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Plot Summary:
Janice is struggling; she moves through life as if in a haze, unable to let go of her anger and frustration. While her husband has found refuge at a new church, Janice finds it hard to seek solace in her faith despite her pastor’s pleas to heal her wounds by meeting with the mothers of her son’s victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
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Destiny Road (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows three different people and the curve balls that life throws at them. In the end they are all brought together by one common Destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Die Anruferin (2007)
Plot Summary:
A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min
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Troubled Child (2012)
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Inspired by true-life events, this is the sobering story of the Williams family and their process of coping with an adopted child suffering from Reactive Attachment Disorder.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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Between Two Women (1986)
Plot Summary:
When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Penitent (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it difficult to adjust to life outside prison.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 74 min
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Different Eye (2017)
Plot Summary:
Julia and her fiancé Mark's world is shattered when they find themselves with conservator-ship of Maria, a young woman with Downs Syndrome. Can Maria teach Julia to find the beauty in life's ups and downs, or will Julia and Mark's crumbling relationship cause them to send Maria away for good?.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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A Good Person (2023)
Plot Summary:
Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: powerful
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The Stonebreaker (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a serious accident Giuseppe is out of work. His son Antò dreams of being an archaeologist and thinks his father's glass eye is a sign he has superpowers. It's just the two of them now, since their beloved wife and mother Angela collapsed and died while working in the fields. Now they've lost their home, too, and have taken shelter in a tent city with other seasonal workers. Through all this, Giuseppe still summons up the strength to hug his son every night and tell him a story. He's promised Antò he will have his mother back, one day, and will do anything to keep his promise.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min
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Illusion (2022)
Plot Summary:
Months after disappearance, the mother of a missing daughter begins her own increasingly irrational investigation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min
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Meant to Be (2012)
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When 20-year old Nathan loses his career and his girlfriend, he questions his purpose in life. Compounding his struggle, Nathan grew up in a foster home and never met his birth mother. He sets out on a quest to find his mother and somehow come to terms with her rejection of him. His journey begins by flying to the city where he was born. Upon his arrival, Nathan checks into a hotel and meets Mave the hotel's housekeeper. Encouraged by Mave's wisdom and the help of hotel guest Shelly, Nathan finds the address of his mother, Linda. Linda is a social worker who agonizes over the decision she made with Nathan 20 years ago. In an effort to admonish the guilt of giving up her son, Linda is caught up in the life of a teenage mother-to-be, Tori, who is conflicted by the decision to abort her baby. When Nathan gathers the courage to meet his mother, he uncovers a terrible secret that totally redefines what was meant to be for his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, contemplative, christian film, surprise ending
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Stromboli (2022)
Plot Summary:
Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
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Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015)
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Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously injured. Aram's mother feels guilty and feels the need to visit Gilles at the hospital and beg for his forgiveness, something that Gilles does not understand. Against the advice of his comrades in Beirut, Aram decides to go meet his victim.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, rough, disturbing
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Mother (1991)
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Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into this 1991 film with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: saga
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Armenia, My Love... (2016)
Plot Summary:
The destiny of a happy Armenian family, whose life will change forever in 1915, Ottoman Empire, (Armenian land), now Turkey and whose beautiful dreams will become memories in the eyes of the most famous Armenian American painter, who lives to paint the story of his shattered childhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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One Year, One Night (2022)
Plot Summary:
Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the same. That night leaves a deep scar on both their lives and each tries to cope with the aftermath as best they can. Céline desperately tries to leave the events behind her, clinging to her previous life, while Ramón repeatedly goes back to that night, trying to remember and understand what happened. Nonetheless, they both face the same key question: how to reconnect and move on together?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 130 min
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A Death of Innocence (1971)
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A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
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Daisy Winters (2017)
Plot Summary:
An eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is harshly broken. Along her journey, including her quest to discover her father, she learns how to embrace every moment with determination and unrelenting self-confidence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Mass (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, sad
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Women Talking (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: social, independent film, period drama
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A Call to Remember (1997)
Plot Summary:
Paula Tobias, a Holocaust survivor who has suffered the ultimate personal tragedy of losing her spouse and children during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Now re-married and living in America during the late 1960's with husband David, they build a new life together with sons Ben and Jake. One evening, Paula receives a phone call which assures her that her son, Alec, is actually alive and in New York. This brings up painful memories from the past for everyone involved, including Ben and Jake, who force their father to talk about the Holocaust. Paula rushes to New York only to find that it was a mistake - Alec was never found. She falls into a dramatic depression, as the family confronts their fears and tries to stay together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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Heart of a Child (1994)
Plot Summary:
A drama directed by Sandor Stern.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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And Then I Go (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, unusual plot structure, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, queer cinema
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White Rabbit (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, disturbing, dark, grindhouse, action thriller, poetic, realistic, comic
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Pivot Point (2011)
Plot Summary:
A psychological drama that follows four high schoolers down a dark ride. As each struggle separately in their own lives they will soon discover that their lives are interconnected in ways they never would have guessed. They also effect each other in unimaginable ways which have devastating consequences. As they all lay bloody on the floor of their high school, only one question can be asked, "What could have been done to prevent this?" Pivot Point follows each of these characters on an unforgettable journey as they each plod down a lonely road. Only time will tell if they can reach out before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing
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Beautiful Boy (2010)
Plot Summary:
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: bleak, emotional, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, depressing, social, educational, sad, multicultural
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Zero Day (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, mockumentary, rough, suspenseful, controversial, intense, teen, scary, sad
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The Fallout (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, emotional, disturbing, psychological, deep, teen, captivating, intellectual, queer cinema, weird
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What Girls Learn (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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What Maisie Knew (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sad, atmospheric, talky, sincere, captivating, serious, depressing, melancholic
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Hello Herman (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen year old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest he emails his idol, famous journalist Lax Morales, sending him clips of the shootings captured with Herman's own digital camera. In the clips Herman tells Lax, "I want to tell my story on your show". Lax, haunted by his own past, is now face to face with Herman.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic, tense, bleak, gloomy