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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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Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, semi serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, talky, romantic, sexual, romantic drama, independent film
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Stockholm (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of the encounter between a boy and a girl. He confesses that he fell in love with her at first sight, but she does not believe him. However, as they walk through the night in Madrid, they share their desires, secrets, and maybe a few little lies. But soon the film brings us back to the harsh reality of power struggles, psychological games and conflicts between the sexes. Stockholm thus offers an incredible reading of the relations between young people today.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, talky, captivating, sexy, heartbreaking, aesthetic, tense
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Sweet Hostage (1975)
Plot Summary:
An escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hide-away, where they soon become friends and, eventually, lovers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, serious, realistic
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Yvonne's Perfume (1994)
Plot Summary:
It is the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor. But in a season full of secrets, is truth the most elusive passion of all?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic drama, sentimental, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual
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Someone I Loved (2009)
Plot Summary:
One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his secret love to Mathilde, the woman he left to instead follow an easier path in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, melancholic, contemplative, gloomy, crying
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Paper Soldier (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, atmospheric, realistic, art house, contemplative, talky
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Safe Harbour (2007)
Plot Summary:
Melissa Gilbert stars in this film adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, in which a young girl named Pip and her mother meet an artist on the beach in Safe Harbour, where they have retreated in order to recover from the devastating loss of Pip's father and brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Plot Summary:
An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual
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Nights and Weekends (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, realistic, emotional, psychological, sentimental, romantic drama, light hearted, independent film, sincere, offbeat
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Kissing on the Mouth (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ellen is sleeping with her ex-boyfriend while trying to ignore the fact that he's looking for more than just sex. Her roommate, Patrick, isn't helping matters with his secretive and jealous behavior.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: erotic, mumblecore, psychological, humorous, serious, explicit, independent film, sincere, touching, offbeat
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Race You to the Bottom (2005)
Plot Summary:
Nathan and Maggie are in the throes of a passionate affair. They're young, good-looking, and both have boyfriends. When Nathan is assigned to write a travel article on romantic hot-spots in Napa Valley, these unconventional lovers test the limits of the sensuality and fantasy that bond them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, touching, serious, independent film, contemplative, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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I Love You Too (2001)
Plot Summary:
While camping in France, Eric and Eddy fall in with two women. Eric talks to Silke, a Ugandan studying medicine in Holland. She tells him about her life and asks about the book he's writing: it's the story of his love affair with Reza. He tells her the story and we see it in flashbacks: Reza explodes into his boring life, she's unpredictable and their relationship becomes intense.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, suspenseful, sexual, erotic, exciting, sexy
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London (2005)
Plot Summary:
London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: talky, psychological, romantic, intense, atmospheric, serious, emotional, sexual, touching, mumblecore
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Ruby in Paradise (1993)
Plot Summary:
Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers, and slowly acclimates to her new surroundings. Before long, she's juggling the affections of Mildred's Lothario son, Ricky, and the good-natured Mike. As she wavers between Ricky and Mike, Ruby also tries to come to terms with her past.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, realistic, road movie, mumblecore, romantic drama, psychological, tense, sentimental, sincere
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The Polish Bride (1998)
Plot Summary:
Drama on the dawning love between a Polish woman and a farmer. Anna is forced to work in a brothel, but manages to escape. She's found, exhausted and scared, by Henk (the farmer) who offers her a place to stay, but her past chases her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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Don't Let Me Drown (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, gloomy, independent film
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Tangled 8 (2015)
Plot Summary:
People from diverse social backgrounds, races and ages manage grief through its different phases.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, contemplative, talky, experimental, gloomy, independent film
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Moonlight Mile (2002)
Plot Summary:
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, realistic, clever, romantic, art film, romantic drama, serious, gloomy, crying
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Maze (2000)
Plot Summary:
Artist Lyle Maze is reconciled to a life without romance thanks to his dual afflictions: Tourette's Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But his life takes an unexpected turn when his friend Mike departs on a humanitarian mission, leaving behind his pregnant girlfriend Callie. She leans on Lyle for help, and before long he's Lamaze coach, pinch-hitting father-to-be and in love with Callie.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, erotic, gloomy
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
Plot Summary:
Told from the male perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, sincere, touching, sweet, sad, sex comedy, teen, realistic, gloomy
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Alexander the Last (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, heartfelt, contemplative, independent film, sexual, sexy
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Mercy (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young novelist tries to write about love, but realizes he will first need some real-life experience before taking on the subject.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, sincere, psychological, captivating, romantic, touching, serious, gloomy
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Peter and Vandy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, mind bending, offbeat, intellectual, dark, independent film, non-linear
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Disappearing Acts (2000)
Plot Summary:
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, sentimental, talky, romantic
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002)
Plot Summary:
A betrayed wife, whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son of her first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
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One Night (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, touching, serious, realistic, independent film
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Lovin' Molly (1974)
Plot Summary:
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic
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Therese and Isabelle (1968)
Plot Summary:
Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sensual, black and white, erotic, sentimental, sincere, sexy, touching, serious, realistic, queer cinema
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Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ten women give monologues to camera, each remembering a man who was important in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, clever, touching, realistic, talky, contemplative, serious, sexual, sexy
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One Night Stand (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, melancholic, light, intense, touching, serious, realistic, erotic, clever, romantic