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Broken English (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her ...
Style: light, emotional, sweet, sexy, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: dating, loneliness, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, self discovery, looking for love, single, cliche, thirtysomething life, coming of age, relationships, hotel ...
Time: year 2007
Place: paris france, france, croatia, new york, usa ...
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 5.7
 589
The Box (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A guy has to move out in a day, completely unprepared, and drive his mum to the airport. Completely stressed out, he calls his friends for help. Short notice however results in all his friends making it with an agenda of their own.
Style: atmospheric, light, humorous, sexy
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: friendship, nothing goes right, eccentricity, seduction, language barrier, disorder, male female relationship, love and romance, male protagonist
Place: france
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The End of Silence (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: society, love affair, ballerina, ballet, airport, adaptation, immigrant, language barrier, couples, artists and showbiz, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 540
extr@ (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: extr@ is a language education television series scripted in the format of a Friends-esque sitcom which was in production from 2002 to 2004, and is mainly marketed to the instructional television market for middle school and high school language ...
Style: educational, sitcom, satirical, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: girl next door, language learning, male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, foreigner, flatmate, living together, language barrier, training, culture clash, cross cultural relations ...
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French Immersion (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Four Anglo-Canadians and a New Yorker find themselves in a two-week long total French immersion program in the fictional, remote town of St-Isidore-du-Coeur-de-Jésus, tucked away somewhere in Northern Quebec. The place is perfect for total ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, captivating
Plot: culture clash, language learning, satire, language barrier, female nudity, strip club, stripper, group, canadian stereotype
Place: quebec
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 6.6
 2K
Papi Chulo (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A lonely TV weatherman strikes up an unusual friendship with a middle-aged Latino migrant worker.
Style: humorous, sexy, sentimental, romantic, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, loneliness, unrequited love, gay relationship, gay love, friendship, breakup, gay lead character, desperation, self loathing, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern california, los angeles, california
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanish is inadequate and he mistranslates what a witness tells the sheriff as to whether the real perpetrator of the crime is riding a mare (yegua) or a ...
Style: political, intercultural, historical drama
Plot: sheriff, texas ranger, language barrier, horseman, fugitive, multiple perspectives, folk hero, self defense, squad, trial, manhunt, latin american history ...
Time: year 1982, 1900s
Place: texas, mexico, san antonio texas
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 5.2
 67K
Monster Hunter (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Japan, China, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Behind our world, there is another — a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported from our world to the new world, the unflappable lieutenant ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, entertaining ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: giant monster, apocalypse, monster, beast, giant creature, creature, military, survival, soldier, peril, fight, desert ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.2
 17K
Dheepan (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
Style: political, disturbing, emotional, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: immigrant, refugee, brutality, culture clash, character study, greed, gangster, illegal immigration, migration, social realism, gang war, migrant ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: sri lanka, france, paris france
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 7.7
 43K
The Vanishing (1988)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, France, West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, twists and turns, missing person, obsession, road trip, macabre, murder, insanity, police investigation, mind game, secrets ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, near future, 80s
Place: france, europe, holland, netherlands
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Morris from America (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
Style: light, humorous, talky, romantic, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage girl, coming of age, teenager, african american, rap, culture clash, language barrier, black, puberty, teenage boy, 13 year old, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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 6.3
 11K
The Ramen Girl (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Style: feel good, inspirational, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: cooking, restaurant, food, culture clash, american abroad, mentor, interracial romance, chef, cooking and food, language barrier, writers, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Genre: Action, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr. Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr. Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival who he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean ...
Style: sentimental, saga, slasher, action packed, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: martial arts, childhood, underdog, bullying, fight, teenager, teacher, kung fu, revenge, fight scenes, friends, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, okinawa, asia, los angeles, okinawa japan
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 7.5
 23K
Europa (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An American, Leopold Kessler, goes to post-war Germany in 1945 to work as a railroad conductor for the Zentropa Rail Line instead of going into the Army because he feels its a more valuable thing to do for the state of the world. He meets Katharina ...
Style: art house, surreal, bleak, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot: train, world war two, assassination, betrayal, idealism, suicide, against humanity, misfit, terrorism, employee, danger, haunted by the past ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1991, 90s, post world war two
Place: germany, nebraska, frankfurt germany, munich germany, europe
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The Beautiful Country (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: vietnam war, immigrant, family drama, stereotypes, life philosophy, loneliness, betrayal, secrets, self discovery, social misfits, social differences, society ...
Time: year 2004, 90s, year 1990
Place: vietnam, texas, usa, new york, asia ...
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 6.0
 38K
Greta (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, stalker, stalking, female villain, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, held captive, roommate, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Place: new york, usa, paris france, france
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I Dream in Another Language (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A millenary language agonizes: Its last two speakers, Evaristo and Isauro (70´s) had a quarrel 50 years ago and haven't spoken to each other since. Martin, a linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the two old friends back together ...
Style: lgbt cinema, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, linguist, lgbt, loneliness, dream, love triangle, lgbtq, rivalry, translator, love and romance, feud ...
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 7.7
 470K
Sicario (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cia, hitman, drug cartel, revenge, swat team, fbi, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, crime boss, organized crime, cia agent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, texas, el paso texas, tucson arizona ...
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In Search of Fellini (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him.
Style: captivating, sentimental, scary, visually stunning, weird
Plot: teenage girl, pursuit, mother daughter relationship, escapades, hopes, journey, cinema, philosophy, obsession, transformation, language barrier, romanticism ...
Time: year 1993
Place: italy, venice, cleveland ohio, rome italy, ohio
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 7.8
 189K
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved ...
Style: crying, adult animation, artsy, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, date night
Plot: dog, politician, robot, rescue, friendship, stop motion, freedom, resistance, island, protest, boy, dog lover ...
Time: 2010s, 20th century, 2030s, future, 21st century
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 95K
Hostiles (2017)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style: rough, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: native american, native american reservation, indian chief, reconciliation, widow, murder, american indian, wild west, bigotry, military, gunfight, hostility ...
Time: 19th century, year 2017, 90s, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place: new mexico, montana, america, colorado, usa
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 6.8
 3K
Oh Lucy! (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.
Style: road movie, psychological, cult classic, crying, weird ...
Plot: aeroplane, harlot, wench, boobs, suicide, suicide attempt, horny, love, train, hotel, loneliness, infidelity ...
Time: year 2017
Place: tokyo, california, los angeles, san diego california, japan
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On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An actress wanders around a seaside town, pondering her relationship with a married man.
Style: melancholic, disturbing, sincere, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: loneliness, introspection, beach, travel, actress, infidelity, love affair, drinking, self discovery, drinking alcohol, smoking, women ...
Time: year 2017
Place: hamburg germany, germany, south korea
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 7.5
 71K
The Farewell (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: lie, masseuse, grief, wedding, female protagonist, terminal illness, women, dialogue, life, grandmother granddaughter relationship, lovers, disability ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: china, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, japan
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 38K
Lamb (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development, and the prospects of a new ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, scary, psychedelic, thought provoking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: parenthood, farm, folk horror, creature, body horror, grief, husband wife relationship, supernatural, dysfunctional family, family secret, family tragedy, family relations ...
Time: 2020s
Place: iceland
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 96K
Minari (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A Korean-American family moves to Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. With the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother, the stability of their relationships is challenged even more in this new life in the ...
Style: sad, independent film, sincere, captivating, relaxing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, american dream, grandmother grandson relationship, friendship, farm, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, heart condition, coming of age, direction and purpose ...
Time: 80s, 2020s, future
Place: arkansas, east asia, nebraska
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Decision to Leave (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Hae-Joon, a seasoned detective, investigates the suspicious death of a man on a mountaintop. Soon, he begins to suspect Seo-rae, the deceased's wife, while being unsettled by his attraction to her.
Style: detective, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: asian, murder suspect, mountain climbing, private investigation, male female relationship, crime investigation, relationships, crime solving, uncover truth, sleuth, police investigation, investigation ...
Place: south korea, busan
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 17K
Samba (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to ...
Style: uplifting, touching, romantic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: immigrant, friendship, betrayal, culture clash, love story, brothers, life philosophy, stereotypes, loneliness, prejudice, justice, social differences ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, africa
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 16K
Kolya (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverák tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka, who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: adoption, communism, coming of age, friendship, musician, single father, revolution, cellist, child, boy, culture clash, storytelling ...
Time: 80s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1989
Place: czech republic, prague, eastern europe, balkan, europe ...
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Dances with Wolves (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide – and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Style: scenic, touching, sentimental, epic, breathtaking ...
Plot: native american, american civil war, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, tribe, courage, pride and honor, native american white relationships, wolf, indians ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, victorian era, 20th century, 1800s ...
Place: kansas, south dakota, tennessee, america, usa ...
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