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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke puts her career at ...
Style:
heartfelt, uplifting, feel good, inspirational, light hearted ...
Plot:
family drama, community, personal growth, female protagonist, coming of age, getting home, sacrifice, small town, dementia, nostalgia, homecoming, soul searching ...
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Country: USA
Story:
A story about love, loss and spirituality. Laila meets an ex-convict at her friend’s funeral, and soon discovers he’s the brother of the deceased man.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, romantic drama, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, spirituality, healing, empathy, brotherhood, funeral, friendship, intimate, soul searching, ex convict ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
A pharmaceutical researcher and a doctor get a second chance at love -- but first, they must heal the wounds of the past.
Style:
medical drama, emotional
Plot:
hopes, compassion, healing, slow burn, life & death, empathy, hospital, loss, grief, humanity, second chance, poverty ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A successful, big city girl returns to her small town roots after a family emergency. Once there she goes on a soulful journey to reconnect with family and friends and finds romance along the way.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
small town, race against time, love and romance, city life, homecoming, small town life, father daughter relationship, family drama, second chance, forgiveness, heartwarming, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Lolly’s aunt gives her three magical lemon drops, she gets to experience what her life would have been like if she had made different choices and lived those unfulfilled dreams.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, feel good, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
self discovery, personal growth, female protagonist, magic realism, second chance, wish fulfillment, magical object, identity, regret, young adult, soul searching, family drama ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Abhay, shattered by betrayal and loneliness, prepares to end his life beneath the night sky. But the sudden laughter of a mysterious woman pierces his darkness.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
betrayal, loss, loneliness, trust, hopes, soul searching, grief, redemption, existential crisis, mental health, forgiveness, chance meeting ...
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Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A yoga expert named Vihari returns to India, where he encounters Brundha and discovers they were lovers in a past life. Bound by a centuries-old curse, their journey explores destiny, reincarnation, and the eternal quest for love.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, mystical, historical romance, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reincarnation, past life, supernatural romance, destiny, fate, curse, yoga, spirituality, soul mate, flashback, karma, soul searching ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Brett and Jake meet in a bar and decide to drown their sorrows in whiskey, forgetting the past, ignoring the future, and exploring life, love, and tragedy together for one fateful night.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, romantic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
night, male female relationship, love story, relationships, drinking alcohol, stormy night, couple relations, relationship problems, love affair, love interest, love and romance, alcoholism ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Romance - Ever since his beloved wife died, Pastor Jones (Jean-Claude La Marre) has avoided romantic entanglements out of grief and respect. His resolve to stay unattached is put to the test, however, when the sweet and sexy Monique (KiKi Haynes) ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couple relations, pastor, clergy, couples, breakup, society, love and romance, religions or cults, christian, loss, widower, grief ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ad agency copywriter, ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids, resigns from her job and goes searching for her racial identity.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
advertising, women of color, female protagonist, identity, race, social commentary, self discovery, mixed race, culture clash, identity crisis, ethnicity, interracial relations ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sam, a fresh graduate from Singapore, works as a journalist in Hong Kong to gain wider exposure in life. He chances upon Jane, an intriguing mainland girl who lives a wayward, depraved life on the streets of Hong Kong. Because of her previous ...
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, intercultural, multicultural
Plot:
young lovers, city life, class differences, bittersweet, coming of age, character study, soul searching, loneliness, journalism, street life, identity, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
singapore, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that ...
Style:
action packed, grim, tense, period piece, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, redemption, revenge, betrayal, duel, assassin, mysterious stranger, violent, tragic past, swordplay ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a prom queen dies in 1962, her only means of entering Heaven is by returning to 1990 earth, to assist friends from her youth.
Style:
melancholic, period drama
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
redemption, high school, heaven, ex boyfriend, purgatory, second chance, afterlife, love triangle, romantic triangle, soul searching, mortality, nostalgia ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Zbigniew Gasior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with the ladys, he can't neglect the emptiness in his life. The shattered dreams of his friends are not really a help, to ease his existential pains.
Style:
period piece, bleak
Plot:
loneliness, singer, character study, fame, celebrity, introspection, showbiz, alienation, identity, male protagonist, melancholy, existential crisis ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After the death of his girlfriend, Travis, a thirty-something psychiatrist, struggles to keep it together. On the brink of a nervous breakdown he stumbles across a strange church run by a charismatic leader, Pastor Jay. In search of answers Travis ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, mysterious girl, teenage girl, nervous breakdown, emotional breakdown, love interest, social problems, relationships, male female relationship, religions or cults, family relations, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
After turbulence with their respective mothers and ex-wives forces them to take definitive action, four fathers sign up for Deadbeat Dad Rehab to help them get their act together.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, sincere, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fatherhood, responsibility, maturity, parenting, deadbeat dad, relationships, parenthood, husband wife relationship, parents and children, introspection, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
What if you had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ? Based on the popular movies, The Encounter Series follows individual life stories and illustrates how an unexpected experience with Jesus Christ can shift lives into a new and purposeful ...
Style:
religious drama, spiritual, inspirational, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, religious, jesus, folklore, faith based, jesus christ, goodhearted, faith, good deed, religious faith, belief in god, kindness ...
Place:
xian
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This film talks about the possibility of the course of two lives through the love between Umut and Deniz. It questions how one’s decisions can shape their fate. Sometimes small moments and decisions can entirely change the course of our lives. ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, chance meeting, love story, relationships, relationship problems, male female relationship, family relations, changing lives, couples, couple relations, marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
Story:
A lonesome woman comes back from the dead to live the life she was too afraid to live.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, satire, back from the dead, social problems, changing lives, lifestyle change, loner, loneliness, single woman, lifestyle, self discovery, second chance ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The imperfections of love and its bitter consequences in Turin, Italy, during the ‘80s, before the social networks and smartphones. What happens to your heart when you discover that you're madly in love with your best friend? What happens to ...
Style:
romantic drama, thought provoking, sexy, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, unhappy marriage, friendship, love triangle, coming of age, heartbreak, school teacher, high school life, new love, teenage boy, crumbling marriage, failed marriage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mexican chef meets her love interest in an american man.
Style:
intercultural, multicultural, satirical, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inheritance, identity, cross cultural relations, cultural difference, counterculture, heir, lifestyle change, culture, satire, changing lives, adoption, self discovery ...
Place:
mexico
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293
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One night, Matiss Zelcs, an employee of the Latvian national archive in Riga, notices a woman on a bridge. After passing by her without preventing her suicidal fall into the depths, a sensation of failure and guilt changes his life. He cannot forget ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
suicide, loneliness, guilt, redemption, obsession, existential crisis, desperation, missing person, soul searching, memory, regret, isolation ...
Place:
latvia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Vincent is a famous successful entrepreneur. One day, a car breakdown on a mountain road temporarily interrupts his frantic lifestyle. Pierre, who lives apart from the modern world in the middle of sublime nature, comes to his aid and offers him his ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, nature, drastic change of life, meaning of life, self discovery, lifestyle change, changing lives, satire, countryside, rural area, road trip, transformation ...
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751
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on Keigo Higashino's international bestseller The Miracles of the Namiya General Store comes director Han Jie's take on the fantastical novel. TFBoys' Karry Wang stars as Xiao Bo, one of three orphans on the run who take refuge ...
Style:
captivating, touching, emotional, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, time portal, friendship, memory, time loop, correspondence, society, family relations, time travel, friends, changing the past or future, youth ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. ...
Style:
anime, psychological, suspense, spiritual, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, journalism, investigation, female protagonist, occult, supernatural, ghost, investigative reporter, supernatural ability, uncover truth, crime solving, supernatural power ...
Place:
tokyo
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747
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A man, who witnessed his wife's suicide, gradually cures his emotional scars through a fateful encounter with the spirit of a woman in coma...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
coma, bereavement, ghost, spirit, suicide, hospital, grief, loss, couple relations, depressed man, love and romance, seeing dead people ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
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912
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ajay (Siddharth) comes to Kasi, where his thoughts and ideas on life and death undergo a sea change after he meets a young boy. He relocates to Chennai and stays in a house owned by a couple S V S Murthy (Mouli) and Jayam (Geetha). They treat him as ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
life & death, mortality, illness, cancer, male female relationship, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, relationship problems, love interest, love and romance, love affair ...
Place:
india
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887
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Zira was united with Amer for 172 very memorable days. Fate separated, Amer left too soon, leaving many sweet memories for Zira.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, reflective ...
Plot:
love, female protagonist, couples, muslim, spiritual journey, problem, self discovery, religious conversion, personal growth, separation, loyalty, soul searching ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mafuyu doubts his place in the band, but a familiar face could be the spark that brings him back to the stage.
Style:
yaoi, emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, anime ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, rock, coming of age, identity crisis, slice of life, soul searching, lgbtq, hopes, concert, youth, healing ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
The book takes the protagonist Chennan's search for his lover Yuxin 10,000 years ago and the pursuit of the secrets of the destruction of gods and demons as clues, leading to the vast six paths, heaven and earth chess game, and deducing a ...
Style:
xianxia, epic, dark fantasy, heroic, intense ...
Plot:
martial arts, legend, mythology, reincarnation, human nature, tragic love, soul searching, swordplay, ancient ruins, tragic hero, moral ambiguity, young adult ...
Place:
ancient china
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