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Plot Summary:
A veteran civil servant and bureaucratic cog in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWII, Williams expertly pushes paperwork around a government office only to reckon with his existence when he’s diagnosed with a fatal illness.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, Sweden
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: existential, visually stunning, period piece, independent film, period drama
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Infinity (1992)
Plot Summary:
To dispel his obsession with death, Prokhorov decides to travel, with no luggage and no destination. He finds himself in the little town where he grew up, but finds no solace there because he has to face death.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 206 min
Plot tags: existential
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The Shadow Box (1980)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death. Adapted for television from the award-winning play by Michael Cristofer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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So Long, My Son (2019)
Plot Summary:
The changes in Chinese society from the 1950s to the '80s, as experienced by two families.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: sexy, social, independent film, non-linear
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The Bookshop (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in an small English town in 1959, the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Spain, Germany, France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, intellectual, slasher, art house, period piece, costume drama, novela
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Our Struggles (2018)
Plot Summary:
While Olivier, a 39 year-old foreman gives his job everything he’s got, Laura, his wife and the mother of their two children, abandons the family home, leaving Olivier alone to face his responsibilities. Lost and completely thrown, Olivier is going to have to come to terms with his new status as a single father raising his children alone. Because Laura’s not coming back.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Diane (2018)
Plot Summary:
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, captivating, melancholic, existential, cult classic
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River Made to Drown In (1997)
Plot Summary:
Allen, a struggling young artist who once survived by working in the streets, is now involved with Eva, a wealthy Los Angeles gallery owner. Quite by surprise Allen receives a visit from an old john, Thaddeus, who is dying from aids and has come to spend his last days somewhere humble ans spare. Allen reluctantly takes him in, straining his relationship with Eva, who slowly discovers the truth about their past. When Thaddeus implores Allen to find Jamie, a young hustler he had once tried to rescue, Allen returns to the streets where he must choose between what he left behind and the uncertainty that lies ahead. Written by Alie Heidema.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, weeping, queer cinema
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Hope Gap (2019)
Plot Summary:
A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Red Beard (1965)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: black and white, cerebral, emotional, realistic, touching, existential, philosophical, psychedelic, spiritual, epic
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Julia (1977)
Plot Summary:
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: factual, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, political, touching, visually stunning, historical drama, serious, contemplative
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Tony Takitani (2004)
Plot Summary:
Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. Being alone was normal since his mother died young and his father was always away with his jazz band. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed they lack feeling. Used to being self-sufficient, Tony seems to find emotions illogical and immature. After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated by Eiko, a client who in turn is fascinated by high end fashion. Eiko is like an angel in Tony's daily existence, and for the first time in his life, he feels connected to the outside world. However, Eiko does have one fault: she's a clothing shopaholic. Eventually he marries her, and his life changes. He feels vibrantly alive and for the first time he understands and fears loneliness. But her obsession with designer clothes begins to worry him. When he asks her to economize, the consequences are tragic.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, psychological, sincere, realistic, depressing, sad, art house, existential
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Innocence (2000)
Plot Summary:
After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her first husband, John. Andreas and Claire find that the connection they shared when they were young is still there and they soon become involved in a rekindled love affair.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, Belgium
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, touching, emotional, romantic drama, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, erotic
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Day Zero (2007)
Plot Summary:
The military draft is back. Three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor. If called to serve, what would you do?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, sincere, serious, rough, realistic, contemplative, crying
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Blackbird (2019)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, disturbing, touching, heartbreaking, compassionate, deep, cult classic
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Columbus (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, sentimental, philosophical, sweet, experimental, artsy, independent film
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Vanity Fair (2004)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, emotional, melancholic, stylized, serious, realistic, romantic, witty, satirical
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Maborosi (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning in a lonely world.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: art house, atmospheric, contemplative, slow cinema, retro, aesthetic, psychological, serious, realistic, light
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Plot Summary:
It's about a five member family. The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family. The mother is at home, she tries to hold together the family, while Mr. Bridge works as a lawyer. The children have just grown up, and the complications are derived from that they have a more modern view of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: talky, melancholic, sentimental, realistic, family saga, touching, gloomy, semi serious, crying, independent film
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After the Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Norway
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, melancholic, light, serious, contemplative, thought provoking, existential
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Pure (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, crying, independent film, iconic
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Rhapsody in August (1991)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: emotional, melancholic, lyrical, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, serious, talky, philosophical, meditative
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Redwood Highway (2013)
Plot Summary:
Marie, a reluctant resident of a retirement community in Southern Oregon, decides to walk 80 miles down the Redwood Highway to see the ocean for the first time in 45 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic, independent film, detective
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Last Orders (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, talky, atmospheric, sincere, serious, emotional, contemplative, road movie
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Cries & Whispers (1972)
Plot Summary:
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The self-loathing, suicidal Karin seems to regard her sister with revulsion. Only Anna, the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, depressing, psychological, serious, bleak, surreal, disturbing, art house, cerebral
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Departures (2008)
Plot Summary:
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: sad, philosophical, psychological, touching, thought provoking, inspirational, atmospheric, emotional, contemplative, sentimental
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An American Rhapsody (2001)
Plot Summary:
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, melancholic, heartbreaking, stylized, sincere, realistic, contemplative, serious
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The Great Beauty (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: philosophical, art house, visually stunning, stylized, breathtaking, visually appealing, visual, absurd, cerebral, talky
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Life as a House (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, sad, inspirational, tear jerker, realistic, feel good, captivating
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My Life (1993)
Plot Summary:
It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time to see his first child's birth. To cleanse himself of demons in his remaining days, Bob makes a video diary, hoping to pass along some wisdom to his future child. Along the way, he discovers a lot about himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, melancholic, sincere, sentimental, depressing, compassionate, philosophical
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An Education (2009)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, period piece, costume drama, romantic, feel good, talky, stylized, offbeat, indie film, sexy