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Plot Summary:
A Finnish archaeology student escapes an enigmatic lesbian love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of compartment no. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: road movie, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic, beautiful, cult film
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Beautiful Crazy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three young girls on their way to adulthood. Xiao-Bu fights over a cigarette with her friend Angel. Ah-Mi sleeps with Xiao-Bu’s boyfriend. He is very popular and lets Angel steal a kiss. Can it get any worse? Life with a depressive, alcoholic father, who can only stare out of the window, for example. Or is it actually worse when dove excrements ruin the new dress that was supposed to be worn on the date with a handsome guy? When you are 17, a coin can still be thrown in order to make decisions. Should the friendship with Angel remain? Is everything that happened a coincidence? Adolescence without emotional chaos is like a life without reason. Is it really of importance who loves who the most, or is it just a game?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, crying, queer cinema
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Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Vivere (2007)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out for Rotterdam in order to find her little sister, who has run off with her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, road movie
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Apricot Groves (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aram, the Iranian Armenian youth who has immigrated to the US in childhood returns to Armenia for the first time to propose to an Armenian girlfriend Aram met and lived with in the US. Aram sees many cultural, religious, and national differences on the one day trip, but harder obstacles are ahead.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Armenia, Iran
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Beauty (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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Eva (2018)
Plot Summary:
A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, road movie
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The Call (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two woman, one a married middle-aged airline stewardess, and the other a free-wheeling factory worker open to experience and opportunity, meet and decide to change their lives. Moving to Patagonia and leaving their men behind they find that escape carries with it a different set of responsibilities.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Argentina
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, queer cinema
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Hello, It's Me (2015)
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Two years after her husband dies in a sudden accident, Annie and her two children are left to cope with the loss. Annie can't imagine falling in love again, until she meets a wealthy bachelor who is drawn to her free spirit. Afraid to love again, she longs for guidance when she starts to develop feelings for this new man. Her prayers are answered when she starts receiving communications from her late husband that encourage her to follow her heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, emotional
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Ma Belle, My Beauty (2021)
Plot Summary:
A surprise reunion in southern France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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Porto (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jake and Mati are two outsiders in the northerly Portuguese city of Porto who once experienced a brief connection. A mystery remains about the moments they shared, and in searching through memories, they relive the depths of a night uninhibited by the consequences of time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, France, Poland, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Taramani (2017)
Plot Summary:
An orthodox youngster and a free-spirited lady fall in love, only to understand that they are different in all aspects of life. How do they realise their complex requirements and mistakes?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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You Had Me at Aloha (2021)
Plot Summary:
When the host of a popular travel show resigns, the network enlists Paige, to step in for the next season set in Hawaii. Unbeknownst to her, they have also hired Ben, who likes to push everything to the extreme. As these two new co-hosts clash over their opposing ideas for production, they grapple with the fact that not only do they need each other to further their careers, but they also balance each other on and off the screen.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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9 Full Moons (2013)
Plot Summary:
Popular wisdom tells us that love heals all wounds. Frankie (Amy Seimetz) is an emotional train wreck, careening around the East Los Angeles music scene drinking and meeting strangers. Lev (Bret Roberts) is a taciturn and tormented soul. He drives a limo and wants to work in the music business. They begin a relationship after they connect with each other one night at a party. This dark romance explores what love is like for two quiet people who may be damaged beyond repair. Lev gets to explore his musical dreams working for star Charlie King Nash (Donal Logue) and learn about the practical realities that restrain talent to make artistic dreams so complicated and frustrating. Together Frankie and Lev explore the challenges of a serious relationship, trying to determine if it's something either of them can handle. This moody piece goes beyond romantic movie clichés to explore the intricate interactions of two lovers who don't fit into any neat categorizations.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Boy Bye (2016)
Plot Summary:
Veronica Love seems to have it all...she's smart, sassy and sexy and has a career as one of the most successful real estate entrepreneurs in California. Affectionately known as Love by her girlfriends Beverly and Charity, Love also happens to be happily single and loving every minute of it. She has no shortage of flings with the many boy toys and playthings that cross her path all because she doesn't believe in true love. Enter the sexy and mysterious business acquaintance Lance Peterson. Love has never felt this way about any man before and thinks that he could possibly be "the one" as their feelings for one another grow deeper by the moment. Lance is harboring a few tightly-wound deep secrets of his own that soon unravel and are revealed to her. Will his shocking revelation be enough to bring Love's world crashing down around her or will Love be able to survive his secrets with her heart still intact?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Bobbie´s Girl (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two middle-aged Lesbians (Peters and Ward) find their lives complicated when one of them (Ward) takes in her ten-year-old nephew (Sangster).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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Doom of Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
After his ad agency goes bankrupt, an indebted Fırat falls for a singer at a yoga retreat and joins her on a journey of self-realization.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Bonnie and Bonnie (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shattering the patriarchal concept that a true crime duo requires a man, Bonnie and Bonnie showcases the development of true friendship between two strong and independent women, determined to make their mark on the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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An Intimate Friendship (2000)
Plot Summary:
A family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, independent film
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Love & Suicide (2006)
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When pretty but troubled Kaye moves to New Orleans from Atlanta with her mother and little brother, she forges a special friendship with Emily, a rebellious high school senior with troubles of her own. They become instant best friends, and begin spending all their free time together. Emily even helps Kaye run away from home. The girls' mothers do not approve of their relationship, and Emily's mother accuses her of associating to closely with a corrupted and confused young girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022)
Plot Summary:
Anna is 60 and her acting heyday is now behind her. She lives on her own but has a friend and confidant in her downstairs neighbour Michel, who is also single. Reluctantly, Anna accepts a job as a language coach for 17-year-old Adrian who has a speech impediment and is something of a misfit. She recognises him as the boy who recently snatched her handbag in the street.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Heart of the Bear (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young Estonian goes to the Siberian Taiga to live as a hunter in a remote forest hut. He hopes to find his true self far from civilisation. The natives he meets introduce him to the myths of the north. The first is a young village teacher who wants to be a good wife to him. The second is a wild and untameable native who becomes his mythical bear-woman. When he accidentally kills a great black bear, his own shadow-creature, he burdens himself with guilt. However, he is given a chance of finding his inner balance. A romantic drama with mythical elements and breathtaking landscapes.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Estonia, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Cat Skin (2017)
Plot Summary:
A shy and troubled photography student's life is illuminated when her voyeuristic nature behind the camera lens leads her to a beautiful and confident girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Liz in September (2014)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill lesbian bonds with a woman who lost her son to cancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, queer cinema
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Running on Empty Dreams (2009)
Plot Summary:
Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, independent film
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You Can Live Forever (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Jaime, a gay teenager, is sent to live in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses in small-town Quebec, she falls madly in love with a devout Witness girl. The two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, crying
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My Days of Mercy (2017)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, serious, sad, psychological, deep, romantic drama, queer cinema
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Girl/Girl Scene (2019)
Plot Summary:
The lives and loves of a close-knit group of young gay ladies as they make their way in a not-so-modern world.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, captivating, twist ending, disturbing, teen sex comedy, lgbt cinema, parody
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Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)
Plot Summary:
From Writer/Director Marina Rice Bader (Executive Producer Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) comes this film within a film that explores love in all its painful and messy glory. Six months ago Zoe and Mal fell for each other while filming a love scene, which led to an intense, whirlwind affair, followed by a devastating breakup. Soon after their split, things get complicated when the two have to meet on set once more to re-shoot that fateful sequence.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, captivating, erotic, sexy, independent film, deep, humorous, realistic, sincere
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Desert Hearts (1985)
Plot Summary:
The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, sentimental, realistic, sincere, captivating, erotic, independent film, lgbt cinema, romantic drama
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Carol (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, emotional, heartbreaking, atmospheric, realistic, erotic, costume drama, romantic, intense