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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
150 years after she was raped and murdered on her wedding day, the Vengeful Spirit of Aiyana The Apache Warrior Princess comes back and possesses the body of a young bride that faced the same death as her. Fueled with unseen rage, The Bride rains ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
wedding, ghost, supernatural, massacre, brutality, violence, home invasion, haunted by the past, revenge, occult, vengeance, held captive ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in a small isolated village in 14th century Wales, Alice is a sixteen year old girl who is accused of being a witch and causing the plague that has ravaged the village, taking the lives of many, including Alice's own father. When it is ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
medieval, witch hunt, life is a bitch, life & death, witchery, twists and turns, brutality, suffering, plot twist, captivity, occult, torture chamber ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina Plotnikova, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, lyrical, touching, sentimental
Plot:
love and romance, passion, writers, love triangle, couple relations, guest, suffering, infatuation, tragic love, poet, obsession, friend ...
Place:
soviet union, russia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alpha Girls is about a Sorority House terrorized by an unholy curse of their own creation.
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
sorority, friendship, occult, betrayal, danger, youth, college, gory, curses spells and rituals, curse, female friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true events of a homeless loner who moves into a self-storage facility inhabited by a community of bizarre squatters until they are locked in for the night with a deranged female who hunts them down in search of her lost child.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, independent film
Plot:
serial killer, survival, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, isolation, violent content, homeless, hardcore, child abuse, graphic violence, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Images coming from the crimes committed by a deranged pair of murderers bring a small town woman to the attention of a celebrity lensman. But how much danger will enter her life as a result of all this attention?
Style:
slasher, suspense, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
sex scene, photographer, photograph, fear, hardcore, mind game, survival, massacre, sexploitation, violence against women, abused woman, body horror ...
Time:
year 2016
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Molly is struggling with being a new mom, but after meeting Beth, things temporarily improve only to turn sinister as Beth's dark intentions are brought to light.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
mother, female friendship, gory, life & death, hardcore, suffering, revenge, violence against women, missing child, death, death of child, torment ...
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A woman in a wheelchair suddenly finds herself dealing with an intruder. As the villain escalates his depraved behavior, the woman misses one cue after another for getting out of the situation. She is crippled in more ways than one.
Style:
disturbing, rough, psychological, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
home invasion, woman in a wheelchair, exploitation, brutality, haunted by the past, life & death, occult, blood, missing person, hardcore, torture, body horror ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a "good girl" as an example of the miraculous work of ...
Style:
bloody, suspense, scary, suspenseful, compassionate ...
Plot:
hospital, wilderness, rite, hardcore, mental disorder, religion, feral child, woods, extreme, name calling, women, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s
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179
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In a future devastated by economic crisis, corruption, social inequality, and diseases, Tisha, an organ trafficker and hitwoman, will have to face her own demons.
Style:
suspense, bloody, disturbing, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, revenge, dystopian future, supernatural, organ theft, true crime, catastrophe, survival horror, organ transplant, disaster, mythology, human ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A paranormal investigator must find out what kind of supernatural phenomenon a young wanderer is guarding inside a condemned house.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspense, spooky, disturbing ...
Plot:
dark secret, past, supernatural, dead girl, body horror, dark place, tough girl, death, atmosphere, escape attempt, supernatural horror, macabre ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, two young women cling to life in an abandoned resort. They must survive in silence, in mortal fear of attracting the hordes of undead that roam the Earth. When their compound runs out of fuel, they are forced into the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, monster, disaster, apocalypse, epidemic, murder, resort, zombie, sex, zombie apocalypse, flashback, drowning ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
After the demise of the feudal dynasty and half a century of war and turmoil, the ancient land of China finally ushered in a long-lost peace. The founding of New China has greatly changed the fate of the most ordinary people in the imperial city. ...
Style:
family saga, historical drama, dramatic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
veteran, town, working class, social change, ordinary people, large family, kids and family, suffering, family history, family life, worker, family drama ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Upon arriving at their grandparents farm, a family soon realise the entire town has been taken out by an unknown monster that hunts by sound. And soon, they become its prey.
Style:
suspense, psychological, bleak, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
monster, ghost town, survival horror, survival, fear, creature feature, creature, family relations, countryside, woman in danger, supernatural horror, suffering ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the two unnamed men who were crucified alongside Jesus and how they came to be beside him on the cross that fateful day. Dismas and his brother Jotham, along with Gestas, another young man who will share their fate, suffer tragedy and ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, epic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
roman, gang of thieves, christian, religious, jesus, crucifix, tragic hero, male protagonist, brother brother relationship, gang, thief, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
jerusalem
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Genre: Biography
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Maria Magdalena, a woman different than the others and capable of challenging a corrupt society completely dominated by men, is faced with evils and betrayals forcing her to escape her homeland and attempt to forget her past. On the verge of her ...
Style:
serious, emotional, biblical, christian film, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, female protagonist, feminism, courage, religion, faith, spiritual journey, religious, jesus, life philosophy, heroine, unfulfillment ...
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552
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It is the year 2037. Our world is dying, slowly, from a virus that has rendered mankind infertile. Not a single child has been born in 25 years. Governments are now powerless puppets for the biggest corporations and Biocorp, the world's ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival horror, dystopia, escapades, quarantine, corporation, death, post apocalypse, plague, powerful corporation, bio weapon, laboratory, survival ...
Time:
future
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561
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
After causing the near extinction of mankind seven years ago, genius scientist Leon Lau must now fight the ecological disaster he unwittingly created.
Style:
anime, mecha, exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
piloted giant robot, save the planet, heroic mission, self doubt, secret organization, team, heroes, danger, dystopian future, suffering, chaos, earth ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A home invasion irrevocably changes the lives of all involved in ways neither victims nor perpetrator could have imagined
Style:
erotic, sexy, eros, disturbing, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
home invasion, sex scene, psychopath, violence, bdsm, brutality, husband and wife, hostage, torture, kidnapping, couple relations, research ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brutality, drug, destructive relationship, degradation, addiction, friendship, life philosophy, suffering, chase, violence, drug traffic, drug abuse ...
Place:
usa, oklahoma city, los angeles, columbus ohio
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.
Style:
realistic, suspense, psychological, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lesbian, alzheimer's disease, dementia, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian love, rise and fall, actor's life, celebrity, introspection ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. However, Eva’s nanny fights for her right to ...
Style:
poignant, atmospheric, touching, psychological
Plot:
father daughter relationship, physical appearance, isolation, life is a bitch, human nature, hopes, compassion, deformity, curiosity, death of mother, brutality, prejudice ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1910s
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2K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Novella McClure is like most struggling actresses in Los Angeles: she's in her early 30s, her fake name sounded cooler ten years ago, and she hasn't landed a role in three years. To top it all off, she's developed a disturbing habit ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
cannibal, self harm, mutilation, food, body horror, mental disorder, psychiatrist, mental illness, depression, obsession, male female relationship, cannibalism ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
For Sebastian Silverberg life is all about his appearance, partying and his enormous ego. Things are going smoothly when an accident leaves him blind, forcing him to re-evaluate his life and to seek meaning beyond appearances.
Style:
intense, sentimental, semi serious, thought provoking, feel good
Plot:
blindness, lost love, competition, singer, love story, dream, loneliness, hopes, love and romance, individuality, life philosophy, redemption ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Silhouette is the story of Jack and Amanda Harms who, after the passing of their young daughter, set out into seclusion to begin their lives anew. Quickly upon their arrival, things go awry when the sins of their past come back to haunt them.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, psychological thriller, controversial, suspense ...
Plot:
guilt, isolation, redemption, death of child, family tragedy, loss, grief, motherhood, nature, loss of child, grieving, depression ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, mysterious, creepy ...
Plot:
epidemic, infection, pandemic, virus, quarantine, trapped, human nature, life turned upside down, society, secret, disease, post apocalyptic ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Renhe Hospital nurse Zhang Shumei is forced to resign after being suspected of accidentally killing a patient. Zhang Shumei’s 4 year old daughter is abducted, and she herself dies in a car accident a couple of years later. 30 years later, Zhang ...
Style:
medical drama, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
surgeon, hospital, surgery, medical, doctors and patients, coworker relationship, boss and employee, workplace situations, death, life & death, suffering, workplace romance ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
To call or not to call? For young Cora it's not a question. In fact, after the first date you may never call the guy, even if it was the best sex of your life! It's him who must beg for a meeting - and not later than 72 hours after. ...
Style:
sexy, light, romantic, sweet, entertaining ...
Plot:
jealousy, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, longing, fantasizing, dating, female friendship, young girl, suffering, spoken inner thoughts, love at first sight, young adult ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
holocaust, vengeance, concentration camp, sexual assault, husband wife relationship, war crime, gypsy, kidnapping, captive, rape, revenge, sexualized violence ...
Time:
2020s, post world war two, year 1959, year 1946
Place:
romania, okinawa japan, bucharest, colorado, virginia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, sentimental, sincere, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
dying man, terminal illness, family relations, family problems, life & death, meaning of life, health situation, dark secret, problem solving, death of mother, doubts and hesitations, cancer ...
Time:
2010s
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