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Iqbal, a Tale of a Fearless Child (2015)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 87 min.
Plot: slavery, escape attempt, nightmare, butcher, poverty, railway, lie, night, medicine, river, pharmacy, snow ...
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 7.2
 1K
Next Sohee (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Sohee is a high school student training for a subcontracted position at a call center, when a mysterious incident occurs leading to Sohee's death. Detective Oh Yu-jin takes charge of her case and slowly uncovers the harsh realities surrounding ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, detective
Plot: call center, suicide, police investigation, high school student, crime investigation, murder investigation, investigation, forensics, workplace situations, secret, puzzle, sleuth ...
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 6.8
 34K
Oliver Twist (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to ...
Style: emotional, costume drama, atmospheric, serious, touching ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: boy, orphan, orphanage, poverty, child abuse, childhood, children, child, friendship, kidnapping, death sentence, apprentice ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, middle ages, year 2005, 1800s ...
Place: england, london, europe
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Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into ...
Style: surreal, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, poliziottesco, low brow humor ...
Plot: television, circus, corruption, police, female nudity, politician, terrorism, assistant, prostitute, accident, accidental killing, cardinal the priest ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, rome italy, naples italy
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Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Anna is coming out. But not as gay as a revolutionary. Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a rockin love song to the heady rush of sex, freedom and rebellion that happens when an everyday girl discovers her own strength and the righteous indignation ...
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: lesbian, cheerleader, gender, lesbian sex, lesbian love, lgbtq, lgbt, feminism, breakup, fall in love, gays and lesbians, feminist ...
Time: year 1984, year 1948
Place: indiana, virginia, los angeles, bahamas, california ...
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 6.9
 2K
At War (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, political
Plot: strike, labor union, working class, capitalism, business manager, class struggle, hard labor, mayor, factory, worker, anger, struggle ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
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 6.9
 8K
Baaria (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual ...
Style: atmospheric, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: fascism, politics, communism, world war two, social differences, family life, small town, election, mafia, injustice, state affairs, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: sicily, italy, europe
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Lost in Beijing (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife. Massage girl Pingguo (Apple) (The stunning Fan Bingbing) lives in a cramped apartment with her ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot: cuckolded husband, extortion, slutty wife, slutty woman, easy woman, harlot, wench, forced sex, rape, pregnancy, massage parlor, topless woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, tibet, beijing china, asia, east asia
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An American Tail (1986)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought ...
Style: sweet, fairy tale, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: rat, mouse, childhood, cat, animal, immigrant, american dream, good versus evil, orphan, furry, greed, chase ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place: new york, russia, usa, hamburg germany, hong kong
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Midnight Is a Place (1977)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This series is about two children who are the wards of a cantankerously un-loving uncle. That uncle owns a rug factory that has the typically brutal working conditions of the time that both poor adult and child labourers have to survive. Life is ...
Plot: working conditions, industry, sewer, fire, uncle, children, child labor, poverty
Time: 19th century, victorian era
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 6.5
 582
Alegria (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Frac, a mime who is suffering from a severe bout of depression, happens to meet a troupe of circus entertainers and immediately falls in love with one of the stars, Giulietta. But while his affection for Giulietta and admiration for the performers ...
Style: surreal, independent film, stylized, atmospheric, serious
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: circus, artists and showbiz, fall in love, coming of age, love affair, love and romance, unfulfillment, couple relations, dull life, unfulfilled love, daring rescue, performer's life ...
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Courage Mountain (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, independent film ...
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: boarding school, orphan, school, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, fish out of water, adoption, family life, danger, female protagonist, christmas ...
Time: 1910s, year 1915
Place: switzerland, italy, swiss alps, europe, alps
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The Organizer (1963)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to ...
Style: political, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: factory, strike, politics, labor union, working class, resistance, union, european, conflict, employment, labor, big business ...
Time: turn of the century, 19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place: italy, turin italy
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 6.0
 510
Mahaan (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Amitabh Bachchan in a triple role as father with twin sons. The standard plot of families separated then united many years later with a string of coincidences. Throw in a diamond necklace and Amjad Khan playing the bad guy, some musical numbers, ...
Style: crying, weeping
Plot: husband wife separation, drug dealer, husband wife reunion, presumed dead, lawyer, husband wife relationship, single mother, grandfather granddaughter relationship, aspiring actor, canoe, police inspector, drug smuggling ...
Place: delhi
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 7.1
 143
Gregorio (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gregorio, a boy from the impoverished countryside of Peru emigrates to Lima, the capital city. Experiencing a cultural shock due to the chaotic nature of the city, he must challenge himself to learn Spanish, since his native tongue is Quechua, and ...
Plot: countryside, family relations, child labor, children, death of father, boy
Place: peru
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Human Resources (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in Limoges, the movie tells the story of "good son" Franck (Jalil Lespert), who returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has ...
Style: melancholic, sincere, thought provoking, emotional, political ...
Plot: working class, factory, betrayal, intern, father son relationship, politics, unemployment, social differences, workplace situations, life is a bitch, family drama, worker ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: france, normandy, europe, paris france, korea
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Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Santa Claus takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the multi-cultural neighbourhood of Manhattan's Lower East Side of the early 1900s.
Style: christmas classics, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, xmas, youth, mischievous children, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations, family relations, disorder, righting the wronged, couples ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Shadows of Time (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Ravi and Masha are just children when they were sold into labour by their parents. When they meet, friendship blossoms between them but when the factory manager threatens to sell Masha, possibly into sex slavery, Ravi gives up his hard earned ...
Style: captivating, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: bribery, love affair, innocence lost, obsessive quest, young heroes, love and romance, factory, adultery, young love, meditation, society, bare chested male ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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An American Girl Holiday (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from ...
Style: touching, fairy tale, feel good, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: rich and poor, master and servant, christmas, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, orphan, uncle niece relationship, family relations, american girl, society, youth ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, edwardian era
Place: new york, america, usa
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The Children's Rebellion (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would ...
Plot: boy, coming of age, child, convict, social justice, teenage boy, violence, children, nudity, rebel, prison guard, child with gun ...
Time: 1840s
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 7.4
 41K
Oliver! (1968)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Style: visually appealing, sentimental, social, epic, dark ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, teen drama, adult
Plot: orphan, street kid, broadway, dance, child, children, runaway, charles dickens, dog, dancing, happy ending, coming of age ...
Time: 19th century, year 1968, 1800s, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, europe, britain
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 7.5
 3K
The Italian (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, breathtaking, inspirational ...
Plot: orphan, children, orphanage, youth, boy, adoption, coming of age, friendship, adolescence, family relations, self discovery, hopes ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union, europe, italy
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, manly, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, treasure, adventurer, artifact, tombs and skeletons, good versus evil, indiana jones, crocodile, human sacrifice, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1984, year 1935
Place: india, china, shanghai
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 7.0
 51K
Gomorrah (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style: disturbing, tense, harsh, realistic, serious ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, organized crime, gang war, mafia, gangster, camorra, italian mafia, danger, gang, character study, power, debt ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, southern italy, miami, venice ...
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Trick or Treaters (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Three robbers pilfer from the countryside until they are charmed by a young orphan girl.
Style: atmospheric, humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: woods, good versus evil, rivalry, escapades, hopes, little girl, theft, optimism, righting the wronged, youth, young heroes, dishonesty ...
Place: germany
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David Copperfield (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style: costume drama, captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: charles dickens, coming of age, step parent, orphan, youth, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, literary, power relations, family relations, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, edwardian era
Place: england, europe, london, dover england
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 7.5
 4K
Priest Daens (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few ...
Style: bleak, sincere, disturbing, gloomy, realistic ...
Plot: religion, revolution, politics, fighting the system, biopic, liberation theology, belgian history, justice, strike, labor, unemployment, corruption ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1890s, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: belgium, europe, flanders
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Chains of Gold (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Scott Barnes is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy from self-destructing when he finds out he has begun selling crack in an organization called YIP, run by Carlos.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, undercover, die hard, social worker, gangster, drug dealing, buddies, youth, going straight, society, police investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: miami, usa, florida
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The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style: serious, tense, brutal, exciting, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, one man army, martial arts, kidnapping, lone hero, assassin, master warrior, organized crime, drug lord, fight scenes, gang, fight ...
Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
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 6.6
 7K
Cairo Time (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Ireland, Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches ...
Style: touching, heartbreaking, romantic, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, tourist, love, marriage, character study, fall in love, dishonesty, couples, love and romance, passion, love affair, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, cairo egypt, middle east, africa, alexandria egypt ...
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