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Plot Summary:
A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, psychological, sentimental, funny, powerful, emotional
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Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, clever, serious, realistic, semi autobiographical
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Love of My Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, sentimental
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Kill Your Darlings (2006)
Plot Summary:
A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, all on the way to their celebrity TV shrink in Las Vegas... Things quickly spiral out of control into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game... a writer's frantic search for inspiration becomes intertwined with a motley crew of quirky characters seeking love and adventure at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, semi serious, humorous, realistic, independent film, offbeat, cynical, biting, suspense
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Do I Know You? (2007)
Plot Summary:
Grandfather of Ana is clearly experiencing Alzheimer. Family as no choice and make some decisions. This tense situation will change the life of Ana.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, bleak
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Cas & Dylan (2013)
Plot Summary:
A dying Doctor, who plans to check out on his own terms, takes a reluctant detour when he inadvertently winds up on the lam with an 'anything-but-normal' 22-year-old girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, buddy comedy
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Old Love (2007)
Plot Summary:
Though approaching his eighties, Max Kohn shows no signs of slowing down. He pursues his love life - both real and imagined - with youthful vigor, thereby risking his relationship to Reisel, the woman he loves but neglects. LOVE COMES LATELY is a film about real and imagined longings, the never ending dream of love and the power of fiction.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic
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The Classic (2001)
Plot Summary:
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
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Sheep's Clothing (2013)
Plot Summary:
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, sincere, tense, gloomy
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Loitering with Intent (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, emotional, captivating, sentimental, realistic, witty, independent film, whimsical
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Grace (2018)
Plot Summary:
A famous writer begins suffering from a crippling case of writer's block. His agent sends him a strange, belligerent woman to be his new assistant, hoping the change will inspire him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Max Rose (2013)
Plot Summary:
An ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, touching, serious
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In the Heart (2014)
Plot Summary:
Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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True Enough (2007)
Plot Summary:
Anne is an attractive woman on the cusp of middle age trying in vain to divide her time fairly between her demanding job as a television presenter and her family. Her colleagues and friends have similar problems though.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, sexual
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Shrink (2009)
Plot Summary:
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, sentimental, serious, sincere, touching, dark comedy, philosophical
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A Short History of Decay (2014)
Plot Summary:
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Plot Summary:
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: ironic, humorous, talky, witty, sentimental, captivating, clever, intellectual, realistic, funny
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Happy Hour (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in present day New York City, "Happy Hour" is a literate and often funny story of love and how to receive it. Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance as he secretly hopes to write a great novel only to learn that his life of booze will end all too soon. Levine, his best friend and Natalie, the woman who might have saved him, suffer the pain of Tulley's anger and rejection.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film
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Tribute (1980)
Plot Summary:
A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: poignant, sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Sequoia (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, semi serious, independent film
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Empty Nest (2008)
Plot Summary:
Empty Nest tells the story of a couple who have to struggle to find themselves after their children grow up and move out. It starts out as a fairly simple story of a couple but becomes complicated by a series of events that may or may not be occurring only in Leonardo’s mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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All Together (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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Hello Lonesome (2010)
Plot Summary:
Lonely since his wife left him and alienated from his daughter, a cantankerous voice-over artist strikes up an unlikely friendship with his regular deliveryman. Many suburbs away, an elderly widow loses her license to drive and turns to her wry younger neighbor for nostalgic cuddles and comfort. Meanwhile, a young urban sports fanatic meets a girl online and unexpectedly falls in love, though the trials the couple endure prove even more unexpected. Adam Reid's enchanting, compassionate debut weaves together the worlds of six lonely individuals as they negotiate the age-old process of giving and receiving love. It isn't easy, and it never happens the way they expect it, but for these isolated souls, there's an oddball magic in the way they make connections they never imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, psychological, independent film, touching
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My Father Is a Cleaning Lady (2011)
Plot Summary:
Polo is 16 and has all the worries of a teenager his age. Between a bedridden mother and a sister who dreams of being a Miss, the only one he can look up to is his father. Unfortunately, he works as a maid.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, captivating, psychological, light, entertaining, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Educating Rita (1983)
Plot Summary:
Rita, a 26 year old Scouse hairdresser with a sharp wit, is married to her childhood sweetheart, the feckless Denny. He wants a baby, she doesn't. She wants to discover herself, so she joins the Open University. Dr. Frank Bryant Is a disillusioned university professor of literature. His marriage has failed, his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. He refers to himself as an appalling teacher of appalling students. What Frank needs is a challenge ... along comes Rita. In this hilarious and often moving drama, the story tells how two people find a new lease of life through each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, witty, talky, sentimental, humorous, inspirational, clever, realistic, romantic, comedy drama
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)
Plot Summary:
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, hilarious, powerful, clever, realistic, crying
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Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating, black and white, serious, stylized, gloomy
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Is Anybody There? (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, depressing, sincere, realistic, clever, offbeat, contemplative, gloomy
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The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, psychological, funny, inspirational, romantic, feel good
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Blue Like Jazz (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young man must find his own way as his Southern Baptist roots don't seem to be acceptable at his new liberal arts college.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sincere, psychological, captivating, christian film, semi serious, independent film
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Piku (2015)
Plot Summary:
A cab driver is caught between a dysfunctional realtionship between a father and his daughter as he drives them to Calcutta.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: melancholic, light, road movie, touching, humorous, emotional, entertaining, stylized, romantic, visually appealing