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Plot Summary:
OTHELLO is a cinematographic essay about power, desire, jealousy and deceit; a thought on the boundaries between fiction and real life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 69 min
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St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009)
Plot Summary:
St. George Slays the Dragon (Serbian: Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu) is a Serbian World War I drama. The movie starts with Kingdom of Serbia battling the remaining Turkish occupiers during the First Balkan War in 1912 and ends with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The movie's central theme is a love triangle between the village gendarme Đorđe, his wife Katarina and the young disabled war veteran Gavrilo who was previously engaged to Katarina before he went to war and lost his arm in battle. Even though Katarina in the meantime married Đorđe, she still has affection for Gavrilo. At the onset of World War I, all able-bodied men in the village are recruited for combat. Left in the village are only women, children and disabled veterans from previous Balkan wars. Rumours start circulating that the invalids in the village are trying to take advantage of the situation by making their moves on the women in the village – the wives and sisters of the recruited men.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria
Duration: 120 min
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The Girls of Nowolipki (1986)
Plot Summary:
Coming of age story of four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw just before the outbreak of World War One.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min
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Implosion (2011)
Plot Summary:
Spanish-German TV movie based on a story about immigration. The youth drama directed and written by Sören Voigt arrival by canoe account of a group of African immigrants.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 90 min
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More Than Ever (2022)
Plot Summary:
Hélène, a 33-year-old woman from Bordeaux, France, lives happily as a couple with Mathieu, her husband of many years. Her life turns upside down the day she learns she has a rare lung disease. Thanks to a blog, she discovers Norway and decides to follow her instinct. Despite all the love she has for her life partner Mathieu, who is very supportive through her illness, she leaves him behind in France and will cross all Europe to Norway alone in search of a new path and to meet a blogger named Mister that she found on the internet.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: existential
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A Girl on the Shore (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a seaside town where very little happens, middle school students Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives. However, being "friends with benefits" becomes complicated when real feelings begin to develop, as the consequences of their relationship start to take their toll on those around them and themselves. A Girl on the Shore takes a harsh look at love, relationships, and the emotional price that will be paid as the result of a decision made between two teenagers.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic
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We 3 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three young people arrive from different parts of the country to go to college in Sao Paulo. On their first day there, a strange and intense attraction unites them. Together, they rent an apartment and begin living together, in close quarters. Sharing kisses and fond embraces. They exchange words of endearment with the naturalness of ordering a sandwich at a diner. They threaten to break up and the next moment they are all laughing together again. College days however soon come to an end and, with each having different paths to trail, separation is imminent. And consequently, their gestures, words and attitudes take on a new weight. Touching each other now takes on a new significance. Words of love are weighed down by consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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On the Air (1995)
Plot Summary:
Alberto is a disc-jockey at a radio station. His life is torn apart by the memories of his ex-wife and his free and careless life in the 60s. Alberto remembers, and his memories don't let him live his present life with Ana, his current girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min
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Ibiza Blue (2023)
Plot Summary:
August 2020. The lives of three young professionals intersect in the post-pandemic lock-down Ibiza where they will try to overcome their personal tragedies, rediscover themselves and move on.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min
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Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything (2023)
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An adaptation of Daniela Krien’s novel, this coming-of-age story set in the 1990s, amidst the last days of the GDR. The 17-year-old protagonist, Maria, lives on a farm with her boyfriend. One day, an older man moves into the neighbourhood. Maria and Henner start a love affair, which takes a tragic turn.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 129 min
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Stille Nacht (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sensing their relationship is crumbling, Christian avoids celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend Julia and heads for Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 83 min
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Fire in Her Bed! (1972)
Plot Summary:
Lovely and free-spirited young hippie singer Donna goes to Los Angeles, California to seek fame and success in the Hollywood music scene. Donna records an album and falls in with a party hearty bohemian crowd which leads to the inevitable decadent descent into sex, drugs, and booze. Can Donna get out of this wild lifestyle in time? Or is she destined to meet a grim untimely end?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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Other Men's Wives (1996)
Plot Summary:
Uncle Eddie writes children's books for a living. and he's very successful at it , but he's OBSESSED with women, and so little time is life's dilemma for him. Needless to say this leads to numerous close calls with jealous husbands and tight squeezes with flirtatious, unsatisfied wives.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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2 Nights Till Morning (2015)
Plot Summary:
Caroline, a French architect in Vilnius, Lithuania, on business, has to spend an extra night in the city due to a delayed work meeting. At the bar of her hotel she meets Jaakko, a Finnish DJ who is in Vilnius for a gig. Caroline lets him understand that she doesn’t speak English, and Jaakko doesn’t speak French. Although they lack a common language, they find themselves enjoying each other’s company.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Lithuania
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy
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Both Sides of the Blade (2022)
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Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an admirer from back when he played rugby. Jean and Sara love each other. One day, Sara sees François in the street. He does not notice her, but she is overtaken by the sensation that her life could suddenly change. François gets back in touch with Jean. For the first time in years. He suggests they start working together again. From here on, things spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min
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Buried Cain (2014)
Plot Summary:
Buried Cain is a steamy southern gothic drama about two brothers, Christian and Cain, who have only two things in common - their love for their small town southern home and their love for the same woman - the girl they call 'Georgia'. Their country love gets more complicated as childhood friend Faith and newcomer Grace, all the way from Hollywood, are also thrown into the love triangle. They each must ask themselves-how far you would go and what you would do for love?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, touching, suspense
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The Story of My Wife (2021)
Plot Summary:
A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, art house, weird
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White Dunes (1998)
Plot Summary:
American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The forbidden romance may destroy her marriage and upset the morals of the small village where they live.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: erotic, romantic drama, independent film
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PG 16... (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kir, Leya, Dasha and Max are student. Almost every experience is for a first time to them - first love, first disappointment, first betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: depressing, emotional, social, suspenseful, sexploitation film
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Burn All My Letters (2022)
Plot Summary:
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz which starts in the 1930s. The film shows the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years, involving different generations.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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One Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
A summer vacation in the 70s. Lalo and Bruno are teenagers doing nothing on days full of nothing. But on a hot and humid afternoon, and without asking for permission, Lisa arrives smashing more than the letargy of the town. Thirty years later Lisa comes again to interfere in the lives of these two adults.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, contemplative, emotional, psychological, captivating, touching, serious
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Intruder (1993)
Plot Summary:
In childhood and youth, the three were "the inseparables." Luisa married Ángel, then two years later, she left him to marry Ramiro. After ten years, Ángel reappears, back from South America, broke and ill. Luisa is overcome with sentimentality and, over Ramiro's objections, takes Ángel into their house. Ángel is bitter, he and Ramiro have shifted from best friends to enemies. Luisa wants to be in love with both. Ramiro hopes he can wait out Ángel's declining health, and Luisa wants to heal Ángel through force of will. What is Ángel's plan? Observing the roiling emotions are Luisa and Ramiro's precocious young children. Who's in danger here?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Loving (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, explicit, sexy, erotic, touching, disturbing, hispanic
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Restless (2000)
Plot Summary:
An old dog has a hard time learning new tricks in this drama set in Turku. Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina (Laura Malmivaara), something unexpected happens - he falls in love. For the first time, Ari finds himself pursuing a long-term relationship, and he makes a genuine effort to remain faithful to her. But old habits die hard; Tiina introduces Ari to her circle of friends and temptation arises as he encounters Hanna-Riikka, a theology student, and Ilona, who is soon to be married. Despite Ari's feelings for Tiina, he begins having affairs with both Hanna-Riikka and Ilona, leading to an unpleasant revelation on the day of Ilona's nuptials. ~ Mark Deming, Allrovi.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sexual, touching, humorous, sexy, erotic, romantic, realistic, semi serious, feel good
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Panama (2015)
Plot Summary:
A thriller that depicts how digital communication, pornography and vanity obstruct true emotions and love.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, art house
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Sunday (1997)
Plot Summary:
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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The Next 365 Days (2022)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Massimo's relationship hangs in the balance as they try to overcome trust issues while a tenacious Nacho works to push them apart.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: disgusting, erotic
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In the City (2003)
Plot Summary:
Un grupo de amigos de Barcelona se reúnen casi a diario, pero su amistad es sólo aparente; de hecho, ninguno de ellos conoce a fondo la vida de los demás. La película relata la vida íntima y secreta de cada uno de los personajes, sus sentimientos y deseos más inconfesables.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, clever, talky, semi serious
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Mandingo (1975)
Plot Summary:
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: realistic, sexy, serious, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, grindhouse, sexual, southern gothic, biting
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Addiction - When Nothing Is Enough (2004)
Plot Summary:
30-something Jonna, successful executive with cozy architect husband Niklas and two children, leads a double life. She is constantly on the lookout for quick casual sex. When she starts seeing handsome and rich young yacht owner Aleksi, things start going awry in her life. While her sister Sanna provides her with suitable alibis,sex therapist Nora tries to help her come to terms with her addiction.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual
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The Big Swap (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this British drama, Ellen (Sorcha Brooks) and Jack (Antony Edridge) recall a time when they traded partners, and their remarks set a partner-swapping party in motion among four other couples. As the long night's journey into sex progresses, various fears and anxieties surface. Shown at Montreal's 1997 World Film Festival and the 1997 San Sebastian Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, independent film