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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the story of the Mitford sisters, six sisters who refused to play by the rules and whose often-scandalous lives made headlines around the world. Set in the 1930s, it is a tale of betrayal, scandal, heartache and even imprisonment.
Style:
historical drama, family saga, period piece, costume drama, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
scandal, biopic, sisters, betrayal, politics, sibling rivalry, controversy, english countryside, aristocracy, imprisonment, gossip, fascism ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
britain, london
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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, tense, suspense, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
swimming, lgbt, child abuse, teacher, father son relationship, scandal, conflict, family relations, society, teenage boy, youth, teenage protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
brother sister incest, brother sister sex, sex with brother, incest, sex with sister, incestuous relationship, incestuous sex, brother sister relationship, forbidden love, impossible love, obsessive love, tragic romance ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
normandy
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Genre: Crime, 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, realistic, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
womanizer, infidelity, prostitute, hotel room, strong sexual content, menage a trois, sexual assault, rape victim, female nudity, downfall, arrested, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, costume drama, romantic comedy, vintage
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, showbiz, scandal, seduction, broadway, controversy, sexuality, vaudeville, ambition, celebrity, glamour ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.
Style:
intense, eighties
Plot:
scandal, alcoholism, defamation, celebrity culture, manipulation, ambition, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban, media satire, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A reporter digs into the background of a young woman who is running for the U.S. Senate, and finds out a lot more than he bargained for.
Style:
political thriller, controversial, period piece, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
investigation, scandal, investigative journalism, corruption, cover up, sex scandal, white house, political intrigue, reputation, sex worker, vice president, prostitution ...
Time:
70s
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Marc (Lambert Wilson) is a man of the cloth who's gained a bit of celebrity for his public espousal of religious celibacy. In fact, he's even written a book about the subject. But Marc's 15 minutes of fame could be up when a bratty ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, semi serious, sincere, crying
Plot:
illegitimate son, secret, fatherhood, friendship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, teenage boy, satire, juvenile delinquent, bastard, christian, scandal ...
Place:
montreal, kosovo, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Paradise Falls was a weekly soap opera shown nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It is set in a summer cottage community in Central Ontario.
Like many major US soaps, sex is a dominant part of the storylines. However, it ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, mayor, prostitute, adultery, scandal, small town, homosexuality, intrigue, brother sister sex, women, lgbt ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'THE UPPER FOOTAGE' is the first film experience of its kind. The film is an edited version of 393 minutes of recovered footage documenting a young girl's tragic overdose death and subsequent cover up by a group of affluent ...
Style:
controversial, disturbing, experimental, scary, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, drug overdose, scandal, blackmail, cover up, overdose, drug, exploitation, media circus, decadence, rich, panic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Mesh Kilbourne is a tenacious, ambitious student journalist whose quest for the truth outweighs social niceties, friendships, and protocol. When he stumbles on a possible cheating scandal involving his editor in chief, he begins sniffing out the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
intrigue, college, journalism, social relations, college life, youth, dishonesty, media, scandal, newspaper, christian, religious ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
priest, pedophile, church, sexual abuse, legal investigation, clergy, courtroom drama, social decay, sexual harassment, dishonesty, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, usa, france, boston
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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, artists and showbiz, legal investigation, murder, courtroom drama, couples, parents and children, scandal, college, media satire, sexual relations, looking for sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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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, captivating, serious, bleak, soap opera ...
Plot:
forbidden love, nobleman, high society, doomed love, passion, love triangle, romantic triangle, aristocracy, intrigue, revenge, murder, orphan ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
lisbon portugal
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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, journalism, corrupt politician, media, political corruption, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, blackmail, television, mafia, politics ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
Style:
stylized, intense, cynical, bleak, intellectual ...
Plot:
murder mystery, politics, murder, conspiracy, lone hero, witnessing a crime, intrigue, society, political corruption, showbiz, hotel, investigation ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, california
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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:
child abuse, pedophilia, child molestation, man boy relationship, catholic priest, childhood, pedophile, lgbt teen, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, catholic orphanage, child molester ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
canada, newfoundland, london
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS - Wanting to ensure she gets in to a great college, a student becomes involved in an admission scandal. When the police start snooping around and begin to close in on the ring leader, things turn deadly.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, suspense
Plot:
police investigation, criminal, mother daughter relationship, scandal, problem, intrigue, gang member, threat, police, family in danger, college student, female protagonist ...
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In a quiet town, two boys find a woman's mutilated body. After becoming suspects at first and realizing there is a mystery behind that murder, they decide to investigate the case with the help of an enigmatic old man. When a vertiginous spiral ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, cheating wife, murder, journalist, gossip, scandal, politics, murder investigation, murder mystery, crime investigation, uncover truth, escapades ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
When a police officer is murdered and set on fire, all eyes focus on two other agents: his girlfriend and her lover.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological thriller
Plot:
male nudity, investigation, murder, scandal, true crime, relationships, male female relationship, police investigation, who done it, murder mystery, couple relations, secret ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Monstar is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Yong Jun-hyung, Ha Yeon-soo, and Kang Ha-neul. It aired on music channel Mnet from May 17 to August 2, 2013 every Friday at 21:50 for 12 episodes. The drama is about how a group of teenagers ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic
Plot:
musician, love triangle, friendship, high school, music band, fame, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage boy, teacher, singer, scandal, fictional band ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness.
Style:
humorous, funny, clever, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, farce, power relations, adultery, character study, mayor, workplace situations, love affair, love and romance, social differences, boss and employee, family business ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1978, year 1952 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, thought provoking, erotic ...
Plot:
museum, art, lawsuit, courtroom, jury, politics, courtroom drama, against the rules, fighting the system, perversion, righting the wronged, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1990
Place:
ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.
Style:
homoerotic, humorous, feel good, witty, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay relationship, homosexuality, hollywood, couple relations, movie star, lgbt, lifestyle, actor's life, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, soap opera, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, soccer, lifestyle, rise to the top, love affair, relationship vs career, manipulation, womanizer, obsession, against the rules, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, sincere, controversial
Plot:
president, couple relations, politics, governor, leadership, lifestyle, couples, republican, head of state, state affairs, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years
Style:
serious, realistic, costume drama, crying, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
brother sister incest, womanizer, debauchery, bare breasts, obsession, romanticism, radical, sodomy, passion, writer's life, lifestyle, writers ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, regency period, georgian era
Place:
albania, ottoman empire, london, yorkshire, turkey ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The daily lives of young models living together in a models' residence in New York, while struggling to deal with the cutthroat competition and fleeting fame of the fashion world.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, contemplative
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rise to the top, young adult, lifestyle, ambition, desire for fame, intrigue, teenage life, dishonesty, rivalry, youth, haunted by the past, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, music, post war, nazi germany, older man younger woman relationship, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, rise and fall, desire for fame, showbiz, follow your dream ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
dark humor, journalism, hollywood, magazine, paparazzi, media, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, gossip and rumors, lifestyle, attempted murder, media satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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