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Plot Summary:
Middle-classed young and dashing Rohit Kumar Saxena falls in love with wealthy and lovely Reshmi, and both decide to get married. Reshmi's dad, the wealthy Diwan Sardarilal is strongly opposed to this marriage, but relents when Reshmi refuses to marry anyone else. As a result, Rohit and Reshmi get married. Shortly after their marriage, Reshmi gets pregnant, news that is very well received. Then Reshmi enters a beauty pageant, and wins it - being crowned Miss India, with offers to travel abroad. Reshmi decides that she does not want the child now, but Rohit opposes this decision. Both quarrel, and separate, and Reshmi goes back to live with her dad. Shortly thereafter, Sardarilal sends a legal notice to Rohit asking for a divorce. Devastated, Rohit seeks employment, and finds it as a station master at a remote hill station. He meets with Reshmi and her dad, and is humiliated because he is poor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
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The Promise (2007)
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Daniel and Andrea grew up in the same home and have been closer than real brothers and sisters ever since. But her father's goodwill to take in Daniel and bring him up does not sit well with her real older brother, who retaliates one day and kicks Daniel out. But by this time, nothing can come between the deeply in love Andrea and Daniel anymore--until the rich family on whose hacienda they've been working all these years come back. Andrea catches the eye of the rich son, while the daughter fancies Daniel, too. This will set in motion a series of events that will test how deep the two's love goes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, romantic, serious, captivating
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Path of the Beast (1980)
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17 year old Saki lives in a run-down hack with her mom who survives by pushing a food cart from dawn to dusk. Saki has dropped out of school, and when she's not helping her mother selling noodles in the streets, she's playing flesh-games with boyfriend Sotoo. In her spare time, the girl also entertains a truck driver named Ataru. She believes her promiscuity is a trait inherited from her mom. Determined to improve her lot in life (she doesn't want to grow up like her mother), Saki decides to stop seeing the two guys. The sizzling Japanese Tatsumi Kumashiro’s erotic drama 'Shoujo Shofu: Kemonomichi' (aka 'Whore Girl - the Animal Trail' distributed internationally as 'Path of the Beast'), offers a venue for sex kitten Ayako Yoshimura to reveal choice areas of her nubile frame.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
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Jenny (1970)
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An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger avoiding the draft. She now has a father for her child and he doesn't have to go to the Army. But this marriage-of-convenience leads to a romance between the two.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The film set, in post war Sri Lanka, brings us close to two characters who collide quite accidentally, and through them we experience the deep and seemingly unbridgeable chasm that conflict almost always creates. Will love help them cross the bridge? Or will the past continue to color the present? A man and a woman from the two ends of the thirty-year-old bloody civil war in Sri Lanka discover that the color of love is blue, and life, shades of grey.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sinhala, psychological, tense, touching, suspense, poignant, crying, unusual plot structure
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Point of No Return (1974)
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The love story of a Soviet officer wounded in battle and the woman who shelters him during the German occupation of the Great Patriotic War. Multifaceted and ambiguous, this film spans twenty years of love, joy, and sorrow.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration:
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Bewafa Sanam (1995)
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While in prison, Sunder learns that his fiancee is to marry another man. Enraged, he goes to the wedding venue and shoots her.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 69 min
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Nikaah (1982)
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
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Pakshe (1994)
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Pakshe movie is all about Balachandran (Mohanlal) who had to sacrifice his childhood love (Shobhana), to marry into a rich family who only wanted his IAS Status, in order to save his poor family, lives a life of regret and despair for his decision.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
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Azaad (1978)
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This is the story of a eccentric young man, Ashok (Dharmendra) who believes in doing good without worrying about the consequences. This does not find any favor with his sister-in-law Sarla (Sulochana), and she decides to leave him. But he persuades her to come back, and he decides to relocate and not cause any more trouble for Sarla. On his way he has a skirmish with the a princess Rajkumari Seema (Hema Malini) who he teaches a lesson to respect the poor and food grown in the fields. When he arrives in the city, due to his misfortune, he lands a job at a factory run by the Rajkumari, and immediately gets in to the bad books of Prem (Prem Chopra) to whom the Rajkumari is engaged to be married.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
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Naya Zamana (1971)
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A hopeful writer, poor but educated Anoop attacks the ruthless exploitation of the lower classes by the rich with his fiery speeches. But his uncompromising principles could stand in the way of the connections he'll need if he hopes to reach a larger audience with his message. A liaison with a wealthy family could bring the exposure and success Anoop desires, but at what cost?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
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Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
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A revelatory discussion on a train. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002)
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, captivating, surprise ending, crying, weeping
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Deedar-E-Yaar (1982)
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Childhood pals Javed (Rishi Kapoor) and Akhtar (Jeetendra) will do anything for each other, but their loyalties are tested when they fall in love with the same woman. For Javed, it's love at first sight when he meets the beautiful Firdaus. But when her father insists she marry the wealthy Akhtar instead, the loyal young man agrees -- but only to help out Javed by quickly divorcing her. Now that he's seen her, though, that may prove difficult.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
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Jheel Ke Us Paar (1973)
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Kulwant Rai's horse carriage runs over a child, and as a result, she loses her vision.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
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Yearning (1964)
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After a bombing raid destroys the family store and her husband, Reiko rebuilds and runs the shop out of love stopped short by destruction.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
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The Gesture (1971)
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
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Mazhayethum Munpe (1995)
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Nandakumar is a college professor who wants to get the best treatment for his paralyzed fiancee, Uma Maheshwari. Trouble starts brewing when Shruthi, Nandakumar's student falls in love with him. Will Shruti let Uma unite with Nandakumar weaves the rest of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
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A Life of Devotion (1969)
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Vandana and Arun fall in love the instant they meet. On a trip to a Shiv temple, they get married in an impromptu ceremony in front of God. A chance rainshower strands them at a remote hotel where Vandana gets pregnant. With their legal marriage just around the corner, they don't worry about the consequences of their actions, but unfortunately, Arun dies in a plane crash. Vandana chooses to have the child, Suraj, and as she promised to Arun, wants to raise him to be an Air Force pilot. Fate is cruel to Vandana, however, and the child is adopted by a wealthy family. Vandana becomes a nursemaid to stay close to Suraj. A family member tries to molest her, and in the ensuing fight, Suraj comes to protect her and kills the perpetrator. Vandana chooses a jail sentence to save Suraj, but in the course of her sentence, loses the family--and with it: Suraj. Now what will Vandana do? To find out, watch Aradhana. Written by bollykm.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Rajput (1982)
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Unable to handle the taking of his kingdom by an Indian Government decree, the Maharaja kills himself. His son, Jaipal, takes over as the Maharaja, turns rebel, and refuses to hand over his title and kingdom to the Government. It is in this background that Police Superintendent Dhirendra Singh assumes his duties.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
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Beta (1992)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic
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As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, enigmatic, non-linear, sensual, stylized, sincere, inspirational, disturbing, tense
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Storm (1975)
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: realistic, retro, touching, serious, banned, banned film
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Most Eligible Bachelor (2021)
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A well-educated, ‘settled’ NRI falls for a stand-up comedian and wants to marry her. But when she knows what she wants from her husband, will he fit the bill?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Raja Rani (2013)
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John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanthara) are forced into wedlock against their wishes. Both undergo a rough patch initially in their marriage as they are not able to get over their past romances. Prior to their marriage, Regina was in love with Surya (Jai), while John romanced Keerthana (Nazriya). What leads to the Arya-Nayanthara wedding? How they forget their romantic past and finally come together forms the rest of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, light, captivating, romantic
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Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999)
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Vishwanath is a multi-millionaire industrialist, who lives in a palatial house, with his only chid, a son named Vijay. Vijay has been literally born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and indulges in life's temptations and weaknesses to the extreme. Vishwanath would like his son to get married and be responsible. Vijay agrees to get married on condition that his future bride sign an agreement that the marriage is on a trial basis for one year, and thereafter is Vijay does not fall in love with her, the marriage gets annulled. Vishwanath asks his personal assistant, Megha, to quit her job and marry Vijay, but Megha refuses. Megha comes from a poor family, consisting of her mom, two other sisters, and one brother. Written by Shrikant.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious