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Plot Summary:
A circle of thirty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to celebrate the same sex wedding of a member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to behave themselves, a series of surprise plans, unexpected arrivals and exposed secrets lead to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of hurt feelings, unresolved tensions, and lots of wine cannot be contained.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cinema verite
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Fuckland (2000)
Plot Summary:
Fabián, a magician from Buenos Aires, saves his money from weddings, birthdays, and bar mitzvahs, and uses a hidden camera to document a week-long trip to the Falkland Islands where he has a patriotic plan: to impregnate a British woman. If 500 Argies do this annually, the islands will soon be overrun with children belonging to both cultures. He spends his first couple of days in Stanley doing reconnaissance, setting his sights on Camila, whom he's first seen in church. He chats her up at an Internet café. They go out for drinks, then dinner, then to the see the King penguins and a 1982 battlefield. Back home, editing his Dogma 95 film, he receives a final message from Camila.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Documentary, Drama
Country: Argentina, Falkland Islands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Amerikana (2001)
Plot Summary:
Following the Dogma rules does not make this film hard to watch... In the end, it is a great story and shows that Merendino can be a mature filmmaker. It's about two guys a Vespa and a trip from South Dakota to Los Angeles. It's funny, insightful and tragic.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie, underground film, independent film
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Karma Cartel (2014)
Plot Summary:
In an urban Indian city, A struggling actor battles for his career, but his friend who loses money in a scam deal commits an action that puts both of their lives in danger. The three last days before the incident follows the struggling actor, an ambitious filmmaker, a wannabe hustler, an opportunist, a lover and two cinephile thugs, through an inter-twining vignette of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, Denmark
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: experimental, avant garde, neorealism, independent film
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The Outcome (2005)
Plot Summary:
Film director Mikel de Garay and the attractive young producer Andrea Bilbao, who hide an obscure past, are going to make a film based on the latest novel by Rosendo Carballo, a successful writer with homosexual tendencies who has put an end to his marriage of convenience and is sharing his life with a young gay man. Rosendo is going to meet with Mikel and Andrea, and three friends of the writer, Fernando, Beatriz and Nacho, join the group. Conflict arises unexpectedly when the characters start to play a dangerous game: digging around in their respective pasts in the hope that this will produce a catharsis.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Magic Rock (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a beloved Summer Camp Director dies, the popular boys' haven will be closed by the heartless Attorney who inherits it unless a dedicated young Camp Counselor can change his mind over one last summer, with the comic help of his oddball Campers. MAGIC ROCK is the uplifting tale of the loyal camaraderie, life-defining choices, camp hi-jinks and summer magic that can make campfire memories last a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, Family, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Wild 90 (1968)
Plot Summary:
Norman Mailer’s first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of gangsters holed up in a ramshackle New York apartment, drinking, braying, and fighting.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cinema verite, fake documentary
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The Red Rooster (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Red Rooster is a feature film by Terry Miles.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Beyond the Law (1968)
Plot Summary:
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, cinema verite, fake documentary
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Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012)
Plot Summary:
Stinging from the latest of several romantic break-ups, Pandora Isaacs (Tanna Frederick) retreats to the safety of her parents’ ramshackle upstate country house — just 45 minutes from Broadway— where her non-theatrical sister (Julie Davis) and her sister's fiance, a real- estate executive, (Judd Nelson) are also arriving for the weekend and the family's yearly Passover Seder. Family secrets, sibling rivalries, theatrical hysterics and the possibility of true love as rare as a blue bullfrog all emerge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ovation (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this follow up to 'Hollywood Dreams' and 'Queen of the Lot', cheerful and neurotic actress Maggie Chase has cut some of her losses and focuses her acting career at local theater in West Hollywood. Still employed by her acting entourage of Gio, Kaz Naiman, Hildi, as well as the Lambert family, Maggie has reduced some of her neurosis and seems to find peace until she has a meeting of minds when she meets Stewart Henry, a slick and hotshot TV star who is seeking his own career choices by making the transition from TV and film to live theater.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Go Crazy Go Mad (2018)
Plot Summary:
Bryn and Eckland escape the stress of a small apartment in the big city to rejuvenate their relationship, only to realize a relationship without walls will make you go crazy. This all-improvised-dialogue feature shot in 5 days, aims to reset the bar on what's possible in indie film on a shoe-string budget.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Which Way, Por Favor? (1999)
Plot Summary:
The breathtaking sights and sounds of Mexico's lush Pacific coast come alive in this captivating comedy-drama shot in the isolated seaside village of Yelapa. Join four offbeat travelers hunting for romantic adventure, hidden cash, a mysterious father, and the mythic sorceror, "Don Juan," made famous in books by Carlos Castaneda. Featuring a cast of North American actors and Yelapa locals and an original soundtrack recorded by members of the David Grisman Band, Tito Puente, Van Morrison, The Robert Gray Band -- and the grammy-winning CARLOS SANTANA Band.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, low-budget
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Open Tables (2015)
Plot Summary:
Within the walls of the trendiest restaurants, behind the closed doors of private dinner parties, and on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Open Tables, uses the the exploding foodie scene as the backdrop for intertwining stories of true love, love lost, and the importance of a good main course. Sam and Kate host a group of friends for dinner in hopes that sparks will fly between Kate's younger sister Cassie and their friend Ryan. Joining them at the table is Jon (Desmin Borges from FX's You're the Worst) and Dana, a couple with a seemingly perfect relationship. The first act of OPEN TABLES embraces a world where true love prevails and where even the most complicated of people can find their soul mate, even when - and sometimes because - their circumstances are unique. As the group dines, stories emerge. To impress Cassie, Ryan boasts about his sexual conquests; Jon and Dana tell the tale of betrayal that led to their connection, and Sam and Kate share the story of their friend Hannah,.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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An Invisible Sign (2010)
Plot Summary:
Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father became ill. As an adult, Mona now teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, romantic, teen
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Hard Promises (1991)
Plot Summary:
A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. He comes home to confront her, trying to convince her not to get married, aided by the daughter, who loves him despite his wandering ways. The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Manito (2002)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict struggling to get his life back on track, is a product of this legacy. His younger brother Manny, the salutatorian of his high school class, embodies the hope of the future. On the night of his graduation party, Manny finds himself faced with an ill-fated decision that could change his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: bleak, emotional, tense, rough, touching, serious, realistic, bilingual
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A Christmas Romance (1994)
Plot Summary:
Julia Stonecypher is finding it difficult to get into the Christmas spirit. Having recently lost both her husband and her job, Brian Harding, the vice president of the local bank arrives on her doorstep amid a snowstorm, to inform Julia that her house is being repossessed. With such news, it appears Julia and her two daughters are indeed in for a 'not so festive' season, however with the help of a car accident and some drastic weather, Brian is forced to stay a lot longer than he intended. Trapped in close proximity, and with Christmas in the air, Julia and Brian develop an unlikely romance. As the storm passes however and Brian is free to leave, will their Christmas romance survive into the New Year and beyond, or will it disintegrate with the melting snow?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic
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Mifune (1999)
Plot Summary:
Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law´s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: clever, dark comedy, romantic, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, offbeat, humorous, captivating, realistic
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Irene in Time (2009)
Plot Summary:
A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, clever, touching, humorous, serious, realistic, talky, independent film
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Class Rank (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, entertaining, romantic, teen, contemplative
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Christian Mingle (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young, modern single woman enters the world of online dating looking for an instant soul mate.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: christian film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, disgusting, independent film
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My Girl 2 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, teen, romantic, sentimental, feel good, entertaining, sad, independent film, humorous, realistic
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So This Is Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Eighteen-year old Ashley's life is headed in the wrong direction. She's been hanging out with a bad crowd and seeking an escape from the drama at home. Everything begins to change when a handyman working on the family's house encourages her to volunteer for a Christmas play with underprivileged children. Ashley finds purpose by helping people in need and uses that to help heal her troubled family. Together, they discover the impact one person can make through the gift of giving.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Italian for Beginners (2000)
Plot Summary:
A group of strangers find friendship, family and love within an Italian beginners’ course.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, humorous, romantic, realistic, witty, talky
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Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (2003)
Plot Summary:
Katrine is to be married. Her fiancé is gorgeous, their appartment is luxurious and her future in-laws are wealthy. Katrine only has one problem: she sometimes finds it difficult to tell the truth, and this sends her on a round-about jaunt with an old friend, Thomsen, who has just barged in unannounced from Kenya and who wants to return a favour and help Katrine with her wedding preparations. A labyrinthal excursion takes place. Tomorrow is another day, the wedding day!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, sincere, feel good, semi serious, touching, offbeat, realistic
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A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Holly stopped believing in Santa Claus after her wish to meet the man of her dreams never came true. So Santa sets her up with Ryan, who isn't entirely truthful about himself. Now Holly faces a dilemma: marry her current boyfriend, Ted, or fall in love with someone who has lied to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic comedy
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Curly Sue (1991)
Plot Summary:
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sweet, humorous, sentimental, realistic, entertaining, teen, psychological, retro
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My Girl (1991)
Plot Summary:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, crying, emotional, sad, sweet, inspirational, tear jerker, heartbreaking
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Geek Charming (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog, self-professed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan's bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan's so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life and her social status comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan win the Woodlands Academy Fall Formal Blossom Queen crown? Can Josh win the Woodlands Academy 10th Annual Film Festival? Can Dylan, with Josh's help, pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious, teen, heartbreaking, sincere, captivating, touching
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Prom (2011)
Plot Summary:
At “Prom,” every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. As the big dance approaches for Nova Prescott, it’s a battle of wills as she finds herself drawn to the guy who gets in the way of her perfect prom. Fellow seniors Mei and Tyler harbor secrets, while others face all the insecurity and anticipation that surrounds one of high school’s most seminal events.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen, captivating, romantic, happy, thrilling