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101K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style:
visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.
Style:
tragicomedy, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
friendship between men, friendship, life, friends, best friend, life philosophy, philosophy, powerful ending, humour, inspiration, human relationship, illness ...
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275K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style:
scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time:
2010s, near future, year 2017, future
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.
Style:
romantic, humorous, touching, philosophical, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
afterlife, death, heaven, destiny, life & death, fall in love, reincarnation, courage, courtroom, honest, life, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, funeral, older woman younger man relationship, eccentricity, misfit, old age, alienation, age difference, couples, cemetery, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area, usa
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, light, manga, scenic ...
Plot:
friendship, dream, food, coming of age, love, life, family relations, model, teenage boy, everyday life, lifestyle, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, china, shanghai
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lovers, small town life, life, women, friendship, love, girlfriend, life changing experience, female friendship, business, faith ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
south carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
life, friendship, midlife crisis, love and romance, women in society, women, life philosophy, career, working class, relationships, single mother, unwed mother ...
Time:
1950s, year 1980, 20th century, 50s, 70s ...
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr, russia, siberia ...
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38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, scenic, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, travel, journey, pilgrimage, death of son, spiritual journey, dead son, self discovery, redemption, on the road, grief, wanderlust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, france, iberian peninsula, basque country, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, death, boy, good deed, disfigurement, addiction, abusive husband, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
tibet, usa, nevada, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, patriotic, realistic, meditative ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, olympics, biopic, talented, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, army, ambition ...
Time:
year 2013, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
india, middle east, asia, pakistan, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
happy ending, radio, loneliness, single parent, couples, love and romance, love story, looking for love, life, destiny, starting over, love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1992, year 1991
Place:
seattle, manhattan new york city, new york, washington state, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him called The Chosen.
Style:
biblical, psychological, thrilling, historical drama, inspirational ...
Plot:
christian, jesus, bible, christianity, messiah, forgiveness, apostle, new testament, faith, bible story, life, gospel ...
Time:
1st century, 1930s
Place:
jerusalem, palestine
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
life, town, ruse, fish, fishing, social relations, con trick, white lie, small town life, dishonesty, social problems, relationships ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From Academy Award® winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle to her romantic courtship and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic, touching, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
royal family, queen of england, marriage, royalty, queen, politics, queen victoria, royal court, aristocracy, love and romance, princess, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, england, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
fashion, women, high society, feminist, fashion designer, designer, rise to the top, gender, feminism, dressmaker, rags to riches, social climbing ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 1900s, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, canada, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, heartbreaking, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lovers, friendship, youth, love hate relationship, game, love story, best friends in love, friends, relationships, childhood love, first love, music box ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, belgium, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries ...
Style:
philosophical, sentimental, emotional, touching, clever ...
Plot:
friendship, illness, philosophy, culture clash, medical, cancer, drug addiction, terminal illness, life, existentialism, loneliness, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, september 11 2001, future, middle ages ...
Place:
quebec, canada, sydney australia, vermont, china ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, touching, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
working class, loneliness, life, multiple storylines, existentialism, parents and children, couple relations, society, relationships, sister sister relationship, missing person, making love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
london, los angeles, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.
Style:
crying, gay cinema
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, gay love, gay romance, gay interest, public nudity, man dances with a man, gay couple, male nudity, gay relationship, sexual attraction, love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, year 1993, year 1988 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
After a life-altering event, Ola embarks on a journey of self-discovery while dealing with the challenges of raising two children and making ends meet.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, entertaining, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, life, family drama, personal growth, parenting, motherhood, single mother, introspection, lifestyle change, kids and family, family relations ...
Place:
cairo egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story:
Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience ...
Style:
captivating, dorama, romantic, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot:
ghost, obsession, rich man poor woman, opposites attract, psychological trauma, trauma, supernatural, life, medium, justice, man-woman relation, life after death ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, group of friends, ufo, fear, eye, nightmare, meteorite, night, life, husband wife relationship, love ...
Place:
quebec
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84K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his ...
Style:
suspense, romantic, intellectual, contemplative, serious ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
writers, writer's life, lovers, passion, relationships, love story, literature, guilt, white male black female relationship, survival, life philosophy, life ...
Time:
year 2012, post world war two, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france, france
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48K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, inspirational, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, prodigy, insanity, paranoia, university, notebook, campus, illness, schizophrenia, manic, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, wisconsin, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, compassionate ...
Plot:
judaism, holocaust survivor, orthodox jew, racism, skinny dipping, life, tragedy, nazi, justice, culture clash, depression, mentor ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, year 1972, 70s
Place:
europe, israel, antwerp, belgium, poland
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The ...
Style:
touching, sad, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, family drama, sisters, parenthood, lawyer, relationships, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, hospital, leukemia ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa, los angeles, montana
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two ...
Style:
psychological, clever, harsh, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, lawyer, vengeance, feud, court, drug addict, brutality, destiny, justice, courtroom, coincidence, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are friends, especially Ray with Steve, a young Romeo. Into the mix comes Gerry, an Australian ...
Style:
intense, melancholic, sincere, emotional, social ...
Plot:
working class, friends, life, love triangle, society, human nature, friendship, male nudity, age difference, age-gap relationship, love, profanity ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe, yorkshire, ireland, london
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, philosophical, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
love, afterlife, dealing with death, love and romance, life & death, love at first sight, lifestyle change, impossible love, life philosophy, supernatural, supernatural romance, mysterious character ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
new york, rhode island, usa, manhattan new york city
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