijuana mexico, mexico
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 79K
My Left Foot (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, unusual plot structure, dramatic ...
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, handicapped, paralysis, medical, painter, art, poet ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: ireland, england, dublin ireland, europe
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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Style: touching, emotional, dramatic, uplifting, sad ...
Plot: disability, friendship, cerebral palsy, youth, human spirit, loneliness, life, friends, life philosophy, character study, disabled, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2004
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
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 6.8
 5K
Besieged (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, ...
Style: emotional, erotic, melancholic, meditative, serious ...
Plot: sensuality, interracial relations, unrequited love, white male black female relationship, immigration, jail, pianist, politics, social differences, fall in love, opposites attract, society ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: rome italy, africa, italy, europe
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 7.4
 70K
Rust and Bone (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style: heartbreaking, sad, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: disability, love, depression, illegal fistfight, female nudity, sex with neighbor, opposites attract, disabled person, family drama, redemption, orca, amputee ...
Time: year 2012, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe, riviera ...
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: cia, one man army, terrorism, murder, soldier, navy, diver, police, mission, revenge, prison, swat team ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: syria, usa, pentagon, washington d.c., north carolina ...
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Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, West Germany
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: This animation series follows the childhood "adventures" of a girl named Heidi, who lives with her grandfather somewhere on the Alps.
Style: anime, juvenile, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: family relations, orphan, friendship, win over, young heroes, family life, childhood, winter, girl, child, voice over narration, male female relationship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: swiss alps, switzerland, frankfurt germany, alps, germany ...
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Joni (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.
Style: christian film, independent film
Plot: physical disability, christianity, faith, quadriplegic, disability, religious, christian, girl, swimming, car accident, female protagonist, accident ...
Time: year 1979, year 1967, 70s, 60s
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 7.4
 3K
Warm Springs (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Style: uplifting, realistic, sincere, sentimental, political ...
Plot: president, politics, disability, politician, ambition, rise and fall, society, fighting the system, human spirit, rebellion, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: georgia, usa, new york state, southern usa, washington d.c. ...
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Mother and Child (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks ...
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, talky, sad ...
Plot: adoption, women, pregnancy, lawyer, family relations, teenage pregnancy, existentialism, manipulation, parents and children, estrangement, hopes, unfaithfulness ...
Time: year 2009, year 1973, 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 6.0
 7K
Shining Moon (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, betrayal, assassination, espionage, chase, danger, car crash, sword fight, tough guy, fight, kung fu, one last job ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: usa, san francisco, california
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 7.2
 108K
St. Vincent (2014)
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: realistic, feel good, witty, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, coming of age, youth, bullying, teacher, neighbor, storytelling, redemption, happy ending, character study, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 2010s, y2k, year 2014, year 1965, year 1946 ...
Place: new york, peru, usa, brooklyn new york city
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 14K
My King (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, thought provoking, romantic drama ...
Plot: marital problem, restaurant, unhappiness, wedding, newborn, marriage, child custody, wedding ceremony, egotism, male nudity, flashback, neglected wife ...
Time: year 2015, 90s, 2010s, year 1978
Place: france, somalia
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 8.0
 85K
The Sea Inside (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style: sad, thought provoking, emotional, philosophical, touching ...
Plot: disability, euthanasia, biopic, human spirit, death, existentialism, suicide, handicapped, lawyer, depression, character study, life & death ...
Time: year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place: spain, barcelona, europe, galicia, catalonia
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 7.3
 439K
Unbreakable (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead – and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his ...
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, villain, invulnerability, plot twist, self discovery, father son relationship, train crash, comic book, supernatural power, a vision, good versus evil, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, future, y2k, 90s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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 7.3
 6K
Passion Fish (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Soap actress May-Alice Culhane is paralyzed from the waist down in an accident. She returns to her old home in Louisiana, where she proceeds to drink quite steadily and to drive away five personal attendants in the first twenty minutes of the movie. ...
Style: sentimental, independent film, talky, clever, cult classic ...
Plot: disability, friendship, physical disability, deep south, mental health, feminist, psychiatry, psychopath, feminism, black, suburbs, ship ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: louisiana, usa
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Love's Unfolding Dream (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Centers on Missy's adopted daughter Belinda Tyler as she follows her dream. Belinda wants to be a doctor, but this time period does not look kindly on women with careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda is a strong-minded woman ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, realistic, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly
Plot: ambition, fall in love, family life, relationship vs career, social differences, follow your dream, hopes, blind ambition, family relations, workplace situations, christian, love ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, new york
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Abuse of Weakness (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a brain hemorrhage, Maud, a filmmaker, wakes up one morning in a half-dead body that has left her hemiplegic and facing inevitable solitude. Bedridden but determined to pursue her latest film project, she discovers Vilko, a con man who ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, sincere, hot
Plot: weakness, cons and scams, dishonesty, anguish, female protagonist, criminal, epilepsy, stroke, women, feminist, biopic, performer's life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, brussels
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My Own Love Song (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Style: road movie, realistic, psychological, sincere, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: disability, on the road, friendship, friends, road trip, self discovery, couples, art, hurricane katrina, best friend, misfit, foster home ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, new orleans, mississippi
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