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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by ...
Style:
experimental, adult animation, psychedelic, cult classic, claymation ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
giant bird, trippy, european, nobleman, giant fish, psychology, spacesuit, moon landing, moon, palace, baron, beauty ...
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, constantinople
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
Style:
suspense, creepy, scary, gothic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, murder, boarding school, coven, black magic, gory, supernatural, ballet school, witchery, spell, killer, darkness ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy, west germany
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433K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, cult classic, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
religion, monty python, satire, mistaken identity, absurdism, ancient rome, dark humor, medieval, ancient, roman empire, god, sarcasm ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine, ancient greece, greece, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and ...
Style:
atmospheric, romantic, spiritual, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
european, peasant, summer, economist, spirituality, sleeping, family relations, friendship, friends, love and romance, master and servant, society ...
Time:
19th century, year 1980, turn of the century
Place:
russia, rome italy, ussr, soviet union, india ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Wings of Desire is Wim Wender’s artistically beautiful film about the lonely and immortal life of angels during a post-war Berlin. It’s a poetic journey from the perspective of the angels of which one falls in love with a living woman and wants ...
Style:
atmospheric, lyrical, meditative, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
philosophy, love, angel, circus, dream, immortality, mortality, surrealism, existentialism, suicide, actor, love story ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987
Place:
berlin germany, germany, west germany, east germany, europe
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15K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, UK, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare- no ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, art house, adult animation, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
surrealism, alice in wonderland, little girl, arthouse horror, absurdism, mushroom, stop motion, rabbit, female protagonist, child protagonist, anthropomorphic animal, skeleton ...
Time:
1800s, year 1988, 20th century, 80s, 19th century ...
Place:
czech republic, central europe, czechoslovakia, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually ...
Style:
black comedy, epic, satirical, cynical, art house ...
Plot:
world war two, communism, satire, surrealism, genocide, brutality, greed, lie, culture clash, imagination, tragedy, propaganda ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, year 1995, year 1941, 60s ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia, balkan, eastern europe, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, UK, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Style:
disturbing, sad, bleak, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, sex, love story, love, marriage, crazy love, obsession, depression, tragic love, sex with a stranger, melancholy, self sacrifice ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, nebraska, europe, scottish highlands
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style:
surreal, black comedy, philosophical, art house, satirical ...
Plot:
surrealism, dark humor, multiple storylines, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, swedish, nordic, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
russia, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In the year 2163 the starship Ikarie XB-1 (Ikarus XB-1) is sent to the mysterious "White Planet" orbiting the star Alpha Centauri. Travelling at near-light speed, the journey takes around 28 months for the astronauts, although the effects ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, mysterious, cult classic, black and white ...
Plot:
space, space opera, european, utopia, planet, spacesuit, lost in space, machine, monster, giant monster, alien, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 1963, 22nd century
Place:
czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their ...
Style:
sexy, experimental, surreal, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dogme 95, commune, orgy, mental illness, sex orgy, male nudity, nudity, sex, unsimulated sex, community, stupidity, sex scene ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
amnesia, poverty, generosity, memory loss, friendship, couple relations, hopes, presumed dead, robbery, eccentricity, starting over, family relations ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, north korea, helsinki finland, finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on a controversial French novel, Lila Says tells the story of a quiet young poet named Chimo who develops a crush on the pretty, blond Lila, a girl who recently moved into his Arab ghetto with her aunt. When the leader of a rival gang also ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, non-linear, emotional, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
dream girl, young girl, sex, horniness, making love, voyeur, blonde, coming of age, erotic fantasy, lesbian, flirting, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2004, near future
Place:
texas, paris france, middle east, maghreb, lebanon ...
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270K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, cave, survival horror, trapped, survival, creature, fear, expedition, claustrophobia, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, appalachia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What if ... you let a stranger into your house to use your phone, but while you've been patiently waiting in the kitchen, he just disappears ... or does he? Félix, an architect who has just split up with his girl-friend and inhabits a huge ...
Style:
psychological thriller, scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
intruder, home invasion, hearing voices, european, ghost, surrealism, male nudity, masturbation, neighbor, female nudity, animal death, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
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170K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
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34K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.
Style:
feel good, romantic, witty, art house, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lifestyle, luxury hotel, prostitution, love and romance, hot and sexy, fall in love, love story, farce, mistaken identity, couple relations, greed, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
france, french riviera, cote d'azur, monaco, nice france ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, politics, revolutionary, protest, prison, political unrest, assassination, capitalism, terrorist attack, revolution, idealism, trial ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
germany, rome italy, west berlin west germany, somalia, berlin germany ...
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84K
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
Style:
scary, bloody, suspense, creepy, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, gory, found footage, trapped, quarantine, demon, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, infection, evil wins ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
europe, spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On the 30th August, he is given a day’s leave to attend a job interview in the city centre.
Style:
depressing, touching, gloomy, sad, melancholic ...
Plot:
suicide, drug addict, suicide attempt, depression, addiction, emptiness, hopes, drug addiction, character study, complex characters, old friend, job interview ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, scandinavia, europe, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Jojo lives with his father, a security guard with a volatile personality who drinks to manage the unspoken despair he feels about his wife's absence, which he refuses to discuss with his son. In the midst of so much uncertainty, ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, melancholic, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
parents and children, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, bird, father son relationship, youth, pets, escape from reality, dishonesty, life & death, children ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
holland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
childhood, kids in trouble, youth, boy, realism, adoption, social problems, life is a bitch, street kid, society, parents and children, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium
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78K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style:
surprise ending, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, investigation, missing person, uncover truth, corpse, adulterous husband, haunted by the past, vengeance, morgue, spouse killer, adultery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, ski, petty criminal, mountain, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, boy, self discovery, society, family relations, unemployment, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, france, europe, alps, swiss alps
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
Style:
sincere, independent film, depressing, serious, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, injustice, unemployment, working class, female protagonist, solidarity, loss of job, workplace, employer employee relationship, guilt, poverty, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium, ethiopia, europe
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39K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Spanish deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, investigation, kidnapping, murder investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, disappearance, partners against crime, murder, sexual abuse, carnival ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula
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65K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style:
black and white, thought provoking, romantic, sad, art film ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
cold war, musician, love story, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, poet, border crossing, concert, marriage, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, year 1957, year 1949 ...
Place:
poland, paris france, former yugoslavia, east berlin, warsaw poland ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Finnish archaeology student escapes an enigmatic lesbian love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected ...
Style:
road movie, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
train, lgbt, relationships, lesbian couple, vodka, lesbian, journey, winter, female protagonist, language barrier, train station, male female relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, soviet union, st. petersburg russia, ussr
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117K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the ...
Style:
black and white, period piece, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
working class, bigotry, british politics, intolerance, riot, child, poverty, child protagonist, family relations, european, boy, social problems ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1970, 60s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe
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