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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two guys who work at a morgue enlist the services of a reanimated corpse to better their chances at a streetball tournament.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, scary, rough, black comedy ...
Plot:
ambition, mad scientist, athlete's life, lifestyle, disorder, deadly creature, sport team, rivalry, partner, contests and competitions, corpse, basketball ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Belgium, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Swiss mayor and a Chinese watchmaker living in the Jura decide to organize the semi-finals of Miss China in Switzerland.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, intercultural, uplifting ...
Plot:
beauty pageant, ambition, society, culture clash, campaign, contests and competitions, interracial friendship, small town, fish out of water, multiculturalism, masquerade, community ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, feel good ...
Plot:
boxing, rivalry, ambition, friendship, contests and competitions, fall in love, cons and scams, prediction, training, couples, middle class, final showdown ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets a mysterious woman who claims to be able to predict his future and says he will ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
shakespeare, ambition, murder, prophecy, bank, career, banker, husband wife relationship, murderer, blind ambition, murder mystery, mysterious girl ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Joji, an engineering dropout and the youngest son of a rich family lives with his aspirations of becoming super wealthy. Driven by greed and blind ambition, he decides to execute his plans following an unexpected event in the family.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
ambition, greed, family relations, family conflict, father son relationship, father and son, businessman, parents and children, dream, follow your dream, family problems, male protagonist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kris Furillo is given the opportunity to start a new life after serving time at a teen detention center. Her talent with horses is recognized by a volunteer and local trainer Pablo, who arranges a job for her at the Ritter's family run ranch, ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, sincere, feel good, serious ...
Plot:
horse, horse ranch, starting over, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, fall in love, friendship, workplace, rivalry, coach, animal life ...
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, 3d animation, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
friendship, young heroes, hopes, baseball, ambition, against the odds, parents and children, human spirit, family relations, youth, rivalry, obsessive quest ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 2006, year 1932
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, bronx new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Thailand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tai gets out of jail and discovers that his twin brother, Tan has been in coma for the past year. Tan has entered the world of Fireball, a violent game based on basketball hosted by underground criminal gangs, to raise money for Tai's early ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, rough, action packed
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, vengeance, ambition, life is a bitch, sport team, tough heroes, martial arts, kickboxing, rivalry, uncover truth, extreme sport, mind power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, thailand
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Austria
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Caesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.
Style:
serious, exciting, epic, historical drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, roman emperor, roman empire, ancient, roman, emperor, politics, medieval, betrayal, assassination, tragic hero ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy, alexandria egypt, europe, macedonia, italy ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, romantic, melancholic, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
movie star, historical figure, fame, biopic, impossible love, actress, hollywood, celebrity, actor's life, love story, nervous breakdown, ambition ...
Time:
50s, year 2011, 1900s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Henry VIII is a two-part British television movie produced principally by Granada Television for ITV. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
tudors, king of england, renaissance, royal family, queen of england, royalty, ambition, dishonesty, head of state, infidelity, monarch, historical event ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages
Place:
britain, europe, england
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom ...
Style:
sexy, inspirational, teen, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, teacher, dancer, dance, dancer's life, dedicated educator, high school, teenager, music, respect, teachers and students, tango ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, inspirational, christian film, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, neurosurgeon, human spirit, medicine, surgeon, ambition, biopic, medical school, physician, doctor ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sincere, compassionate, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
autism, teacher, female protagonist, human spirit, disability, genius, against the odds, inventor, biopic, asperger's syndrome, slaughterhouse, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, 60s, year 1951, 70s ...
Place:
arizona, boston, new hampshire, texas, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Style:
epic, exciting, period piece, sexual, costume drama ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, historical character, sex, power struggle, antiquity, emperor, intrigue, roman soldier, warrior, ancient egypt ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, 1st century b.c., 2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mr. Ho, "King of Gambling", got rich by gambling and is the leader of the Hong Kong Mahjong industry in the 1950's. He has three wives, two sons and one daughter. On the surface, the wives appear to be living in harmony but they ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
gambling, ambition, family relations, rivalry, betrayal, road not taken, elderly, dishonesty, family life, parents and children, family gatherings, couple relations ...
Time:
1950s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
Leo Leone has been wrestling since he was seven years old. As the only son of wrestling coach (and ex-state champion) Edward Leone, Leo's dedication to the sport was tied up in his love for his father. Now Leo is seventeen. His life has been an ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, ambition, high school athlete, desperation, coming of age, sacrifice, small town life, teenage angst, determination, identity crisis, escape, high school sports ...
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he ...
Style:
satirical, cynical, black comedy, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
ambition, murder, social climbing, office politics, dark humor, greed, power struggle, manipulation, debt, scheming, deception, satire ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, syria
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
state affairs, leadership, society, medieval, dishonesty, betrayal, tudors, royal family, downfall, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest, ambition ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style:
erotic, realistic, laugh out loud, psychotronic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, love and romance, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, rock and roll ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
The drama follows the story of a man, Choi Suk Bong, who believes that he is actually the son of a rich father and heir to a chaebol group. He meets Lee Shin Mi, who is actually a chaebol heir but acts nothing like one, with her scrimping and frugal ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
search for father, ambition, blind ambition, money problems, family drama, heiress, family secret, hotel, father son relationship, wealthy family, satire, hotel manager ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG" is THE favorite presenter of the French. His insolent audiences stoke the jealousy even within La Grande Chaîne which he is the undisputed ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, biting ...
Plot:
ambition, media satire, satire, rivalry, journalist, power struggle, manipulation, media circus, media industry, tv host, competitor, business competition ...
Place:
paris france
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996
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hoping to do good while making millions, three college graduates create a startup. But as business begins to flourish, their own bond starts to fray.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, fast paced, realistic ...
Plot:
ambition, startup, businessman, entrepreneurship, business, job, competitor, group of friends, friends, companion, money, problem ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Rena Jung is a beautiful, but ambitious star chef who hosts her own cooking show. Her husband, Park Min-Joon, is the first son of a family that runs a large company. Their relationship is not so good, but they try to show other people they are still ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
ambition, manipulation, secrets, abandonment, cooking, chef, female protagonist, immigration, immigrant, culinary arts, relationship vs career, manipulative woman ...
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
korean war, war, military, battles, children in wartime, youth, military life, against the odds, ambition, danger, leadership, patriotism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1950, 1950s, 50s
Place:
north korea, asia, korea, south korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, ...
Style:
soap opera, serious, relaxing, sex comedy, dramatic ...
Plot:
intrigue, rivalry, family business, villainess, love triangle, wealthy family, family feud, family problems, oil, hypocrisy, love and romance, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three beautiful aspiring actresses embark on a mission to break into the competitive Los Angeles acting scene only to discover the road leading to stardom comes at a price.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
longing, hollywood, ambition, showbiz, price of fame, actress, female friendship, down on your luck, rising to stardom, glory, life is a bitch, mishap ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After his crew breaks up, a gifted but insecure hip-hop dancer teaches at a top ballet school in Paris, where he falls for an aspiring ballerina.
Style:
humorous, captivating, romantic, disturbing, light ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ballet, dancing, dance contest, ambition, youth, father son relationship, hip hop, dance, ballerina, choreography, passion, dance studio ...
Place:
paris france
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