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Pariyerum Perumal (2018)
Plot Summary:
A law student from a lower caste begins a friendship with his classmate, a girl who belongs to a higher caste, and the men in her family start giving him trouble over this
Duration: 154 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: friendship, dog, social differences, class differences, love, classmate classmate relationship, happy ending, stereotypes, waking up, politics, innovation, satire, fight, train, student, college, swimming, bus, professor, language barrier, college student, drowning, death of dog, law school, tamil
Peranbu (2018)
Plot Summary:
A single father tries to raise his daughter, who has cerebral palsy, even as she is beginning to wake up to her sexuality
Duration: 147 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: India
Plot tags: cerebral palsy, single father, physical disability, dog, dancing, mountain, prostitute, forest, medicine, water, doll, divorce, beach, priest, doctor, hotel, house, church, taxi, taxi driver, office, accident, maid, fog, father daughter relationship
96 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ram is a photographer and nature lover who travels all around India capturing moments. On a chance visit to his hometown Tanjavur, he goes into his school and begins to walk down memory lane to 1994 when he was a student harboring feelings for his classmate Janu
Duration: 158 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: high school reunion, friendship, fall in love, high school life, love, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, relationships, true love, lovers, couples, young lovers, childhood memory, unfulfilled love, education, in love, stranger, new beginning, innovation, feminist, tamil, bollywood, school life, romance
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in each reality has their own Spider theme hero
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 645000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: superhero, multiverse, teenager, alternate universe, peter parker character, school, superheroine, teenage life, teenage superhero, super powers, father son relationship, love, physics, secret identity, comic book, superpower, african american, spider man, martial arts, giant monster, robot, giant, good versus evil, teacher, police
Mahanati (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri
Duration: 177 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: tragedy, biopic, celebrity, movie star, friendship, career, historical figure, rivalry, ambition, fame, sensuality, lifestyle, actor's life, love story, bittersweet, female objectification, couple relations, secret marriage, women, film industry, actress, director, autobiography, tragic event, feminist
Capernaum (2018)
Plot Summary:
Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied
Duration: 126 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Drama
Country: Lebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Plot tags: poverty, refugee, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, child abuse, neglected child, life is a bitch, low lives, child protagonist, child neglect, starving child, child labor, muslim girl, lawsuit, prison, slavery, troubled youth, street life, children, social realism, illegal alien, trial, survival, boy
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Plot Summary:
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain
Duration: 149 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Norway
Plot tags: superhero, super powers, fight scenes, team, invasion, supernatural power, alien, power, universe, tragedy, good versus evil, end of the world, battlefield, superhero team, comic book, super villain, raccoon, heroes, save the world, hand to hand combat, final battle, murder, outer space, battles, flying superhero
Raatchasan (2018)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases
Duration: 170 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: serial killer, police, spy, life & death, intrigue, hate, murder, psycho, investigation, secret service, murder mystery, entertainment, plot twist, innovation, rookie, police investigation, child kidnapping, school, teacher, schoolgirl, interrogation, rich and poor, fashion, child abduction, tamil
Green Book (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 546000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: racism, road trip, travel, musician, interracial friendship, driver, friendship, racial prejudice, journey, on the road, black american, friend, dignity, african american, piano, blacks and whites, loneliness, pianist, prejudice, racial slur, chauffeur, deep south, trip, american south, talent
Tumbbad (2018)
Plot Summary:
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure which Vinayak gets obsessed with
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: India, Sweden
Plot tags: greed, treasure, father son relationship, evil, supernatural, mythology, folk horror, curse, british empire, village, treasure hunt, curses spells and rituals, tomb, escapades, rivalry, danger, ancient, chase, couples, redemption, hindu mythology, past, paranormal, nightmare, filmmaking
Andhadhun (2018)
Plot Summary:
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: blind man, musician, blindness, pianist, murder, affair, evidence, love and romance, murder witness, witnessing a crime, blindness and impaired vision, plot twist, dark humor, murder investigation, deception, murder mystery, witness, loss of eyesight, musician's life, visual impairment, characters in danger, blind character, whodunit, heist, investigation
Rangasthalam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Chitti Babu begins to suspect his elder brother's life is in danger after they team up to lock horns with their village president and overthrow his unlawful 30 year old regime
Duration: 170 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: fight, politics, brother brother relationship, fighting the system, power struggle, political unrest, political intrigue, political conspiracy, countryside, death threat, plot twist, love, village, revenge, murder, conspiracy, coma, farm, widow, deafness, death of brother, love interest, evil landowner, rural setting, food
One Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
The mid 90’s. Turkey’s political instability, inflation and hopelesness on people were increased. In those years when all hope was lost, people deeply bond with Bold Pilot and Halis Karataş who win every race coming from the last place. People see themselves at the point where this horse and jockey are: at the back. This duo make people to believe that everybody can win. The race ends at the finish line and the first to cross this line are Bold Pilot and Halis riding it
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: horse race, racehorse, horse, jockey, race, hopes, love and romance, friendship, rise to the top, follow your dream, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, couple relations, racing, coach, underdog, love, success, death, cancer, hospital, bet, competition, anger
K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people
Duration: 154 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: gold, gold mine, undercover, rags to riches, mission, greed, heroism, organized crime, mob boss, mafia, ambition, rise and fall, society, dishonesty, anti hero, slavery, slave, hindu, entertainment, wandering, white supremacy, dancing, ship, fight, ocean
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is taking an anti-comedy stance in her newest special
Duration: 69 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Documentary, Comedy
Country: Australia
Plot tags: sexual identity, lesbian, comedian, stand up comedy, lgbt, lgbtqi, inspiration, gender, empowerment, stand up comedian, live performance, female empowerment, art, anger, stand up, variety, female director
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret. Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, tragedy, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, love story, fall in love, teenage boy, romantic relationship, bucket list, love and romance, relationships, friends, fighting illness, couple relations, hospital, high school, family relations, romantic friendship, family problems, teenager, time travel, illness, adaptation, heartwarming
The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring writer returns to his native village in rural Turkey, where he becomes overwhelmed by his father's debts
Duration: 188 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Sweden, Qatar
Plot tags: writers, society, childhood, debt, family conflict, family relations, father son relationship, homecoming, countryside, family crisis, gambler, past, muslim, lsd, new life, kurd, slow burn, snow, gambling debt, religion, dog, gambling, money, nature, teacher
Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018)
Plot Summary:
In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally
Duration: 79 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Plot tags: comedian, stand up comedian, stand up comedy, everyday life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, performer's life, dark humor, friends, profanity, new life, absurd humor, surrealism, frustration, talk show, concert, live performance, stand up, performance, netflix
Shoplifters (2018)
Plot Summary:
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them…
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: poverty, shoplifting, father son relationship, social realism, poor family, family drama, secret, theft, beach, domestic abuse, child abduction, husband wife relationship, shoplifter, orphan, surrogate family, missing child, homelessness, japanese girl, family relations, male nudity, child, supermarket, feminine wiles, asian, father daughter relationship
Pad Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
Concerned about his wife Gayatri's menstrual hygiene, Lakshmikant Chauhan urges her to ditch the cloth and opt for sanitary napkins. Gayatri is reluctant to go for disposable pads as they are expensive. Lakshmi obsessing over a 'ladies problem' makes her cringe but he insists on bringing upon a change by addressing the taboo topic. Subjected to hostility for ruffling the religious and age-old beliefs of people around, can the man brave the resistance and get his point across?
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, USA
Plot tags: taboo, menstruation, village, invention, superhero, life is a bitch, entrepreneurship, survival, human spirit, poverty, society, street life, ambition, life philosophy, rags to riches, against the odds, change of luck, entrepreneur, hindu, social issues, biopic, based on real people, marriage, train, wife
Badhaai Ho (2018)
Plot Summary:
A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: gossip, pregnancy, family relations, wedding, middle class, mother, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, estrangement, father, taboo, hindu, mother son relationship, poet, mother and son, relatives, husband wife relationship, son, embarrassment, couch, knocked up, bollywood, hindi, bengali
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Plot Summary:
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 576000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: musician, lgbt, music, gay, aids, singer, rock band, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, fame, rock concert, homosexual, music industry, rise to the top, betrayal, music band, lgbtqi, male homosexuality, desire for fame, based on real people, love, biopic, prodigy, lgbtq
South Wind (2018)
Plot Summary:
A story about Petar Maras, a Belgrade criminal in his late twenties, whose one reckless move causes an avalanche of events that will greatly affect the lives of those around him
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Plot tags: organized crime, police corruption, smuggling, chase, police raid, police brutality, crime scene, family relations, mafia, friendship, murder, couples, danger, rivalry, society, gore, boxing, wedding, pregnancy, death, torture, birthday, male nudity, car theft, nightclub
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Japan
Plot tags: dog, politician, robot, rescue, friendship, stop motion, freedom, resistance, island, boy, animal protagonist, protest, dog lover, conspiracy, morality, child, cartoon dog, fight, corruption, waste, propaganda, missing boy, flashback, animal cruelty, serum
Never Look Away (2018)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago
Duration: 189 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Plot tags: painter, art gallery, artist, nazism, nazi, berlin wall, father daughter relationship, world war two, pregnancy, sex scene, romantic relationship, forced abortion, art, doctor, father in law son in law relationship, mural, gas chamber, struggling artist, female pubic hair, nudity, painting, love, ss, pregnant woman, schizophrenia
Geetha Govindam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Vijay Govind, a young college lecturer who dreams of marriage falls for Geetha, a level-headed woman who's wary of strangers and isn't easy to convince. While things seem to go smoothly, Vijay makes a terrible mistake which not only derails any hope for his love story, but also potential repercussions with his family
Duration: 142 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: unrequited love, love, relationships, romantic relationship, fall in love, in love, couples, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, mistaken identity, love interest, couple relations, telugu
Roma (2018)
Plot Summary:
A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Plot tags: maid, nanny, class differences, pregnancy, servant, routine, middle class, female protagonist, vacation, dating, professor, master servant relationship, pregnant woman, child, saving a life, feminist, mission, strongman, adultery, disappearance, loneliness, divorce, great ending, infidelity, male nudity
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Plot Summary:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe
Duration: 147 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 370000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway, UK
Plot tags: spy, terrorist, hand to hand combat, plutonium, espionage, violence, tough guy, agent, female spy, rogue agent, mission impossible, cia, hitman, race against time, countdown, cia agent, black ops, one against many, terrorist group, bomb, hi-tech, fistfight, secret service, teamwork, rock climbing
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
Plot Summary:
The theme for this remarkable new film will be "Saiyan", the strongest race in the universe. Since "Battle of Gods", Goku has undergone new forms from Super Saiyan God to Super Saiyan Blue to other evolved forms that have gone up against many invincible warriors from multiple universes. This new story will focus on the origin of the Saiyans' strength and what it means to be Saiyan
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: transformation, dragon ball, power, resurrection, dating show, mysticism, villain, tyranny, fight, father son relationship, superhero, gladiator, dragon ball z, violence, profanity, swearing, alien, ship, battles, anger, energy, evil man, jacket, angry, sparring
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 627000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, India, UK
Plot tags: superhero, hitman, anti hero, mutant, supernatural power, invulnerability, mission, one man army, time travel, dark hero, sarcasm, heroes, superpower, comic book, murder, dark humor, weapons, foul language, aeroplane, super powers, chinaman, violent, martial arts, taxi, action violence