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Plot Summary:
The film tells the tale of a widowed film director who is in the middle of making a film about an atypical diplomat inspired by his brother. While he has started a new life with Sylvia, he still mourns the death of a former lover, Carlotta, who passed away 20 years earlier; then Carlotta returns from the dead, causing Sylvia to run away.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: erotic, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, art house, sensual
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Summer Heat (2008)
Plot Summary:
Photographer Bob loses his girlfriend. A year later he meets Kathleen. Is she in love? Or does she use him for her dark dealings with the mafia?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, melancholic, sexual, nature documentary
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My Golden Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, sincere, suspense, erotic, sexy, stylized, sensual
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The Summoning (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: stylized, atmospheric, enigmatic, disturbing, surreal, psychosexual thriller, psycho sexual, pre war
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Two Friends (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When Mona becomes more interested in Abel, it sets off a conflict between the two friends. Meanwhile, Mona attempts to keep her past hidden.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, erotic, art house, aesthetic, crying
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Both Sides of the Blade (2022)
Plot Summary:
Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an admirer from back when he played rugby. Jean and Sara love each other. One day, Sara sees François in the street. He does not notice her, but she is overtaken by the sensation that her life could suddenly change. François gets back in touch with Jean. For the first time in years. He suggests they start working together again. From here on, things spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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Lovers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in Paris the story follows Lisa, who, while on vacation with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. But that may lead to a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Visions (2023)
Plot Summary:
An experienced airline pilot, Estelle leads a perfect life between long-haul flights with her loving, protective husband Guillaume. One day, by chance, in an airport corridor, she crosses paths with Ana, a photographer with whom she had a passionate affair twenty years earlier. Little does Estelle know that this reunion will send her into a nightmarish spiral, turning her life upside down and irrational.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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Just the Two of Us (2023)
Plot Summary:
When Blanche meets Grégoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from her family, from her twin sister, Rose, a new life begins. But little by little, she finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014)
Plot Summary:
Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that her predecessor has just died, but also that the skipper is none other than the first great love of her life. Alice finds a notebook in her cabin, apparently that of the former mechanic, and on reading its contents – accounts of mechanical problems, sexual conquests and lovelorn emotions – finds, oddly, that they mirror her own concerns. As they make stops at various ports, dealing with life aboard alongside an all-male crew and the swell and pitch of her romantic feelings, the young woman tries to stay on course.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, realistic, emotional, psychological, erotic, serious
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Incendiary (2008)
Plot Summary:
An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, disturbing, realistic, gloomy
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Sound of the Sea (2001)
Plot Summary:
Son de Mar (English: "Sound of the Sea") is a 2001 Spanish drama / erotic film directed by Juan José Bigas Luna based on the novel of the same title by Manuel Vicent. It revolves around Ulises (Jordi Mollà), who comes to a fishing village to teach literature at a local high school. During his stay he falls in love with Martina (Leonor Watling), the daughter of his landlord. Sierra (Eduard Fernández), a rich businessman, also falls in love with her and fruitlessly tries to win her heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, psychological, serious, realistic, erotic, art film, sensual, sexual, sexy
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Ava (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, art house, sentimental, thought provoking, disturbing, erotic, sexy
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For Sale (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Private detective is hired to trace a woman who ran away and disappeared on her wedding day. The movie follows him and recounts the story of her life through her eyes and the eyes of those interviewed by the detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, detective, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual
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My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
Plot Summary:
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, contemplative, talky, semi serious, sexual, neurotic, crying
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Rust and Bone (2012)
Plot Summary:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, emotional, sad, sentimental, touching, independent film, realistic, sexy, depressing, compassionate
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Double Lover (2017)
Plot Summary:
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sensual, disturbing, sexy, suspense, art house, erotic, psychological thriller, slasher, eros, explicit
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Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Plot Summary:
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy, erotic, romantic, feel good, sweet, saga, intense, novela, sensual
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Him (2021)
Plot Summary:
A composer starts doubting and questioning his whole life and its meaning. Isolating himself in his house in Brittany where various important persons (his wife, his mistress, his best friend, his parents, his doctor...) will come and visit him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: horror musical
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About Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful Nina lives happily married, as she saw it, with intelligent Alexandr, professor of Sinology. But the debt for the mortgage begins to disturb the relationship of spouses. One day she meets Sergey, the head of the bank where her husband has debt, and so begins their passionate relationships. The story of the relationship with married Sergey hardly promises happiness, but Nina realizes that for the first time she feels true love.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, emotional, realistic, disturbing, erotic, erotic drama, bilingual
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Masquerade (1988)
Plot Summary:
A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be an old friend of Olivia's, seems to be turning a blind eye to incriminating evidence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, romantic, psychological, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, noir
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Five Times Two (2004)
Plot Summary:
As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, enigmatic, non-linear, sensual, stylized, sincere, inspirational, disturbing, tense
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Alice and Martin (1998)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 20, Martin leaves his home town and comes to Paris, where he fortunately becomes a model by chance. He meets Alice, his brother's friend, and falls in love with her. They start a passionate relationship, although Martin remains very mysterious about his past and the reasons why he left his family. But when Alice tells him she's pregnant, he is suddenly almost driven to madness, as his past comes back to his mind. Alice will now do anything she can to help him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: melancholic, enigmatic, emotional, psychological, romantic, erotic, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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Love, etc. (1996)
Plot Summary:
A triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world's oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît's life changes when he answers the personal ad of Marie, a 25-year-old who restores paintings. He's attracted to her and she likes his steady calm and his honest attention. They're soon a couple, and they include Pierre in their dinners, outings, and trips. What will happen when Pierre realizes that he too is in love with Marie?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, crying
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My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
Plot Summary:
My Wife is an Actress is a French Romantic Comedy/Drama film starring real life couple Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive co-star. Attal also wrote and directed the film.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: melancholic, disturbing, stylized, touching, semi serious, humorous, witty, erotic, romantic comedy, clever
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From the Land of the Moon (2016)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, Spain
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, retro, sexual, novela, twisted
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Jimmy P. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins experiencing unexplainable symptoms shortly thereafter. He travels to the famous Winter Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, where he meets Devereux (Amalric), thus beginning a professional and personal friendship guided by compassion and understanding of Native American culture.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, realistic, suspenseful, intellectual, atmospheric, serious, independent film, crying
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Asylum (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, psychological thriller, dramatic, period piece
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Bitter Moon (1992)
Plot Summary:
An embittered husband, paralyzed and in a wheelchair, buttonholes a complete stranger and begins to tell him the story of his marriage. The stranger would like to escape, but cannot. For one thing he grows fascinated by the story. For another he is mesmerized by the man's wife, who has perfected that trick of looking a man boldly in the eye until, by looking away, he concedes sexual supremacy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, psychological, sexual, breathtaking, clever, controversial, art house, sensual, suspense
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Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, sexual, sensual, intense, exciting, emotional, erotic, enigmatic, captivating
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Unfaithful (2002)
Plot Summary:
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, suspenseful, sensual, gloomy, psychological, suspense, psychosexual thriller