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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.
Style:
sexy, psychological, neo noir, erotic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, murder, femme fatale, secret agent, surveillance, secret service, obsessive love, voyeur, making love, stalking, female serial killer ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
alaska, san francisco, chicago, new york, pittsburgh ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by the same name from Nicholas Evans, the talented Robert Redford presents this meditative family drama set in the country side. Redford not only directs but also stars in the roll of a cowboy with a magical talent for healing.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
horse, cowboy, ranch, animal, stallion, horse riding, riding accident, travel, rider horse relationship, true love, therapy, parent child relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, new york, usa, london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Style:
exciting, detective, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, violence, brother brother relationship, murder, gangster, death of brother, organized crime, justice, vigilantism, cemetery, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
kentucky, chicago, appalachia, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
labor union, gangster, working class, death of protagonist, organized crime, rise and fall, arson, intimidation, anti hero, police brutality, crime boss, tragedy ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1978 ...
Place:
cleveland ohio, washington d.c., chicago, north america
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style:
inspirational, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, revenge, training, underdog, cold war, christmas, brutality, vengeance, boxing match, fight, mercilessness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, soviet union, las vegas, moscow russia, pennsylvania ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
reporter, conspiracy, investigation, power plant, radiation, politics, journalism, nuclear power, whistleblower, disaster, murder, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, crying, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, self discovery, teenager, nostalgia, death, skinny dipping, elopement, teen angst, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1952 ...
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, midwest, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
hospital, insomnia, orphan, funeral, social worker, doctor, roommate, boy, father daughter relationship, old man, single father, widower ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
columbus ohio, pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, tank, courage, military, combat, paratrooper, plan gone wrong, allies, mission ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 70s
Place:
germany, america, europe, netherlands, canada ...
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128K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
wilderness, rape, survival, friendship, canoe, rape and revenge, nature, forest, river, nightmare, camping, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, appalachia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, haunted by the past, bomb, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, redemption, assassination, anti hero, ex cia agent ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
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464K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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448K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem ...
Style:
psychological horror, satanic, psychological, demonic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, fear, supernatural horror, supernatural, occult, demon, grief, trauma, seance, ghost, attic, possession ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
utah, america
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Style:
controversial, brutal, disturbing, bloody, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cannibalism, jungle, gory, torture, cannibal, rape, found footage, amazon rainforest, revenge, animal cruelty, violence, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
south america, latin america, north america, new york state, venezuela ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, dysfunctional marriage, depression, eccentricity, grief, travel, writers, loss of son, death of son, loneliness, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
usa, paris france, maryland, london, baltimore ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
sexy, slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, female vigilante, rape, tough girl, violence against women, sexualized violence, violence, nudity, vigilante, payback, strong female lead ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the ...
Style:
disturbing, medical horror, serious, surprise ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, haunted by the past, medical experiment, friendship, redemption, guilt, death, near death experience, afterlife, medical student, medical, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Oliver Deuce, a successful doctor, is shattered when his wife is killed in a freak car accident involving a car being driven by Alba Bewick colliding with a very large rare bird. His twin brother Oswald is researching how carcasses decay at the ...
Style:
dark comedy, surreal, disturbing, erotic, independent film ...
Plot:
death, zoo, car accident, amputation, bestiality, storytelling, surrealism, obsession, absurdism, grief, amputee, zoologist ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
tokyo, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
depression, dancing, social commentary, survival, contest, competition, great depression, cynicism, mental breakdown, exhaustion, contests and competitions, heart attack ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, sexy, cult classic, retro ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car chase, chase, lovers on the run, small town, prison escape, on the road, kidnapping, pursuit, prison, on the run, police captain, vigilante ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from ...
Style:
futuristic, epic, cult classic, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
star wars, alien, space wars, space opera, sword fight, robot, spaceship, heroic mission, personality change, tragic villain, outer space, volcano ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 20th century, year 2016, 2000s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, dramatic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
transsexual, gender, gay, gays and lesbians, gender bending, lgbt, murder, gay soldier, transgender, gay interest, making love, lgbtq ...
Place:
kansas, kentucky, missouri, nashville tennessee, tennessee ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style:
depressing, realistic, crying, sentimental, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, therapy, suicide attempt, suicide, grief, coming of age, depression, psychiatrist, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, loner ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, houston texas, middle east ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This film was the pinnacle of anti-D&D fearmongering. Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind, and ...
Style:
fantasy adventure, dark fantasy, bleak, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
delusion, disappearance, world trade center manhattan new york city, quest, psychosis, college, tragic event, loss of brother, depression, map, missing person, breakup ...
Time:
80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Young boy leaves the Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand Ole Opry. Set during the Great Depression.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, touching, funny, realistic ...
Plot:
death, small town, brothel, tuberculosis, on the road, coming of age, police officer, death of protagonist, robbery, uncle nephew relationship, father son relationship, recording studio ...
Time:
1930s, year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
nashville tennessee, oklahoma, usa, southern usa, new jersey ...
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
melancholic, thought provoking, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
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155K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style:
suspense, teen, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, telekinesis, prom, revenge, high school, stephen king, blood, psychic power, supernatural ability, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
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