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Plot Summary:
Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags:
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District (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young adult learns that some boys in the hood are simply just goods to wealthy men in the area. It's a tale that truly questions how much you value your self-worth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: hood
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A Shepherd of Pure Heart (2005)
Plot Summary:
Evenside Church is an upstanding and venerable institution that has served African-American families in rural Maryland for 200 years. Minister Karl Upton is proud to be its young, up-and-coming assistant pastor. Karl takes the Gospel and his calling very seriously, so when God calls him to reach out to at-risk young people in his community, Karl can't say no. The world of the poor, however, is not nearly as simple as Karl had imagined. As he brings their world into contact with his own, sparks of conflict and controversy ignite into a scandal that threatens his family, his faith, and the integrity of Evenside Church. Trapped in a web of secrets, accusations and temptations, Karl must face the shadows that haunt not only the poor, but his own family and church as well. It is a struggle he seems destined to lose unless his faith in God's greatness can dispel the doubts that have befallen his soul and the good people of Evenside.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sand and Blood (1988)
Plot Summary:
Bullfighting, music, medicine, change, and homoerotic possibilities mix in this study of friendship. Francisco is a bullfighter on his way up, so focused even sex doesn't hold his interest. After a minor road accident, he meets a doctor, Manuel, who attends a bullfight, leaving early, retching. His wife, who is also his partner in a string quartet, worries about him: Manuel has a history of breakdown. Manuel, for his part, hates bullfighting and the memories it brings of Franco's Spain. His harsh views undermine Francisco's focus. He accompanies the young fighter to Spain for an important corrida. Will Francisco succeed? And what becomes of this friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls (1963)
Plot Summary:
Anne and Tom, a married nudist couple, work in a real estate office. When the agency's owner discovers that Tom is a nudist, he fires him. Unfortunately, Tom was just ready to close a big real-estate deal with Al Jenkins. Tom goes to his favorite nudist camp to take his mind off his problems and discovers that Al Jenkins is also a member of the nudist camp. Together they come up with a plan to get Tom's wife and their boss to get to the nudist camp so they can close the deal.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Screentest Girls (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two naive young women, Sue and Linda, arrive in Hollywood seeking acting jobs and meet Mr. Zoltan, a sleazy producer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Big Hair, Long Lashes (2017)
Plot Summary:
The true story of seven 1960's call girls, taken straight from the accounts of a practicing Hollywood sex therapist.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexploitation film
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The Last Passport (2009)
Plot Summary:
THE LAST PASSPORT takes place in a passport office...or so you think. George Miller is a 70 year old man who through a variety of encounters, takes us on a journey through his mysterious past to show us we are not all that different.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Puzzle (2018)
Plot Summary:
Agnes is a woman who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. That begins to change in a quietly dramatic fashion when Agnes receives a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift and experiences the heady thrill of not only doing something she enjoys, but being very, very good at it.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: inspirational, romantic, serious, emotional, realistic, lyrical, indie film
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The Alley Cats (1966)
Plot Summary:
Amid Europe's superwealthy jet set, lovely Leslie (Anne Arthur) feels neglected by her cheating fiancé, Logan (Charlie Hickman). She gets even by pursuing a few dalliances of her own and, in the process, falls for a gorgeous lesbian socialite (Sabrina Koch). Slip on your oversized sunglasses and slide back to the swinging '60s for director Radley Metzger's fab erotic confection, a shocker at the time of its initial release.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, independent film
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Holed-Up (2017)
Plot Summary:
A story of a famous actor named Grahme who witnessed a director assault an actress two years ago. Now Grahme is working with Richard (the very same director), on a new film and this time with Malorie, a new leading lady. Grahme's manager Steve can only try to help Grahme along with his crazy behavior, clueless of the assault but caring for his friend. HOLED-UP is centered around essentially, rape. All while during the making of a fictional film.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, independent film, black and white
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Grandma's House (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's House" gives a compelling insight into how the Executive Producer's life changed when she moved into her Grandmother's home, and their generations became one under the same roof. Chock-full of passion, Faith, and Family, the Film demonstrates the trials and tribulations she faced living with a Grandparent who stood as an inner-city Matriarch and Pillar of Strength to selflessly serve her Family, and surrounding community.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Dream of Garuda (1994)
Plot Summary:
A convicted rapist, Ikuo is released from prison and goes in pursuit of the woman he raped, Mieko. So obsessed is he with revenge he sees her in every woman he meets. After carrying out vicious attacks on a prostitute and a young girl he finally comes face to face with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: pink cinema, sexploitation film
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Duffer (1972)
Plot Summary:
'Duffer' (1971) is a rarely seen cult British movie that has languished in the vaults of the British Film Institute for the best part of forty years until they decided to release it on DVD/BluRay for the first time last month. It's a black and white movie set in a declining Notting Hill with pretty much no dialogue spoken by those taking part in it. Almost everything is spoken as a commentary by Duffer, a lost teenage boy whose life bounces between homosexual and heterosuxual worlds. This movie anticipates David Lynch's 'Eraserhead' by five years.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Life Kills Me (2002)
Plot Summary:
Paul (Sami Bouajila of The Adventures of Felix and The Siege) is a smart, well-educated Frenchman of Arab ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills. He ends up living in a single room, struggling to get by while going on many fruitless job interviews, during which he impresses his potential employers by turning his pizza delivery job into a tall tale about revamping the whole pizza chain. But at some point, they always seem to "see through him." He retreats into the boxing ring. His brother, Daniel (Jalil Lespert of Human Resources) also has trouble finding his place in the world. He spends all his time bodybuilding and takes dangerous drugs to enhance his physique. He dreams of being the next Schwarzenegger, but is forced to settle for a demeaning job at a sex club.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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The Abnormal Female (1969)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist encourages his female patients to tell him their sexual problems, each as each relates her particular case, we see it in flashback.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Submission (1969)
Plot Summary:
A psycho sex-fiend keeps his infantile girlfriend Vicky in Submission with candy bars, toys and, yes, hot wax. But when they plan on killing a wealthy lesbian, Vicky discovers she likes a woman's touch and plans a nasty surprise for her boneheaded boyfriend!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags:
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Return of the Secret Society (1968)
Plot Summary:
Babette and her sexual exploits, narrating her Emmanuelle-style lustful encounters in the big city. Babette needs cash, contacts a photographer, and enters a new society where she satisfies her carnal desires. Soon, as her lesbian awakening flourishes, Babette will meet the "daughters of lesbos" and the rest is history.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mandingo Sex Addict (2015)
Plot Summary:
A man tries to earn the trust of the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: erotic drama, enigmatic, crying, independent film, black comedy, exotic, cult film
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Another Day, Another Man (1966)
Plot Summary:
A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, unable to find a job and with bills piling up, runs into a seedy pimp who suggests a way she may be able to make a lot of money in a short time.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, sexploitation film, cult film
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One Shocking Moment (1965)
Plot Summary:
Hunky businessman Cliff and his sweet wife Mindy move from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Los Angeles, California. They take up residence in an apartment complex where several lovely young ladies also live.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: independent film, weird, cult film
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Too Much Too Often! (1968)
Plot Summary:
When swaggering and conceited teddy boy Mike (played by fleshy-faced BUCK STARR) isn’t combing his wavy hair in a stance reminiscent of The Fonz, he’s latching onto each and every female who crosses his slimy path. The guy is bad news and has everybody fooled, except Mr. Dite (rotund BOB ORAN), an advertising executive and recent recipient of Mike’s services as a whip-wielding sadist. Taking advantage of the weak-willed masochist, Mike blackmails Dite into giving him a cushy job, then takes advantage of his new position by stealing Dite’s clients, seducing Dite’s elegant daughter, Sara (JOANNE CUNNINGHAM), and climbing his way up the social ladder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Starlet (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two seedy producers work to make a star out of a former stag-film actress while an aging rival conspires to ruin her.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006)
Plot Summary:
As NBC's hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" proves a long-running hit for a network desperately in need of one, its young stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato face all sorts of trouble off-camera. Gary battles with his parents over the management of his salary, Todd runs into trouble with the law countless times, and Dana's career after the show meets with despair and tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sitcom
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who was dismissed from the Air Force for being gay and the story of his fight to be reinstated.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political
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The Mattachine Family (2023)
Plot Summary:
While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Boys Briefs 5 (2008)
Plot Summary:
The successful short film compilation series continues with six outstanding films focused on school and college-age youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, independent film
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Bodybuilder (2014)
Plot Summary:
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men haven't seen each other for several years.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, psychological, tense
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Fixing Frank (2002)
Plot Summary:
Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds reprehensible. Frank quickly comes clean with Apsey but continues to meet with him under the pretense of interviewing him, but finds himself questioning himself, Jonathan and their six-year relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: queer cinema, cult film
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, political, poignant, cult classic, independent film
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Vixen! (1968)
Plot Summary:
Vixen lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists, she gets it on with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. She is openly racist, and she makes it clear that she won't do the wild thing with her brother's biker friend, who is black.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, independent film, offbeat, serious, realistic, sexual, cult film