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Plot Summary:
Josephine has her eye on Joe, a hot-headed, petty criminal who taps phones for a living. When she finally worms her way into his heart she realises it's not a nice place to be. But is it too late?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Let It Be Me (1995)
Plot Summary:
Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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Another Woman (1994)
Plot Summary:
After a brutal attack leaves Lisa Temple without her memory, her husband declares that she is another woman. She begins to find out just what that means when she begins to try to recover that lost memory. The life that emerges is one of a bitter and depressed woman who who has apparently alienated everyone, including her husband. He has already filed for divorce. This new woman that she has become though, convinces him to put his plans on hold. As she rebuilds her life Lisa and husband fall in love again. There is danger lurking however, and one last angry memory waiting to surface. Will their love survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, serious, emotional, detective, realistic, talky
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American Visa (2005)
Plot Summary:
After being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal activities, holds-up the American consulate and falls for a beautiful prostitute from the Bolivian lowlands.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Bolivia, Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, crime drama, romantic drama, political drama
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Being at Home with Claude (1992)
Plot Summary:
It's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead character to make those around him understand the reason for his crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy, sexual, neo noir, sexy
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10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
Plot Summary:
A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, atmospheric, serious, realistic
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Felix and Meira (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young married woman from Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community finds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with a young man who is mourning the death of his estranged father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, atmospheric, captivating, independent film, touching, serious
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All the Women in the World (1966)
Plot Summary:
Womanizer suddenly finds a woman who makes him change the way he looks at women. He falls in love, and believes she is in fact all women in one. Because of that, he has to face an important decision: to go on with his old life or embrace this special relationship and become a monogamous man.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sexy, serious, realistic
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The Banned Woman (1997)
Plot Summary:
This movie is foremost distinguished by the use of a subjective camera, and nearly 100 % of the time consists of close-up of the young girl's face. She is capable of changing her facial mimic so much that she never looks artificial or inappropriate. 39-year-old François meets 22-year-old Muriel, who is a virgin. Several times he invites her to fine restaurants. She agrees that on a certain day they will meet at a hotel and he will see her naked. He promises not to sleep with her at that occasion. He does not keep his promise. She is happy that he didn't. Both continue to be eager for sex.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anthology, humorous, serious, realistic, contemplative, sexual, sexy
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The Falling (1998)
Plot Summary:
Karis (Nicole Oliver) is a clothing store owner who picks up a handsome music executive, Lars (Christopher Shyer), in a bar and immediately engages him in some very hot sex that leads to an ongoing physical relationship. One morning Lars encounters Morgan (Rob Lee) in Karis' kitchen; Morgan is her future ex-husband and a policeman with a violent temper who begins a campaign of intimidation to make Lars stop seeing Karis. But wait: 30 minutes into the movie the point-of-view changes to Morgan's, and we see he's not such a bad guy after all and that Lars is the hot-tempered villain. But wait: 30 minutes later the point of view switches to Karis, and it turns out that she hasn't been completely honest about things. Whose story is the real one?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, experimental
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Diamond Girl (1998)
Plot Summary:
Denny Montana never looks at Claire. She has been working for him for four years and fallen in love at a distance. When Denny's brother Regan returns to oversee the sale of the family vineyard, Claire and Reganen makes pact. To make Denny jealous and lure him away from his girlfriend's bad influence. But what Claire and Regan did not take into account was how difficult it can be to control their own emotions.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sex comedy
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Silver Man (2003)
Plot Summary:
A street performer fights a pathological man for his girlfriend's love.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Atlantic City (1980)
Plot Summary:
Lou, a small time gangster who thinks he used to be something big, meets and falls for a sexy casino employee named Sally. She needs his help realizing her dream of going to Monte Carlo, a symbol of the glamorous life that she has been looking for so desperately.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult classic, realistic, cynical, aesthetic, tense, sentimental, clever, touching, serious
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Post Mortem (1999)
Plot Summary:
In this tough French-Canadian drama, two outsiders -- one who works with the law, another who lives outside it -- come together with unfortunate consequences. Linda (Sylvie Moreau) is a devoted single mother who will do anything to support her five-year-old daughter, Charlotte (Sarah Lecompte-Bergeron). Unfortunately, a lot of what Linda does best isn't exactly legal, such as luring well-to-do men into the park and then mugging them. One night, Linda is trying to coax a visitor from America into the shadows when the situation starts to go wrong. Meanwhile, Ghislain (Gabriel Arcand) is a shy, lonely fellow who works at the morgue and likes to listen to the blues late at night. In time, we discover that Linda and Ghislain met at one time, leading to an ugly encounter for both of them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, cinema verite
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So Young (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen Hao-Zheng in a chance encounter, and despite initial reluctance, Chen accepts Wei as his girlfriend and the two become inseparable. Four years of university life pass and Wei looks forward to establishing a life together with Chen. However, Chen is forced into an impossible decision to leave Wei. Devastated, Wei decides to start afresh. A decade later, Wei’s previous lovers Lin and Chen both find their way back into her life and she has to make a choice of her next step in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, serious, realistic
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Villain (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shimizu Yuichi (Tsumabuki Satoshi) is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino (Mitsushima Hikari) who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo (Okada Masaki), berates and mocks the troubled loner.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, emotional, realistic, captivating, tense, psychological thriller, heavy, serious, gloomy
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A Very British Sex Scandal (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Very British Sex Scandal tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a closet homosexual and like many gay men at that time, lives in secret as homosexuality is against the law. One evening he meets Eddie McNally, who is on leave from the air force and the pair embark on an affair together. However, it is their weekend at the estate of Lord Edward Montagu which eventually leads to a scandal which rocked modern Britain and led to a reconsideration of, and the eventual decriminilisation of homosexuality.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, intellectual, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of Heidi Fleiss, known as "The Hollywood Madam", who was the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles doctor and eventually became a prostitute for a well-known Los Angeles madam. She took over her boss' operation and soon was raking in $300,000 a month by hiring only the most beautiful and highest-class hookers and catering to wealthy Hollywood types, European and American corporate executives and Arab sheiks. Her operation was broken up by Los Angeles police in 1993, and she eventually went to prison for income-tax evasion. Written by [email protected].
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, sexy, sexual
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Millennium Mambo (2001)
Plot Summary:
Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2000, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: realistic, contemplative, touching, art house, aesthetic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, slow cinema, serious
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Lovers: A True Story (1991)
Plot Summary:
Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, manga, eros, sensual, romantic drama, erotic drama
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Love the Hard Way (2001)
Plot Summary:
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic activities, Jack has a regular scam going, ripping off foreign businessmen with his loyal mate Charlie and two actresses. But his tough guy exterior conceals a secret passion for old books, and he dreams of writing a novel one day. Jack falls hard for Claire's purity and curiosity. An unusual romance develops between them. But Jack is scared of their growing intimacy and rejects Claire, withdrawing into his shell. Abandoned and confused, Claire gradually begins to neglect her studies and embarks on a spiraling course of self-destruction, whilst Jack, who tries to ignore her, concentrates on his criminal activities. However, a sharp detective, named Linda Fox, is following his dodgy tracks.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, serious, realistic, romantic, romantic drama, independent film, gloomy, detective
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The Law of Enclosures (2000)
Plot Summary:
Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, touching, emotional, erotic, mind bending, offbeat, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Slingshot (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into Farifield County, Connecticut looking to seduce wealthy and lonely housewives.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sentimental, touching, exciting, light, captivating
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Drowning on Dry Land (1999)
Plot Summary:
A taxi driver (Naveen Andrews) picks up a fare (Barbara Hershey) in Manhattan. She offers the driver a large sum to drive her to the desert. While the pair drive across the country, the woman tries various strategies to lure the driver into conversation. Despite his reticence, the pair begins a tumultuous and steamy relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, touching, serious, realistic, talky
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The Polish Bride (1998)
Plot Summary:
Drama on the dawning love between a Polish woman and a farmer. Anna is forced to work in a brothel, but manages to escape. She's found, exhausted and scared, by Henk (the farmer) who offers her a place to stay, but her past chases her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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Picnic (2000)
Plot Summary:
The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more interesting stranger who just got off the train.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, tense
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Something More (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Sam and his friend fall for the same woman, their friendship is put at risk.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Intersection (1994)
Plot Summary:
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, Sally, Vincent has been carrying on with a mistress, Olivia. She's everything Sally isn't -- warm, passionate, carefree. So why can't he choose between the two, especially when his indecision is taking its toll on his daughter?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bad ending, sexy, erotic, sad, serious, realistic, talky, stylized, sexual, romantic
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Guinevere (1999)
Plot Summary:
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, independent film, sentimental, touching, romantic, emotional, romantic drama, dark, arthurian, erotic
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My Life Without Me (2003)
Plot Summary:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sad, touching, contemplative, romantic, philosophical, sincere, emotional, heartbreaking, depressing, poignant
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Niagara, Niagara (1997)
Plot Summary:
"Niagra, Niagra" begins quietly in a drugstore in Poughkeepsie, where Marcie, the film's disarming heroine, likes to shoplift. She literally crashes into Seth, a quiet outsider, also on a shoplifting spree. Marcie invites Seth to accompany her to Canada to find a black hairstyling head. They set off in Seth's beat-up station wagon, destined for a toy store in Toronto. While on the road, Marcie confides to Seth that she has Tourette's syndrome, necessitating a series of detours to liquor stories and pharmacies along the roads of upstate New York.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, melancholic, disturbing, intense, independent film, touching, realistic, romantic, psychological, emotional