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Plot Summary:
An eleven-year-old Turkish boy, two young men from a small town, and a cuckolded policeman from the sticks all find their way to Berlin on May Day, where, in the district of Kreuzberg, emotions come to the boil every year.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
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Chasing the Wind (2013)
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Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min
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Downhill City (1999)
Plot Summary:
A handful of disparate people in Berlin are drawn to the same residential hotel in the drama Downhill City. Finnish musician Artsi heads to Berlin in hopes of hitting the big time; needing a place to stay, he takes a room at the Downhill City Hotel and ties to find a market for his music. Meanwhile, another Downhill Hotel resident, aspiring author Fabien, meets a former convict named Sascha who has nowhere to stay and offers to take him in. Peggy, who works at a fast-food restaurant, is unhappy with her boyfriend Hans and finally kicks him out. Peggy meets Artsi when he stops by the burger stand one day, while Hans (who ends up crashing with Sascha and Fabien) starts a new relationship of his own with Doris.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Finland
Duration: 103 min
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Detroit (2003)
Plot Summary:
Edzard is on his way from Berlin to Braunschweig to visit his family. During the trip the reason of his visit becomes clear, or doesn't it? During the trip he meets several people, most of them more than once. How this is possible becomes not quite clear until the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Man from the Embassy (2006)
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Herbert is a German embassy official in Georgia. He lives an inane life until he meets twelve-year-old girl Sashka who makes him laugh and feel responsibility. Soon he is in trouble because he is suspected of pedophilia, meets corrupt policemen, burglars and violent people.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
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Secrets of a Soul (2012)
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Secrets of a Soul: Margarethe, Creator of bizarre sculptures! Night club dancer? Mad woman? Victim of an occult conspiracy?! Dark menaces steal her soul and organs. Though dead they keep her alive. film by Carsten Frank Secrets of a Soul starring Margarethe von Stern Beatrice Valentino Victor Brandl Wolfgang Forster Music by Akki Schulz Photographed in PsychoVision Quiet Village Film Production 84 Mins / 1.78 : 1 (16:9) / German (language) / English & German (subtitles).
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: dark, mystic, art house, mad
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The Longest Distance (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that begins as a childlike adventure and ends up on the other side of the country and a one-way journey, free and determined. The same destiny will inevitably bond a woman with her grandson. Without knowing it they are part of an unbreakable family circle that deeply unites them. Second opportunities will arise while individual freedom of choice will become imposing. Everything comes together to tell us: there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
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A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
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The Return (1966)
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An-ex convict nicknamed Al Capone, who spent six years in jail, tries to adapt in new environment. Members of the two rival gangs try to engage him in their new ventures, but he wants to make a new start with the girl he loves. At the same time, a young criminal who shares the same nickname replaces him in these actions.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Fools (1970)
Plot Summary:
A horror-movie actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Eduart (2006)
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Based on true story. Albanian man leaves oppressive family situation to a better life in Athens. Then kills someone and has to face his guilt.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Albania
Duration: 104 min
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Für den unbekannten Hund (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 93 min
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Saturn Returns (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living. A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in "Saturn Returns", mirroring Lucy and Galia's modulating states of mind. Our and their look into each other's life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades. The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Spoiled Children (1977)
Plot Summary:
Account of a film director's brief affair with a young neighbour, and his involvement in the social and political ramifications of a tenancy dispute in an apartment block. Filmmaker Bernard (Michel Piccoli), who is suffering a creative block, enters into an affair with the much-younger Anne (Christine Pascal).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
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S & M: Les Sadiques (2016)
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Shot in sex dens of Berlin, pleasure and pain become one in this stylish tribute to the sleazy cinema of Jess Franco. Nadine Pape (A WARRIOR'S CREED) stars as Marie - a teenage vagabond whose lust for life will lead her to the bed of the mysterious Sandra (Sandra Bourdonnec - THE DEVIL OF KREUZBERG.) What begins as a blissful relationship soon takes a violent turn however, as Sandra then tries to take full control over the innocent girl's life. Kevin Kopacka (TLMEA) and Harry Baer (MR SCARFACE, GODS OF THE PLAGUE) co-star in this erotic drama from director Alex Bakshaev (THE DEVIL OF KREUZBERG.).
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min
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Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Requiem for Dominic (1990)
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Requiem for Dominic powerfully portrayed the upheaval in that liminal space between revolution and order. This drama is captured partly on film, partly on video adding to the gritty reality of the time, place and events as they were unfolding in Eastern Europe as the "Iron Curtain" collapsed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Romania
Duration: 85 min
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Stranger in Town (1998)
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A 13-year-old boy, whose single mother moved her family from the big city to a small town, begins to suspect that a stranger who befriends his family is not who he initially appears to be. Harry Hamlin, Graham Green, Rebecca Jenkins and Trevor Blumas star.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
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Long Live the Bride (2015)
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In a despairing, fatalistic Rome, Nicola finds himself flirting with the city’s dark side. Drinking too much and living among drifters, petty criminals and anxious immigrants, Nicola becomes entwined in an insurance scam that leads him further into a netherworld he may never escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
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Man-eater (1991)
Plot Summary:
Kazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which prisoners raised in protest against the inhuman treatment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 169 min
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The Austrian Method (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
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Neandertal (2006)
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17-year-old Guido suffers since his early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to the hospital due to a heavy attack, he starts to question his personal and familiar environment and discovers that his parents’ relationship – which he assumed to be happy and sound – is built on lies. Unable to deal with this disappointment, he flees from it and moves in with his older brother and his roommates.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
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The Path (2022)
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Fleeing from the Nazis, two children, a journalist father, and a dog must make their way through the hazardous Pyrenees mountain range.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Spain
Duration: 99 min
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A Clear View the Mark Barmore Story (2015)
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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:
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Silvester Countdown (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young Berlin couple travel to a friend's place for the celebration of Silvester and New Year's Eve. During that period, we witness today's juvenile sub-culture, especially the ways of keeping a partnership - or breaking it up in between.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
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Summer in Berlin (2005)
Plot Summary:
When you read the title ‘Summer on the Balcony’ you probably think it will be a light Berlin summer comedy but it’s not. This film is an intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, erotic, psychological, offbeat, emotional, sexual, soap opera
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Bliss (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two young people in Berlin, a refugee and a homeless punk, form a relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, affectionate
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Spider's Web (1989)
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Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 196 min
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Pan (1995)
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When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very strong in their opinions, and both are behaving a little strange. Love turns to hate, and instead of doing all they can to please each other, they do all they can to hurt the other person psychological. They both do a great job, and what began as a love story turns into a sad and depressing story of two ruined persons. The story is told by Thomas Glahn from his "exile" in Thailand, where he in the beginning of the movie receives two green feathers from Edvarda.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 115 min
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Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kati and Steffi have been best friends since they were six. Now they're both 17 and enjoying the ups and downs of becoming adults together. While Kati's parents are religious and conservative, but argue constantly, Steffi comes from what appears to be a harmonious and liberal family. But the girls discover how quickly their attractive world can fall apart when, at a hip nightclub, they happen to see Steffi's father in the arms of another woman. Steffi is shocked, her trust in her small perfect world shaken to the core. She can only think of one thing: revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, touching, serious, realistic, sad, bleak