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Plot Summary:
Mater is a film about the struggle between love and law; about social differences and distances that these generate. And about love, that crosses all, allows all: both good and evil.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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Change My Life (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nina is an unemployed actress who has just taken a lethal overdose of tranquilizers. Stumbling though the streets of Paris in a deathly haze, Nina collapses into unconsciousness. Fortunately for Nina, lonely Algerian Sami happened to jog by at just the right time. But as soon as Sami previously appeared, he vanishes back into the blackness of night, leaving the recovered Nina with no one to thank for saving her life. Determined to let her guardian angel know just how thankful she truly is, Nina discovers that Sami was once a promising long-distance runner whose dreams of Olympic stardom had been dashed, and who now scrapes by as a transvestite prostitute. Realizing that they've both hit rock bottom, Nina and Sami make a pledge to support one another to the point where they can both get clean and pursue their dreams before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, sincere, captivating
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Three Stories of Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: captivating, anthology, crying
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Lady Zee (2005)
Plot Summary:
A tragic comedy about an orphan girl who knows nothing better than the animal way but at the end comes to realize her only chance - to be human.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Silip (2007)
Plot Summary:
Small-town waitress Tess (Diana Zubiri) is swept off her feet by dashing salesman Rico (Polo Ravales), who marries her and takes her to live on his isolated farm. When Rico goes on a sales trip and leaves her all alone, Tess fights off loneliness by befriending Celia (Francine Prieto). Suspicions that Celia may be having an affair with her husband soon creep into Tess's mind and threaten her sanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating
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The Story of Ong-nyeo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ong-nye had a world of men wrapped around her finger, until, one day, a horrific injury leaves her handicapped, and she retreats to the mountains. But one man may break her loneliness.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, thrilling
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Sex Life of Plants (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Lost Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Perfect Education 6 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fumiya owes 5 million yen to a female load shark for a gambling debt, while having affair an with Mrs. Hosoi who offers him 5 million to murder her husband. Fumiya has no choice but to kill Mr. Hosoi. Unfortunately he's see by a neighbor. In the escape, he meets a girl named Akiko. He hides in her house. Later on, Fumiya and Akiko fall in love and have sex. After that, he finds that the house owner Shin kidnapped Akiko whem she was a little girl and has kept her in the house for over a decade. Fumiya is determined to take her away from Shin's brutal confinement. A battle of wills between jailer, prisoner and accidental savior begins….
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Justine (2020)
Plot Summary:
Justine is a young woman with a fierce intelligence but an equally strong appetite for self-destruction. She finds herself suffocated within a world that makes little sense and where alcohol is the only escape from her view of a hopeless future. When she meets Rachel, the possibility of happiness, love and a future starts to emerge. But her pain goes deep and as the demons within her begin to surface, she wonders if she can allow herself to hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky
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Beyond Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
An Italian lesbian couple wants a child. A gay couple tries to help them. Four friends, hundreds of problems. One solution.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, independent film, entertaining, queer cinema
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Fire in Her Bed (2009)
Plot Summary:
In this re-imagining of Nick Philips 1972 FIRE IN HER BED a sheltered young woman moves to the city to attend University. There she becomes fascinated with a much more sophisticated and openly sensual woman. Overwhelmed by her feelings, she embarks upon an emotional and sexual journey that ultimately frees her from her past.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Fragrance of the First Flower (2021)
Plot Summary:
A feature film that reveals the love and lust between two women, the conflicts between gay family and traditional stereotypes. It finds back the forgotten love with a romantic touch.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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A Love to Keep (2006)
Plot Summary:
Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined in a clinic for mental diseases, where she is heavily abused, the main treatment been electroshocks. After Franco's fall, and the change of things, she is free to return to her home, under the surveillance of her mother. Her father, more compassionate, helps her escape and find her lover. But the years of been under electroshocks have damaged her health, and make it impossible to live a normal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, detective
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A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mother Earth (2010)
Plot Summary:
TIERRA MADRE is based on the true story of Aidee Gonzalez, a woman determined to raise her children with her female partner in the Mexican border town of Tecate. Aidee works hard as an exotic dancer providing for her family. One day her girlfriend shares her desire to have a child of her own, and convinces Aidee to go on the hunt for a male to conceive a child.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, touching, psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, humorous, crying, hispanic
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Two Mothers (2013)
Plot Summary:
The unexpected difficulty of becoming mothers through the means of artificial insemination slowly erodes the relationship between Katja and Isabella.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: captivating, lgbt cinema, independent film, entertaining, queer cinema
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An Intimate Friendship (2000)
Plot Summary:
A family of friends is forever changed when two of the friends realize that their love for one another goes beyond the confines of their conventional relationship.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, independent film
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Love & Suicide (2006)
Plot Summary:
When pretty but troubled Kaye moves to New Orleans from Atlanta with her mother and little brother, she forges a special friendship with Emily, a rebellious high school senior with troubles of her own. They become instant best friends, and begin spending all their free time together. Emily even helps Kaye run away from home. The girls' mothers do not approve of their relationship, and Emily's mother accuses her of associating to closely with a corrupted and confused young girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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Spring Awakening (2009)
Plot Summary:
Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Stuff (2015)
Plot Summary:
Trish and Deb Murdoch are in a rut. After 14 years together and raising two daughters, they find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attraction threaten their domestic nucleus.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film, queer cinema
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See You Then (2021)
Plot Summary:
A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to a dinner to catch-up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris' transition.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky, queer cinema
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Woman's Lake (2012)
Plot Summary:
What could be lovelier than Women's Lake - a magical summer setting near Berlin? Rosa, perhaps. She's the slightly melancholy guardian of the lake, spending her days in a boat, trapping fish and watching for poachers. Or her lover, the polished and prosperous Kirsten, with her perfect cottage on the shore of Frauensee. How does their relationship work, and what effect will the two young lesbians in the canoe have on it all? Thoughtful, complex and beautiful.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, queer cinema
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The Glass Room (2019)
Plot Summary:
Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, erotic, period piece, deep, queer cinema
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T11 Incomplete (2020)
Plot Summary:
A visiting home health aide and recovering alcoholic, strives to rebuild her broken life, only to have it fall apart once again when she falls in love with her young, paraplegic patient then betrays her trust.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, emotional, talky, queer cinema
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Raven's Touch (2015)
Plot Summary:
Blaming herself for a tragic accident, Raven Michaels secludes herself at a remote family cabin. She wanders the woods on the verge of a breakdown, seeking peace in isolation. In a last ditch attempt to save her family, Kate Royce takes her two teenagers camping far from the distractions of technology and young romance. When Raven and Kate's worlds collide they offer each other unexpected opportunities for intimacy and healing.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, deep, independent film, queer cinema
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More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three women’s lives intersect at a lakeside resort and are forever changed by the love of a special needs boy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, deep, sentimental
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Liz in September (2014)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill lesbian bonds with a woman who lost her son to cancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, queer cinema
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Girl/Girl Scene (2019)
Plot Summary:
The lives and loves of a close-knit group of young gay ladies as they make their way in a not-so-modern world.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, captivating, twist ending, disturbing, teen sex comedy, lgbt cinema, parody
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Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)
Plot Summary:
From Writer/Director Marina Rice Bader (Executive Producer Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) comes this film within a film that explores love in all its painful and messy glory. Six months ago Zoe and Mal fell for each other while filming a love scene, which led to an intense, whirlwind affair, followed by a devastating breakup. Soon after their split, things get complicated when the two have to meet on set once more to re-shoot that fateful sequence.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, captivating, erotic, sexy, independent film, deep, humorous, realistic, sincere
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Tell It to the Bees (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, sad, thought provoking, touching, romantic drama, captivating, period piece, romantic, queer cinema, beautiful