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Plot Summary:
A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife. Massage girl Pingguo (Apple) (The stunning Fan Bingbing) lives in a cramped apartment with her bad-tempered window cleaner husband Kun (Tong Dawei), barely eking by on their miniscule pay. When Pingguo gets raped by her boss Lin (Tony Leung) one afternoon, Kun, who is washing the windows of the building, witnesses the act. The enraged Kun tries to get even first by (unsuccessfully) blackmailing Lin, then by sleeping with Lin's wife (Elaine Kam). The relationships get even more tangled when Pingguo discovers she's pregnant. With the paternity of the baby up in the air, Kun, who is eager for money, strikes a deal with Lin, who is eager for a son.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crying, detective
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
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Set in the generation of smartphones and web 2.0, the film follows three troubled young girls who will do anything to escape their stifling lives – even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. The advent of technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of misunderstood youths remain as relevant as they were two decades ago.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, erotic, weird
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Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other. But one day, at a party, Jun confesses that she is seeking a divorce from her husband and this information seems to upset the other three. They follow her trial as she attempts to win her case against her husband’s will.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 77
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Country: China
Duration: 95 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 208
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Duration: 111 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 109 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
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Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, tense
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Plot Summary:
Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's adoption, telling Yun the child died at birth. Ten years later, Yun sings pop songs in a dive, takes the occasional married lover, and lives with her mother, a teacher. The mother tutors a student, Xiao-yong, a lad of ten, who becomes attached to Yun. Yun's mother discovers who the boy's really is and a struggle begins. Should he be told; should Yun reclaim him; does her mother's opinion matter; what about the woman who's raised him? Is there room in a Chinese town for a woman to breathe? Written by.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, bleak, gloomy
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, serious, sentimental, bleak, disturbing, contemplative, gloomy, tragic ending
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
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Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 887
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
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Country: UK, France
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 111
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 41
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 732
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 822
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Country: Germany
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Plot Summary:
"Slice of life" take on life of international porn celebrity, Moon, and her musings on modern life, love and loss.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Italy, West Germany
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A high-school drama teacher struggles to keep her family together after she discovers her husband's sexual addiction.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 389
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Diary of a Sex Addict (2001)
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A restaurant owner leads a double life.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Live Flesh (1997)
Plot Summary:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 33000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 852
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
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