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Plot Summary:
Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, independent film, gloomy, crying
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Dogtown (1997)
Plot Summary:
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, crying
Similar in 89%
The Mermaid Chair (2006)
Plot Summary:
A married woman (Basinger) falls in love with a Benedictine monk.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, romantic, touching, realistic, sexual, folk tale, sexy
Similar in 76%
Sons & Lovers (2003)
Plot Summary:
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
Similar in 79%
Adoration (2008)
Plot Summary:
Director Atom Egoyan explores the concept of cyberspace as a place for redemption in this drama about an adolescent boy named Simon who reinvents his life on the internet. Before long, Simon's deeply personal journey provokes strong reactions from around the globe.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, atmospheric, touching, sexy, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy, crying
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I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
Plot Summary:
School student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, serious, realistic, crying, scary, fairy tale, light, romantic, rough
Similar in 87%
Empire Falls (2005)
Plot Summary:
A decaying New England town is the backdrop for its unique citizens, lead by unassuming restaurant manager Miles Roby.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 197 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, witty, contemplative, gloomy
Similar in 86%
The American Standards (2008)
Plot Summary:
At a crossroads in his life, Doc Jennings goes home to celebrate his mother's birthday and uncovers dramatic family secrets. Lies, affairs and afflictions bubble to the surface of his seemingly perfect family. Can they come back together or is it too late?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating
Similar in 86%
Regarding Henry (1991)
Plot Summary:
Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter to help him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, intense, emotional, sincere, serious, realistic, entertaining, scary, feel good
Similar in 77%
Bridge to Silence (1989)
Plot Summary:
A woman with a hearing problem tries to get het life back together after a car accident that killed her husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Constellation (2005)
Plot Summary:
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, uplifting, sincere, serious, independent film
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Open Window (2006)
Plot Summary:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, independent film
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Crutch (2004)
Plot Summary:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, David's home life is falling apart. As he tries to cope with the impossible situation, the troubled and impressionable teenager falls under the spell of Kenny, a georgous, thirty-something, has-been actor turned theatre coach. When Kenny's "support" escalates into seduction, David slowly decends into an abyss of drinking and drug addition from which he must escape if he is to survive. CRUTCH is a dramatic tale of the confusion of youth and the difficulties in finding oneself.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, bleak, contemplative, gloomy, crying, queer cinema
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Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Plot Summary:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, emotional, realistic, contemplative, serious, erotic, offbeat, psychological, gloomy, crying
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Texasville (1990)
Plot Summary:
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: independent film, crying, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, light, road movie, feel good, unusual plot structure
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One More Kiss (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah Hopson realizes her successful high-rise New York lifestyle is devoid of meaning, she packs her bags and heads for her home town in the Scottish Borders to look for Sam, her childhood sweetheart and the only man she ever loved. Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together. His world fell apart the day Sarah left and now she's back, standing on his doorstep and telling his wife she'd like to spend some time with him. Written by NybergerMeister.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, crying
Similar in 87%
Julie Walking Home (2002)
Plot Summary:
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the aching in her heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, Poland, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, realistic, atmospheric, serious, contemplative, erotic, spiritual, crying, allegory
Similar in 81%
Free Radicals (2003)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of Manu (Resetarits) in a car accident, the film relates the interwoven stories of several people who become indirectly connected by the events and aftermath of the crash.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative, gloomy, crying
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After the Deluge (2003)
Plot Summary:
Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his own age, all three must come to terms with their father's mental state. Cliff, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is reliving his disturbing memories of the war and his first love, as a part of his experiences of the present . Through all four stories, we uncover a families troubled past, and their struggle towards a reconciled future.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 194 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, crying
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Big Bad Love (2001)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he has problems with alcohol. Yet even when Leon manages to catch up on alimony and child support payments, things in his life seem to decline further, until a sudden tragedy catches him off guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, surreal, psychological, realistic, independent film, gloomy, biting, suspense
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The Prince of Tides (1991)
Plot Summary:
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, emotional, sad, inspirational, thought provoking, stylized, romantic drama, therapeutic, sentimental
Similar in 78%
Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
Plot Summary:
After his father's untimely suicide, Cufe leaves his home in a Native American reservation in search of a more fulfilling life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, romantic, romantic comedy, gloomy, crying
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The Good Mother (1988)
Plot Summary:
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, gloomy, erotic, sentimental, light
Similar in 79%
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Plot Summary:
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, realistic, clever, romantic, art film, romantic drama, serious, gloomy, crying
Similar in 75%
Crooked Hearts (1991)
Plot Summary:
The father of a family has a an affair. This affects every member of the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky
Similar in 79%
Personal Velocity (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: talky, stylized, intense, touching, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, anthology, erotic
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Speakeasy (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two men become unlikely friends after a minor traffic accident.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, sexy, gloomy, crying
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The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
Plot Summary:
When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, melancholic, talky, intense, sincere, independent film, compassionate, comedy drama
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Plot Summary:
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal, sincere, touching, crying, sad, eros, cute
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Heavy (1995)
Plot Summary:
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, realistic, slang, psychological, sincere, serious, contemplative, gloomy, crying
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Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: independent film, emotional, serious, talky, sincere, romantic, philosophical, thought provoking, offbeat, intellectual