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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. ...
Style:
inspirational, political, suspense, factual, talky ...
Plot:
revolution, communism, dictatorship, visceral, sacrifice, rebel, idealism, historical character, heroes, character study, biopic, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 60s, year 1966, year 1967
Place:
bolivia, cuba, south america, caribbean, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Style:
political, thought provoking, visually stunning, talky, intense ...
Plot:
revolution, violence, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, military, biopic, politics, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
cuba, caribbean, latin america, mexico city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if ...
Style:
political, captivating, light, apocalyptic, philosophical ...
Plot:
politics, political activism, female politician, society, distopia, family relations, political satire, dystopia, rebel, lgbt, lifestyle, lgbtqi ...
Time:
near future, 2020s, future, 2030s, year 2019
Place:
london, manchester
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44K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Stockholm, the fifties. Though academically bright, violent pupil Erik Ponti is expelled from his state school with the headmaster’s words “there’s only one word for people like you – evil… what you need is a good thrashing, and more”. ...
Style:
touching, emotional, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
private school, coming of age, violence, rebelliousness, rebellion, bullying, humiliation, bully, corporal punishment, friendship, abuse, high school ...
Time:
1950s, year 2003, 20th century, 50s
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The next installment in the franchise and the conclusion of the “Star Wars“ sequel trilogy as well as the “Skywalker Saga“.
Style:
entertaining, saga, action adventure, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
star wars, space opera, spacecraft, hand to hand combat, space battle, confrontation, epic battle, robot, space travel, desert planet, self sacrifice, last stand ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
Style:
saga, action adventure, psychotronic, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
star wars, smuggler, spacecraft, organized crime, spaceship, interspecies friendship, gangster, smuggling, space travel, gambling, robot, dystopia ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
space western
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130K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, youth, community, utopia, destiny, society, danger, humanity, rebelliousness, runaway ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2040s, 2010s
Place:
peru
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Libya, USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which ...
Style:
epic, exciting, inspirational, historical drama, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
muslim, desert, islam, bedouin, rebel, resistance, revolution, italian history, medieval, italian fascism, military, battles ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
africa, middle east, maghreb, libya, north africa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Charlotte is being raised without a mother. She is only 13 but ready to be an adult. She meets an older boy and begins a relationship while teaching a young friend about life and learning the ropes herself.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, working class, summer vacation, rebel, child prodigy, coming of age, adolescence, crazy love, friendship, age difference, children, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Three kids, Max, Neil and Nikki, spent the summer vacation at a dysfunctional campsite called 'Camp Campbell' which is currently in the hands the camp counselors, the overly cheerful David and the less optimistic Gwen.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, boy scout, rebelliousness, rebel, camp counselor, summer vacation, violence, summer romance, terrorist, ghost, dating, money ...
Place:
north america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, teen, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleading, cheerleader, satire, friendship, dark humor, teenage girl, bad girl, girl gang, teenage love, rebel, money ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 80s
Place:
kansas, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In this reboot of the '80s series, a magic sword transforms an orphan girl into warrior She-Ra, who unites a rebellion to fight against evil.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, adult animation, anime ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
betrayal, good versus evil, rebellion, planet, female warrior, heroic mission, save the world, magic, journey, danger, princess, best friend ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of ...
Style:
adult animation, stylized, serious, saga, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
star wars, space opera, good versus evil, jedi, warrior, space travel, space battle, robot, battles, chases and races, escapades, master warrior ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, realistic, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, foreign legion, martial arts, combat, soldier, french foreign legion, military, battlefield, behind enemy lines, hitman, master warrior, tough heroes ...
Time:
1920s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
morocco, africa, france, paris france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot:
revolution, kidnapping, doctor, rebel, diplomat, political unrest, starting over, politics, alcoholic, male nudity, prostitute, sex scene ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
latin america, paraguay, argentina, south america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle warfare, terrorism, martial arts, lieutenant, rescue, terrorist attack, female fighter, behind enemy lines, heroes, race against time, hostage, kidnapping ...
Place:
asia, the philippines, melbourne
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sequel to "Three Steps Above Heaven". The sexy Gin (Clara Lago) is the new love of Hache (Mario Casas), but this can not forget his former girlfriend (Maria Valverde), so the love triangle is inevitable.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, romantic, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
teenage love, love affair, loss of friend, young love, fall in love, love triangle, friendship, rebel, starting over, love and romance, haunted by the past, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, epic, esoteric ...
Plot:
rebellion, christianity, rebel, religions or cults, political unrest, society, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, state affairs, sapmi, indigenous people, tragic event ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Japan, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immigrant, childhood, relationships, marriage, generation gap, childbirth, train, life, parenthood, rebel, family life, society ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2006, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
india, new york, usa, taj mahal, ohio ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Style:
sexy, breathtaking, visually stunning, epic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, sword fight, swords and armor, medieval, tragic love, warrior, fight, kung fu, emperor, tragic event, power of love ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2004, 2000s, 9th century ...
Place:
china, east asia, asia, ancient china, hong kong
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611
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trevor Newandyke is a struggling comedian. Not only does he bomb on stage, but he bombs in everyday life. He’s fed up with all the jerks who push him around. All he wants is a break, and for someone to get him. Instead of taking a breath and ...
Style:
humorous, surreal, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
actor's life, rebel, showbiz, performer's life, filmmaking, misfit, artists and showbiz, mentally unstable, stand up comedian, lonely, destruction, pitchfork ...
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, mind blowing, offbeat ...
Plot:
election, rebel, communist, duty, honesty, conversation, murder, lie, chase, jungle, coming of age, protest ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The student politics in a government college has for long revolved around the students' organisation KSQ. Subhash and Paul attempts to change the political scenario by launching a new movement called SFY based on their ideologies.
Style:
tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
campus, college, political party, friendship, politics, friends, rebel, election, fight, group of friends, student, danger ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
prison, bird, warden, life sentence, alcatraz, redemption, medical, pet bird, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, kansas, usa
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12K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Baaghi is the story of Ronny, a rebellious 23-year-old from Delhi. Fearing his unruly and angry temperament his father sends him to a disciplinary academy set in a sleepy town in Kerala. While traveling to the academy he meets Siya who also carries ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
martial arts, kidnapping, rebel, young love, martial artist, love, murder, revenge, couples, danger, death, friendship ...
Place:
india
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123K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
Style:
road movie, psychedelic, independent film, cult classic, avant garde ...
Plot:
road trip, hippie, on the road, existentialism, motorcycle, marijuana, rebelliousness, friendship, biker, self discovery, rock music, stoner ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
california, new mexico, alabama, arizona, louisiana ...
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156K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg, UK, Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their ...
Style:
adult animation, surreal, apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, dystopia, apocalypse, survival, technology gone awry, vestiges of humanity, robot, fate of humanity, heroes, distopia, danger ...
Time:
future, 1940s, year 2009
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style:
teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, adolescence, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, bullying, girlfriend, high school, mental disorder ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, intense, serious, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, future war, androids and robots, time travel, man versus machine, post apocalypse, dystopian future, terminator, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and ...
Style:
philosophical, anime, cyber, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, man versus machine, technology gone awry, hacker, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, female warrior, danger, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 22nd century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
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