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Plot Summary:
A life-changing story of a man who has lived as a loner his entire life. Jae Shik begins to live together with a child with a hearing-visual disability, as they change each other's lives and try to find a way to communicate.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Beautiful Days (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Safe Harbor (2009)
Plot Summary:
Doug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the better, and they decide to stay in town and run the foster home for boys permanently.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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The Merry Bus (2001)
Plot Summary:
Focuses on a woman and child after the 1988 earthquake that rocked the Soviet state of Armenia. They find themselves listening to telephone wires and call it music. They became close and the little boy decides that he has found the basis for the making of his new family. The woman then adopts him, however, he believes that they family needs a father as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama
Country: Armenia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Life Inside Out (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a mother returns to her musical roots, she rediscovers the passion of her youth, and finds a way to connect with her troubled youngest son.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, independent film
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Run the Tide (2016)
Plot Summary:
When their drug abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Falls (2021)
Plot Summary:
After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Deflowering of Eva van End (2012)
Plot Summary:
The ugly duckling of a fraught middle-class household has her life turned upside-down by the arrival of a handsome German exchange student, in this caustic, absurdist satire of petit-bourgeois family life from Dutch director Michiel ten Horn. (TIFF).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Little Girl Blue (2007)
Plot Summary:
Julie is a woman who seemingly has everything. A handsome husband, teenage daughter and a thriving, undemanding job as a translator and now even a new dream house ... But she also has a secret that is slowly changing her idyllic life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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Feather (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ferro and Cate, two kids trying to get to grips with an unplanned pregnancy, their families (rebellious Ferro’s hospitable, ‘normal’ family, and level-headed Cate’s unhinged, atypical one), exams at school, friends and a general lack of jobs.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006)
Plot Summary:
As NBC's hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" proves a long-running hit for a network desperately in need of one, its young stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato face all sorts of trouble off-camera. Gary battles with his parents over the management of his salary, Todd runs into trouble with the law countless times, and Dana's career after the show meets with despair and tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sitcom
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The Illiterate (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ximena is illiterate; Jacqueline reads to her. Everything except a letter hidden under a wooden Buddha that Ximena won’t let her read. To know what it says, Ximena must learn to read. As Ximena learns, their relationship, thorny at first, becomes ever more trusting. What they will learn is more than either of them could have imagined. Fueled by brilliant writing and luminous acting - Paulina Garcia (Gloria - Best Actress, Berlinale 2013) should be declared a national treasure - this richly metaphorical and emotionally subtle miracle from Chile, the new heart of South American cinema, is exactly the kind of film Cinequest was created to discover - a film that will touch you deeply, a film you will not want to forget.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, minimal cast
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A Country Called Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her estranged alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to a small town in Texas. While dealing with the logistical arrangements of her father’s death Ellie has to confront what happens when the structures and safety nets we build for ourselves come undone.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Change in the Air (2018)
Plot Summary:
A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky locals embrace her, their lives soon improve. But, they can't help notice that their strange new neighbor has a secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending
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The Desert Bride (2017)
Plot Summary:
Teresa’s life is turned upside down when she is forced to accept a job far away. On her way, she loses her bag, causing her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, road movie
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The Right Mom (2021)
Plot Summary:
While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Copperman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Despite his adult age, Anselmo behaves like a child and takes up the role of a superhero called "Copperman.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, disturbing
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Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
Plot Summary:
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sad
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Paper Lives (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing, unpredictable, surprise ending
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The Days I Lost (2021)
Plot Summary:
It's about a man that gets tired of his meaningless life and finds a way to escape from it pretending to be dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Home (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Netherlands, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Man Who Dies to Live (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1970's, Jang Dal-Goo went to the Middle East and settled down in the small kingdom. He became Count Souad Fahd Ali and found success there, but he returns to South Korea to find his daughter. He appears in front his daughter Lee Ji-Young and his son-in-law Kang Ho-Rim. Lee Ji-Young has a positive personality and her dream is to have a happy family and become a writer. Kang Ho-Rim has a great looking appearance and works as an ordinary salaryman.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (2017)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary middle-aged woman has devoted her life to her family. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and must prepare her goodbye to her family.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Aloners (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone. One day, her irritating next-door neighbor who would attempt to talk with her is discovered dead, several days after having died alone in his apartment. Jina is shaken and turns on the home camera installed at her mother’s house a long time ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Toilet (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese grandmother after their mother's funeral.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Lost Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ettore, a young boy in Sicily in the 50's, is surrounded by women and is always surprised by what is happening around him. In Milan a few years later Ettore is once again the center of attention and the hip crowd.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Second Wedding Night (2005)
Plot Summary:
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance scattered across the countryside finds a new purpose in his lonely life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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My Happy Family (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, art house, existential, cerebral, crying
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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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Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
Plot Summary:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Great Show (2019)
Plot Summary:
Wie Dae-Han is an ex-lawmaker and is a materialistic kind of politician. He wants to get elected as lawmaker again. One day, 18-year-old girl Da-Jung comes to him. She tells him that he is her real father. Her mother raised four children, including Da-Jung, alone, but she died in a hit-and-run accident. Da-Jung is the only one now taking care of her 3 younger siblings. Wie Dae-Han accepts Da-Jung and her 3 younger siblings. He carries out “The Great Show” to become a lawmaker again.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama, political
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