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 7.3
 39K
Pam & Tommy (2022)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 340 min.
TV show
Story: This comedic series takes on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
Style: sexy, captivating, sex comedy, dark comedy, disturbing
Audience: adult
Plot: sex tape, male nudity, scandal, toxic relationship, life, celebrity, women, couple relations, sex scandal, private vs public, male female relationship, subculture ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles
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 6.3
 84
Lektor (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Car explosion in the centre of Moscow. The double agent in the Russian secret services. The international dealer the weapon «under a cap» at the British investigation. The dissident poisoned in London. The monk from Kosovo, rescuing a unique icon. ...
Style: tense, psychological, tricky, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: counter intelligence, espionage, spy, secret service, scandal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, undercover agent, secret agent, relationship problems, rescue, society, terrorist ...
Place: moscow russia
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Recipe for Youth (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Jeon Seong Ki works as a dating coach who is a professional at creating scandals. Cha Soo Bin is an entertainment reporter who disguises herself as a rookie actress. She pretends to need help on her road to stardom but is actually looking for juicy ...
Style: unusual plot structure, tense, suspenseful, sweet, realistic ...
Plot: scandal, reporter, jealousy, infidelity, revenge, violence, chase, justice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lawyer, human spirit, young girl ...
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 6.1
 456
Code Breakers (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy, as 83 cadets -- including the son of the school's football coach (Glenn) -- are implicated and ultimately dismissed.
Style: disturbing, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, scandal, coach, fraud, military academy, athlete and trainer, problem, academy, sport team, football player, cheating, honor ...
Time: 1950s
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 6.5
 244
The O'Briens (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two years after the death of his beloved wife, Pat O'Brien (Tommy O’Neil) summons his children back to their homestead in the west of Ireland. Fionn (Liam McMahon) travels from New York, Gareth (Emmett Hughes) from London, and daughter Una ...
Style: humorous, captivating, sincere, semi serious, realistic
Plot: family relations, family gatherings, family secret, scandal, love triangle, death of mother, family reunited, rejection, father son relationship, secret, family home, dysfunctional family ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
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 5.4
 5K
Protocol (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves ...
Style: political, happy, light, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: satire, fish out of water, female protagonist, conspiracy, self discovery, celebrity, scandal, blonde, small town, naivete, farce, press conference ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, washington d.c., oregon, usa
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 4.5
 48K
Striptease (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to ...
Style: sexy, erotic, touching, sexual, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: striptease, strip club, stripper, dancing, nudity, blackmail, female nudity, erotica, congressman, custody, mother daughter relationship, yacht ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa, miami
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 6.4
 44K
In & Out (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Style: feel good, sexy, funny, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, small town, closeted homosexual, wedding, gay stereotype, gay slur, homosexuality, high school teacher, teacher, lgbtq, self discovery, sexual orientation ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
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 6.7
 7K
Loro (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, atmospheric, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: business, scandal, sex scene, politician, rise to the top, head of state, society, sex, rivalry, storytelling, interview, blackmail ...
Place: italy, rome italy
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Return to Peyton Place (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.
Style: retro, captivating, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: small town, scandal, family relations, dysfunctional family, infidelity, mother in law, family problems, couples, estrangement, social relations, society, youth ...
Time: year 1961, 50s
Place: new york, usa, new hampshire, massachusetts, new england
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Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned ...
Style: retro, period piece, gothic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, biopic, rock and roll, musician, rock, rise and fall, older man younger woman relationship, dancing, scandal, prejudice, jazz, age difference ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1989, 50s
Place: usa
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, spy, investigation, corruption, murder, cover up, death, aids, politics, marriage, idealism, politician ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, germany, kenya, south africa ...
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 8.1
 347K
Chinatown (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style: neo noir, detective, atmospheric, twist ending, bleak ...
Audience: date night
Plot: private detective, corruption, investigation, femme fatale, rape, police, murder, conspiracy, domestic violence, father daughter incest, incest, investigator ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1974, year 1937
Place: los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, america ...
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Cheongdamdong Scandal (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Drama series depicts an epic scandal of the upper class that place in Cheongdam District, Seoul. An area which epitomizes the wealthy lifestyle.
Style: thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: business rivalry, scandal, deception, secret, problem, woman
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 7.9
 12K
Inside Edge (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Inside Edge is the story of the Mumbai Mavericks, a T20 cricket franchise playing in the PowerPlay League. Set in a landscape of conflicting interests, where selfishness is almost a virtue, where sex, money, and power are mere means to an end, ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: cricket, money, scandal, game, business, sport team, ambition, intrigue, problem, athlete and trainer, greed, manipulation ...
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 6.9
 440
Trolley (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A sudden tragedy brings the wife of an assemblyman out of her private life and forces her to confront family secrets and her own troubling past.
Style: suspense, dramatic, suspenseful, detective, serious ...
Plot: married life, scandal, personal assistant, married couple, investigation, politician, wife, past, confronting the past, family secret, secret past, spouse ...
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Wendy Williams: The Movie (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Talk show host Wendy Williams executive produces the biopic on her life, revealing the highs and lows she has experienced throughout the years. Wendy has made herself the go-to source for great celebrity dish on her hit talk show, The Wendy Williams ...
Style: semi autobiographical, captivating, disturbing
Plot: celebrity, fame, talk show, controversy, price of fame, scandal, aspiration, desire for fame, female protagonist, ambitious woman, lifestyle, slice of life ...
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 6.8
 126K
Bombshell (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Style: political, uplifting, sad, rom com, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: sexual harassment, scandal, feminism, journalism, propaganda, social network, conservative, interview, feminist, abuse of power, photograph, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, year 2006, 2000s, year 2016
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, cleveland ohio
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 6.5
 8K
Paterno (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, non-linear, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: pedophile, football, fired from the job, child molester, child sexual abuse, american football, investigation, conspiracy, scandal, media, husband wife relationship, evidence ...
Time: year 2001, year 2011
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 7.1
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Unspeakable (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1980s, AIDS emerged and quickly became an epidemic. Those responsible for public safety failed. People were kept in the dark, afraid to speak out. Ignorance, arrogance, politics and economics all lead to betrayal, to cover-up, to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: aids, scandal, public health, red cross, hiv, hiv positive, father son relationship, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, parents and children, mother son relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, disturbing, talky ...
Plot: televangelist, rise and fall, religion, luxury, adultery, unfaithful husband, lgbt, family relations, religious, scandal, sermon, evangelical christianity ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, year 1971, year 1960, 80s ...
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, palm springs california
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 6.9
 1K
Liquid Truth (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Rubens is a carefree, charismatic swimming instructor who finds himself accused of displaying inappropriate affection toward one of his students by the boy's mother. Other parents and colleagues are only too eager to condemn him.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot: swimming, lgbt, conflict, scandal, father son relationship, teacher, society, family relations, teenage protagonist, child abuse, teenage boy, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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Welcome to New York (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Fiction inspired from the story of the rise and the fall of french politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: womanizer, infidelity, prostitute, sex addict, downfall, rape victim, arrested, human nature, dishonesty, life is a bitch, obsession, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.5
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Past Life (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the fascinating new film from director Avi Nesher (The Wonders), two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, touching ...
Plot: classical music, sibling rivalry, father daughter relationship, scandal, sister sister relationship, hospital, singer, nazi, magazine, composer, diary, fighting the system ...
Time: year 1977, 70s
Place: germany, palestine, berlin germany, poland
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The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman becomes romantically involved with a murder defendant while she is a juror in his trial.
Style: semi serious, cynical, experimental, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot: legal investigation, legal, artists and showbiz, murder, courtroom drama, couples, parents and children, scandal, looking for sex, college, sexual relations, media satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, sexual
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teacher student sex, pregnancy, forbidden love, love and romance, against the rules, unlikely couple, legal, youth, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, teachers and students, babies and infants ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., seattle
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Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
Style: gothic, serious, captivating, bleak, soap opera ...
Plot: high society, love triangle, forbidden love, orphan, passion, scandal, countess, murder, revenge, nobleman, doomed love, aristocracy ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 18th century
Place: lisbon portugal
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The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story: TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: manipulation, political intrigue, journalism, media, media satire, political corruption, corrupt politician, state affairs, dishonesty, campaign, blackmail, governor ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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The Boys of St. Vincent (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Style: realistic, disturbing, bleak, sad, art house ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pedophilia, child abuse, catholic priest, child molestation, man boy relationship, catholic orphanage, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, orphanage, child molester, childhood, underage sex ...
Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: canada, newfoundland
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 6.2
 8K
Phil Spector (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, cult classic, detective ...
Plot: legal, showbiz, courtroom drama, murder, courtroom, artists and showbiz, lawyers and clients, law, scandal, husband wife relationship, prosecution, biopic ...
Time: year 1949, year 2003, year 1968, year 2009, year 1944 ...
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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