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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of coarse, happy-go-lucky cops investigate, and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, controversial, extreme horror, dark comedy ...
Plot:
restaurant, serial killer, cannibalism, food, violent, extreme, transgression, police, prison, murder investigation, killing spree, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
macau, china, asia, hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a true story and set in one of the most colorful periods in Philippine history, ROSARIO is destined to be a modern masterpiece in Philippine filmmaking. It is a monumental yet intimate portrait of a woman's emancipation and the ...
Style:
neo noir, silent, noir
Plot:
chore, escape, university, office, court, extramarital affair, flashback, piano, infidelity, farm, smoking, laundry ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
the philippines, hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young girl in pursuit of her dreams of becoming a filmmaker against all odds.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, family reunited, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, cultural difference, culture clash, life, society, dream, director, filmmaking, follow your dream ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
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348K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, friendship, filmmaking, boy, childhood, street kid, longing, robot, harry potter, magical, destiny ...
Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Members (Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny) of the Palisades Defense Corp. sales group arrive in Europe for a team-building exercise. A fallen tree blocks the route, and they must hike to their destination. However, a psychotic killer lurks in ...
Style:
parody, dark comedy, sexy, black comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
gory, dark humor, lost in the woods, workplace, killer, trap, violent, satire, survival, survival horror, female nudity, isolation ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
hungary, europe, eastern europe
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536
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An abstract, surreal horror film centering on six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer's house.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
victim, hardcore, ghost, death, serial killer, spirit, blood, murder, paranormal, woman in danger, paranormal phenomena, extreme ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Japan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
Style:
meditative, atmospheric, stylized, anime, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
nature, loneliness, island, raft, sea turtle, isolation, desert island, sea, swimming, magic realism, turtle, solitude ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
A Buddhist monk walks barefoot and incredibly slowly through Marseille – so slowly, that his progress is barely perceptible and he becomes a calming influence in the midst of the town’s goings-on.
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
clergy, solitude, monk, self discovery, introspection, journey, art, underground, spirit, buddhist monk, urban, tiger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
marseille, france, french riviera, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a hastily abandoned picnic sparks a battle between two tribes of ants. A bold young ladybug finds himself caught in the middle. He befriends the leader of the black ants, Mandible, and helps him save the ...
Style:
3d animation, stylized, feel good, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, date night
Plot:
fictional war, ant, picnic, nature, rivalry, wilderness, escapades, ladybug, wilhelm scream, insect, flying, mushroom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell ...
Style:
surreal, adult animation, stylized, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
couples, infidelity, love, couple relations, imaginary, love and romance, dishonesty, disgraced, jealousy, fraud, existential crisis, sexual content ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
This film consists of 75 minutes and 6 seconds of blue screen.
Style:
avant garde, experimental, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abstract art, surrealism, minimalism, entrapment, absurdism, weirdo, eccentric, hypnotic, cult
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Singapore
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Solos explores relationships among three individuals who are struggling to open up their feelings towards each other. Filmmakers Kan Lume and Loo Zihan co-directed this pathos that dramatizes the selfishness of love and its ...
Style:
art house, social, silent
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay subtext, student, male nudity, revenge, guilt, teacher, sex, anxiety, secret, restlessness ...
Place:
singapore
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Jan Balej's animated film Night In A City / Jedné Noci V Jednom Meste (2007) from the Czech Republic. Very little dialogue throughout, but instead a rich world of sounds and music which more than match the detailed animation and curious ...
Style:
adult animation, enigmatic, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
absurdism, surrealism, absurd humor, eccentricity, loneliness, loner, city life, satire, alone, stop motion, arthouse horror, mature ...
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, adult animation ...
Plot:
stop motion, imaginary kingdom, obsession, fall in love, rescue, society, escapades, rich and poor, surrealism, doll, puppet, human relationship ...
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Genre: Music, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada production of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," and also stars as Prince Florimund opposite Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. After ...
Style:
fairy tale, dramatic, silent
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ballet, classical music, dance, sleeping beauty, choreography, live performance, curse, royalty, magic, witch, poisoning, princess
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.
Style:
avant garde, underground film, experimental, contemplative, black and white ...
Plot:
found footage, nostalgia, memory, ghost, mortality, haunting, macabre, underground, villager, cottage, pig, chase ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France, Philippines
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A sci-fi anime House-musical movie collaboration between Daft Punk--and their music--and designer Leiji Matsumoto. During the recording of their DISCOVERY album and using the themes of sci-fi celebrity, decadence and space travel, Daft Punk--with ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, lyrical, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, space and aliens, space, rescue, music business, self discovery, music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, ambition, dishonesty, lifestyle ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 70s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The story of the first woman on earth, as she journeys through mythical landscapes in search of her soul-mate.
Style:
mythical, spiritual, mystical, allegory, meditative ...
Plot:
nature, female protagonist, earth, mythology, quest, journey, symbolism, ancient, solitude, soul mate, ritual, isolation ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Using almost no dialogue, the film follows a number of residents (both human and animal) of a small rural community in Hungary - an old man with hiccups, a shepherdess and her sheep, an old woman who may or may not be up to no good, some ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, social relations, small town, serial killer, female assassin, killing spree, underground, human relationship, cat, criminal, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this silent film, a hermit living in the ruins of an old castle spies on and grows obsessed with a young couple building a home by the river.
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric, silent
Plot:
voyeurism, couples, landscape, performer's life, love and romance, confined, misfit, social misfits, couple relations, lone wolves, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
belgium, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In response to the legend that the "Manson Family" may have filmed themselves in some of theirs exploits, this film is a re-creation as to what a film of their may have been like. The film, shot in a piecemeal fashion, is an intentionally ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, period piece, tension, experimental ...
Plot:
found footage, charles manson, true crime, serial killer, travel and leisure, unsettling, cult leader, violence, obsession, paranoia, macabre, commune ...
Time:
60s
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts of Anton, a clueless dreamer who yearns to sail the world, and Martha, the button obsessed cashier, to maintain the illusion for Anton's blind ...
Style:
surreal, visually stunning, stylized, atmospheric, expressionism ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, surrealism, love, magic realism, bathhouse, father son relationship, swimming, swimmer, swimming pool, family relations, dark humor, couples ...
Time:
year 1999
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
Style:
neo noir, crying, expressionism, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial killer as protagonist, characters murdered one by one, gay club, pyramid, satanic cult, woman fights a man, man dressed as woman, caught stealing, silent man, deaf woman, mute character ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, avant garde, experimental, independent film ...
Plot:
necrophilia, surrealism, self mutilation, macabre, gory, spirituality, cruelty, chaos, nihilism, extreme, obsession, supernatural ...
Place:
america
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136
Genre: Fantasy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A Ruizian adaptation of Jean-Claude Gallotta's iconic wordless ballet choreography.
Style:
experimental, avant garde, art house, poetic, surreal ...
Plot:
dance, choreography, ballet, performance art, minimal dialogue, ritual, dance performance, modern dance, beach, dancing, hypnotic, cult ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.
Style:
anthropological, historical drama, poetic, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
shaman, spanish conquest, jungle, colonization, prophecy, contact, identity, loss of innocence, christopher columbus, a vision, catholicism, inheritance ...
Place:
venezuela, latin america
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" ...
Style:
black and white, bleak, apocalyptic, experimental, stylized ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, wasteland, dystopic future, survival, isolation, dystopian future, minimal dialogue, post-apocalyptic future, battles, post apocalyptic, loneliness ...
Time:
future, year 1983, near future
Place:
japan, france, california, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A colossal adventure odyssey that turns back the hands of time to the very beginning of man's existence. 80,000 years ago, when man roamed the earth, he was exposed to the many harsh elements of nature. Against the perilous atmosphere of rugged ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sexy, prehistoric, atmospheric ...
Plot:
caveman, survival, neanderthal, cannibalism, prehistoric man, violence, discovery, fire, cannibal, nudity, tribe, ancient history ...
Time:
prehistory, prehistoric times, stone age, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
france, canada, africa, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.
Style:
independent film, surreal, psychedelic, cult classic, aesthetic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, male pubic hair, homosexuality, male nudity, narcissism, gay, matador, erotica, sex, biker, camp, sex slave ...
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next follows an elaborate exposition of the heavenly land, in terms of Israel and Montreal. The ...
Style:
avant garde, experimental, surreal, art house, spiritual ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surrealism, stop motion, college, earth, beat generation, heaven, counterculture, spirituality, abstract art, alchemy, columbia university, cat ...
Place:
new york
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