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Plot Summary:
The film is based on a 2003 novel by the same name, written by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder. The main character is the young boy Georg who one day finds a long letter from his deceased father. The letter tells, among other things, about the father's youthful love for the mysterious "orange girl" (appelsinpiken), and leaves a mystery for Georg to solve.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Germany, Spain
Duration: 80 min
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Henry's Romance (1993)
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It is carnival time in Munich and participants are overindulging in alcohol and sensual pleasures. "Follow us into madness" beckons Lys who is drunk on life, but the sensitive Henry does not follow him. Lys has betrayed his fiancé, as Henry once betrayed his lost love Anna. In memory of Anna and his cruel Dickensian childhood, Henry challenges Lys to a duel to try to appease his guilt.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min
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The Waiting Game (1998)
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The two friends Sarah and Amy runs an art gallery in a small town in New England. They share not only the art gallery, but also the longing for true love. Sarah's Uncle Lowell from Mexico pays a unexpected visit. This will be the start of an adventure that will take Sarah and Amy through the drug cartels and the CIA spies, to a passionate encounter with two seductive, also dangerous men.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: twisted
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Tides of Hope (2011)
Plot Summary:
Donald is a Nigerian immigrant who after being expelled from Spain three years ago, has returned to meet again with Teresa, with whom he had a secret love affair. But on arrival he finds that she has married and is mother of a child. However, the return of Donald wakes strong contradictions in her. By chance, Donald starts working in the garage of Carmen, where Antonio also works, who ignores what happened between his wife and his new partner. Francisco, a foreman of the town and Carmen's suitor, cannot stand the situation. The tension between these frustrated passions ends up playing a key role in the outcome of a seemingly impossible love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
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Impossible Love (1977)
Plot Summary:
Rich Spanish landowner Alvaro is torn between his wife Elvira and two other women in his life. He's also worried about the fact that both his father and grandfather were murdered by Spanish revolutionaries in the house he's inherited.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
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In The French Style (1963)
Plot Summary:
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dotonbori River (1982)
Plot Summary:
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
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Compartment No. 6 (2021)
Plot Summary:
A Finnish archaeology student escapes an enigmatic lesbian love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of compartment no. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: road movie, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic, beautiful, cult film
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Big Sky River (2022)
Plot Summary:
Tara needs to go back to Parable, Montana, the place that made her the happiest, in order to move forward after a messy divorce. Her handsome neighbor presents an unexpected twist.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 962
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
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Alma gitana (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young man who wants to become a professional dancer falls in love with a gypsy girl and gets in conflict with her totally different cultural background. But love can overcome these differences.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: multicultural, intercultural, inter cultural
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Mouvements du désir (1994)
Plot Summary:
During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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The Christ of Nanjing (1995)
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Tony Au directed this Hong Kong-Japanese co-production lovingly adapted for the screen by Joyce Chan. Tony Leung stars as Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China and has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jin-hua. Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines, but found happiness with Jin-hua and married her. Unfortunately, he already had a wife in Japan, and this revelation crushed Jin-hua. When Okagawa returned home, leaving Jin-hua behind, she was forced to work as a prostitute, catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition. Meanwhile, Okagawa's guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jin-hua home with him to get medical attention, but the girl is already too far gone for his help.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 99 min
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Two for the Win (2021)
Plot Summary:
A world champion ski racer and local ski instructor find romance on the slopes as he returns home and prepares for the biggest race of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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True Love (2004)
Plot Summary:
Seven short stories about growing up gay in America and searching for true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology, queer cinema
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The Origin of Violence (2016)
Plot Summary:
A French teacher makes a startling discovery while on a trip to Buchenwald.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, romantic, touching, captivating, disturbing
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Dandy (2002)
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Set in Paris during the 1960s, a group of stylish teenagers hang out at a club called the Drugstore. Shy Philippe wants to meet a girl but he doesn't know how to go about it. Experienced Nathalie invites him and his friend Marc to the birthday party of the also quite shy Charlotte. Philippe and Charlotte develop a strong interest in each other, but neither one seems to know what to do about it. Philippe also tries to pick up girls with his friend Pierre, while Nathalie finds herself attracted to Charlotte's father.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
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Keeper (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maxime and Mélanie are a typical teenage couple. Like most lovestruck fifteen-year-olds, they can't get enough of each other and they think they'll be together forever. But when Mélanie becomes pregnant, their worlds are rocked.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, tense, sentimental, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Painkillers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Casper (Gijs Blom) has never met his father and lives alone with his mother Marit (Birgit Schuurman). He likes to spend his free time playing the piano, so he is thrilled when he is chosen to become a pianist in a youth orchestra – and especially when he makes friends with Anouk (Susan Radder). She knows what Casper is going through when he learns that his mother is seriously ill: Marit has cancer. Scared of what might happen to her, Casper and his best friend Pim (Massimo Pesik) decide to find his father….
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, psychological, captivating, touching, modern day adaptation
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Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967)
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Shanker Choudhury's (Tarun Bose) mother (Pratima Devi), at the pleas of her dying husband, marries off his (Shanker's) daughter to a youth. Both the children are under-age and do not know nor understand that they have been married.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
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First Love (1970)
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Based on Ivan Turgenev's novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Things take a tragic turn as the girl (Dominique Sanda as Sanaida) falls in love with the boy's father (Maximilian Schell). This film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 1970's Academy Awards.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Switzerland, Hungary
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, stylized, period drama
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Blind Chance (1987)
Plot Summary:
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: cerebral, philosophical, political, surreal, atmospheric, anthology, mind bending, psychedelic, postmodern, psychological
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Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023)
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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
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Love to Eternity (1972)
Plot Summary:
Liza slowly replaces Melampo, Giorgio's dog. While she accepts it, Giorgio forces her to wear collars and leashes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, grotesque
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Boomerang (2015)
Plot Summary:
Antoine Rey looks for a special gift for his sister Melanie on her 40th birthday. He decides to surprise her with a trip to the French Island of Noirmoutier, where they spent many summers as children until their mother's death. On the drive back to Paris, Melanie is seriously injured in a car accident.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, realistic
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Backroads (1997)
Plot Summary:
Spain, 1974. A teenager and his father are traveling in a car that is the only property they have. Their life is a continuous move by desolate coastal apartments in the tourism low season. When forced to change route and get away from sea, their lives will change dramatically.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, manga, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Give Me Your Hand (2008)
Plot Summary:
Quentin and Antoine are 18-year-old twins. Without their father knowing it, they set out on a voyage to Spain, where their mother's funeral is to ake place. The two brothers barely knew their mother. Their hitchhiking journey is full of encounters, arguments, reconciliations, and experiences. Their time on the road also reveals their differences, the splits in their attractions, and the confusion of their feelings. So many elements that make this luminous adventure a true journey of initiation that will transform them forever by altering their relationship and leading them to adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, emotional, road movie, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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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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Mothering Sunday (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set over a day in 1924, the story follows Jane Fairchild, a maid in the Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbour’s only remaining son, Paul, to Emma Hobday. Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day. But, she has no mother to go to. For almost seven years she has – joyfully and without shame – been Paul’s lover. Like the Nivens, Paul belongs to England’s old money aristocracy, whereas Jane was orphaned at birth. With the house conveniently empty, they can finally meet in Paul’s bedroom for the first time. Today will be their last as lovers. It is also the day that will mark the beginning of Jane’s transformation as the story unfolds through the hours of clandestine passion.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, non-linear, entertaining
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Martin Eden (2019)
Plot Summary:
The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, social, sentimental, sweet, realistic, philosophical, political, sad, cerebral
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3some (2009)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to help his friend with his impotence, Jaime sets up two friends together. But after the failure, he comes in to help. What first appeared to be just a sexual experience evolves to a full romantic relationship of three people.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, eros, explicit, crying
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Summer of 85 (2020)
Plot Summary:
What do you dream of when you're 16 years old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, aesthetic, stylized, novela, cute, sexy, independent film