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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 2.
Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1961, Bob Dylan hitchhikes to New York City to meet his music idol, Woody Guthrie, who is dying slowly of Huntington's disease. Dylan meets Guthrie in the hospital with Guthrie's friend, the folk singer and activist Pete Seeger. Dylan p…
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Musical, Psychological Thriller, crime film, drama film, musical film, psychological thriller, thriller film
In an animated short titled "Me and My Shadow", the Joker is impersonated by his shadow, who acts violently and takes his place to perform a musical number for a TV show, then merges back together with the Joker before three police officer…
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Computeranimation, Family Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, adventure film, comedy film, detective film, drama film, family film, fantasy film, ghost film, melodrama, musical film
In the Mexican town of Santa Cecilia, a young woman named Imelda marries a man who eventually leaves her and their daughter Coco to pursue a music career. When he never returns, Imelda bans music from her family and opens a shoemaking busi…
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Christmas film, Fantasy, Silly Movie, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
The Grinch, a bitter, grouchy green creature who lives in a cave on Mount Crumpit, hates Christmas and plans to ruin it for the Whos of Whoville. After a chance encounter with the Grinch at the Whoville post office, a little Who girl named…
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Fairy-Tale Film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, musical film, romance film
Snow White is a princess born to a benevolent king and queen, named for a snowstorm on the day of her birth. She grows up happily as her parents share prosperity with their subjects, but the queen dies of an illness and the king remarries.…
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1970, Farrokh Bulsara, a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport, sees Smile, a local college band, perform at a pub. Seeking them out after the show, he meets and is attracted to Mary Austin, who works at the boutique Biba. Farrokh finds d…
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Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Princess Elsa of Arendelle has naturally occurring magical powers, allowing her to create ice and snow. After she accidentally injures her younger sister Anna with her magic, their parents bring them to a colony of trolls led by Grand Pabb…
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Biographical picture, Family Drama, Historie, Musical, Romantic Drama, biographical film, drama film, flashback film, musical film, period drama film
In 1823, aged composer Antonio Salieri attempts suicide and is committed to a psychiatric hospital. He claims that he murdered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Father Vogler, a young Catholic priest, encourages Salieri to confess his sins before G…
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Musical, Romantic Comedy, musical comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
On the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi (), bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan reveals to her bridesmaids that she has secretly invited three men to her wedding without telling her mother, Donna: Irish-American architect Sam Carmichael, Swedis…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, adventure film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Three years after becoming a chieftess and wayfinder for her people, Moana spends her days exploring other islands near her home island of Motunui in the hope of finding people connected to the ocean. On her return from one such voyage, Mo…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, mockumentary
Around forty years after the first film, director Marty DiBergi creates a documentary of the reunion/final show of legendary rock band Spın̈al Tap, including original members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls. He visits Hop…
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Coming Of Age, Erotic Thriller, Psychodrama, Romance Film, Thriller, drama film, romance film, teen film
In New York City, wealthy teenager Sebastian Valmont regularly manipulates and seduces women, but seeks someone who poses a challenge to his charm. He settles on Annette Hargrove—the daughter of his new school headmaster—who is staunchly o…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, coming-of-age film, musical film
A drop of sunlight falls from the sky and produces a magic flower with healing properties. For centuries, Gothel used the flower to retain her youth, until it is taken by soldiers from the kingdom of Corona and used to save their very ill,…
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Dance Film, Family Comedy, Musical, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, musical film
In 1910, Winifred Banks returns to her home in Edwardian London after a suffragette rally and learns that her children, Jane and Michael, have run away, "for the fourth time this week"; this has prompted their nanny, Katie Nanna, to quit h…
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Dance Film, Musical, Romantic Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy, teen film
During the summer of 1958, greaser Danny Zuko and straitlaced Australian girl Sandy Olsson fall in love at the beach. As Sandy prepares to return home, she worries that she will never see Danny again, but he comforts her by saying that the…
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Computeranimation, adventure film, comedy drama, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
In 1916, at a ball in Saint Petersburg, Russia, celebrating the Romanov tricentennial, Dowager Empress Marie gives a music box and a necklace inscribed with the words "Together in Paris" as parting gifts to her youngest granddaughter, Gran…
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Drama, Musical, drama film, musical film
Note: The film alternates between scenes set in real life and the events of The Kiss of the Spider Woman, a film within the film, but this plot summary retells both storylines separately. In Argentina in May 1983 at the tail end of the Dir…
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Adventure, Dark Comedy, Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, black comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Charlie Bucket is a kind and loving boy who lives in poverty with his family near the Wonka Factory. The company's owner, Willy Wonka, has long closed his factory to the public due to problems concerning industrial espionage, which also ca…
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Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Satire, black comedy film, comedy film, fantasy film, horror film
In 1978, aging and fading actress Madeline Ashton performs in a poorly received Broadway musical. She invites long-time friend and rival, meek aspiring writer Helen Sharp, backstage along with Helen's fiancé, plastic surgeon Ernest Menvill…
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Adventure, Christmas film, Komödie, action comedy film, adventure film, fantasy film, musical film
Kate Pierce is a cynical teen, unhappy about spending Christmas in Cancún, Mexico with her mother Claire, brother Teddy, Claire's new boyfriend Bob Booker, and his son Jack. Wanting to be back home where it is snowing, Kate secretly tries …
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Fantasy, Teen Comedy Film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, musical film
Shortly after returning from their adventure into the past, Red and Chloe hide Maddox Hatter's magic pocket watch in Wonderland's hidden royal vault. The next day, they begin to learn how their lives have changed as a result of their time-…
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Dance Film, Musical, dance film, drama film, melodrama, musical film, romance film
In 1900 in Paris, Christian, a young writer depressed and grief-stricken about the recent death of the woman he loved, begins writing their story on his typewriter. A year earlier in 1899, he arrives in the Montmartre district of Paris to …
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Coming Of Age, Drama, Musical, Romantic Drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, teen film
In 1969 San Diego, child prodigy William Miller struggles to fit in with his peers. His mother Elaine, a widowed college professor, further complicates his life by starting him early in school and leading him to believe he is 13 years old,…
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Cartoon, Computeranimation, Fantasy, Musical, Religious drama, adventure film, coming-of-age film, drama film, musical film, romance film, sword-and-sandal film
In Ancient Egypt, the enslaved Hebrew people pray to God for deliverance. Pharaoh Seti, fearing that the growing numbers of Hebrews could lead to rebellion, orders a mass infanticide of all newborn Hebrew boys. Yocheved and her children, M…
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