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Plot Summary:
A father and son reunites for a summer vacation after the tragic loss of their cancer ill mother and ex-wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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I Hate the Man in My Basement (2020)
Plot Summary:
After his wife's death, Claude struggles to appear normal while living with a Secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, emotional
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Under the Stars (2007)
Plot Summary:
Selfish, opportunistic Benito returns to his home in Navarre when he learns that his father is dying. There, he reconnects with his younger brother Lalo, a metal sculptor who is emotionally needy. Benito also develops a surprising bond with Ainara, the young daughter of his brother's girlfriend, Nines.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, touching, suspenseful
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Holiday (1999)
Plot Summary:
During a family reunion in 2000, guests decide to read out laud their "where i see myself in 10 years" wish lists which they wrote down during their 1990 family reunion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 105 min
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According to her (2016)
Plot Summary:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Together (2009)
Plot Summary:
A family of a father, a mother and their son is looking forward to go on vacation. On the way they experience an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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In My Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shirley is a woman who wants to be in control of everything. Working as a librarian in a public school, a firm "Sshhh!" from her makes the students tremble in fear. But in her family, her unwarranted intervention in the lives of her children and their families keeps her emotionally detached from them. Realizing that she has lost the command she once had, she goes to New York to reunite with Mark , her estranged gay son who is now suffering from colon cancer. But Shirley doesn't know this and living with Mark in New York comes with a cost. She has to live with her son's lover Noel who is an illegal immigrant. Everything is going right until circumstances forces Shirley to go back to the Philippines. Now that she's back with her family, she realizes that something is wrong she is not happy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, sincere, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tagalog, queer cinema
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To Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
If your dreams could come true, what would you dream? If you could escape, where would you go? TO DREAM is a story about friendship, full of hope and intimacy, set against a harsh inner city backdrop. Best friends, LUKE and TOMMY, live in an unforgiving part of London. They've known each other forever. Having dropped out of school and still living at home, they're dreaming about what's coming next. Their big plan has always been to escape London's grime and head for an American paradise. It's a dream that's helped them escape the harsh realities of growing up in abusive homes and it's a dream that cements their friendship. Tortured by flashbacks, family secrets and an abusive father, Luke desperately clings to a world that no longer seems to want him in it. Tommy is the only one who can pull Luke from his shell. Tommy walks a thin line between impish teenage rebellion and falling into a world of serious crime. The only thing stopping him from jumping feet first is his loyalty to Luke.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, dark drama
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Last Summer (2018)
Plot Summary:
During a long hot summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adult world and changes their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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Smother (2008)
Plot Summary:
After he's fired from his job, an everyday guy faces pressure from his wife to have a baby and from his mom, who has decided to move in with the young couple.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, humorous, sex comedy, slapstick comedy, exciting
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The Redemption of a Dog (2012)
Plot Summary:
Will Austin is not only a successful executive, but an equally successful ladies man who sees nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of his labor. But everything changes when he finds out the father he grew up idolizing was instead a man of abuse and deception.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, independent film
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Elling (2001)
Plot Summary:
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, neurotic, feel good, experimental, controversial, black comedy
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Lady Luck (2017)
Plot Summary:
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Inheritance (2001)
Plot Summary:
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than a spacious apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles – from the apartment’s sale to splitting a toy tea set – the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, expectations. The divergences are inevitable, because they’ve followed very different tracks. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, serious, emotional, realistic
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Double Parked (2000)
Plot Summary:
A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Reach (2018)
Plot Summary:
A socially awkward band geek, Steven Turano, is planning on killing himself. However, when Clarence, the new quirky kid in school, befriends him, Steven's plans are sidetracked and he reaches beyond his comfort zone forming stronger relationships with his father, friends and teachers. The boys form an inseparable bond as Clarence finds creative ways to pull Steven out of his depression.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, touching, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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Vegas (2009)
Plot Summary:
You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating
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The Great Craftsman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1920s, it revolves around aspiring architects and their contributions to the country.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Eternal Salvation (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan Wright has it all, a prestigious job, incredibly beautiful wife Amy, gorgeous 7-year-old daughter Megan and countless friends. In the prime of his life, Jonathan suffers a life threatening brain aneurysm that leaves him comatose. After regaining consciousness, he begins the grueling task of rebuilding his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: christian film, touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Who's Your Daddy (2016)
Plot Summary:
When one of them is about to become a father, three friends must make a decision that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, entertaining, realistic, independent film
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Summer Snow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hallie Benson is a small girl with a big heart. Unfortunately, her creative ways of helping often create a mess. Dan Benson doesn't cook, do hair or know how to help his three children without his beautiful wife and her unshakable faith.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film, sincere, touching, suspenseful
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Family Law (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man in his thirties does not want to be like his father, but that seems to be unavoidable.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, light, emotional, humorous, realistic
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The Dream Kids (2013)
Plot Summary:
JB suffers from a heart malformation .He falsifies his medical file ,so that he can enter a top athlete training center.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, serious, realistic
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Valley (2014)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of three sensitive teens who are forced to deal with violence at home, violence at school. It is a story of friendship, of love and hate, where the adolescents world is revealed as cruel and beautiful, a world where the desire to die or kill and the will to live are very confused but finally define the fate of the three heroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Breakfast with Curtis (2012)
Plot Summary:
Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, touching, suspenseful, offbeat, independent film
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Jo's Boy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn region. To the great displeasure of Jo, thirteen-year-old Tom is as good at math as he is useless on the rugby field. For a Canavero, the legend can't stop there, even if it means setting up a rugby team specifically for Tom, despite the wishes of the whole village and of Tom himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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It Was the Son (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, light, humorous, serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Duane Hopwood (2005)
Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: emotional, humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, clever, touching, gloomy, semi serious, independent film
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The Professor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Richard, a world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak, and a touch of madness.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, captivating, independent film, surreal, cult classic, cute, comedy drama, inspirational, feel good
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Men, Women & Children (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, bad ending, dramatic, stylized, humorous, serious, semi serious, independent film, touching
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Plot Summary:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tear jerker, touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental, compassionate, romantic, crying, realistic