Boarding house movies and TV shows – page 5
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List of boarding house movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The French comedy-drama of Marcel Ophuls, which came to the Paris yesterday.
Plot:
cycling, con men, shooting, con artists, anti hero, secret mission, taxi, horse race, lawyer, narration, beach, criminal ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, nice france, europe, cannes
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Kogarashi has the ability to see supernatural, and has been possessed by ghosts since he was a kid but now he has learned to fight back against them! Unfortunately, he's now also very poor, homeless, and hoping for a happier, more normal, high ...
Style:
feel good, anime, ecchi, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
psychic, uncover truth, supernatural ability, friendship, death, hotel, escapades, teenage life, youth, society, homeless, supernatural ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Director Norman Jewison's 1969 period comedy, based on Ben Hecht's memoirs, stars Beau Bridges as a young apprentice at a big city newspaper. The cast also includes Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, Hume Cronyn, George Kennedy, Wilfred ...
Style:
slapstick, serious, realistic
Plot:
newspaper, prostitute, social relations, innocence lost, state affairs, redemption, youth, society, political corruption, stealing, bare chested male, nudity ...
Time:
year 1969, 1910s
Place:
chicago, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work. But despite the ...
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, criminal, arrest, legal action, prison, fighting the system, lawyer, police investigation, murder, law, writers, courtroom ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, pre world war two
Place:
czech republic, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, prague
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Callie was a teenage mother in trouble. Fresh out of the delivery room, her son was taken from her and sold on the black-market. Vowing to find him some day, this is her story.
Style:
period drama, eighties
Plot:
love, lawyer, execution, wrongful conviction, husband wife relationship, politician, adoption, murder, prison, jealousy, waitress, revenge ...
Time:
1950s, 60s
Place:
texas, dallas texas
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life", but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
stalking, released from prison, female stalker, being followed, manipulative woman, ex husband ex wife relationship, arrest, female masturbation, love triangle, bare breasts, jealous wife, manipulative behavior ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
Style:
erotic, experimental, weird
Plot:
sex, erotica, sex scene, symbolism, murder, prostitute, fetish, forbidden love, isolation, pink film, painting, blood ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, emotional, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, happy ending, destiny, temptation, tragedy, debt, gambling, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, 2000s, turn of the century ...
Place:
new york, america, britain, usa, mediterranean sea ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. ...
Style:
touching, feel good, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, chick flick, teens, kids ...
Plot:
family problems, ballet, hopes, dancing, against the odds, follow your dream, youth, orphan, siblings relations, family relations, dance, talent ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1919, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
london, europe, prague
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This movie is made-up of three tales, the first one is, "Young Blood" it is about a married pair of vampires who adopt a child. In "The Guardians," a pair of avaricious grave robbers make a terrible mistake when they visit the ...
Style:
anthology, christmas horror, spooky, dark fairy tale, psychotronic ...
Plot:
christmas, xmas, female vampire, werewolf, vampire, foster child, dead body, loot, narration, mystery woman, domestic abuse, immigrant ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, atmospheric, absurd ...
Plot:
satire, dead animal, obsession, fall in love, absurdism, love, rivalry, cat, surrealism, macabre, nightmare, writers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, portugal
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maddie, a high-powered marketing executive, is on her way to a client’s wedding but her plans are derailed by car trouble. When a fork in the road leads her to Christmas Valley, a town in love with Christmas, an unexpected encounter and a group of ...
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
small town, christmas, holiday, single father, christmas romance, father daughter relationship, happy ending, car breakdown, fall in love, winter, unlikely couple, opposites attract ...
Place:
ohio, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style:
lgbt cinema, semi serious, realistic, cynical, offbeat ...
Plot:
friendship between men, male star appears nude, homoerotic friendship, money, homoeroticism, father son relationship, male friendship, nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, male nudity, caper ...
Time:
60s
Place:
brighton, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Style:
independent film, freeze frame, crying, f word
Plot:
sexual attraction, interracial sex, sexual abuse, seductive behavior, interracial rape, sexual tension, rape victim, sexual harassment, caught having sex, older woman younger man relationship, nudity, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1954, year 1956, 1950s, year 1955 ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who have collected on a fake death.
Style:
noir, mind bending, tense, cynical, serious ...
Plot:
insurance scam, insurance, faking own death, funeral, insurance company, false identity, obsession, aviation, insurance investigator, insurance fraud, on the run, investigation ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, england, united kingdom, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Babes has established a good reputation as an entertainer in Japan, that clients fight over her. But soon, the fighting becomes intense, she decides to come home-- but with a different identity. In her native land, Babes decides to continue her ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
sexual obsession, prostitute, obsession, male female relationship, troubled marriage, relationship problems, seduction, filipina, photograph, spying, overseas worker, elopement ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Michael Caine is Jack Carter, a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brothers death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, grindhouse, cult classic, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, hitman, organized crime, investigation, british gangster, mafia, violent, murder, assassin, gangsta, vigilante ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
england, northern england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Fighting Temptations stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the film's protagonist as he attempts to revive a church choir in order to enter a gospel competition with the help of a beautiful lounge singer (Beyoncé Knowles) with whom he soon falls in ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic, talky, absurd, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
church choir, small town, music, love story, black, disorder, music band, ambition, contests and competitions, friendship, last wish, family relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
secret lover, marriage, addiction, revolution, revenge, love, murder, violence, obsession, passion, sex crime, blackmail ...
Time:
1920s, year 1996, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, shanghai, spain, japan ...
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16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, thought provoking, philosophical, talky ...
Plot:
evolution, atheism, biopic, atheist, storytelling, loss of daughter, science, scientist, family relations, haunted by the past, religion, family life ...
Time:
victorian era, ancient times, 19th century, year 2009, 1850s ...
Place:
england, europe, borneo, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Spain, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A Glasgow man (Robert Carlyle) visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) tormented by her memories.
Style:
political, independent film, thought provoking, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
bus driver, civil war, refugee, politics, bus, revolution, dictatorship, interracial love relationship, black, amor, immigrant, international relations ...
Time:
year 1996, 80s, 90s, year 1987
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, europe, nicaragua
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Style:
surreal, clever, stylized, allegory, mind blowing ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
animal, monkey, piglet, kids and family, heartwarming, culture clash, children, anthropomorphism, talking dog, ape, animal protagonist, mission ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, sydney australia, australia, new york
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, anne of green gables, love and romance, foster home, young heroes, best friend ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place:
canada, america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
tragic love, secret lover, defloration, erotica, sex, older woman younger man sex, passion, desire, love, love triangle, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Alice's Restaurant is a 1969 movie adapted from a song by Arlo Guthrie. The song is Arlo Guthrie's most famous work, a talking blues based on a true story that began on Thanksgiving Day 1965. The movie reproduces the events of the song, in ...
Style:
psychedelic, humorous, semi autobiographical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
hippie, counterculture, thanksgiving, garbage dump, restaurant, drug addiction, drug abuse, hospital, church, hitchhiking, small town, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, california, vietnam, usa, beverly hills ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Lara, the host of a radio call-in show dealing in psychic phenomena, discovers that her estranged lover has been found dead in a small Spanish village. She learns that he was conducting secret experiments searching for tortured souls trapped behind ...
Style:
psychological, dark, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, homosexual, radio, gay, lgbt, curse, gay slur, folk horror, experiment, love, murder, village ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, valencia spain
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuya. The others are given ...
Style:
anime, manga, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
campus, slice of life, dumped, boarding school, love and romance, hopes, human nature, youth, fall in love, college, wooing, unfulfilled love ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, controversial ...
Plot:
obsession, violence, erotic scene, taboo, cruelty, revenge, sexually transmitted disease, sex talk, home invasion, mental illness, mental disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history: the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, serious, factual ...
Plot:
assassination, civil war, usa president, state affairs, obsession, head of state, hitman, slavery, abraham lincoln, conspiracy, american civil war, murder ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
usa, new york, philadelphia, cleveland ohio, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, unhappy marriage, forbidden love, husband wife relationship, judge, unfulfilled love, suicide attempt, depression, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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