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Plot Summary:
A widower from Bankhead, Russell Savage, is diligently running to become the youngest Mayor in the history of Atlanta. His opponent is August King, the man who has raised Russell and his brother as his own since they were kids. But when the beautiful Avery Long joins the campaign, Russell finds himself fighting to sustain everything he's worked for including his campaign for Mayor, and his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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The Restless (1967)
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One night, after disastrous road accident, the eyewitnesses were claiming that they saw a woman behind the steering wheel. It was actually three teenagers who stole Peugeot 404 to drive around for fun, but the girl who hitch-hiked them left the car in the middle of highway. They have been chased by the police and crashed fatally. The police continues their intense search to find the fourth person.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Plot Summary:
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: detective
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Ride (2018)
Plot Summary:
One Sunday in May, at home with Carolina, the hours are counted. The following Monday will have to publicly adhere to the collective emotion that overwhelmed a small community on the sea, a few kilometers from the capital. Mauro Secondari left, a young worker who fell in the factory where at least three generations passed through. And since it happened, Carolina, her partner, has remained alone, with a ten-year-old son, and with an immense effort to sink into despair over the loss of the love of his life. Why can not he cry? Why does not he go crazy with pain? Seven days have passed by now and nothing seems to have changed for her. Despite his efforts, he can not grasp the right, sacrosanct and necessary to make her feel like a normal person. One day only goes to the funeral and everyone will expect a devastated young widow. Carolina can not and must not disappoint anyone, especially herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
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Detective Didi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Detective Didi serial is based on character name Bunty Sharma, who is also known as Detective Didi. Bunty is a feisty woman, who uses her attention to detail to solve puzzling crimes along with Bhim, who is an honest policeman. Both of them take on serial killers, crime lords, gangsters and all, both employing desperate measures in desperate situations. Detective Didi is a popular Indian television serial Detective and Drama serial, which premiered on December 9, 2017 on Zee TV and produced by Trilogy Krikos Production. The serial is starring Manish Goplani and Sonia Balani in lead roles. Detective Didi is directed by Vikram Ghai and Mohit Jha, and the written by Ila Bedi Dutta, Sanjay Kumar, Malavika Asthana, and Styam K. Tripathi.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 40 min
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Trophy Wife (2022)
Plot Summary:
Follows Toni, who has a complete breakdown and ends up in a mental facility after the unexpected news that his husband was murdered, and even her was a suspect. She must now fight to clear her name and figure out who betrayed her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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The Preacher's Son (2017)
Plot Summary:
When the romantic secrets of his family members become public, the career and community standing of a respected bishop are threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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Handcuffs (1970)
Plot Summary:
Yugoslavia, 1948, the year of Inform Bureau's resolution and Tito's break-up with Stalin. The story takes place during a wedding in the Dalmatian inland in Croatia. Ante marries a much younger woman, Visnja; the groom's godfather is Andrija, the partisan war hero born in this very village, and a member of the new Communist political establishment. Two members of the Yugoslav State Security crash the traditional wedding ceremony. In the growing atmosphere of fear nobody knows who will be arrested.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Destiny Road (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows three different people and the curve balls that life throws at them. In the end they are all brought together by one common Destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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A Family On Edge (2013)
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"A Family On Edge" is about two brothers, Michael and Gabriel Bonds, who were thick as thieves growing up in Atlanta who protected each other by any means necessary.When a fatal mistake separates the siblings, their rock-solid relationship is forever changed. Shocking secrets from past and present create intensifying tension between the brothers who find themselves faced with a perilous choice, resulting in A Family On Edge. This highly realistic urban drama is layered with unpredictable twists and turns that appeal to an intergenerational audience. This is a must see for those love suspense, drama and action.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
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Black Starlet (1974)
Plot Summary:
Girl leaves Gary, Indiana, to become a star in Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Reefa (2021)
Plot Summary:
Reefa Hernandez Jr, an 18-year-old Colombian immigrant and talented artist spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Frankie before moving to New York City on an art scholarship.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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And Then There Was You (2013)
Plot Summary:
Newly divorced Natalie, who’s soured on relationships, meets a new man who challenges the boundaries of her trust and her ability to fall in love again.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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The Key Is in the Door (1978)
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Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian notions about friendship with her students and leaves her door open to them. One of her protégés is found beaten up just outside her door, and an emergency physician comes by to treat her. When her daughter starts seeing someone she doesn't much like, and she begins having a brief affair (her first since the divorce) with the ER doctor, she begins to reconsider her policy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Cru (2014)
Plot Summary:
A tight knit group of young high school athletes have a terrible crash after winning the state championship -- a catastrophe that will shape all their lives. But as adults, some 15 years later, they come together again for a reunion that will open olds wounds, expose long-hidden secrets -- and pave the road to forgiveness and redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Badge of the Assassin (1985)
Plot Summary:
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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The Branches (2016)
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A melodic, emotional exploration of one family falling apart in a sleepy Midwestern city, The Branches follows Claire (Kelly Brumbach) as she attempts to reconnect with the hometown life she left behind.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min
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Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2021)
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Gabrielle seems to have it all - a devoted husband, a beautiful daughter, and a successful career in public relations. However, she soon stands to lose everything when she meets Keisha, her devious half sister who wants everything Gabrielle has.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder (2023)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to reunite with his daughter after a period of absence, a father takes her on a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along the way they encounter some interesting characters and obstacles while sorting out their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Part 2, Sounder (1976)
Plot Summary:
Poor black sharecroppers band together to build a school for their children.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Grandma's House (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's House" gives a compelling insight into how the Executive Producer's life changed when she moved into her Grandmother's home, and their generations became one under the same roof. Chock-full of passion, Faith, and Family, the Film demonstrates the trials and tribulations she faced living with a Grandparent who stood as an inner-city Matriarch and Pillar of Strength to selflessly serve her Family, and surrounding community.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Bus Is Coming (1971)
Plot Summary:
A young black soldier returns home to Los Angeles from combat in Vietnam to find out that his brother had been killed by a gang of racist cops. Angered, he joins a black nationalist group to take his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: black cinema
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Down with the King (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sent to the Berkshires to focus on his next album, disillusioned rap star Money Merc abruptly announces his retirement on Twitter. After Merc's announcement, his manager rushes to the countryside to lure him back into the music industry.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981)
Plot Summary:
With the support of her parents (Sharon Gless & Frank Converse), an Arizona adolescent (Helen Hunt) overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
Plot Summary:
The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Slaves (1969)
Plot Summary:
A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)
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With the land to hold them together, nothing can tear the Logans apart. Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black- to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride- no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, political, poignant, cult classic, independent film
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Secrets (2017)
Plot Summary:
Secrets: Tarron is a successful, married businessman who risks losing it all when a sexy new hire comes to his company. As his wife struggles to keep her family together by all means necessary, Tarron’s world is tested and shaken to its core.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Anne B. Real (2003)
Plot Summary:
ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Black or White (2014)
Plot Summary:
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: touching, compassionate, sincere, thought provoking, happy, colorful, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film