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Plot Summary:
Teenage Annie inadvertently takes her mother's laptop instead of her own to visit her father in New Jersey. She quickly realizes that the laptop allows her to pretend to be her mother. She uses this to try to restore her parents' marriage.
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Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
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White Men Can't Dance (2012)
Plot Summary:
Pete Weaver has out of the break-dancing world for a long time and his father, and daughter needs expensive medical treatment. With training assistance from his old break-dancing buddies, he sets his sights on winning a competition that promises enough winnings to save his daughter's life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
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Like Me (2018)
Plot Summary:
What is exclusion really like? A look, a comment, the lack of likes, a birthday party to which you weren't invited, a clique that didn't include you: bullying is often invisible. Far too many kids and teens experience it every day. When Arin is welcomed into a group of popular girls, her best friend Oda is left increasingly isolated. By showing both perspectives, the excluded and the excluders, kids will be able to relate to similar situations and see how they are amplified by social media.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 28 min
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Born to Be Human (2021)
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Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a doctor he is diagnosed with “Disorders of Sex Development,” or intersex. Without consulting him, Shi-Nan’s parents decide to accept “sex reassignment surgery”, turning Shi-Nan into a female and changing her name to YANG Shi-Lan. The family moves to a new city to start a new life and it all seems to be going well as Shi-Lan blends in and even makes friends. It seems like the butterfly is about to break out of its chrysalis but can Yang Shi-Lan truly embrace her transformation?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min
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Body of Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
An estranged father and son on holiday bond over the beautiful foreign girl they find unconscious on the beach.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
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Chestnut (2023)
Plot Summary:
A recent graduate becomes entangled in a relationship with a man and a woman during the summer after college.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Hawa (2022)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl lives with her grandmother and worries she will be removed by social services. She sets off to get adopted by someone she admires more than anything, one of the most powerful women in the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Senegal, France
Duration: 104 min
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The Braves (2021)
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Best friends Alma and Margot are inseparable, whether it’s terrorizing cheating lovers or crashing wedding parties. The two women also share the same dream of a successful career on the stage. They get one step closer when they are cast as lead and understudy in a high-profile play in Paris. Alma is keeping a secret that puts her role in jeopardy, but with the unwavering support of Margot, they will try their best to ensure that the show goes on.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
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Meditation Park (2017)
Plot Summary:
A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
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A Journey Through Pines (2017)
Plot Summary:
A daughter finds a journal her dad left behind, only to discover there was another woman in his life she knew nothing about. She sets out to find this woman and the reason her father never ended up with the woman he must have loved.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
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A Girl of the Limberlost (1990)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl living in 1908 rural Indiana attends high school despite her mother's fierce opposition of her life, the friendship of a free-spirted older woman helps her stick to her goals.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: retro
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Broken Memories (2017)
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“Broken Memories” is a romantic drama that depicts the often-untold story of a family caregiver tending to an elderly parent. Once estranged from his family, Levi (Ivan Sergei), puts his life on hold to care for his father, Jasper (Rance Howard), who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. After Jasper wanders off one too many times, Levi eventually is resigned to hiring a beautiful and somewhat mysterious caregiver named Maggie (Kelly Greyson). Her patience and warmth begin to rebuild a bridge between father and son as the old family house begins to resemble a home once again. Unfortunately, Maggie has her own turbulent past that eventually catches up with her and changes everything in a burst of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Alba (2016)
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Alba, 11 years old, passes her days in silence. She loves little animals. She has learned to cope with her mother's illness, helping her to use the bathroom. Alba plays silently so that her mother can rest during the day. One night Alba's mother gets worse, and has to be taken to the hospital. With no one else to take care of her, Alba is sent to live with her father, who she hasn't seen since she was three years old. Living with her father is almost unbearable. Embarrassment, her first kiss, visits to mother in the hospital, Edgar's tender efforts to get close to her, and bullying at school; these are some of the experiences that pave Alba's journey to puberty and to self-acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Ecuador, Mexico, Greece
Duration: 98 min
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Sarah Q (2018)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Our Wonderful Lives (2018)
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Margot, Jeremy, Salome, Caesar, Sonia - They are between 18 and 50 years old. Everything separates them except the urgency to rebuild and restore the relationship to the other that the addiction has destroyed. Solidary, they have as rules, sharing, honesty, authenticity, sincerity, humanity. An incredible band of living people who are screaming loudly that we are doing better than others alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
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5000 Blankets (2022)
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When her husband has a mental breakdown and goes missing, a determined woman and her young son set out to find him on the streets, sparking a movement of compassion towards those in need and inspiring a city.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
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The Days Between (2001)
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Lynn (22) lives with her brother in Berlin. There she enjoys the advantages of family life, without really feeling involved in it. She does not have any precise aim in life, but manages to awaken the interest of many people with her direct and spontaneous character. Her boyfriend David is very different: he is entirely engrossed in his very disciplined swimming training for the world championships. David does not intend to allow himself to be distracted by the complicating factors of a relationship with Lynn. When Lynn, working behind the till of restaurant, meets the Japanese student Koji, everything gets more complicated. They can't exchange many words, but it is soon clear that their moments together mean a lot to both of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
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You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder (2023)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to reunite with his daughter after a period of absence, a father takes her on a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along the way they encounter some interesting characters and obstacles while sorting out their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Lullaby (2022)
Plot Summary:
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' house along the Basque coast for guidance while her partner is temporarily away.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: beautiful
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Death Valley (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four strangers on a drunken wedding dash from LA to Vegas hit a mysterious woman in the desert and must overcome injuries, the elements, and ultimately each other to survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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A Rich Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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The Connection (1961)
Plot Summary:
Eight drug addicts are waiting for their connection in a New York apartment belonging to Leach. Jim Dunn, a budding filmmaker, has agreed to pay for the fix if the addicts will allow him to film the connection scene. After the men get their shots, they talk Dunn into trying heroin in order to understand the subject "first hand." He becomes ill and while sleeping, Leach takes an overdose that puts him into a coma. Dunn recovers, with the aid of the connection, and writes off the film as a failure.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, underground film, social, independent film, avant garde, experimental, fake documentary
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My House (2023)
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Carla lives life locked inside her house with her kind but tyrannical father. When their isolation is interrupted by a mysterious stranger, Carla questions the reasons for her family's withdrawal from the outside world and discovers dark secrets that redefine their existence.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
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Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023)
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Ellissia adopts a white stallion to train in the art of Mexican horse dancing. As she starts teaching the handsome but previously abused Centurion, Ellissia falls critically ill, which keeps her from competing in a celebrated equestrian event. Under the watchful eyes of her father, new ranch hand Danny steps in as trainer, hoping to win the competition — and, perhaps, Ellissia's heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
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Sin & Redemption (1994)
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Taking a short-cut home from work, high-schooler Billie Simms is raped. Not only does the incident cause an unwanted pregnancy that damages her college expectations, but it also outrages her smugly religious father who pressures her to give up the baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
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Race To Win (2016)
Plot Summary:
After losing her father, a young women must find the strength to face her fears and compete in the race of her life or her family will lose everything.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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One Night in Berlin (2011)
Plot Summary:
Berlin. Night. An old, homeless drunk stumbles down the street. Ignored by everyone - almost everyone. A woman suddenly appears in front of him - mid-thirties, thin, a drug addict. She stands face-to-face for the first time in years with the man she despises. Father and daughter, Volker and Anna. Anna is desperate and on the run from the police. She needs money urgently and demands the key to grandpa's safety deposit box, a key which she knows her father still has. But Volker claims to have hidden it on the other side of the city. They set out on foot through the Berlin night, heading west. On the way, with Anna in pain, Volker discovers she is bleeding from her stomach - but not all the blood is hers. And then he finds the bloodied knife she is carrying... As time runs out and the police close in, father and daughter hurry through the night. Under cover of darkness the secrets of their East German past explode in a final confrontation - and the consequences of times past come to.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Booger Red (2015)
Plot Summary:
Booger Red is a hybrid documentary/narrative about a veteran reporter who searches for the truth behind the largest purported child sex ring in Texas history. On his journey through the bowels of East Texas, he's forced to confront his own history with abuse while he discovers that the allegations at the root of his investigation might have never happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (2023)
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In 2018 a string of tragedies unfold in the high desert of North Eastern Nevada. A woman was found dead and another would vanish along the same stretch of remote highway. Could these events be linked to the infamous 2017 disappearance of outdoorsman Gary Hinge?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: mockumentary
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Dolphin Tale (2011)
Plot Summary:
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, inspirational, social, saga
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Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, saga, serious