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Plot Summary:
Aaro Saarinen is a foreman in the paper mill. The new generation continually questions his authority in both at work and at home.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 79 min
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Bankett für Achilles (1975)
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For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He is about to retire; even if Karl, who finds ending his working life difficult, wanted to stay on, it would not be possible. Karl’s colleagues have arranged a farewell dinner for the retiring master at an outdoor restaurant. But on his last day of work, before the farewell dinner, he meets all sorts of people: both colleagues and people, who do not work at the plant. A mosaic of the biography of a person who found fulfilment in his work and now has to look for the meaning of his life anew.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: amateur film
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The Sole Witness (1990)
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When a tired factory worker Christo Panov (Oleg Borisov) going home from work gets embroiled with a dispute with a bus driver, leading to threats of assault by the driver, that's bad enough. Then an irate passenger files charges against the driver. After the driver appears on the factory worker's doorstep with his wife and three children, pleading with him not to testify, he easily agrees. However, soon he learns that the woman who brought charges against the driver is now being charged by with slander. No matter what he does, someone will suffer unneccessarily. Oleg Borisov won an acting award for his role as the factory worker from the 1988 Venice film festival.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 58 min
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The Painting Sellers (2010)
Plot Summary:
A film by Juho Kuosmanen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Night by the Seashore (1981)
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Middle-aged municipal architect Mikko is frustrated with his job and his marriage, so for years he has directed his energy into renovating a turn-of-the-century wooden villa on the seaside. One beautiful summer evening Mikko and his wife Liisa invite old friends to a party in the villa: divorced intellectual Erik who gets along a little too well with Liisa; and noisy building contractor Hessu with his young and sexy new wife Pirre. Their increasingly drunken discussions are interrupted by a surprise visit from Mikko's and Liisa's daughter Jonna and her husband Pete. A conflict between the father and the daughter ensues in front of the guests.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min
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The Chimp (2001)
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The Chimp is the nickname of a teenage boy (with large ears) who lives in the small town of Balyktchy, Kirghizstan, a former part of the USSR in central Asia. His family is being torn apart by his dad's alcoholism, his emotions are being torn as he sees his friends pair off into couples, and his job working on the railtracks is uninspiring.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Kyrgyzstan, Japan
Duration: 98 min
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Goodbye Trainmen (1992)
Plot Summary:
Veturimiehet heiluttaa on 4. syyskuuta 1992 ensi-iltansa saanut suomalainen elokuva. Elokuva on kuvattu suurimmaksi osaksi Porissa. Veturimiehet heiluttaa sai ensi-iltansa Ruotsissa 26. maaliskuuta 1993.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min
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Worst Case, We Get Married (2017)
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Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real kind, the one that hurts. Baz wants to help this lost little girl, but she wants much more from him, and is ready to do anything to get it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 91 min
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Vacation (2007)
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All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that threaten to wreck the family’s fragile unity forever. (Berlinale).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
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Toughlove (1985)
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The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Toughlove" program in searching for answers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Monologue (1973)
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Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He raises his granddaughter, feeling a great affection for her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 115 min
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Star Boys (2017)
Plot Summary:
Through the eyes of two 12-year-old boys, the sexual revolution arrives in a conservative and religious small town in Northern Finland.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending
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Blessing (1994)
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Set on a Wisconsin dairy farm, Randi, the daughter, is trying to find a way to escape the farm, but her devotion to her family especially Clovis her younger brother is preventing her from doing that; until, that is, she met the local milk truck driver.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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My Last Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bong-yong Kim is one of a modest Korean dad who struggles to survive from the work place without any time to get along with his family. He has to work over than he had to, since the boss treat him like his servant – drink late every night, drive the boss to his home. His wife, Hwayeon, blames him for his indifference to family, and twins in puberty, Woo-joo and Dal-nim, also in trouble with their father. The late child ‘Byeol-nim’ is his only one who acts charm and shows cuteness to him.. MY LAST LOVE, when every family member starts to share with caring each other at last….
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Heartbeats (2009)
Plot Summary:
"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Naked Harbour (2012)
Plot Summary:
Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, anthology, gloomy, sexual, disgusting, sexy, hot
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The Wind of Change (1961)
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Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decolonisation in Africa, The Wind of Change showed the other side of the coin: the impact of colonial immigration at 'home'. The film deals with the 'colour problem' within the context of Teddy boy violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: noir, independent film, vintage
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The Unpolished (2007)
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Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
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Martha... Martha (2001)
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Having received a frosty reception when visiting her parents, Martha drags her husband Reymond and infant daughter Lise to Spain, to renew her acquaintance with her estranged sister Marie. After a quarrel, Marthe and her family return to France, where the young mother shows signs of increasing mental instability. Abandoning her family, Marthe goes to town to get drunk and ends up being raped. With Marthe in a psychiatric hospital, Reymond is left to take care of Lise alone whilst struggling to make a living selling second hand clothes in an open-air market. When Marthe leaves hospital, Reymond takes her and Lise to a holiday home in the country. But Martha’s illness is far from cured….
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Friend's Betrayal (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two childhood friends grow up. One has a family and the other has a career. One relationship may make or break a family. Paul, the teenage son, must decide what he wants for his future. While family would like to make that decision for him. Watch as all the truth unravels in this drama/ romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, ridiculous
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Black and White (1968)
Plot Summary:
Juha is a sales manager of a refrigerator company. His perfect-looking family and glittering array of modern kitchen appliances have just been featured in a magazine article, but in reality Juha is a womanising chauvinist more at home on the road than with his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Miss Sweden (2004)
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Moa is in her early 20s, works at a factory and lives by herself in a cottage in the forest. She is a vegan and follows her friends and demonstrations, mostly to fit in. But at home, by herself, she listens to pop music and use make-up.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, sexual, sexy
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The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter (2011)
Plot Summary:
A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Four Windows (2006)
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They want to get away from each other, but they clasp each other even more firmly. They seek to save appearances at all force. The more they laugh, the quieter it gets around them. The cracks in the family picture widen until an inescapable secret reveals itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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Double Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Amanda and Alex have a fling going on as they find out that their parents are getting a divorce. To complicate things, Amanda's father has met a new woman and that woman is... Alex's mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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Charter (2020)
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After a recent and difficult divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film
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Isy Way Out (2018)
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16-year-old Jonas is in love with his best friend Isy, but she likes older boys. When Isy takes drugs at a party and loses control in the intoxication, Jonas friends Lenny and Martin make fun of it with Jonas. But then the situation escalates and the three boys rape the unconscious girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing
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In Mom's Head (2007)
Plot Summary:
Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic
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The Chosen Ones (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, sexy
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Miriam Lies (2018)
Plot Summary:
Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, contemplative
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Virgin (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, erotic, sincere, serious, contemplative, independent film