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Plot Summary:
FEARLESS HEART is the story of a young family stranded in the slums of New York City during the Great Depression. Gentle, believable characters make the film heartwarming and enjoyable but it has drama from one scene to another. You can't wait to see what will happen next. Faith, love and courage see them through as they end up in upstate NY. Timely story given today's economic woes. Academy Award potential.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating
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Mother's Milk (2011)
Plot Summary:
An English family is forced to come to terms with the imminent loss of their beloved holiday house in Provence.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, captivating
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Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
Plot Summary:
The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violence and a dead-end job as a bar hostess, she finds a young lover, Jin-tae who offers to kill her husband… And now their dog-eat-dog game starts.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, exciting, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, captivating, black comedy
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To Paris (2009)
Plot Summary:
Soviet youngster Alexey communicates with a fellow radiofan from France and makes big plans for his future. His hardworking blue-collar father Ivan is getting ready to join The Communist Party. Everything changes when Ivan's girlfriend is falsely accused in defalcation. Ivan decides to get the money by any means to help his beloved avoid the incarceration. He lets Alexey into his plans, and that triggers a chain of tragic events in this USSR-set drama. Loosely based on real events.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Learn by Heart (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film follows children growing up in the projects, where they juggle the pressures of school and street life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating
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King of the Gypsies (1978)
Plot Summary:
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: retro, grindhouse, cult classic, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, cult film
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Oshin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial condition. Nevertheless, the young girl lives strongly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, sad, independent film, profound
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Beyond Brotherhood (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two young siblings ended up living on the streets, having nothing left but their love. It's a story about survival, second chances and second falls, with an unexpected turn at the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Panama, USA, Argentina
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Monster (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, anamorphic
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In My Father's Garden (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of a loving man and father who falls under the influence of an extremely orthodox Protestant sect. He sacrifices everything and everyone to this faith, including his business and the respect of his younger son. However, he never loses the love of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, entertaining
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The Lost Brother (2017)
Plot Summary:
Cetarti is drowning in nothingness. With no job or purpose, he spends his days inside watching documentaries on television, until one day he is informed that his mother and brother were gunned down. He travels from Buenos Aires to Lapachito, a decrepit town in the province of Chaco in northern Argentina to deal with their bodies and to get the life insurance money. There he meets Duarte, a sort of boss in the town and a friend of his mother's murderer who also kidnaps people for money. Cetarti's path will lead him to committing illegal acts to get his hands on the insurance money and to his involvement in Duarte's dark dealings, leading to an absurd and unexpected outcome.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The White Tiger (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: social, suspense, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, dramatic, smart, avant garde, interesting, cult film
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Honor Thy Father (2015)
Plot Summary:
A pair of married white-collar swindlers run afoul of their latest victims.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, political
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The Street Where We Live (2019)
Plot Summary:
"I'm just two paychecks away from being on the street." In the aftermath of the nation's financial crisis, Mary, a single mom with two kids, finds herself faced with that exact situation when the factory where she works closes their doors for good. Providing for her children and keeping the family together, while also maintaining some form of dignity in the process, proves to be the hardest job that Mary will ever have.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter (2019)
Plot Summary:
A revealing look at the life of Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious mob boss John Gotti.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, crime drama, entertaining
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Kolamavu Kokila (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman takes up drug peddling to make money for the treatment of her mom, who has cancer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, dark comedy
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Joji (2021)
Plot Summary:
Joji, an engineering dropout and the youngest son of a rich family lives with his aspirations of becoming super wealthy. Driven by greed and blind ambition, he decides to execute his plans following an unexpected event in the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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22 Chaser (2018)
Plot Summary:
One of the city's last decent tow truck drivers risks everything on a desperate quest to become king of the road and provide for his struggling family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, action adventure
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Youtopia (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman decides to sell her virginity to pay off her mother's debts when she realises that her earnings as an online x-rated model are not enough.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Going for Broke (2003)
Plot Summary:
With the innocent dropping of a few coins into a video poker machine, Laura Bancroft's world is about to change forever. Inspired by true events, Going for Broke is the compelling, hard-hitting story of one woman's overwhelming addiction to gambling.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, sad
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Determination of Death (2001)
Plot Summary:
In order to free themselves from debt, a husband and wife plan to fake the husband's death but the scheme goes terribly awry.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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My Father Saved My Life (2001)
Plot Summary:
Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, as a character Giovanni modeled after himself) fought with the French Resistance, but near the end of the war he fell into a life of crime, and in 1947, 22-year-old Manu was arrested for his part in a bungled robbery that left a man dead. While Manu did not pull the fatal trigger, he refuses to say who did, since it would mean implicating his uncle, one of the few members of his family who has stood by him; Manu's brother is dead, and he turned his back on his father Joe (Bruno Cremer) years ago. Manu is sentenced to death, and while he protests his innocence, his attempts to escape from prison do little to convince anyone that he's telling the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, adaptation directed by original author
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Phantom Halo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 978
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, corny
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The Rally (2010)
Plot Summary:
"The Rally" is a gritty drama which follows several families living in a town riddled with crime and corruption. As the local church works to bring positive change to the town, they are confronted at every turn by those that desire to keep the city in bondage...until today.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, rough, christian film
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Guilty Hearts (2002)
Plot Summary:
Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. Someone kills Carrow's wife after she learns of the affair between Jenny and her husband. The murderer is caught and confesses, but that confession leads to new lies which tear apart Jenny Moran's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Up Among the Stars (2018)
Plot Summary:
VĂctor is a film director who is overcome by his own misfortunes. He is an alcoholic, unemployed and terribly depressed, largely because of the death of his wife. However, Victor is still the best in one thing: telling fantastic stories to his nine-year-old son, Ingmar. These stories are each of the scripts he dreams of directing in the future, when he gathers all the necessary resources. Victor and Ingmar share a present full of sadness and precariousness, but also full of robots and locations of films they have seen together. Despite forming a great team, their problems will multiply when others begin to question their role as a father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Chris Watts stoically yet smirkingly pleaded to television cameras for the safe return of his missing pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters, dark secrets loomed just beneath the surface.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, emotional
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Adam: His Song Continues (1986)
Plot Summary:
Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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The Katsuragi Murder Case (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Katsuragi Household that runs a small store may appear serene. But as the younger son Minoru commits a murder on the street, the family is exposed to the public. Is there anybody that is behind this murder case?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
Plot Summary:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, talky, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense thriller, tense, bleak, suspenseful, detective
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The Big Heist (2001)
Plot Summary:
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film: "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" from 1991.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark, dark comedy