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Plot Summary:
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies, and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: baroque
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A Man, Eight Girls (1968)
Plot Summary:
A man runs a commune where he imprisons, abuses and tortures women.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags:
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Cries of Innocence (2002)
Plot Summary:
A small group of young women are captured and enslaved by the cruel forces who own the only source of water that is not infected by the deadly plague.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sensual, sexploitation film
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The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried (1971)
Plot Summary:
An "adults only" retelling of the legend of Siegfried.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Out of the Blue (2007)
Plot Summary:
Marion, a 50 year old woman, suddenly ups and leaves the man with whom she has been living for the past 20 years; she has found herself, midlife, in love with her friend Claude, another woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Le salamandre (1969)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the writings of writer Fritz Fanon, who believed that a colonial population could only reach freedom by declaring violence towards their occupiers, Cavallone’s tale sees a white photographer (Erna Schurer) who seduces a black model (the lovely ebony Beryl Cunningham). A doctor then arrives on the scene – Anthony Vernon (Antonio Casale) who took his pseudonym from Jesus Franco stalwart Howard Vernon – and Schurer falls for his charms.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual
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The Amazons (1973)
Plot Summary:
lena Johnston is Antione, the War Goddess of the Amazons, who must mate with the Greek king Theseus to propogate her race. Traditionally this is done only out of duty, but this time she falls in love with her "boy toy"... a definite no-no for an Amazon queen. Helmed by James Bond director Terence Young and based on a story co-authored by Robert Graves, this sexy and spectacular entry in the sword-and-sandal genre features an incredible bevy of Euro-cult starlets including Rosanna Yanni, Helga Line and Luciana Paluzzi, plus a lyrical score by Academy Award-winner Riz Ortolani.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Adventure, Action, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexploitation film
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Little Girl... Big Tease (1976)
Plot Summary:
A 16 year-old society girl is kidnapped and exploited by a group of people including one of her high school teachers. One by one Virginia seduces her captors and is able to gain the upper hand.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sensual, independent film
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Colussus and the Huns (1962)
Plot Summary:
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. To secure this territory, he sends his son, Otto, and his nephew, Tharus, to forge an alliance with King Haadem, strongest of the neighboring rulers. Haadem, however, is just concluding an alliance with Kudrum, the ambitious son of a king hostile to Hun interests. To cement this alliance, Haadem has agreed to marry his daughter, Tamall, to Kudrun, but Tamall dislikes Kudrum. She quickly falls in love with the newly-arrived Tharus. Kudrum inflames Haadem's feelings against Tharus and arranges to have Tharus publicly flogged. Not satisfied, Kudrum then murders Haadem and has the crime blamed on Tharus. Tamall's love for Tharus is tested but then she comes to believe Tharus's claims of innocence and works on behalf of Tharus as Kudrum's forces arrive for a decisive battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
Plot Summary:
In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the family estate. Then Don Juan, Don Francisco's nephew and Blanca's true love, returns from the war in Flanders. Don Juan dons a mask and joins with a gypsy band led by Estella to fight against the forces of Don Ramiro.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: hispanic, homoerotic, campy
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The Red Nights of the Gestapo (1977)
Plot Summary:
An illustrious group of German industrialists plot to overthrow Hitler by negotiating a peace treaty with England. Disgraced, but dedicated Nazi officer Colonel Werner von Uhland is assigned by his superiors to ferret out these deceitful dissidents and stop them before it's too late. von Uhland recruits a bunch of beautiful women to seduce these traitors and undermine their conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexploitation film
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Albino (1976)
Plot Summary:
A colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancee.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: West Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, captivating, romantic, sexy
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Mask of the Musketeers (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the first half of the 1600's, France is at war with Spain. The cousin of the king of Spain, Isabella, is held captive in the French castle, and the Count of Seville is sent to France as a diplomat. While there, he is escorted by the Three Musketeers, who discover that he has secretly made a deal with Cardinal Richelieu to disclose Spanish military secrets in exchange for Isabella's release. However, he is merely bluffing and plans to take Isabella by force. When the musketeers discover this, they come to his aid, and together the four of them work at freeing the Countess. Meanwhile, the Count doubles as Zorro to free the Spanish court from a treacherous suitor.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: euro western, campy
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The Royal Siren (2010)
Plot Summary:
Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride the girl's father, anxious to ennoble, Marie is not just convinced about her fiancé, who she has only seen twice. Her suspicions are confirmed tragically on the eve of the wedding when, after signing the marriage contract, a stranger breaks into the house ensuring that Marie has slept with other men in exchange for gifts, like a vile harlot. From that moment, the life of the girl will give a terrible unexpected turnaround. Alone, with his reputation ruined, she will have no choice to survive than partnering with a prostitute and lying on the roads.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Hungary
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, suspense, captivating, disturbing, sexy, period piece, realistic, period drama
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Baby Jane (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of mind, and suddenly there, right next to her, Jane finds her savior: Piki, the most dashing butch in town. Piki is perfect. Jane is hypnotized by Piki's dark-toned voice. Piki offers her an entire new universe, and even more - dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, melancholic, contemplative
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Bibi (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen year old Bibi comes to her aunt Toni's boarding house where she is seduced by lesbian women.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sensual, erotic, grindhouse, sexploitation film
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The Alcove (1985)
Plot Summary:
In 1936 Italy, Elio returns home from Africa with a present for his wife in the form of Zerbal (Laura Gemser), the daughter of a tribal king. Unbeknown to him, his neglected wife Alessandra (Lili Carati) has formed a relationship with Elio’s otherwise frigid secretary Velma (Annie Belle) who is less than pleased at Elio’s return.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, crying, sexy, sexploitation film
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Personals: College Girl Seeking... (2001)
Plot Summary:
Juliette is studying at a big American university in pursuit of her Ph.D. Through grand design, she is assigned Sexual Psychology for the topic of her dissertation. Being very sexually inexperienced, Juliette places a personal ad to attract suitable "research" partners. College years are the time for new experiences and the awakening of dormant personality traits, and Juliette discovers that there is much more to her sexuality than she could ever possibly have imagined!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Twice a Woman (1979)
Plot Summary:
Laura falls in love with Sylvia and they start an affair, until Sylvia runs off with Laura's ex-husband, Alfred.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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An Intimate Friendship (2000)
Plot Summary:
A family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, independent film
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Love & Suicide (2006)
Plot Summary:
When pretty but troubled Kaye moves to New Orleans from Atlanta with her mother and little brother, she forges a special friendship with Emily, a rebellious high school senior with troubles of her own. They become instant best friends, and begin spending all their free time together. Emily even helps Kaye run away from home. The girls' mothers do not approve of their relationship, and Emily's mother accuses her of associating to closely with a corrupted and confused young girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
Plot Summary:
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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On Guard (1997)
Plot Summary:
The Comte de Gonzague schemes against his cousin, the Duc de Nevers, even though he is the Duke's heir and will inherit his estates. The Count has kept secret the existence of the Duke's bastard, recently born. When the Duke learns of his child, he journeys to wed the mother, a baron's daughter, in her father's isolated chateau. The occupants of the castle are surprised and murdered by the Count and his men. The only ones to escape are the Duke's friend, the skilled swordsman Lagardère, and the infant, a girl, now the rightful heiress to the Duke's vast fortune. The Count believes the pair to have drowned, when in fact they have been concealed by a travelling troupe of Italian players. Twenty years pass. The Count has discovered that the two survive and seeks to have them slain. But Lagardère gains the confidence of the Count, and employment as his bookkeeper, through his clever disguise as a hunch-back.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: funny, mesmerizing, exciting, epic, serious, realistic, stylized, baroque, period drama
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The Three Musketeers (1993)
Plot Summary:
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, Austria, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, romantic, action packed, epic, exciting, humorous, anamorphic, historical drama, gothic
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The Musketeer (2001)
Plot Summary:
In Peter Hyams's adaptation of the famous Alexander Dumas story The Three Musketeers, the young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been disbanded.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, exciting, captivating, cult classic, fairy tale, light, romantic, humorous, bad ending
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Liz in September (2014)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill lesbian bonds with a woman who lost her son to cancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, queer cinema
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Heartland (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young Oklahoma artist, struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, sincere, touching, erotic, sexy, deep
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City of Trees (2019)
Plot Summary:
A 20-something woman goes back to her hometown for the holidays for the first time in several years and is not only met with people from her past, but she's forced to deal with unresolved feelings too.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Plot Summary:
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, period piece, costume drama, suspense, atmospheric, serious, epic, gothic, political, historical drama
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Plot Summary:
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the evil sheriff's reign of terror.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: period piece, exciting, entertaining, scenic, stylized, fairy tale, funny, costume drama, mythical, cult classic