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Plot Summary:
In this supernatural-themed romance, a German woman in the between-wars period is being initiated into some kind of esoteric/psychic order and learns at that time that her ideal mate won't even be born for quite a few years. By 1936, she has moved to Greece with her Greek husband, and there she meets Alberto, a very young Greek man, a Jew, who is evidently the man she has been seeking. They are able to read each other's thoughts and do so in the midst of a sexual encounter. Despite the boy's attraction to her, he spurns her due to her age (she is forty). She commits suicide and is born almost immediately as someone able to protect her ideal mate from the Germans. Later, as a young woman, she again has a liaison with Alberto, who again spurns her due to their age differences. Flashbacks indicate that this situation has been part of their lives for many incarnations.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: pre war
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Playing from the Plate (1995)
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Price of Love (1984)
Plot Summary:
The wife of an alcoholic and mother of four (Toula Stathopoulou) is a factory worker in Corfu at the beginning of the 20th century. A fallen noble man who has fallen on hard times (Stratis Tsopanellis) wants to marry her eldest daughter (Anny Loulou) and take advantage of the family's meager earnings. He kidnaps the not-unwilling girl, and argues with her mother about the dowry. But the girl refuses to marry him when she wakes up to the fact that he is only looking out for his own interests. She then decides to start working in order to earn money to raise the child she is expecting. The film is an adaptation of the novel 'For Honor and Money' by Konstantinos Theotokis.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min
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Anandabhadram (2005)
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In the ancient village of Shivapuram, little Ananthan hears a tale from his mother, Gayathri (Revathi). She tells him that his family comes from a line of powerful magicians, and they are responsible for protecting nagamanikyam, a jewel on a serpent's head. The jewel, she narrates, lies in a secret place in the house guarded by snakes, including a tiny snake called Kunjootan. Years later, obeying the wishes of his dead mother, Ananthan (Prithviraj Sukumaran) returns to his ancestral village to light the lamps at Shivakavu, a dark and mysterious temple of Shiva.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful
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Ruby Fruit (1995)
Plot Summary:
Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and convince her to return to Japan, or she must use the dagger to kill her. Soon after her arrival in Bali she meets Shireni and is invited to stay with her. Quickly Maiko finds herself trapped on Shirini's island paradise, by her own confusion and her developing love for Shireni. She discovers Shireni to be immortal, a former spirit medium whose only goal is to find pleasure, body and soul.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, Indonesia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Woman with Butterfly Tattoo (1978)
Plot Summary:
A melodrama about a man who survives an attempted double suicide with a stranger while picnicking with friends. He goes on a cave expedition for a famous archaeologist where he discovers a skeleton several thousand years old. He meets the spirit of the skeleton in a dream, and then becomes romantically involved with the archeologist's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: splatter, psychotronic, asian horror
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Jardines Colgantes (1993)
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A Taylor comes to town looking for top-quality leather. From his apartment window, he watches the comings and goings of the other inhabitants. He grows obsessed with a woman who is also desired by the rich, powerful owner of the building. The rivalry between the two men leads to a series of events culminating in a dramatic ending.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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The Singing Forest (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two lovers are killed during the Holocaust. One reincarnates first. He has a twenty two year old daughter who falls in love with who her father believes is his past life lover.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: touching, serious
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A Foolish Love (1981)
Plot Summary:
The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. They have a very beautiful daughter, but after a few days he finds himself in love with the mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags:
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The Angel and the Woman (1977)
Plot Summary:
Unable to keep her social commentary to herself and concentrate solely on her show dancing, the girl in this film is shot to death in the Quebec woods by people who don't want propagandizing about Chile to be openly voiced. She is discovered by a mysterious stranger, who heals her wounds and reanimates her by blowing on them. After he takes her back to his cabin, they fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: controversial, explicit
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Lover at Large (1991)
Plot Summary:
Lover at Large is a Hong Kong Romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Mouvements du désir (1994)
Plot Summary:
During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Days to Remember (1987)
Plot Summary:
In this melodramatic tale, the well-made plans of a career-obsessed woman are derailed when she sets her sights on a young man who is plainly not very interested in her. In the story, Katherina is an ambitious reporter for German television, and her Yugoslavian family background makes her a natural to cover stories in that country. While preparing a story on children with dual nationalities, she encounters Peter, a German lad who is researching his father's war record to see if he was guilty or innocent of war crimes. She brings Peter to see her family, and later her wooing efforts finally seem to bring her some promise of a relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Spring Subway (2002)
Plot Summary:
A stylish urban romance about the silent suffering of a modern Chinese couple.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dramatic, serious, touching, lyrical, independent film
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The Inheritance (1980)
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In this standard Hungarian drama, the effects of sterility and jealousy on a marriage are played out against a backdrop of World War II and the rising Nazi persecution of Jews. Director Marta Meszaros usually focuses on issues like pregnancy, middle-age, and other topics without questioning the broader picture. In this drama, Sylvia (Lili Monori) cannot have children, and she convinces married Jewish woman Irene (Isabelle Huppert) to have a child and then give the child to her for adoption. The plan works but it also backfires. The way in which the child was adopted causes friction between Sylvia and her husband, and to make matters worse, Sylvia's husband falls in love with Irene. A crisis looms when he asks his jealous wife to give Irene her identity papers because Jews are being deported and Irene will die without their help.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Hungary
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Distance (1975)
Plot Summary:
’Distance’ is an award-winning, independent feature film exploring the distance between men and women through the intertwined stories of two couples. Made by the filmmaker while he was still in his 20s, ‘Distance’ features Oscar-nominee James Woods in his first leading role.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Lisa (2001)
Plot Summary:
Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain's disappearance, Sam decides to make a documentary and sets off to interview those who knew Sylvain, including elderly Lisa Morain. Through her interview, Sam learns the story of Lisa and Sylvain's doomed love affair on the eve of World War II.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
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Lovelorn (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London, the deserted afterlife and a mysterious dreamscape, LOVELORN is a story of lost souls trying to save each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, disturbing, contemplative, gloomy
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Daguerrotype (2016)
Plot Summary:
An aging photographer's obsession with an early form of photography draws his assistant and daughter into a work of mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, costume drama
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Orpheus Descending (1990)
Plot Summary:
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: southern gothic
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Secrets, Objects (2011)
Plot Summary:
40-year-old Sociology professor Hye-jung falls for a 21-year-old Usang, a male student who helps her project research on women's extramarital affair. Their prohibited love and secrets are watched and told by two secretive observers. They are her copy machine and his digital camera.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
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Over the Dark Water (1993)
Plot Summary:
Leningrad; 60th years; white nights. Walking on Neva Embankment, the charming provincial has met three friends: poet, artist and film director. And each of young people has suggested to marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, psychological, melancholic
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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
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags:
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The Keep (1983)
Plot Summary:
Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic, scary, atmospheric, dark, cult classic, gothic horror, lovecraft, suspenseful, allegory
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Empire of Passion (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, atmospheric, sexual, sexy, disturbing, art house, eros, poetic, serious
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The Future (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: surreal, emotional, meditative, sentimental, cerebral, indie film, thought provoking, fairy tale, inspirational, mumblecore
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Summer of '42 (1971)
Plot Summary:
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her. Written by Bob Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, sad, serious, captivating, realistic, crying, weeping, romantic drama
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Singapore Sling (1990)
Plot Summary:
Singapore Sling is chasing after Laura, a romantic memory from his past. One night he finds himself in a mysterious villa, watching two women bury a body. He falls into their trap and, in an atmosphere of isolation and decadence, the trio act out insane pleasure games and a ritual of blood and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: disturbing, neo noir, black and white, surreal, controversial, mind bending, extreme horror, dark comedy, psychological thriller, noir
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Sophie's Choice (1982)
Plot Summary:
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: depressing, sad, realistic, heartbreaking, serious, touching, crying, emotional, bleak, disturbing
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Plot Summary:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, spiritual, emotional, tear jerker, cerebral, reflective, thought provoking
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 684000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: touching, philosophical, sentimental, dramatic, melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, captivating, emotional, sad