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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 30,813 films · Page 173.

Circle of Friends (1995)

Drama, romance film

Set in 1950s Ireland, the film opens with the First Communion of three friends in the small town of Knockglen: Bernadette "Benny" Hogan, Eve Malone and Nan Mahon. Benny is the beloved and well-fed only child of the local tailor, Eve is an orphan reared by nuns, and Nan is destined to be defined by her beauty. Nan's family moves away to Dublin, and the story skips ahead six years to when the three friends are reunited at university in Dublin.

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Music of the Heart (1999)

Biography, Drama, independent film, musical film, white savior film

In 1981 New York City, violinist Roberta Guaspari has recently divorced her U.S. Navy officer husband Charles Demetras, who has instead decided to pursue a romantic relationship with a friend of hers named Lana Holden. Encouraged by her mother Assunta to return to the workforce for the sake of her two sons Alexi and Nicholas, Guaspari attempts to rebuild her life and reconnects with a former classmate named Brian Turner while working as a gift-wrapper at a department store; recalling her childhood love for playing the violin, he arranges for her to be introduced to Janet Williams, the head teacher and principal of East Harlem's Central…

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The Quiet Earth (1985)

Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, disaster film, Drama, Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction

On July 5, a mysterious phenomenon briefly darkens the sky over Hamilton, New Zealand. Zac Hobson, a scientist working on Project Flashlight (an experiment designed to create a wireless global energy grid), awakens to find all radio transmissions silent. He soon discovers that humanity has vanished, evidenced by deserted cities and the wreckage of a passenger plane with no bodies.

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She's Funny That Way (2014)

Comedy, Comedy drama, romantic comedy

Broadway director Arnold Albertson—under the alias "Derek"—hires "Glo Stick", a call girl whose real name is Izzy Finklestein, despite Arnold being married with two children. Izzy dreams of becoming an actress, and "Derek" offers her $30,000 to quit being a call girl and pursue her true goal. She is not the first escort he has done this for.

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Nutcrackers (2024)

Comedy drama, Tragicomedy

Michael Maxwell is pulled away from his job in Chicago, following the death of his sister Janet and her husband Steve. In rural Ohio, he winds up having to look after his nephews Justice, Junior, Samuel, and Simon Kicklighter, as social worker Gretchen Rice looks for a foster home who will take them. The Kicklighter kids live on a farm and are unruly children who are homeschooled and partake in dangerous recreational activities.

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