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The Last Manhunt (2022)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1909, Willie Boy and his love Carlota go on the run after he accidentally shoots her father in a confrontation gone terribly wrong. With President Taft coming to the area, the local sheriff leads two Native American trackers seeking justice for ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, historical romance ...
Plot: indian chief, love, couples, american indian, relationships, native american reservation, desert, indians, old west, indian reservation, brother in law, mistaken identity ...
Time: 1900s
Place: mojave desert, southern california, california
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: adultery, obsession, sex, infidelity, femme fatale, unfaithful wife, murder, love affair, sexual content, female orgasm, drifter, relationships ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1981
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san diego california
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 5.9
 10K
Hamlet (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Style: meditative, intense, cynical, psychological, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, revenge, tragedy, vengeance, betrayal, ghost, intrigue, tragic hero, haunted by the past, corporation, poisoning ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2000
Place: new york, denmark, europe, usa, england
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The Crying Game (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Maguire (Adrian Dunbar). ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, sexy, controversial, enigmatic ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: transgender, transsexual, tragic love, terrorism, kidnapping, hostage, sexuality, haunted by the past, transvestite, interracial romance, gender, stockholm syndrome ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: northern ireland, ireland, london, england, europe
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Winter Cicada (2007)
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Fuyu no Semi is a Japanese anime OVA loosely based on the manga series, Embracing Love, which also aired on the Logo cable channel in the US. The story, set in historical Japan, follows two samurai from opposing political groups, one protectionist ...
Style: anime, tension, yaoi, erotic
Plot: lgbt, boys love, gay sex, forbidden love, imperial japan, star crossed lovers, english class, suicide, gay romance, gay lead character, teacher, sex scene ...
Place: japan
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 7.0
 92K
Pearl (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations and repressions ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, female protagonist, farm, murder, mental illness, world war one, domineering mother, female serial killer, rural setting, murder confession, farmhouse, female nudity ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, year 1918, 20th century
Place: texas, europe
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 6.7
 2K
Superheroes (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The story of a loving couple who struggles to keep its relationship alive against the inescapable passing of time, told in a nonlinear way over the course of ten years in their lives.
Style: romantic, touching, sincere, sentimental, romantic drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couple relations, love story, couples, male female relationship, love, love affair, physicist, female protagonist, relationships, female artist, relationship problems, fall in love ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The movie is about Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic "The Ramayana", who accompanies Lord Rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Sita is abducted by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. This movie tells the story of Rama and Sita, along-with a ...
Style: stylized, colorful, epic, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: jazz, ancient, mistrust, duty, martyr, monk, long distance relationship, suspicion, gossip, blues, imaginary, exile ...
Time: year 2008, 1920s
Place: india, san francisco, asia
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White Mischief (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Kenya
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish ...
Style: costume drama, suspenseful, bleak, stylized, clever ...
Plot: decadence, british colonialism, murder, world war two, serial killer, semi nudity, courtroom drama, mysticism, lawyer, railway, colonialism, jealousy ...
Time: 1940s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, england
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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, tragicomedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, fascism, war, courage ...
Time: 1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
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Samson and Delilah (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: Mara and Manoa are both upstanding and religious Israelites living under the harsh and unjust rule of the Philistines. One day, a mysterious stranger appears to Mara and promises her that she will bear a son whom she is to call Samson.
Style: biblical, serious, epic, christian film, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, ancient history, bible, tragic hero, heroes, betrayal, femme fatale, vengeance, human spirit, heroic mission, redemption, estrangement ...
Time: ancient times
Place: persia
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Les Misérables (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Style: touching, costume drama, sincere, dramatic, epic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: redemption, ex convict, freedom, going straight, rise to the top, hopes, revenge, prison escape, prisoner, prejudice, christian, parole ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1998, ancient times
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Mad Love (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy, Portugal, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The love story who transformed Juana I de Castilla, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". The tragic fate of a Queen madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Style: melancholic, costume drama, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Plot: betrayal, obsession, royal family, intrigue, infidelity, love and romance, politics, tragic hero, royalty, state affairs, society, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 15th century
Place: spain, austria, europe, flanders, portugal
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Immortal Beloved (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had ...
Style: emotional, visual, costume drama, informative, dramatic ...
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, music, classical composer, musician, artist, art, deafness, piano, life, dialogue ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, 1800s ...
Place: austria, europe, hungary
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Our wonderful years (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: In a politically, morally and economically destroyed country, three sisters of an industrialist family in post-war Germany reinvent themselves and set the course for their future.
Style: disturbing, captivating, period piece
Plot: post war germany, post war, world war two, family life, cold war, unrequited love, war, panic attack, german history, social differences, holocaust, marriage of convenience ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, west germany
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 7.5
 16K
Ghajini (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The film's story is around a rich business entrepreneur falling in love with an ad film actress. The entrepreneur and the actress fall in love, though she does not know that he is an entrepreneur. When she successfully saves a bunch of children ...
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: murder, memory loss, revenge, tragic event, injustice, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, uncover truth, haunted by the past, danger, fall in love, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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 5.0
 318
No One Sleeps (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: San Francisco is preparing for the premiere of a new staging of the Puccini opera, Turandot. The passionate story of the Chinese princess Turandot, and the mysterious three riddles which are the key to her heart, are on the lips of opera buffs ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: gay, serial killer, aids, medical student, murder, conspiracy, psychopath, amateur detective, investigation, riddles and clues, dangerous attraction, danger ...
Time: 70s
Place: san francisco, east germany, usa, california
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 7.5
 108K
Lolita (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's ...
Style: sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: forbidden love, lolita, age difference, pedophilia, girl man relationship, seduction, older man younger woman relationship, lust, teenage girl, nymphet, obsession, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1962, near future, 1950s ...
Place: new hampshire, usa, ohio
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The King in Love (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the Goryeo dynasty, Won, crown prince, has a sweet appearance hiding a lust for conquest. He is best friends with Rin, an elegant man of royal descent and Won's bodyguard. When beautiful San, the sole daughter of the wealthiest man ...
Style: sincere, romantic, captivating, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love affair, destiny, youth, couples, love, friendship, fall in love, love and romance, hopes, love triangle, royal family, tragic romance ...
Time: 13th century
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Hymn of Death (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's ...
Style: dorama, suspense, touching, suspenseful, saga ...
Plot: japanese occupation, japanese occupation of korea, forbidden love, infidelity, true love, wedding planning, writers, japanese military, wartime, love, love and romance, female singer ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
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The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story: In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style: period piece, family saga, realistic, costume drama, serious ...
Plot: high society, love affair, society, love and romance, forbidden love, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, power relations, victorian england ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century, 1880s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style: depressing, disturbing, melancholic, sexual, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, loneliness, alcoholism, prostitute, prostitution, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, depression, self destructing, tragedy, medical, suicide ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.
Style: romantic, sincere, captivating, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love letter, journalism, relationships, extramarital affair, love affair, love, journalist, love story, love and romance, investigative reporter, multiple storylines, coworker ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1965, 2020s
Place: french riviera, london
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Our Friend (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
Style: sad, captivating, touching, cult classic, family comedy
Audience: date night
Plot: friends, terminal illness, cancer, friendship, family relations, husband wife relationship, best friend, supportive friend, couple relations, coping, assistant, help ...
Time: year 2008, year 2014, year 2012, year 2015, year 2010 ...
Place: new orleans
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 7.6
 416K
A Star is Born (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style: sad, inspirational, romantic drama, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: showbiz, singer, country music, alcoholic, fame, friendship, addiction, brother brother relationship, concert, alcoholism, drinking problem, suicide ...
Time: 2010s
Place: america, los angeles, memphis, boston, arizona
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 7.6
 298K
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
Style: sentimental, sexy, visually stunning, romantic, colorful ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: cabaret, love story, showbiz, tragic love, nightclub, jealousy, music, performer's life, love and romance, seduction, tango, terminal illness ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, year 2001, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place: paris france, europe, detroit, montmartre paris, france ...
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche ...
Style: stylized, sentimental, bad ending, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: obsession, high society, social differences, love triangle, loneliness, love story, millionaire, unfulfilled love, love and romance, love, destructive relationship, infidelity ...
Time: 1920s, year 2013, 90s, 1900s, 2010s ...
Place: new york, usa, los angeles, long island, midwest
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 6.0
 56
A Report (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 1964 Finnish drama.
Plot: love, media, doomed romance, fight, ship, sailor, young adult, tragic romance, reporter, female nudity, suicide, harbor ...
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Deadly Friend (1986)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Paul is a new kid in town with a robot named "BB". He befriends Samantha and the three of them have a lot of good times together. That is, until Samantha's abusive father throws her down some stairs and kills her. In an effort to save ...
Style: cult classic, splatter, surprise ending, cult horror, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: robot, murder, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, mad scientist, technology, zombie, halloween, teenager, child abuse, cyborgs, terror ...
Time: 80s
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 6.7
 127K
City of Angels (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When guardian angel Seth -- who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles -- becomes captivated by Maggie, a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, tear jerker, sincere, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: angel, afterlife, life & death, heaven and hell, fall in love, supernatural romance, love and romance, medical, love, love story, destiny, self sacrifice ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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