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Plot Summary:
A film director Sergey Paradjanov creates brilliant films. His nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. He is committed to prison for being eccentric.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Ukraine, France, Georgia, Armenia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Protector (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, serious, stylized
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Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, Mrs. Soffel is set in Pittsburgh near the dawn of the 20th century. Peter Soffel (Edward Herrmann) is the warden of a top security prison, and his wife Kate (Diane Keaton) often comes by to read the Bible aloud to the inmates, despite her fragile health. While making her rounds, she makes the acquaintance of the Biddle Brothers, Ed (Mel Gibson) and Jack (Matthew Modine), who are sentenced to death for murder and robbery. Ed has become something of a celebrity thanks to his letter-writing campaign, in which he appeals in the letter-to-the-editor columns of the popular press to stay the execution of his brother and himself. His good looks, intelligence, and charm make a strong impression on Kate, whose marriage offers her little excitement. In time, Kate finds herself falling in love with Ed, and she discovers that she's unexpectedly receptive to his suggestion that she help him escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: melancholic, light, sweet, realistic, romantic, tense, serious, gloomy, romantic drama, sexy
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The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
Plot Summary:
A hunted man breaks into the castle at Oberwald to kill the Queen, but faints before doing so. He is Sebastian, the splitting image of the King who was assassinated on his wedding day. The Queen discovers that Sebastian once wrote a subversive poem that she liked, even though it was attacking her. The Queen dares Sebastian to kill her, otherwise she vows to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, experimental
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The Girl and Death (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Girl and Death tells us the impossible love story of Nicolai and the courtesan Elise. A love obstructed by materialism, wealth and death threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Russia, Germany
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, serious, stylized, captivating, psychological, touching
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A Gentle Woman (1969)
Plot Summary:
When his young wife commits suicide, leaving no explanation for her act, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together and tries to understand why she had to kill herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spiritual, anthology, art house, powerful, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic
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Heartbeat (1968)
Plot Summary:
The mistress (Catherine Deneuve) of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized
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In Real Life (2008)
Plot Summary:
In his new film a young director puts his girlfriend through a love test. By doing so he risks his real life relationship with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, emotional, clever, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Yvonne's Perfume (1994)
Plot Summary:
It is the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor. But in a season full of secrets, is truth the most elusive passion of all?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic drama, sentimental, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual
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The Last Supper (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mrs. Mashreghi, who is a prominent university professor, is divorced from her husband. She leads a happy life for a while until one her students who is almost the same age of her daughter falls in love with her; a love which is completely rejected by society.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, sexual, sexy
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Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990)
Plot Summary:
Spanning years of both Harry and Leona Helmsley's cutthroat control of their eponymonous empire, this made-for-TV movie chronicles both the high and low points of the couple's life together.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, cynical
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Gertrud (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her distinguished husband and embraces an affair with a young concert pianist, who falls short of her desire for lasting affection. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: black and white, serious, spiritual, art house, slow cinema, psychological, emotional, realistic, contemplative, avant garde
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Paper Soldier (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, atmospheric, realistic, art house, contemplative, talky
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The Soft Skin (1964)
Plot Summary:
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: depressing, neo noir, anthology, art house, black and white, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative
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The American Standards (2008)
Plot Summary:
At a crossroads in his life, Doc Jennings goes home to celebrate his mother's birthday and uncovers dramatic family secrets. Lies, affairs and afflictions bubble to the surface of his seemingly perfect family. Can they come back together or is it too late?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating
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John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985)
Plot Summary:
Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, avant garde, rockumentary
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Brides (2014)
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Nutsa, a young mother, lives with her two children in a suburbs of Tblissi in Georgia. Her partner Goga is in prison. They get married, so she gains the right to talk to him once a month in the visiting room on the other side of the glass. The ceremony is quick with a strange ambiance. Goga in prison, Nutsa with children outside, a routine sets in.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Georgia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, disturbing
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The Last Tycoon (1976)
Plot Summary:
F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: realistic, stylized, captivating, sentimental, retro, psychotronic, metafiction, cult classic, serious, gloomy
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Wild Grass (2009)
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Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, light, captivating, psychedelic, gloomy, experimental
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A Man and a Woman (1966)
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A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is a widow.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, romantic, psychological, romantic drama, erotic, captivating, art film, cerebral, serious
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Love Street (2002)
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A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, melancholic, light, feel good, captivating, sexual, erotic
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The Waiting City (2009)
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An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
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Following "Paris, Je t'aime" "New York,I Love You" and "Rio, Eu Te Amo" “Tbilisi, I Love You” has become the next film in the “Cities of Love” franchise.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Georgia
Duration: 93 min
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Bride Flight (2008)
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The story of the women on the KLM flight that won the 1953 Air Race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 130 min
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Swann (1996)
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Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure poet who was brutally murdered in a small town in rural Ontario.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min
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Dreaming of Space (2005)
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A story of a simple, naive Russian man Konek and the people around him: his love and her sister and a mysterious man. The film is set in 1957, time of changes, time of waiting for something big to happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, serious, stylized, captivating, realistic
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The Golden Era (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 177 min
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The Color of Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
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Endless Night (2015)
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Greenland, 1908. Josephine, self-confident and bold wife of famous Arctic explorer Robert Peary, embarks on a dangerous journey in pursuit of her husband who is seeking a route to the North Pole. But Josephine is also naïve and ignores warnings from experienced polar travellers about the onset of winter. At great sacrifice the expedition reaches Peary's base camp. Josephine refuses to go home and wants to spend winter in the hut. Only the young Inuit woman Allaka, who lives in an igloo and knows about the cold, stays with her. As the long nights draw nearer, Josephine realises she has more in common with this woman from a different world than she thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, psychological, tense, realistic, stylized
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Liz & Dick (2012)
Plot Summary:
On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized, sexy, ridiculous
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Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Plot Summary:
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, psychological, captivating, intellectual, heartbreaking, political, sex comedy, grindhouse, period piece