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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his ...
Style:
political, philosophical, cerebral, disturbing, factual ...
Plot:
psychology, science, biopic, social experiment, electric shock, scientist, insanity, experiment, manipulation, couple relations, workplace, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2015, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, yale university, connecticut
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Christine gets her big chance at modelling when she applies at Sybil Waite's agency. Together with Christine's sister Betty they go to a castle for the weekend for a photo shoot. Sybil has lured Christine to the castle for more than ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
witch, occult, witchcraft, lesbian incest, ritual, exploitation, curses spells and rituals, coven, virgin sacrifice, sex horror, supernatural, bare breasts ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan, Cyprus
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take ...
Style:
captivating, crying, entertaining
Plot:
samurai, murderer, shogun, edo period, pursuit, vengeance, murder, obsession, fight, deception, anger, minister ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
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905K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, imaginary friend, schizophrenia, psychology, time travel, insanity, parallel universe, suburbs, surrealism, time loop, trippy, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, america, usa, virginia, harvard university
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the real Beethoven now living with a pompous rich family.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, youth, pets, human dog relationship, family relations, saint bernard dog, partner, mistaken identity, fish out of water, parents and children, escapades, disorder ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing, on Hitler’s orders, to blow up the French capital. The descendent of a long line of Prussian military men, the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, talky, political
Plot:
world war two, diplomacy, soldier, german occupation, wartime life, danger, disobey, race against time, nazi, sabotage, french resistance, obedience ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 2014
Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychological, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
manipulation, friendship, depression, impossible love, multiple storylines, couple relations, infidelity, fall in love, relationships, art, women, passionate love ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1996, turn of the century, 1870s ...
Place:
europe, england, sicily, florence, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, erotic, homoerotic, stylized ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, murder, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, passion, gay interest, gays and lesbians, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
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21K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rat, brutality, psychopath, misfit, loner, dangerous animal, vengeance, workplace, greed, obsession, boss and employee, blood ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master ...
Style:
social, manga, captivating, realistic
Plot:
rich and poor, francisco franco, human rights, spanish history, provincial life, spanish civil war, servant, poverty, family relations, rural area, obedience, peasant ...
Time:
60s, year 1984
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, milan italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, Greece
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone ...
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, absurd, dark comedy, f word
Plot:
rape, skinny dipping, surrealism, murder, dog, group sex, female nudity, absurdism, moral dilemma, mental illness, sexual content, sexual abuse ...
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.
Style:
suspense, erotic, cute, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
old mansion, mysticism, boy, father son relationship, governess, estate, widower, female protagonist, hearing voices, mute child, supernatural, death of wife ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
tuscany, italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
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Story:
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
Style:
atmospheric, mythical, costume drama, epic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, shogun, jesuit, battles, chivalry, renaissance, historical event, tokugawa shogunate, martial arts, japanese history, samurai sword, interracial relations ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
japan, portugal, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
rebellious daughter, rescue, ransom, mother daughter relationship, blackmail, redemption, independent woman, money, father daughter relationship, caucasian, social realism, peace ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
russia, chechnya
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48K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, dark fantasy, fantasy adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
sword and sorcery, barbarian, bare breasts, female warrior, supernatural, female nudity, superheroine, vengeance, female protagonist, maiden, medieval, fantasy world ...
Time:
80s, medieval times, prehistory, stone age, prehistoric times
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
In the 16th Century, a Dutch ship sails the Pacific from the Americas in order to escape the Spanish. Blackthorn is the pilot of the ship and the first to realize the possibilities of Japan. Japan is a feudal society which has a strong presence of ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, saga
Plot:
samurai, feudal japan, seafaring, shogun, jesuit, politics, war, heroes, escapades, betrayal, sword duel, samurai sword ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, portugal
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361K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, educational, cerebral, independent film
Plot:
ethical dilemma, psychological manipulation, human experiment, human nature, conformity, obedience, experiment, real life, scientific experiment, college professor, university, psychology ...
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