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Plot Summary:
Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women. In this new role, she experiences financial instability and social invisibility first-hand. But she also discovers mutual assistance and solidarity, strong bonds shared by these behind-the-scenes working women.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Trap (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on the struggles of a mother who lost their children.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, weird
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Until The Birds Return (2017)
Plot Summary:
Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Algeria, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, anthology
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Pink (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in a run-down bar named "Pink," movie follows the lives of people surrounding the bar including its owner Ok-Ryun.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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I Don't Fire Myself (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jeong-eun is dispatched to a subcontracting company. She tries to fit in, but her co-workers aren’t comfortable around her and she’s completely new to field work. Despite all that, she wants to stay on for a year and then return to headquarters, no matter what. Thanks to a newbie’s help, she slowly adjusts to her new workplace.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Full Time (2021)
Plot Summary:
Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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Little Red Wagon (2012)
Plot Summary:
With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Ms. White Light (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. When Valerie, a sharp-tongued free spirit who simply has no time for her own mortality, refuses to play by Lex's rules, Lex is forced to question her own decisions, and must decide if the business of dying is truly worth it... even at the cost of living her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Querô: A Damned Report (2007)
Plot Summary:
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. He also doesn't know who his father is. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Measure of a Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, political, social
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The Street Where We Live (2019)
Plot Summary:
"I'm just two paychecks away from being on the street." In the aftermath of the nation's financial crisis, Mary, a single mom with two kids, finds herself faced with that exact situation when the factory where she works closes their doors for good. Providing for her children and keeping the family together, while also maintaining some form of dignity in the process, proves to be the hardest job that Mary will ever have.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Mothers of Chico Xavier (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who faces the dilemma of an unplanned pregnancy. These three women, living in different times of their lives, seeking comfort next to Chico Xavier. And Karl reporter remains insisting on interviewing the medium, even without being prepared for it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, mystical
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1921 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Ten Years (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five shorts reveal a fictional Hong Kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under iron-fisted rule.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, independent film, mockumentary, banned
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A Rose in Winter (2018)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint and Martyr, the Patron of Europe with the name Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, art film, existential, road movie
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A Day for Women (2016)
Plot Summary:
A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Herstory (2018)
Plot Summary:
A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Wilderness: Part One (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Broke (2016)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced sports star and gambling addict attempts to turn his life around with the support of his number one fan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Young Adult Matters (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and cruelty of the world. Nevertheless, their naivety and pureness to endure through the hardships of life will stir complex emotions that will question your judgment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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(S)He (2020)
Plot Summary:
(S)HE is the story of a transgender child named Juju, a girl born into a boy’s body. With the onset of puberty, JuJu’s discomfort explodes. Our film follows a child’s struggle to get her parents and friends to accept her true gender, as she transitions from boy to girl. But in this tiny rural town, where everyone knows everyone else, it’s an impossible challenge. Juju will have to move in with her mother while her parents break up. Juju becomes Emma, and sings in a rock band at her new high school. With everyone seeing her as a girl, she’ starts to blossom. But as her popularity grows, social networking sit’s rekindle the nightmare she thought she’d left behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Critical Thinking (2020)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: motivational, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, contemplative, independent film
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Listen (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their children. The film portrays the tireless battle of these immigrant parents against the law to keep their family together.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social
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Jin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bitter conflict has raged between guerrillas and the army in Turkey's Kurdish regions for over 30 years. Large expanses have now become war zones. Countless young people have lost their lives to the conflict. This dangerous but incredibly beautiful mountainous country is home to 17-year-old Jîn. But she is no longer safe since she secretly stole away from a group of rebels with whom she was fighting. Now she wanders the picturesque landscape alone, caught between two fronts. All of a sudden, the sound of gunfire and explosions rend the air above the untouched natural scenery. Attack is threatened from all sides. Desperate to find peace, Jîn decides to escape to another part of the country – an impossible plan, since the military is omnipresent and there are road blocks everywhere. As a Kurd without identity papers she risks arrest at every turn. In addition, as a woman with no family to shield her, many men will see her as fair game. But her courage is unbroken.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Oleg (2019)
Plot Summary:
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the yoke of Andrzej, a Polish criminal.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Apostle (2014)
Plot Summary:
Akim, young Muslim will become imam sees his upset when he is touched by the love of Christ ... In a family chaos that opposes his brother identity Akim attempt to be accepted by his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, contemplative
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Virgin 2: Not a Porn Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Small World (2010)
Plot Summary:
Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, Thomas's son, and Simone are getting married. Conrad's frequent memory loss and behavioural problems rapidly reveal a neurological disease (Alzheimer's is suggested by doctor Cohen when he examens Elvira) which leads Elvira, Thomas's stepmother, to install Conrad in a guesthouse on the property, with the help of a nurse. When Conrad looses more and more his landmarks in present and past, memories of his youth come back to surface. They intrigue Simone, since these memories do not entirely fit together with the official family history.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy
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Disengagement (2007)
Plot Summary:
A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Italy, Israel, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, serious