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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Worried that he has gotten the free-spirited Mindy pregnant after an unprotected one-night stand, Fred feigns romantic interest and sticks by her side for twelve hours to make sure she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.
Style:
romantic comedy, humorous, realistic, captivating, light ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, love affair, couples, hopes, pregnancy, casual sex, one night stand, one day, socially awkward, personal growth, slice of life, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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28K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style:
tense, political, political thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, politics, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, military, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, bomber, nightmare, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, washington d.c., usa, moscow russia ...
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313K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, isolation, cat and mouse, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, security system, twists and turns, child in peril, locked in a room, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" ...
Style:
suspense, classic horror, grindhouse, scary, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, infection, zombie apocalypse, survival, cannibalism, zombie attack, basement, gory, monster, supernatural, post apocalypse ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, year 1967, 60s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, harsh, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gang, chase, escape, gangster, police investigation, hip hop, on the run, ghetto, friendship, chases and races, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
chicago, seattle, cuba, san francisco, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive ...
Style:
bloody, grindhouse, sexy, entertaining, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vampire, hostage, violent, brothers, gory, blood, priest, stripper, bloodsucker, pervert, desert, holy water ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
mexico, texas, austin texas, midwest, usa ...
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405K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style:
exciting, clever, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
gunfight, airplane, christmas, fight scenes, airport, police, hostage, one man army, airplane accident, chase, lone hero, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, washington state, usa, los angeles ...
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276K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Style:
intense, cult classic, dark comedy, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, vengeance, dark humor, assassin, tough heroes, violence, lone hero, poison, one man army, heart, killer ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, iran, usa, north america
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24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
airport, disaster, airplane, aviation, bomb, airplane accident, passenger, natural disaster, survival, danger, panic, stewardess ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
chicago, rome italy, minnesota, detroit, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
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138K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, harsh, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, conspiracy, police corruption, redemption, race against time, reluctant partners, nypd, chase, hostage, witness, secret service, on the run ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new york, iran, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Esteban and Molly have been married for over twenty years. On a cold morning in June the couple realizes they have hit rock bottom and that their relationship is not what it once was. Marriage examines the different aspects that make a man and a ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
marriage, relationships, couples, lifestyle, gay love, gay marriage, love affair, social problems, lgbt, love story, wedding, society ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The lives of six Los Angeles teens pursuing the hottest rave in the city intertwine in unexpected ways over the course of a single day in this drama directed and co-written by Ron Krauss.
Style:
indie film, suspense, independent film, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth culture, youth, electronic music, teen party, peer pressure, subculture, risk, teen angst, drug use, danger, one day, realism ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"Faith Filled Christmas" (formerly Salted Christmas), produced by Manifest Pictures, is a faith-based, comedy film centering around one family and their desire to replicate the example of Jesus as they celebrate the Christmas season. The ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, comedy drama, inspirational ...
Plot:
christmas, christian, adoption, christmas spirit, faith based, christian faith, relationships, family relations, kids and family, religious faith, winter, faith ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mau and Chespi, two lifelong friends, find themselves at a critical moment in their lives. Both are on the verge of their 30th birthday, and both empty-handed. An unexpected event gives them the opportunity they have always been waiting for, to have ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
friendship, gang war, money falling through the air, money problems, financial problem, escapades, criminal gang, middle aged man, friends, money, desperation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Inspector Sciarra, struggling with an identity crisis and Domenica,an orphan who would like to know about her mother, spend one day along the vicoli of Naples. It's Sciarra's last day of work and he must take Domenica to the morgue., to ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, realistic, existential
Plot:
police inspector, orphan, bittersweet, hopes, character study, loss, childhood trauma, moving, journey, loneliness, morgue, resilience ...
Place:
naples italy, napoli italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Under The Mud depicts a hectic day in the life of a family from hell. Or are they ‘one hell of a family’? The film’s setting of Speke and Garston in Liverpool is an area with high unemployment and one of the worst teenage pregnancy rates in ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, indie film ...
Plot:
friendship, gangster, save the day, family relations, car chase, eccentric family, friends, teenage life, youth, family problems, race against time, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, liverpool
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342
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A couple hiking Mount Whitney runs into a group of mountain men who develop a dark obsession with the young woman.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
couple relations, relationships, problem, male female relationship, mountain, relationship problems, secret, marital problem, couples, obsession, longing, bittersweet ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.
Style:
funny, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
filmmaking, fan culture, grownups, pop culture, coming of age, satire, filmmaker, film history, obsession, small town, self discovery, youth ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
24 hours in the life of a mother, caught in the relentlessness of daily life, between her work, her home and her children.
Style:
captivating, emotional
Plot:
motherhood, family life, slice of life, family relations, parenting, female protagonist, everyday life, mother, children, working mom, kids and family, parents and children ...
Place:
budapest
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style:
slasher, suspense, classic horror, cult classic, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, maniac, camp, gory, summer camp, revenge, psycho killer, teenager, disturbed individual, summer, blood ...
Time:
1950s, 80s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Style:
anthology, independent film, intellectual, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
taxi, culture clash, night, taxi driver, immigration, multiple storylines, storytelling, nightlife, blindness, conversation, blind character, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
paris france, rome italy, helsinki finland, new york, los angeles ...
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161K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, sexy, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, sadism, rape and revenge, sexualized violence, brutality, anal rape, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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255K
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style:
teen, teen sex comedy, humorous, not serious, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, party, adolescence, youth, when the parents are away, teenage life, student, popularity, buddies, friends, birthday party ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california, new jersey
Is relevant?
170K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, cerebral, confusing ...
Plot:
twists and turns, alternate reality, parallel world, parallel universe, time loop, quantum physics, disorder, friends, paranoia, paradox, isolation, dinner party ...
Time:
near future, year 2013, future, distant future, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer's identity.
Style:
slasher, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, horror for children
Plot:
time loop, time travel, college, college student, mystery killer, murder, dying repeatedly, twists and turns, repeated event, surprise birthday party, masked villain, masked killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
arizona, louisiana
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482K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
oregon, usa, normandy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, bad guy wins, home invasion, torture, sadism, torment, family in danger, husband wife relationship, evil wins, violence, holiday horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997
Place:
austria, germany, europe
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79K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
Style:
sexy, black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supermarket, drug dealer, hit and run, teenage girl, clubbing, stripper, disorder, gay couple, multiple storylines, rave party, christmas, sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, humorous, dark comedy, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
college, midlife crisis, professor, coming of age, adultery, divorce, mentor, gay relationship, college professor, teacher student relationship, university, alienation ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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