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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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The Buffalo (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple, Shokufeh and Iman who plan to flee Iran travel to the port city of Anzali to meet a man who is to smuggle them across the border. They await him by the side of a lagoon. They accidentally drop their bag of money and jewelry into the lagoon. Iman tries to jump in and find the bag but drowns in the process. A diver called Bahram the Buffalo is assigned to find Iman’s body in the lagoon and a relationship begins to develop between him and Shokufeh….
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Who Am I? (2010)
Plot Summary:
Investigator Sergey Shumov has a mystery on his hands. On a platform near a Moscow-Sevastopol train station the police have found a young man without documents and no memory. In near perfect detail, he can recall historical dates, songs of his favorite band, but can't recollect his name or say where he’s from. And frustrating Shumov’s search for answers even further are the young man’s personal belongings that offer not one clue to his identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: twisted
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Love Has Many Faces (1965)
Plot Summary:
A woman (Lana Turner) lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband (Cliff Robertson) who married her for her money.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, soap opera, sexual, romantic drama, sexy, campy
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Revenge Is My Destiny (1971)
Plot Summary:
Chris Robinson plays an eyepatched Vietnam vet named Ross Archer, who comes home to find that his wife had left him and become involved with some shady business dealings.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Flagrant Désir (1986)
Plot Summary:
In the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers maintains. Or rather murder, as the American inspector Morrison suspects. If so, why? What secrets this family keeps?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Out Stealing Horses (2019)
Plot Summary:
A grieving widower moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: existential
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Parees (2007)
Plot Summary:
Holy Week in Pelion. Two friendly Athenians couples find in their yard corpse of a stranger. They try to avoid the charge of murder by locals, while in the whole fuss becoming uncovered secrets that will change the lives of everyone.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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A Stray Girlfriend (2007)
Plot Summary:
A romantic holiday has left Ines all alone. So alone. She's really not at all happy about it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Absent (2014)
Plot Summary:
An old man lives alone in a shabby cabin in a remote mountainous area of Mexico. His house is set to be demolished in order to facilitate the redevelopment of the area. He doesn't know how to protect his house. Time goes by and one day a young man shows up on his doorstep. Looking exhausted, he starts his new routine here, cooking and doing laundry just like the old man.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: minimal cast
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The Shell Collector (2016)
Plot Summary:
The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Between Summers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially blames her sister, who was supposed to supervise her children. Later she turns her anger and grief against her husband. Since none of them know what to do with their feelings, they start to drift apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 112 min
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Mario and the Magician (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Twenties: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmann's have to realize the upcoming and growing fascism and their children are fascinated by a magician visiting the town. Soon nothing is as usual. The times are changing.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags:
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Out of Sight (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ya'ara, a blind PhD candidate in Mathematics at Princeton University, hears of her cousin Talia's suicide. Ya'ara rushes back to Israel. They were best of friends and twin spirits. Talia saw for both of them, and was always the one who believed and led Ya'ara to believe, that in spite of her blindness, Ya'ara could see everything. Ya'ara joins Talia's family for the traditional 7-day mourning period and there, she discovers the secrets of Talia's life and embarks on an investigation trying to discover the reason that led Talia to commit suicide.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min
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While the Women Are Sleeping (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, contemplative, detective
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What We Wanted (2020)
Plot Summary:
Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have everything they ever wished for. But appearances can be deceiving.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, rough, thought provoking, suspenseful
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The Christmas Note (2015)
Plot Summary:
Having just moved back to her hometown without her serviceman husband but with her young son, Gretchen Daniels finds her life in disarray as Christmas approaches. But she discovers new purpose when she helps to deliver a message to her neighbor, Melissa, which makes her an ally in the quest to find the neighbor's sibling she never knew she had. The women become bonded not only by the search, but by the understanding that being there for each other means they're no longer alone. This friendship becomes the greatest Christmas gift of their lives. Based on a bestselling novel by Donna VanLiere.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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My See-Through Heart (2017)
Plot Summary:
Does one ever know who they’re living with? Lancelot’s life is thrown upside-down when he learns of the death of his wife. As he’s trying to cope with grief, he will have to confront the revelations made about his wife’s past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Out 1 (1971)
Plot Summary:
While two dueling theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash and unravel a conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 776 min
Plot tags: avant garde, art house, inspirational, sexy, experimental, contemplative, semi documentary
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The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012)
Plot Summary:
Arriving on a deserted beach in the Mediterranean sea, in a time and a place unspecified, Kaspar Hauser is forced to confront the evil of a Grand Duchess who feels threatened by the power she exercises over the community.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, experimental, atmospheric, serious, stylized, captivating, psychedelic, realistic, aesthetic, informative
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The Reject (2007)
Plot Summary:
A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his forties and has started to sink into a mid-life depression. On's wife has left him and while he tries to keep in touch with her and his daughter, he feels they're drifting away from him. On often finds himself retreating into a world of daydreams, which becomes all the more common after he loses his job. On struggles to drown in ennui with alcohol, gambling and meaningless sex, but matters only get worse as he learns that his elderly mother's health is failing, and he can no longer keep up with the bills for her medical care. When On discovers some forgotten savings, he sets out on a vacation in hopes of recapturing his muse, with his beautiful and loyal secretary in tow. Film received its American premiere at the 2008 Palm Springs Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min
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Original Bliss (2016)
Plot Summary:
Helen Brindel is trapped in a violent marriage and the prison of her faith when she falls in love with a scholar, Professor Eduard Gluck. But he’s a secret porn addict. Slowly, carefully, two very different individuals get to know each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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UV (2007)
Plot Summary:
During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one Andre- Pierre distrustful relates to the stranger.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)
Plot Summary:
Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Daddy's Girl (2002)
Plot Summary:
British television film starring Martin Kemp.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Sweet Rush (2009)
Plot Summary:
As an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor by chance meets a young man who makes her feel young again. All of this is films by a director making a film about her which cuts in and out of the on camera and off camera drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, sincere, serious, emotional, offbeat, gloomy
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About Elly (2009)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, depressing, suspense, existential, inspirational, philosophical
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Naked Sins (2006)
Plot Summary:
Cole and Erica run an upscale escort service which sets their clients up on anonymous and impromptu "dates" at hotels. They discover one of their female clients murdered, and that the man who signed up for their service on the same day happens to be her husband. They set out to untangle these mysterious circumstances before the cops follow the leads back to them, while also dealing with various romantic relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, suspense, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Aftersun (2022)
Plot Summary:
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum. As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, depressing, tear jerker, poetic, crying, masterpiece, beautiful, moody
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Get Low (2009)
Plot Summary:
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, talky, psychological, serious, realistic, atmospheric, compassionate, philosophical
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Under the Sand (2000)
Plot Summary:
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, enigmatic, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, surreal, art house