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Plot Summary:
Kamal, a young billionaire, doesn't believe in love; his philosophy is simple: No love, no commitments = no disappointments. He works hard for 11 months and takes a month's break from all the work related commitments. Cute violinist Kayalvizhi alias Kayal believes in true love and is highly fascinated with Indian culture. Kayal's father Rajasekhar runs a small detective agency in France and Kayal often reads her father's case files for interesting stories. One day, Rajasekhar gets a new client who wants to know about his girlfriend's mystery man. After a brief investigation, Rajasekhar finds that his client's girlfriend is dating Kamal. Sonu gets angry and decides to kill his girlfriend and Kamal.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, romantic
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Hidden Moon (2012)
Plot Summary:
After a mysterious, beautiful Latin woman named Miranda makes a dramatic appearance at the funeral of a man, shocking his affluent Southern California family, Victor, the man's son, heads to Mexico to find out the truth about the nature of her relationship with his dead father. He finds Miranda in the city of Guanajuato living with another man, Tobias. When Victor confronts Miranda, she denies meeting his father and says they will never hear from her again. If Miranda is telling the truth, what exactly was she doing at Victor's father's funeral? Who is the man that she is living with now? Their confrontation is the beginning of a chain of events where the protagonists will have to solve the dilemma that happens when true love comes twice at the same time.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexual, interesting
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London Paris New York (2012)
Plot Summary:
London Paris New York is a film that captures the angst of the twenties, the most dramatic period of one's life - when you have to find a career, you have your first significant relationship and most importantly form your identity in this world. This is story about Lalitha, a middle class south Indian girl from Chembur (an eastern suburb in Mumbai) who is on her way to New York to study politics with full scholarship, and Nikhil, a Punjabi, rich kid from Bandra (a posh western suburb of Mumbai) who is going to study Film Making in London on 100% dad's money. They decide to hangout together one evening in London and find that they are completely drawn to each other even as their future lies on separate continents. The film follows their personal journey and their love story as they meet in London, Paris and New York for a night each over eight years. The film is in three chapters and each chapter is shot in a manner that mirrors the mental state of Nikhil and Lalitha.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, romantic, touching, sincere, captivating, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
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Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring Hindu director falls in love with a Christian girl whose parents disapprove of their impending relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, romantic
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Plot Summary:
A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of town.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, romantic, serious, realistic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Prague Duet (1998)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, disturbing, sexual, sexy
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Sons & Lovers (2003)
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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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Romeo Juliet (2015)
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters in a modern adaptation of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet. This Broadway stage production is being broadcast in movie theaters.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, romantic, sexy
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Fish and Elephant (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the elephant keeper in the Beijing Zoo who maintains an aquarium of fish in her home (hence the two-animal title), and her lesbian lover, a fabric saleswoman in an outdoor market. Her relationship is tested, however, when her recently divorced mother returns to town in the hope of setting her daughter up in marriage. Further complicating matters is one of Xiaoqun's ex-lovers also returning to her life with the law in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, queer cinema
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Plot Summary:
After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend and losing her job, Jane reluctantly heads home to the small town she grew up in. But on her way there, she stops to help a stranger in need who ends up helping her believe in herself— and love— again.After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend and losing her job, Jane reluctantly heads home to the small town she grew up in. But on her way there, she stops to help a stranger in need who ends up helping her believe in herself— and love— again.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, romantic, touching, captivating, melancholic, talky, entertaining
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Plot Summary:
A playboy finds himself in a spot of bother when he falls in love with the right girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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La séparation (1994)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, light, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, unusual plot structure
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Somewhere Only We Know (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jin Ying is currently experiencing two of life’s most depressing moments: She is jilted by her fiancé, and her loving grandmother passes away. Heartbroken, she decides to visit the European city of Prague, and hopes to use the time to heal her inner pain. While in Prague, she meets a young Chinese man named Punk. There, she slowly unravels a secret romance her grandmother once experienced long ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 783
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic
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Gabriel's Rapture (2021)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Plot Summary:
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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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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, serious, captivating
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: romantic drama, serious, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: melancholic, enigmatic, emotional, psychological, romantic, erotic, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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Tempted (2003)
Plot Summary:
The strain of juggling her responsibilities as wife, mother, and successful paralegal have worn Emma Burke (Virginia Madsen) out. Thus it is that Emma welcomes the opportunity to briefly take leave of her Boston home and head for sunny Hawaii. It is not, however, a pleasure trip: Having promised to honor the dying wishes of her Hawaiian-born surrogate mother, Emma had agreed to transport the woman's ashes to the Islands for a traditional burial ceremony. Leaving her husband, Mike (Andrew McFarlane), behind to care for their two children, Emma arrives in Hawaii for the first time since childhood, where she is reunited with her childhood friend Kala (Jason Momoa), the handsome son of her late surrogate parent. Against her better judgment, Emma falls in love with Kala, and he with her. Complications arise when Mike and the kids show up in the Islands, a the obligatory evil land developer rears his ugly head, and Emma learns the shocking truth about her biological mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, romantic drama, sexual, sexy
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Country: India
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A well-educated, ‘settled’ NRI falls for a stand-up comedian and wants to marry her. But when she knows what she wants from her husband, will he fit the bill?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: India
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235
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A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
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Country: France
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