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Plot Summary:
The relationship of two maotai liquor-producing families, between 1915, when the drink first won international fame, and the end of the Chinese civil war, after which it was named China's official national liquor.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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A Faithful Husband (2014)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: political, tense, suspense, contemplative
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Better Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the drowning of 23 Chinese undocumented cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay (northwest England). Mazu, goddess of the sea, floats over the tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Drama
Country: China, UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Taryanche Bait (2011)
Plot Summary:
Shreedhar works as a clerk, lives a happy, content life with his family in a beautiful Konkan village. His troubles begin when he takes his wife, son and daughter with him on an official tour to Mumbai. Dazzled by the sights, Omkar, Sreedhar’s son insists on visiting a five star hotel that Shreedhar can’t even dream of affording. Unable to placate the son, the father wagers a night’s stay at the hotel if the son can stand first in his school exams. The father-son duo’s attempts to win the bet and the extent to which they are pushed by harsh realities makes for the funny and emotional journey of this bitter-sweet tale.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: India
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Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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The Marshal of Finland (2012)
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Long time ago, there lived a man whose name was Gustaf Mannerheim, better known as the Marshal of Finland. He was given this title following his courage as an army man; he fought for the freedom of his small country, struggling to keep its independency. As small nations always do, this nation needed a true hero, and Gustaf was the true hero of them: brave, ambitious, successful. But what are the things a hero must always sacrifice? How can you live normal life if you think your country needs you more than your family? Gustaf became the most beloved person in his country and the nation loved him, he had succeeded to become the greatest soldier there ever was, but he still had lost the most important thing in his life – love. This is the story about an extraordinary man captured inside the great legend, who was longing for ordinary life, love and peace. But as we know it, life is like a mountain – there are ups and there are downs.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland, Estonia, Kenya
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Tenderness (2017)
Plot Summary:
A retired lawyer becomes friends with a young wife who has just moved in the adjacent apartment with her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful
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Donkey (2009)
Plot Summary:
It is 1995. The summer when the war operation Storm will take place. Boro, who is going to be forty in a year and a half, with his wife Jasna and son Luka goes to his home village Drinovci, Herzegovina, after seven years. He wants to see his brother who managed to leave Sarajevo with his family. Boro knew that his brother was wounded, but when he sees him after many years, he discovers that the brother will spend the rest of his life in wheel chair. Boro constantly fights with Jasna, and he doesn't speak at all to his father Pako, whom he blames for his mother's death. In two weeks in August 1995, Boro will solve the years long dispute with his father, he will learn to be a better husband and a father.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Serbia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Northern Borders (2013)
Plot Summary:
'Northern Borders' tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. It's 1956 and Austen experiences the farm as a place full of eccentric people, especially his stubborn grandparents whose thorny marriage is known as the Forty Years War. Initially feeling stuck in this fractured household, young Austen plans a quick exit but ends up stranded with no choice but to navigate and endure. A humorous and sometimes startling coming-of-age-story, 'Northern Borders' evokes Vermont's wildness, its sublime beauty, a haunted past, and an aura of enchantment.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, period drama
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Feed Me with Your Words (2012)
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In order to perfect his research, Robert travels to Italy, where he meets an unusual homeless man. Overwhelmed and confused by the unexpected encounter with that mysterious man, Robert begins to follow him and disappears without a trace.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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The Intestine (2016)
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The Intestine is the story of Maya, an unhappy young womn, fed up with her monotonous job, filthy apartment, and the responsibilities of caring for her drug-addicted mother. One night she comes across Philip, a man of wealth, and the next morning wakes up alone in his large suburban home. With Philip nowhere in sight, Maya attempts to gain possession of the house.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film
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Brothers (2011)
Plot Summary:
The script of this film was very loose and most of the dialog was improvised by the cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Dog Days (2016)
Plot Summary:
Endless dog days of summer weigh heavily on the impoverished suburb of Changsha where a young mother, Lulu, works as a dancer in a cheap nightclub. Coming home late one night, she discovers that her boyfriend Bai Long has disappeared with their baby. Her desperate search takes her to a transvestite bar where gay man Sunny is performing; he knows the whereabouts of the child’s father. A deal is struck between the odd couple whose lives are now fatefully intertwined.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Brother (2019)
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Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of which he does not know the rules.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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Mad World (2010)
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In this independent drama, writer-director Cory Cataldo explores the pain of adolescence with dark and disturbing results. Facing the pitfalls of high school with no support from their parents and teachers, a foursome of ostracized teenagers (Gary Cairns II, Dylan Vigus, Matthew Thompson and David Huynh) are forced into adulthood much sooner than the world expected. With nothing to lose and no escape from the onslaught of ridicule, they decide to unleash their mean streaks in a whirlwind of pranks, partying and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, rough, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, sad, crying
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Call Me Helen (2015)
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Is. This. My. Son? No matter how often Tobias Wilke poses this question, there's always only one answer: Yes! Tobias, can't believe his eyes when he comes to the airport to pick up his 17-year-old son Finn – and learns that Finn is now calling herself Helen and wearing girls' clothes. Finn/Helen reveals that she's always felt like a girl, and that she used her year abroad in San Francisco to pass the "everyday life" test. This is required by law for everyone preparing for the sex-change operation they will undergo upon reaching majority. Reactions from Helen's friends, acquaintances and schoolmates cover the entire gamut from derision to solidarity. Especially Helen's father, a well-known chef, finds it difficult to accept a situation he cannot understand. But Helen nearly always finds the right words - and humor - to counterbalance the ignorance and jeers of those around her. It is the beginning of a long, winding road towards the sexual identity she is convinced is hers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, tragicomedy, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, crying, queer cinema
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Easy Land (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follows a Serbian refugees mother and daughter, as they struggle to navigate the many obstacles facing newcomers to Canada.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, independent film
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Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass (2015)
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A coming of age story set in the Vietnamese countryside during the late 1980s, as told through the eyes of a 12 year old boy named Thieu. Thieu and his younger brother Tuong share and do everything together. Their days unfold like a whimsical and comical journey filled with innocence, wonder, confusion and curious adventures. Tuong idolizes his older brother’s confidence and constantly strives for his approval. But in fact, Thieu’s “over-confidence” is to compensate for his overwhelming insecurities. Thieu is constantly jealous of his younger brother when it comes to grades, talent and affection from the girl next door, Moon. This leads to an act of violence which leaves Tuong paralyzed and bedridden. In coming to terms with his own conscience, Thieu attempts to redeem himself and discovers the true meaning of brotherhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, independent film
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Godfather (2012)
Plot Summary:
A 2012 Kannada film.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Amy George (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist, but believes that his mundane middle-class Toronto life has left him unprepared. After reading a book on what it takes to be a "true-artist", he sets out looking for risk, ecstasy, wildness and women. Amy George is a microbudget independent drama about the time in a boy's life when he's at his least likeable.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, independent film
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Son of Sofia (2017)
Plot Summary:
11-year-old Misha is coming from Russia to Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games to live with his mother. He does not know there is a father waiting for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Retablo (2017)
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Segundo sees silence as his only option for dealing with his father Noé’s secret. The 14-year-old lives with his parents in a village high up in the mountains. Noé is a respected artisan and Segundo’s role model. With loving eye for detail, he artfully crafts altarpieces for church and homes, and is preparing his son to follow in his footsteps. But cracks form in their tight bond.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Peru, Germany, Norway
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, queer cinema
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6A (2016)
Plot Summary:
As if immersed in the situation, the viewer witnesses a distressing encounter between angry parents, a helpless teacher and three schoolgirls. It soon becomes clear that certain things are going wrong in their class. There have been complaints of bullying. The parents are mainly concerned with defending their own children. They throw around neurotic accusations and make untenable demands. Using a camera which itself seems to participate in the discussion, scene after scene is dissected with refreshing malice and a sense for the dark side of human nature. Desperate attempts to resolve things unleash an avalanche of other problems. It takes a long time before Denise, Bella and Mina can have their say.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, juvenile
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Skipping Stones (2020)
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Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Point of Honor (2015)
Plot Summary:
At the start of the Civil War, a prominent Virginia family makes the controversial decision to defend the South while freeing all of their slaves, pitting the family against one another and testing their strength, courage and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: captivating, stylized, tense, serious, historical drama, realistic, independent film
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Liquid Truth (2017)
Plot Summary:
Rubens is a carefree, charismatic swimming instructor who finds himself accused of displaying inappropriate affection toward one of his students by the boy's mother. Other parents and colleagues are only too eager to condemn him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Fly with the Crane (2012)
Plot Summary:
Serenely resigned to his impending death but deeply afraid at the prospect of being cremated, an elderly carpenter seeks to have his last wishes carried out in this gentle, beautifully realized drama from director Li Ruijin. (TIFF).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Tag (2015)
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Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his blood brother Jacob. Billy and Rae are boyfriend and girlfriend, much to the dismay of Jacob who has always loved Rae from afar. Billy's philosophy of life, and how that interfaces with having a deadly virus, comes to a head when Billy and Jacob compete in a very unique game of "Tag", with the future of Rae and "the family" dependent upon the outcome.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, grindhouse, independent film
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The Chosen Ones (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, sexy
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Chicken (2015)
Plot Summary:
RICHARD, 15 with learning difficulties, longs to put down roots but his restless and destructive brother, POLLY, needs to keep moving. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, and the electricity supply to their caravan is cut, their already precarious living conditions get even worse. Then a chance meeting with the new landowner's daughter, 17 year old ANNABEL (Yasmin Paige), leaves RICHARD besotted; whilst POLLY befriends the guys who run a seedy traveling fair. Richards optimistic view on life becomes increasingly difficult to maintain as Polly's abusive behavior worsens, family secrets are revealed, and he is torn between loyalty to his brother and his first true friend in ANNABEL. For better or worse, Richards life is about to change forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sentimental, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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Stuff (2015)
Plot Summary:
Trish and Deb Murdoch are in a rut. After 14 years together and raising two daughters, they find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attraction threaten their domestic nucleus.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film, queer cinema
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The Blue Kite (1993)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: depressing, political, realistic, controversial, sincere, thought provoking, serious, contemplative, gloomy, tense