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 6.4
 118K
Napoleon (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 158 min.
Story: A personal look at the French military leader’s origins and swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of Napoleon’s addictive, volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
Style: epic, crying, costume drama, period drama
Audience: adult
Plot: french military, psychic, soldier, new beginning, royalty, commander, french army, father son relationship, baby, french revolution, brother brother relationship, sex ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 1780s, 1800s, 1790s ...
Place: paris france, egypt, moscow russia, france, europe ...
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 7.1
 36K
The Society (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
Style: ambiguous ending, suspense, mysterious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, murder, small town, society, death, friendship, survival, trapped, gay, gay teenager, separation, fantasy world ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Style: technicolor, epic, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: peplum, greek mythology, ancient, sorcery, ancient rome, ancient world, antiquity, gladiator, inventor, sword, chivalry, ancient history ...
Time: year 1961
Place: ancient greece, greece, hellas, rome italy, europe
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The Last King (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will ...
Style: epic, captivating, exciting, tense, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, snow, viking, norse mythology, winter, warrior, civil war, war, battles, leader, courage, folk hero ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 13th century
Place: denmark
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 6.8
 114K
Superman II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style: exciting, saga, epic, cult classic, psychotronic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, comic book, space and aliens, alien invasion, superman, super powers, revenge, superpower, alien, prison escape, female alien ...
Time: 80s, year 1980, year 2016
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, paris france ...
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Ever After High: Way Too Wonderland (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With the Storybook of Legends still in Wonderland, Raven attempts to teleport her friends there despite still getting the hand of her powers. Apple, Raven, Briar, Lizzie, Kitty and Maddie end up in Wonderland in just days away from the Queen of ...
Style: independent film, fairy tale, crying
Plot: teenager, fantasy world, evil queen, female protagonist, wonderland, sword duel, magic, shapeshifting, birthday party, fairy, hugging, teenage girl ...
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Children of the Corn (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style: suspense, slasher, demonic, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: killer child, folk horror, children, blood, religion, creepy child, supernatural, small town, violence, murder, isolation, child murders an adult ...
Time: 80s
Place: nebraska, usa, iowa
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 6.8
 265K
The Lion King (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Kenya
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle ...
Style: motion capture, fairy tale, inspirational, psychotronic, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: jungle, wilderness, lion cub, lion, animal, talking animal, kingdom, murder of father, king, hyena, sunrise, loss of father ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: africa, south africa
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: giant, magic, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, princess, save the princess, youth, mythology, good versus evil, heroes, legends and myths, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place: seattle, tower bridge london, london, england
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 6.1
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6 Underground (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
Style: suspense, entertaining, action adventure, action thriller, exciting ...
Plot: chase, mission, female spy, anti heroine, female warrior, teamwork, fight, brutality, courage, deception, vigilante, machismo ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2019, year 2017
Place: italy, las vegas, florence, paris france, afghanistan ...
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Loaf and Camouflage (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: porn, military coup, army, dictatorship, military, soldier, filmmaking, greek, satire, rebelliousness, rebellion, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 80s, year 1967
Place: greece, europe, hellas, athens greece
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Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the ...
Style: apocalyptic, tragic ending, mockumentary
Plot: nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, disaster, apocalypse, cold war, found footage, post apocalypse, u.s. president, president, catastrophe, distopia, post apocalyptic ...
Place: usa, soviet union, saudi arabia, middle east
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Made in Japan (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: cowboy from “Tampopo”) who appears to have gone native but actually maintains a cynical detachment from everything around him. As does the movie, which holds Nippon materialism, corrupt military governments and insurgent opportunism in equal ...
Plot: nudity, helicopter, coup d'etat, rebelliousness, rescue, jungle, engagement, partisan, government agent, female nudity, kidnapping, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
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 6.3
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Kral Ubu (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements ...
Style: dark comedy, allegory, psychotronic, urban fantasy
Plot: dark humor, prison escape, royal family, assassination, political satire, coup d'etat, fictitious kingdom, political manipulation, psychological manipulation, nobleman, abuse of power, sexual manipulation ...
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate ...
Style: exciting, suspense, sexy, entertaining, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot: james bond, 007, chase, secret service, spy, espionage, secret agent, revenge, car chase, cia, female spy, agent ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, britain, chile, austria, south america ...
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 7.1
 6K
Burn! (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they ...
Style: tense, disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: revolution, racism, slavery, politics, island, bank, betrayal, assassination, political unrest, injustice, political corruption, heist ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, 1840s, victorian era, 1850s
Place: caribbean, england, europe, fictional island, london ...
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: drug lord, gangster, violent, revenge, assassination attempt, hitman, dark hero, vengeance, murder, assassin, gunfighter, spy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 7.2
 23K
Metropolis (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke's clutches ...
Style: anime, futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, cyber ...
Audience: kids
Plot: robot, steampunk, metropolis, artificial intelligence, androids, rebellion, cyberpunk, megalomaniac, heroic mission, save the day, self discovery, uncover truth ...
Time: future, year 2001
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Machuca (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) ...
Style: political, touching, sincere, emotional, serious ...
Plot: childhood, coming of age, sexual initiation, politics, friendship, poverty, youth, dictatorship, communism, demonstration, boy, children ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: chile, latin america, santiago chile
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The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, harsh, psychological ...
Plot: dictatorship, dictator, doctor, politics, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, biopic, medical, attempted murder, against humanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: africa, uganda, scotland, united kingdom, south africa
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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: farce, espionage, secret agent, james bond spoof, spy spoof, secret service, british, prime minister, gadget, betrayal, agent, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, hong kong, america, britain, macau ...
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The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
Style: epic, heroic, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: bow and arrow, wuxia, medieval, assassination, antiquity, assassin, betrayal, ancient history, ancient, sword fight, murder, espionage ...
Time: year 1998
Place: china, tibet, asia, ancient china
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 7.1
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Heat Guy J (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Heat Guy J is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight. Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer. It was re-released by Funimation Entertainment in the fall of ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, neo noir, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: imaginary, fighting crime, heroes, danger, criminal heroes, law enforcement, gang, cyberpunk, police, androids, dystopia, rivalry ...
Place: japan
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Fifty/Fifty (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.
Style: retro, suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, cannon, jungle, village, island, soldier, revolution, village life, against the odds, political conspiracy, friendship, missing person ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: singapore, rome italy
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The Dogs of War (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Style: suspense, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, revolution, war, gunfight, torture, military, commando, soldier, covert operation, undercover, jail cell, espionage ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: africa, london, new york, central america, paris france
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 14K
Casshern (2004)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people ...
Style: stylized, intense, exciting, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Plot: dystopia, good versus evil, vengeance, mutant, superhero, artificial intelligence, rescue, tragic hero, heroic mission, redemption, laboratory, heroes ...
Time: future, near future, distant future
Place: japan, east asia
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, futuristic, space horror, saga ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, end of the world, revolution, gorilla, monkey, survival, rebellion, time dilation ...
Time: future, near future, 20th century, 2000s
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 2K
Banza? (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps ...
Plot: airplane crash, plane crash, black american, taxi driver, hospital, musician, desert, crash landing, travel, taxi, wedding, airplane ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france, manhattan new york city, hong kong, france, tunisia ...
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The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, fighting the system, political corruption, politics, mafia, bank, uncover truth, gangster, manipulation, clergy, legal, society ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, palermo italy, london, new york, switzerland ...
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Reaching for the Moon (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1951 New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary’s dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Although ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian couple, lesbian love, writer's life, love and romance, love, lgbt, poet, american abroad, writers, lgbtq, couples ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951, 1950s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america, nebraska, manhattan new york city ...
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