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 6.2
 4K
Madhouse (1974)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Style: independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, gothic horror, gothic ...
Plot: murder, movie star, costume party, serial killer, decapitation, insanity, haunted by the past, actor, pitchfork, false accusation of murder, red herring, whodunit ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: scotland yard, england, london
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style: surreal, psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: midlife crisis, existentialism, theater, surrealism, showbiz, actor, magic realism, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, alter ego, art ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, america, ethiopia, manhattan new york city ...
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Ready to Rumble (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, intense, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, wrestler, friendship, loser, ambition, goofy hero, follow your dream, athlete's life, down on your luck, disorder ...
Time: y2k, year 2016, 90s
Place: new york, usa, atlanta georgia
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 6.3
 19K
Baby Boom (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Style: light, touching, sentimental, sweet, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: adoption, baby, babies and infants, career woman, love affair, single mother, motherhood, women, single parent, starting over, relationship problems, business ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new york, vermont, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state ...
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Kickin' It Old Skool (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: "Kickin' It Old Skool" revolves around a 12-year-old breakdancer, who in 1986 hits his head while performing at a talent show and as a result is comatose for 20 years. He awakens to find he is a grown man. With the mind and experience ...
Style: humorous, not serious, talky, stylized, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: breakdance, hip hop, dancer's life, dance, happy ending, adaptation, contests and competitions, follow your dream, lifestyle, love triangle, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
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 7.2
 9K
Dear Diary (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Writer/director/actor Nanni Moretti offers a three-part film diary which takes a sharply satiric look at Italian life.
Style: surreal, intellectual, melancholic, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: motorcycle, eccentricity, multiple storylines, self discovery, diary, introspection, midlife crisis, lifestyle, terminal illness, friendship, artists and showbiz, cancer ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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Pacquiao: The Movie (2006)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the high expectations of his countrymen take their toll, he ...
Style: tagalog
Plot: boxing, comeback, disabled, car accident, boxer, bible, champion, wife beater, suicide attempt, wooing, gun, boxing ring
Place: the philippines
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 6.9
 945
The Birch Wood (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover ...
Style: contemplative, gloomy, sexual, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, countryside, piano, renaissance, magic realism, woods, terminal illness, sibling relationship, village life, comeback, life & death, family life ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, switzerland
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 7.4
 928
Adelheid (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when ...
Style: surreal, realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: world war two, military, forbidden love, holocaust, girl, locomotive, forest, comeback, post war, estate, soldier, society ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, germany, czech republic
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Too Close for Comfort (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from November 11, 1980 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 until September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual
Audience: kids
Plot: cartoonist, family relations, thirtysomething life, couples, transvestism, friends, starting over, twins, couple relations, music band, love and romance, college ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco
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'Round Midnight (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that ...
Style: contemplative, gloomy, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: jazz, music, addiction, alcoholism, musician, art, friendship, bittersweet, drug addiction, biopic, alcoholic, solitude ...
Time: year 1986, 50s, 20th century, year 1959
Place: france, paris france, europe, usa, new york
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. ...
Style: black and white, funny, talky, clever, touching ...
Plot: screwball, showbiz, gangster, thanksgiving, mafia, female protagonist, art, comedian, girlfriend, artist, profanity, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
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I'm in the Band (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tripp Campbell is the new lead guitarist for Iron Weasel, a band that once ruled the world of 80s pop metal. Can he push the washed-up rockers out of his parents' guest room and back in the limelight?
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: heavy metal, music band, musician's life, starting over, career change, performer's life, artists and showbiz, unlikely partners, youth, grownups, dream come true, hip hop ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 2000s
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 6.3
 19K
Country Strong (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty ...
Style: romantic, intense, serious, sentimental, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: country music, infidelity, dancing, love triangle, musician's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, showbiz, ambition, love and romance, love, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, tennessee, usa, austin texas, dallas texas ...
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 6.4
 53K
Tin Cup (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Style: sexy, entertaining, light, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: golf, underdog, love, psychologist, competition, redemption, multiple storylines, rivalry, happy ending, love and romance, desert, man-woman relation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: texas, usa, north carolina, austin texas
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Hollywood Ending (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val ...
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized ...
Plot: movie business, blindness and impaired vision, filmmaking, adultery, dysfunctional family, justice, showbiz, one more chance, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, couple relations ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
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 6.2
 401K
Men in Black II (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's ...
Style: light, funny, humorous, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, ufo, alien, buddy cop, alien contact, extraterrestrial, hi-tech, top secret, secret agent, space and aliens, fantasy world, undercover ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place: new york, usa, north america, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 37K
The Rookie (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: baseball, underdog, father son relationship, high school, human spirit, teacher, rags to riches, following a dream, family relations, baseball coach, against the odds, grownups ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, 90s, 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, orlando florida
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, feel good, serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot: horse, horse race, redemption, animal, animal training, children, girl horse relationship, secrets, betrayal, racehorse, hopes, human spirit ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
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 6.2
 65K
Red Lights (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, ...
Style: surprise ending, enigmatic, twist ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: psychic, supernatural, mind game, uncover truth, supernatural ability, experiment, clairvoyance, paranormal, surveillance, skepticism, obsession, levitation ...
Time: year 2012, year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa, america, columbus ohio
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 86K
Semi-Pro (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of ...
Style: funny, inspirational, entertaining, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: basketball, championship, sport team, coach, mentor, competition, basketball team, justice, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: michigan, usa
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style: gothic, psychological, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, jealousy, sibling rivalry, child star, filmmaking, aging, dysfunctional family, actress, violence, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1935, year 1917, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place: los angeles, america, california, usa
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style: mockumentary, parody, spoof, funny, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heavy metal, music, musician, rock and roll, satire, singer, rock, music band, pianist, found footage, rock music, fame ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place: seattle, middle east, austin texas, memphis, los angeles ...
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style: funny, humorous, parody, satirical, absurd ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: journalism, journalist, father son relationship, reporter, workplace, dog, media satire, jealousy, rivalry, friendship, media, backstage ...
Time: 20th century, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, year 1979 ...
Place: new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city, san diego california
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Lights Out (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lights Out is an American television boxing drama series from the FX network in the United States. It stars Holt McCallany as Patrick "Lights" Leary, a New Jersey native, and former heavyweight champion boxer who is considering a comeback. ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, lifestyle change, machismo, boxing trainer, life is a bitch, family life, debt, athlete's life, ex athlete, opponent, financial problem, coach ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Music and Lyrics (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
Style: feel good, light, romantic comedy, romantic, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: love story, musician's life, love and romance, love, music, writers, dance, relationships, mentor, opposites attract, career, romancing partners ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan, of which two series of six episodes each were produced — the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. The series followed the titular Alan Partridge, a failed television ...
Style: sitcom, laugh out loud, hilarious, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: satire, radio, sketch, humour, everyday life, celebrity culture, hotel, fan, hapless, showbiz, guest, comeback ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Borgen: Power & Glory (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: Borgen is a drama series about the fight for political power – and about the personal sacrifices and consequences this has for those involved on and behind the political stage. The central figure is the 40-year old political leader Birgitte ...
Style: political, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: politics, journalist, prime minister, journalism, marriage, nordic, female politician, politician, media coverage, ambition, state affairs, power struggle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen, greenland, scandinavia
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 183K
Ed Wood (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style: black and white, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot: hollywood, showbiz, misfit, biopic, drug addiction, friendship, director, addiction, character study, actress, lgbtq, transvestism ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place: los angeles, california, america, usa
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.
Style: scary, spooky, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: filmmaking, aging, actor's life, artists and showbiz, switching roles, danger, misfit, rivalry, obsession, confined, mentally unstable, estate ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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