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Plot Summary:
Jan Dítě has been released from a Czech prison just before the very end of his 15-year sentence. Settling in a town near the border, he occupies his time with rebuilding a deserted house, and recalling his past. His main wish in life was to be a millionaire. Jan begins his career as a frankfurter vendor, and slowly learns the power of money and the influence it exerts over people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: stylized, sexy, sentimental, semi serious, dark comedy, romantic, artsy, art film, atmospheric, humorous
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Yoyo (1965)
Plot Summary:
The son of a ruined millionaire and a horsewoman becomes a clown.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, silent, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Larks on a String (1969)
Plot Summary:
Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, intellectual, black comedy, banned
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Shortcuts (1981)
Plot Summary:
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Madame (1961)
Plot Summary:
Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Joseph Andrews (1977)
Plot Summary:
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: historical drama, independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Dr. Akagi (1998)
Plot Summary:
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: sexy, period piece, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious
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Happy Times (2000)
Plot Summary:
Zhao is an old laid-off worker who's dreaming of getting married. After trying unsuccessful proposals, he finally pair off with a gargantuan divorcée with two children. She, however, demands a lavish wedding and that Zhao finds a job and another place to stay for her blind step-daughter. Pretending he's the General Manager of a non-existent posh hotel "Happy Times", Zhao had to find ways and means of keeping both mother and stepdaughter happy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, stylized, cult classic, sincere, feel good, realistic, black comedy
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Death in Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
Death in Love is a psychosexual-thriller about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a doctor overseeing human experimentation at a Nazi German concentration camp, and the impact this has on her sons' lives in the 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, emotional, bleak, erotic, sexy, realistic, independent film
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A Farewell to Fools (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set during World War II, somewhere in Eastern Europe. A German soldier is found dead near the village. The local authorities must find the culprit, or they will be all shot by the Nazis the morning after. There's no way to find the guilty one, but there's Ipu, the madman of the village, whom they promise a hero's funeral if he will claims responsibility and agrees to die in their place. He must decide, and time is running out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Romania, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, offbeat, captivating, tragicomedy, realistic, independent film, art film
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Gabriela (1983)
Plot Summary:
In 1925, Gabriela becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. Nacib becomes tired of Gabriela's uneducated ways, and annuls the marriage when he finds her in bed with his friend Tonico. The political ways of the town modernize slightly and Gabriela returns as Nacib's mistress.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, sexy, pornochanchada, humorous, semi serious
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Tieta of Agreste (1996)
Plot Summary:
Just when her family starts believing that she is dead, and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from São Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to leave long ago because of some involvement with a goat herd. Believed to be fabulously rich - and nobody knows how - she brings to the great disappointment of her family a young step-daughter and heir. With the arrival of Tieta turmoil enters into the life of her family and their fellow villagers. Most particularly into the life of her nephew - promised to the Church - and the young aspiring mayor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, UK, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, manga, humorous, serious, realistic, semi serious
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The Princess and the Call Girl (1984)
Plot Summary:
Two women--one a wealthy society débutante, the other an elegant call girl--with a remarkable resemblance to one another decide to trade professions and social positions temporarily and see what results from it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, erotic, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexploitation film
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Twin Sisters (2002)
Plot Summary:
Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more than 3.5 million readers in Holland and Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, emotional, contemplative, non-linear, tear jerker
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Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Plot Summary:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of train conductor Masa, Milos has no luck. His quest leads him to a female Resistance fighter who, in passing, recruits him to the cause. As Milos finally finds love, danger draws closer.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, talky, touching, sincere, realistic, erotic, absurd, dark comedy, thought provoking, avant garde
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Divided We Fall (2000)
Plot Summary:
In Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: surreal, compassionate, lyrical, uplifting, touching, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy, light
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Dance of a Dream (2001)
Plot Summary:
Namson Lau is a ballroom dancing instructor. On stage, he is a refined and suave gentleman, but in reality, he is cunning and greedy, and dancing has become a mean to strike fortune for him, without any other levels of significance.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, stylized
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Mother Night (1996)
Plot Summary:
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: political, political thriller, dieselpunk, independent film, uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Cheri (2009)
Plot Summary:
A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy, period piece, romantic, costume drama, sincere, humorous, captivating, erotic, offbeat
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Drinking Buddies (2013)
Plot Summary:
Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, independent film, enigmatic, melancholic, sexy, humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, talky
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A Night of Love (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political, sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Blume in Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife. Gedorge Segal plays a divorce lawyer who is divorced himself after his wife (Susan Anspach) catches him cheating on her. She, in turn, moves on and falls into an easy-going relationship with an even more easy-going musician (Kris Kristofferson in one of his first film roles). But Blume chooses this moment to fall back in love with his ex-wife (Marsha Mason) and begins to woo her anew.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, stylized, semi serious
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Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
Plot Summary:
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: emotional, talky, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sad, gloomy, independent film, black comedy
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The Wedding Photographer (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the factory in Molkom shuts down, Robin leaves his beloved hometown to try his luck in Stockholm as a wedding photographer. This experience changes not merely his outlook on life but also his hairstyle.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic
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Cocktail (1988)
Plot Summary:
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style. Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money. He leaves his artist girlfriend Jordan Mooney for Bonnie, a wealthy, high-powered executive. Brian soon must chose between the two, as he evaluates his options.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, romantic, stylized, suspense, retro
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Head in the Clouds (2004)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, sentimental, captivating, stylized, cult classic, romantic drama, serious, emotional, realistic
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Zelary (2003)
Plot Summary:
A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, contemplative, epic, mysterious, serious, sentimental, romantic
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Charlotte Gray (2001)
Plot Summary:
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, romantic, captivating, realistic, intense, political thriller, serious, gloomy, fairy tale
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Train of Life (1998)
Plot Summary:
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Israel, Belgium
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, sad, surprise ending, sincere, road movie, feel good, depressing, art house, twisted, sentimental
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Lore (2012)
Plot Summary:
After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters mysterious Jewish refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must trust someone she was taught to hate and face the darkness within herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, bleak, suspense, psychological, harsh, sincere, realistic, art house, road movie
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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Plot Summary:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 730000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, tragicomedy, poignant, heartbreaking, sad, realistic, feel good