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Plot Summary:
Family drama from India starring Dharmendra, Tanuja and Jayalalitha J.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags:
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Life and Death (1970)
Plot Summary:
Film starring Dharmendra, Rakhee Gulzar and Ajit.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic
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The Grocer's Wife (1991)
Plot Summary:
A meek young man allows a stripper to stay in his house while his domineering mother is hospitalized.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Impossible Love (1977)
Plot Summary:
Rich Spanish landowner Alvaro is torn between his wife Elvira and two other women in his life. He's also worried about the fact that both his father and grandfather were murdered by Spanish revolutionaries in the house he's inherited.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Baharen Phir Bhi Aayegi (1966)
Plot Summary:
Drama about inter-class romance in Calcutta.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags:
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Youthful Life (2002)
Plot Summary:
Raj Saxena (Salman Khan) goes to London, expecting his long lost Dad (Rishi Kapoor) to warmly greet him. But things do not go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: funny
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Gundagardi (1997)
Plot Summary:
The two brothers Kalicharan & Narshima cause havoc all over the city. The police calls in Karan Singh as the most effective police man to fight against them.His sister was married to a journalist.He encounters a murder of the minister by Kalicharan and decides to print their photos in the newspaper.But before he can do that he is killed along with his wife. Dipa is an eye-witness to this murder. But he soon plans and makes Dipa the key suspect in an attempt-to-murder case of the home minister. Karan Singh in the meanwhile trains Dipa to fight back the goons. She manages to get the files containing the proof of innocence. Kalicharan is arrested and taken to court. Narshima makes a number of attempts to free his brother. A severe struggle ensues and Narshima and Kalicharan get death sentences.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags:
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Aaja Sanam (1968)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Satish travels from the big city to a small village, where he can serve the poor who cannot afford to go to the city for medical treatment. Once in the village, he meets with Shanti, who lives with her dad, Radhekiran, a watchman. Both Shanti and Satish fall in love, and exchange vows to be married. Radhekiran has an accident, and dies, leaving Shanti to re-locate, without notifying Satish. Satish is devastated at losing Shanti, and tries to locate her, to no avail. His parents want him to marry Kamini, and he agrees to do so. It is then he comes across Shanti, and he is shocked to see that Shanti has given birth to baby-boy, but will not disclose who the father is.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
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Naya Zamana (1971)
Plot Summary:
A hopeful writer, poor but educated Anoop attacks the ruthless exploitation of the lower classes by the rich with his fiery speeches. But his uncompromising principles could stand in the way of the connections he'll need if he hopes to reach a larger audience with his message. A liaison with a wealthy family could bring the exposure and success Anoop desires, but at what cost?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags:
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Tradition (1993)
Plot Summary:
In a remote region in India there has been a tradition of settling differences by fighting a duel with pistols with only one bullet in each of them. Such was the duel fought by Shankar and Thakur Bhavani Singh, with the latter emerging as the victor. Years later, Bhavani's son, Prithvi, returns from London, meets Shankar's son, Gora and daughter, Tara, befriends them, and eventually both Tara and Prithvi fall in love with each other. When Bhavani finds this out, he wants Prithvi to marry Rajeshwari, who comes from a rich family, and will destroy Gora Shankar and his tribe of gypsies. Unable to make up his mind, Prithvi ends up marrying both women, leading to Tara giving birth to a son, Pratap. Bhavani is enraged when he this out, he has Tara and a lot of their people slain, and their homes torched. Gora himself is arrested by the police, and sentenced to several years in prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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Jheel Ke Us Paar (1973)
Plot Summary:
Kulwant Rai's horse carriage runs over a child, and as a result, she loses her vision.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags:
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Sparsh (1980)
Plot Summary:
Anirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with social worker, Kavita. Kavita is attracted to him, and he slowly also gets attracted to her. When marriage is proposed, both agree to marry each other. Then Anirudh starts having doubts whether this marriage is going to succeed, as he feels he is being patronized, and pittied.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: offbeat, art film, parallel cinema
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Bandhan (1998)
Plot Summary:
Pooja comes from a very poor family consists of her mom, dad Ramlal and brother, Raju. She meets the wealthy, Thakur Suraj Pratap and both is in love and get married with the blessings of her family and relocates to the Thakur parental mansion with Raju, Pooja finds that she is unable to conceive, Raju falls in love with the Thakur's sister, Jyoti and is all set to make her his bride, to which Thakur agree but tragedy strikes when the Thakur meets Vaishali, whom he wants to make his bride and no body dears go against his decision, all including Pooja. When Raju hears of this he solely protests but is silence by the Thakur, publicly humiliated and shunned by each family member including Jyoti. Now his dream of marrying Jyoti will never come through and he must not dear go against the Thakur words because he might be responsible for his own sister ruin.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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The Mourner (1993)
Plot Summary:
In a small village in Rajasthan, India, a woman named Shanichari was born - so named, as shortly after her birth her father died; & her mother, Peewli, ran away with a rich lover, the owner of a drama company, abandoning her. When Shanichari grew up she was married to a male named Ganju who lived with his ailing mother. Shanichari gave birth to a boy and named him Budhwa. The local Landlord,.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: offbeat, art film, crying, weeping
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Prem Deewane (1992)
Plot Summary:
Radha (Pooja Bhatt) and Manohar (Vivek Mushran) love each other and want to get married, but Radha's dad (Ashok Saraf) does not approve of their marriage as Manohar comes from a poor family. He instructs Radha not to leave the house, but Radha finds a way to escape and goes to Manohar's house. Anticipating more obstacles, they run away, guided by Radha's uncle Natwarlal(Prem Chopra). Natwarlal convinces them that they must kidnap a wealthy person and demand a big ransom and take the money to appease Radha's dad. It is then they start to realize that their uncle has some other devious plans for them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (2002)
Plot Summary:
A college slacker pursues the girl of his dreams and will do just about anything to get her to like him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, touching, serious
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Time (1965)
Plot Summary:
Members of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Prem Rog (1982)
Plot Summary:
Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: romantic
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The Oath of Love (1989)
Plot Summary:
Raja Bhaiya (Mithun Chakraborty) and his friend Charan (Satish Kaushik) come to a city to make a living. Failed in their attempts to find a job, one day, they are teased and ragged by Kallu Dada (Ranjeet). The quarrel gets physical, which Raja wins. Raja thus becomes the local underworld don and starts collecting protection money from shopkeepers, while becoming addicted to alcohol. Raja's life takes twists and turns when Mohan Rao (Nilu Phule) passes away.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Aashiqui (1990)
Plot Summary:
Rahul and Anu Verghese meet on the same day, while both are held by the police on charges of creating a disturbance, and running away respectively. They meet again, and love happens. Rahul helps Anu to be independent, and seek a job. Then Anu is discovered by a talent agent to be a model, which she accepts. Rahul wants to marry Anu, but first must establish himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: romantic
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Heartbeat (1968)
Plot Summary:
The mistress (Catherine Deneuve) of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized
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Fitoor (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young artist tries to win the heart of his muse, while her mother hatches a scheme to end his quest for true love.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, sincere, sexy, captivating, romantic drama, modern day adaptation
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Friends (2000)
Plot Summary:
A story about a girl named Priya (Preity Zinta) who is the apple of her parents' eyes. She defied the Indian culture when she got pregnant out of marriage by Saif Ali Khan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, serious, realistic, crying
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My Heart Is Yours (2002)
Plot Summary:
Some twenty years ago Sarita promised to raise her husband's love child (Shalu) together with their own daughter (Nimmi). The girls grow up as the best of friends but Sarita has never been able to forgive Shalu her background. It doesn't make it better when she sees Shalu getting close to the man Nimmi is also in love with.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, romantic drama
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Seeta and Geeta (1972)
Plot Summary:
The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
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Roy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A love triangle revolving around the lives of a filmmaker, a thief and their mutual love interest.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Half Girlfriend (2017)
Plot Summary:
Madhav Jha, a rustic boy from Bihar who is drawn to his college-mate, Riya Somani, an affluent English-speaking girl from Delhi. There’s just one hitch here. Riya is willing to go thus far and no further; Madhav continues being obsessed with her. Will the Bihar boy and the Delhi girl make it past the half-way mark?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, disturbing
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Those Seven Days (1983)
Plot Summary:
Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she would not be happy as his wife. Anand tells Maya that he had married her only for his mother who was on her death bed. When the mother dies Anand wants to unite Prem and Maya but Prem says it is against Hindu culture and disappears from their life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999)
Plot Summary:
Vishwanath is a multi-millionaire industrialist, who lives in a palatial house, with his only chid, a son named Vijay. Vijay has been literally born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and indulges in life's temptations and weaknesses to the extreme. Vishwanath would like his son to get married and be responsible. Vijay agrees to get married on condition that his future bride sign an agreement that the marriage is on a trial basis for one year, and thereafter is Vijay does not fall in love with her, the marriage gets annulled. Vishwanath asks his personal assistant, Megha, to quit her job and marry Vijay, but Megha refuses. Megha comes from a poor family, consisting of her mom, two other sisters, and one brother. Written by Shrikant.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Shyam Singha Roy (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young filmmaker is in a soup right when he’s about to find his footing in the film industry. When he sets out to find an answer, turns out it’s in the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, spiritual
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Milenge Milenge (2010)
Plot Summary:
Magic happens, if you let it; and sometimes even fate or destiny, or whatever you want to call it, steps in to lend a hand. But when it concerns love, and finding that special person you're going to spend the rest of your life with, should you risk tempting fate with a test of that love or what is seemingly meant to be, or should you just follow your apparent destiny and embrace it? Such are the questions two people must face and answer in the romantic comedy/drama. "Milenge Milenge".
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic