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Plot Summary:
An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new country, he finds himself dealing with dictators and revolutionaries during a time of intense political upheaval, and to complicate his life further, he begins an affair with his new employer's wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Away (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gay secondary school-boy runs away after principal embarrasses him in front of school.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: experimental, independent film, cult film
Similar in 79%
Secret Access (1988)
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: minimal cast
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The American (1998)
Plot Summary:
After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get past the Paris nightlife. After an affair with a haughty painter, he falls in love with the daughter of the late marquis de Bellegarde. She was married off and traumatized by her abusive late husband for the family's sake. Her elder brother supports their ruthless mother, but junior Valentin is besotted with the artist and strikes a partnership with Christopher.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad, independent film, period drama
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Little Mother (1973)
Plot Summary:
Marina Pinares, the wife of the president of a South American country, insists on being his vice-presidential running mate in the next election. She's no stranger to assassination to get what she wants, so some suspect she'll kill her own husband after the election to become president. In a series of flashbacks we see her rise to power: a party girl willing to sacrifice a friend's virtue to gain favor; the lover of a soldier she later tortures; the mistress of the military man she soon marries.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse
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Glass Houses (1972)
Plot Summary:
The film's plot centres around the libidinous sexual shenanigans of a middle-class Californian family, and deftly explores themes such as marital discord, middle age, adultery, and incestuous desire.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Other People's Children (2015)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker, reeling from the death of her famous father, falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man who becomes the subject of her latest documentary and her new love interest.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy
Similar in 81%
The Bitch (1979)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, independent film, cult film
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Other Men's Wives (1996)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Eddie writes children's books for a living. and he's very successful at it , but he's OBSESSED with women, and so little time is life's dilemma for him. Needless to say this leads to numerous close calls with jealous husbands and tight squeezes with flirtatious, unsatisfied wives.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Heartbreaker (1983)
Plot Summary:
Car clubs in East LA provide the background for gang rivalry and a blossoming romance between Beto (Fernando Allende in his first English-speaking role) and the blonde newcomer to the neighborhood, Kim (Dawn Dunlap).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, intercultural, inter cultural
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All the Good Ones Are Married (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ben Gold gets the break of his life as aspiring author, but must stay home with his kids, Luke and Madison, to make his 5 months deadline. His feminist wife, workaholic fashion executive Alex, selfishly decides to take in promising rebel designer Zoe Miller, who left her boyfriend Trey. The teenager soon wins the family's hearts. Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hollywood's Hidden Lives (2001)
Plot Summary:
Frank and Stephanie are rich Hollywood producers, so bored with their contemporary relationship that they take to spying on their guests via high-tech surveillance equipment. David and Madeline, on the other hand, are still struggling for their first big breaks. He's a screenwriter and she's an actress, which comes in handy when it comes to convincing Frank and Stephanie to let them use their guesthouse. You see, their relationship is entirely fictitious - designed to help them find decent accommodations while honing their crafts. The truth is they really can't stand each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Temptations (1999)
Plot Summary:
Beverly and Claire are two sisters who try to push through their parents' farm with the help of her husband, her boyfriend and a cowboy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexploitation film
Similar in 76%
Orpheus Descending (1990)
Plot Summary:
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: southern gothic
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The Trout (1982)
Plot Summary:
The sexual and social dysfunctional behaviour of the corporate elite are further aggravated when a naive married woman becomes the obsession of two wealthy suitors.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, clever, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, sexual, art deco
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The World Is Full Of Married Men (1979)
Plot Summary:
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Forever Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
When workaholic reality TV producer Sophie starts working on a holiday-season show about Will, a wildly sexy guy who celebrates Christmas every day of the year, she finds herself falling for her mysterious, unlikely new star, renewing her long-lost faith in Xmas in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, light, captivating, realistic
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Summer Affair (1971)
Plot Summary:
A very young Ornella Muti plays a rich girl who falls for an older hippie boy. Her parents don't approve and try to stop her from seeing him so they run away to a villa (Her parents') by the sea. Later they are shipwrecked on a deserted island. The plot focuses on the efforts of the police to figure out where the girl is, which is set against the developing relationship between the two young people.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, ambiguous ending, freeze frame
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Sinful Temptations (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this steamy erotic thriller, Nicole is a woman whose significant other Brad wants her to stay home and take care of the house. But Nicole soon grows bored with this routine, and begins taking assignments as a nude model for men's magazines. Nicole is soon lured into a number of sexual liaisons with models and photographers she's been working with, and her relationship with Brad is strained to the breaking point. But things become even more difficult when a photographer Nicole had worked with turns up murdered, and Nicole has reason to believe she may be next in line. Sinful Temptations stars Mia, Marie West, Tom Fry, and Richard Moses.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy, sexual, sexploitation film
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Swann in Love (1984)
Plot Summary:
Swann (Jeremy Irons), an eligible bachelor in the best circles of fin-de-siècle Paris, has also some more vulgar but rich friends, the Verdurins. Through them he meets Odette (Ornella Muti), a courtesan, with whom he falls hopelessly in love. She seems to enjoy his company, for which he pays, but considers herself free to socialise and sleep where she pleases, particularly with a rival called de Forcheville. Swann’s passion turns to consuming jealousy, which leads him eventually to accept the social stigma of marrying her. One old friend, the overtly gay Charlus (Alain Delon), stays sympathetic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual, neurotic, sexy, period drama
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The Boost (1988)
Plot Summary:
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed "boost". What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries to regain control of his life, all the while needing that extra "boost".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, independent film, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, neo noir, psychological, depressing, unusual plot structure
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Animal Attraction: Carnal Desires (1999)
Plot Summary:
When business becomes pleasure at a massage parlor, someone has to lose.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, sexual, hot, sexploitation film
Similar in 79%
The Mistress Club (2000)
Plot Summary:
When three women get cheated on by their husbands they decide to get even and open up The Mistress Club, where seduction is the name of the game and forbidden sex is the natural outcome.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy
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The Affair (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young woman named Jennifer is propositioned by an older woman to have sex with her husband for money. Jennifer has trouble with this decision as it is morally wrong to her but she really needs the money to help her fiancee out of debt so they can get married. There may be more to the situation than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, independent film, eros
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Never Forever (2007)
Plot Summary:
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: erotic, emotional, realistic, psychological, serious, romantic, sensual, gloomy, sexual, independent film
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A Night in Heaven (1983)
Plot Summary:
Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sensual, erotic, sexy, sex comedy, cult classic, independent film, sentimental, emotional, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 88%
The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
Plot Summary:
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: witty, melancholic, clever, touching, sexy, entertaining, independent film, art house, humorous, realistic
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28 Hotel Rooms (2012)
Plot Summary:
While traveling for work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she’s married, and he’s seeing someone, their intense attraction turns a one-night stand into an unexpected relationship and a respite from the obligations of daily life. Through a series of moments – some profound, some silly, some intensely intimate – we see a portrait of an evolving relationship that could become the most significant one of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, touching, captivating, sensual, romantic drama, sexual, minimal cast
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Lake Consequence (1993)
Plot Summary:
Irene, a thirty-something housewife with a successfull husband and a young son, has her life thrown in a spin when she becomes attracted to Billy, a member of a landscape crew outside her house. When Irene's husband and son leave for a weekend fishing trip, Irene wanting to see Billy, gets locked in the back of his trailer and ends up at remote Lake Consequence with Billy and his girlfriend Grace where they take Irene on a trip into the nearby town to a Chinese New Year Festival, and through a series of adventures they bring out the repressed sexual needs Irene has been holding inside for a long time.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexual, sexy, retro, serious, realistic
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Indecent Proposal (1993)
Plot Summary:
Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sexy, sexual, emotional, psychological, romantic, thought provoking, suspense, sensual, sentimental, serious
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One Night Stand (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, melancholic, light, intense, touching, serious, realistic, erotic, clever, romantic