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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mt. Natagumo Arc (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tanjiro, now a registered Demon Slayer, teams up with fellow slayers Zenitsu and Inosuke to investigate missing person cases on the mountain Natagumo. After the group is split up during a fight with possessed swordfighters, they slowly begin to realize the entire mountain is being controlled by a family of Demon spider creatures. A recap film of Kimetsu no Yaiba, covering episodes 15-21 with some new footage and special ending credits
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Plot tags: demon, supernatural, teamwork, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, supernatural power, good versus evil, fight, mysticism, investigation, battles, supernatural ability, showdown, family relations, demon hunter
Soorarai Pottru (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way
Duration: 153 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: plane crash, airplane, one against many, frustration, struggle, coping, fighting the system, direction and purpose, ambition, aspiration, blind ambition, travel, woman, innovation, scuffle, running, destruction, anger, bicycle, emergency, loan, rejection, emotional breakdown, bike, airplane crash
Attack on Titan: Chronicle (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the fourth recap movie, episodes 1-59 of the anime are retold, compiling the first three seasons of the anime into one two hour event
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: monster, extinction, catastrophe, fight, violence, friendship, macabre, murder, alternate reality, destiny, brutality, mutation, vengeance, danger, life philosophy, fictional war, violent, survival, military, post-apocalyptic future, lone hero, blood, titan, giant, post apocalypse
Hamilton (2020)
Plot Summary:
Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now
Duration: 160 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: hip hop, friendship, american history, death, murder, father son relationship, george washington, violence, biopic, revolutionary war, broadway, dancing, revenge, distopia, music, writers, experiment, friends, president, orphan, theater, adoption, british empire, revolution, election
The Father (2020)
Plot Summary:
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 183000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, destiny, elderly man, human spirit, alone in the world, memory, aging, old age, mental health, terminal illness, dream, self discovery, life & death, acceptance, disability, doubts and hesitations, loneliness, faith, insanity
Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tanjirō Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, board the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyōjurō Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: master warrior, demon, magic, supernatural, fight, mutilation, superhuman powers, violence, danger, battles, conspiracy, graphic violence, vengeance, manipulation, ambition, dishonesty, daring rescue, uninhibited rivalry, tough heroes, villain, love, virus, gore, demon hunter, tragedy
Dara of Jasenovac (2020)
Plot Summary:
During the Nazi-occupied Ustasha regime "NDH" in former Yugoslavia during WWII, little girl Dara is sent to the concentration camp complex Jasenovac in Croatia also known as "Balkan's Auschwitz"
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Serbia
Plot tags: concentration camp, world war two, hospital, execution, war, prison, nazi, world war, starving child, survival, train, escape, food, violence, truck, death, murder, illness, hunger, family relations, singing, deception, brutality, baby, fear
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, France
Plot tags: folklore, friendship, wolf, peril, father daughter relationship, family relations, legends and myths, hunter, happy ending, human animal relationship, wolf pack, good versus evil, celtic, healer, courage, rescue, foe turned friend, lone wolves, friend, kids and family, teamwork, unlikely friendships, forest, magic, waterfall
Soul (2020)
Plot Summary:
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 365000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: jazz, self discovery, life after death, afterlife, meaning of life, life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, following a dream, teaching the ways of the world, death, musician, soul transference, jazz musician, teacher, african american, life philosophy, pianist, wisdom of life, happiness, out of body experience, black, mentor, ambition
Where are you going, Aida? (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people - rescue or death? Which move should she take?
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Turkey, Norway
Plot tags: bosnian war, translator, genocide, un, firing squad, women, family in danger, woman in danger, life risking, military, family relations, wartime, risk, saving a life, save the day, peace, woman, truth, foreigner, plot twist, world war, massacre, refugee, military base, neighbor
Another Round (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
Plot tags: experiment, teacher, friendship, drunkenness, group of friends, alcohol abuse, midlife crisis, drinking, teacher student relationship, dancing, friendship between men, marriage, restaurant, high school, husband wife relationship, drunk, alcoholism, existential loneliness, nothing goes right, nordic, drinking alcohol, binge drinking, mental disorder, new life, existentialism
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Plot Summary:
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and assorted others – must regroup, strategize and take the war to Darkseid in order to save the planet and its surviving inhabitants
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: justice league, superhero, batman, heroes, superman, villain, fictional war, wonder woman, good versus evil, superhero team, multiverse, superpower, end of the world, fight, teamwork, team, supernatural power, reluctant hero, super powers, hand to hand combat, occult, white supremacy, comic book, ninja, alien invasion
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Plot Summary:
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale — were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, India
Plot tags: courtroom drama, activist, hippie, injustice, riot, political protest, courtroom, jury, political persecution, court, political repression, legal, law, protest, dictator, conflict, dictatorship, black, politician, fighting the system, protestant, political prisoner, political unrest, protestor, political activist
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Aurangzeb recruits his trusted soldier Udaybhan to control the Kondhana fort, Shivaji's military leader Tanhaji Malusare and his army of Maratha warriors set out to recapture the fortress
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Plot tags: conqueror, military, fort, medieval, conquering, army, battles, hindu, death, warrior, emperor, fight, sword fight, protector, showdown, muslim, ancient, fight club, patriot, colonialism, propaganda, battlefield, indian history, asian history, sword
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: revenge, rape, rape and revenge, revenge from beyond the grave, medical school, unpunished crime, violence, death of friend, chauvinism, sexual predator, oral sex, feminist, women, female protagonist, murder, double life, dating, wedding ceremony, vigilante justice, brutality, feminism, strong female character, vigilante, sociopath, woman
Clouds (2020)
Plot Summary:
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: cancer, teenager, terminal illness, dying, star crossed lovers, dealing with death, dream, follow your dream, destiny, love and romance, life is a bitch, hopes, first love, teenage love, musician, life & death, aspiring musician, school, life, high school student, high school, friend, based on real people, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship
Riders of Justice (2020)
Plot Summary:
Markus, a deployed military man, has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which his wife ended up being a random casualty of
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland
Plot tags: revenge, father daughter relationship, organized crime, vengeance, male prostitute, mathematics, investigation, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, mafia, murder investigation, murder mystery, lynching, catastrophe, twists and turns, murderer, crime investigation, teamwork, danger, unsolved crime, crime solving, cold case, secret revealed, partners in crime
Palm Springs (2020)
Plot Summary:
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Plot tags: time loop, time travel, time, love and romance, wedding, time traveler, repeated event, dark humor, earthquake, drug use, family relations, party, strong female character, dying repeatedly, drug, time warp, couple relations, desert, one day, suicide, gay interest, wedding day, groundhog day, teenager, stoner
Minari (2020)
Plot Summary:
A Korean-American family moves to Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. With the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother, the stability of their relationships is challenged even more in this new life in the rugged Ozarks, testing the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, american dream, grandmother grandson relationship, friendship, farm, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, heart condition, coming of age, coping, family life, new life, direction and purpose, social problems, aspiration, lifestyle, countryside, money problems, teenager, water, meaning of life, church, exile
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)
Plot Summary:
After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm, Lord Raiden gathers a team of elite warriors – Shaolin monk Liu Kang, Special Forces officer Sonya Blade and action star Johnny Cage – an unlikely band of heroes with one chance to save humanity. To do this, they must defeat Shang Tsung’s horde of Outworld gladiators and reign over the Mortal Kombat tournament
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: martial arts tournament, ninja, fight to the death, master warrior, revenge, villain, save the world, blood, monster, fight, sorcerer, martial arts, rivalry, contests and competitions, fistfight, hand to hand combat, shaolin monk, superhero, batman, computer game, immortal, mature, mission, street fighter, magic
Persian Lessons (2020)
Plot Summary:
Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Belarus
Plot tags: concentration camp, world war two, german soldier, military, lie, labor camp, wartime life, holocaust, german officer, soldier, nazi, wartime, historical event, white lie, con trick, deception, training, military life, sex, prison, moving, dialogue, exhaustion, world war, prisoner
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Plot Summary:
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: pregnancy, abortion, female protagonist, teenage pregnancy, teenage girl, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, adolescence, teenager, feminist, 17 year old, abortion clinic, friendship between girls, rape, teenage life, rape victim, women, coming of age, youth, female friendship, society, social issues, new year, strong female lead, winter
Onward (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 165000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: brother brother relationship, elf, magic, teenage protagonist, fantasy world, teenage boy, cyclops, wizard, centaur, dead father, creature, coming of age, family relations, widow, race against time, brotherhood, birthday, mythical creature, van, magical, magician, wizards and magicians, supernatural power, magical power, fairy
Tenet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 571000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: time travel, time paradox, time, alternate timeline, time loop, save the world, cia agent, terrorism, quantum physics, espionage, propaganda, time traveler, spy, seeing the future, car crash, technology, fight, betrayal, special agent, end of the world, apocalypse, teamwork, airport, terrorist, butterfly effect
The Banker (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: money, racism, banker, investor, entrepreneurship, black american, african american, black, new house, business, friendship, segregation, friendship between men, real estate, racist, personal assistant, prejudice, racial slur, white supremacy, fight, mockery, male protagonist, customer, employer employee relationship, bigotry
Uncle Frank (2020)
Plot Summary:
Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free spirit Wally. No one really knows about Frank’s life, except his newly-arrived teenage niece, Beth, who promises to keep his relationship with the family secret. But when, Mac, the overbearing patriarch of his family dies, Frank is forced to go home for the funeral, where old traumas arise and he has to face his family again. In part road movie, partly a story of maturity, this film still to be named is a funny but deeply moving story about family, forgiveness and our intrinsic power to choose who we want to be
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay muslim, funeral, gay relationship, uncle niece relationship, road trip, lgbtq, suicide, father son relationship, gay lead character, college professor, life & death, gay interest, lgbtqi, coming of age, travel, gay love, grief, marriage, lake, motel, acceptance, prejudice
Nomadland (2020)
Plot Summary:
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: van, homeless, traveler, motor home, on the road, loss of job, journey, nomad, road trip, homelessness, snow, loneliness, grief, unemployment, desert, alligator, women, wanderlust, travel, female protagonist, social problems, existentialism, lifestyle, social relations, fired from the job
Minamata (2020)
Plot Summary:
A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan
Plot tags: art, war photographer, breaking point, poisoning, american abroad, frustration, corruption, photograph, journalism, lifestyle, photography, catastrophe, social misfits, modern art, hypocrisy, life philosophy, true crime, wrath, unfulfillment, character study, spy, money, nature, photographer, climbing
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a student navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. An experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and, most importantly, from the girl of his dreams
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: schizophrenia, teenager, romantic relationship, teenage protagonist, diagnosis, high school, hearing voices, romanticism, hopes, love and romance, chance meeting, supportive parent, illness, mental illness, coming of age, young adult, gay, psychology, relationships, autism, happy ending, parenting, cooking, tutor, interracial romance
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 264000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, alien, creature, creature feature, deaf, survival horror, survival, silence, monster, deafness, alien invasion, child in peril, macabre, sign language, alien creature, alien monster, strong female character, boat, deaf girl, deaf child, supernatural, escape, island, radio station, terror