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Plot Summary:
A group of Russian teenagers spend their summer at a summer camp. Mitia falls in love and gets so occupied with his own problems that he forgets about everything else.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: existential
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Assa (1987)
Plot Summary:
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: gloomy, bleak, serious, realistic
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Jamilya (1969)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on the story of the same name by Soviet writer Chinghiz Aitmatov. It is set in a remote Kirghiz village during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). A young wife of a soldier, Djamilya, fell in love with Daniar, a wounded war veteran living in her village. Daniar reciprocates her feelings. But suddenly Djamilya receives a letter from her husband with the news of his forthcoming return from the hospital. This forces the lovers to make a final decision. Years later, their young friend, Seid, who was a witness to their beautiful, albeit uneasy, love, reminisces about this wonderful couple….
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: black and white
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The Beginning (1970)
Plot Summary:
A film-in-film story set in a provincial town in Russia. Pasha is an amateur actress who plays a witch at a local club, but her dream is to play Joan of Arc. In a strike of luck she is cast as Joan of Arc in a big screen film. Now she is torn between her luck and her love to Arkadi (Kuravlev) who is a married man.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Short Encounters (1967)
Plot Summary:
After leaving their native village, Nadia (Nina Ruslanova at her debut) and her friend travel to the big city. Along the way, Nadia gets a job in a tea shop and meets Maxim (Russian icon Vladimir Vysotsky), and she falls in love with him and decides to finally go to the city. There, she is hired as a maid by Valentina Ivanovna (played by the film's director), a civil servant, who also has a relationship with Maxim.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Anna Karenina (1967)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. “All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, ” goes the novel’s opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a tragic story of love and infidelity, the destiny of a woman who irrevocably changes her life for the sake of a passion. Anna Karenina finds it impossible to renounce her feelings for the loved one. She rejects the morals of society and tries to defend her right to love. Her husband bars Anna from her son, her acquaintances turn their backs on her… Starring in the title role was the famous Russian actress Tatiana Samoilova (“The Cranes Are Flying”).
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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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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Children's Island (1980)
Plot Summary:
Reine is supposed to go to a summercamp called 'Childrens island' but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hotel. She thinks he is at the camp and he tells her he his. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounter on the path of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 920
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Plot Summary:
The youngsters puppy love is set against a backdrop of adults that struggle with their own lives. Her fathers feeling of misery and failure at work, her aunts unhappiness as an unmarried woman without kids of her own. His father work at the paintshop-business and his worries about the mentally ill grandfather. Against the adults the young couples love is so sweet and sensual, so innocent and beautiful. As a couple in love, they don't care about anything but themselves and seems totally unaware about everything that surrounds them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: erotic, sentimental, powerful, aesthetic, cult film
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Until Forever (2016)
Plot Summary:
Until Forever: The Michael Boyum Story is a powerful, true account of one young man's courageous battle with leukemia and his journey of faith.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, sad, realistic, spiritual
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Young Love (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jukka, 13, is coached in photography by his openly gay art teacher. With his dead father's old camera, Jukka sees Johanna, a beautiful girl in her early twenties being physically abused by her stepfather. With the help of the local fire department, Jukka comes to her rescue. He quickly befriends the girl who works in a nearby supermarket, claims to become her manager and enters her in a beauty contest.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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We'll Live Till Monday (1968)
Plot Summary:
Ilya Semenovich Melnikov is a history teacher in an ordinary Soviet high school. He is a very good teacher and his students and colleagues treat him with a great deal of respect. However, Melnikov faces a lot of difficulties in his work. In particular, everybody at school is spreading rumors about Natalya Sergeyevna, an Enlish language teacher and a former student of Melnikov, being in love with him. Exhausted by his mental suffering, Melnikov asks the principal to allow him to quit his job. At the end of the week that is to become the last week of Melnikov's teaching career the students of his class write an in-class essay on how they understand happiness. Svetlana Mikhailovna, their Russian teacher, is shocked by what one of the students wrote in her essay, nevertheless, she allows her to read it in front of the class. The other students express support of their classmate. Melnikov gets involved in the conflict, after which he reconsiders his decision to quit.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, intellectual
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Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of her prom scandal, Princess Margrethe longs for normalcy as she struggles to maintain her perfect facade while dealing with family drama.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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20th Century Girl (2022)
Plot Summary:
Yeon-du asks her best friend Bora to collect all the information she can about Baek Hyun-jin while she is away in the U.S. for heart surgery. Bora decides to get close to Baek's best friend, Pung Woon-ho first. However, Bora's clumsy plan unfolds in an unexpected direction. In 1999, a year before the new century, Bora, who turns seventeen, falls into the fever of first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: dorama, nostalgic
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Wild Pigeon (1986)
Plot Summary:
In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant plots… One of the most vivid staples of the postwar childhood were pigeons. They could be bought, sold or stolen. One day a beautiful white dove appeared over the town. Risking his life, Ivan caught the White. And immediately became the target of the “pigeon” mafia….
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Young Hearts (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two young neighbors embark on a first love relationship in which they struggle to remain kids amid the complexities of modern adolescence.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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Royalteen (2022)
Plot Summary:
A teenager struggles to keep her scandal-ridden past and a big secret from getting out when she strikes up an unlikely romance with the crown prince.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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The Dream Prince (1996)
Plot Summary:
14-year old Em likes to hang around in her old play house. One day a boy, Jakob, sets fire to it, and Em catches a brief glimpse of him before he disappears. They meet again a few days later. For the first time in her life, Em falls in love. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: teen, touching, serious, realistic
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My Best Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
Geng Geng had been an ordinary girl before her entry to the best high school in the province by chance. She doesn't like her life there until she meets Yu Huai, her seatmate - their names make up the word "Geng geng yu huai", meaning "Unforgettable memories". They don't like each other at the beginning, but soon they start to understand each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, romantic
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Summer Games (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of an adult and a teenage couple during a brief summer holiday by the sea. While Nic's parents remain trapped in a precarious mutual dependency despite repeated attempts at reconciliation, their 12-year-old son tries to come to terms with his father's traumatizing violent outbursts in games with other children. He tries to teach Marie, who is of his age and suffers from her own relationship with her father, to feel nothing. In fact, both of them are transformed by their experience of the joys and pains of first love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, serious, touching, realistic, sad
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JJ+E (2021)
Plot Summary:
Elisabeth and John-John live in the same city, but they inhabit different worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, teen
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Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
Plot Summary:
The innocent Célène might be falling in love with popular surfer Tristan at her new school. But she has no idea that, in actuality, she’s the object of a cruel bet between Tristan and Instagram influencer Vanessa.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Summer '03 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A 16-year-old girl and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, humorous, sexy, teen, captivating
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Summer of '42 (1971)
Plot Summary:
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her. Written by Bob Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, sad, serious, captivating, realistic, crying, weeping, romantic drama
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14+ (2015)
Plot Summary:
Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Now he has found Vika’s profile online and has learned a lot about her. Vika has no idea about any of this. She is beyond Alex’s reach because her school and block of flats are enemy territory for him. Alex nonetheless sneaks into a disco at her school and plucks up the courage to ask her to dance. Incensed by the intruder, the other boys give Alex a beating.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense, disturbing, slang, crying, tension
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Along for the Ride (2022)
Plot Summary:
The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic comedy, teen
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All the Bright Places (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean something. This compelling drama provides a refreshing and human take on the experience of mental illness, its impact on relationships, as well as the beauty and lasting impact of young love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, uplifting, teen, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, dramatic
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Keith (2008)
Plot Summary:
Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that Keith has something to hide. As the free-spirited Keith shows Natalie how to embrace what life offers, they grow closer -- until a secret tests the bounds of their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sad, psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, serious, bad ending, realistic, heartbreaking, sentimental
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The Art of Getting By (2011)
Plot Summary:
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, independent film, semi serious, humorous, realistic, romantic, indie film, witty, teen, heartbreaking
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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, teen, cute, happy, romantic drama, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic
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After (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, emotional, light, atmospheric, touching, lyrical, erotic, saga, scenic