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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, harsh, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
immigrant, loneliness, marriage, divorce, manipulation, attempted murder, danger, life is a bitch, wedding planning, couples, regret, overdose ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, france
Is relevant?
275K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give ...
Style:
feel good, rom com, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fashion, youth, teenager, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, enemies to lovers, popularity, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, terrorism, politics, trial, biopic, male nudity, justice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, nepal, britain ...
Is relevant?
734K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Style:
feel good, romantic, philosophical, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
time loop, existentialism, small town, redemption, time travel, groundhog day, life & death, life philosophy, time warp, fall in love, time, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, future
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, america, persia, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, sad, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, christmas, love story, freak, love and romance, social misfits, teenage girl, garden, inventor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1990, 50s
Place:
florida, usa
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after ...
Style:
light, satirical, stylized, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, rock and roll, racism, civil rights, fat girl, satire, dance, interracial romance, music, interracial friendship, social differences ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1963, 80s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland, america, california ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, bleak, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, nightlife, writers, redemption, addiction, drug, life is a bitch, starting over, downfall, supportive spouse, friendship, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they ...
Style:
road movie, surreal, dark, dark comedy, depressing ...
Plot:
surrealism, immigrant, on the road, loser, mental disorder, road trip, pimp, bittersweet, culture clash, american dream, misfit, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
wisconsin, germany, new york, west germany, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
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28K
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Style:
controversial, black and white, surreal, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
religion, satire, dark humor, catholic, passion, rape, morality, voyeurism, idealism, nun, loser, sexual deviant ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During their journey the expedition led by Captain Choi Do-hyung discovers a journal that was left behind by a British expedition 80 years earlier. The journal was remarkably preserved in a box in the snow and Kim Min-jae, another member of the ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
isolation, paranoia, danger, delusion, christmas, mental disorder, mountain, snow, escapades, winter, disaster, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
antarctica, oceania
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Style:
parody, cult classic, spoof, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, television, janitor, mad scientist, fired from the job, filmmaking, gambling, workplace, imagination, loser, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
oklahoma city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, humorous, dark comedy, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
college, midlife crisis, professor, coming of age, adultery, divorce, mentor, gay relationship, college professor, teacher student relationship, university, alienation ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, romantic
Plot:
boxing, forced sex, fired from the job, dating, rape, motivation, slacker, loser, poverty, sparring, life is a bitch, love interest ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, sincere, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
down on your luck, existentialism, loneliness, femme fatale, night watchman, cons and scams, misfit, gem, regret, homeless, mental disorder, loser ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe, scotland, argentina
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as ...
Style:
funny, light, sexy, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
devil, pact with the devil, wish come true, deal with the devil, femme fatale, fish out of water, nothing goes right, destiny, wish fulfillment, unrequited love, time machine, heaven and hell ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Is relevant?
167K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
Style:
black comedy, funny, dark comedy, sexy, cynical ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, adult
Plot:
dark humor, christmas, profanity, christmas eve, bully, alcohol abuse, bullying, casual sex, misfit, anti hero, christmas season, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, miami, milwaukee wisconsin, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
workplace, loser, lgbt, chubby, department store, office, promotion, couples, friends, unsupportive coworkers, ordinary person, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Is relevant?
303K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, porn industry, drug abuse, multiple storylines, addiction, drug, cocaine, adult filmmaking, adultery, drug addiction, voyeurism, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Daniel and Stéphane, two salesmen working in the same store but who cannot stand each other, decide despite everything to team up to participate in television games so they can pay their debts.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, game show ...
Plot:
fictional game show, salesman, loser, money, workplace, needing money, coworker, satire, unlikely friendships, co worker co worker relationship, friendship, false accusation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Struggling actor Cedric seems doomed to lead the life of a loser. He's broke and his girlfriend has dumped him. Even his own father, sister and best buddies have lost faith in his ability to do anything worthwhile. Then finally, he gets a lead ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, parody ...
Plot:
swimming pool, dog, hallucination, actor, amnesiac, loser, car accident, memory loss, memory lapse, amnesia, misfit, satire ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he knows what he wants – to become rich and famous. He even has a business plan: tourism combined ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, black comedy
Plot:
midlife crisis, slacker, unemployment, capitalism, physical appearance, loser, escapades, brother sister relationship, communism, liberation theology, entrepreneurship, ambitious man ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, realistic
Plot:
social differences, lottery, life turned upside down, fish out of water, eccentric family, culture clash, society, misfit, family life, family relations, disorder, wealth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
french riviera, france, monaco, europe, cote d'azur ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, cons and scams, working class, workplace situations, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, rapper, store ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Style:
serious, realistic, period piece, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
gambling, rise and fall, gambler, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, tragic hero, life is a bitch, hopes, addiction, genius, legend ...
Place:
las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An obsessive fantasy nerd gradually becomes unhinged when a charismatic hipster joins his role-playing game
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
nerd, misfit, grandmother grandson relationship, social misfits, breaking point, buddies, uninhibited rivalry, loser, board game, dungeons and dragons, geek, jealousy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, surreal, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drug, drug addiction, masturbation, drug trip, methamphetamine, bondage, drug use, drugged, manic ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, gay teenager, gay relationship, teenager, teenage life, high school, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
britain, europe, england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In order to be technically free of the mortal sin of suicide, a young man who has given up on the world pays a drug-addict to shoot him. Charles (Antoine Monnier), who is a student, has tried political action and investigated the claims of religion ...
Style:
slow cinema, spiritual, anthology, art house, light ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
suicide, nihilism, loser, religion, female nudity, minimalism, shoplifting, teenage boy, logic, post war, betrayal, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, ussr, soviet union, mediterranean sea
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