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Plot Summary:
Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: family saga
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Mamas & Papas (2010)
Plot Summary:
Interconnected stories revolving around children; a fertility doctor loses her only child; a couple tries desperately to conceive; an unmarried woman gets pregnant and wants to abort, but her boyfriend wants to keep the baby; a poor woman who can barely afford to raise her two young children finds herself pregnant again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min
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Vijetha (1985)
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Vijetha is a family drama based movie in which, chiranjeevi wannabe football player, who would like to represent his country.Vijetha ChiranjeeviYoungest son of J V somayajulu, chiru is in love with his childhood friend and neighbour Bhanupriya.Despite his father.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 107 min
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Prinzessin (2006)
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Four cigarette-smoking, alcohol-drinking, troublesome adolescents wander between the concrete skyscrapers of downtrodden West-German suburbia. These uncouth youths are surprisingly not boys but girls with attitude, quick-tempers and foul-mouths, who violently vent their scorn on any unfortunate soul who gets in their way.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min
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The Dark Fortnight (2016)
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Muhib lost his parents at a early age and brought up by his sister. After the marriage of his sister Jeba, he comes along with his sister in his brother-in-law's house. He grows up with strict rules by his brother-in-law. But for the sake of his sister's happiness, he bears all of this. Muhib is in a deep relationship with Oru. They married each other in a court with the presence of his friends. But they cannot stay together as Muhib has to leave the town for his job. Muhib dreams for a new life with Oru but a mishap changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 141 min
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Touch the Sun: Princess Kate (1988)
Plot Summary:
Kate McLelland's life is a normal one of a girl her age in the eastern suburbs, until her discovery that she is adopted. This is the story of her search for her natural mother and the resulting relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
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The Blind Orchestra (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the early years of the reign of Hassan II, Houcine, a fan of the new king, is the director of a popular orchestra and the proud father of Mimou. This is a very particular troupe, male musicians who are sometimes forced to pretend that they are blind in order to play at parties reserved for women in conservative Moroccan families. But then young Minou runs into Chama, the neighbor’s new maid.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 110 min
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Milk and Fashion (2007)
Plot Summary:
Milk and Fashion centers on a young foreigner, Tyler Ralstin, as he travels from rural Yunnan to Shanghai to live with his uncle Jack. As caretaker for Tyler, Jack must balance his life between the high demand of his profession and the role of a mentor as he guides his nephew through the tough life-decisions that come with growing up. Jack is the president of a cultural investment company that is sponsoring an international fashion contest, and one of the competing designers is Yao Yao, a former ballerina who has decided to pursue her dream of becoming a professional designer. The stories of Tyler and Yao Yao intertwine in Tyler's coming-of-age tale and Yao Yao's journey as she strives to accomplish her dreams. Though her journey at times seems complicated and even hopeless, Yao Yao finds a friend and mentor in Anna, an international fashion magazine editor who helps Yao Yao stay true to her goals.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 95 min
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Shanghai Panic (2002)
Plot Summary:
A glimpse into the lives of 4 Shanghai teenagers.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 87 min
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Parker's Anchor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Krystal Parker's life fell apart when she discovered she couldn't have children. Everything she knew was gone, - but Letting Go Is Just The Beginning.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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Necessary Parties (1988)
Plot Summary:
Fourteen-year-old Chris Mills goes to court to prevent his parents from ending their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Waiting (1981)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min
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The Remake (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sheridan O'Connor and Riccardo Rossi were destined to meet on the set of their first big movie together when barely out of their teens. What they didn't know was that their on-screen chemistry would translate into a hot and heavy off-screen romance destined only for disaster. Now, living continents apart and a lifetime later, expecting their paths never to cross again, they are thrown back together to star in an updated version of their original film. The studio has high hopes that they will be able to attract the same audience who loved them the first time around. But working together again could demand greater acting skills than either ever imagined: long hours filming awkward romantic scenes, reliving the past and coming face to face with what fate has in store for them. Only slightly shaken and gently stirred by family and friends, Sheridan and Riccardo must find a way to make the perfect martini out of life so as not to waste a single drop of happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, mysterious, tear jerker, independent film, tearjerker, nostalgic
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Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dangerous Liaisons is a Chinese film by Hur Jin-ho based on the novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: China, South Korea, Singapore
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional, period piece, sensual, gloomy, sexual, costume drama
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Red Rose White Rose (1994)
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Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background (White rose). Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 110 min
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Leila (1997)
Plot Summary:
This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs & old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, islamic, tense, serious, emotional, realistic, biting, crying, suspense
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Sunflower (2005)
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Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, family saga, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative
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Harlow (1965)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two "Harlow" film biographies that appeared in 1965, this one stars Carol Lynley in the title role that begins as Jean Harlow, a bit player in Laurel and Hardy comedies, is invited to test for director Jonathan Martin for the lead in Howard Hughes's "Hell's Angels." She is an instantaneous sensation, and in a series of films devoted more to her body than her talent, she becomes Hollywood's "Platanum Blonde.".
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ajanabee (1974)
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Middle-classed young and dashing Rohit Kumar Saxena falls in love with wealthy and lovely Reshmi, and both decide to get married. Reshmi's dad, the wealthy Diwan Sardarilal is strongly opposed to this marriage, but relents when Reshmi refuses to marry anyone else. As a result, Rohit and Reshmi get married. Shortly after their marriage, Reshmi gets pregnant, news that is very well received. Then Reshmi enters a beauty pageant, and wins it - being crowned Miss India, with offers to travel abroad. Reshmi decides that she does not want the child now, but Rohit opposes this decision. Both quarrel, and separate, and Reshmi goes back to live with her dad. Shortly thereafter, Sardarilal sends a legal notice to Rohit asking for a divorce. Devastated, Rohit seeks employment, and finds it as a station master at a remote hill station. He meets with Reshmi and her dad, and is humiliated because he is poor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
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Follow The Stars Home (2001)
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Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad brother pulls his disappearing act. Mark walks out on wife Dianne after learning that the baby they're expecting has severe genetic abnormalities. Dianne is nonetheless determined to bear her child, with support from her mother and Mark's brother David, a pediatrician whose love for Dianne is unspoken but obvious. How do they cope with the challenges of raising this little girl named Julia?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sentimental, sincere, touching, erotic, feel good, serious, emotional, realistic, romantic drama
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Stella (1990)
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Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, sentimental, captivating, sad, touching, realistic, sexual, erotic, romantic
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Jackie & Ryan (2014)
Plot Summary:
A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each others lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, atmospheric, sincere, touching, extraordinary
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Mother and Child (2009)
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The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sincere, emotional, realistic, talky, sad, captivating, cult classic, indie film, serious, contemplative
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Love for Life (2011)
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Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love with each other by their misfortunes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Baabul (2006)
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When his only son dies in an accident, Balraaj urges his depressed daughter-in-law to marry a man who has long loved her in silence.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India, France
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, touching, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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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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3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)
Plot Summary:
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, melancholic, realistic, touching, feel good, family comedy, semi serious, sentimental, light
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Plot Summary:
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, depressing, stylized, visually stunning, intense, serious, realistic, poignant, cerebral, independent film
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The Wedding (1998)
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Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
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Saving Face (2004)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, intercultural, realistic, witty, lgbt cinema, sex comedy
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The Road Home (1999)
Plot Summary:
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: emotional, romantic, road movie, sentimental, atmospheric, stylized, sad, psychedelic, feel good, epic