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Plot Summary:
There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: art house
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The Waterhole (2009)
Plot Summary:
At the end of their college years, Miller finds that he and his college buddies are growing apart as they choose different paths into the future. They are regulars at Murphy's, a popular watering hole of choice where Miller and Jim meet with their buddies and are free to vent, decompress, and talk about life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Hyderabad Blues (1998)
Plot Summary:
Varun returns homes after twelve years in the United States and attempts to romance an Indian doctor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, offbeat, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Life Is Most Important (1987)
Plot Summary:
A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The situation will change radically when Don Lazarus discovers that Candelario is having a love affair with his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags:
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Beyond the Known World (2017)
Plot Summary:
Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in search for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama
Country: New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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The Gift of Life (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is faced with local disapproval and strain on her marriage when she agrees to serve as a surrogate mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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The Coward (1965)
Plot Summary:
Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a Calcutta based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: intelligent
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Gatta Kusthi (2022)
Plot Summary:
Veera, a misguided man who wants a timid, not-so-learned and subservient wife with long hair, unknowingly ends up getting married to Keerthi, an intrepid wrestler who is also more educated than him and has cropped hair. For how long can Keerthi maintain the charade and what happens when Veera comes to know the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags:
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Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)
Plot Summary:
Shanker Choudhury's (Tarun Bose) mother (Pratima Devi), at the pleas of her dying husband, marries off his (Shanker's) daughter to a youth. Both the children are under-age and do not know nor understand that they have been married.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags:
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Wild (2016)
Plot Summary:
Although Parsha is the cricket team captain and the brightest student in his year, the beautiful and confident Aarchi is out of his reach. She belongs to a higher caste, her family is rich, and her father is a kingpin in local politics. But Aarchi is a headstrong girl who won’t let anyone boss her around – and she likes the persistent, brave Parsha. How will their families react? What happens to love when when two people have to sacrifice everything for it? Beyond the glamour of Bollywood, Sairat is an epic love story that takes a critical look at Indian society in the 21st century.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, serious, captivating, inspirational, epic, romantic drama
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Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
Plot Summary:
The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: black and white, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film, baroque, hot
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Mayaanadhi (2017)
Plot Summary:
A shady money deal goes wrong and in the aftermath Mathan ends up killing a police officer. Meanwhile in Kochi, his old flame Aparna an aspiring actress is struggling to prop up her career. Mathan meets up with Aparna and tries to rekindle the past, even as the police hunt for him gets intense.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic
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Taramani (2017)
Plot Summary:
An orthodox youngster and a free-spirited lady fall in love, only to understand that they are different in all aspects of life. How do they realise their complex requirements and mistakes?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Adithya Varma (2019)
Plot Summary:
A brilliant and short-tempered young surgeon goes down a self-destructive path when the love of his life is forced to marry another man.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, experimental, romantic drama
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Love Love Love (1989)
Plot Summary:
Widowed businessman, Sudhirbhai lives a wealthy lifestyle with his son, Vikram, who is student at National College. He is very affectionate toward Vikram and will do anything for him. His business partner is Goswami, who is also widowed, and has two children, a son, Mahesh, a daughter, Reema, who are good friends of Vikram, and the two businessmen expect to cement their relationship by getting Reema married to Vikram. But when Reema meets and falls in love with Amit Verma, who lives with his taxi-driver dad, mom - Shanti, and sister - Munni, things change dramatically as Sudhirbhai uses his underworld contacts in order to pressurize Verma to get his son to forget Reema, and he does this by destroying his taxi by a bomb. Verma does manage to convince Amit to stay away from Reema, but both meet again and renew their love - prompting Sudhirbhai to threaten Reema that he will get Amit gravely injured.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: romantic drama, serious, realistic
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Thattathin Marayathu (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film is about a Hindu Nair boy, Vinod, and a Muslim girl, Aisha, and the conflict arising out of this inter-faith relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, feel good, light hearted
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Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious illness declared as dumb flu spreads in a quaint hill station forcing the town's residents from speaking. Will the problems in the place increase due to this or will it lead to better communication?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, offbeat
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Gardener (2003)
Plot Summary:
Raj Malhotra and wife Pooja have four sons. The sons have settled down professionally and are quite independent. However, when Raj Malhotra retires, none of his children want to be burdened with the responsibility of taking care of their parents. Strangely, it is the adopted son who proves to be the most kind hearted of them all. Salman's girlfriend eventually marries him. The question is, will Raj and Pooja's sons learn the folly of their ways and turn over a new leaf?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: realistic, romantic, captivating, touching, gloomy, inspirational, entertaining, sad, crying, romantic drama
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96 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ram is a photographer and nature lover who travels all around India capturing moments. On a chance visit to his hometown Tanjavur, he goes into his school and begins to walk down memory lane to 1994 when he was a student harboring feelings for his classmate Janu.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, talky, romantic drama, suspense thriller, cult film
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The Japanese Wife (2010)
Plot Summary:
Snehmoy (Rahul Bose) and Miyage (Chigusa Takaku) are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Fifteen years pass but they never meet. Yet the bond of marriage is strong between them. This unusual relationship comes under a cloud when a young widow, Sandhya (Raima Sen), comes to stay with Snehmoy along with her eight-year-old son Poltu. Snehmoy and the little boy bond and the arithmetic teacher discovers the joy of palpable bonds and fatherhood. There develops an inexplicable thread of understanding with Sandhya too. But Snehmoy remained loyal to his unseen Japanese wife. When Miyage was ill from cancer, he took a long leave from his school and tried his best to find a cure for the illness. Meanwhile, malaria took a toll on him and he died. Coming of Miyage in a white sari to Sunderbans after his departure was really touching.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, philosophical, offbeat, touching, serious
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Cuckoo (2014)
Plot Summary:
Visually-challenged Tamizh and Suthanthirakodi fall in love with each other, but her self-centred brother wants to marry her off to his friend, which leads to the lovers' separation. Can their love help them find each other?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching
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Most Eligible Bachelor (2021)
Plot Summary:
A well-educated, ‘settled’ NRI falls for a stand-up comedian and wants to marry her. But when she knows what she wants from her husband, will he fit the bill?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, talky
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Roy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A love triangle revolving around the lives of a filmmaker, a thief and their mutual love interest.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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White Nights (2006)
Plot Summary:
For a fee of Rs.200/- Ankush Ramdev acted as one among four witnesses to couples who come to register their marriages at the Registrar of Marriages in Dariyaganj, Delhi. One day he comes across a single woman from Nainital and offers his services, but the girl tells him that she is waiting for her to-be groom, Dheeraj Ansaria. At the end of the day, when he does not show up, Ankush feels sorry for her, Megha Joshi, and offers to assist her until he gets back. They spend the night at a Dargah, and then go to wait for Dheeraj, who does not show. A penniless and tearful Megha now asks Ankush to help, he helps her again, and falls in love with her, so much so that he considers learning English and re-locating to Bombay. Then he comes across a young man, who later identifies himself as Dheeraj, who is desperately looking for his bride-to-be. Watch what Ankush does or does not do to assist Dheeraj.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, captivating, serious
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Chameli's Marriage (1986)
Plot Summary:
Charandas, a young man in a village has no aim in life except to be a pehelwaan (wrestler). He takes an oath that he will not court or marry a girl until he hits the age of forty. But things changes when Charandas meets Chameli and falls in love with her. A hilarious take on the caste system of India, as both of them come from different castes and try hard to marry each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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I Have Found It (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two young women with differing views on love find themselves with three suitors. Sowmya (Tabu) attracts the attention of aspiring film director Manohar (Ajith), while wounded Captain Bala (Mammootty) falls for her younger, hopelessly romantic sister, Meenu (Aishwarya Rai) but hesitates because he is much older than she. Meanwhile, Meenu meets and falls for a businessman with a passion for poetry, Srikanth (Abbas). Manohar goes to Madras to make a film and prove himself worthy of Sowmya, and Srikanth's business collapses, and he also departs to find someone who will lend him the money to pay off his investors.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, witty, semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, stylized
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Those Seven Days (1983)
Plot Summary:
Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she would not be happy as his wife. Anand tells Maya that he had married her only for his mother who was on her death bed. When the mother dies Anand wants to unite Prem and Maya but Prem says it is against Hindu culture and disappears from their life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Request (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, uplifting, thought provoking, emotional, contemplative, captivating, inspirational, romantic, offbeat
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Shyam Singha Roy (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young filmmaker is in a soup right when he’s about to find his footing in the film industry. When he sets out to find an answer, turns out it’s in the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, spiritual
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Milenge Milenge (2010)
Plot Summary:
Magic happens, if you let it; and sometimes even fate or destiny, or whatever you want to call it, steps in to lend a hand. But when it concerns love, and finding that special person you're going to spend the rest of your life with, should you risk tempting fate with a test of that love or what is seemingly meant to be, or should you just follow your apparent destiny and embrace it? Such are the questions two people must face and answer in the romantic comedy/drama. "Milenge Milenge".
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
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The Lunchbox (2013)
Plot Summary:
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India, France, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, light, melancholic, sweet, heartbreaking, emotional, serious, romantic, independent film