When Strangers Click: Five Stories from the Internet
Genres
Overview
Finding love has never been easy. But it's also never been easier. Online dating sites thrive on the promise that dates and mates are just a 'click' away...but are they? From Robert Kenner comes a compelling new documentary about the way we woo in a wired world.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
55 min
Release Date
2011-02-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
4.7
Jonas Tancred
0.0
Looking for Love
Barry, a 70-year-old bachelor from St. Louis, travels to Colombia to find a wife through an international marriage agency. There he meets Dalila, a single mother who is looking for a decent man willing to commit to her and her teenage son. We witness Barry blossom as he courts Dalila, going to great and perhaps disconcerting lengths to realize his romantic ambitions.
2018-04-05 | en
6.6
Talhotblond
This is the true story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenage vixen (screen name 'talhotblond') lures men into her web. Revealing a shocking true crime story that shows the Internet's power to unleash our most dangerous fantasies.
2009-02-01 | en
6.8
Catfish
Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he's in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on Facebook, seeking permission to paint one of his photographs. When he receives her remarkable painting, Nev begins a friendship and correspondence with Abby's family. But things really get interesting when he develops a cyber-romance with Abby's attractive older sister, Megan, a musician and model. Prompted by some startling revelations about Megan, Nev and his buddies embark on a road trip in search of the truth.
2010-09-17 | en
6.8
Lover, Stalker, Killer
In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.
2024-02-09 | en
0.0
Love on Demand
Can you find love with an app? In this sweet documentary, Jon-Paul Gates hits the streets London to interview people on the street and one of the world's biggest online dating companies, Badoo. All of this to explore the ups and downs of online dating in the age of social media.
2019-10-15 | en
7.0
The Tinder Swindler
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
2022-02-02 | en
0.0
Is Love Racist? The Dating Game
Emma Dabiri looks at racism in Britain via the world of modern dating, love apps, and a national survey suggesting that young Britons could be more segregated than ever.
2017-07-17 | en
6.2
Love Me True
Laurence is desperately looking for love. Advised by a friend, she connects to dating sites to find a soul mate. But the young woman becomes addicted to her phone and falls in love with a toxic man.
2023-06-11 | fr
5.0
Murder at First Swipe
Serial killer Stephen Port scoured dating apps to choose and target his victims. He then drugged, raped and murdered them, before discarding their lifeless bodies on the streets of East London. Featuring exclusive interviews from those closest to the case, and unseen correspondence from Port himself, this new feature documentary explores the web of lies spread by a killer hiding in plain sight.
2024-02-13 | en
3.8
My Boyfriend, The Sex Tourist
A look at global sex tourism, focusing on the situation in Venezuela and Thailand.
2007-12-18 | en
6.5
Online Traveller: AVATARA
AVATARA is not a cartoon. It's a documentary about an Internet subculture who spend their lives immersed in an online 3-D voice-chat program called "Digitalspace Traveler." Through a series of 14 interviews, we uncover the history, art, identities, struggles and emotions of this unique internet community who, since as far back as 1996 have mostly devoted their lives to this software.
2003-05-01 | en
0.0
30 (Still Single)
A short documentary exploring the loneliness that comes with being single as a millennial. Set over the course of the thirtieth year of filmmaker Cathy Woods' life. This intimate and raw film delves into what it is like to be thirty and single in a time when situationships are the norm, and the societal pressure to be in a relationship is evident.
2024-07-20 | en
0.0
+33 07 DATE ME PLS
A small film crew conducts a survey on sex, dating apps, and loneliness in a modern world.
2022-12-13 | en
6.0
Mr. Stein Goes Online
Pierre, widowed and retired, has not been out of his house for two years. He discovers the joys of the internet thanks to Alex, a young man hired by his daughter to teach him the basics of computer science. On a meeting place, a charming young woman, Flora63, seduced by the romanticism of Pierre, offers her a first date. Lovers, Pierre is back. But on his profile he put a picture of Alex and not his own. Pierre must convince the young man to meet Flora in his place
2017-02-17 | fr
5.9
Must Love Dogs
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.
2005-07-21 | en
6.8
The 10 Year Plan
Myles and Brody are best friends with two very different ways of finding love. Displeased with their current love lives, they make a pact to be together if neither finds love in ten year’s time. Now two months shy of their deadline, both friends set off to do whatever it takes to avoid ending up as each other’s last resort.
2014-09-06 | en
6.0
Bringing Down the House
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
2003-03-07 | en
5.8
Me, Myself & Di
After winning the 'trip of a lifetime' to a caravan park in Rhyl, North Wales, unlucky in love Northener, Janet, is ready for a holiday romance. Unfortunately, taking the advice of her best friend, Diana - that she should pretend to be the opposite of who she actually is in order to find love - doesn't quite lead to the happily ever after that Janet was hoping for.
2021-06-04 | en
0.0
Swiperight
A group of young women on their way to a dance competition in rural Connecticut are targeted by a vengeful serial killer.
2020-02-17 | en
6.7
You've Got Mail
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
1998-12-18 | en