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Plot Summary:
Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his womanizing and bigamy begin to come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Mouth to Mouth (1978)
Plot Summary:
Broke and homeless Australian teenagers in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Visitor (2008)
Plot Summary:
The scientist Agnes must take care of a foreign flat. Without her family knowing about it, she visits this flat regularly and begins a parallel life. One day she falls asleep there. When she wakes, a foreign man lies beside her in the bed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Baby Sister (1983)
Plot Summary:
Sultry college dropout Annie Burroughs moves in with her older sister Marsha and proceeds to break up the relationship between Marsha and her live-in boyfriend David Mitchell so Annie can begin a sensuous love affair and have David all for herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: nostalgic
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Melissa (1995)
Plot Summary:
Melissa follows her dream of becoming a dancer all the way to New York City but finds when she gets there that reaching her goal might cost more than she is willing to sacrifice. In dire need of money, she becomes an exotic dancer in a strip club where a sinister love triangle puts both her heart and her life in danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic
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We, the Undersigned (1981)
Plot Summary:
While a newly-built industrial bakery can produce bread, a three-person committee refused to sign acceptance documents citing numerous deficiencies. Lyonya Shindin, who works for a construction company, which built the bakery, follows the committee members traveling by train. His goal is to convince them to sign the documents before they arrive home. Ready to do it at any cost Lyonya starts scheming, and puts on acts to bond with committee members. Yet Yuri Devyatov, the chairman, is unmoved. Eventually Lyonya comes clean, and explains Devyatov that everything goes way beyond the unfinished bakery: the whole incident will be used to sack an honest and talented manager, who was forced to work on the bakery amid a lack of resources facing an impossible deadline. Devyatov learns that he was used as a pawn making a perfect way to deal with someone's enemies using an impartial man of stellar reputation.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags:
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Her Deadly Rival (1995)
Plot Summary:
A man's marriage is threatened by an unknown admirer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965)
Plot Summary:
A young girl arrives in New York City from Ohio determined to make it in the big city, but circumstances result in her becoming a waitress, then a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Emily & Tim (2015)
Plot Summary:
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
Plot Summary:
A pilot (Egglesfield) gets shot down and gets amnesia, later on his stricken-with-grief wife (Langton) finds him in a small town and she is shocked that he doesn't remember her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, serious, dramatic, indie film, period drama
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Cloud Dancer (1980)
Plot Summary:
Brad Randolph (David Carradine) is the World Champion aerobatic pilot but now, in his early 40s, he faces many challenges to maintain his position. His physical struggles are heightened by the presence of a youthful competitor, Tom Loomis (Joseph Bottoms). Intertwined with his professional struggles is his relationship with Helen St. Clair (Jennifer O'Neil).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Claude et Greta (1970)
Plot Summary:
A stylish sensual sample of European erotica about an aspiring model in Paris who becomes a participant in a relationship with a lesbian.Her female lover becomes too possessive, the model takes a job with an homosexual painter.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sensual, erotic
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)
Plot Summary:
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Not in My Family (1993)
Plot Summary:
A new mother is haunted by postpartum depression. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Starfighters (1964)
Plot Summary:
A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
Plot Summary:
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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International Airport (1985)
Plot Summary:
Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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Crash Point: Berlin (2009)
Plot Summary:
After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Will the plane have to be shot down by fighter pilots?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, serious, captivating, disaster movie
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A Sweet Sickness (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young woman gets sexually used and abused by every man she meets while on her way to rising to the top of Hollywood's entertainment industry.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, sexploitation film
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Madam Scandal: Let Me Die For 10 Seconds (1982)
Plot Summary:
Roman Porno from 1982.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Brutal Hopelessness of Love (2007)
Plot Summary:
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993)
Plot Summary:
Lost somewhere over the Pacific in a single-engine Cessna with low fuel, a pilot (Scott Bakula) awaits rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Fire and Rain (1989)
Plot Summary:
This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Miracle Landing (1990)
Plot Summary:
Cracks are noticed in the ceiling of an aircraft. They widen & a large portion of the fuselage tears off & an emergency landing attempted. Based on actual events.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disaster movie
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Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Plot Summary:
A police captain (Aldo Ray) is caught between businesses operating on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip who don't like the punks hanging out, and his belief in allowing the kids their rights. But when his daughter (Mimsy Farmer) gets involved with an unruly bunch, his attitude starts to change.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Another Woman's Husband (2000)
Plot Summary:
When Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan - until they realize Laurel’s boyfriend and Susan’s husband are the same man.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, ridiculous
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Electra (1990)
Plot Summary:
Born with the beauty of the gods, Electra's lust for sexual gratification is exceeded only by her lust for vengeance. Enter a world of forbidden family love, betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
Plot Summary:
True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, disaster movie
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Afterburn (1992)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Plot Summary:
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, political, cynical, gloomy, biting, suspense
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The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
Plot Summary:
An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, talky, sincere, thought provoking, touching, semi serious, humorous, independent film, realistic