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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity, but somehow it turns them into vicious flesh-eaters. Sure enough, a storm that night causes some power lines to break ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
animal attack, deadly creature, investigation, killer animal, worm, small town, disaster, skeleton, thunderstorm, rescue, survival, battles ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 80s
Place:
georgia, southern usa
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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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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life. A science fiction thriller from the early 1990's with a ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, cult classic, medical horror ...
Plot:
afterlife, near death experience, supernatural, nightmare, hallucination, medical student, medical school, memory, suicide, paranoia, childhood memory, childhood trauma ...
Time:
80s, 90s, distant future, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
Style:
hilarious, spy action
Plot:
spy, gunfight, airplane, parent child relationship, cia agent, school, car theft, sniper, car chase, mother, agent, hunting ...
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain, london
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Radio astronomers discover a mysterious signal in the deep sea that could be contact with extraterrestrials. After several terrifying manifestations threaten their beliefs, the team must fight to survive the ultimate evil.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
water, supernatural, ship, bermuda triangle, hallucination, extraterrestrial life, survival, meteorite, paranormal phenomena, alien encounter, paranormal activity, women ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lift begins displaying some erratic behavior, like trapping some party goers and nearly suffocating them, and decapitating a security guard. Felix, the technician from the lift company, can't find anything wrong with the circuitry. When he ...
Style:
cult classic, slasher, scary, suspense, experimental ...
Plot:
elevator, artificial intelligence, skyscraper, journalism, monster, suffocation, reporter, macabre, teenager, evil computer, gory, captivity ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
netherlands, europe, holland, amsterdam
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273K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style:
parody, funny, action comedy, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, undercover agent, espionage, assassin, female agent, female protagonist, female killer, cia, spy spoof, cia agent, disguise ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, italy, budapest, usa ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motives.
Style:
slasher horror, slasher, psychological horror
Plot:
home invasion, cabin in the woods, small town, road trip, remote location, stranger, rural setting, murder, cell phone, couples, drug use, 911 ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When a foster home placed teenage rebel suspects that her father is not dead but kidnapped by UFOs, she takes help from a UFO association to find out the truth. Together, they embark on a risky adventure that takes them far beyond the laws borders ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, teen, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ufo, teenage girl, alien abduction, paranormal activity, ufo sighting, problem, secret, kidnapping, paranormal phenomena, private investigation, alien, crime solving ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1996, year 1988, year 1998
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
"The Manor," is the macabre tale of mental patient, Amy Hunter and the horrific events that follow her release from Psychiatrist, Dr. Tryvniak . Amy's mother, Jane feels it best to immerse her daughter in the warm, family atmosphere ...
Style:
bleak, serious, scary, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
flashback, cousin cousin relationship, inn, mental illness, muscleman, male objectification, cousin, hallucination, mental institution, mental disorder, mental patient, mentally unstable ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, stylized, captivating
Plot:
whodunit, police, police detective, uncover truth, murder, love and romance, murder mystery, crime investigation, professional, romancing partners, manipulation, love affair ...
Place:
boston
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangster, master criminal, fighting crime, missing person, kidnapping, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, law enforcement, crime gone awry, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1940, year 1935
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Charlie's (screenwriter Alastair Mackenzie) wife has left him for a successful pop star, and he wants revenge. He sets out for Scotland's Isle of Skye, where he will burn down the star's mansion. In a cafe, he meets Vincente (Jonny ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, gloomy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
male nudity, vengeance, on the road, family problems, couple relations, buddies, bittersweet, dark humor, crumbling marriage, escapades, nothing goes right, sect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, scottish highlands
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Paul is the son of a gardener who works in a big mansion that has returned home with his parents after failling in his medecin degree. He is emotionally unstable. He collect dolls because he was educated as a girl because his sister died. After his ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychotronic, crying, surreal ...
Plot:
sexual intercourse, bare chested male, hairy chested man, serial killer, split personality, sex scene, dead sister, intercourse, gardener, masked man, homoerotic friendship, male star appears nude ...
Time:
70s
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
labor strike, strike, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, single mother, mother son conflict, teenage boy, working class, protestor, employer employee relationship, little girl, escapades ...
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twenty-three year old, Thomas Finley was arrested for the murder of his nineteen-year old sister, Samantha, as well as the murder of fifty-two year old, Edgar Lauren, a Professor and paranormal investigator.In the early morning hours, Police were ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, paranormal, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, evil, paranormal activity, supernatural power, murder, psychic, woman in danger, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, advertising, vengeance, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, rise to the top, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the ...
Style:
realistic, independent film, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
protest, contamination, environmentalism, small town life, environmental, social realism, social commentary, activism, conservation, friendship, introspection, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
spain, kyoto japan
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Matthew and Rebecca realize their relationship is in trouble when their obsession with technology and social media causes them to lose out on their dream home. After a blackout in the city forces the couple to go without their electronic ...
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, light hearted, independent film
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
connection, marriage, blackout, couples, social media, intimacy, newlyweds, modern life, intimate, urban, millennial, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
oakland california, san francisco
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, patriotic, exciting ...
Plot:
assassination, vengeance, religious intolerance, violence, political unrest, muslim, danger, destiny, independence, religion, husband wife relationship, revenge ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
india, pakistan, middle east, asia
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135K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally ...
Style:
bloody, slasher, psychological, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, plot twist, trap, game of death, mind game, gory, violent, killer, vigilante, police investigation, sadism, serial killer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women wearing blue..
Style:
slapstick comedy, humorous, slapstick, absurd, relaxing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, mayor, investigation, prank, police academy, mysterious villain, female police officer, tough girl, fistfight, tough guy, conspiracy, police captain ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and ...
Style:
independent film, touching, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
women, singer, obsession, music, showbiz, mother daughter relationship, british, dysfunctional family, working class, introvert, talent, mother ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england, europe, yorkshire, london
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An obese boy named Fat Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold, pulls into trouble when they "fall" out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, ...
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, family comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, date night, family outing ...
Plot:
friendship, fall in love, mischievous children, obesity, teenage girl, fish out of water, misfit, disorder, teenage life, buddies, youth, high school ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 70s, 2000s, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.
Style:
demonic, perverse, scary, classic horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
haunted house, demon, witchery, elevator, gory, monster, supernatural, halloween, hardcore, plague, exploitation, virus ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hamburg germany, europe, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
murder, estate, crumbling marriage, family relations, custody, dysfunctional family, custody battle, accusation, true crime, post war, murder mystery, killing spree ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974, 2000s
Place:
england, london, english channel
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are barely functioning. In the middle of this highly volatile environment is the family of Walter ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
terrorism, dystopian future, introspection, danger, dysfunctional family, political unrest, chaos and mayhem, social decay, family problems, society, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Local teens have long commemorated the death of 'Mary Hatchet' -- a girl who took an ax and killed her family in the 1970s -- with the aptly named Blood Night. But things never got truly bloody until Mary's ghost (Samantha Facchi) ...
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, psychopath, legends and myths, gory, serial killer, survival, youth, vengeance, danger, teenage life, uncover truth, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jannicke wakes up in the hospital. All of her friends are dead. As she walks through the dark corridors, she thinks she is left alone. But the nightmare isn't over yet.
Style:
scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
hospital, medical, nightmare, psychopath, snow, mountain, abandoned hotel, masked man, winter, female fighter, killer, missing person ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
europe
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