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The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected by the incident - her ...
Style: psychological, emotional, suspense, mindfuck, sincere ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, school shooting, adultery, murder, best friend, guilt, tragedy, self sacrifice, adulthood, haunted by the past, teenager, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: year 2007
Place: connecticut
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The Silences of the Palace (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The death of a prince brings a young woman back to the palace where she was born into servitude. The lingering legacy of the harem is brought into light from behind frosted windows and velvet curtains.
Style: islamic, contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: women of color, african, arab, master and servant, feminism, redemption, feminist, african diaspora, women power, colonialism, girl power, bondage ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: africa, tunisia, middle east, persia
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 5.5
 5K
Paprika (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
Style: erotic, sensual, sexy, romantic, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prostitute, female nudity, erotica, brothel, prostitution, sex, sexually liberated, sex scene, lust, femme fatale, true love, marriage ...
Time: 1950s
Place: italy, rome italy
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 6.0
 364
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead ...
Plot: abortion, courtroom, supreme court, feminism, women, lawyer, legal system, court, judiciary, law, social commentary, financial problem ...
Place: texas
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Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a one-night stand results in pregnancy, a musician and a young girl try to resolve the issue together.
Style: psychological, black and white, depressing, offbeat, retro ...
Audience: date night
Plot: abortion, pregnancy, unwed pregnancy, musician, jazz, love, marriage, time travel, female leader, music and dance, family relations, love triangle ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: new york, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A hip and happenin' all girl rock group head to LA to claim lead-singer Kelly's inheritance and make it (and make it) in LA. Soon the girls fall into a morass of drugs and deceit as their recording success soars. It takes several tragedies ...
Style: erotic, grindhouse, psychotronic, psychedelic, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: satire, lesbian, erotica, sexploitation, friendship, hippie, abortion, hollywood, music industry, price of fame, sex, rock and roll ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.1
 11K
Bella (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that ...
Style: touching, emotional, melancholic, independent film, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: abortion, pregnancy, life philosophy, destiny, parenthood, stereotypes, honest, existentialism, love affair, self discovery, lifestyle, catholic ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new york, usa
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 7.3
 15K
Graduation (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding. Eliza has won a scholarship to ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, touching, psychological, serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: father daughter relationship, infidelity, graduation, corruption, assault, teenage daughter, family relations, police, marital separation, ethical dilemma, motorcycle, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: transylvania, eastern europe, romania
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 5.5
 71K
Blonde (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her ...
Style: exciting, dramatic, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fame, actress, hollywood, traumatic childhood, bare breasts, hand job, abortion, biopic, female nudity, threesome, famous, woman ...
Time: 60s, year 1962, 2020s, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place: los angeles, new york, maine
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 6.1
 21K
Code 46 (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, clever, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: infidelity, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, husband wife relationship, distopia, cloning, abortion, forgery, investigation, virus, love and romance ...
Time: future, near future, year 2003
Place: asia, shanghai, china, delhi, seattle ...
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 6.9
 13K
Fashion (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: Fashion begins in, where aspiring model Meghna Mathur (Priyanka Chopra) expresses her wish to go to Mumbai and pursue her dream of becoming a supermodel. Through her eyes we see that behind the glitz and glamour of the world of fashion not ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, entertaining ...
Plot: fashion, model, ambition, drug abuse, rise to the top, lifestyle, follow your dream, abortion, friendship, desire for fame, infidelity, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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 7.0
 254K
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.
Style: feel good, sexy, sentimental, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: love story, dancing, coming of age, couples, forbidden love, summer, summer romance, youth, love and romance, fall in love, dance, unlikely couple ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1963, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, new york state
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman's wedding portrait.
Style: touching, costume drama, scenic, disturbing, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: painter, lesbian, painting, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, lesbian love, portrait, female protagonist, lesbian sex, lesbian attraction, arranged marriage ...
Time: 18th century, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times, year 2019 ...
Place: brittany, france
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 6.7
 10K
Dumplings (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A rich woman, Mrs. Li, is losing her attractiveness and longs for passion with her husband, who is having an affair with his younger and more attractive masseuse. In order to boost her image, she seeks out the help of Aunt Mei, a local chef. Mei ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, dark, surreal, bloody ...
Plot: cannibalism, obsession, macabre, violent, abortion, food, starlet, aging, extreme, career change, torture, cannibal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
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 6.2
 4K
Little Woods (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: adult
Plot: unplanned pregnancy, female protagonist, two sisters, sister sister relationship, public health, social problems, breaking the law, escapades, sisters, political unrest, black history, badass female lead ...
Time: 90s, 2010s
Place: north dakota, canada
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, nanny, vengeance, sexual abuse, psychopath, malice, suicide, female psychopath, breast feeding, rivalry, haunted by the past, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa
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 6.6
 25K
Fame (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts
Style: inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: music, high school, dancing, teenager, teacher, rehearsal, gay, life philosophy, high school life, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, audition ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with ...
Style: emotional, bleak, touching, intense, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, depression, loneliness, illness, women, dating, sadness, tarot card, abortion, character study, interracial relations, single parent ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 20th century
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 7.5
 23K
Distant (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little ...
Style: sincere, bleak, art house, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot: loneliness, unemployment, midlife crisis, isolation, art, complex characters, family relations, culture clash, photography, love and romance, introspection, existentialism ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey, maghreb, balkan, istanbul turkey
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 6.7
 2K
Illegitimate (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Poland, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: At the dinner table one night, a close-knit Romanian family is upset by a startling revelation.
Style: sexy, touching, erotic, psychological, melancholic
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, brother sister sex, forbidden sex, sex scene, secret relationship, sex with brother, brother sister relationship, forbidden love, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, sex with sister ...
Place: romania
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 3.7
 2K
Roe v. Wade (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Style: psychological, suspense, thought provoking, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: abortion, conspiracy, court, lawsuit, women's rights, court case, courtroom drama, social problems, family problems, civil rights, social relations, human rights ...
Time: 70s
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 5.0
 10K
Magic Magic (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Chile
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In remote Chile, a vacationing young woman begins to mentally unravel; meanwhile, her friends ignore her claim until it's too late.
Style: psychological thriller, serious, psychological, scary, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hypnosis, mental breakdown, abortion, puppy, bullying, danger, isolation, cousin cousin relationship, mind game, mysterious character, losing-it hero, countryside ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, south america, latin america, andes mountains, santiago chile
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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Style: road movie, realistic, uplifting, emotional, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: self discovery, unlikely couple, starting over, adolescence vs adulthood, on the road, haunted by the past, social misfits, unlikely partners, couple relations, youth, crumbling marriage, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana, southern usa
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife, but he does not appear for meetings or finally the booked journey to Florence. Then the movie is turned back to the beginning, and ...
Style: romantic, sweet, light, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot: obsession, obsessive love, stalker, relationships, insanity, female psychopath, mental illness, infidelity, love story, life philosophy, destiny, art ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: france
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 7.4
 7K
The Circle (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style: bleak, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: politics, pregnancy, on the run, prostitute, life is a bitch, society, friendship, injustice, feminist, dialogue, women's rights, discrimination ...
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
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: brutal, bloody, disturbing, controversial, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cannibalism, torture, jungle, rape, gory, cannibal, found footage, amazon rainforest, animal cruelty, sadism, violence, african tribe ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century
Place: south america, latin america, north america, usa, new york
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 7.7
 362
The Red Queen (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
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Story: Story of the rise of a girl from proverbial humble beginnings to top Russian fashion model during Cold War-era USSR.
Style: touching, suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: fashion show, model, betrayal, life is a bitch, suicide, kgb, mental institution, fashion model, personality change, impossible love, murder, abortion ...
Place: soviet union
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 7.6
 27K
Vera Drake (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style: sincere, depressing, bleak, compassionate, contemplative ...
Plot: abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, pregnancy, neighbor, injustice, miscarriage, life is a bitch, double life, character study, abortionist, family life ...
Time: 50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, europe, dunkirk, burma ...
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 3.5
 1K
Hanger (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A horrifying tale of revenge that begins with a back-alley abortion, and ends with a bloodbath so vicious that it brings a new meaning to 'an eye for eye.
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, bleak, extreme horror ...
Plot: prostitute, pregnancy, gory, rape, murder, vengeance, abortion, violence spree, life is a bitch, exploitation, disfigurement, mutilation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vancouver
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 107
Aurora (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After she read in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.
Style: suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing
Plot: abortion, foster child, judge, newborn baby, burial, dead child, doctor, baby, female protagonist, junkyard, seaside, bird ...
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