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Plot Summary:
Vietnam's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1996.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: Vietnam, Switzerland
Duration: 85 min
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Return of a Citizen (1986)
Plot Summary:
Returning rich from the Gulf to find his brothers and sisters relationships falling apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min
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Brothers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers separated at birth find themselves years later in Israel. Dan, who chose a life of work, lives with his family in a kibbutz in the south. Aaron, his brother, doctor in philosophy and law and the Torah, arrives from the USA to defend the rights of the students of the Torah.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Israel
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Big Show (1961)
Plot Summary:
A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
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The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
Plot Summary:
The film originates from the great river story Taebaegsanmaek consisting of 10 volumes and is written by Cho Jeongrae. The story tries to describe and reveal a few generations-lasting conflicts between the haves (proprietors) and have-nots (peasants), which develop into right wings and left wings respectively. While revealing why and how the conflicts come about, the story depicts every corner of real life -- romantic, shamanic, and Confucian aspects of the contemporaries.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 168 min
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China Is Near (1967)
Plot Summary:
A pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
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The Bad Bunch (1973)
Plot Summary:
A white ex-GI goes to a black ghetto to deliver a letter from his buddy, a black soldier who died in Vietnam. When he arrives there he encounters hostility and trouble from all sides.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hail, Hero! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Hail, Hero! stars Michael Douglas in his screen debut as long-haired college student Carl Dixon. Reversing the usual procedure in late-1960s films, Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war, but this doesn't stop him from endlessly spouting the sort of agit-prop rhetoric so beloved of filmmakers of the era. In addition to Michael Douglas, co-star Peter Strauss likewise makes his first film appearance in Hail, Hero! Dated in the extreme, the film is saved by the musical score by Gordon Lightfoot.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Caravan Serai (1986)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Greek civil war. A villager is forced to leave his house and property and go to Thessaloniki with his daughter and son. They find refuge in an old building with hundreds of other people. They live a miserable life as the daughter becomes a whore, and the son has to work.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 115 min
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Family Portrait (1962)
Plot Summary:
Marcello Mastroianni gives a sensitive, finely judged performance as Enrico, a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother (Sylvie), Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoilt brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilty responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves. Beautifully photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, this austere, deeply-felt masterwork has been acclaimed as one of Zurlini's greatest achievements.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, non-linear
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Brothers (2011)
Plot Summary:
The script of this film was very loose and most of the dialog was improvised by the cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Cease Fire (1985)
Plot Summary:
Tim Murphy is a Vietnam Vet. When he loses his job he starts to relive all the pain and horror of his time in Vietnam. The stresses and strains nearly destroy his marriage and his family. Only after joining a veterans' therapy group does Tim find relief from his nightmares. With the support of his fellow vets and the love of his wife, Tim recovers. Written by Pfyre Caidmon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Murmur of the Hearts (2015)
Plot Summary:
Not Louis Malle's classic but the latest from director Sylvia Chang who, after years of absence from the helm, digs deep into her Taiwanese roots to tell a story about growing up, and letting go. Isabella Leong plays an uncertain painter, Mei, who drifted apart from her tour guide brother after leaving Liudau, the off-shore island of Taiwan, with their mother. Mei falls for an underachieving boxer, and begins years of soul searching in the city, where the siblings reunite under unexpected circumstances. What was remembered and forgotten are lessons that have profound consequences in this emotional drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
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Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass (2015)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age story set in the Vietnamese countryside during the late 1980s, as told through the eyes of a 12 year old boy named Thieu. Thieu and his younger brother Tuong share and do everything together. Their days unfold like a whimsical and comical journey filled with innocence, wonder, confusion and curious adventures. Tuong idolizes his older brother’s confidence and constantly strives for his approval. But in fact, Thieu’s “over-confidence” is to compensate for his overwhelming insecurities. Thieu is constantly jealous of his younger brother when it comes to grades, talent and affection from the girl next door, Moon. This leads to an act of violence which leaves Tuong paralyzed and bedridden. In coming to terms with his own conscience, Thieu attempts to redeem himself and discovers the true meaning of brotherhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, independent film
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Moving Out (1983)
Plot Summary:
Coming-of-age story about an Italian-Australian teenager making his way in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Passover Fever (1995)
Plot Summary:
Part funny part sad movie about a family Passover dinner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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I'm Alive and I Love You (1998)
Plot Summary:
Drama - During World War II, a woman aboard a railroad car full of deportees slips French railway worker Julien (Jérôme Deschamps) a note with an address and a simple message: "I am alive, and I love you," and he decides to track down the intended recipients. When he finds the woman's Jewish family, he is inspired to do what he can to protect them from the Nazi atrocities. This compelling drama from director Roger Kahane co-stars Dorian Lambert. - Jérôme Deschamps, Dorian Lambert, Agnès Soral.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
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The Buffalo Boy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. During the rainy season, there's no grass and the buffalo are starving. Kim volunteers to take the beasts inland to find food. On this coming-of-age journey, Kim sees men mistreat women, men fight with men, and French taxes rob the poor. He works for Lap, a buffalo herder whose past is entangled with Kim's parents, and he makes friends who will lead him to his place in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama
Country: Vietnam, Belgium, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, contemplative
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A Buddha (2005)
Plot Summary:
Un Buda follows two brothers orphaned as children when their parents were taken by the military during the "Dirty Wars" of the 1970s in Argentina. Tomas is now a drifting and withdrawn young man who experiments with ascetic practices and has an instinctive compassion for others. His older brother Rafael is a university philosophy professor, detached and alone. Their struggles with each other and the world around them in Buenos Aires take a dramatic turn when they find themselves at a rural Zen center.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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Distant Thunder (1988)
Plot Summary:
A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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The War at Home (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. Jeremy's battles with his family finally spiral out of control on Thanksgiving Day, when a bitter secret is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Blast Beat (2020)
Plot Summary:
After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Toilet (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese grandmother after their mother's funeral.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Cities of the Plain (2000)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Robert Kramer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: experimental, touching, serious, captivating
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The Fatherless (2011)
Plot Summary:
They never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister.Kyra suddenly vanished over twenty years ago during the breakup of the hippie commune where they were all born. She is like a stranger to them now... but when she discovers that her very existence has been kept secret, she starts to uncover old mysteries. And soon all the brothers and sisters find themselves unearthing the roots of their childhood memories they had suppressed in order to survive. In her debut feature film Marie Kreutzer embarks upon an intriguing and disturbing journey into the past, a gripping study of belonging and solitude, bonds and freedom. Written by Novotny & Novotny Film.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sincere, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, suspense, gloomy
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Tiger Warsaw (1988)
Plot Summary:
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Cage (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: social, patriotic, emotional, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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Shouting Secrets (2011)
Plot Summary:
Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film, interesting
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To the Left of the Father (2001)
Plot Summary:
Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to match.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, suspense, romantic, offbeat, affectionate
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Journey from the Fall (2006)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, bleak, inspirational, political, informative, realistic