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Plot Summary:
Laura is a social worker of an unnamed city specialized to treat cases of sexist violence. Her latest case revolves about Pablo and Eva, a long-time couple after an incident where, according to the police report, he thrown her to the ground breaking her arm during a discussion. While Laura starts the therapy with Pablo, a well-known writer and novelist, she is being stalked by the ex husband of a former patient, who is obsessed that Laura can help him to recover his wife. Talking with Pablo, he shows to be regretful and ashamed of his behavior, explaining how his work writing in home requires special conditions to make it and the fight was an one-time incident. Despite to know that the therapy is obligatory only for him, Eva decides talk with Laura excusing the happened, that Pablo is a good man despised by her parents-in-law and that their relation is at the best. Not convinced by the explanation, Laura starts to press them little by little, watching their reactions and their way to talk in the attempt to downplay the aggression. However, things go to worse when the stalker sends Laura a photo of her teen daughter Lucía threatening her life. At the same time that Laura tries to keep Lucía safe and sound, the therapy becomes more intense when is revealed that Eva was caught cheating Pablo with Diego, another writer of the same publishing company and the actual best seller of it, and how Pablo turned crazy by the jealousy. Was it really an one-time incident, or Pablo actually is a true sexist who abuses Eva using daily his violence against her?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: crying
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Night God (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two workers are having a leisurely conversation. More and more often people see in the sky red tails of comets, wonder creatures appear from nowhere and a roar is said to be coming from the underground. What is the meaning of it all? – asks one of them. The other replies that he has never seen anything like that in his life. And even if all of the above mentioned exists, is it worthwhile paying attention to it? The important thing is to do one’s job because life goes its own way.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, France
Duration: 100 min
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The Honeymoon Suite (2020)
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City of Toledo, Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha; center to Spain). Fidel is a man who travels from Madrid to the city to spend a weekend in the honeymoon suite of Hotel Cigarral El Bosque with the young and beauty Marisa, a job partner and too aspiring actress. Unsure, shy, fearful and on the verge of a collapse nervous, Fidel is a mature office worker close to the third age who searches in Marisa a last chance to feel lust and passion, since then his lifelong marriage with Elisa lost the flame several years ago. Therefore, Fidel's plan complicates by double trouble when he realizes that other job partner, womanizer Mario, is on the city to spend his particular weekend with her last conquer, Brazilian girl Irasema, and when he rejects Marisa's sexual innuendos, causing some discussions on the hotel and with Elvira, hotel's manager. But the real problem appears when Mario and Irasema are on the same hotel than Fidel and Marisa, and Elvira discovers not only Fidel's intentions with Marisa,.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
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Saint Omer (2022)
Plot Summary:
A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: crying
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One Careful Owner (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sara is offered a chance to buy the perfect apartment, roomy, very luminous and inexpensive. She only has one little problem: she can't live in it before Lola, the actual and aged owner, dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: emotional
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Your Son (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story has a father as protagonist will always do what he believes best for his family: the life of Dr. Jaime Jiménez collapses when his 17 year old son is left in a vegetative state due to a beating he receives at the exit of a nightclub . After seeing that justice does nothing to stop the guilty, he himself will undertake a trip to the underworld in search of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, clever, neo noir, thrilling, crying
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The Distances (2018)
Plot Summary:
Olivia, Eloy, Guille and Anna travel to Berlin to pay a surprise visit to their friend Comas. His welcome is not as they expected and during the weekend their friendship is put to the test. Together they discover that time and distance can change everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, talky, social
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Jellyfish (2007)
Plot Summary:
Meduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, art house, existential, humorous, witty, stylized
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The Reconquest (2016)
Plot Summary:
Manuela and Olmo meet in a future as they had promised fifteen years earlier as teenagers, when they lived their first love. Based on this romantic situation, La Reconquista is in fact a film on a quest for time; or about the awareness of time: of time lost and time recovered; about what we remember about ourselves and what we don't remember; about the words, gestures and feelings to which we remain faithful, because they define and compel us today, yesterday and tomorrow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 943
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
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Where I Belong (2017)
Plot Summary:
Izumi (Kento Hayashi) was abandoned by his parents. He now commits burglary, targeting women and the elderly. He is chased by the cops. While on the run, in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture, he helps an injured elderly woman, Suma (Etsuko Ichihara). Izumi then stays at Suma's home. At first, Izumi keeps an eye for money that he can steal. The people though in the village think Izumi is Suma's grandson and take care of him. A change takes place in Izumi.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
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Trapped In Silence (1986)
Plot Summary:
A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Those She Left Behind (1989)
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Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together. Unfortunately, that plan gets turned completely upside-down when Sue dies suddenly and unexpectedly while giving birth to their daughter. Now in the aftermath, Scott not only has to deal with the loss of his wife, he also has the daunting task of raising his daughter all alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: crying
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Silvester Countdown (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young Berlin couple travel to a friend's place for the celebration of Silvester and New Year's Eve. During that period, we witness today's juvenile sub-culture, especially the ways of keeping a partnership - or breaking it up in between.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
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Angel Blue (1998)
Plot Summary:
Dennis (Sam Bottoms) is a handsome, successful and well-liked civic leader who lives in his hometown with his lovely wife (Lisa Eichhorn) and their new baby. When Enrique Vasquez (Marco Rodriguez) and his striking teen daughter Angela (Yeniffer Behrens) move in next door, Dennis is only too happy to lend a hand. But when he and Angela begin an affair, Dennis's perfect life is threatened in this provocative drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sensual, crying
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A Thief's Daughter (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from prison. Sara knows he’s the main obstacle to her plans and she makes a difficult decision: to distance him from herself and her brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, social, crying
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Parched (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a rural Indian village, four ordinary women begin to throw off the traditions that hold them in servitude in this inspirational drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: India, USA, UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, erotic, offbeat
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Plot Summary:
The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
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After languishing in a Barcelona prison for nearly a decade, a busted bank robber attempts to find the girl who made off with the cash in this suspenseful tale of revenge and betrayal starring Adriana Gil and Eduard Fernández. Ex-con Martin Losada is out of prison and on the hunt. When he and his band of anti-Franco bank robbers were busted after a botched heist ten years ago, the only member of their team never caught by police was his long-gone ex-girlfriend Julia. Now, on the eve of the 1958 revolution, the recently released ex-con sets his sights on Havana in a determined bid to find Julia, and stake his claim on his rightful share of the take.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, noir
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A young woman's arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears and desires in an intricate dance of lust, denial and deception.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating, sexy, exciting, artsy, cute
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Fidelity (2000)
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Clélia is a very attractive photographer starting a new job for a sensationalist newspaper. She soon becomes involved with three very different men: Cléve, a middle aged books editor, Nemo, a mysterious photographer and Rupert McRoi, the owner of the broadcasting and tabloid company where she works.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, stylized, erotic, sensual, sexual, experimental, avant garde, psycho sexual
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The Men's Club (1986)
Plot Summary:
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, independent film, touching, realistic, talky, semi serious, crying
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Red Meat (1997)
Plot Summary:
Chris and Stefan invite Victor to join their group where they talk about their experiences with women over a meal of red meat. As the night progresses, Stefan relates his wild encounters with fleeting sex, Chris talks about his need for intellectual stimulation, and Victor recounts his relationship with a dying woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, humorous, realistic, independent film, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy
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Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Plot Summary:
Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political, art film, realistic
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'night, Mother (1986)
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It happened in 1983. It was a rare and remarkable theatrical experience. Controversial. Provocative. And shocking. Now, two Academy Award-winning actresses make the Pulitzer Prize-winning play the motion picture event of the year. What would you do if someone you loved sat down with you one night and calmly told you that they were going to end their life before morning?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sad, depressing, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy, crying, sentimental, sexy
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Mine Alone (2001)
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A women meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, realistic, bleak
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Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, crying
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Two women with a passion for motorcycles meet while going through rehab. When they discover they've both longed to ride Captain America's red, white, and blue chopper from Easy Rider, they escape the rehab clinic and hit the highway in search of their dream bike.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
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Antoine is a joyful but disenchanted photographer. His only true friend, Mateo, is 7 years old and the son of his neighbor, who is often absent. One day, he hears a piano sonata coming from the building across the courtyard. Mesmerized by the music, he becomes obsessed by Elena, the beautiful but mysterious pianist, and starts to photograph her at every opportunity. An intense relationship develops between fragile and idealistic Elena and Antoine, who is transformed by this encounter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 596
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Lamington Road on Bombay's Western Railway is the nearest railway station that takes one to Kamathipura, notorious for it's red-light, in particular, and a crime-prone area in general.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 108 min
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Plot Summary:
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: emotional, talky, intense, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, depressing, anthology
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At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: talky, emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, philosophical, independent film, psychological, clever, light