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Plot Summary:
A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
Plot Summary:
Marjoe Gortner plays a drug dealer whose car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: independent film
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A Sudden Loss of Gravity (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three generations of small town rebel-rebels crash into each other and burn in Todd Verow's new film, A Sudden Loss of Gravity. The small town of Bangor Maine is finally entering the 80's with a pile-up of new wave proportions. Based on true stories of the Northeastern town.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dadetown (1995)
Plot Summary:
Interviews in the Michael Moore/"Roger and Me" tradition examine life in small-town America, class conflicts and the collapse of an upstate New York community, Dadetown, when the town's once-prosperous factory, reduced to the manufacture of paper clips and staples, finally closes. Facing massive unemployment, the blue-collar Dadetown residents next find yuppies moving into town to staff the local division of a big computer outfit.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, inspirational, atmospheric, sexy, clever, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, bad ending, emotional
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Gilded Youth (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story of two girls from a French suburb and their road trip adventures along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Fred Won't Move Out (2012)
Plot Summary:
Fred (Elliott Gould) lives with his Alzheimers' struggling wife, Susan in their home of over fifty years. Fred's grown up children try to convince him to move into a care home alongside Susan, however, he does not approve of this idea.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
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Beyond the Known World (2017)
Plot Summary:
Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in search for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama
Country: New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min
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Takiaispallo (1970)
Plot Summary:
Aaro Saarinen is a foreman in the paper mill. The new generation continually questions his authority in both at work and at home.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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Separate Tables (1983)
Plot Summary:
Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician ruined by scandal, and their passion is rekindled. In "Table Number Seven" a meek woman harbors a secret love for a man accused of fraud and sex offenses, forcing her to take a stand for the first time in her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
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Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Plot Summary:
The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to clear the streets of under-age girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight but has had great difficultly escaping her pimp and doesn't even have a place to go. York and Garfield go out on a limb to try and help.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult film
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One Naked Night (1965)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her prostitute mother, a young woman travels to New York City only to find herself in the clutches of lecherous men and deviate women. She tries to avoid the fast nightlife lifestyle, but she finds it more difficult than it sounds.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Redlight Greenlight (2010)
Plot Summary:
After 10 years of toil, a moral, determined and penniless agent trainee is given his only and last opportunity to make agent. Standing in his way; a 24 hour time frame, Hollywood's most amoral, hyper ambitious and successful agent deciding his fate, and his conscience.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Love, Mary (1985)
Plot Summary:
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
Plot Summary:
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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Americana (1981)
Plot Summary:
In a small town in rural Kansas, a troubled veteran attempts to restore an old merry-go-round ride.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Scandal in a Small Town (1988)
Plot Summary:
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
Plot Summary:
15 year old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: controversial, learning, cult film
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Until the Night (2004)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka fashions a stunning film about love and excess. Robert (Norman Reedus) is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance with a married woman, Elizabeth (Kathleen Robertson). In spite of Elizabeth's marital status, Robert falls for her completely -- a commitment that just may blow up in his face, along with the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Sixteen (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hickspoiltation film from the early 1970s ostensibly starring Oscar nominee Mercedes McCambridge, but really more a film looking for an excuse to show off Simone Griffeth's beauty. She plays a daughter of a swamp family. The whole family goes to a carnival where she is seduced by an older male performer, while her teen brother is seduced by an older female performer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Two People (1973)
Plot Summary:
Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if petulant model. The two make an unlikely couple, but once in France the magic of Paris works its charm and these two vulnerable people finally find each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Nest (1980)
Plot Summary:
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. Gregoria (Goyita) the daughter of a weak-willed policeman and his bullying wife, is a budding naturalist who conspires to meet Alejandro. Even though he knows the village is talking, Alejandro spends time with Goyita, on walks, horseback rides, and dinners. He's enchanted and tells his friend the village priest that he's living for the first time. Goyita makes new demands on Alejandro, and he must decide how to be true to his ethics and to this Platonic yet highly-charged relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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Ordinary Angels (2024)
Plot Summary:
A hairdresser single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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Promised a Miracle (1988)
Plot Summary:
True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of religion to treat their diabetic child resulted in his death.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Lightning Bug (2004)
Plot Summary:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the boy's personal demons -- a drunken, abusive stepfather, a group of religious zealots out to destroy his work and the love of a girl who prefers small-town life -- may stand in the way of his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspense, biting
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Model Lust (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Arielle refuses her boyfriend's engagement ring and arrives at the Hollywood home and lust-nest of her beautiful cousin Tracy, she is introduced to the local modeling scene, temperamental photographer Scardino, and handsome, cocky model Lance. Lance arouses Arielle's attention, but international intrigue and espionage worries arise to threaten these cozy affairs, and pretty Arielle must balance her lust-life with national security concerns.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexual, sexy, sexploitation film
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Maryjane (1968)
Plot Summary:
A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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The Mystery of Her (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a near fatal car accident, a popular high school student loses her memory and gets a second chance at a more meaningful life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Fool for Love (1985)
Plot Summary:
A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: retro, grindhouse, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy, independent film
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The Poker House (2008)
Plot Summary:
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, serious, emotional, dark, teen, bleak, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Carny (1980)
Plot Summary:
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: stylized, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, semi serious, light, road movie, atmospheric, sexy, feel good
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Virgin (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, erotic, sincere, serious, contemplative, independent film