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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, coming of age, personal growth, freedom, relocation, identity crisis, isolation, intimate, escape, bittersweet, slice of life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple of jovial life-long drunkards run into a shy architecture undergrad, whose way of seeing things will be transformed as the trio wanders from pub to pub in search of a buried treasure.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, road movie, melancholic, existential
Plot:
character study, midlife crisis, male bonding, intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, intergenerational friendship, friendship between men, friendship
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, elderly man, loneliness, retirement, family drama, bonding, aging, friendship, companionship, daughter, widower, bittersweet ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, reflective, thought provoking ...
Plot:
relationships, life story, mortality, memory, multiple perspectives, lifestyle, character study, family problems, mysterious character, family relations, truth, interview ...
Time:
1950s, 2000s, 60s, 90s, 80s ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Diego is hosting a farewell party in his house before he leaves on a trip that no one knows about.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, house party, introspection, intimate, relationships, bittersweet, friendship, regret, single, identity, character study, slice of life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Two brothers on a road trip through Texas discuss the morality of killing and ponder our place in the natural world.
Style:
art house, existential, philosophical, reflective, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, moral dilemma, character study, killing, brothers, moral ambiguity, existential crisis, slow burn, minimalism, small town, coming of age, philosophy ...
Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With college drawing to a close, a group of friends are left to re-examine themselves and their relationships over the course of a weekend.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
college, coming of age, self discovery, friends, personal growth, relationships, weekend, college campus, graduation, young adult, identity crisis, slice of life ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Born into a scholarly family, Huang Yimei grows up surrounded by care and affection, displaying artistic talent from a young age. Early in her career, she quickly gains recognition and meets her partner, Zhuang Guodong. They fall in love but ...
Style:
poignant, melancholic, romantic drama, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
resilience, personal growth, self discovery, bittersweet, women, female empowerment, intimate, terminal illness, divorce, soul mate, entrepreneurship
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
shanghai, beijing china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the Heian period. She weaves the story of Hikaru Genji, fueled by her love for Fujiwara no ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, reflective, melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
poetry, japanese history, female protagonist, biopic, palace intrigue, unrequited love, forbidden love, bureaucracy, arranged marriage, taiga, nobility, aristocracy ...
Place:
japan
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157
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one ...
Style:
reflective, existential, art house
Plot:
infidelity, guilt, family drama, melancholy, hit and run, multiple perspectives, accident, regret, loneliness, moral dilemma, slice of life, conscience ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France, Georgia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
At the times of World War II, accomplished painter and translator Aram flees Istanbul due to political offenses. When he is trapped at the USSR-Georgia borders, his flight turns into a remembrance of things past...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, historical drama, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
memory, diaspora, identity, exile, nostalgia, ethnicity, reminiscence, border crossing, migration, world war two, political persecution, refugee ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, soviet union, turkey
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Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, moral dilemma, soldier, guerilla warfare, nazi occupation, military, life is a bitch, holocaust, nazi germany, german officer, military life, german soldier ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Led to believe his abusive grandfather is responsible for his sister's recent death, Gabriel returns to his humble home in rural New Mexico. Yearning to protect his family, he swears to secretly kill his grandfather, yet at the critical moment, ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, vietnam veteran, uncover truth, grief, veteran, trauma, family drama, family conflict, family secret, getting home, death of sister, abuse ...
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a true story.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
euthanasia, death, wanting to die, suicide, doctor, female doctor, family relations, sick woman, family drama, ethical dilemma, dysfunctional family, illness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A retired police officer, despondent over the loss of his family, contemplates a dramatic decision which will change his life forever, until he meets a mysterious woman who, through her personal stories, gives him a reason to re-examine what is most ...
Style:
christian film, sincere, suspenseful, inspirational, reflective ...
Plot:
faith, grief, healing, father son relationship, christian, family relations, love, father, husband wife relationship, fatherhood, integrity, redemption ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Teresa’s life is turned upside down when she is forced to accept a job far away. On her way, she loses her bag, causing her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, reflective ...
Plot:
traveling salesman, female protagonist, road trip, journey, self discovery, character study, relationships, changing lives, travel, lifestyle change, male female relationship, family relations ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming of age story set in the Vietnamese countryside during the late 1980s, as told through the eyes of a 12 year old boy named Thieu. Thieu and his younger brother Tuong share and do everything together. Their days unfold like a whimsical and ...
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
childhood, brother brother relationship, boy, fall in love, coming of age, family relations, innocence, family drama, sibling relationship, brotherhood, village life, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1989
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An artist's life who lives in a village of Kurdistan,Iran has been changed because his nephew enters to the village.
Style:
art house, contemplative, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
character study, solitude, loneliness, isolation, family reunited, introspection, slow burn, social realism, nostalgia, getting home, family secret, coming of age ...
Place:
kurdistan, iran
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Former theatre actress comes back to Rome and meets old and new friends.
Style:
melancholic, art house, reflective, psychological, wistful
Plot:
summer, character study, depression, alienation, melancholy, getting home, nostalgia, identity crisis, memory, wandering, isolation, disappearance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poetic realism, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village.
Style:
melancholic, reflective, contemplative
Plot:
siblings, family drama, family reunited, small town, getting home, nostalgia, mountain village, intimate, community, childhood memory, memory, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of water. In this tranquil setting, three women join the flow of a small community with the subtle ...
Style:
contemplative, entertaining, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot:
everyday life, food, ordinary people, city life, slice of life, humour, life, lifestyle, city, social class, river, urban setting ...
Place:
kyoto japan, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A collection of shorts by four East Asian directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim Tae-yong on an emotional imposture, Gu Changwei on pregnancy in China and Tsai Ming-Liang on time and the city of Hong Kong.
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, realistic, surreal, serious ...
Plot:
family problems, elderly, hospital, gender, last wish, cause and meaning, unsupportive spouse, identity, character study, intimate, gender bending, city life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jeong Min is a writer. He comes to a coffee shop because his writing comes to a stand. Inspired by a Japanese woman who drops by the coffee shop for job, Jeong Min decides to write 3 short stories of a Japanese woman / omnibus fantasy melodrama.
Style:
exciting, dramatic, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
male female relationship, nude, sex, female nudity, storytelling, writer's block, japanese woman, couples, couple relations, relationships, coffee shop, summer ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son’s death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
surfing, shark attack, single mother, grief, loss, social problems, animal attack, dangerous animal, shark, secret, mother and son, family problems ...
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with ...
Style:
aesthetic, melancholic, emotional, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
disappearance, grief, loss, coming of age, family drama, loss of brother, dysfunctional family, twin brother, family problems, lifestyle, mysterious disappearance, memory ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Suddenly learning she is terminally ill, Se-yeon asks her husband, Jin-bong the absurd task of helping her find her first love, and he unwillingly joins her search. Along their journey, Se-yeon and Jin-bong are reminded of the most glittering, ...
Style:
entertaining, life affirming, romantic drama, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, first love, marriage, terminal illness, bittersweet, nostalgia, couple relations, couples, escapades, love, family relations, relationships ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Zhou Heung Kong (Anthony Wong) runs the film projector in a Hong Kong cinema and staunchly embraces a left-wing viewpoint. Dedicated to his work, he screens movies over the course of decades, while also witnessing turbulent events of the times, ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, semi serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
working class, family relations, couples, hopes, longing, bittersweet, society, idealism, family life, life, social change, nostalgia ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s, 60s ...
Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.
Style:
reflective, contemplative, intercultural, scenic, road movie ...
Plot:
travel, female protagonist, self discovery, journey, culture clash, identity, travelogue, tv reporter, friendship, tradition, language barrier, coming of age ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, estrangement, father, family relations, search for father, family drama, father son reunion, absent father, relationships, estranged father, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Place:
china
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