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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. The peacekeeping ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, intense ...
Plot:
syrian war, captain, bomb squad, terror, isis, love, minefield, military life, bomb, danger, commander, team ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
syria, middle east
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The life of a legendary sea monster hunter is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship.
Style:
funny, anime, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
giant monster, sea monster, sea adventure, sea, kaiju, hunter, beast, captain, sea voyage, human versus monster, sea creature, travel ...
Time:
future, 17th century
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, realistic, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, courage, underwater, radiation sickness, nuclear, radioactivity, sea, sea disaster ...
Time:
60s, year 1989, year 2002, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
soviet union, nova scotia, russia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
ship, ocean, captain, survival, danger, expedition, isolation, sea disaster, self discovery, escapades, writer's life, sailing ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns ...
Style:
harsh, cult classic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aborigine, rape, brutality, gang, australian outback, vengeance, violence, cowboy, violent, modern western, gory, wilderness ...
Time:
19th century, year 2005, 1800s, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
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39K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Style:
sitcom, sexy, stylized, witty, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
spaceship, space travel, space, friendship, slacker, isolation, adventurer, space and aliens, robot, androids and robots, escapades, captain ...
Time:
future, distant future, 20th century, 2010s, 80s ...
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153K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style:
epic, inspirational, period piece, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
american civil war, battles, civil war, military, slavery, prejudice, racism, war, black history, u.s. civil war, human spirit, african american ...
Time:
19th century, year 1989, 1800s, 1860s, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
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Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, South Korea
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Duck Dodgers is an American animated television series, based on the 1953 theatrical cartoon short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 2003 to 2005. The series is a space opera, featuring the fictional Looney ...
Style:
humorous, surreal, not serious, witty, parody ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly
Plot:
looney tunes, cartoon duck, duck, anthropomorphism, martian, mars, heroes, superhero, talking animal, partner, hapless, time travel ...
Time:
future, 24th century
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264K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
chosen one, invasion, alien, space wars, training, space and aliens, young heroes, battles, prodigy, danger, distopia, space battle ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008, and ended on August 30, 2010. On April 20, 2012, this series returned to Cartoon ...
Style:
adult cartoon, humorous, feel good, captivating, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, human animal relationship, friendship, mischievous children, disorder, young heroes, youth, animal life, family relations, mishap, captain, family life ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure ...
Style:
cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, pirate, treasure map, ship, swashbuckler, blind character, courage, siege, sailing, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, caribbean, israel, england
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Style:
tense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
mutiny, napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, ship captain, injustice, navy, courtroom drama, male male relationship, ocean, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
18th century, year 1962, 1790s, georgian era
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
Style:
funny, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
alien, stupidity, space, benign alien, friendship, alien invasion, humanity, robot, alien encounter, disorder, crew, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, seattle
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The first journey around the world began under the command of Ferdinand Magellan and was concluded by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Five boats left Seville on September 20, 1519. Storms, famine, tribes… Three years later, only one made it back. An ...
Style:
anime
Plot:
odyssey, riot, journey, sailor, mutiny, captain, historical event, betrayal, ship, trip, battles, boat ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
portugal, pacific ocean, basque country, spain, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, epic, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
space opera, alien, star trek, space travel, outer space, alien race, space battle, creature, alien planet, technology, fantasy world, wilhelm scream ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 23rd century, 2010s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.
Style:
anime, adult animation, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, mutant, giant monster, spaceship, humanity in peril, good versus evil, monster, self sacrifice, danger, captain, race against time ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the year 2048, the human race is forced to leave Earth after decades of losing against Godzilla and other giant monsters. They take a twenty-year journey to another planet called Tau Ceti-e, but upon arrival, they discover that the planet has ...
Style:
anime, 3d animation, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, human in outer space, kaiju, human versus monster, battles, fight, creature, captain, monster terrorizes city, bomb, professor ...
Time:
2010s, distant future
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
India’s first underwater war film tries to decode the mystery behind the sinking of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, experimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
submarine, leadership, survival, patriot, risk, rescue, responsibility, patriotism, conspiracy, captain, mission, danger ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction TV series and a prequel to the original Star Trek set 100 years before. The series premiered September 26, 2001 on the UPN television network with the final episode airing on May 13, 2005.
The series takes ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, erotic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space and aliens, time travel, alien invasion, spacecraft, space exploration, space opera, alien life-form, good versus evil, escapades, adventurer ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen ...
Style:
serious, saga, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, world war two, martial arts, femme fatale, conspiracy, fish out of water, fortress, nazi, frozen alive, fistfight, terrorist, heroes ...
Time:
year 1936, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943, year 1993 ...
Place:
washington d.c., ohio, california, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, fairy tale, visually stunning, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
pirate, treasure hunt, ship, pirate ship, fantasy world, treasure, sword fight, captain, curses spells and rituals, swashbuckler, tombs and skeletons, love ...
Time:
18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, iran, fictional island, britain, jamaica ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, private detective, murder, murder mystery, danger, murder investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, multiple suspects, private investigator, uncover truth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
dog, investigation, young heroes, escapades, chases and races, journalism, friends, incompetent police, pets, danger, riddles and clues, courage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, belgium
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
space travel, star trek, space opera, space exploration, spacecraft, outer space, space battle, alien encounter, spaceship, getting home, space adventure, allies ...
Time:
future, 90s, 24th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wes Anderson’s incisive quirky comedy build up stars complex characters like in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ with Bill Murray on in the leading role. An ocean adventure documentary film maker Zissou is put in all imaginable life situations and a ...
Style:
funny, visually stunning, sexy, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
ocean, submarine, revenge, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, mission, filmmaking, expedition, rivalry, vengeance, sea voyage, adventurer ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
italy, fictional island, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to ...
Style:
futuristic, semi serious, saga, epic, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, space opera, space wars, star trek, heroic mission, self sacrifice, villain, mission, tough girl ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, 23rd century
Place:
san francisco, seattle, bay area, london, space western
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In 2016, journalism student Susana Rojas disappeared without a trace while making a documentary for her end-of-career work. After several years, her project is finally uncovered.
Style:
independent film, entertaining, exciting, captivating, dread ...
Plot:
found footage, journalism, interview, monster, satire, female college student, captain, disappearance, missing person, female student, female journalist, cold case ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ex-army captain travels to Dalyan to stop his friend's beloved from marrying another man, but grief and trauma from a combat tragedy mar his journey.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
friendship, captain, trauma, grief, veteran, relationship problems, flashback, road trip, post traumatic stress, relationships, escapades, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
Style:
saga, action adventure, psychotronic, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
star wars, smuggler, spacecraft, organized crime, spaceship, interspecies friendship, gangster, smuggling, space travel, gambling, robot, dystopia ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
space western
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