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Plot Summary:
Explores the confrontation between the woman who has everything, including emptiness, and a penniless poet who has nothing but the ability to fill a wealthy woman's needs.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, gloomy, bizarre
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The Sandpiper (1965)
Plot Summary:
A free-spirited artist (Elizabeth Taylor), who lives near California's Big Sur, meets the administrator (Richard Burton) of the parochial school that her young son attends and lures the cleric away from his wife (Eva Marie Saint).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, retro, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, light, inspirational, romantic, sexy
Similar in 77%
The Comedians (1967)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, The Comedians tells the story of a sardonic white hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Bermuda, USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: political, retro, clever, realistic, witty, semi serious
Similar in 85%
Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
Plot Summary:
The melodrama of a failing, aging movie star who takes up with an ambitious masseur who takes her home only to show off in front of his former girl friend and her powerful father.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: southern gothic, psychological, atmospheric, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, stylized, gloomy
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The M.O. Of M.I. (2002)
Plot Summary:
A happy gay couple in Austin Texas allows a performance artist/hustler, Jonathon, to enter their lives while hiding from his past. His past with one of the couple will come back.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, crying, detective
Similar in 78%
The Designated Mourner (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, talky, biting, mind bending, psychological, tense, clever, bleak, serious, emotional
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The Other Side of the Street (2004)
Plot Summary:
Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, romantic drama, gloomy
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Plot Summary:
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paola to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexual, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy, ambiguous ending, sexy
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The V.I.P.s (1963)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, clever, semi serious, retro, offbeat, soap opera, vintage, campy
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How I Killed My Father (2001)
Plot Summary:
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative, talky, gloomy
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Loved (1997)
Plot Summary:
After a husband is accused of droving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, sincere, thought provoking, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, contemplative
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Winter Sleepers (1997)
Plot Summary:
Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexual, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy, crying, erotic, road movie, sexy
Similar in 87%
Dark Harbor (1998)
Plot Summary:
A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road after much argument they stop, only to find a young boy battered and bruised. An offer of summoning the police firmly rejected, the two help the boy as best they can although it certainly means missing the ferry... and so starts this thriller: a tale of twisted sexual attraction and ulterior motives.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, serious, surprise ending, disturbing, enigmatic, erotic, psychological thriller, independent film, contemplative
Similar in 82%
Secret Ceremony (1968)
Plot Summary:
A tormented rich girl hires a sex worker to act as her mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: dark, slasher, deep, psychological, tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Her Name Is Carla (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two strangers refuse to leave the seaside home of a couple, which leads to sexual tension and crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, erotic, suspense, realistic, crying
Similar in 81%
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Plot Summary:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally attack one another when they see how boring their naïve newlywed guests have made their night.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, black and white, psychological, clever, black comedy, dark comedy, rough, captivating, minimal cast, atmospheric
Similar in 76%
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Plot Summary:
Drama while a tour bus driver shows church ladies around Mexico. Helped establish Puerto Vallarta as tourist destination.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: black and white, atmospheric, talky, psychological, tense, serious, sexual, retro, uplifting, existential
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The Day of the Locust (1975)
Plot Summary:
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: disturbing, cerebral, cult classic, atmospheric, surreal, cynical, stylized, biting, parody, philosophical
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Eureka (1983)
Plot Summary:
An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters want.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized, erotic, psychological, offbeat, surreal, avant garde
Similar in 79%
Fierce People (2005)
Plot Summary:
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark, art house, teen, indie film
Similar in 88%
Betrayal (1983)
Plot Summary:
Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the husband's point of view, with the scenes in precise reverse chronological order. Written by Dan Hartung.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, serious, captivating, talky, clever, stylized, non-linear, extraordinary
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Under Still Waters (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, independent film
Similar in 83%
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
Plot Summary:
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, talky, gloomy, sexual, southern gothic
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Fathers and Sons (2005)
Plot Summary:
Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over 30 years. The second story centers on the affairs of an airline pilot who shares a house but not a life with his wife. He crosses paths with an unusual woman and spends an extraordinary night with his son. The final chapter follows the homecoming of Elliot to his estranged family. As his father dies, Elliot meets and falls in love with a woman who sees past his tough-guy exterior.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, offbeat, crying, entertaining
Similar in 90%
The Field (1990)
Plot Summary:
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, serious, bleak, psychological, suspense, rough, independent film, sentimental, road movie
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The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
Plot Summary:
Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala. Confronting Victor, Charles tries to adopt an air of indifference, but the conversation ends with the husband bludgeoning the author to death and then calmly disposing of the evidence. When Hélène is questioned about Victor's murder, she discovers on her own that her husband is guilty. Instead of turning him in, Hélène is so thrilled that Charles cares so deeply about her that she is more in love with him than ever before.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, cynical, neo noir, psychological thriller, anthology, cute, twisted
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Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Plot Summary:
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, sexual, suspense, southern gothic, erotic, retro, tense
Similar in 81%
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, enigmatic, surreal, intense, sexy, serious, romantic, intellectual, stylized, disturbing
Similar in 83%
Asylum (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, psychological thriller, dramatic, period piece
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The Riot Club (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, satirical, realistic, absurd, tense, serious, inspirational, spiritual, artsy
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Plot Summary:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political, black and white, suspense, grim, clever, bleak, realistic, talky, political thriller, retro