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Plot Summary:
Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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House of Sand (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, serious, emotional, inspirational, depressing, family saga, saga, realistic
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Desert Rats (1988)
Plot Summary:
Series pilot about a local rebel who is appointed sheriff of a small Arizona town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Mano Po 2: My Home (2003)
Plot Summary:
Antonio Chan, a prominent Chinese businessman, has three women in his life v Sol, a Filipina; Lu Shui, a Chinese; and Belinda, a Filipino-Chinese. Antonio has children with all three women. A crisis shakes up the over-extended Tsinoy family prompting all the members to re-examine their values, their relationships, and confront issues that they have refused to face all these years. With Mano Po 2, My Home, Regal Entertainments continues the tradition established by the critical and box-office hit Mano Po. Features strong dramatic performances from a stellar ensemble cast, lush visuals, a reverberating musical score, an unforgettable theme song, and a heart-warming screenplay that eloquently captures the rich Tsinoy culture. Laugh, cry, and be touched by this family story about forgiveness, healing and undying love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags:
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Solitude (2002)
Plot Summary:
Each character involved in this psychological exploration of family and sexuality discovers what it means to suffer inexplicable torment rather than be alone.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: avant garde, independent film
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Cold Sun (2016)
Plot Summary:
"This feature-length film is set in the barren and lifeless "Broken Heart" desert of the 1920s. "Cold Sun" is the story of a prostitute searching for her dead brother, a confused excommunicated priest seeking love, two escaped convicts in search of stolen gold, and a motion picture director trying to finance his latest film, of which all collide in a twisted tale of greed, obsession, and betrayal.".
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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A Clear View the Mark Barmore Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
In Rockford, IL and other cities around the nation deal with their share of police killing people, by accident, in defense or sometimes just in cold blood. This is a true story about Mark Barmore a young who became a victim of Rockford Police department. This is a story of a young man just beginning his raise to fame when he was tragically killed by these to officers. When this unfolded everyone who seen, either didn't want to see more, couldn't see more or just won't tell. But every body's view of the shooting brings this gritty, thriller to life as we uncover the truth. The same truth Rev. Jesse Jackson rallied for, from the streets of Rockford all the way to the white house. This is a emotional heart stopping film straight from the national headlines.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972)
Plot Summary:
A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along and they both find themselves dominated and tormented by him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: minimal cast, surprise ending
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Concurs (1982)
Plot Summary:
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants' self and conscience.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: allegory
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14 Kilometers (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, educational, road movie
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The Oasis (1984)
Plot Summary:
A plane crash in the Mexican desert leaves a small group of survivors who are desperate for food and water. Fearing that they may never be found where they are, they head for where it is hoped there will be civilization and rescue. When their hopes prove unfounded, they must face the horrible possibility of choosing between giving up and dying, or doing the unthinkable to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Another Silence (2011)
Plot Summary:
Marie is a Toronto police officer. One evening, her husband Joshua and their son Nicky are brutally murdered in their car. Marie quickly links Pablo Molina, an Argentinian drug trafficker who she'd arrested a few months earlier, with the crime. In despair, Marie heads to Argentina on the tracks of the killer. A journey of revenge and a journey to come to terms with her loss.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Argentina, Canada, Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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30 Miles (2004)
Plot Summary:
An act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker and his ride let down their guards and reveal intimate, dark secrets about their pasts.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Aliens (2017)
Plot Summary:
A UFO believer must choose between the aliens above he has never seen or the mysterious guide who appears in his campsite week after week.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, futuristic, independent film
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Last Days in the Desert (2015)
Plot Summary:
On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting himself up for a dramatic test.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: biblical, atmospheric, serious, contemplative, stylized, independent film, fable
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Hope (2014)
Plot Summary:
On his clandestine journey from Cameroon to Europe through the Sahara desert, LĂ©onard meets Hope, a Nigerian girl who's following the same dream.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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The Last Survivors (1975)
Plot Summary:
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Scenic Route (2013)
Plot Summary:
Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, twisted, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse, thinking
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The King Is Alive (2000)
Plot Summary:
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Norway, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: bleak, stylized, melancholic, atmospheric, psychological, independent film, offbeat, serious, realistic, road movie
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Sounds of Sand (2006)
Plot Summary:
On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality. Rahne and his family travel across hostile lands under a lethal sun, walking endlessly onwards and frequently crossing paths with death. But "Sounds of sand" is also a parable about determination and eternity that takes us in the footsteps of Shasha, a nomad child full of the joys of life, whose tenacity and strength will conquer her father's love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, atmospheric, serious, captivating, bleak, realistic
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First Winter (2012)
Plot Summary:
When winter begins, life is serene for a group of new-age Brooklynites living in a remote country farmhouse. Sex, drugs, yoga, and organic cooking absorb their days, safely tucked away from the stresses of urban life. But when a blackout of apocalyptic proportions strands them with no heat and no electricity during the coldest winter on record, their utopian commune is breached by anxiety and their idyllic harmony begins to lose its tune. As time wears on and the food supply dwindles, power struggles, jealousy, and desire threaten the group's ability to work together in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, mumblecore, gloomy, independent film
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Thirst (2010)
Plot Summary:
After wrecking their car in the middle of the desert, two couples find themselves stranded with few supplies. When the heat intensifies and their precious water supply dwindles, the frantic friends begin betraying each other in the hopes of survival. Their civility rapidly deteriorates as they begin to experience overwhelming fear and desperation in this tense drama starring Lacey Chabert, Tygh Runyan, Brandon Quinn and Mercedes McNab.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
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Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two thousand miles from home, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (with baby Clayton) lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow, battling for survival against the elements. Using only meager supplies and resourcefulness, the young couple struggles to keep themselves and their infant son alive in a frozen shelter while awaiting rescue. Realizing they won't be found, Jim ultimately strikes out on a courageous 50-mile mission, determined to reach help and return to save his loved ones in this exciting and moving true story. Written by Anonymous.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Captive in the Land (1990)
Plot Summary:
An American meteorologist attempts to rescue an injured Soviet airman. A killer storm soon maroons them both and the unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences in order to survive the real life terrors of the Arctic.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Redland (2009)
Plot Summary:
As a family struggles to survive in rural isolation during the Great Depression, their daughter's secret affair begins a journey into the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, serious, disturbing, mystic, tense, bleak, realistic, independent film, epic
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Suburban Madness (2004)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological
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Electra (1990)
Plot Summary:
Born with the beauty of the gods, Electra's lust for sexual gratification is exceeded only by her lust for vengeance. Enter a world of forbidden family love, betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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3 Nights in the Desert (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three former band mates enter a cave after hearing it has the power to give them what they need. As unsettling desires rise to the surface, they all wonder if the cave has real power.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, talky, serious, realistic, minimal cast, independent film
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The Beckoning Silence (2007)
Plot Summary:
In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies. As a child, it was this story and that of one of the climbers in particular, that first captured Simpson's imagination and inspired him to take up mountaineering.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, scenic
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The Donner Party (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, mysterious, suspenseful, bleak, wild
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Courage (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jason Priestley (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Andrea Roth star in this inspirational adventure story about courage, love and the power of family. Aspiring author Robert (Priestly) organizes a quick getaway with his wife and daughter designed to rebuild their estranged relationship with his daughter, but when a powerful storm hits they are forced to make a crash landing on the ominously named Bear Island. With Robert seriously injured and no way to reach the mainland, the three castaways find that they must rely on their faith -- and each other -- to survive the ordeal.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful