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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Part-time model Valentine meets a retired judge who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog. At first the judge gifts Valentine with the dog, but her possessive boyfriend won't allow her to keep it. When she returns with the dog ...
Style:
cerebral, colorful, philosophical, enigmatic, art house ...
Plot:
redemption, coincidence, judge, friendship, dog, love affair, loneliness, fashion model, model, lovers, photograph, billboard ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
geneva switzerland, english channel, france, poland, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, witty, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, obsession, revenge, hairdresser, vengeance, humiliation, ex husband ex wife relationship, rags to riches, relationships, love story, sexual frustration ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
poland, paris france, france, warsaw poland, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, witty, humorous, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, on the run, love, friendship between men, motel, psychiatric hospital, road trip, prison, gangster, heist, loser, sibling relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, political, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
working class, unemployment, seaport, friendship, society, redemption, small town, working conditions, job seeking, self esteem, life is a bitch, breaking point ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iberian peninsula, europe, galicia, switzerland, spain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the middle of this amusing thriller is a relationship between two different types of females, one is a well know British author and the other is a sex-crazed French teen. The two get into some relationship trouble while living together in this ...
Style:
sexy, sensual, ambiguous ending, art house, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, swimming pool, swimming, murder, writers, voyeurism, sex, frenchwoman, lust, murder mystery, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, europe, south of france, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 374 min.
Story:
Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to the present, director Marco Tullio Giordana's passionate epic 'La Meglio Gioventu' follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, sad, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
couples, sister in law sister in law relationship, mental illness, cafe, politics, musician, idealism, hopes, couple relations, friendship, storytelling, police brutality ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 2003, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, sicily, lebanon, europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style:
anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, magical, fantasy world, love story, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, self discovery, transformation, demon ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2005, 20th century, 1900s, 2000s ...
Place:
japan, seattle, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Naina is a very serious girl with a very serious life. But one day, her soul is awakened by the happy-go-lucky Aman, who teaches her that life is meant to be lived. Naturally, she falls in love with him. But Aman is harboring a secret that keeps him ...
Style:
sincere, touching, romantic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terminal illness, love triangle, neighbor, young woman, tragic event, secret, family relations, diary, unfulfilled love, family life, best friend, young man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, usa, india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
domestic violence, violent husband, starting over, family in crisis, wife beater, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, siblings relations, therapy, understanding, family problems, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2003
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, detective, teen, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, twists and turns, murder mystery, loner, murder, investigation, teenager, amateur detective, whodunit, coming of age, adolescence, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman moves back to New York and hires a ditzy New Age woman to redecorate her apartment in this Odd Couple styled comedy. The movie takes a turn as the two escape to a New Age retreat in upstate New York to get away from a murderer who is ...
Style:
buddy comedy, tense, suspense, lighthearted, black comedy ...
Plot:
odd couple, female friendship, friendship, psychic, fish out of water, murder mystery, danger, culture clash, prostitution, murder, satire, social satire ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and ...
Style:
intercultural, tragic ending, emotional, intense, tension ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love affair, tragic romance, literary, sexual tension, class differences, adaptation, family honor, isolation, regret, betrayal, jealousy ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
kolkata, himalaya
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Comedian Dan Fogler's directorial debut. A theater troupe of horny teenagers are murdered one by one in the woods after being exposed to lunar radiation. Features Gilbert Gottfried.
Style:
horror comedy, slasher, splatter, black comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
theatrical troupe, psychopath, teenager, satire, insanity, isolation, murder mystery, actor, madness, dark humor, blood, woods ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
From November 27, 1934 to December 1, the Red Army fought with the Kuomintang army in Xing'an County, Quanzhou County and Guanyang County in the territory of Guangxi province for 5 days, finally, the Red Army through Xiangjiang in the border of ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
red army, battles, military, chinese civil war, war, revolution, army, blockade, soldier, fight for supremacy, wartime, wartime life ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Pierre Martin teaches quantum physics at the renowned Sorbonne University in Paris. He has a daughter, Sylvie, who lives with him. One day Pierre learns that he has inherited an inn from an aunt. The trouble is that the establishment is located amid ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching, scenic ...
Plot:
fish out of water, optimism, parents and children, family relations, hopes, starting over, elderly, society, village life, village, heartwarming, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful young man has been summoned to an eerie meditation retreat by a dying theatre director. The young man has been given a tape of instructions; over a weekend he must perform scenes from the director's life. He visits different rooms ...
Style:
serious, surreal, atmospheric, captivating, meta ...
Plot:
self discovery, estrangement, artists and showbiz, theater, theatre director, dying, surrealism, retreat, wizards and magicians, gory, imaginary kingdom, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Abby and Sean were best friends in high school until they had a falling out at their graduation party. Years later, when Abby’s friend Rachel brings her to a wilderness retreat, she is shocked to run into Sean. This chance reconnection only ...
Style:
intense
Plot:
friendship, reconciliation, personal growth, hiking, conflict, trust, healing, second chance, female protagonist, nature, self discovery, confrontation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A team-building conference for municipal employees turns into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins murdering the participants.
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, dark comedy
Plot:
masked killer, farmer, farm, revenge, colleague, retreat, shopping mall, team building, conference, corporate greed, victim, terror ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the near future, a politician fresh off an electoral loss escapes to his family's summer lake house. His vacation is disrupted by the appearance of his first love, who has just returned from a 20-year space voyage and hasn't aged a day.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, politician, ex couple relations, love story, male female relationship, love interest, ex girlfriend, love affair, couples, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, romantic reunion, longing ...
Time:
near future, future
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, serial killer, lesbian couple, lesbian, murder, gay slur, revenge, violence, fear, killing spree, escapades, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two ...
Style:
surreal, emotional, tricky, cerebral, suspenseful ...
Plot:
marriage, couples, twists and turns, character study, family problems, doppelganger, infidelity, swimming pool, husband wife relationship, therapist, relationships, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man's life is turned inside out after a visit from his college friend leads him into the unexpected.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, bleak, psychological thriller, tension ...
Plot:
manipulation, brainwashing, mind control, blackmail, group therapy, violence, confusion, seduction, male nudity, brutality, fear, fraud ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, cult classic, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violence, vietnam war, african american, heist, robbery, redemption, gangster, violent, blaxploitation, profanity, black, urban ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, asia, vietnam ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During WW2, in 1942 and 1943, a series of not-so-well known yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of ‘Rzhev Meat Grinder’. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev, which ...
Style:
rough, epic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
infantry, soviet army, world war two, wehrmacht, heroism, death, war, battles, soldier, battle zone, great patriotic war, winter ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Every summer, Luce, an eccentric 50-something painter, spends her time in a small and isolated township, which lies in ruins in southern France, surrounded by guests. This summer, these guests are Max Bernier (an old flame, author and alcoholic), ...
Style:
bloody, surreal, suspense, art house, hood ...
Plot:
lactation, fight, gang, hunting, organized crime, survival, patrolman, gangster, ghetto, surrealism, isolation, gold ...
Place:
corsica, sarajevo, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
korean war, war, military, battles, children in wartime, youth, military life, against the odds, ambition, danger, leadership, patriotism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1950, 1950s, 50s
Place:
north korea, asia, korea, south korea
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