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Plot Summary:
Sergei is a professional clown in the circus, and he knows how to make people happy. He is adopting the six-year old boy Vanka from a foster home. Sergei is a good man, who can provide unconditional love. But Sergei's wife suddenly separates from him, and Sergei is left alone with the tough decision to make.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
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Vroom (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two friends aim flee their drab hometown existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Float (2023)
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During the summer before college, city girl Waverly (Andrea Bang) finds herself in Holden, completely alienated by the local beach culture. Things start to look up when she meets the local lifeguard Blake (Robbie Amell), who welcomes her into his life. And when he finds out that she doesn’t know how to swim and takes it upon himself to teach her, she discovers a new world of possibilities which throws her carefully planned future into question.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
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Let's Fall in Love (2016)
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Genere: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Cirqo (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two prisoners escape execution by the police and become successful circus clowns in Pinochet's Chile.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min
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Vanechka (2007)
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A young girl dreaming to become an actress goes through hell with an orphan baby on her hands. The whole world seems to be against her. She meets the love of her life when there is no one to stand by her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, crying
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Clowning Around (1992)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Friend (1988)
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Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's determined to get rid of the dog, but that won't be an easy task.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, sincere, touching
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Being Venice (2012)
Plot Summary:
New Zealand-born, Aussie-based filmmaker Miro Bilbrough follows up her acclaimed shorts with her debut feature - a character study of a troubled young woman named Venice.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Tersanjung Movie (2021)
Plot Summary:
After growing up in a tumultuous household, Yura finds herself in a love triangle with two close friends as she faces a personal and financial crisis.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 114 min
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Being Nice (2014)
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Recently-dumped and on the verge of admitting she'll never make any money doing something she loves, a young artist takes a job in a top London advertising agency and, much to her surprise, after connecting with a disillusioned colleague, starts to enjoy life as a grown-up - and the wild lifestyle that follows; but when the pull of the carefree life she left behind gets in the way of responsibilities, she must learn to behave like an adult, personally and professionally, to hang on to the life and people she's started to fall for.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, psychological, light, sincere, psychotronic, independent film, unusual plot structure
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Once Lied (1988)
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Set in the Soviet Union the film is a chronicle of a life of one successful artist: his family, his friends, his clients, and his artworks.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
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The Slap in the Face (1980)
Plot Summary:
A man falls in love with and marries a prostitute, then has to defend her against malicious townsfolk.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
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Parker's Anchor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Krystal Parker's life fell apart when she discovered she couldn't have children. Everything she knew was gone, - but Letting Go Is Just The Beginning.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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Mela (1980)
Plot Summary:
Govindan Kutty (Raghu) is a clown who works in the circus. He comes to his village looking for a bride. Sharada (Anjali Naidu) is impressed by his charms and seemingly rich lifestyle and agrees to marry him. When they reach back the circus after getting married, things however change considerably. Govindan is an insignificant figure there and is frequently ignored by everyone else. The frustrated Sharada meets a stuntman Vijayan (Mammootty) and gets close to him much to the discomfort of Govindan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
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Without Witness (1983)
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In visiting his ex-wife’s apartment a man learns that she plans to remarry a scientist named Valentin Shlyakhov. In his past, the man wrote a scathing letter about Shlyakhov which greatly impacted his career. Fearing that this information will come to light when his ex-wife marries Shlyakhov, the man insists that the wedding be called off. What follows is an intimate portrayal of the relationship between a man and a woman (who are never named), whose history as husband and wife plays out during a heated conversation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, minimal cast
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Game of Love (2022)
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Follows Vivien and Roy as their love story continues and leads them to Roy’s childhood home in Sicily to prepare for the sale of the family estate. During the visit, a mysterious woman arrives and befriends Vivien, much to Roy’s displeasure. Tensions build and lines are crossed as secrets from Roy’s past force the couple to face aspects of their relationship they did not know existed.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
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Clear Skies (1961)
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At the outset of the War, Alexei,an airman, marries Sasha Lvova, a young factory worker. One day, Alexei does not return from his mission and he is thought to be dead. Some time after the end of hostilities though, he reappears : taken prisoner, he has managed to survive. But everybody besides Sasha rejects him;to make matters worse, he is expelled from the party. Alexei sinks into despair and alcoholism. Fortunately, Stalin dies and his lot improves at last.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Romance, War, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 110 min
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Waiting (1981)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min
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Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
Plot Summary:
A revelatory discussion on a train. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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An Umbrella for Lovers (1986)
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Kraskov and Vera have long loved each other. They are unable to part, however, and connect their destinies can not and have already accepted the circumstances of life: he has a family, three children. A chance meeting in Moscow with a young couple, familiar with the rest in the South, pushes them to a decisive step….
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min
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Intergirl (1989)
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A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, Sweden
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, cynical, touching, art house, biting, tragic ending, suspense
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Love and Lies (1981)
Plot Summary:
Vam i ne snilos... A movie about two high school kids who meet in class and fall madly in love with each other. Unfortunately, His father and her mother had a history of their own between them which creates uneasiness in both of them. Also because of that, the boy's mother is very jealous and tries to separate them. The only person that tries to help them is their teacher who has relationship problems of her own.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, sincere, sentimental, psychological
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Dark Eyes (1987)
Plot Summary:
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks filmed almost entirely in creams, whites, and ochers, the clownish and superfluous Romano Patroni leaves his wife's opulent home to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman whose marriage is a horror. He pursues her into the Russian heartland and returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love. His amazed and appreciative Russian listener then narrates a shorter story.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, surprise ending
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Over the Dark Water (1993)
Plot Summary:
Leningrad; 60th years; white nights. Walking on Neva Embankment, the charming provincial has met three friends: poet, artist and film director. And each of young people has suggested to marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, psychological, melancholic
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Daddy (1991)
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Oliver Watson has never been luckier: he is a successful advertising executive, shares a marriage of eighteen years with Sarah and has three loving kids: 17-year-old Ben, 15-year-old Melissa, and 9-year-old Sam. His perfect life suddenly falls apart when his wife Sarah announces that she wants to enter a graduate school 200 miles away from home, as she regrets that she gave up her bohemian protester's life and promising writing career to become the wife of a conservative traditionalist. Oliver unsuccessfully tries to save his marriage, until Sarah announces that she is seeing someone else. The children start acting out as a reaction and life is complicated by the death of Oliver’s mother and accepts a job in L.A. where he falls in love with Charlotte Sampson. Life again challenges Oliver when Charlotte is offered her dream job on Broadway.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, ridiculous
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Lost in Siberia (1991)
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The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing
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Ardor (2002)
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In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, erotic
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The One That Got Away (2008)
Plot Summary:
Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, psychological, emotional, touching, serious, realistic
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Love and Pigeons (1985)
Plot Summary:
Shown a life in the remote siberian village. Vasia, who never leave his family, village, comes to pass summer holiday on the Black Sea. New world, new people - so, hi's temted by a half-crazy woman (Raisa Zaharovna). And after short time Vasia returns to his wife and children.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, realistic, feel good, talky, sentimental, sincere, semi serious, touching
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The Waiting City (2009)
Plot Summary:
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, captivating, realistic, tense, serious, gloomy, spiritual