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Plot Summary:
An independent career woman who wants a family without a husband and a man who has no interest in a family of his own, one day go through something unexpected and become a family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Apricot Groves (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aram, the Iranian Armenian youth who has immigrated to the US in childhood returns to Armenia for the first time to propose to an Armenian girlfriend Aram met and lived with in the US. Aram sees many cultural, religious, and national differences on the one day trip, but harder obstacles are ahead.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Armenia, Iran
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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All Kinds of Daughters-in-Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hwang Eun Byul, a ghostwriter for a publishing company, and Hwang Geum Byul, a leader for the PR department at a fashion company, are fraternal twin sisters, but their mother has always favored Geum Byul. The sisters end up marrying into rivaling families, and the story follows them as they try to work through their conflicts with communication and a positive attitude.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Behadd (2013)
Plot Summary:
"Behadd" reflects upon the relationship dynamics of a 'Parent' and a 'Child', and shows how their love for one another becomes the cause of their heartache and the reflection of 'selflessness' verses 'selfishness' in Love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, disturbing
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Felix and Lola (2001)
Plot Summary:
Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola. Félix soon discovers that Lola is running away from her former boyfriend, a singer who continues to taunt her. Lola asks Félix to prove his love for her by murdering a man he does not know.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Case of Unfaithful Klara (2009)
Plot Summary:
In contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an unusual Venice.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Midnight Bus (2017)
Plot Summary:
Middle-aged Riichi Takamiya drives the midnight bus between Tokyo and snow-swept Niigata, where he lives. Just as the relationship with his younger girlfriend is about to bloom, his emotionally desperate ex-wife suddenly reappears.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, manga
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Colors of Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Square Pegs (2002)
Plot Summary:
Square Pegs was a Hong Kong television series 2003. The program's title is an abbreviated reference to the English idiomatic phrase "square peg in a round hole." The series was the runaway success of 2003, commanding a viewership of 3.5 million or roughly half of Hong Kong's population during the last week of its broadcast, and breaking TVB's ten-year ratings record. It also went on to win four awards for its two lead actors in the TVB 36th Anniversary Awards, and made both Roger Kwok and Jessica Hsuan household names in the territory.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Battlecreek (2017)
Plot Summary:
Henry is a loner and a night owl. His rare skin disease has kept him under the close watch of his fiery mother, who has sheltered him his entire life. One night, a young woman's car breaks down and Henry's life will change forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Dwelling Narrowness (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dwelling Narrowness (Chinese: 蜗居; pinyin: Wōjū), also known literally as Snail House, was a 2009 television series broadcast in Mainland China, based on a 2007 novel of the same name. It depicts two sisters struggling with life in Jiangzhou, a fictional city that strongly resembles present-day Shanghai. The Chinese name is a figure of speech meaning "humble abode".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Goodbye to Goodbye (2018)
Plot Summary:
Young-Hee lives alone at an apartment. She has separated from her pilot husband Sang-Jin, because he had an affair. Meanwhile, Jung-Hyo is pregnant, but her boyfriend wants her to have an abortion. Jung-Hyo goes to Young-Hee’s apartment and tells her she will stay there until she gives birth. Young-Hee is her boyfriend's mother. Living together, Young-Hee and Jung-Hyo fight with each other, but also come to understand each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, gloomy
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Second Avenue (2007)
Plot Summary:
Andra Avenyn was a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT and broadcast from 2007 to 2010.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera
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Kumbalangi Nights (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of four brothers living in the fishing hamlet of Kumbalangi when Saji, Boney and Franky decide to help Bobby stand by his love.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, philosophical, feel good
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Two Mothers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends. And their lust for each one's opponent mothers. Junhyeong and Daejin are best friends. One day Daejin’s mom visits Junhyeong who is heartbroken when he was disappointed in love. She suggests that she will teach him sex and make him a real man. Unlike Junhyeong, Daejin is popular guy to women. But he long since has fallen in love with Junhyeong’s mom. When Daejin hears Junhyeong’s parents seems to divorce, he decides to start expressing his affection to her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Teraz albo nigdy! (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Rosita (2015)
Plot Summary:
Johannes lives together with his father, the middle-aged widower Ulrik in a small fishing town in the northern part of Denmark. They live a quiet routine life, each minding their separate jobs in the fishing industry. Ulrik misses the love and tenderness of a woman and arranges for the young, beautiful, Filipino Rosita to come to Denmark - just as many other men in the town have done before him. Johannes is reluctantly drawn into this as Ulrik's translator. However, over the following weeks Johannes and Rosita are getting more and more attracted to each other which forces Johannes to take responsibility for his dreams and his future.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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Marriage by Surprise (2016)
Plot Summary:
"Which of us did not love?" The title of the TV-series and also a sign of honor for the legendary turkish singer and actor Müslüm Gürses, who died in 2013. The main plot of the story is of course love. At first Tarik and Itir are the most importantly characters, they married secretly. The reason for the secret marriage was Tariks mother "Adile" and Itirs Father "Münir", which are both widow and widower, and argue with each other for 36 years. But what the children don't know is the past. Adile and Münir did love each other 36 years ago, but becauso of many reasons they married another one, one they never will love so much as they do each other. Tarik and Itir's comeback to the district will provide a astabilisized friendship between the two families.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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You Can't Save Yourself Alone (2015)
Plot Summary:
Gaetano and Delia, a separated couple, try to pick up the pieces of their broken love, recalling all the faults and the mistakes which led them to where they are now.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Snow In Sea Breeze (2015)
Plot Summary:
On a snowy night, little Seon-mi is diagnosed with hemopoietic dysplasia. Years pass and Seon-mi, who has now become an adult, has overcome her pain and is adjusting to the adult world. Having decided to use her talent to become a perfumer, she travels to many different places to collect various scents and spices to help people with their inner pains. She meets Sang-woo at an aquarium and is strongly drawn to his scent which reminds her of her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Memories of Summer (2016)
Plot Summary:
The late 1970s. It's summer in a small provincial town. Twelve-year-old Piotrek has a very strong bond with his mother. While his father is away, his mother starts going out almost every night. Their simple and clear relationship starts to get complicated.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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White Lies (2008)
Plot Summary:
White Lies is a South Korean television series starring Shin Eun-kyung, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Yoo-suk, Kim Tae-hyun and Im Ji-eun. The morning daily drama aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 7:50 a.m. from December 1, 2008 to July 10, 2009 for 159 episodes. White Lies recorded ratings of over 20% — unusually popular for a morning show. It was also shortlisted for Best Telenovela at the International Emmys.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hanging Garden (2005)
Plot Summary:
On the surface, the Kyobashis appear to be a happy family. Despite a family agreement that they are all open with each other, the entire household knows the opposite is true.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere, poignant
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The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Hughes finds that marriage the second time around is far from idyllic when the ex wife and her children return to manipulate her husband Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
Plot Summary:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Breadcrumbs (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Liliana decides to return to Uruguay she will have to face up to a new dilemma, perhaps the last great dilemma of her life: To choose between supporting a collective case for female prisoners, raped during the time of the dictatorship, or to reconcile with her son and be able to live peacefully as a mother and a grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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My Friend's Mom (2016)
Plot Summary:
After her mother dies, Young-jae visits her older sister's house, who took care of herself like her, and reunites with her sister, Soon-ae. She is incredibly greedy and charming. With the provocation of Soon-ae, the two develop into a secret relationship. One day when she was having a hot night with her mature lead, her daughter got stuck between the two ... A young and sexy daughter, a seasoned and mature mother, and a man wandering between mother and daughter. An unprecedented triangular romance between the three begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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Closer to Heaven (2009)
Plot Summary:
A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall in love and hope for a cure that can keep him alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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A Pharisee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seung-gi has been living under a strict father, blaming himself everytime when a natural but uncontrollable desire surges from inside of him. However, because he can't spurt that desire in reality, every night Seung-gi shares passionate love with a mystery woman in his dreams. He meets Eun-ji ("Viki") a senior from school and gets provoked by her as well as Soo-jeong who he's had a crush on forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy, erotic
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Classic Again (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a love triangle that miraculously mirrors her mother's romance years ago, a young woman let's her heart lead.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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365 Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film tracks a hasty marriage through its first 365 days.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing