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A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, brother brother relationship, holocaust, ss, nazi occupation, nazi, german occupation, german soldier, soldier, military, danger, machismo ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
Place: paris france, nice france, france
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 6.8
 4K
Lady J (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.
Style: costume drama, melancholic, disturbing, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: aristocracy, widow, revenge, betrayal, love, marriage, broken heart, forgiveness, male female friendship, brothel, tenderness, spinster ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france
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 6.2
 16K
Galveston (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a violent encounter with his boss' men, Roy finds a prostitute and sees something in her frightened, defiant eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is ...
Style: neo noir, tense, exciting, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, hitman, murder, cancer, prostitute, illness, storm, mother daughter relationship, sea, car accident, anger ...
Time: year 1988, year 2008, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, new orleans
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill ...
Style: cerebral, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, jesse james, betrayal, biopic, vengeance, depression, assassin, modern west, modern western, robbery, wild west, sheriff ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s, ancient times ...
Place: missouri, america, kentucky, usa, kansas city ...
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 6.1
 1K
Girls Lost (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Kim, Bella and Momo are three fourteen-year-old girls who discover a fantastic flower with magic qualities: by drinking its nectar they are transformed into boys and they enter a new world. At first they enjoy their newly found freedom, but soon ...
Style: psychological, ambiguous ending, disturbing, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, coming of age, desire for fame, transgender, friendship, unrequited love, transsexual, lgbtq, youth, school, love triangle, runaway ...
Place: eastern europe
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From Noon Till Three (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by ...
Style: funny, thinking, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: outlaw, gang, cowboy, woman with a gun, anti hero, mistaken identity, prison, robbery, redhead, tragic love, bank robbery, legend ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: italy, paris france, venice
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Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Saeki Shuichi was a detective, but he quit his job. He now works at a detective agency. One day, a couple asks the detective agency to find a man named Sakagami. The man killed the couple's son and served at a youth detention center. Kogure ...
Style: detective
Plot: detective agency, investigation, killer, murder, released from prison, parents, murderer, surveillance
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 5.9
 177
In His Chart (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: There is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is the case here. Adopted from a novel written by a doctor and set in Nagano, doctor Kuriharai is overwhelmed by the number and variety of patients he ...
Style: emotional, semi serious, touching, realistic
Plot: life & death, physician, terminal illness, doctor patient relationship, strong female character, free spirited, dealing with death, unfulfillment, fall in love, co worker co worker relationship, bittersweet, cancer patient ...
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The Voice of Sin (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: cold case, investigative journalism, investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, investigative reporter, uncover truth, gangster, secret, murder investigation, reporter, news reporter ...
Place: japan, kyoto japan
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Baantjer: The Beginning (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race against time when he encounters a violent plot against the Dutch royal family.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: police, coronation, murder, vice squad, political persecution, secret police, brother sister relationship, drug dealer, riot police, murder investigation, police brutality, police investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: amsterdam, netherlands, belgium
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 4.7
 452
Baby Jane (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of ...
Style: melancholic, contemplative, sexy, psychological, touching
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, mental illness, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbianism, mental disorder, jealousy, anxiety, love, lesbian interest, mental health ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: finland, helsinki finland
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 6.3
 747
Someone (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 5 university students gather to exchange information on their job search activities. They encourage each other and post their thoughts & worries on Twitter, but behind that they have a lot on their minds. Takuto Ninomiya observes those around ...
Plot: japanese girl, spying, studying, job seeking, neighbor, friend, website, actor, student, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fan, social media ...
Place: japan
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Whitstable Pearl (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon ...
Style: detective, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, amateur detective, murder, restaurant, seaside, murder investigation, detective agency, coastal town, police inspector, single parent, private investigator, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, england
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 7.1
 901
The Vineyard (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mauro Larrea and Soledad Montalvo are two strangers whose destinies cross in the second half of the 19th century, leading to their lives changing forever. A history of glories and defeats, of silver mines, family intrigues, vineyards, wineries, and ...
Style: romantic, emotional, psychological, talky, historical drama
Plot: true love, lovers, love, love and romance, husband wife relationship, family relations, couple relations, couples, relationships, love affair, social history, female nudity
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: cuba
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A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kisaragi Toko is a detective in the Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. Hideaki Takano’s transfer will be carried out in 1 ...
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: murder, investigation, father daughter relationship, psychopath, serial killer, police detective, law enforcement, uncover truth, police investigation, police officer, murder mystery, heroine ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 6.0
 31
Evil's Wave (2019)
Genre: Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In 2014, a series of murders targeting women takes place in Kawasaki City. All the victims have been killed as if they had hanged and these are dubbed the “Hanging Murders” in public. The police investigation runs into difficulties without clues ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: hanged woman, murder, investigation, serial killer, police, vengeance, who done it, maniac, police investigation, death, serial murder, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Murders at the House of Death (2019)
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Yuzuru Hamura (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is a university student and a fan of mystery novels. Against his will, he was forced to join the school's mystery club. The club is led by Kyosuke Akechi (Tomoya Nakamura). Meanwhile, Hiruko Kenzaki (Minami ...
Style: captivating, disturbing
Plot: japanese teenager, amateur detective, private investigation, murder investigation, escapades, crime solving, cold case, investigation, private detective, detective agency, school club, forensics ...
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It Feels So Good (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, romantic ...
Plot: infidelity, ex boyfriend, true love, friendship, love and romance, best friend, rivalry, wedding, lifestyle, love triangle, erotica, sex ...
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, magical, fantasy world, loneliness, classmate, school, imaginary, friends ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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The Wheel of Time (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation ...
Style: dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sad ...
Plot: magic, reincarnation, save the world, magician, quest, power, lesbian, supernatural, wizard, fantasy world, heroes, heroic mission ...
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 8.1
 655K
Jaws (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.
Style: scary, suspense, natural horror, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: shark, beach, ocean, shark attack, animal attack, creature feature, fear, monster, killer shark, underwater, survival, dangerous animal ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oceania, persia, fictional island, boston, long island ...
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 7.7
 245K
Primal Fear (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, tense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, trial, courtroom drama, psychology, lawyer, murder, courtroom, psychopath, corruption, manipulation ...
Time: 90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Canada, Sweden, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber-criminals and corrupt government officials - both in Sweden and in the United States - whom are only known as The Spider Society.
Style: suspense, captivating, intense, realistic, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: programmer, computer hacker, hacker, journalist, computer cracker, father daughter relationship, terrorist, hitman, rogue agent, chess, spy, blackmail ...
Time: 2010s
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe, washington d.c.
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style: captivating, apocalyptic, action adventure, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: distopia, cure, vaccine, imprisonment, virus, friendship, post apocalypse, disease, desert, battles, maze, fight ...
Time: 2010s, future
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The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: yakuza, police, gang warfare, japanese police, fighting crime, investigation, gang war, partners against crime, partner, crime investigation, disappearance, police detective ...
Time: 80s
Place: hiroshima japan, japan
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The Many Faces of Ito (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Seijiro Ito possesses good looks, but also has an overinflated ego. He gets involved with five different women. Rio Yazaki is one of the women involved with Seijiro Ito. She wants to revive her career as a screenwriter, by using other people's ...
Plot: womanizer, creative process, japanese woman, cell phone, hotel room, japanese man, mobile phone, evil woman, bad boy, auditorium
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The Woman in White (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of two half-sisters and their drawing master get caught up in a deadly conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed all in white.
Style: gothic, psychological, disturbing, historical drama, psychological thriller ...
Plot: heiress, inheritance, unhappy marriage, secret, family relations, forbidden love, star crossed lovers, fake marriage, love triangle, male female relationship, love affair, relationships ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: britain
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 6.9
 42K
Boy Erased (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church supported gay conversion program.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, sentimental, captivating, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, religion, lgbtq, conversion therapy, gay teenager, gay interest, father son relationship, homosexual, coming of age, church, lgbt teen ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 2010s
Place: new york, southern usa, arkansas
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 7.9
 187K
Altered Carbon (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
Style: futuristic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, consciousness, artificial intelligence, investigation, virtual reality, murder, resistance fighter, twists and turns, body swapping, female nudity, doppelganger, multiple storylines ...
Time: future, distant future
Place: san francisco
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 7.2
 3K
Kamome Diner (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Where are we welcome? On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay ...
Style: semi serious, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: food, cooking and food, diner, starting over, friendship, restaurant, hopes, small business, cafe, lifestyle, workplace situations, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland, japan, europe, helsinki finland
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