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Plot Summary:
Leningrad; 60th years; white nights. Walking on Neva Embankment, the charming provincial has met three friends: poet, artist and film director. And each of young people has suggested to marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, psychological, melancholic
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How Not to Disappear Completely (2015)
Plot Summary:
'How Not To Disappear Completely' follows a week in the life of a young photographer Tom as he returns to London after spending two years traveling in India. Tom is at a crossroads in his life. A stranger in the cold hard city, he struggles to reconnect with his friends whilst searching for his half sister. Along the way Tom is forced to face up to his past and soon realises that it may not be his life he's been running away from but himself.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, melancholic
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Oh My Baby (2020)
Plot Summary:
A 39-year-old single woman who wants to have a child without getting married. She has three men in her radar and has trouble choosing between them. They walk into her life when she’s already hopeless about love and marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, light, thought provoking, melancholic, romantic drama
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The Envy of Gods (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sonia is a television editor, she is married to successful Soviet writer Sergey and they have a son in a high school. Their life was almost perfect... until the moment they meet Bernard from France and his translator André.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspenseful, exciting
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Shape of Red (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tōko Muranushi is married and they have a lovely daughter. She doesn't have any major problems in her life. One day, Tōko meets her former lover, Akihiko Kurata, at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in ten years. Tōko indulges in a sexual relationship with Kurata.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, tense, sentimental, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, melancholic, contemplative, gay cinema
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It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three friends are in the entrance of a luxury home in the heart of the city. They are young, full of strength and energy, they have the talent, skill and thirst for life and ... - well, they have all but one. But money.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, psychological, sweet, captivating, independent film
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I'm Not Here (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, rough, touching, melancholic
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Dearest Jane (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, tense, suspense, contemplative, independent film, unusual plot structure
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Bedrooms (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bedrooms tells a story about the walls that separate people, the heartbreak and infidelity that's often the result and the redemption that comes from tearing those walls down. The film is told in 4 stories by 3 filmmakers. Three of the stories deal with married couples of various ages confronting the turning points of their relationships. A fourth story is interwoven throughout, providing bookends and context in the form of a story about ten year old twins, who, tired of sharing their bedroom set out to build a wall between their beds to create their own spaces. In building the wall to separate, they come to fully appreciate all things that connect them. Bedrooms explores human relationships, their myriad complications and the daily choice we face to either make them work or to move on.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, independent film
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Bless the Woman (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tiny Soviet village by the sea, in the years before the Second World War... A very young girl, Vera, falls madly in love with an older military officer who is visiting from out of town. She leaves her home and family to live with him in various military posts where he serves with the army. Through the difficulties of army life, and years of war, her love for this older man survives, and she gives herself completely without reservation. This film is about friendship, loss, survival, loyalty, and the wonderful gift of unconditional love, which is only given to a few.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, disturbing, crying
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For the Love of Grace (2008)
Plot Summary:
With a great career, close friends, and an upwardly mobile fiancé, ‘How To’ book writer Grace (Chandra West) appears to have the perfect life. Meanwhile, local firefighter Steve (Mark Consuelos), having just been suspended for his reckless, yet heroic style, seems to be heading in the opposite direction That is, until a fateful fire rescue fans the flames of attraction and gives them both a new perspective on life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: emotional, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Blackout (2018)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 495 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, melancholic
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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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The One That Got Away (2008)
Plot Summary:
Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, psychological, emotional, touching, serious, realistic
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The Ultimate Life (2013)
Plot Summary:
Despite his best intentions, billionaire Jason Stevens can’t find enough time to keep his beloved Alexia a priority. But when he discovers his late grandfather’s journal, he is transported back to Red Stevens’ incredible world. With everything he loves hanging in the balance, Jason Stevens hopes the past will prepare him well for the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sincere, serious, realistic, romantic, captivating, psychological, christian film, inspirational
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Empty Days (1999)
Plot Summary:
An executive and a dowdy working-class woman, both unemployed, married and parents meet at a supermarket. They become friends but find it hard to accept that they may be in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Heartbeat (1993)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful and talented Adrian is a writer for one of America's most popular TV soap operas. She is also pregnant, and when she refuses to abort her baby, Adrian's selfish husband deserts her. It falls to one of the soap opera's producers, the recently divorced Bill, to convince Adrian to give romance a second chance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous, serious, soap opera
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The Maiden Danced to Death (2011)
Plot Summary:
There were two brothers - two dancers - in Communist Hungary. One defected, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: Hungary, Canada, Slovenia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, atmospheric, emotional, family saga, independent film
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Open Hearts (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, independent film, touching, realistic, romantic, captivating, sentimental, art house, psychological, sincere
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The Only Thrill (1997)
Plot Summary:
A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Alice and Martin (1998)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 20, Martin leaves his home town and comes to Paris, where he fortunately becomes a model by chance. He meets Alice, his brother's friend, and falls in love with her. They start a passionate relationship, although Martin remains very mysterious about his past and the reasons why he left his family. But when Alice tells him she's pregnant, he is suddenly almost driven to madness, as his past comes back to his mind. Alice will now do anything she can to help him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: melancholic, enigmatic, emotional, psychological, romantic, erotic, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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For Both of Us (2016)
Plot Summary:
Çiçek is a girl who grew up in a small village. She has so many questions about her own life with no answers. And then her life is changed by Dogan, her literature teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet
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Alexander the Last (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, heartfelt, contemplative, independent film, sexual, sexy
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Sweetheart (2019)
Plot Summary:
A working woman, mother a three children, realizes that, when her youngest one is about to go to Canada to continue her education, she will end up out of her most precious goal, being a mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, humorous, melancholic, social
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Dilan 1991 (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dilan & Milea are now dating. But as time goes by, Dilan has to choose between his motorcycle club or Milea.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Tune in for Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1994, on the first day that Yoo Yeul went on air as the new DJ of the popular radio show ‘Music Album,' a college girl Mi-su meets Hyun-woo who happens to drop by the bakery she works at. Like the music streaming from the radio, their frequencies slowly come in sync; even when they're apart, the show brings them together through ebbs and flows of events arising from both pure coincidence and inevitability, until the bitter reality sets in and drives them apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, sweet, captivating, romantic drama
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Half Girlfriend (2017)
Plot Summary:
Madhav Jha, a rustic boy from Bihar who is drawn to his college-mate, Riya Somani, an affluent English-speaking girl from Delhi. There’s just one hitch here. Riya is willing to go thus far and no further; Madhav continues being obsessed with her. Will the Bihar boy and the Delhi girl make it past the half-way mark?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, disturbing
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The Waterdance (1992)
Plot Summary:
An oft overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, emotional, talky, psychological, sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, independent film, erotic
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One Night Stand (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, melancholic, light, intense, touching, serious, realistic, erotic, clever, romantic
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Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two unhappy people's lives become entwined when they have a life changing romance. Adrienne is a woman who's trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not. Her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is traveling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn in a North Carolina beach town where she is staying.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sentimental, melancholic, tear jerker, romantic drama, emotional, intense, heartbreaking, epic
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Falling in Love Again (1980)
Plot Summary:
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, she was the most beautiful girl in school, and both had a fondness for bran muffins. They fell in love, got married, moved to Los Angeles, and had two kids. While struggling with his midlife crisis, Harry receives an invitation for his high school's reunion back so he takes Sue and their teenage kids on a cross-country car trip back to the Big Apple. Will they see in the Bronx what they expected? Will the good memories from their past help rekindle their fading love? Is it too late to dream?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, melancholic, light, entertaining, intense, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic