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Drishyam (2013)
Plot Summary:
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector
Duration: 160 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: family in danger, police investigation, family relations, police, murder, twists and turns, obsession, parents and children, law enforcement, family in crisis, life turned upside down, blackmail, murder mystery, who done it, plot twist, innovation, great escape, death, hidden camera, false evidence, family problems, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, police officer
Lucia (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: insomnia, hallucination, drug, surrealism, drug abuse, fantasy becomes reality, whodunit, superhero, cyberpunk, myth, occult, mind, urban, hidden treasure, innovation, cognitive science, great ending, knowledge, bollywood, unreliable narrator, drugs
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman
Duration: 76 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, batman, comic book, villain, distopia, heroes, imaginary, fighting crime, good versus evil, protector, rivalry, master villain, society, comeback, mogul, heroic mission, superman, violent, vigilantism, fight, disguise, police officer, police, hostage, police raid
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Plot Summary:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography
Duration: 180 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: money, business, corruption, wall street, rise and fall, greed, stock market, addiction, success, stock broker, wealth, rags to riches, drug addict, american dream, cons and scams, ambition, dark humor, entrepreneur, deception, fbi, nudity, corporate world, ambitious, hotshot hero, drug
Run Milkha Run (2013)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes
Duration: 186 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Plot tags: rise to the top, olympics, biopic, talented, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, overcoming, rivalry, fame, determination, contests and competitions, championship, fight, training, loss of family member, patriot, motivation, hindu, love
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 731000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, interracial relations, freedom, american history, life is a bitch, black history, kidnapping, storytelling, separation from family, slave trade, nudity, master and servant, rape, slave, human trafficking, biopic, confined, captivity, injustice, interracial rape
Tangerines (2013)
Plot Summary:
War in Abkhazia 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Estonia, Georgia
Plot tags: anti war, humanity, wartime life, civil war, tragedy, brutality, war, survival, life & death, bullet wound, character study, village, life is a bitch, human nature, isolation, rivalry, elderly, confined, mistrust, wartime, ethnic conflict, european, death, caucasian, social realism
Queen (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: young woman, friendship, self discovery, honeymoon, naivete, life changing experience, vacation, overcoming, encounter, traditional versus modern, wedding preparations and rituals, unhappy, women, feminist, bittersweet, on the road, hindu, teenager, dancing, travel, wedding, food, woman, renaissance, inspiration
Rush (2013)
Plot Summary:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 504000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: racing, race, car race, race car, racecar driver, rise to the top, motor sport, success, formula 1, car racing, world champion, rivalry, auto racing, obsession, biopic, sports car, fame, justice, human spirit, professional rivalry, speed, car, catastrophe, friendship, mentor
Prisoners (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Duration: 153 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 784000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop, vengeance, missing child, desperation, disappearance, child abduction, graphic violence, plot twist, sociopath, violent content, dog, child kidnapping, moral ambiguity, murder
Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
Plot Summary:
A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully accused of murder and his relationship with his lovingly adorable 6 year old daughter
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: mentally challenged, prison, innocent, father daughter relationship, friendship, parents and children, life is a bitch, false accusation, asian, court, prison escape, child, heroes, trial, children, depression, illness, lovers, father, tragedy, single father, homeless, poverty, mental illness, tragic love
Her (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all
Duration: 126 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 655000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, human nature, computer, psychology, cyberspace, melancholy, impossible love, relationship problems, unlikely relationship, alternate reality, unlikely couple, sadness, dating, writers, relationships, transhumanism, sex, love story, divorce, computers and web, cyberpunk
Special 26 (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob well-known businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the Central Bureau of Intelligence or income tax officials. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of money from their targets
Duration: 144 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: heist, robbery, cons and scams, caper, corruption, partners in crime, dishonesty, embezzler, criminal, organized crime, bandit, gang, danger, bank robbery, revenge, genius, time machine, bank robber, butterfly effect, hindu, patriot, cosa nostra, indian history, raid, con man
Ugly (2013)
Plot Summary:
A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home
Duration: 128 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: kidnapping, missing child, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, danger, couple relations, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, police, murder, murder mystery, child, renaissance, hindu, existentialism, urban, cosa nostra, plot twist, alcohol abuse, chases and races, couples, confined, child in peril, violent content
Before Midnight (2013)
Plot Summary:
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Greece
Plot tags: marriage, summer vacation, writers, hotel room, hotel, midlife crisis, couple relations, existentialism, sex, relationships, love, love story, divorce, passion, conversation, hopes, friends, relationship vs career, jealousy, dinner, chapel, vacation, introspection, time travel, hipster
Short Term 12 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: child abuse, teenager, depression, social worker, adolescence, suicide attempt, self mutilation, foster child, coming of age, troubled teen, mental illness, self harm, problem child, childhood sexual abuse, bittersweet, haunted by the past, therapy, parent child relationship, teenage life, human relationship, psychology, sexual abuse, adoption, cathartic, incest
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 511000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, life is a bitch, drug, casual sex, treatment, gay, gay slur, hiv positive, biopic, terminal illness, society, dying, death, lgbt, alternative medicine, illness, hospital, transvestite, gays and lesbians, trial
Through My Own Eyes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Raje Bauji is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize it yet
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: family relations, eccentricity, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, anger, meaning of life, renaissance, hindu, life lesson, self awareness, cause and meaning, telephone call, corporal punishment, truth, belief, angry father, hindi, bollywood, perception, telephone conversation, slapping
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
Plot Summary:
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with the Band of the Hawks. Meanwhile, his former mercenary group is plotting a rescue mission to save an imprisoned Griffith
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: imaginary kingdom, medieval, battles, good versus evil, demon, strength, dark hero, heroes, supernatural, supernatural ability, imaginary, master warrior, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, fight, supernatural power, gore, monster, friendship, macabre, brutality, evil
About Time (2013)
Plot Summary:
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: time travel, time loop, fall in love, life philosophy, life, true love, looking for love, couple relations, changing the past or future, sent to the past, father son relationship, young woman, butterfly effect, family relations, rain, lovers, love and romance, family secret, time, love story, life & death, wedding, alternate timeline, parent child relationship, life changing experience
Captain Phillips (2013)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 485000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: hostage, ship, kidnapping, terrorism, survival, rescue, ocean, pirate, u.s. navy, ship captain, piracy, ransom, brutality, terrorist, captain, money, escapades, courage, lifeboat, navy, hijacking, risk, bloodbath, negotiator, merchant marine
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Plot tags: family drama, family reunited, boy, parents and children, architect, father son relationship, family relations, self discovery, introspection, moral dilemma, identity crisis, life turned upside down, parenthood, family life, social differences, society, family problems, disorder, human nature, coming of age, abandoned, medical malpractice, lawyer, class differences, bittersweet
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug
Duration: 161 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 693000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Plot tags: dragon, fantasy world, magical, sword fight, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, creature, elf, warrior, wizard, mythology, adventurer, lord of the rings, middle earth, artifact, heroic mission, heroes, king, sorcery, escapades, hobbit, journey, wizards and magicians
Kai Po Che! (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Plot tags: cricket, friendship, success, athlete and trainer, follow your dream, sport team, talented, business venture, hopes, ambition, business, politics, friends, motivation, islam, marketing, best friend, coming of age, college life, buddy, store, urban, fan, lifestyle, ambitious
The Best Offer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Plot tags: twists and turns, painting, art, loneliness, art collector, art theft, age difference, collector, obsession, deception, solitude, mysterious character, forgery, young woman, plot twist, psychology, older man younger woman relationship, adult virgin, high society, friendship, auctioneer, cons and scams, agoraphobia, old friend, unrequited love
The Lunchbox (2013)
Plot Summary:
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Plot tags: food, cooking, housewife, unlikely relationship, relationships, depression, happy ending, character study, honest, unlikely friendships, cooking and food, love and romance, everyday life, retirement, unconventional romance, letter, art, chef, destiny, love story, heartwarming, bittersweet, hindu, self discovery, love
Gravity (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 853000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, stranded, survivor, spacecraft, space program, life & death, female protagonist, female astronaut, science, space and aliens, self sacrifice, trapped in space, hopes, scientist, spacewalk
The Butterfly's Dream (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: poet, world war two, poetry, love and romance, friendship, bet, hopes, teachers and students, poverty, follow your dream, lifestyle, competition, writers, literature, kurd, turk, tuberculosis, teacher, friends, young lovers, artists and showbiz, twentysomething life, health situation, power relations, love
Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a small Anatolian town life goes on; Cemal is an assistant referee in football matches, Yasemin works in an egg factory, Defne is a street vendor who sells books, Doctor Irfan is occupied with his patients... In this town with two suns and three full moons in the sky, Cemal -who can see through the walls- has no expectation out of life and looks for a way out with Yasemin -who can move objects with her fingers- as he was trying to deal with the distress that fell on his. However, Defne, who can freeze time will muddle things up; Yasemin’s immortal boss’ actions will contradict the invisible elementary school teacher’s advices who is trying to eliminate the worries of Cemal. Thou Gild’st the Even is a black and white movie about the ordinary sorrows, worries and troubles of the townsmen with extraordinary abilities
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: muslim, lonely, new love, violence, violence against women, flying, blood, stopped time, marriage proposal, surrealism, suicide by hanging, alternate reality, drug use, man hits a woman, kiss, shot to death, gunshot, punch, vomiting, shaving, violence against a woman
Nebraska (2013)
Plot Summary:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: aging, road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, elderly, on the road, old age, obsessive quest, relationships, honest, tragedy, eccentricity, father, journey, escapades, social relations, delusion, loneliness, life & death, bittersweet, small town life, dementia, confronting the past, railway, runaway