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Plot Summary:
Marco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy - though he is ill-prepared for her secrets as they quickly muddy the waters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sexy, dark, disturbing, controversial, deep
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I Can't Sleep (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified elderly neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly arrived to Paris, comes to live at the hotel and becomes fascinated with the life of a mysteriously beautiful drag performer, Camille. Camille occasionally seeks refuge at the home of his brother, Theo, a quiet Antillean musician and carpenter who longs to return with his child to his native land against the wishes of his estranged wife, Mona. Through the medium of these characters unfolds a provocative and chilling examination of the intersecting lives of the lovers, acquaintances, family members, and victims of a serial killer. –inbaseline.com.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: bleak, disturbing, gloomy, contemplative, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic, rough
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The Origin of Violence (2016)
Plot Summary:
A French teacher makes a startling discovery while on a trip to Buchenwald.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, romantic, touching, captivating, disturbing
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Going South (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the summer, 27 year-old Sam drives towards the south of France in his Ford. He meets Matthieu and his sister Léa and takes them along in his apparently aimless journey. Matthieu has a crush on Sam and tries to seduce him. Léa is a beautiful, young, provocative girl who likes men so much that she got pregnant. She soon brings along Jérémie with them. Throughout the trip, they learn to know, fight and love each other. In spite of a blooming relationship with Matthieu, Sam isolates himself because of his secret: he is headed for Spain to find his long-lost mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: road movie, captivating, serious, realistic, erotic, tense, queer cinema
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Changing Hearts (2012)
Plot Summary:
A modern Prodigal Son story starring Brian McNamara, Daphne Zuniga, and Brad Johnson. James Reed, quite content with his current life, reluctantly returns home to the family business, a sick father, and a brother with whom he's always at odds.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, christian film, serious, independent film, entertaining
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Pretty Things (2001)
Plot Summary:
Lucie, who works as a white-hot fashion model, exhibits a dominant, often controlling, "Type A" personality, whereas identical twin Marie consistently projects a backward, reserved, laconic and unassuming attitude. When Lucie receives a covetable French recording contract, a significant problem stands in her way: the inability to sing. Marie possesses the voice of an angel, however, and quickly jets off to Paris to stand in for her sister, unannounced - little realizing the dangerous and even violent string of consequences that she is igniting.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, suspenseful, stylized, deep, realistic
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3 Hearts (2014)
Plot Summary:
A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, atmospheric, touching, realistic, psychosexual thriller
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Sons & Lovers (2003)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be struggling with nearly a century later. Human relationships remain as fragile as ever, and the only constant in life seems to be a humbling sense of uncertainty. Sarah Lancashire stars in a drama detailing the anguish of first love, and the awkward confusion of first sex.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, romantic, period drama
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Friday Night (2002)
Plot Summary:
Paris, 1995. Laure (Valérie Lemercier) is about to meet friends for dinner to celebrate her moving in with her boyfriend. But on her way out, she discovers that the entire city is stalled by a massive transit strike. When a handsome stranger (Vincent Lindon) offers her a ride, Laure takes a highly charged, impossibly erotic detour.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexual, serious, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, road movie, contemplative, erotic, sexy
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Cages (2006)
Plot Summary:
Eve is an emergency medical technician who falls in love with Damien (Sagamore Stévenin), a handsome and caring man who runs a neighborhood bar in the Belgian countryside. When Damien and Eve become a couple, she joins him in looking after the bar and becomes friendly with the regular customers, but things take an unexpected turn when Eve is in a serious auto accident. While Eve walks away with no serious physical injuries, she's emotionally ravaged by the experience, and develops a severe speech impediment. Eve's new stutter makes it hard for her to communicate with Damien and she becomes the butt of jokes from the customers. Eve is increasingly isolated and Damien takes up with another woman until Eve retaliates by trapping him in their home and forces him to re-establish the building blocks of their relationship, starting with their sexual communication. Meanwhile, Eve's struggle to speak is contrasted with one of the tavern's annual events, an animal calling contest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, sexy, tense, realistic, sexual
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Blood Red (1989)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industrialists.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, spaghetti western
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Hard Sun (2014)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her parents, a young woman assumes primary guardianship of her special needs brother. But as she attempts to balance her new life with her brother and her own blossoming romance, it becomes painfully clear that life will only make room for one.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, touching, independent film
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The Intruder (2004)
Plot Summary:
Louis Trebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti. Told elliptically, with few words, we see Louis as possibly heartless, ignoring a son who lives nearby who is himself an attentive father to two young children, one named for Louis. He leaves his bed one night - and his lover - to kill an intruder; he dreams, usually of violence. Will his body accept his heart? Will his son accept his offer?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, contemplative, mind bending, psychedelic, controversial, art house
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Making Plans for Lena (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the worst of them: Her unstoppable family has decided, by any means necessary, to make her happy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, emotional, psychological, serious, realistic, clever, talky, folk tale
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Looking for Simon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Simon, a young German doctor who lives and works in Marseille, goes missing. His appartment is empty. His mother Valérie is desperate. She doesn't understand the reason of his disappearance. Therefore she asks Jens, Simon's former boyfriend, to come to Marseille and help her finding him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy
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Those Who Remain (2007)
Plot Summary:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They bump into each other during one of their visits and begin to meet for coffee. Coffee turns into Lorraine offering to drive Bertrand to the train station and the two turn to each other in their time of grief and confusion.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy
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She Is Not Crying, She Is Singing (2011)
Plot Summary:
A tale of deliverance. Laura, 27 years old, lives alone in the outskirts of a large town. She learns that her father is in a coma, after a serious car accident. She decides to visit him at the hospital as a last opportunity to settle old scores, perhaps even to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, disturbing, gloomy
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Pola X (1999)
Plot Summary:
A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: sexy, meditative, disturbing, psychological, serious, romantic, controversial, offbeat, mysterious, sensual
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Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (French: Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: emotional, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative
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A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Plot Summary:
Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the shifty Getso. Conflict seems to follow Martha, since she also becomes romantically involved with local fix-it man, Mackey, who is sleeping with Frances as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: emotional, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, gloomy
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Leap Year (2010)
Plot Summary:
Journalist Laura (Monica del Carmen) works at home, isolating herself from others. While she lies to her mother and brother, Raul (Marco Zapata), on the phone about having an active social life, Laura's days consist of gazing at her neighbors, eating canned food and going to clubs to bring home strangers. As the anniversary of her father's death draws near, Laura develops a relationship with Arturo (Gustavo Sánchez Parra), a charismatic actor who shares her taste for rough sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, serious, captivating, erotic, crying, independent film, realistic, gloomy
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For a Woman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious uncle who lived with her parents after the war. As she lifts the lid on a long forgotten family secret, the young woman learns that her mother once succumbed to an amorous passion that was as intense as it was short-lived.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous, tragic
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A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bored, horny, and frustrated, a woman begins an affair with a teenage boy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, atmospheric, erotic, emotional, sexy, gloomy, dark, sensual, romantic drama
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Faithless (2000)
Plot Summary:
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by Markus' decision not to let her have custody of their daughter. Finally Markus announces he may have a solution to the stalemate, but this leads to deception, lies and ultimately, tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, atmospheric, lyrical, tense, contemplative, stylized, gloomy, depressing, erotic
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Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Plot Summary:
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, sentimental, captivating, sincere, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Brownian Movement (2010)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist's adulterous past continues to haunt her and her husband after they move to India.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, erotic, sexual, psychological, sentimental, captivating, sensual, touching, serious
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Immoral Tales (1973)
Plot Summary:
Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. 'Erzsebet Bathory' is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while 'Lucrezia Borgia' concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, anthology, sexy, sensual, sexual, controversial, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, stylized
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Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young Parisian woman begins a sordid affair with a middle-aged American businessman who lays out ground rules that their clandestine relationship will be based only on sex.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexy, art house, controversial, dark, surreal, cynical, psychological, atmospheric
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Puppylove (2013)
Plot Summary:
Diane is a mysterious and lonely teenager. Sharing special bonds with her father Christian, she takes care of the education of her brother Marc. The arrival of Julia in the neighborhood, a charismatic and liberated young British woman, is going to disturb Diane’s daily life. Desperately willing to become an adult, Diane is going to live, for a semester, the most shattering experiences of her life. The more she gets close to Julia, the more she gets irresponsible, ignoring consequences and limits to her desires.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, captivating, psychological, erotic, sexy, dark, serious, touching
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In Paris (2006)
Plot Summary:
Paul, depressed from his recent break-up with Anna, returns home to Paris and moves back in with his divorced father and amorous younger brother, Jonathan. While his carefree sibling and doting father try in vain to cheer him up, a visit from his mother seems to be the only thing that brings him joy. When Paul is then left in the house to brood and talk to one of his brother's girlfriends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, touching, tense, captivating, semi serious
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Service (2008)
Plot Summary:
A struggling family (Gina Pareño, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin) owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, France, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, atmospheric, serious, emotional, erotic, tense, realistic, saga, gloomy