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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
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I Hope for You (1992)
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After abandoning her newborn child a woman goes through very difficult times and starts working in a foster house.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 89 min
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Floating Lives (2010)
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Set in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, the film tells a story of Mr. Vo and his children. Vo, enraged by his wife’s infidelity, burns down his house and all his memories of the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 105 min
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Maya (2018)
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The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 107 min
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Dotonbori River (1982)
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A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
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Veneno Cura (2008)
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In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Evdokia (1971)
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A prostitute (Evdokia) meets a sergeant (Yorgos). They fall in love and get married after a short love affair. Her profession, however, is a barrier for their relationship. They try to stay together and overcome their inner conflicts, but the social environment crushes them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, UK
Duration: 97 min
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Children of the Wind (1995)
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The love story that "binds" Magaly and Fernando is not the usual kind. Magaly got to know Fernando who was her lawyer while she languished in a Cuban prison. With his help, she managed to escape. A long time went by before they met again, in the Canary Islands. Now, attracted to each other, they make love for sure but they have also found out they hate each other's guts. Probably because Magaly likes to seduce. Fernando of course, but also a lot of others, men and... women!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min
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L′Abri (2002)
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A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min
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Parachute (2023)
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Riley has recently been discharged from rehab after struggling with food and body image issues. She soon meets Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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Fatima (1997)
Plot Summary:
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Italy
Duration: 104 min
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The Heart Knows the Truth (1992)
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Laila, brought up in a brothel, is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's five star hotel. On day her dying mother informs her that Laila is her adopted child. Laila is aided by Karan in her search for the mother. Her search leads her to Razia, who divulges that eighteen years ago, there were three naughty little girls in her college Barkha, Salma and Raj. They were in love with their boyfriends and one of them delivered a baby girl. Each of the three looked after the baby as if it were her own. The baby was later handed over to Razia. Now all three girls are leading their own lives and have a god standing in society. But Laila is determined to bring them together to seek answers from them and find acceptance at the hands of her real mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
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Too Saved (2007)
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Lisa is a young, Christian woman. Bobby, her boyfriend, however, is a street hoodlum. Lisa prays constantly that Bobby will accept God in his life. She soon gets what she wants, but discovers that Bobby's conversion means that she has to get her life in order as well. As a result, she is forced to resolve not only her relationship with Bobby, but with everyone in her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spiritual, independent film
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Light in the Window (1960)
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 72 min
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Force of Destiny (2015)
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A journey of love and hope, of courage and sacrifice, and one man's miraculous salvation through a life-saving liver transplant. FORCE OF DESTINY is a story of survival inspired by Paul Cox's personal experiences and his recent book Tales From the Cancer Ward.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Journey to Another Town (1980)
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By chance, two middle-aged people met - the telephone operator of the hotel Lina and the chief engineer of the construction department Kirillov, who had arrived on official business from Leningrad in one of the provincial cities of the country. Behind everyone has setbacks in family life. A sincere feeling that brought two lonely people closer together helped to see those around them in a new way. They are already over forty. Both are lonely. Having met by chance and fell in love with each other, they never became happy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 93 min
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The Beautiful Risk (2013)
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William, a respected artist who lost everything after his divorce, arrives in Montreal on a job prospect. When the job falls through he then is saved and forms an erotic friendship and exposes his soul with a young woman named Paulette.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
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Childish Questions (1981)
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A story of an architectural student asking questions on problems during a housing project development. Arrested for parading with a sign asking for a difficult and responsible job, he tells his story to a cellmate.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min
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My Beautiful Man: Eternal (2023)
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As he nears graduation from university, Hira begins working as an assistant to the popular photographer Noguchi. Witnessing a professional job, he gradually distances himself from Kiyoi, not wanting to get in the way of him as he expands his career as an actor. Hira, who can only think "Kiyoi is a god" and a precious being, and Kiyoi, who wants to be an "ordinary" lover on an equal footing with Hira, miss each other little by little.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
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Anatomy of Love (1972)
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A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
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Never Mind the Wall (2001)
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Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a band. They fall in love with each other, but the regime "takes care" of their relationship, meaning: They can not see each other again. Germany 1990: The country is reunited. Nele starts searching their lost love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: eighties
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Riverfront Romance (2021)
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A successful novelist buys her dream home, an old turn-of-the-century home on a beautiful riverfront. However, a young project manager is in charge of building a hydroelectric dam on the river. The novelist has 30 days to change his mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
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Amen (2013)
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Solomon, who belongs to a band, is in love with Soshanna, who hails from an upper class family. The story spells how Solomon manages to win over all the obstacles to marry Soshanna.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, feel good, entertaining
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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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Justine: Seduction of Innocence (1996)
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Justine is kidnapped by Professor Robson's arch nemesis in an attempt to force her to reveal the location of the jeweled "The Eye of God". Can Professor Robson rescue her in time?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Netherlands, Ireland
Duration: 94 min
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An Affair (1998)
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Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten year-old son and a successful architect husband. For Seo-hyun, life is a series of banal routines, but she is well provided with upper class comforts. Her sheltered life is suddenly threatened with the appearance of U-in, her much younger sister's attractive new fiance. U-in approaches Seo-hyun and attraction evolves into a passionate affair. Seo-hyun is aware that falling for the younger man will destroy her and her family, but she cannot help herself and the new feelings that are stirring within.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic
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Chloé (1996)
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After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Then she finds Jean-Michel, a charming young man who will lead her to prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Sun Alley (1999)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: political, sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, controversial, talky, semi serious, surprise ending
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Adam & Evelyn (2018)
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Summer 1989, East Germany. Adam works as a tailor, Evelyn as a waitress. They are planning a vacation together when Evelyn finds out that Adam is cheating on her and decides to leave for the holiday on her own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, melancholic, talky
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Monsoon (1999)
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A man finds his pledge of fidelity put to the test and his disbelief stretched to the breaking point is this romantic drama. Kenneth Blake (Richard Tyson) is joined by his soon-to-be wife Sally Stephens (Jenny McShane) as he takes a well-earned vacation in Goa, a beautiful town on the western coast of India. While in Goa, Kenneth meets Leela (Helen Brodie), a beautiful woman, and he finds himself drawn into an affair. As Kenneth tries to decide if he should throw away his relationship with Sally in favor of Leela, Leela confronts him with some surprising news -- she is convinced they are the reincarnation of two lovers who died together in a double suicide five centuries before.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sensual, erotic, independent film
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Loving (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, explicit, sexy, erotic, touching, disturbing, hispanic