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The Big Feast (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A group of men hire some prostitutes and go to a villa in the countryside. There, they engage in group sex and resolve to eat themselves to death.
Style: erotic, disturbing, art house, surreal, humorous ...
Plot: decadence, suicide, cooking, sex, food, lust, sexual promiscuity, wealth, group of friends, gluttony, society, sexuality ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: france, europe, paris france, turkey
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Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, ...
Style: touching, sentimental, compassionate, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: cooking, magic realism, food, wedding, chocolate, cooking and food, mexican revolution, sisters, forbidden love, marriage, family drama, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 1930s, 1910s, year 1934 ...
Place: mexico, latin america, texas, usa, san antonio texas
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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The film tells the story of a retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu (Si Hung Lung) and his family living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of the film, he lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. As the ...
Style: visual, romantic, feel good, humorous, aesthetic ...
Plot: chef, cooking, food, father daughter relationship, daughter, teacher, love, restaurant, sisters, dysfunctional family, women, art ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: taiwan, taipei, asia, hong kong
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 6.9
 1K
The Dinner (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make ...
Style: contemplative, biting, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: restaurant, food, amor, gourmet, dinner, sexual humiliation, satire, bittersweet, human nature, lifestyle, workplace, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, italy
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Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Style: humorous, witty, melancholic, philosophical, cult classic ...
Plot: infidelity, friendship, fetish, self discovery, life philosophy, character study, introspection, buddies, couple relations, dialogue, food, adultery ...
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Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of ...
Style: philosophical, melancholic, talky, humorous, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: writers, life philosophy, loneliness, love affair, sarcasm, creativity, existentialism, friends, family problems, crumbling marriage, art, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, barcelona, spain
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The Man from Earth (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Style: philosophical, psychological, sincere, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: philosophy, immortality, religion, atheism, society, professor, storytelling, hidden identity, christianity, existentialism, atheist, conversation ...
Time: future, 2000s, prehistory, medieval times, prehistoric times ...
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This Is the End (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Style: funny, parody, dark comedy, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: apocalypse, creature, end of the world, celebrity, post apocalypse, trapped, stoner, friends, disorder, chaos and mayhem, party, actor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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It's a Disaster (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.
Style: black comedy, humorous, witty, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Plot: survival, apocalypse, pig, relationships, family drama, existentialism, isolation, danger, group of friends, satire, dark humor, divorce ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: xian, usa, los angeles, california
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The Dinner (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and among each other? Will the ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, biting, talky ...
Plot: family gatherings, life turned upside down, family life, parents and children, couples, under the surface, family problems, couple relations, siblings relations, family in crisis, disorder, suspicion ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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Road to Emmaus (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story: It is a story that's captivated the imagination of many generations. Mourning the death of Jesus, two first-century travelers were joined by a mysterious stranger. Over the next few hours, the stranger revealed mysteries hidden in the ancient ...
Style: biblical, realistic, captivating, serious, christian film
Plot: messiah, prophecy, bible story, disciple, religion, christianity, gospel, learning the truth, jesus, mysterious stranger, belief in god, dinner ...
Time: 1st century
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The Girl from the Wardrobe (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological ...
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, atmospheric, cute ...
Plot: alienation, suicide attempt, dating, sibling relationship, loneliness, depression, hospital, dreaming, brother brother relationship, estrangement, autism, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Kalyug (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: The film is tale of intrigue, plots and the inevitable war between the two families. Ramchand and Bhishamchand were two pioneering brothers in business. Bhishamchand, a lifelong bachelor brought up the two sons of Ramchand on his demise. He also ...
Style: parallel cinema
Plot: police, dinner, matriarchy, business rivalry, killing, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, honeymoon, suicide, funeral, sex, restaurant ...
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting ...
Style: touching, independent film, sexy, witty, sexual ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, lesbian relationship, gender, lgbt, lesbian love, gay, biological father, infidelity, father son relationship, adultery, family relations ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, southern california, buenos aires argentina
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Frontier(s) (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: cannibalism, psychopath, sadistic horror, macabre, torture, survival, human monster, gory, cruelty, sadism, insanity, butcher ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: europe, paris france, france
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The Freshman (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling ...
Style: funny, parody, witty, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: kids
Plot: mafia, gangster, fish out of water, endangered species, zoo, food, college, affection, godfather, mobster, corruption, filmmaking ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: vermont, new york, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa
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Sling Blade (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside ...
Style: independent film, southern gothic, neo noir, serious, bleak ...
Audience: manly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: small town, dysfunctional family, friendship, murder, mental institution, redneck, redemption, death threat, father figure, disability, mental illness, domestic violence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: arkansas, usa
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Above Us Only Sky (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot: couple relations, death of husband, suicide, death, couples, human nature, starting over, betrayal, hopes, dishonesty, longing, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
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A Christmas Detour (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A bubbly bride-to-be’s Christmas plans take an unexpected turn when her holiday flight to New York is detoured and she encounters a cynical bar manager who has lost his faith in love. As she scrambles to make it back east for Christmas—and plan ...
Style: feel good, light, sweet, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, winter, love and romance, unlikely couple, opposites attract, snow, lifestyle, love story, love affair, looking for love, christmas season ...
Place: north america
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Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Style: humorous, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good ...
Plot: bank robbery, farce, love triangle, dog, couple relations, dishonesty, bank teller, nothing goes right, on the run, love and romance, unlikely criminals, love affair ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: california, usa
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The Flight Before Christmas (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two strangers who both happen to be in marketing, share a room at a bed-and-breakfast when a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve.
Style: romantic, humorous, sweet, feel good, light ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, hotel, snow, love, christmas romance, unlikely couple, nothing goes right, chance meeting, looking for love, obsessive quest, forces of nature, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2010s
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Crown for Christmas (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After getting fired from her job as a maid at a ritzy New York City hotel, Allie reluctantly accepts a temp gig as the governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful family in Europe that lives in an actual castle. After arriving, Allie learns ...
Style: feel good, romantic, touching, sweet, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, princess, prince, marriage proposal, governess, small town, palace, castle, royalty, king, queen ...
Place: new york, europe
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The Trap Door (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was ...
Style: claymation, spooky, dark comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: stop motion, chef, dinner, monster, three friends, servant, cooking, worm, castle, food, breaking the fourth wall, trapdoor ...
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Christie's Revenge (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father's demise.
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, family problems, teenage life, death in the family, dysfunctional family, tragic hero, couple relations, couples, family relations, murder, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Frantz (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style: sentimental, touching, black and white, inspirational, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, death of loved one, french soldier, grave, casualty of war, war veteran, nationalism, sadness, mourning, soldier ...
Time: post world war one, year 1919, 1910s, year 1918, 90s ...
Place: germany, paris france, france
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Blind Date (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: He invents puzzles. He’s committed body and soul to his work and needs silence to be able to concentrate. She is an accomplished pianist and can’t live without music. She must prepare for a competition that could change her life. They are going ...
Style: feel good, romantic, disturbing, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: puzzle, piano, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, love, audition, romantic relationship, relationships, opposites attract, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2015
Place: paris france, france
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Eyes Wide Open (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in ...
Style: realistic, bleak, captivating, lgbt cinema, tense ...
Plot: gay, gay love, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, gay relationship, infidelity, lgbt, closeted homosexual, gay bashing, gay sex, gay student, older man younger man relationship ...
Place: israel, jerusalem, palestine, middle east, persia
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Unhinged (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: College students, Terry, Nancy and Gloria are on their way to a rock concert, driving through a torrential rainstorm...only to crash their car, badly injuring one of them. Seeking shelter and aid they come across a house occupied by a man-hating ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mystery killer, serial killer, murder, psychopath, gory, secret, blood, violence, mansion, woman in danger, sexual relations, destiny ...
Time: 80s
Place: oregon
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The Long Walk Home (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.
Style: inspirational, independent film, touching, realistic, political ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racism, civil rights, segregation, african american, friendship, women, ku klux klan, race issues, social commentary, black, racial segregation, boycott ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955, 20th century, 50s
Place: alabama, america, usa, southern usa
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