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 3K
One Second (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
Style: semi serious, sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: homeless, drifter, countryside, lifestyle, homeless woman, couple relations, village life, couples, relationships, male female relationship, lonely, cinema ...
Place: china
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 6.5
 336
Road Movie (2002)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money (and his wife) in a market downturn is left homeless until Dae-shik, a homeless loner, rescues him. Together the two travel across the country and Dae-shik falls in love with Suk-won. Joining them in ...
Style: road movie, disturbing, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: homeless, prostitute, homelessness, lgbt, love affair, in love, life is a bitch, love story, fall in love, social problems, relationships, escapades ...
Place: south korea
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 6.7
 3K
Parked (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, life affirming ...
Plot: friendship, homeless, society, hopes, life is a bitch, prejudice, musician, hometown, loneliness, self discovery, social injustice, drug addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 5.5
 200
1 Out of 7 (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, rough, independent film ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: homeless, teenage life, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, love, dysfunctional family, society, youth, family problems, pregnancy, escape, loneliness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, portland oregon
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Staying Vertical (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Screenwriter Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression ...
Style: road movie, light, entertaining, captivating, art house ...
Plot: bisexuality, filmmaker, gay, gay interest, farm, bisexual man, single father, older man younger man relationship, father son relationship, gay slur, farmer, homeless ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france
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 5.8
 18K
Management (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Style: light, feel good, romantic, inspirational, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: obsession, motel, love triangle, small town, homeless, marriage, looking for love, unfulfilled love, longing, ambition, goofy hero, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, washington state, baltimore
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Istanbul Tales (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
Style: serious, touching, atmospheric, captivating, art house ...
Plot: social differences, lifestyle, society, murder, hopes, homeless, prostitute, dwarf, turk, muslim, sleeping beauty, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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 7.4
 2K
Edi (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: friendship, teenage life, family relations, homeless, youth, life is a bitch, society, pregnancy, parents and children, destiny, false accusation, magic realism ...
Place: poland, europe
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 6.5
 28K
Space Sweepers (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
Style: futuristic, captivating, smart, action adventure, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: space opera, space travel, spacecraft, space battle, space colony, space pirate, homeless, space, garbage collector, mars, outer space, missing child ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: space western
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The Fall of the American Empire (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A man's life is turned upside down in the aftermath of a robbery.
Style: humorous, exciting, captivating, funny, tense ...
Plot: stolen money, money laundering, police, heist, investigation, prostitute, interrogation, doctor, police arrest, sex with prostitute, bag of money, homeless ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: montreal
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Lost in Paris (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.
Style: slapstick, slapstick comedy, non-linear, whimsical
Plot: homeless, dancing, woman, funeral, snow, dog, letter, homeless man, small town, librarian, retirement home, disappearance ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 8.5
 280K
Shameless (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Story: Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. ...
Style: offbeat, emotional, entertaining, biting, realistic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, youth, gay teenager, gay, bipolar disorder, family problems, teenage life, life is a bitch, siblings relations, juvenile delinquency, drinking problem, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, idaho
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My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.
Style: suspense, atmospheric, christmas horror, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, brother brother relationship, murder, homeless, escape, guilty conscience, siblings, vampirism, sibling relationship, siblings living together, family relations ...
Time: 2020s
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 2.9
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Dwellers (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a terrifying and vicious secret below the city's surface.
Style: detective, mysterious, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: found footage, creature, missing person, sewer, underground, mutant, bum, killing, disappearance, creature feature, homeless, loneliness ...
Place: ohio
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Cardboard Boxer (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A homeless man is recruited by a bunch of rich kids to fight other impoverished people.
Style: disturbing, rough, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Plot: african american, homeless, streetfighting, fight, death of friend, war veteran, little girl, exploitation, dog, homelessness, prostitute, hospital ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.7
 19K
Borgman (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence ...
Style: surreal, psychological, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: nightmare, dog, home invasion, family crisis, surrealism, good versus evil, manipulation, hidden identity, life turned upside down, supernatural, family problems, terrorizing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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 7.1
 20K
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested ...
Style: touching, sad, road movie, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dog, depression, owner dog relationship, small town, friendship, solitude, life philosophy, on the road, character study, dysfunctional family, travel, social problems ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: oregon, alaska, portland oregon, usa
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 7.1
 26K
Frozen River (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, native american, working class, survival, christmas, snow, courage, parenthood, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, canada, new york state, usa, quebec
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Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near ...
Style: bleak, melancholic, sincere, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: existentialism, betrayal, down on your luck, loneliness, femme fatale, night watchman, cons and scams, misfit, gem, regret, homeless, loser ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: finland, europe
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Style: hood, harsh, stylized, serious, rough ...
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, rapper, rap, gangster, urban ghetto life, redemption, music, urban, rags to riches, gang, going straight ...
Time: year 2005, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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The Man Without a Past (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job ...
Style: bleak, satirical, black comedy, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: poverty, memory loss, amnesia, generosity, friendship, robbery, eccentricity, starting over, couple relations, haunted by the past, financial problem, family relations ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: estonia, europe, helsinki finland, north korea, finland
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 7.1
 143K
John Q (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage ...
Style: suspense, sincere, tear jerker, emotional, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hostage, injustice, hospital, kidnapping, twists and turns, organ donation, fighting the system, father son relationship, medical, society, parent child relationship, insurance ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Damon Runyon's fairytale, sweet and funny, is told by director Frank Capra. Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for ...
Style: sentimental, touching, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gangster, prohibition, high society, deception, christmas, couples, disorder, dishonesty, social differences, homeless, aging, gangster boss ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: new york, spain, europe
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Coming to America (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, date night, adult
Plot: fish out of water, comedy of errors, heir to the throne, love, african american, royalty, prince, wedding, fictional country, queen, winter, janitor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: africa, new york, usa, america, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In this spine-tingling and visually stunning thriller, Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Unbreakable, Shaft, Pulp Fiction delivers a "full-throttle performance" (People) as Romulus Ledbetter, a misunderstood musician turned ...
Style: psychological, intense, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: mental illness, murder, investigation, interracial relations, conspiracy theory, corruption, redemption, moral ambiguity, parents and children, life is a bitch, homeless, father daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2001
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.5
 165K
Trading Places (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style: funny, hilarious, feel good, laugh out loud, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stock market, prostitute, switching roles, fish out of water, beggar, wrongful arrest, social satire, wager, rags to riches, poverty, investor, christmas ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, arizona, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.2
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The City (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
Style: black and white, independent film, anthology, serious, realistic ...
Plot: immigrant, homeless, working class, culture clash, money, father daughter relationship, school, storytelling, poverty, photographer, boy, ethnicity ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york, mexico, usa
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The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to ...
Style: realistic, touching, depressing, compassionate, emotional ...
Plot: friendship, coming of age, working class, coma, love and romance, depression, loneliness, society, youth, life is a bitch, couple relations, hopes ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: france, flanders
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Losing Isaiah (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, ...
Style: heartbreaking, touching, emotional, melancholic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: adoption, courtroom drama, custody battle, custody, racist, justice, single parent, parents and children, family problems, legal action, abandoned baby, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: cuba
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style: sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: journalism, boxing, african american, ex athlete, human spirit, lifestyle, athlete's life, boxer, newspaper, introspection, parents and children, change of luck ...
Time: year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa, detroit, las vegas, denver colorado
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