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Plot Summary:
Two women living on either side of the Irish Sea are brought together in the wake of the Warrington bombing of March 1993.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, retro
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Brothers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers separated at birth find themselves years later in Israel. Dan, who chose a life of work, lives with his family in a kibbutz in the south. Aaron, his brother, doctor in philosophy and law and the Torah, arrives from the USA to defend the rights of the students of the Torah.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Israel
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Neon Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
Taking us on a journey into the minds and souls of three people, the film is a kaleidoscopic exploration of sexuality, desire and disability. Feature debut by Laurits Flensted-Jensen. The director, who graduated as a documentary director from the National Film School of Denmark in 2013, has directed the shorts 'Snow' (graduation film) and 'Melon Rainbow' (2015), the latter selected for SXSW in Austin. Both 'Snow' and 'Melon Rainbow' were selected for Rotterdam https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/new#nextFilm Festival.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Reg (2016)
Plot Summary:
In June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they switch on the TV to hear six military policemen have been murdered in Iraq, two men arrive bearing the terrible news that their son, Tom, was among them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: political, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, rough, touching
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Father (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nikola’s children are taken away from him after social services decide that he is too poor to provide them with a decent living environment. He sets off on foot to lodge a complaint in Belgrade.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, social, independent film, entertaining
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Machete Language (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ray and Ramona is a young couple in their 30s. They hate the injustice of the social context they are part of. Each from their own niche Ramona as a musician, Ray as an activist tries to fight for a more just world. Devoted to self-sabotage, Ray fails in his rebellion and drags Ramona into a downward spiral that culminates in an act of poetic terrorism.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Pete on the Way to Heaven (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the small town of Kandalaksha, Petya lives out a fantasy life as a traffic cop. He has a holster, a wooden gun, and the locals humor him by following his "orders." When a convict escapes from a nearby prison, Petya joins the manhunt as any good officer would.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Florence Nightingale (2008)
Plot Summary:
Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, christian film, period drama
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Under the Stars of Paris (2020)
Plot Summary:
Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she founds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Christine understands that he is lost and has been separated from his mother. Bounded by their marginal condition, they embark together on an emotional journey to find Suli’s mother in the underground world of Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (2019)
Plot Summary:
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, erotic, independent film
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The Warrior and the Savior (2013)
Plot Summary:
Orphaned by A.I.D.S., South African children Ibutho and Umsindisi SIlongo try to make a fresh start in the United States. What they do not know is that their struggles are far from over.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating
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Sugar Daddy (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Layla M. (2016)
Plot Summary:
18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots, joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Jordan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Pink (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in a run-down bar named "Pink," movie follows the lives of people surrounding the bar including its owner Ok-Ryun.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hounded on a Carnival Monday (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for them to survive under the political oppression. Even Carnival, with all its colorfulness and celebration, cant disguise the mounting tension between the villagers and government making the girls coming of age all the more difficult when the two collide. This movie combines attractive visual scenes with a highly sensual atmosphere as Florencia fights and uses all her resources and beauty to survive and find revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense
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Aruvi (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gentle girl born and brought up amidst the ever growing eco-social-consumeristic environment finds it difficult to fit in the society. She decides to take it hard on the people.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, disturbing, sad, stylized
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Querô: A Damned Report (2007)
Plot Summary:
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. He also doesn't know who his father is. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Poppy Shakespeare (2008)
Plot Summary:
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Boys on Film 18: Heroes (2018)
Plot Summary:
Boys On Film comes of age with uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves. Volume 18: Heroes includes ten complete films: Dean Loxton's "Dániel" starring Csémy Balázs, Hilda Péter, and Henry Garrett; Niels Bourgonje's "Buddy" starring Daniel Cornelissen and Tobias Nierop; Tamara Shogaolu's animated "Half A Life"; Victor Lindgren's "Undress Me" starring Jana Bringlöv Ekspong and Björn Elgerd; Sam Ashby's "The Colour Of His Hair" starring Sean Hart and Josh O'Connor; Hope Dickson Leach's "Silly Girl" starring Ciara Baxendale, Mollie Lambert, and Jason Barker; Søren Green's "An Evening" starring Jacob Ottensten and Ulrik Windfeldt-Schmidt; Alejandro Medina's documentary "AIDS: Doctors And Nurses Tell Their Stories"; Kai Stänicke's "It's Consuming Me" with Volkmar Leif Gilbert; and Mikael Bundsen's "Mother Knows Best" starring Alexander Gustavsson and Hanna Ullerstam.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, gay cinema, queer cinema
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National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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This Town (2007)
Plot Summary:
This Town is in part a social commentary, giving us some scary insight into todays youth but also reflecting the points of view of different generations. At heart, the movie asks the viewer to decide if these characters are right or wrong in their doings. Every character has a dilemma, and they all come to terms with it in their own way. But morally, are they wrong? Or are the victims of their own surroundings? There is no clear answer, making the viewer the ultimate judge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Day for Women (2016)
Plot Summary:
A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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On the Farm (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, a powerful study of the dysfunction and disorder in the police and criminal justice systems that allowed a wily psychopath to murder nearly 50 marginalised women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Koepek (2015)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary day in the megacity of Istanbul: Ten-year-old Cemo sells paper tissues in the streets, Hayat is controlled by her husband and transsexual Ebru sells her body. All three have a secret love and they do everything that satisfies their longing, if only for a moment. An authentic, delicate and unsettling story about love and death and the Turkish society at the beginning of the 21st century.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Turkey
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, suspense, disturbing, queer cinema
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Girlfriends (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the dramatic and sudden death of Linda's husband Micky, childhood friends Linda, Sue and Gail find themselves back together again. Each has their own problems to face; from a looming divorce from the husband she still loves and the loss of a high-powered job through age discrimination, to juggling the endless responsibilities of their grandchildren and aging mothers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: captivating
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New World (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in the city of Beiping during the 22 days before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 is a story about the drastic changes in the lives of three brothers Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian as well as a romance between Xu Tian and Tian Dan. In investigating the murder that claimed the life of his fiancee, policeman Xu Tian starts on a trail that will eventually lead to his involvement in the liberation of Beiping. Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian are three friends who are as close as brothers. In the face of historic changes and conflicting beliefs, they make choices that take them on diverging paths. Xu Tian and communist member Tian Dan meet during their lowest moments and find a common goal that brings them together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Listen (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their children. The film portrays the tireless battle of these immigrant parents against the law to keep their family together.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social
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Our Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
A son tries to restore the honour of his father, who was imprisoned during the 1980 military coup.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political drama
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Jin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bitter conflict has raged between guerrillas and the army in Turkey's Kurdish regions for over 30 years. Large expanses have now become war zones. Countless young people have lost their lives to the conflict. This dangerous but incredibly beautiful mountainous country is home to 17-year-old Jîn. But she is no longer safe since she secretly stole away from a group of rebels with whom she was fighting. Now she wanders the picturesque landscape alone, caught between two fronts. All of a sudden, the sound of gunfire and explosions rend the air above the untouched natural scenery. Attack is threatened from all sides. Desperate to find peace, Jîn decides to escape to another part of the country – an impossible plan, since the military is omnipresent and there are road blocks everywhere. As a Kurd without identity papers she risks arrest at every turn. In addition, as a woman with no family to shield her, many men will see her as fair game. But her courage is unbroken.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Socialphobia (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman is attacked by Internet users after posting provocative remarks online. Using her personal information, they go to her place but what they find is her body; she took her own life. Who made her kill herself? Or, was she killed by someone else?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: social, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Uyare (2019)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring pilot fights for her future -- and justice -- after surviving an acid attack from her abusive boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing