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Plot Summary:
A young, lonely, mentaly retarded teenage girl finds solace in burying dead animals after the sudden death of a friend of hers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, vintage
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It Rains in My Village (1968)
Plot Summary:
A bizarre and tragic love story involving swineherd, village fool, teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia, France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black and white, serious, realistic
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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
Plot Summary:
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: retro, touching, realistic
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Thrill of the Hills (2011)
Plot Summary:
In order to to see his idol, Jimi Hendrix, a twelve year old boy attempts a journey from his Quebec village to Woodstock.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, captivating, sentimental, feel good, sincere, touching, serious
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An Adolescent (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tomokawa is a tough guy turned bored cop who spends much of his time sating lonely housewives and looking after retarded teen Sukemasa. One day while hanging out at a bar, he is approached by a 15-year-old enjo kosai named Yoko, offering a round of illicit sex in exchange for cash. Though he demurs, their paths cross again and soon a relationship of sorts forms. Yoko, it turns out, is Sukemasa's sister; and both are the children of his old flame Yukie, a grasping, self-centered woman. Moreover, Yoko's grandfather is responsible for the massive tattoo sprawling across Tomokawa's back. Tomokawa soon takes both teens under his wing, protecting them from their heartless mother, and their lecherous stepfather. Soon, Yoko gets a similarly massive tattoo illustrating her bond with her policeman savior.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic
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A Kind of Loving (1962)
Plot Summary:
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: social, experimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, vintage
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Bad Company (1999)
Plot Summary:
Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Red Kiss (1985)
Plot Summary:
1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love affair and her slogans are tested by new knowledge and emotion, some of the Red youth want to expel her. When she goes with Stéphane to a seaside photo shoot, her father goes to the police. Stéphane faces charges, so leaving to cover the war in Indochina looks appealing. In a parallel story, Nadia's mother meets again her prewar lover, released from Siberia, who challenges the French Reds with very real scars and word of Stalin's anti-Semitism.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Some Things That Stay (2004)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
Plot Summary:
Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to pursue a more exciting life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, romantic drama, independent film
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Wuthering Heights (2011)
Plot Summary:
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, serious, emotional, costume drama, period piece, romantic drama, bleak, social, melancholic
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The Run of the Country (1995)
Plot Summary:
An Irish lad (Matt Keeslar) who fled from his oppressive, widowed father (Albert Finney) falls for a girl (Victoria Smurfit) from an affluent family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, sexy, thought provoking, brutal, enigmatic
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A Common Thread (2004)
Plot Summary:
French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), who is grieving over the death of her own child. As the two women work together, they soon develop a supportive and fam.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Square Dance (1987)
Plot Summary:
An awkward 13-year-old (Winona Ryder) leaves her cranky grandfather (Jason Robards) in rural Texas, to live with her mother (Jane Alexander) in Fort Worth.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Hardy's classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men. Justine Waddell stars as the hapless Child of Nature who is tossed around by the dark forces of fate. Jason Flemyng is the dark and sinister Alec D'Urberville whose relentless pursuit of Tess triggers the heroine's downfall. Oliver Milburn plays the handsome young Angel Clare, the caring rebel who falls deeply in love with Tess.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: period piece, romantic, costume drama, historical drama, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, period drama
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The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
Plot Summary:
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: historical romance, independent film, erotic, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, sexual
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Regarding Billy (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Billy's parents are killed he moves home to care for his little brother Johnny, who is mentally challenged. Together the two struggle through the loss of their parents. Meanwhile, Billy's best friend from childhood, Dean, has moved back to town having been injured from the war in Iraq. Over time, Billy's childhood feelings toward Dean resurface, feelings that he fears may end their friendship if discovered. Both men discover hidden secrets that will change their lives forever. These three people must come together to rebuild friendships and family in a time where everything in their world seems unsure. Written by Jeff London.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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The Goob (2014)
Plot Summary:
We’re in the middle of a heat-wave in Fenland England. Goob Taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping Mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When Mum shacks up with swarthy stock-car supremo and ladies’ man gene Womack, Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob’s world turns when exotic beet picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments, Goob dreams of better things.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, captivating, emotional, sincere, touching, serious
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Friends (1971)
Plot Summary:
French teens Paul and Michelle run away from home to a remote beach and have a baby.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, touching, serious, realistic
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The Polish Bride (1998)
Plot Summary:
Drama on the dawning love between a Polish woman and a farmer. Anna is forced to work in a brothel, but manages to escape. She's found, exhausted and scared, by Henk (the farmer) who offers her a place to stay, but her past chases her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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Don't Let Me Drown (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, gloomy, independent film
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This Is My Father (1998)
Plot Summary:
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya Farrelly) for answers. When she refuses to provide any, Kieran travels to Ireland. In flashbacks, we watch a romance develop between Kieran's mother, a college girl, and his father (Aidan Quinn), an inarticulat.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, sincere, serious, independent film, psychological, light, romantic, sexy
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Love Is Blind (2013)
Plot Summary:
30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a postcard to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Estonia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, captivating
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Beautiful Fall (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ninni is sixteen and she lives in a beautiful mansion in the swedish countryside with her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating, freeze frame
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David and Lisa (1998)
Plot Summary:
It was adapted as a stage play in 1967, and was remade as a television movie in 1998 starring Lukas Haas, Sidney Poitier and Brittany Murphy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Three Sisters (1970)
Plot Summary:
Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, captivating, sincere, touching, gloomy, independent film, period drama
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The Mother (2003)
Plot Summary:
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, erotic, sincere, independent film, realistic, romantic, captivating, clever, contemplative
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A Village Affair (1995)
Plot Summary:
Based on the bestselling novel by Joanna Trollope Recently returned to England from New York City, vivacious heiress Clodagh Unwin befriends a couple new to her village. The husband is entranced by the young aristocrat, but Clodagh has eyes for someone else: his wife, Alice. Alice has a gilded life--beautiful children, a handsome husband, and a stately home. Secretly, she’s depressed after the birth of her third child and unhappy in her marriage. Clodagh proves irresistible. But when tongues start wagging, the women learn that love might not be enough.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching, melancholic, sensual, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Jane Eyre (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to be come a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, costume drama, melancholic, period piece, emotional, intense, realistic, gothic, serious, romantic drama
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Jane Eyre (1997)
Plot Summary:
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the manor is given a standard romantic flare, but sparks do not seem to happen between the two leads in this version.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: costume drama, gothic, atmospheric, emotional, spiritual, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy, period drama
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Chocolat (2000)
Plot Summary:
A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 199000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, sentimental, sweet, fairy tale, romantic comedy, period piece, melancholic, art film, inspirational