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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Man-chul leads two lives, he is married to Myeong-sun and he is also living with Jeong-ae, a wealthy and sexy woman. One day he accidentilly catches an escaped convict, which then attracts un-needed attention to his life. In order to keep his secret ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, light ...
Plot:
love triangle, comedy of errors, fall in love, love and romance, lie, extramarital affair, disorder, silly humor, double life, urban, deception, taxi driver ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, seoul, korea
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A courtesan's daughter's fidelity to her husband, the governor's son, is tested when he and his family leave for Seoul and the new governor attempts to possess her.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, lyrical, atmospheric, light ...
Plot:
happy ending, true love, love triangle, passion, storytelling, social differences, fall in love, interracial romance, couples, couple relations, love and romance, love at first sight ...
Time:
90s, 13th century
Place:
japan, asia, seoul, south korea, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chaurahen (Crossroads), a film directed by Rajshree Ojha, who previously directed Aisha, in addition to two other popular specialty projects, boasts an impressive ensemble cast that includes Soha Ali Khan, Victor Banerjee, veteran Bollywood actress ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, couple relations, haunted by the past, dealing with death, family problems, love and romance, death in the family, life, loss, relationships, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mumbai india, kolkata, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
political intrigue, rivalry, militant, battles, battle zone, military, conquering, heroes, war, state affairs, soldier, save the kingdom ...
Time:
7th century
Place:
korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
During Second Sino-Japanese War, China suffered from cholera outbreak because Japanese uses it as an biological weapon. Four Chinese agents captures a Japanese scientist and his bodyguard and interrogate them by Chinese opera in order to get the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, unusual plot structure, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, world war two, disorder, danger, special agent, martial arts, kidnapping, chases and races, captivity, escapades, food, plague ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, ancient china, china
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou, drawing on his years as an actor, director, and recording star, creates a fantasy playground of music, moves, and magic as a backdrop to an action comedy which pays homage to the wondrous musicals of the past, while ...
Style:
sentimental, stylized, postmodern, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
buddies, artists and showbiz, love and romance, silly humor, friends, fall in love, dancer's life, martial arts, city life, urban, dance, friendship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, taiwan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Struggling movie producer To Wai-Cheung (Chapman To) is hardly able to make ends meet, yet his daughter (Fiona Sit) hopes to one day sees him being interviewed on TV. In order to fulfill his daughter's dream, he meets Tyrannosaurus (Ronald ...
Style:
sexy, not serious, humorous, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
dark humor, starlet, showbiz, nude, sexual perversion, filmmaking, disorder, artists and showbiz, escapades, sexy nurse, asian, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china, hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, sexual relations, looking for love, love affair, lovers reunited, couple relations, youth, fall in love, teenage love, lifestyle, eroticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An ordinary housewife, Yeong-hye, who has nightmares every night, finally becomes a vegetarian, throwing away all the meats in her refrigerator. Her husband Kil-soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
unfaithful husband, family relations, couple relations, family problems, couples, family in crisis, siblings relations, human nature, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, painter, marriage crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, talky
Plot:
vietnam war, racism, mysterious death, parents and children, military life, military, interracial relations, investigation, death of son, patriot, racial segregation, soldier ...
Time:
year 1986, 70s, year 1972
Place:
asia, vietnam, georgia
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, stylized, touching, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
brother, friendship, parallel world, youth, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, friends, change of luck, single parent, family relations, village life, coming of age ...
Place:
asia, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bao stays with his grandfather for the summer and is shocked to see there are no modern appliances.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, family problems, friends, family relations, parents and children, elderly, youth, countryside, school, little boy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
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21K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This compelling drama tells the remarkable true story of slain human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who became a powerful voice against the intercommunal violence that has engulfed Mumbai since the early 1990s.
Style:
realistic, captivating, thought provoking, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
human rights, muslim, legal, terrorist, courtroom, lawyer, false arrest, civil rights, life is a bitch, society, hopes, social activist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
india, asia, mumbai india, pakistan, kashmir
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Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is homosexual.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing, political ...
Plot:
military, vietnam war, gay, u.s. military, u.s. army, peer pressure, soldier, racism, injustice, military life, lgbt, gay slur ...
Time:
60s, year 1983
Place:
asia, vietnam, indochina
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29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style:
captivating, brutal, neo noir, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal gang, gang war, gang leader, mole, gangster, moral dilemma, working undercover, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, seoul
Is relevant?
309
Genre: Drama
Country: France, India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, homecoming, siblings relations, missing person, cheating fiancee, infidelity, woods, hometown, brother, romantic triangle, love and romance, love story ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Is relevant?
408
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Kim Sang-nam (Jeong Jae-yeong), a hot-tempered former professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of hearing-impaired players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Kim ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, emotional
Plot:
baseball, mute or deaf, contests and competitions, social relations, power relations, hopes, human spirit, athlete and trainer, misfit, youth, against the odds, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Jenna to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, stylized, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
violence, vengeance, punishment, drug dealer, surrealism, revenge, violent, drugged, muay thai, torture, prostitute, murder ...
Time:
year 2013, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, bangkok thailand, thailand
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, stylized, experimental, serious ...
Plot:
surrealism, couples, religions or cults, society, couple relations, human nature, theory, art, ship, disintegration, nudity, ocean ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
40-year-old Jimmy is growing up, or at least he's getting older. While mooching the upper bunk of his ten-year-old nephew's bed, he enjoys the never-ending generosity of his sister Aiko, and dodges the wrath of his impatient brother-in-law ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
family relations, couples, introspection, fall in love, youth, family life, love triangle, dating, dinosaur, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, funeral home ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in ...
Style:
intense, harsh, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, violence, fight scenes, kung fu master, martial artist, sword fight, vengeance, brutality, wuxia, visceral, samurai ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
matchmaking, couples, youth, orphan, street kid, friendship, optimism, love and romance, on the run, society, opposites attract, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
saigon, asia, vietnam
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: Thailand
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
As sea pirates threaten to invade their kingdoms, three queens of Langkasuka must band together to defend their lands and peoples.
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, exciting, stylized
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
medieval, martial arts, master warrior, danger, good versus evil, imaginary, battles, wizards and magicians, head of state, supernatural, vengeance, master villain ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
asia, thailand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kei (Simon Yam) is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets — also known as "Sparrows" in HK slang. He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei (Kelly Lin), suddenly appears in Kei's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, sincere, stylized ...
Plot:
cons and scams, friendship, partner, mysterious character, fall in love, love and romance, dishonesty, hopes, criminal heroes, beauty, street crime, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
'Veteran' student Eun-sik and prom queen, swimming champ Kyung-ah are a notorious couple at the campus. While their relationship has been solid for three years, Eun-sik struggles to proceed to the 'next step' with Kyung-ah, and ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, light, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
student life, sex scene, campus, sex, love and romance, youth, love triangle, college life, wooing, college, looking for love, lifestyle ...
Place:
asia, korea
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the ...
Style:
exciting, epic, rough, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, blind woman, sword, sword fight, ninja, female protagonist, medieval, samurai, attempted rape, japanese woman, brutality, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
asia, japan, ancient china
Is relevant?
98K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style:
psychological thriller, scary, tense, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
torture, femme fatale, sadism, extreme, violent, psychopath, murder, psychotic woman, sex, widower, twists and turns, revenge ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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10K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ye Xiang Lun is a music student majoring in piano who just transferred to Tamkang, a school famous for its musically talented students, especially those who play piano. On his first day of school, he hears a mysterious melody being played, and ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
asthmatic, asthma, true love, college, fall in love, pianist, power of love, graduation, love and romance, imaginary, changing the past or future, time travel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1999
Place:
asia, taiwan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, underdog, musician's life, music, music band, love and romance, contests and competitions, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, one last chance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, taiwan
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a heated public argument between Mumbai-based Jatin Kampani and his wife, Zara, he returns home, and finds her missing. A day later, he is contacted by a male to come up with a ransom of 50 Lakh Rupees, and not to contact the police under any ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, betrayal, kidnapping, frame up, twists and turns, crime gone awry, dishonesty, uncover truth, life is a bitch, disorder, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, mumbai india
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