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Plot Summary:
"Get ready for an unforgettable experience where love and the anime world intertwine in "My Otaku Girlfriend"! An anonymous mangaka is discovered by a beautiful otaku influencer, and he must choose between finishing his manga with her or leaving everything behind for graduate studies abroad.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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The Return (2013)
Plot Summary:
El Regreso is a venezuelan movie written and directed by Patricia Ortega, which tells the story of a Wayuu girl that survived the slaughter of his people, in Bahía Portete from the Colombian Guajira, and therefore, she is forced to grow in a unknown world to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Documentary, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful
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The Blue Apple Tree (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Blue Apple Tree, is a Venezuelan film starring Diego, a city boy about 11 years, marked by serious emotional deprivation, which is forced to spend a holiday with his grandfather Francis (Miguel Angel Landa), who barely knows him, on a small farm in the mountains of the Venezuelan Andes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Togetherness Supreme (2010)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events and the ethnic conflict that tore apart a country. TOGETHERNESS SUPREME is the story of Kamau, an artist, searching for change in the midst of ethnic tension in the slums. Kamau goes against his father and his tribe to join the other side with his friend Otieno. Kamau and Otieno fight for political change for those living in dire poverty. After a presidential contested election, the slums erupt in violence and Kamau's world is tore apart.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: Kenya, Venezuela
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Longest Distance (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that begins as a childlike adventure and ends up on the other side of the country and a one-way journey, free and determined. The same destiny will inevitably bond a woman with her grandson. Without knowing it they are part of an unbreakable family circle that deeply unites them. Second opportunities will arise while individual freedom of choice will become imposing. Everything comes together to tell us: there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: road movie
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A Tame Song for a Brave People (1976)
Plot Summary:
Gilberto, a young man from the countryside, arrives in the city with the aim of carving out a future for himself. Initially he is dazzled by the sparkling image of the city, the spoiler of civilization, which will batter him until his personality undergoes a radical change.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Gone with the River (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dauna dared to be different. She faced the ancestral practices of her culture and she paid the price. She made decisions which made herself suffer and others as well. Without giving up before defeats and loses, these led her to reconcile and become part of a legend herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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Fortitude (2020)
Plot Summary:
To escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, Roque retreats into the Amazon jungle to renovate a cabin he built during happier times. He struggles with feverish visions caused by alcohol abstinence, and his desire for redemption becomes distorted when he joins old friends to work in an illegal gold mine controlled by Colombian guerrillas. The violence required to work in the mine plunges Roque into a cycle of self-destruction that devours his interior. He will need the fortitude to get out and start anew.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, France, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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The Silly Age (2006)
Plot Summary:
The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in town with his recently divorced mother. They take up residence in the house of his eccentric grandmother Violeta, and Samuel is introduced to a new, mysterious world where Samuel finds himself an adult in comparison to his child-like mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological
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The Wedding (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious, sexual, intellectual, sexy
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Jericho (1991)
Plot Summary:
At early 16th century a priest joins the spanish conquerros in order to bring christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but finally becomes one of them - until the Spaniards return.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Orinoco, New World (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: experimental, allegory, silent, silent film
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Macu, la mujer del policía (1987)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a jealous policeman and his young wife living in a shanty-town in South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Glue Sniffer (1999)
Plot Summary:
Oliver flees from abuse of his family and seeks refuge in the violent streets of Caracas, where survival is only possible in an environment of corruption, crime and sniffing glue to escape hunger, like other children in the same situation. Soon, the child becomes part of the clashes between drug gangs and corrupt policemen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Swimming Pool (2012)
Plot Summary:
During summer in La Habana, four adolescents with physical problems, while in vacation from school, spend a day in a swimming pool with their apathetic instructor.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic
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My Straight Son (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, Diego must take care of his son, Armando. Now, both of them have to adapt to each other; Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego to the closed attitude of his teenage son.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, heartbreaking, hispanic, queer cinema
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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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Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976)
Plot Summary:
Daniel is washed ashore after a shipwreck and discovers the beautiful Haydee in a tropical island paradise. However, Haydee's father and brother aren't as willing to accept their romance.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Venezuela
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sensual, erotic, cult film
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Brother (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers fight to escape a violent and poor neighborhood in Caracas by playing soccer. Daniel wishes to play professionally while Julio supports the family with dirty money. The opportunity of a lifetime comes when a talent scout invites them to the Caracas Football Club. The boys' mother dies in a shootout forcing each brother to decide what it is more important to them:family, revenge, or achieving their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, touching, realistic, serious, sincere
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Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012)
Plot Summary:
The chance of an innocent child's game will unveil a betrayal that will forever change the lives of two families when their paths cross, endangering what they love the most, in a city that does not give them a truce.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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The Companion (2015)
Plot Summary:
At the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Cuban boxing champion Horacio's punishment for failing a drug test is to watch over the brash, combative Daniel, a patient in a sanatorium where HIV patients are compulsorily confined. The two collide as Daniel yearns for freedom while Horacio dreams of returning to the ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Panama, France, Colombia, Venezuela
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, tense, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, crying, queer cinema
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They Buried (2018)
Plot Summary:
Five miners buried in a gallery 600 meters deep.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, Venezuela
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: twist ending, psychological, serious, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending
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The Red Knight (2003)
Plot Summary:
Who really is behind the legend of "Red Dragon"?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating
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The Memory Thief (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Los Angeles tollbooth clerk becomes obsessed with the Holocaust after meeting a survivor.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, independent film, sincere, mind bending, offbeat, bleak
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Weeds (1987)
Plot Summary:
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without paroll, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, gloomy
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The Family (2017)
Plot Summary:
Andrés and his son Pedro live in a working district of Caracas and hardly ever see each other. While Andrés fills his time doing different jobs, Pedro wanders the streets playing with friends and learning from the violent atmosphere around him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Chile, Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure
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Bad Hair (2013)
Plot Summary:
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, political, hispanic
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Children of the Salt (2018)
Plot Summary:
An old man, in the agony of death, asks his children to cremate his body and scatter the ashes in the sea. Willing to fulfill the last wish of the elderly, as a rite of passage the youngsters unknowingly transgress the traditions of their father. From that moment on the boys will have to assume roles that are not theirs, faced with everyday life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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The Girl from the Wardrobe (2012)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, atmospheric, touching, silent, cute, offbeat, humorous, tragicomedy, semi serious
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The Whales of August (1987)
Plot Summary:
The Whales of August is a 1987 film based on a play by David Berry starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish as elderly sisters. Also in the cast were Ann Sothern as one of their friends, and Vincent Price as a peripheral member of the former Russian aristocracy. The film was shot on location on Maine's Cliff Island. The house still stands and is a popular subject of artists on the island. The film was directed by Lindsay Anderson, his final feature film, and the screenplay was adapted by David Berry from his own play.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: clever, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, sentimental, independent film, eighties
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Hello Herman (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen year old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest he emails his idol, famous journalist Lax Morales, sending him clips of the shootings captured with Herman's own digital camera. In the clips Herman tells Lax, "I want to tell my story on your show". Lax, haunted by his own past, is now face to face with Herman.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic, tense, bleak, gloomy