| A Separation (2011) | 8.3 | |
| Capernaum (2018) | 8.4 | |
| The Father (2020) | 8.2 | |
| Paris, Texas (1984) | 8.1 | |
| Tully (2000) | 7.3 |
Movies and TV shows set in nebraska – page 4
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style:
road movie, touching, surreal, atmospheric, lyrical ...
Plot:
amnesia, father son relationship, desert, redemption, on the road, road trip, relationships, memory, melancholy, motel, reconciliation, drifter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
texas, los angeles, houston texas, california, america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 237 min.
Story:
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Style:
slow cinema, art house, aesthetic, existential, social ...
Plot:
murder, coming of age, love, teenager, street gang, schoolgirl, bookstore, mouse, asian, sadness, slow burn, martial arts ...
Time:
60s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1959, year 1960 ...
Place:
taiwan, nebraska, taipei, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, UK, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Style:
disturbing, sad, bleak, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, sex, love story, love, marriage, crazy love, obsession, depression, tragic love, sex with a stranger, melancholy, self sacrifice ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, nebraska, europe, scottish highlands
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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, realistic, serious, captivating, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian couple, poetry, writer's life, lesbian love, love and romance, love, lgbt, poet, alcoholism, american abroad, writers ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951, 1950s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, nebraska, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire ...
Style:
sentimental, thought provoking, emotional, sad, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family conflict, funeral, painting, hospital, pride, regret, father daughter relationship, mountain, biopic, female protagonist, writers ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1964, year 1989
Place:
west virginia, nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, utah ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style:
realistic, suspense, neo western, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, bank robber, brother, texas ranger, bank robbery, redemption, small town, armed robbery, gunfight, bank, heist, desperation ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, future, y2k, 21st century
Place:
texas, nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teacher, hostage, algerian war, french algerian war, school, forced into action, prisoner, mountain, on the run, danger, misfit partners, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, year 1954, year 2014, 1950s, 50s
Place:
algeria, france, nebraska, africa
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241K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style:
sad, psychological, philosophical, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, mental health, hearing voices, old age, human spirit ...
Time:
2020s, year 1937
Place:
nebraska, london, britain, england, united kingdom
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124K
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, period piece, semi autobiographical, independent film, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, food, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, farm, pain, heart condition, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 2020s, future
Place:
arkansas, east asia, oklahoma city, nebraska
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, childhood trauma, poverty, loss of virginity, life, city life, change of luck, society, lifestyle, young boy, big city life, soccer fan ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
naples italy, nebraska, europe, italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Lonesome Dove is a Western television miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, Lonesome Dove was originally broadcast by CBS on February 5, 1989, drawing a ...
Style:
epic, realistic, touching, entertaining, anime ...
Plot:
wild west, cowboy, texas ranger, indians, old west, native american, modern west, epic battle, gunfight, friendship, obsessive quest, villain ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 80s
Place:
montana, austin texas, america, nebraska, usa ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set primarily in 1975 in the fictional town of Gatlin, Nebraska this remake of the 1984 original (based on Stephen King's 1977 short story) centers around traveling couple Burt and Vicky as they fight to survive a cult of murderous children who ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, classic horror ...
Plot:
stephen king, ritual, human sacrifice, evil wins, creepy child, cornfield, children, public sex, sacrifice, society, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, year 1975, 70s, year 1963, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, vietnam, asia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From the co-founder of Slamdance comes the story of a young man who returns home from a trip abroad to confront not just his peculiar family and friends, but also a pair of Colombian jewel thieves and a roving gang of Iowa kickboxers, culminating in ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, student film
Plot:
family relations, chase, gang, religions or cults, martial arts, homecoming, cons and scams, on the road, self discovery, rivalry, on the run, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nepal, nebraska, asia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Jerry Ryan wanders aimlessly around New York after giving up his Nebrascan law practice. His wife asks for a divorce. He meets Gittel, a struggling dancer from Greenwich Village and they try to sort out their lives. An extended conversation piece ...
Style:
black and white, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
crazy love, minefield, love, midlife crisis, young lovers, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, unfulfillment, dishonesty, opposites attract, unlikely couple ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, nebraska, usa, new york state, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, Egypt, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Pirates of the Plain" details the adventure of Jezebel Jack, a pirate with a heart of gold that is sent to the future where he meets Bobby, a young boy with an overactive imagination.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
pirate, youth, adventurer, curse, time travel, heroes, friends, family relations, ship, family life, heroic mission, countryside ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa, caribbean
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A cynical radio host is banished to Nebraska, where he has an on-air spat with a hopeless romantic. Soon, their antagonistic relationship sparks the interest of the whole town.
Plot:
christmas, christmas romance, holiday, small town, radio announcer, christmas eve, women, punishment, happy ending, parent grown child relationship, christmas season, snowman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
nebraska, los angeles, colorado
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A lonely Omaha, Nebraska security guard named Marcus dreams of establishing some human connection, when he isn't watching cable porn in his apartment and obsessing over his weight.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, dark, sexy, black comedy ...
Plot:
loneliness, prostitution, security guard, slice of life, isolation, character study, self destructing, alienation, desperation, social outcast, obsession, satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
midwest, nebraska
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Unforeseen obstacles stand in the way of a family planning to take a road trip in an RV.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, friends, couples, love and romance, disorder, suburbs, isolation, suburban life, playing footsie, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, nebraska
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mafia family from New Jersey is placed in the witness relocation program to an all-Mormon community in Utah.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, hidden identity, culture clash, gangster, parents and children, starting over, family relations, teenage life, misfit, buddies, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
utah, nebraska, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just ...
Style:
harsh, sexy, depressing, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, wild west, old west, suicide, human nature, depression, suicide by hanging, unlikely partners, obsessive quest, partner, modern west, danger ...
Time:
19th century, year 2014, 2010s
Place:
iowa, nebraska, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they have actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, humorous, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cold war, kgb, nightclub, happy ending, missing person, cons and scams, culture clash, reluctant partners, espionage, politics, dishonesty, chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
russia, new york, nebraska, soviet union, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, hit and run, loss of daughter, tragedy, vengeance, redemption, car accident, tragic event, justice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, los angeles, glendale california, california
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1K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas steps up to form a tracking team. ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
carnival, supernatural, danger, legends and myths, chaos and mayhem, creature feature, gory, escapades, clergy, small town, creature, ogre ...
Place:
nebraska, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an ...
Style:
rough, political, educational, intellectual, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
sex trafficking, un, rape, gender, corruption, politics, conspiracy, sex crime, teenage prostitution, investigation, civil war, slavery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2010, 70s ...
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, usa, nebraska ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When her husband, Lee, is murdered, Sarah Manning comes to realize that she knows nothing about his past. Sarah begins to question who Lee actually was and what he did in his work for a powerful global organization. And why did Lee, a salesman, need ...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spouse, investigation, secret, family secret, confronting the past, crime investigation, dark past, uncover truth, pharmaceutical company, murder investigation, corruption ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland, europe, nebraska, england, canada ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A psychopathic twelve-year-old girl in a small town in Nebraska recruits all the other children and goes on a bloody rampage, killing the corrupt adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won't go along with the plan, ...
Style:
slasher, tense, scary, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
stephen king, psychopath, folk horror, paranoia, serial murder, violent, creepy kid, murder, small town, danger, revenge, masked killer ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa, nebraska
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
father daughter relationship, abusive husband, road trip, teenage vampire, teenage girl, single parent, identity crisis, orphan, holocaust survivor, female vampire, being followed, support group ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
nebraska, california, texas, kansas, oklahoma
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a villain’s evil plot to kill ...
Style:
light, humorous, parody, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
cruise ship, female friendship, vacation, friends, friendship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, sea adventure, conspiracy, showdown, escapades, hotel ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
florida, nebraska
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20K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
Style:
suspense, brutal, ambiguous ending, social, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brother brother relationship, teenage boy, abusive parent, murder, motel, burglary, brother, coming of age, teenager, shooting, adopted son, released from prison ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
nevada, iowa, las vegas, nebraska, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time, the world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant ...
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, lgbtq, high school, best friend, teenage life, road not taken, male homosexuality, youth, lgbt, gay couple, cheerleader ...
Place:
nebraska
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