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Plot Summary:
A young army veteran suffering from PTSD returns home to the Ozarks to look for her estranged brother. She finds an abandoned young boy in the woods. As she searches for answers about who the child is, she discovers a mysterious world of folklore, clan rules and lies, ultimately putting her own life in jeopardy to protect the young boy and find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Alias Maria (2015)
Plot Summary:
A vision of Colombia's inhuman armed conflict, seen through the eyes of a young - and pregnant - girl soldier.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Colombia, Argentina, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, rough, unusual plot structure
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Joan the Pope (2016)
Plot Summary:
The journey of young Jeanne through mountains and faith, from the lonely forests to the plains of Rome.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: picaresque
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Dark Purpose (1964)
Plot Summary:
An American woman in Italy falls in love with a man, unaware that he has an insane wife hidden in the attic.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min
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Sheroes (2023)
Plot Summary:
When four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand, they quickly find themselves in over their heads. Fighting to stay alive, they employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a heart-pumping battle for survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
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The Watcher Self (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Watcher Self is an unsettling psychosexual chiller written and directed by Matt Cruse about one woman's descent into hell. Cora (Karen French) begins her day facing the consequences of a nightmare. Struggling to maintain a normal routine, she engages in a series of emotionally detached encounters and experiences a confusing psychological connection with the strange and elusive Van (Julian Shaw). Then echoes from the past threaten to derail her tenuous state of mind, and Cora becomes increasingly dislocated from her surroundings. Is she going insane, or is it something else? The Watcher Self is about what remains when the layers of sanity are gradually stripped away... and what may or may not be real.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Outside the Box (2015)
Plot Summary:
Frederick Schopner, a young management consultant, has been invited to participate in a special kind of team-building event. He and his colleagues will be chased across an outdoor obstacle course while being assessed on leadership qualities and their capacity for teamwork via video surveillance. Special highlight: the company has hired two over-the-hill actors to kidnap the consultants with unloaded weapons, keep them hostage, and to demand a high ransom from the company. A realistic role play with fun factor! But things don't go according to plan: the actors find the make-believe scenario so convincing that they decide to put the plan into action for real, using real weapons. Meanwhile, Human Resources manager Vanessa is observing what's happening via video surveillance and has to find a way to keep the hostage situation from escalating….
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
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Jikirag (2022)
Plot Summary:
A pagan village, founded on the bones of both innocent and foul, is deeply rooted within the heart of an ancient Eden. When a balance of flesh and soil decays, the last surviving village elder battles madness and the macabre to save her people from not only themselves, but the monstrous judgement that burrows up from below.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
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Size Zero (2015)
Plot Summary:
An overweight, young woman, who finds it hard to land a husband, learns to accept her 'Size Sexy' figure and leads an awareness campaign against a dubious slimness centre.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Te presento a Laura (2010)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of 23-year-old Laura who lives in the largest city in the world and yet feels alone. She also knows the exact date in which she'll die: April 30. What Laura doesn't know is what she'll do from now till then, and thus she enrolls in a group of optimists, which she finds pathetic but fun. In that group she writes a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies, some that mean a lot and some that are a lot of fun. The first thing on her list is to save a life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Stopover (2016)
Plot Summary:
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, among tourists. But it's not that easy to forget the war and leave the violence behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sincere, touching
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Ikingut (2000)
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In the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an evil spirit by his looks. He saves a young boy from an avalanche and they become friends. The young Icelandic boy has to fight for his friends existence against the ignorant villagers, who want him imprisoned or even killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Once Upon a Crime (2023)
Plot Summary:
While at the royal ball with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood finds herself in the middle of a mystery. Can she solve the case before midnight strikes?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, detective
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Lost Child (2017)
Plot Summary:
An army veteran who returns home to the Ozarks finds an abandoned young boy in the woods, and as she searches for clues to the boy's identity, discovers the local folklore about a spirit, which comes in the form of a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspense, suspenseful, southern gothic
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Deadly Delusion (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hoping for a fresh start, Julia moves to Los Angeles with her boyfriend. After settling into a fancy new home, it seems her demons have come back to haunt her when mysterious things begin to happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Trump Prophecy (2018)
Plot Summary:
The true story about fireman and public servant Mark Taylor who heard a special message from God about change in our nation. When Mary Colbert, a networker and connector of Christian ministries, heard Mark's message she felt called to start a national prayer movement which grew to thousands of people across our nation praying together for the leadership of America and a return to the Godly principles we were founded upon. The Trump Prophecy tells the story of Mark Taylor and Mary Colbert through the election of 2016 followed by a reflective time hearing from leaders in various sectors of faith, business, finance, military, and world affairs who respond with their perspective on what it takes to make America great again.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: biblical, christian film, independent film
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Darling Nikki (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nikki is a carefree, fun-loving girl, juggling the men in her life, in her quest for the ultimate love. She soon falls into a fantasy world where she is no longer able to distinguish her real life with her "secret" one.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, surreal
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With the Wind (2018)
Plot Summary:
An isolated farm in a remote part of the Jura region: this is where Pauline and Alex are living in complete self-sufficient harmony with nature. Their life project is sealed by their love, their ideals and their work. The couple is now ready to take the step towards total independence, and start producing their own electricity. The arrival of Samuel, who comes to install a wind turbine, deeply troubles Pauline, upsetting their relationship and their values.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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Closed Note (2007)
Plot Summary:
Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to the previous tenant. Later that evening Kae starts to read the diary. The writer of the diary is Ibuki Mano, a young lady about to embark on her first year as an elementary school teacher. Ibuki is also in love with a man named Takashi, who may or may not hold similar feelings for Ibuki.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Lady General Hua Mulan (1964)
Plot Summary:
About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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The Brass Teapot (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, absurd, stylized, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, independent film, feel good, scary
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The Princess and the Matchmaker (2018)
Plot Summary:
The film will follow Princess Songhwa, who refuses her fate to marry one of four suitors. While Seo Do-yoon, skilled at interpreting marital harmony signs is selected as the person to ascertain her best match.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Comedy, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, historical romance, sageuk
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Are You Joking? (2014)
Plot Summary:
A New Yorker working as a paralegal searches for a new lease on life before a childhood friend inspires her to take up comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Marry Me, Maribel (2002)
Plot Summary:
Maribel (Natalia Dicenta) is a prostitute working in Madrid in the late fifties. One night he meets Marcelino (Carlos Hipolito), shy and quiet man who falls for her. For Maribel is in principle a client more, but gradually begins to feel attracted to the shy provincial, owner of a chocolate factory in Soria. Pili (Nathalie Seseña), Rufi (Mireia Ros) and Nini (Malena Alterio), the companions of Maribel, truculent by nature suspicious of this relationship and begin to suspect that the provincial could be a murderer. When Maribel Marcelino asks her to marry him, they intervene and away from Marcelino and his "strange family". Adapted from the play "Maribel and the Strange Family" by Miguel Mihura.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Thirty, Single and Fantastic (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ines turns down a marriage proposal in order to focus on her career.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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House of Darkness (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, the supernatural thriller "House of Darkness" recounts the mysterious case of a San Francisco family who claimed that a dark force was responsible for the tragic events that unfolded. Trying to save their struggling marriage Kelly (Sara Fletcher, "Adulthood"), her husband Brian (Gunner Wright, "J. Edgar") and their daughter Sarah (Mykayla Sohn, "The Chosen") move to a rural farmhouse in search of some serenity. Unbeknownst to them, nearly every family that has lived in the house has suffered some form of tragedy, dating back nearly 100 years. Shortly after their arrival, Kelly begins to sense that her husband’s behavior is growing increasingly strange and violent. Kelly also comes to discover the voices she’s hearing echoing through the halls, are not coming from her daughter. Will Kelly and her family be the next victims of the dark forces in the house?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Girl in Woods (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident Grace is lost and alone in the Smoky Mountains. Grace's struggle for survival is made more complicated by her troubled past. Battling the demons in her mind may be the only way to come out alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, grindhouse
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Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night (2023)
Plot Summary:
Suzzanna and her fiancé, Surya, plan to get married soon, but their plans fall apart when Suzzanna has to pay her father's debt, by marrying Raden Aryo, the ruler of the village. On the night of Kliwon Friday, the day Suzzanna gave birth, something terrible happened. Suzzanna's baby was born through her back. Suzzanna's death awakens the terrible Sundel Bolong, who will grip her enemies with fear and take back her child. Can Sundel Bolong protect and get her baby back? And can Suzzanna and Surya be reunited?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags:
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Captors (2020)
Plot Summary:
Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, Alys is soon besieged by strange hallucinations and deadly adversaries and must fight to survive while keeping her sanity intact.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hagazussa (2017)
Plot Summary:
The dark legend of the young woman Albrun and her struggle to preserve her own sanity, and tries to explore the fine line between ancient magic, faith and madness at a time when pagan beliefs in witches and nature spirits spread fear and terror in the minds of the rural population.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: bleak, art house, rough, phantasmagoric, psychological thriller, atmospheric, scenic, creepy, psychological, gothic
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Single in South Beach (2015)
Plot Summary:
Amy, an attractive woman, confuses love with money and becomes a victim of the materialistic lifestyle of South Beach. Her relationship with Nick, a down-to-earth, young architect is great, but Amy has dreams that he can't fulfill and afford. In her search for glamour and a dancing career, Amy meets Sam, an older, married man. Even though Sam provides her with the luxurious lifestyle, she begins to feel a void for love and attention. Unwilling to let go of Sam's financial support, Amy becomes involved in another relationship with Robert, who grows suspicious. Amy soon discovers that life in South Beach, not everything is as good as it looks.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film