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Plot Summary:
The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap opera. An ambitious young trainer, Joel Tarrant (Ty Hardin), enters into an illicit affair with the stable owner's wealthy wife, hot-to-trot Laura Rubio (Suzanne Pleshette), in the hope that someday he'll have enough dough to buy his own horses and stable.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
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The Wednesday Woman (2000)
Plot Summary:
Muriel Davidson, a successful mystery author in a vulnerable stage of her life, falls for a charismatic ex-con. As they begin to bond over their traumatic pasts, Muriel's life slowly begins to resemble one of her darker novels.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Joy in the Morning (1965)
Plot Summary:
Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country - and Carl's parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he's at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl's angry parents, Carl's jealousy, and Annie's own problems with her sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
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The Hired Heart (1997)
Plot Summary:
A small-town, country doctor has been a widow for two years but is still in love with her dead husband, Michael. Despite the best efforts of her father in law to marry her off to the local eligible bachelors, she still remains so. The week-long county fair is approaching and her father in law traps her into an unfair deal involving the feeding of her bull and her attendance at the fair with a suitable escort. She decides to call his bluff by hiring a male escort to attend the fair as her lover. However, things don't go quite according to plan as he smells a rat and investigates the new boyfriend and even worse the escort starts to fall in love with her!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Wonder Wheel (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, thought provoking, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, funny, inspirational, mysterious, dramatic, visually appealing
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Jockey (2021)
Plot Summary:
An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Model Shop (1969)
Plot Summary:
While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop" (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph her, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, art house, realistic
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Chemmeen (1965)
Plot Summary:
Karutthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: romantic, sad, cult film
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A Rage to Live (1965)
Plot Summary:
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, sexual, ambiguous ending, sexy
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The Sandpiper (1965)
Plot Summary:
A free-spirited artist (Elizabeth Taylor), who lives near California's Big Sur, meets the administrator (Richard Burton) of the parochial school that her young son attends and lures the cleric away from his wife (Eva Marie Saint).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, retro, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, light, inspirational, romantic, sexy
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Rome Adventure (1962)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful American schoolteacher vacationing in Rome is courted by two men. Released in 1962, starring Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue, Rossano Brazzi and Angie Dickinson.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, serious, realistic
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Banning (1967)
Plot Summary:
A playboy golf pro down is on his luck. Kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating he is forced to hustle for a living.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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The Arrangement (1969)
Plot Summary:
Eddie is a very rich man who has everything he wants; money, family, success. But a car crash is all that needs to make him reconsider the life he leads. Searching for the happiness he lost, he remembers his one time lover, Gwen. Meanwhile his wife conspires to take his fortune.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: semi autobiographical, psychological, tense, offbeat, serious, realistic, biting, suspense
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The World Is Full Of Married Men (1979)
Plot Summary:
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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We'll Take Manhattan (2012)
Plot Summary:
We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between Sixties supermodel, Jean Shrimpton, and photographer, David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sexy, realistic, stylized, serious, period piece, period drama
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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Plot Summary:
Gigolo and drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town as the accompaniment of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom 'Boss' Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: emotional, southern gothic, intense, atmospheric, serious, tense, realistic, psychological, clever, talky
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Belle du Seigneur (2012)
Plot Summary:
English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the protestant wife of one of his employees.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: emotional, inspirational, realistic, touching, serious, weird
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Foxfire Light (1983)
Plot Summary:
A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by her.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990)
Plot Summary:
Spanning years of both Harry and Leona Helmsley's cutthroat control of their eponymonous empire, this made-for-TV movie chronicles both the high and low points of the couple's life together.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, cynical
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White Dunes (1998)
Plot Summary:
American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The forbidden romance may destroy her marriage and upset the morals of the small village where they live.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: erotic, romantic drama, independent film
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A Serious Game (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, costume drama
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John and Mary (1969)
Plot Summary:
John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, serious, realistic, talky, sincere, touching, romantic drama, independent film, clever
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Drowning on Dry Land (1999)
Plot Summary:
A taxi driver (Naveen Andrews) picks up a fare (Barbara Hershey) in Manhattan. She offers the driver a large sum to drive her to the desert. While the pair drive across the country, the woman tries various strategies to lure the driver into conversation. Despite his reticence, the pair begins a tumultuous and steamy relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, touching, serious, realistic, talky
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Intersection (1994)
Plot Summary:
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, Sally, Vincent has been carrying on with a mistress, Olivia. She's everything Sally isn't -- warm, passionate, carefree. So why can't he choose between the two, especially when his indecision is taking its toll on his daughter?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bad ending, sexy, erotic, sad, serious, realistic, talky, stylized, sexual, romantic
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The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, costume drama, stylized, erotic, realistic, serious, period piece, sexual, gothic
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The Great Gatsby (1974)
Plot Summary:
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: captivating, period piece, stylized, visual, serious, spiritual, social, realistic, crying, sentimental
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Heights (2005)
Plot Summary:
'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana learns that her husband has a new lover and begins to re-think her life choices and her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec, a young actor, and with Peter, a journalist. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. Isabel, Jonathan, Diana, Alec, and Peter must choose what kind of lives they will lead before the sun comes up on the next day.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, stylized, serious, clever, witty, talky, emotional, non-linear, controversial, gloomy
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One Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
The mid 90’s. Turkey’s political instability, inflation and hopelesness on people were increased. In those years when all hope was lost, people deeply bond with Bold Pilot and Halis Karataş who win every race coming from the last place. People see themselves at the point where this horse and jockey are: at the back. This duo make people to believe that everybody can win. The race ends at the finish line and the first to cross this line are Bold Pilot and Halis riding it.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, sentimental, light, inspirational
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50 to 1 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when they learn their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies to run in the Kentucky Derby. Based on the true story of Mine That Bird, the cowboys must overcome impossible odds even before they reach Churchill Downs and the land of Kentucky's blue bloods.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, realistic, captivating, exciting, sentimental, serious, road movie, uplifting
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Little Children (2006)
Plot Summary:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: sexual, disturbing, sexy, psychological, melancholic, emotional, serious, erotic, realistic, depressing
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Elegy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, romantic, touching, sad, serious, sentimental, thought provoking