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Plot Summary:
In the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself between the urge to discover love and the ever-present, dominating affection of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, disturbing, touching, sentimental, controversial, erotic, art house, sex comedy, funny, inspirational
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My Night at Maud's (1969)
Plot Summary:
The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: philosophical, cerebral, witty, talky, sexual, existential, black and white, christian film, saga, anthology
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The Priest (1978)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: spiritual, social, independent film, gay cinema
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Cousins in Love (1980)
Plot Summary:
Teenage Julien (Thierry Tevini) loves his teenage cousin Julia (Anja Shute) among flowers in summer of '39 France.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, romantic, controversial, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere
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Nina's Tragedies (2003)
Plot Summary:
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, realistic, sweet, witty, semi serious, crying
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My Life in Pink (1997)
Plot Summary:
Ludovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. His actions lead to problems for him and his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: controversial, touching, psychological, depressing, lgbt cinema, social, sentimental, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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The Tit and the Moon (1994)
Plot Summary:
A child does not stand the idea of having a new brother and dreams about drinking milk from the breasts of his mother again. The child asks the moon to bring him a tit only for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, dark comedy, spiritual, surreal, manga, hispanic, erotic, touching, offbeat
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La tarea prohibida (1992)
Plot Summary:
Expanding on ideas from "La Tarea" (Homework), Director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo continues his story, now of a young man completing an assignment for his film/video class. The young man invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a video drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival. After a faux-sex scene rehearsal, they do make love, which causes an unexpected reaction within the young man. Minutes later the real horror of their true relationship is revealed!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Cookies (1975)
Plot Summary:
Henri Serin, a sales rep in umbrellas who lives in Saumur, is bored with his life. Married to an unloving, uptight wife, who, unlike him, has no interest in sex, he is also rejected by his children. Thus, he spends most of his time travelling from town to town, flirting with women and meeting all kinds of people in the hotels, restaurants, shops and places he visits. He also dabbles in painting, particularly portraits. After his car breaks down as he is driving through Brittany, he meets a rough, foul-mouthed painter who offers him to stay at his house, near Pont-Aven. There, Henri falls in love with Angela, the painters model and fling, and soon they run off together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, anthology, sex comedy, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Small Change (1976)
Plot Summary:
Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: existential, art house, aesthetic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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The Other Side of Sunday (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Other Side of Sunday, also known in Norwegian as "Søndagsengler", is a movie that criticizes the small, and often tight, church community. We follow the Preacher's Daughter, Maria, on her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, sexual, sentimental, road movie, sexy, touching
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Just Looking (1999)
Plot Summary:
It's 1955. Lenny is a 14-year old boy who is totally fascinated by sex. He is too scared to "do it," so he dedicates his summer to seeing two other people do it. Easier said than done. Caught in the act of spying, his mother and stepfather ship him off to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in "the country" -- Queens. His plan looks like a bust and his summer seems destined for boredom, until he meets a whole new group of friends -- young teens who have a "sex club.".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, sexual, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, period piece
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Cougars Inc. (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sam learns his mother cannot afford to send him to another school after he is kicked out, he and his friends start their own escort service for mature women to pay for his tuition.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, semi serious, captivating, realistic, independent film, sexy, sexual, hot
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20th Century Women (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sentimental, stylized, independent film, cult classic, philosophical, sad, aesthetic, light, humorous, captivating
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House of D (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, emotional, intense, spiritual, period piece, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic
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I Remember (1973)
Plot Summary:
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: art house, surreal, sentimental, atmospheric, visual, stylized, meditative, colorful, realistic, philosophical
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What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)
Plot Summary:
Roger is a 16-year-old who seeks to lose his virginity in this softcore erotic drama. His initial efforts are unsuccessful, but World War I breaks out and men are seen marching off to battle. Roger goes overboard when he is presented with several amorous opportunities.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, captivating, unusual plot structure, sexy, romantic, explicit
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My Mother (2004)
Plot Summary:
Based on George Bataille's posthumous and controversial novel: When his father dies, a young man is introduced by his attractive, amoral mother to a world of hedonism and depravity.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal, Austria, Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sexual, contemplative, controversial, sexy, thought provoking, offbeat, anthology, sensual, perverse
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Georgia Rule (2007)
Plot Summary:
Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: teen, melancholic, stylized, sincere, sentimental, realistic, serious, uplifting, feel good, crying
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Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Plot Summary:
Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The film is based on a book of the popular book by the French author Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sweet, emotional, uplifting, feel good, atmospheric, serious, captivating, dramatic
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Malicious (1973)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful housekeeper becomes a romantic attraction to a widower and his three sons.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual, humorous, sex comedy, romantic, eros, naughty, semi serious
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Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexual, talky, sexy, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic, scenic
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West Is West (2010)
Plot Summary:
Comedy sequel to "East is East". Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess, past and present.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, witty, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd, indie film, intellectual, realistic, witty, thought provoking
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And Your Mother Too! (2001)
Plot Summary:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, road movie, erotic, realistic, art house, sensual, sex comedy, hispanic, eros, humorous
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Savage Grace (2007)
Plot Summary:
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sexy, erotic, emotional, controversial, talky, psychological, intense, sincere, serious
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Spanking the Monkey (1994)
Plot Summary:
Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because his mother, Susan, is recovering from a broken leg. When he isn't tasked with the most mundane aspects of Susan's recuperation, Raymond finds distraction in a neighborhood girl, Toni Peck. But, as Susan begins relying on her son for both physical and emotional needs, Raymond starts developing disturbing and unwanted new yearnings.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, dark comedy, sexy, disturbing, controversial, psychological, romantic, cult classic, teen
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Ken Park (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: disturbing, art house, sexual, rough, explicit, sexy, realistic, serious, independent film, erotic
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Love Strange Love (1982)
Plot Summary:
Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, weird
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Men, Women & Children (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, bad ending, dramatic, stylized, humorous, serious, semi serious, independent film, touching
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Queen of Hearts (2019)
Plot Summary:
Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, sexy, emotional, melancholic, disturbing, erotic, absurd, controversial, crying, tragic