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Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, France, Estonia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: runaway, anti communism, penance, special agent, officer, moral dilemma, escape, military, nkvd, stalinism, fire, death ...
Time: year 1938, 1930s
Place: ussr
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Intergalactic (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story of fearless young cop and galactic pilot, Ash Harper, who has her glittering career ripped away from her after being wrongly convicted of a treasonous crime and exiled to a distant prison colony.
Style: psychological, suspense, futuristic, captivating, tense
Plot: space travel, runaway, fugitives, women, escapades, outer space, escaped prisoner, team, introspection, teamwork, space station, self discovery ...
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The Adventure of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend (2020)
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A teenager summons the courage to help a friendly robot known as A.R.I. kidnapped by a ruthless lab director working for a powerful corporation seeking to turn him into a dangerous weapon in order to rule the world.
Style: exciting, sentimental, touching, light, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: robotics, chase, children, robot, runaway, friendship, childhood, destiny, escapades, laboratory, artificial intelligence, imaginary ...
Time: future
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 6.9
 265K
Paul (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...
Style: funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: alien, road trip, benign alien, ufo, friendship, first contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, alien encounter, space travel, buddies, chase ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1940s, 80s, future ...
Place: nevada, arizona, usa, austin texas, wyoming ...
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 7.1
 11K
Barefoot (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A hedonistic bachelor, falls for an escaped mental patient. Til Schweiger comes up with a slickly-made off-the-wall romantic comedy drama "Barfuss" (Barefoot), his first solo directing effort in nearly a decade. Punchy, ...
Style: romantic, sincere, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: opposites attract, mental illness, starting over, love affair, psychiatry, runaway, social misfits, mental health, fall in love, hopes, couples, illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 6.6
 453
The Numbers (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Four men are assigned to the prison: Jūgo, a man who attempted to break out of prison and ended up extending his jail time; Uno, a man who likes to gamble with women; Rock, a man who likes to get into fights; and Nico, a man who likes anime.
Style: anime, humorous, entertaining, captivating
Plot: prison, prisoner, prison life, life, jail, confined, prison escape, prison sentence, escape, jailed, escapades, runaway ...
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 5.6
 35K
Jolt (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she ...
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, smart, perverse ...
Plot: female vigilante, female assassin, anger management, cia, murder, female protagonist, strong female lead, revenge, murder mystery, chase, anger, fight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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 6.7
 443K
In Time (2011)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, stylized, serious, suspense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, survival, love, distopia, dystopic future, dystopia, class differences, life & death, social differences ...
Time: future, year 2011, 2010s, near future, distant future
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.3
 35K
Cop Car (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Style: suspense, road movie, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience: kids
Plot: child, murder, car, stealing a car, car chase, boy, sheriff, child in peril, coming of age, crime gone awry, brutality, runaway ...
Place: colorado, usa
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 6.3
 5K
Mean Dreams (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Style: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, young love, sheriff, murder, police corruption, abusive father, dirty cop, parent child relationship, illegal drugs, small town, runaway, teenage boy ...
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Born Innocent (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one ...
Style: grindhouse, controversial, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, prison rape, women in prison, runaway, female psychopath, riot, rape, brutality, psychotic, hell, children, cautionary tale ...
Time: 70s
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London to Brighton (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense, emotional ...
Plot: sexual abuse, gangster, pimp, prostitute, chase, murder, violence, lifestyle, life is a bitch, going straight, false accusation, teenage runaway ...
Place: london, united kingdom, england, europe, britain ...
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 7.1
 55K
Win Win (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother ...
Style: touching, emotional, feel good, humorous, comedy drama ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: coach, lawyer, parenthood, wrestling, adolescence, dysfunctional family, responsibility, coming of age, character study, changing lives, bonding, contests and competitions ...
Time: y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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World Trade Center (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style: realistic, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, disaster, firefighter, 9/11, twin towers, survival, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, heroes, courage, al qaeda ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: One Christmas Eve three people, a middle-aged alcoholic named Gin, a former drag queen Hana and a dependent runaway girl Miyuki, discover an abandoned newborn while looking through the garbage.
Style: anime, touching, adult animation, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience: kids, chick flick
Plot: holiday, christmas, homeless, transgender, baby, friends, life is a bitch, parents and children, friendship, melancholy, lgbt, gay ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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Ride the High Country (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Style: spaghetti western, sentimental, realistic, aesthetic, retro ...
Plot: horse, gold rush, runaway, wild west, aging, betrayal, friendship, judge, gunfight, shootout, death, drinking ...
Time: year 1962, 19th century, 1890s
Place: california, america, idaho
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The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is trying to have an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy (Paula Prentiss), while two teenage private-school girls, Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Marian Gilbert (Merrie Spaeth), stalk him and ...
Style: funny, avant garde, retro, christmas classics, realistic ...
Audience: date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, runaway, obsession, father daughter relationship, christmas, chase, womanizer, unlikely couple, divorce, friendship, teenager, stalking ...
Time: 60s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, bronx new york city
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Solange is depressed: she's stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book ...
Style: sex comedy, sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic ...
Plot: age difference, sexual initiation, sex education, pregnancy, smart kid, teenage boy, menage a trois, sex with a minor, coming of age, sexual frustration, unrequited love, humiliation ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: france, paris france
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Follow That Bird (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Style: melancholic, light, entertaining, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: friendship, muppets, road trip, adoption, storytelling, happy ending, unlikely friendships, family drama, on the road, runaway, puppet, sesame street ...
Time: year 1985
Place: illinois, usa, turkey
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 5.3
 16K
Fathers' Day (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After Scott has a fight with his father and runs away and when his father refuses to go after him. His mother, Collette, then goes to one of her former boyfriends, Jack, a lawyer, and tells him that he's her son's real father. Jack ...
Style: humorous, inspirational, melancholic, road movie, feel good ...
Plot: odd couple, father son relationship, friendship, parenthood, misfit partners, parents and children, family relations, family problems, disorder, on the road, teenage life, transformation ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: california, san francisco, usa, sacramento california, reno nevada
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 6.6
 241K
Jason Bourne (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, black ops, chase, hitman, rogue agent, assassin, betrayal, assassination, revenge, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, reykjavik iceland, berlin germany, rome italy, washington d.c. ...
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 5.8
 36K
Straw Dogs (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: rape, home invasion, self defense, gang rape, small town, revenge, sex scene, rape and revenge, vengeance, sexual humiliation, teasing, kidnapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
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Savannah Smiles (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.
Style: entertaining, touching, epic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: runaway, happy ending, youth, kidnapping, politician, memory, storytelling, police, ransom, child, neglect, family relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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 5.6
 36K
Survivor (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, inspirational ...
Plot: terrorism, secret service, terrorist, embassy, spy, conspiracy, betrayal, hostage, laboratory, revenge, 007, runaway ...
Place: london, afghanistan, scotland yard, big ben london, new york
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 7.0
 96K
The Outsiders (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Style: teen, cult classic, melancholic, intense, hood ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, gang, teen angst, street gang, book, friendship, small town, dysfunctional family, brat pack, juvenile delinquent, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 60s, future, 1900s, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: oklahoma, usa
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 7.5
 603K
Baby Driver (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Style: stylized, noir, suspense, neo noir, action packed ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: heist, robbery, car chase, bank robbery, car, chase, caper, sign language, crime boss, gangster, organized crime, music ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 20th century, 90s, year 1998 ...
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia, usa, north america
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Vampire Academy (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe ...
Style: exciting, sexy, teen, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: vampire, supernatural, teenager, academy, high school, school, danger, good versus evil, supernatural ability, vampire human love, friends, youth ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: montana, oregon
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 5.5
 21K
Hick (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.
Style: touching, realistic, independent film, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, hitchhiker, teenage runaway, on the road, nymphet, alcoholic, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, lolita, youth, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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 7.1
 18K
Night Moves (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, psychological, detective ...
Audience: manly
Plot: private detective, investigation, murder, missing person, espionage, infidelity, female nudity, manipulation, loneliness, complex characters, crime gone awry, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida
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 7.9
 9K
Pixote (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot: prostitution, street kid, sex with a minor, boy, coming of age, children, anal rape, child rape, breast feeding, loneliness, homeless, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro, africa, sao paulo brazil
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