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Plot Summary:
William, a respected artist who lost everything after his divorce, arrives in Montreal on a job prospect. When the job falls through he then is saved and forms an erotic friendship and exposes his soul with a young woman named Paulette.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
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The Apprentice (1971)
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In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with a thin resume and no college units. He has a fiancée, Michelle, but his head is turned by a free-spirited model, from the U.S., who saw him being fired and comes to his flat to apologize. She's Elizabeth, a combination of feckless innocence and sexual freedom. Jean-Pierre borrows money from his outlaw friend, Dock, and buys clothes to impress Elizabeth. Soon he's sleeping with her, and he pulls a theft with Dock to get money to take her to Acapulco. Michelle tries to bring him back to her orbit. Is there a way out for Jean-Pierre?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
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Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
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When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of his former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meats her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friends diary, she discovers she's repeating her mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, beautiful
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Apricot Island (2011)
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A captivating story of Babika, a woman who experienced in life with full of passion, cruelty of fate and unbridled love. Set in a secluded apricot orchard in southern Slovakia, the film draws you into a whirlwind passion of three men- two are brothers for a fatal woman and her love for them, with all the sorrows and joys that only life can bring. The inhabitants of the nearby village watch their lives from faraway. This undistinguished, hidden and suddenly awakened love drives them hopelessly to a tragic end. The sun, the smell of ripening apricots, and the search for happiness will win you in the story of a strong woman who loves and longs to be loved - as we all do.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 102 min
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The Sunlit Night (2019)
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Between New York City and the far north of Norway, an American painter and a Russian émigré find each other in the Arctic circle. Together under a sun that never sets, they discover a future and family that they didn’t know they had.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, melancholic, semi serious, romantic, offbeat, indie film, independent film, contemplative
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Amor (2010)
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 96 min
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Don Juan in Hell (1991)
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While the last remnants of the Empire are extinguishing and King Philip II (1559-1598) is dying in the shadow of lost splendor, a man, defying the divine and human justice, turns his passions into fate and his will into law. His fame is as great as his pride. His conviction, eternal. His name, a legend: Don Juan. Free adaptation of "Don Juan" by Moliere.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
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Marriages (2001)
Plot Summary:
The supernatural is invoked to save a romance in 19th century Quebec.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
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Truth (2011)
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An estranged couple on a weekend retreat are pushed further apart when the wife, Becca, becomes romantically fascinated with the journal of the cabin's long-dead former owner. When the ghost of the old owner appears and reciprocates Becca's feelings, the web of betrayals and untruths between Becca and her husband begins to unravel.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, sincere, sexy, touching
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The Passengers (1999)
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The new Saint Denis-Bobigny streetcar picks up and drops off commuters in an all-too-brief transit of their lives. Among the regular riders is a woman who is both spectator and guide – she introduces, comments on, ponders and catalyzes the sometimes vain, sometimes serious preoccupations of her fellow travelers, who, for the moment, are rushing headlong toward their destiny. The commuters and their observer have double lives. Once they step off this streetcar, the real-life dramas begin. Each has his or her style of living or dying….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
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Covergirl (1983)
Plot Summary:
Young girl enters the modeling industry wanting to becoming "the face of the '80s.".
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mouvements du désir (1994)
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During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Too Saved (2007)
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Lisa is a young, Christian woman. Bobby, her boyfriend, however, is a street hoodlum. Lisa prays constantly that Bobby will accept God in his life. She soon gets what she wants, but discovers that Bobby's conversion means that she has to get her life in order as well. As a result, she is forced to resolve not only her relationship with Bobby, but with everyone in her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spiritual, independent film
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In My Life (1978)
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A young man finds love and settles down, but when his young wife spirals into depression they both have decisions to make.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min
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Unconditional Love (1995)
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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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Close Friends (1992)
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Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Sabrina is a victim of incest.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Lina's Wedding (1973)
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Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the quest for true love and longing for a man is still strong. She has never had the opportunity to realize this dream in the confined environment she lives in. Her obstinacy has also scared off the men. But one day Gilbert returned to the village after being in America for 20 years.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 101 min
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Love, Money, Love (2000)
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David, a recently fired scrapyard worker and Marie, a prostitute, both about 20 years old, meet on New Year's Eve in Berlin and decide to run away together. As David's arm is plastered from an accident Marie continues to prostitute herself to finance their restless journey through the Ruhr area. Their love and their will to survive guide them though all problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Euphoria (2006)
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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
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Pelican Blood (2010)
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Nikko is a twenty-something man with good friends, a passion for birdwatching, and self-destructive tendencies. When he falls back into a relationship with Stevie—his seductive, aggressive environmental activist ex-girlfriend he first encountered on a suicide website—his stable existence takes a turn towards chaos once again.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Cheech (2006)
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Six people, some more depressed than others, living through the worst day of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy
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The World Is Full Of Married Men (1979)
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David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Late Spring (2014)
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Set in the 1960's. Joo-Goo (Park Yong-Woo) is viewed as Korea's best sculptor, but he suffers from a disease which will slowly paralyze his body. He gives up interests in the arts and just spends his days meaninglessly. His wife, Jung-sook (Kim Seo-hyung), tries to find a nude model for him, hoping the model might inspire him to sculpt again. One day, Jung-sook meets Min-gyung (Lee Yoo-young).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, captivating, realistic
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The Scent of Mandarin (2015)
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During World War I, a home care nurse treats a man who lost one leg on the front lines. A strong bond arises between them and evolves into a passionate love affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, rough, sexy, controversial, stylized, complex
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Mazhayethum Munpe (1995)
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Nandakumar is a college professor who wants to get the best treatment for his paralyzed fiancee, Uma Maheshwari. Trouble starts brewing when Shruthi, Nandakumar's student falls in love with him. Will Shruti let Uma unite with Nandakumar weaves the rest of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags:
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Jesus of Montreal (1989)
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A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: spiritual, controversial, christian film, dorama, art house, art film, postmodern, thought provoking, serious, experimental
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Tomato (1990)
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Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared. The young student then decides to do everything he can to trace missing Pummarò.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
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The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
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À la veille de ses derniers instants, une femme se remémore son passé d'alcoolique. Elle revoit toute sa jeunesse dont une cuite qui, à 46 ans, lui a coûté tout ce qu'elle avait. «La solitude, le vieillissement sont des thèmes qui s'imposent à moi, sous une forme ou l'autre. Quant à l'alcoolisme, il me fascine à cause de la révolte qu'il sous-tend, et me révolte par le malheur qu'il crée autour de lui.» (Bernard Émond).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere, non-linear, gloomy
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Candy Regentag (1989)
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Flesh and fantasy fill the nights of the call girls at Bambi’s, a flashy back street brothel. Join Bambi, Candy and the girls for an evening or two and find out what happens in the violent world of sex for sale. Candy is new to the business. She follows all of the rules of the house - she arrives on time, doesn’t take drugs, is polite to customers, and numb to all the men who used her. Then she meets Reg and breaks the most important rule - don’t fall in love with one of your customers. Their first encounter leaves her longing to see him again. She fantasizes about the love they share and how idyllic their life together would be. But the facts are clear. Candy is a hooker and she will never be a real part of his world … she’s one of Bambi’s girls. She has seen his life and felt his love, a brief glimpse is all she’ll ever have, KISS THE NIGHT!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Café de Flore (2011)
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Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful DJ in present day Montreal who seems to have it all: a thriving career, two beautiful daughters, partner Rose, with whom he is passionately in love. However, nothing is perfect and Antoine’s ex-wife Carole remains devastated by their recent separation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, emotional, realistic, serious, sexy, psychological, philosophical, art house, atmospheric
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The One That Got Away (2008)
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Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, psychological, emotional, touching, serious, realistic