Best movies like To the Night
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Plot Summary:
Norman, who lost his parents in a fire as a child, is obsessed with light and haunted by its destructive powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, avant garde
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The Birch Tree (1967)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: depressing
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Greener Mountains (2005)
Plot Summary:
Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film
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A Leap in the Dark (1980)
Plot Summary:
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and is now affected by psychic problems and suicide fantasies. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. Mauro become unconsciously jealous of this relationship, and try to get Giovanni arrested... Written by Francesco Benzi.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996)
Plot Summary:
A high schooler from suburbia gets in touch with her sexuality while working at a dingy movie theater in the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sad, underground film, crying, independent film, grunge, cult film
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Maya (2018)
Plot Summary:
The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Anything (2017)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his wife, a man moves from Mississippi to a run-down Hollywood apartment, where he meets someone new.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ferox (2013)
Plot Summary:
Arnaldur, a 16-year-old boy living a normal teenager's life in Reykjavik. One day, coming home from school, he finds his brother in the bathtub, dead. Despite clear signs of a suicide, Arnaldur is convinced that his brother's teacher is somehow responsible so he decides to take matters into his own hands and avenge his brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: crying
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Billy Boy (1970)
Plot Summary:
Billy, a troubled young man is rescued from a beating by police by an older man who takes him in. As Billy begins to fall under the influence of a delinquent, his loyalties to his friend are tested.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Vendues (2004)
Plot Summary:
7 young women from Eastern Europe accept to become prostitutes for a year in exchange for a journey that will take them from Belgrade to Marseilles and provide them with a French passport. Irina, a worker from a Moscow suburb, brings along Enki, her young son, hidden among her luggage. She's ready to do anything to give him a brighter future.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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All the Ways of God (2014)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary evocation of Judas Iscariot trying to escape from his own guilt after betraying his best friend. He wanders into a forest and lost in himself, meets a mysterious young man. The young companion will accompany him on this path of repentance and penance and help him deal with his feelings, understand his guilt and cope with he has done. This is the story of the last three days of a repentant.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: avant garde, experimental, queer cinema
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Ibiza Blue (2023)
Plot Summary:
August 2020. The lives of three young professionals intersect in the post-pandemic lock-down Ibiza where they will try to overcome their personal tragedies, rediscover themselves and move on.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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New old (1979)
Plot Summary:
Experimental film.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: experimental, avant garde
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Unconditional Love (1995)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Egeli directs this multifaceted romance set on the beaches of Cape Cod, the story of young painter Steven Buchanan (Pablo Bryant) and his interactions with three beautiful women vying to be his muse. There's Melissa (Isabelle Dahlin), the student who admires him; Theresa (Jessica Brytn Flannery), the model who inspires him; and Mary (Aleksandra Kaniak), the fellow artist who transforms him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Erika's Hot Summer (1971)
Plot Summary:
Sleazeball photographer Steve is busy taking pictures of beautiful young women, bedding them, and then dumping them. One day he meets the woman of his dreams on the beach: Erika. Once he's frolicked on the beach and taken her to bed, the other women in his life become unsatisfactory, and he suffers a playboy's crisis. One of his other women proves to be a bit more persistent than he expects.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, sexploitation film
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The Tears of Saint Peter (1995)
Plot Summary:
Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote her product she promises to wake up from the dead all citizens of the town who have died within the last ten years. Both the bishop and the mayor are alarmed as they fear loss of influence over them and try to work against Carla. There are also many citizens who don't want to see their "loved ones" wake up from the dead. In order to make things more confusing, Carla and the son of the mayor, Mark, fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Euphoria (2006)
Plot Summary:
They saw each other only once. At a wedding with lots of alcohol. Their eyes met and that was it. They didn't understand rationally what happened to them but they felt that they cannot keep living and breathing without each other. Cosmic magnetism with irresistible intensity pulled them together. They no longer belonged to themselves, their families and friends and that's how a tragedy evolves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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Still the Water (2014)
Plot Summary:
Taking place during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August and set on the Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, the drama centers on a 14-year-old boy who finds a dead body floating in the sea. The young man enlists the help of his girlfriend to solve the mystery. The pair “will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, Spain
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, serious, light, sincere, romantic, uplifting, art house, realistic
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SPF-18 (2017)
Plot Summary:
18-year-old Penny Cooper spent years pining for Johnny Sanders Jr., but when a mysterious musician shows up on the beach, Penny is torn.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, light, sincere, cult classic, cult film
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The Reject (2007)
Plot Summary:
A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his forties and has started to sink into a mid-life depression. On's wife has left him and while he tries to keep in touch with her and his daughter, he feels they're drifting away from him. On often finds himself retreating into a world of daydreams, which becomes all the more common after he loses his job. On struggles to drown in ennui with alcohol, gambling and meaningless sex, but matters only get worse as he learns that his elderly mother's health is failing, and he can no longer keep up with the bills for her medical care. When On discovers some forgotten savings, he sets out on a vacation in hopes of recapturing his muse, with his beautiful and loyal secretary in tow. Film received its American premiere at the 2008 Palm Springs Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014)
Plot Summary:
Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that her predecessor has just died, but also that the skipper is none other than the first great love of her life. Alice finds a notebook in her cabin, apparently that of the former mechanic, and on reading its contents – accounts of mechanical problems, sexual conquests and lovelorn emotions – finds, oddly, that they mirror her own concerns. As they make stops at various ports, dealing with life aboard alongside an all-male crew and the swell and pitch of her romantic feelings, the young woman tries to stay on course.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, realistic, emotional, psychological, erotic, serious
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Deleted Scenes (2010)
Plot Summary:
When 30 something Sean meets Eastern European immigrant Wolf, sparks fly. They return to Sean’s apartment and begin a high energy and hugely sexual affair. What starts as a mere chance meeting slowly evolves into something more. Wolf is easy going, turning tricks to supplement his living, while Sean is needy, talkative and neurotic. Creating a stable relationship is fraught with problems. With Wolf disappearing for hours at a time and Sean doing drugs the two of them seem to be headed down a path of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Sunshine State (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: witty, sincere, touching, independent film, realistic, cult classic, serious, contemplative, philosophical, thought provoking
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The Young Lovers (2021)
Plot Summary:
Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside down, Shauna struggles with feelings she thought belonged to the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags:
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The Surface (2015)
Plot Summary:
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, queer cinema
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Boys Life 6 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Anthonlogy of four gay-themed stories centered around the idea of first-time crushes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, realistic, sentimental, psychological, romantic, captivating, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Beautiful Disaster (2023)
Plot Summary:
Bad-boy Travis is exactly what college freshman Abby needs and wants to avoid. He spends his nights fighting in underground boxing matches, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. But Abby wants nothing to do with Travis. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance, Travis offers her a simple bet: if he loses his next fight, he must remain sex-free for a month. If he wins, Abby must live in his apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that Abby’s dark past is about to emerge, and he may have finally met his match.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark
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Yes (2004)
Plot Summary:
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: witty, stylized, philosophical, lyrical, sincere, serious, independent film, clever, talky, romantic
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Heavenly Forest (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story begins with Makoto Segawa, a freshman at Meikei University. On the day of his university entrance ceremony, Makoto meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru. Makoto has a complex which causes him to shy away from contact with other people, but she succeeds in getting him to open up to her naturally. All Shizuru wants is to be with Makoto, so she takes up a camera too. The two spend their days together taking photos in the forest behind the campus. However, Makoto has feelings for another student named Miyuki. Shizuru decides that if Makoto likes Miyuki, she wants to like her too. She wants to like everything that he does. One day, she tells Makoto that she wants to take a photo of them kissing in the forest as a present for 'her birthday'. He obliges for her sake, and they kiss in the forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, romantic, sad, shoujo, romantic drama
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Beautiful Something (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, sincere, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, independent film, queer cinema
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It's My Party (1996)
Plot Summary:
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, independent film, philosophical, depressing, sincere, realistic, semi serious