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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
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1.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, manly ...
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, sword fight, vengeance, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time:
ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, germany ...
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518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two young men journey across the U.S.A to honor one's mother by spreading her ashes at monuments she always dreamed of visiting. Along the way they encounter interesting characters and dangerous situations that force them to question their own ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, realistic, wistful
Plot:
road trip, friendship, loss, grief, brotherhood, coming of age, cross country, redemption, character study, conflict, secrets, ashes ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, spiritual ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
afterlife, heaven and hell, redemption, life & death, life philosophy, heaven, destiny, metaphysics, hell, love, fantasy world, female artist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
cuba
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After bankruptcy, Abah and Emak must adapt to a new life with their children in a remote village.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, sincere, light, heartfelt ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
resilience, sacrifice, loss, poverty, dysfunctional family, family relations, village, love, bankruptcy, family bonds, financial difficulty, family values ...
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Style:
depressing, touching, gloomy, sincere, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, grief, love and romance, heroin, haunted by the past, coping, loss of spouse, funeral, drug addiction, childhood, character study, best friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Sheldon, a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, loss, murder mystery, grief, haunting, obsession, trauma, cat and mouse, paranoia, investigation, missing person, secrets ...
Place:
new york
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719
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with each new startling phase of discovery. At first he mourns for his dead wife, but then he discovers that he didn’t really know her.
Style:
romantic, captivating, spiritual
Plot:
loss, death of wife, husband wife relationship, relationships, love and romance, family relations, male female relationship, spirituality, lie, teacher, smoking, funeral ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After killing her abusive husband, a young woman finds that it is harder to move on with her life than she immediately thought she would be, which yields horrific results for those closest to her.
Style:
disturbing, scary, rough, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot:
domestic violence, rape, revenge, loner, loss, manslaughter, paranoia, psychosis, grief, tragic event, rape and revenge, teen violence ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, sincere, tense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
iraq war, road trip, family relations, support group, insomnia, parents and children, patriotism, couple relations, death in the family, siblings relations, on the road, anti war ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, minnesota, florida, chicago, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Broken Roads is a contrasted portrait of life, dealing with loss, a journey of rediscovery & the hills climbed which forever change us.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
small town, estrangement, teenage life, small town life, youth, family tragedy, loss, coming of age, grandmother grandson relationship, grief, accident, car crash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style:
touching, depressing, sad, poignant, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, teenage daughter, bittersweet, dying mother, family drama, grief, father daughter relationship, family relations, beach, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, death ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, iran, california
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246K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, rape, last will and testament, unwanted pregnancy, incest, twists and turns, civil war, pregnant from rape, incest rape, torture, lebanese civil war, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2009, year 1970, y2k ...
Place:
middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a ...
Style:
sad, philosophical, thought provoking, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
funeral, self discovery, father son relationship, pregnant wife, life philosophy, workplace, small town, character study, new job, small town life, classical music, musician ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Is relevant?
325K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, philosophical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, motivation, true love, sacrifice, existentialism, life & death, melancholy, love ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, couples, loss of spouse, starting over, lost love, letter, grief, life philosophy, widow ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
ireland, seattle, europe, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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257K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Style:
surreal, melancholic, atmospheric, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
afterlife, surrealism, metaphysics, buddhism, cancer, spirituality, immortality, multiple storylines, death, love, alternate reality, obsession ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2006, 16th century, 21st century
Place:
spain, tibet, latin america, europe, guatemala ...
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328K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, inspirational, sincere, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, redemption, woman urinating, cultural difference, deaf girl, desert, mexican border, sex, death, destiny, language barrier, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Since the loss of his beloved Isabella three years ago, Ricky Cooper's only agenda has been to be the best dad he can be. But little does Ricky realize that his girls have an agenda of their own: get dad a girlfriend.
Style:
romantic, light, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
single father, father daughter relationship, family relations, loss, parents and children, romantic relationship, relationships, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, male female relationship, dating ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Poland, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A visionary romance based on a contemporary reading of Dante.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, serious, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
sleeping, breast feeding, obsession, a vision, car accident, loss, supermarket, escape from reality, death of girlfriend, female nudity, underground, sleep disorder ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Matt Webster measures his success by his possessions. Though he appears to have it all, pride of ownership does little to fill the void of a purposeless life. Brokern relationships, isolation and pain for himself and his family, are the result of ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, christian film
Plot:
christian, family relations, selfishness, pride, husband wife relationship, loss, success, financial crisis, crisis, financial problem, money problems, dysfunctional family ...
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Genre: Action, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
Life is paradise for an upright young man and a sweet-natured girl until fate intervenes. Now they're separated by circumstances beyond their control.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, emotional, romantic ...
Plot:
tragic love, fall in love, lookalikes, betrayal, social differences, mistaken identity, society, family relations, couples, rich and poor, parents and children, dual role ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new zealand, asia, india
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
"It is said that when left unhealed, the past can destroy our lives. When Billy Reid and his sister Sheila lose loved ones in a horrific accident, they must face the aftermath together. For Billy, that aftermath and the secrets that lie within ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, supernatural, family problems, memory loss, family in crisis, loss, car accident, destiny, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A depressed young man struggles to move on and escape haunting memories of his girlfriend, killed ten years ago in a train accident.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, mind bending, suspense ...
Plot:
obsessive love, supernatural power, coma, haunted by the past, love triangle, love and romance, tragic love, small town life, obsession, male female relationship, loss, loneliness ...
Place:
connecticut, new england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot:
boxing, hospital, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, single parent, love, nurse, street fighter, loss, mother son relationship, black history ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, africa
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721
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
It is the farm on which Thomas was born. It is his family. His brother, who won’t be coming back, his mother, who is about to do the same thing, and his father, with whom nothing has ever been possible. He finds there everything from which he had ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
sex with sister in law, outdoor sex, brother in law sister in law sex, forbidden love, childhood sweetheart, tragic love, loss, parents and children, father son relationship, loss of faith, children, family relations ...
Place:
france, canada
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761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
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