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Plot Summary:
a film by Leroy Salvador.
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Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Philippines
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The Skin of Sorrow (2010)
Plot Summary:
In 19th-century France, a man (Thomas Coumans) magically has his wishes come true but at a price that shortens his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, philosophical, enigmatic, captivating, sad, visually appealing, mystical, psychotronic, awful
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Autohystoria (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mix-mastering history, the paranoid thriller, the documentary and the landscape film, pic tells of very different fates for two sets of brothers in oppressive Philippine settings.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: contemplative, experimental, independent film
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Resurrection (2002)
Plot Summary:
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: mystical, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative
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Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
One day, an angel materializes before Kato's eyes. While the angel seems like an average girl with a passion for gin and lime, she sports a pair of big white wings. Only lonely-hearted people can see her. She may seem ordinary, but this angel touches hearts and transforms lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
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Rappaccini's Daughter (1980)
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Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father's poison garden. However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatrice (Kathleen Beller) masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her. From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another's soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: gothic
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Beder Meye Josna (1989)
Plot Summary:
A love story centered around a community of snake charmers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 157 min
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The Education of Fairies (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man's life is turned upside down after he is abandoned by the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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Cat Funeral (2015)
Plot Summary:
Indie musician Dong-hoon and cartoonist Jae-hee broke up a year ago. The former couple meet again after the death of the cat they owned together, and go on a night's trip to hold a funeral for their pet.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Burning Ghost (2019)
Plot Summary:
Juste wanders the streets of Paris looking for people only he can see. He collects their last memory before helping them into the afterlife. One day Agathe, a young woman, recognizes him. She belongs to his previous life. She is alive and he is a ghost. How will they manage to love each other and seize this second chance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, romantic, bleak, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, urban fantasy
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Priceless Beauty (1988)
Plot Summary:
A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Yesterday Today Tomorrow (2011)
Plot Summary:
It’s a story of people and their secrets that tear them apart...The movie follows a surprising decision that each family member will make in the aftermath of a tragedy… life changing decisions that will either lead them to a future lasting happiness, or one full of despair.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, soap opera, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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The Axiliad (1986)
Plot Summary:
A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Shaakuntalam (2023)
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Shakuntala, daughter of Meneka and Rishi Vishwamitra lives in forest with her teacher, Rishi Kanva. In the forest she meets King Dushyant, falls in love with him and the two get married. After she has their baby (Prince Bharata), Dushyant leaves her in the forest with a promise to come back for her soon. However, due to a sage's curse, Dushyant forgets all about Shakuntala, until destiny brings them together again.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
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Children of the Devil (1989)
Plot Summary:
a film by Mauro Gia Samonte.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
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The Christ of Nanjing (1995)
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Tony Au directed this Hong Kong-Japanese co-production lovingly adapted for the screen by Joyce Chan. Tony Leung stars as Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China and has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jin-hua. Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines, but found happiness with Jin-hua and married her. Unfortunately, he already had a wife in Japan, and this revelation crushed Jin-hua. When Okagawa returned home, leaving Jin-hua behind, she was forced to work as a prostitute, catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition. Meanwhile, Okagawa's guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jin-hua home with him to get medical attention, but the girl is already too far gone for his help.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 99 min
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My Only Love (1982)
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Billy and Cindy are teeners trapped in the conflicted world of their parents. Two children of two marriages gone sour. Young and confused by the whole situation, they try to look for answers, but the whole business of life is not as simple as it seems. Left with no choice but to come to terms with whatever it is that life presents, they rely on each other for emotional support. And in the process, they learn that despite their parents marital woes, much remains in life and love reserved for the two of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Perfect Education: 40 Days of Love (2001)
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A young girl, who lost her father at her early age, is kidnapped by a school teacher. He strips, binds and attempts to rape her. For the next few days she tries to escape but in vain. Later, she becomes used to the life with him. Even when she has a chance to run, she chooses to stay. Slowly, their relationship becomes a creepy half-paternal, half-romantic liaison.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Bear's Kiss (2002)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, atmospheric, stylized, sincere, captivating, sexy, fairy tale, surreal, semi serious
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A Helpless Love Song (2018)
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After experiencing failure in business and his marriage, Mitsutoshi Yashiro (Shinsuke Kato) walks around looking for a place to die. He decides to stop at a red light district shop to have sex for one last time. He meets Hina (Rina Fujisaki) who changes his life. - AsianWiki.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Amazing Elisa (2022)
Plot Summary:
Elisa, a girl of twelve who thinks she's a superhero, lives with her father after her mother's death.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: comic
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Beauty and the Beast (2010)
Plot Summary:
A twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between the beautiful Belle and the feared Beast. As the villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one responsible for the mayhem, Belle and Beast team up to defeat the real killer; the power-hungry witch's malevolent troll.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, sex comedy, fairy tale
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Cinderella (2000)
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Cinderella (named Zezolla) and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, Cinderella must keep her new step-mother from murdering the only family she has left. Add in an anti-social mermaid literally living in a cave, a bored prince with an ear for rock n' roll, and the glamour of the 1950's and one'll find that this story can't grow old.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale
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Once Upon a Time (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bai Qian, a goddess and monarch from the Heavenly Realms, is sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial to become a High Goddess. There, she meets Ye Hua, with whom she falls in love and marries. When an old enemy reappears in her life, everything she holds dear is threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, xianxia, mystical
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A Moment In Time (2013)
Plot Summary:
A painter's new muse becomes his nemesis when he discovers her connection to his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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Porci con le ali (1977)
Plot Summary:
Roma, anni '70. Rocco e Antonia, liceali, si incontrano durante una manifestazione politica organizzata da gruppi extraparlamentari. I due giovani hanno in comune l'età, le idee politiche, l'insoddisfazione verso i propri genitori. Oltretutto, frequentandosi, si accorgono di essersi innamorati. É la scoperta del sesso e della passione. Dopo un po' di tempo, però, il loro rapporto entra in crisi: ciascuno di loro cerca altre esperienze, anche omosessuali. E, sullo sfondo del disorientamento generale, privato e politico, i due decidono di lasciarsi : ognuno riprende il proprio cammino da solo e con le proprie gambe.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: controversial
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Air Doll (2009)
Plot Summary:
An "air doll" suddenly come to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfect for her until something unexpected happens.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: surreal, bleak, serious, touching, humorous, semi serious, art house, contemplative, philosophical, romantic
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Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
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Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful. Seeing a rift developing between Lancelot and Mordred, Arthur urges his knights to bury their differences and become friends. However, the king is unaware that Lancelot is having an affair with his queen, Guinevere. Lancelot is torn between his duty to his king and his love for the queen, whilst Mordred is determined to use his infidelity to destroy him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: arthurian, spiritual, fairy tale, surreal, anthology, serious, realistic, gloomy, gothic, disturbing
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, emotional, teen, gothic, spooky, scenic, fairy tale, feel good
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Emmanuelle's Magic (1993)
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Young Emmanuelle and her friend Coco visit a friend whose sculptor husband is infatuated with one of his plaster creations. Emmanuelle uses her magic to get him interested again, jump starting their love life. Later, Emmanuelle, Coco and Coco's sister, Paula, travel to a wedding in Africa. They miss their plane to Salima and have to travel by boat, where they all vie for the attention of a male passenger. After Paula misses her chance with him, she travels via rowboat to an African tribal village where her desires are fulfilled.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Beastly (2011)
Plot Summary:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the weaker and less attractive. When Kyle invites his misfit classmate Kendra to an environmental rally at their school, she questions his motivations but reluctantly accepts. Later, Kyle blows Kendra off, prompting the spurned goth girl to cast a dark spell on the swaggering egotist.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, touching, sweet, modern fairy tale, teen, captivating, feel good, sentimental, offbeat