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Plot Summary:
A mysterious accident has separated Jaap from his beloved Rose, but they continue to talk to each other in their minds and dreams. As Jaap struggles to come to terms with what happened, his best friend JP suggests they travel to France to visit Rose and unravel the mystery. During their journey JP unveils a secret which forces Jaap to face the truth about Rose.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Assam Garden (1985)
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An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: meditative, independent film
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Winter Land (1997)
Plot Summary:
Valdivia is a notorious drunk in a Patagonian dead-end town. His current job is to deliver a golden sheep for the mysterios Sr. Ramenfort.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Angela's Decision (2006)
Plot Summary:
Living in the middle of Australia's desolate landscape, Angela has been waiting all her life. Waiting for her boyfriend to return from the army and marry her, waiting for her mother to sober up, waiting for her life to begin. On the return of her boyfriend Will, Angela looks around at her bleak surroundings, her friends with their unplanned pregnancies, desperate marriages, and dead-end jobs and realizes that she cannot spend the rest of her life in a small town with no future. As Will prepares to return to the army and her mother prepares to move in with yet another man, Angela makes a decision that will change her life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: social
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Australia (1989)
Plot Summary:
Widower Edouard Pierson (Jeremy Irons) fought for Australia in World War Two, but he was born (and married) in Belgium. For the past twelve years, he has been living in Australia with his daughter. His occupation as a wool merchant is in keeping with his family's tradition. He is determined to remain in Australia, and is equally determined to keep his daughter (Danielle Lyttleton) from learning much about her mother, whom she never knew. Nonetheless, when his brother (Tcheky Karyo) calls urgently from Belgium, requesting his help in saving the family's business there, he returns to his hometown of Verviers. In addition to saving the family business, he comes to have second thoughts about returning to Australia after he has a brief affair with a Belgian woman (Fanny Ardant). Meanwhile, his daughter has made contact with her grandmother (Helene Surgere), and is beginning to learn about her mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 140 min
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)
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As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne. Derek Jacobi delivers an electrifying award-winning portrayal of Rostand's legendary log-nosed swordsman in this highly acclaimed production from the world's premier theatre troupe, The Royal Shakespeare Company. The bold Cyrano boasts he can defeat a hundred men in a swordfight, but because of his grotesque nose lacks the confidence to court the woman he loves. Yet so entranced with Roxanne is Cyrano that he uses the eloquence of his poetry to woo her for a rival.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 176 min
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Threesome (1970)
Plot Summary:
The childhood of three friends, Ilya, Yacob, and Pavel, was spent in the innkeeper's house. Their three destinies are similarly unhappy. Yakob died of tuberculosis, Ilya, after robbing a merchant, committed suicide. And Pavel, who let the woman he loved join a brothel, can no longer be happy.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min
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Gilded Youth (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story of two girls from a French suburb and their road trip adventures along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Mi Socio (1983)
Plot Summary:
The story of an improbable friendship and a social comment on life in Bolivia in the eighties.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama
Country: Bolivia
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Dreamland (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thomas, a photographer from France, goes to Japan to take pictures of abandoned places. Lonely, he meets Natsuki, a young and beautiful woman, who will become his model. But Thomas has violent panic attacks and nightmares.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Potential Inertia (2014)
Plot Summary:
Declan Holmes is graduating college, a hard enough time as it is, and heading out into the real world. The loss he experiences is like nothing he has ever known before. 'Potential Inertia' is the story of his journey through a very difficult time, and the relationships that can either build you up or tear you apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
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Nel giardino delle rose (1990)
Plot Summary:
A successful businessman is haunted by the memories of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, soap opera
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Souvenirs intimes (1999)
Plot Summary:
In this French Canadian drama, the life of a paraplegic painter implodes when an old girlfriend comes back into his life and accuses him of raping her 15 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min
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We (2003)
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A summer trip to Berlin offers a fleeting glimpse into the lives of the country's youth in this vibrant, character-driven drama from director Martin Gypkens. When twentysomething Florian arrives in town to pay a visit to long-lost pal Pit, the duo quickly reminisce before heading out to a party. Soon meeting up with many of Pit's acquaintances, the film follows various intersecting lives as they are woven to create an intricate, microcosmic look at life's ups and downs as seen through the eyes of Germany's youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
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I Am Maria (1979)
Plot Summary:
A story about a strange friendship between 11 years old Maria and an older man Jon.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy
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For Michelle (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Brett Cornell learns that the mother of a child he is alleged to have Fathered 5 years prior, has died in an accident, he heads south to try and take custody of the daughter that he never knew. Brett takes to desperate measures to make it in time to claim the young girl and prove that he will be a suitable Father. The consequences of his actions follow him, however, putting his life in danger, and potentially ruining his chance to save the child from foster care by raising doubts in the mind of his case worker, whom he has become romantically involved with.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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What's Wrong with This Picture? (2004)
Plot Summary:
A snapshot of the state of the Danish nation: in one of the stories, a woman enters a pole-sitting contest in a desperate bid to reinvent herself. Another is about Erik, whose wife has been lobbying a Better Homes and Gardens type magazine to do a spread on their perfect home. When the editors finally relent, she makes Erik sip his red wine in the laundry room lest he stain their cream-colored couches. Svend, the last remaining Marxist in Copenhagen, is the impassioned organizer of a political mass meeting where no one shows up. Finally, Jens, a pizza and porno connoisseur, connives his way to some booty by convincing Gry the model that he lives with his mentally challenged brother. Over the course of a week, their paths cross and nothing, and nobody, is ever quite the same again.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, dark comedy, independent film
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Marion (1997)
Plot Summary:
Marion is ten and befriends a couple so much that they want her to live with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Tucked (2018)
Plot Summary:
TUCKED is a raw and tender drama about an aging 80 year old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity and mortality. As they discover more about each other, they realize how to truly be themselves. It's a 'slice of life' drama about love, loss and friendship; a feel good film with a great charm and sense of humour. Tucked was screened at Outfest Los Angeles in July 2018 and won two awards - AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE GRAND JURY PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, queer cinema
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The Eight Mountains (2022)
Plot Summary:
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: interesting
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Maine (2018)
Plot Summary:
Backpacking alone on the Appalachian trail, a married woman meets a younger hiker and the two strangers become inexplicably drawn to one another.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, sincere, realistic
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Mixed Signals (1997)
Plot Summary:
Judy, Alex and Nick are three friends in their early twenties who haven't quite figured things out. Judy is stuck at a dead-end job and is about to make a big move in her life when her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes to her via voicemail. The engagement ring is coming via express mail and she goes to her best friends to help her decide what to do. Alex is a spendthrift who lives way above his means. Nick, secretly in love with Judy, is a writer who can never quite finish his novel. MIXED SIGNALS is a story about love, friendship, loyalty and the choices we all face.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Lola (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film is a French-Spanish production and most of the dialog is in French. 'Lo que se de Lola' - in English 'What I know about Lola' - is about a lonely guy, living an uneventful life in Paris. He takes care of his mother. One day, a girl with a more exciting life moves in his apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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La Migra (2015)
Plot Summary:
La Migra is a 'Romeo and Juliet' story set in the border crossing town of Imperial Beach, California - US Border Patrol Agent Diego Chavez (Michael Copon) works closely with his Uncle Manny Chavez (Marco Rodríguez) the Port Director for the San Ysidro Port of Entry, and the two have a close relationship, both professionally and personally. Currently dating San Diego Police Detective Tracy Jensen (Nikki SooHoo) ... Diego unexpectedly falls hard for Natalie Martinez (Antoinette Kalaj), his childhood sweetheart who lived next door to him. Natalie has now grownup into a beautiful woman who makes a great living as a model. However, as the CBP and Border Patrol join forces with ICE and DEA to investigate a new cartel that's popped up, Diego becomes uneasily aware that Natalie might be much more than she says.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, hispanic
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Mr. Pig (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico. After smuggling in the hog, his estranged daughter shows up, forcing them to face their past and embark on an adventurous road trip together.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Rabat (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three friends drive from Holland to Morocco to deliver a taxi to a family friend, but the trip turns out more complicated than expected.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, sincere, serious, philosophical, realistic
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O Capacete Dourado (2007)
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The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing cars.Jota (Eduardo Frazão) stands out from this group, unclassifiable; his destiny has no straight lines save those on the asphalt.Jota lives in permanent conflict with everything and everybody in his small town. No room for stillness. And then comes Margarida (Ana Moreira). Jota has no inside, Margarida has no outside. In spite of, or because of, that, they meet. What can they do? They can just ride, they can get away with it even if its all messed up. Love is to be lived.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 83 min
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Tambourine, Drum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Forty-five year old Yekaterina Artemovna has a hard life. She lives in a small mining town where she works as a librarian and, like her only friend and colleague, rents a little room in a project. Yekaterina has difficulties making ends meet and sells off some of the library's books illegally in a nearby station. One day, a man with a strong sense of civic duty, wearing a naval uniform, returns one of these books to the library, apparently without recognizing it was Yekaterina who had actually sold him the book. She falls in love with this newcomer and, when he moves in with her, the monotony of her daily life seems over. When her father hands over an apartment to her, it seems the fates are smiling down on her. But this happiness is suddenly brought to an end when her lover discovers her illicit trade in books and leaves her for her friend. Yekaterina can bear it and decides to pursue vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, contemplative
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August (2011)
Plot Summary:
Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and wild girl. Juli asks Aku for a ride to eastern Finland. Aku agrees – without any idea what he's getting himself into.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, sincere, feel good, erotic, road movie
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Lost Persons Area (2009)
Plot Summary:
A man trying to keep himself afloat and marry the woman he loves sees all that's dear to him threatened in this drama. Marcus (Sam Louwyck) works as a maintenance man for a Belgian power company, keeping lines and electrical towers in repair along a thinly populated area with a few low-income neighborhoods scattered across the plains. Marcus has been living with his pretty girlfriend Bettina (Lisbeth Gruwez) for quite some time; she runs a diner, and they have a nine-year-old daughter Tessa (Kimke Desart) who seems to live in a world of her own. Marcus's boss is Hungarian émigré Szabolcs (Zoltan Miklos Hajdu), and when Marcus is seriously injured on the job, Szabolcs steps in to do his work. However, after meeting Bettina, Szabolcs decides to move into Marcus's personal life as well as his professional life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, touching, captivating, bleak, serious, gloomy, independent film
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A Trip (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three friends embark on a road trip like in high school, but things have changed - Gregor is going to war mission, Ziva is going to study abroad, while Andrej is still the same. There are secrets left unsaid. Can their friendship survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, road movie, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, touching, serious