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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, revolt, friendship, parents and children, fighting the system, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, suffering, employee, middle aged man, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Story:
Lily is a young woman stuck in a violent relationship with James whom she no longer loves. After several years of physical abuse, Lily has now become a silent and obedient victim who’s everyday task is to please James and submit to his demands and ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, intense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
violence against women, domestic violence, boyfriend, female protagonist, physical abuse, abusive boyfriend, domestic abuse, toxic relationship, violence, social problems, social issues, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks him into a visit to his family home. Comedy ensues when the ...
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, situational comedy, satirical, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, family home, military, satire, irony, social satire, awkwardness, social climbing, family drama, provincial life, class conflict, bureaucracy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan, Italy
TV show
Story:
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories is an anime television series based on The Bible's Hebrew Scriptures created by Osamu Tezuka. The series was a coproduction between Nippon TV, Tezuka's Tezuka Productions, and Italy's ...
Style:
anime, spiritual, biblical, epic, educational ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
old testament, bible story, noah's ark, moses, faith based, christianity, religious, faith, adaptation, david and goliath, divine intervention, religious education ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
This scintillating production of Shakespeare’s boisterous comedy will stir your emotions even as it challenges you with its pointed social commentary. Is the story of Kate and Petruchio one of courtship or of conquest? The breaking down of a ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, disturbing, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot:
marriage, shakespeare, satire, gender roles, theater, stage play, male female relationship, troubled marriage, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, sister sister relationship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, contemplative, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, solitude, social commentary, alienation, routine, character study, housekeeper, loyalty, repression, minimalism, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On the surface 19-year-old Mirjam's life appears perfect. She is a world champion freestyle disco dancer and the pride of her modern, evangelical church. Yet her body is calling out for help and at the dance world championships, where she is ...
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, powerful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religion, disco, dance, identity crisis, spiritual journey, doubt, identity, female protagonist, control, conformity, power, mental health ...
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164
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On a small island somewhere near Japan, three cult members have devoted themselves to the "Deserted Island Program". Calling each other by rank, these people-two men and one women-have been chosen by their superiors to throw off the ...
Style:
psychological, dramatic, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
isolation, woman, male female relationship, social problems, human nature, japanese woman, life is a bitch, lifestyle, social issues, corruption, japanese man, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 179 min.
TV show
Story:
The enchanted story of Pinocchio.
Style:
fairy tale, mysterious, sincere, thought provoking, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, puppet, friendship, magical, child, pinocchio, magical creature, friends, magic, deception, con trick, father son relationship ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
French filmmaker Jean Delannoy directs this inspiring sequel to his biopic about Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (portrayed by Sydney Penny), a young shepherdess who claimed to have seen numerous apparitions of the Lady in White at Lourdes in 1858. ...
Plot:
catholic, asthma, mother superior, saint, catholic saint, obedience, pride, bad news, mistrust, newcomer, guardian angel, 17 year old ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation-owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of them heaving no other choice but to rebel. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
slavery, racism, slave, black slave, civil war, oppression, social injustice, interracial relations, plantation, sadism, brutality, violence ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, grim, noir, period drama
Plot:
prison, prisoner, prison escape, escape, imprisonment, world war two, prison warden, isolation, escape plan, solitude, moral ambiguity, loyalty ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still ...
Style:
disturbing, sad, realistic, biting, independent film ...
Plot:
immigrant, violence, love, working class, dysfunctional family, activism, women, social commentary, hospital, drinking, children, resistance ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, liverpool, paraguay, london, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, holocaust survivor, wartime life, world war two, auschwitz, anti semitism, genocide, human spirit, life is a bitch, starting over, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa, poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, against humanity, world war two, starvation, ss, hopes, concentration camp, survival, oppression, childhood, typhus ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands, poland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superheroine of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor (both Sr. & Jr.), the show originally aired ...
Style:
retro, serious, saga, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, superheroine, female protagonist, superhero, strong female character, world war two, good versus evil, secret identity, fighting crime, heroic mission, amazon, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942, 70s
Place:
hawaii, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Russia
Duration: 266 min.
Story:
The true history of Japanese Unit 731, from its beginnings in the 1930s to its demise in 1945, and the subsequent trials in Khabarovsk, USSR, of many of the Japanese doctors from Unit 731. The facts are told, and previously unknown evidence is ...
Style:
disturbing, extreme horror, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
tortured to death, torture, world war two, transgression, sadism, experiment, male victim, extreme, violent, found footage, execution, brutality ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
japan, russia, asia, korea, china ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Philadelphia, the psychologist Dr. Liz Manners is the host of the WLOR Talk Radio Show giving advices about relationships to her audience. When she suggests to her listener Sara Jane to leave her abusive and obsessive husband Kyle Lundstrom, Sara ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
obsession, abusive husband, psychopath, terrorism, revenge, stalking, woman in danger, destructive relationship, danger, domestic abuse, couples, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
School student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sincere, crying ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, holocaust, storytelling, school, love, young lovers, forbidden love, identity, friendship, camp, world war two, angel of death ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, poland, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments ...
Style:
extreme horror, controversial, bleak, brutal, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, gory, torture, japanese history, dehumanization, extreme, violence, violent, experiment, hardcore, chinese history, sino japanese war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
china, asia, japan, korea, russia ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style:
sincere, political, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, politics, pope, christian, ss, conscience, nazi, nazism, priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, rome italy, italy, austria ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the shut down and destruction of the Japanese test camp Squadron 731 in Manchuria, a soldier becomes infected with a virus developed during the camp's testing and risks spreading it into Japan on the train ride home.
Style:
perverse, terrifying, bloody, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
against humanity, gory, extreme, torture, extreme violence, pandemic, soldier, danger, world war two, dehumanization, laboratory, strong violent content ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, china, japan, korea, russia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, hiding place, divorce, stereotypes, woman, toxic masculinity, desire for fame, mental health, humiliation, empowerment, activist, oppression ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A survivor of the Jonestown massacre returns to the site 10 years later and discovers the cult's former home has become a breeding ground for the supernatural.
Style:
mysterious, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic, mystical ...
Plot:
defector, mass suicide, satanic cult, murder, mysticism, mass murder, religious cult, death, sacrifice, conspiracy, ritual, self sacrifice ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
south america, guyana, caribbean
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Lieutenant Andre Duvalier has been accidentally separated from his regiment. He is wandering near the coast when he sees a young woman. He asks the road to Coldon, where he hopes to rejoin his regiment. But the woman doesn't answer, ...
Style:
gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
castle, supernatural, murder, monster, nobility, twists and turns, baron, soldier, haunted by the past, ghost, obsession, danger ...
Time:
19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 80s
Place:
europe, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Style:
witty, philosophical, talky, cult classic, funny ...
Plot:
shakespeare, renaissance, dialogue, existentialism, writers, hamlet, destiny, tragedy, melancholy, heir, sword and shield, royal court ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, denmark
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, grindhouse, offbeat, controversial ...
Plot:
ventriloquist, ventriloquist dummy, killer doll, puppet, doll, toys, evil doll, hypnosis, mind control, female nudity, soul, supernatural power ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, europe, england, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 survivors are held together by the Captain (Hector Duvauchelle). The Lieutenant (Jaime Vadell) is a civilian attorney who clashes with the Captain as he ...
Plot:
troops, history of chile, soldier, military, lieutenant, patriot, platoon, army, sun, desert, patriotism, survival ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
chile, south america, peru, bolivia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.
Style:
independent film, futuristic, apocalyptic, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
constable, time machine, alien, distopia, epidemic, spaceship, good versus evil, space opera, post apocalypse, evil alien, scientist, old man ...
Time:
future, year 1966, 60s, 22nd century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
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