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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film, meta
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Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Dam (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young man called Roman is working for an attorney. Roman has to travel to a small village in Bavaria, in order to get some files from a local police station. These files keep records about a high school massacre committed by a student a year ago. Due to bureaucratic reasons, Roman has to stay in the village for a few days. By accident he meets a young girl called Laura, who has survived the massacre. By becoming more acquainted to Laura, Roman also becomes more interested in the tragic event. Later on he realizes that Laura is hiding a secret. She has been more involved in the incident.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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All the Good Ones Are Married (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ben Gold gets the break of his life as aspiring author, but must stay home with his kids, Luke and Madison, to make his 5 months deadline. His feminist wife, workaholic fashion executive Alex, selfishly decides to take in promising rebel designer Zoe Miller, who left her boyfriend Trey. The teenager soon wins the family's hearts. Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009)
Plot Summary:
In contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an unusual Venice.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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My Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
Young Hana had lost everything in the earthquake and tsunami and was being taken care of by a relative named Jungo. As Hana grew up she began to fall in love with her own relative.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, disturbing, tense, realistic
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Voyager (1991)
Plot Summary:
Walter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth and they have a passionate love affair. Together they travel to her home in Greece, but the rational Faber doesn't know what fate has in mind for him for past doings.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Greece
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: road movie, sad, manga, sincere, atmospheric, touching, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic
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The Good Life (2012)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Nolen's "The Good Life" is the story of Jacques and Marianne Vandelay, a highly successful African American couple. They are happy but both are keeping dark secrets from each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, dark
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The Lover (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with each new startling phase of discovery. At first he mourns for his dead wife, but then he discovers that he didn’t really know her.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, spiritual
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Paper Moon Affair (2005)
Plot Summary:
An enigmatic Japanese woman, abandoned by her wealthy Chinese husband in a remote Pacific Northwest village, becomes entwined in the lives of two rugged locals.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, intercultural, inter cultural
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The Story of My Wife (2021)
Plot Summary:
A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, art house, weird
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Sinful Temptations (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this steamy erotic thriller, Nicole is a woman whose significant other Brad wants her to stay home and take care of the house. But Nicole soon grows bored with this routine, and begins taking assignments as a nude model for men's magazines. Nicole is soon lured into a number of sexual liaisons with models and photographers she's been working with, and her relationship with Brad is strained to the breaking point. But things become even more difficult when a photographer Nicole had worked with turns up murdered, and Nicole has reason to believe she may be next in line. Sinful Temptations stars Mia, Marie West, Tom Fry, and Richard Moses.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy, sexual, sexploitation film
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Four Windows (2006)
Plot Summary:
They want to get away from each other, but they clasp each other even more firmly. They seek to save appearances at all force. The more they laugh, the quieter it gets around them. The cracks in the family picture widen until an inescapable secret reveals itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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Five Moments of Infidelity (2006)
Plot Summary:
A true to life sensual drama showing intense moments of infidelity across five different worlds in the same city; the sexy young things, who think they have nothing to lose; the upwardly mobile thirty-something couple bored with their perfect careers, house and family life; the gay pair in an open relationship with hidden rules; the frustrated urban duo mistaking familiarity for love; and the suburban family full of secrets and lies about to lose it all.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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www.XXX.com (2003)
Plot Summary:
www.XXX.com peeks into the world of internet prostitution. A Fil-Am girl (Palermo) escapes the consequences of her State-side abortion by going back to her home country. With relatives greeting her with unwelcome arms, Joanna tries to make sense of her life and gets into the clutches of a smooth cybercafe owner (Gary Estrada) who introduces her to Web Diva.Com. She eventually becomes their big money-maker while catching a tentative affair with Spike (Carlo Maceda) -- a misguided hacker who (cheekily enough) created the Love virus in the movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, disturbing
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Pendular (2017)
Plot Summary:
The trajectory of a romantic couple of contemporary artists reveals how the limits, contradictions and obsessions of a romantic relationship are reflected in each of their artistic endeavors.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Seduction (1973)
Plot Summary:
After returning to Catania after a long period of time, Giuseppe reunites with his old lover, Caterina. Her 15 year-old daughter, Graziella begins to seduce her mother's lover and he soon breaks down and begins an affair with her. As time passes Caterina begins having sneaking suspicions about Giuseppe's & Graziella's relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic
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The Cat's Meow (2001)
Plot Summary:
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: stylized, witty, tense, humorous, realistic, semi serious, period piece, clever, talky, atmospheric
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The Wounded Man (1983)
Plot Summary:
Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler and comes out of his shell, going 180 degrees into gay obsession. Though he has yet to physically approach the object of his affection, Henri builds up so much unrequited lust that it explodes with horrible results.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexual, neorealism, homoerotic, sexy
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Kids Run (2020)
Plot Summary:
Andi's life is a constant battle for his home, his three children and the woman he still loves. He only has two weeks to pay her back the borrowed 5,000 EUR. When he loses his job, an amateur boxing tournament looks like the only solution.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, freeze frame
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In This Tricky Life (2001)
Plot Summary:
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, tense, romantic, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
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Slingshot (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into Farifield County, Connecticut looking to seduce wealthy and lonely housewives.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sentimental, touching, exciting, light, captivating
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Do not Tell me (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lena is happily married. From the strange man in the S-Bahn but such a pull goes out that she gets involved in a spontaneous infidelity. The stranger, Martin, also thought that the marriage with his wife was completely safe. Nevertheless, what should actually be written off as an adventure between Lena and Martin is becoming the projection screen for newly created needs and longings. Lena and Martin can not let go of each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Black Panther: The Story of Emilie and Jacob (2014)
Plot Summary:
After many years apart, Emilie (26) meets her brother Jakob (22) again. She not only shares her sadness about the loss of their parents with him, but also a secret... It is Emilie's wish to arrange the sale of their jointly inherited holiday house in the Swiss Alps.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, ambiguous ending, independent film
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Obsession (2015)
Plot Summary:
Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two children. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught up in the romance and chaos of it all. Losing sight of her goals, she must find her way back to the dreams and ambitions which brought her there in the first place.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, touching, captivating, melancholic, sexy, erotic, hot
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Leaving (2009)
Plot Summary:
Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to do the building meet, the mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne decides to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, captivating, erotic, romantic, sexy, sensual, tense
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The Katsuragi Murder Case (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Katsuragi Household that runs a small store may appear serene. But as the younger son Minoru commits a murder on the street, the family is exposed to the public. Is there anybody that is behind this murder case?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lolita (1962)
Plot Summary:
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy, black comedy, sensual, erotic, black and white, serious, captivating
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Elegy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, romantic, touching, sad, serious, sentimental, thought provoking
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Damage (1992)
Plot Summary:
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological, sensual, emotional, realistic, non-linear, romantic
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I Am Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sexy, stylized, meditative, intense, atmospheric, art house, sexual, visual, erotic, emotional