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Plot Summary:
Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or 7 years old,after being adopted and raised in America. While there she decides to look for her mother's grave,and finds out her memories are not exactly what she thought they were,her mother is alive. She then sets out to find her mother and some answers and finds both. She also falls in love, of course, but has a problem with long term commitments.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Dalva (1996)
Plot Summary:
When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 30 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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After All (1999)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious news reporter refuses to let anything come between her and her dream of being an anchorwoman until a former lover she thought was out of her life returns.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Malady of Love (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clément's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clément makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancée, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clément, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags:
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Threesome (1984)
Plot Summary:
A New York stockbroker (Stephen Collins) introduces a girlfriend (Deborah Raffin) to his buddy (Joel Higgins) from out of town, then regrets it.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961)
Plot Summary:
Helen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised to change, most of her straitlaced relatives are up in arms. But Clare Lester, Helen's grandmother, says the girl is free to join the man she loves. On one condition, that she listen to the story of a day in Clare's own life and of a man she tried to change.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Ice House (1989)
Plot Summary:
Pake has left a good paying job working in the oil fields of Texas in order to give the music business a try. Eventually he finds himself alone and with no money in a hotel room in Los Angeles. He sets up a meeting with his old girlfriend Kay. When he meets her, she is with her fiancee. He is a Greek immigrant who desperately needs to marry Kay in order to become a permanent resident in this country. However his plans are in trouble because of Pake trying to convince Kay to go back to Texas with him and get married.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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One Perfect Wedding (2021)
Plot Summary:
With Cara leaving on an international book tour in two weeks and Ben’s business expansion keeping him busy, the couple decides they won’t let work commitments postpone their nuptials any longer. With the help of their best friends Megan and Sean, Cara and Ben feel nothing can stop them from having the perfect wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Hold the Dream (1986)
Plot Summary:
Hold the Dream is a British two-part miniseries made in 1986, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It is the second book in the Emma Harte series, following A Woman of Substance. Hold the Dream continues the story of Emma Harte, played by Deborah Kerr, with Jenny Seagrove, who played the young Emma taking over the part of Paula Fairley.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: family saga
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Meet Me at Christmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Joan’s son’s wedding planner unexpectedly quits, she must coordinate his Christmas Eve wedding with the help of Beau, the bride’s uncle. As they work alongside each other they discover their fates and pasts are intertwined.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, gay cinema
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Zoya (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, period drama
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Honeyglue (2015)
Plot Summary:
After learning she only has three months to live, Morgan flips her conservative protected life upside down. That is where she meets Jordan, a purse snatching cross dresser artist, who takes her on adventure of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, queer cinema
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What's Left of You (2015)
Plot Summary:
On his 18th birthday, wealthy but spoiled Ozgur(Ekin Koc) gets a surprise from his deceased grandfather's will. He has to leave his luxurious life in Istanbul and graduate from a public school in a small village on the Aegean coast. After falling for Elif(Neslihan Atagul), a secretive classmate, Ozgur begins to understand the importance of this tiny and seemingly trivial village.Adapted from the South Korean romantic drama, 'A Millionaire's First Love'.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sincere, colorful, colourful
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Our Town (1977)
Plot Summary:
3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Fine Things (1990)
Plot Summary:
Standard romantic melodrama from novelist Danielle Steele finds a couple embroiled in marital conflict with a nasty child-custody battle at its center.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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The Vows We Keep (2021)
Plot Summary:
An event planner must organize the perfect wedding for her sister in less than a month when she finds out that the Rosewood, a historic inn and beloved wedding venue, is being sold.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Karen Kingsbury's A Time to Dance (2016)
Plot Summary:
John and Abby Reynolds are a married couple who have been together since their days as high school sweethearts—when John was a football hero and Abby dreamed of becoming a writer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, feel good, sweet, romantic drama
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A Secret Affair (1999)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa Stewart is a beautiful American woman engaged to be married. Vanessa is an artist and is also a buyer for her father's company. She goes to Venice on a business trip and meets television reporter Bill Fitzgerald from Ireland. They fall madly in love in the four days they are in Venice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, serious, emotional, realistic
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Hidden Places (2006)
Plot Summary:
A drama about a young widow who finds a guardian angel in the form of a hobo who comes to her rural community looking for work.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, crying
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Truth or Dare (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aura and Gael's passionate new love is quickly overshadowed by horrible news: Aura is diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Gael decides to stay in the relationship and support her, but don Julio, her father, deeply concerned about his daughter's health and blinded by the possibility of losing her, opposes the relationship. Aura now faces her biggest challenge yet: to live her life with death and love knocking on her door.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Safe Harbour (2007)
Plot Summary:
Melissa Gilbert stars in this film adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, in which a young girl named Pip and her mother meet an artist on the beach in Safe Harbour, where they have retreated in order to recover from the devastating loss of Pip's father and brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Mother and Child (2009)
Plot Summary:
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sincere, emotional, realistic, talky, sad, captivating, cult classic, indie film, serious, contemplative
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Washington Square (1997)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man who is interested in her only because of her inheritence.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: costume drama, romantic, stylized, sex comedy, romantic drama, historical drama, psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy
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1 Message (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of Becca, a beautiful 28 year-old woman whose perfect life is brought to an abrupt halt after she accidentally discovers a lump in her breast.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, independent film, romantic drama
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Evening (2007)
Plot Summary:
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, intense, realistic, heartbreaking, tear jerker, epic, cult classic
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The Inheritance (1997)
Plot Summary:
At the lush Evenswood estate in Concord, Massachusetts, Edith Adelon, a beautiful orphan, lives as the paid companion to the daughter of the wealthy Hamilton family, although they regard her as one of their own. Years ago, Henry Hamilton saved Edith from an Italian orphanage at the request of his long-deceased brother. Now, Edith is his daughter Amy's prized friend and confidante. As the Hamiltons await a trio of visitors for the annual Greens Cup horse race, Beatrice Hamilton asks for Edith's help in finding a suitable husband for a cousin, Ida Glenshaw, with one of two visiting eligible bachelors. But when it becomes clear that both the young men have affection for Edith and not Ida, jealousy soon develops, leading to malicious conniving and brutal backstabbing.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: period piece, touching, serious, realistic, period drama
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December Boys (2007)
Plot Summary:
For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, sad, realistic, harsh, stylized, erotic, novela, teen
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New Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocence of a childhood friendship, through adolescent attraction, their love strengthens and grows. When life takes a turn neither of them expected, their entire future is called into question.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, rough, thought provoking, touching, captivating, christian film, independent film
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The Wedding (1998)
Plot Summary:
Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags:
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Dying Young (1991)
Plot Summary:
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sad, touching, inspirational, cute, emotional, erotic, bleak, novela
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The Cider House Rules (1999)
Plot Summary:
Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic, serious, feel good, sad, visually stunning, philosophical, emotional