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Plot Summary:
Selja is in her thirties and lives in a shared flat with her friends. One day a boy appears at her door; a boy she gave up for adoption sixteen years earlier. Selja has a chance to get to know her son, but at the same time, makes a complete mess of her and her best friends’ lives. Urban Family is a new kind of music film set in the modern-day world.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Miss Blue Jeans (2012)
Plot Summary:
Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock´n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the first time, and to win the love of Pike, the most beautiful girl in the class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by the country´s leading (and only) pop music magazine Suosikki and takes as her boyfriend the bourgeois Henri Hakala, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and begins purposefully constructing a new persona for himself. But everything doesn’t go as Välde wanted … The film is based on a novel by Kauko Röyhkä, an author and indie rock musician.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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They Are All Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
Just by watching Lupe stuck at home in her robe and slippers, no one would will guess that in the 80's she was a rock star. Gone are the times of concerts, fame and success. Agoraphobia does not let her leave home. She depends entirely on Paquita, his mother, a superstitious Mexican, with a huge heart, which not only takes care of his daughter but also her teenage grandson. The problem is that Paquita is running out of time and she doesn't want to leave without getting her daughter back.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Mexico, Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, emotional, serious, realistic, gloomy
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According to her (2016)
Plot Summary:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Land Legs (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dom, 36 years old, is a sailor on board of the fishing boat Petit Gael II from the port of Les Sables d'Olonne, a small town in western France. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite of his absences, his teenaged children decided to live with him since the divorce of the parents. But when his daughter Mailys gets pregnant, Dom understands that he will have to choose between the sea and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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H Is for Happiness (2019)
Plot Summary:
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world is inspired by the strange new boy at school, and sets out to mend her broken family – whatever it takes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Easy Land (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follows a Serbian refugees mother and daughter, as they struggle to navigate the many obstacles facing newcomers to Canada.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, independent film
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Unexpected Journey (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, talky
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Musical Chairs (2015)
Plot Summary:
Perrine, a single, slightly awkward musician, loves birthday parties. One day she accidentally causes a man to fall into a skip at the waste disposal centre. When she learns that he´s in a coma, the young woman tries everything to awaken himand starts to meddle in his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, tragic
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Venus (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Sid comes out as a woman, a 14 year old boy named RALPH literally shows up at her door announcing that Sid is his dad. Ralph is surprised to discover that his father is now a woman, but thinks having a transgender dad is pretty cool. But Ralph hasn't told his mother and step dad that he’s tracked down his biological father. And then there is Sid’s boyfriend DANIEL, who has yet to tell his family of his relationship with Sid. Daniel is nowhere near ready to accept Ralph as a step son and complicate his life further. Sid’s coming out has a snowball effect that forces everyone out of the closet and become real. What happens when gender, generations and cultures collide to create a truly modern family?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Camp Tough Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Chloe, a troubled teen, meets other troubled girls and must come to grips with her Christian faith at a camp where she must earn her way out.
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Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, christian film, tense, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Een goed leven (2015)
Plot Summary:
Helen (Ariane Schluter) suddenly find herself penniless and without a home after the death of her well to do husband who has overdrawn his credit account. She rent a room with common comfort room, dining area cum kitchen for all the tenants living in that place. There she met Joeri (Jonas Smulders), an adorable and cute gay rent boy who also resides in that apartment. They bond a special friendship but a one night stand might ruin it all. Is there any chance Helen might be happy again?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Double Parked (2000)
Plot Summary:
A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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When You Finish Saving the World (2022)
Plot Summary:
Evelyn and her son, Ziggy, seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, comedy drama, independent film, interesting
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The Day I Was Not Born (2010)
Plot Summary:
During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown off course, she decides to interrupt her journey and wander through the unfamiliar city.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Argentina
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, captivating, contemplative, sentimental, sincere, serious
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London Town (2016)
Plot Summary:
A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative, independent film, rockumentary
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Mad Mom (2018)
Plot Summary:
Everything goes for the best in Fanny's life without stories ... until she discovers that her beloved son, Arthur, nine, is the scapegoat of three boys at his school. Fanny will not leave her son alone in front of these little executioners: she will give these dirty kids the change of their room. Thunderstorms and playground traps, now it will be "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth!".
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Memories of Summer (2016)
Plot Summary:
The late 1970s. It's summer in a small provincial town. Twelve-year-old Piotrek has a very strong bond with his mother. While his father is away, his mother starts going out almost every night. Their simple and clear relationship starts to get complicated.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mario on Tour (2017)
Plot Summary:
Mario has all it takes to succeed in the music business but he didn't make it. Now he earns a living out of singing cover songs by the popular Argentine singer "Sandro" in bachelorhood parties, weddings or birthdays celebrations, feeling sad and lonely in the intimacy. The chance of a music tour arises, and Mario achieves to have his son Lucas accompany him. The success he has always dreamed of, will then arrive when he least expects it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Duration:
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, independent film
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Real Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. 14-year-old Frida blames her father for their mother's leaving and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. 17-year-old Niki will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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Johnny (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Drew Carter tragically loses his ten-year old son in a car accident, he didn’t expect to lose his whole family as well. Since the accident, his wife (Julia) has become emotionally absent towards him and their daughter. When Johnny, a terminally ill foster child with leukemia, is referred to Drew he sees a chance to heal his family. With Julia against the idea, Drew takes matters into his own hands and adopts Johnny. Johnny doesn’t know what he is in for, but believes he is here for a special mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, christian film, psychological, sentimental, touching, captivating, contemplative, serious
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Everyday (2012)
Plot Summary:
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film, sincere, touching
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Identity Card (2010)
Plot Summary:
Hořká komedie režiséra Ondřeje Trojana Občanský průkaz na motivy stejnojmenné knihy Petra Šabacha sleduje osudy čtveřice dospívajících mladíků, jejich přátel, lásek a rodičů od okamžiku, kdy v patnácti letech dostanou občanský průkaz, až do chvíle, kdy se v osmnácti snaží uniknout vojně a pokoušejí se získat modrou knížku.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Scandal Makers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo's brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children "unknown" to the media.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, sad, touching, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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On Air (2012)
Plot Summary:
A well known radio talk show host lives as a recluse during the day, until she found her real mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, light, semi serious
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Chicken Girls: The Movie (2018)
Plot Summary:
With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
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Kidz in da Hood (2006)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
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Mary Christmas (2002)
Plot Summary:
Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, captivating, light, uplifting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Balls (2010)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, sentimental, touching, realistic, witty
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It Was the Son (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, light, humorous, serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy