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Plot Summary:
A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either let it close, or join the community's fight to save it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, realistic, disturbing
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Leela (2002)
Plot Summary:
Leela is the story of Leela, an aware, liberal woman who struggles with the true meaning of independence. It is also the story of Krishna, born of Indian parents in America but uncomfortable with his hyphenated existence. Leela then is a universal story of two paths that cross each other and pause a moment before moving on.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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A New Year's Resolution (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a morning show producer makes a New Year's resolution to say yes more, she crosses paths with a confirmed Yes man who just might hold the key to her biggest story and to her heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Christmas Sail (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Liz returns home to take care of her estranged father, she is determined to give her daughter a perfect Christmas and reconnects with her best friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Two for the Win (2021)
Plot Summary:
A world champion ski racer and local ski instructor find romance on the slopes as he returns home and prepares for the biggest race of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Too Close for Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Luke, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a grudge against Luke for ending her last relationship, Hayley reluctantly spends time with Luke and slowly realizes she may have been too quick a judge on Luke.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Christmas Listing (2020)
Plot Summary:
Julia Rogers is an uptight, hardworking realty owner who has lost her Christmas spirit. She will have to spend five days at a Christmas Inn with her business competitor, Chad Everest, in order to win over the badly needed listing of the Erickson Farmstead. While competing to win the listing, Julia and Chad discover that they have more in common than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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Changing Hearts (2012)
Plot Summary:
A modern Prodigal Son story starring Brian McNamara, Daphne Zuniga, and Brad Johnson. James Reed, quite content with his current life, reluctantly returns home to the family business, a sick father, and a brother with whom he's always at odds.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, christian film, serious, independent film, entertaining
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Come From Away (2021)
Plot Summary:
7,000 passengers are stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after all flights into the US are grounded on September 11, 2001. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Colors of Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Honokaa Boy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Tale of Three Cities (2015)
Plot Summary:
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Defeated (2018)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, DEFEATED is an amazing romance/drama. The film takes you on a journey that follows the life of a model (Stephanie). She struggles to find true love & contentment after suffering a traumatic childhood experience. Stephanie must cope & confront her past, regain her self-value and deal with her life issues - in order to find happiness. DeFeated is a unique film, being inspired by true events, which makes the movie chilling and awe-inspiring. The film is filled with shockers and unraveling moments from her past.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, independent film
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Everything Before Us (2015)
Plot Summary:
The Department of Emotional Integrity (DEI) documents all relationship activity. A 'relationship score' is given to keep people accountable for their choices. The score is public for all to see, and affects various aspects of daily life. Two couples, teenagers and early 30s, face different but intersecting challenges in their relationships within the rules of the DEI.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Believe (2016)
Plot Summary:
A small-town business owner tries to save the local Christmas pageant against all odds.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Battlecreek (2017)
Plot Summary:
Henry is a loner and a night owl. His rare skin disease has kept him under the close watch of his fiery mother, who has sheltered him his entire life. One night, a young woman's car breaks down and Henry's life will change forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Winter Solstice (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland).
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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This Town (2007)
Plot Summary:
This Town is in part a social commentary, giving us some scary insight into todays youth but also reflecting the points of view of different generations. At heart, the movie asks the viewer to decide if these characters are right or wrong in their doings. Every character has a dilemma, and they all come to terms with it in their own way. But morally, are they wrong? Or are the victims of their own surroundings? There is no clear answer, making the viewer the ultimate judge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. (2018)
Plot Summary:
On the night of the 2016 Presidential election, Cass, an L.A. club promoter, takes a thrilling and emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. She challenges him to revisit his broken dreams - while he pushes her to discover hers.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, political
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My Sweet Holiday (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Sadie's (Malone Thomas) boyfriend cancels their holiday plans, she decides to spend Christmas with her parents back in her hometown, only to find out they've sold the family's beloved chocolate store to a stranger who knows nothing about chocolate. Begrudgingly, her father convinces her that she'd be the obvious choice to help teach the new owner everything she knows about chocolate. In the middle of planning the perfect retirement party for her parents, she discovers that not everything has to be perfect. And sometimes, when you least expect it, you find love.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Sunrise in Heaven (2020)
Plot Summary:
A true love story that spans a lifetime but eventually results in a painful loss of love. Jan is the daughter of an overly protective militant father, but that doesn't stop her from falling love with Steve, a young GI in the Air Force.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, christian film
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Resisting Roots (2022)
Plot Summary:
Genevieve Harper makes the most out of raising her two siblings after their parents' tragic accident. At just 24, Viv has devoted herself to providing her family with the best life possible, sacrificing her own dreams along the way. When Trent Fox, a known player on and off the baseball field, shows up at Viv’s job, the Lotus House Yoga Center to recuperate, the attraction between the two of them is instant. But Viv does not have time to devote to a man, let alone a man who will only break her heart. Can love grow between a woman who’s rooted in her life and a man who resists any notion of setting roots down?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Mistletoe in Montana (2021)
Plot Summary:
Merry, who owns the ranch, has been unlucky in love, but that's about to change when a single father, Mark, and his two kids book the ranch for Christmas week. Adventure is on the menu, the holiday spirit is everywhere, and love is in the air.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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A Christmas Dance Reunion (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lucy Mortimer, a successful attorney who returns with her mum to their old Christmas getaway - the Winterleigh Resort - which is on the brink of closing down for good. Much to her surprise, Lucy is reunited with her childhood Christmas dance partner Barrett Brewster and the pair give the resort a new lease of life as the passion between them heats up.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The American Standards (2008)
Plot Summary:
At a crossroads in his life, Doc Jennings goes home to celebrate his mother's birthday and uncovers dramatic family secrets. Lies, affairs and afflictions bubble to the surface of his seemingly perfect family. Can they come back together or is it too late?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating
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Unanswered Prayers (2010)
Plot Summary:
After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and adolescent son Jessie is suddenly tested by the return of Ben's first high-school love, Ava Andersson, who visits from Chicago, after a failed marriage, to bury her ma. Ava seduces Ben into reliving their courtship, which she traumatically broke off without a goodbye. Jesse reacts furiously, even backseats his own football scholarship bid, rather pa's projected ambition, in favor of a writing summer course.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, touching, serious, sexual, sexy
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The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Hughes finds that marriage the second time around is far from idyllic when the ex wife and her children return to manipulate her husband Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Russell Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Russell, a 23-year-old aspiring medical school student, visits her loving family to share some important news, but instead finds herself attempting to finally confront a difficult period from her past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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In My Pocket (2011)
Plot Summary:
A harrowing journey down the dark spiral of drug addiction. As Stephen Jameson's carefully constructed life slowly falls apart, his belief system is shattered when he discovers that he's no longer the functioning addict that he once was.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, independent film
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A Christmas Proposal (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two lawyers dueling over a proposal to turn a quaint mountain town into a ski resort discover they are former childhood sweethearts. Lisa is fighting to protect the hamlet, big city attorney Rick represents the developer who wants to plow it under. But when a car accident forces Rick to stick around, the small town, and his former beloved, begin to work their magic on him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, emotional, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Consuming Passion (2008)
Plot Summary:
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very different women affected by the brand's success: co-founder Charles Boon's wife Mary, daydreaming 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing