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Plot Summary:
James Nesbitt plays radiographer Joe Keyes. Late one night he is travelling home by train when he sees a young girl, Alice (Emily Bruni) being chatted up by two men. When the banter becomes threatening Joe is unsure whether or not to intervene. When he reaches his station he glances at Alice who seems to be appealing for his help. Now he faces a dilemma. Should he stay on the train and get involved or get off and go home? Joe chooses home. His actions result in terrible consequences for Alice, his wife Helen (Siobhan Finneran) and his two children - but most of all for his sense of identity. Writer Tony Marchant says; "A man makes a fateful decision that systematically takes apart his authority as a husband, a father and a man. It's ultimately about how hard it is to be good and do the right thing.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
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From Tuesday to Tuesday (2012)
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Juan is a 35 year old man whose hobby is bodybuilding. He works in a factory, where despite its huge and muscled physique, is mistreated by his bosses and colleagues. His biggest dream is to leave that life gray and a better life, especially owning your own gym, but has yet to collect some money. And that is, when, in the evening of another of his routine days, attends a terrible episode before which makes a decision that suddenly puts a moral crossroads.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min
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The Three Ages of Sasha (2012)
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Jackie is an average young woman living an average life in the suburbs when she meets handsome, Nasir, and it's love at first sight. They get married and baby Sasha is born. Over a period of time Jackie realises the man she married is not the tall dark knight sent to rescue her from a life of drudgery, rather he is the jailer to a life of violence and abuse. As Sasha goes from baby to child then child to young adult, her exposure to domestic violence moulds her and skews her moral compass. The bond between mother and daughter grows ever stronger and Jackie will stop at nothing to protect her daughter, regardless of the outcome.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
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SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997)
Plot Summary:
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, touching, serious, realistic, dark comedy
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Working Girls (2020)
Plot Summary:
During a scorching summer, Axelle, Conso and Dominique cross every day the Franco-Belgian border to prostitute themselves in Belgium to continue living in Roubaix.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 91 min
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Horoscope (1969)
Plot Summary:
A gang of young delinquents from a coastal town terrorize the locals, the tourists that spend the summer holidays there, as well as the young girls. They are especially focused on a pretty girl that sells newspapers, and they make a bet which one will seduce her.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Raping! (1978)
Plot Summary:
A woman on her way to Tokyo is repeatedly raped by various men she encounters on the highway.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: crying
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Sicily! (1999)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 66 min
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Listening to Rain (2012)
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Listening to Rain is a coming of age story centered around two girls who are sexually assaulted during their senior year of high school. This unique films follows Haley and Emily as they attempt find themselves and recover from unimaginable trauma. Written by Stefanie Walesch and Joshua Good, this film is an insightful look into the adolescence experience of the late 2000's. Listening to Rain provides a window into the minds of scared young women as they try to mend the damage and live on. It is a film about coming of age, coping with trauma and tragedy seen through the lens of those whom are coming of age, overcoming tragedy, and dealing with trauma. Erica Gonzales, Samantha Rakell, and Katie Stewart star in this thought-provoking film directed by Joshua Good and photographed by William Davies Meldon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Play Me Something (1989)
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A collection of seemingly unrelated individuals wait in a small island airport. Their flight is delayed, and each takes a turn to tell the others a story from his or her life. All small island stories of ordinary, uninspiring lives. Until one man, The Stranger, tells his story of a summer romance in Venice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min
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Intimidades en un cuarto de baño (1991)
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A family crisis revealed through each member's bathroom intimacy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Subwave (1995)
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College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last party and is missing since, had sex with five of them. Roger does his utmost to prevent the potential statutory rape case ruining his son's future, but confides in his moralistic wife, refuge house worker Karen, who instead of supporting the boys haunts them like Rosalie's mother Inez, with multiple tragic results.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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37 (2016)
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On a March night in 1964, 37 neighbors in Queens, New York, witness the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese. None of them takes action or calls the police. 37 tells the story of a few of these people and what led up to the night when they unexplainably remained passive observers. The film is a convincing portrayal of a borough in change and a time characterized by racism, the Civil Rights Movement and political shifts. The actual event that inspired the film’s plot has been called a symbol for the moment when America lost its innocence. The director Puk Grasten skillfully weaves into her feature film debut various fates, dreams and family conflicts by leading us through an apartment building that comes to bear a collective failure.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sad, independent film
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Yumechiyo's Diary (1985)
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Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Through her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in providing a man innocent of a false murder charge and in the process discovers love for the first time in his arms.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
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The Light of the Moon (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a New York City woman is sexually assaulted while walking home one evening, she struggles to accept the truth and rediscover the intimacy within her relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 978
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad
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When He's Not a Stranger (1989)
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At a California university, Lyn goes to meet her best friend Melanie in the dorm room of Melanie's boyfriend Ron, a football star. When Lyn arrives, Melanie is not there. Ron forces himself on Lyn. When she resists, Ron throws her on the bed and rapes her. Lyn initially tries to forget about it, but when she does decide to pursue a university hearing, the pressure of Melanie, Ron, and the school is brought to bear.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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A Case of Rape (1974)
Plot Summary:
When she was raped, Ellen thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse, was the treatment by the hospital staff, police and the court system, when she reported it, and the man was caught.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Silent Witness (1985)
Plot Summary:
The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Crime Of Innocence (1985)
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Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Free, White and 21 (1963)
Plot Summary:
A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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The Verdict (1974)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
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Dumont's Case (2012)
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Michel Dumont is charged, judged and sentenced for a rape he denies ever having committed. While he serves his time in prison, Solange, who he fell in love with during his trial, embarks on the colossal task of proving his innocence and having the court rehabilitate him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
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Assignment Berlin (1982)
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no overview.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
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The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002)
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Based on a true story about an extraordinary woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist terrorizing a two-block area surrounding her home. When she learns that the police department was aware of this dangerous criminal yet decided not to issue a public warning, she feels that she and all the women in the neighbourhood were offered up as bait. Driven to take action, she investigates not only her own case, but also police procedures with regard to rape and its victims, and is shocked by what she discovers: a legal system that is sexist and uncaring. It is then that she decides to take on the Toronto Police Department. What follows for Jane Doe is a grueling 10-year legal battle, which becomes vicious, all-consuming and personal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 105 min
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The Conviction (1991)
Plot Summary:
A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: controversial
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Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (1993)
Plot Summary:
An 11 year old girl accuses her father of incest.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: historical drama, crying, independent film
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Hope (2013)
Plot Summary:
After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: disturbing, uplifting, heartbreaking, sad, psychological, rough, suspenseful, epic, social, tear jerker
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Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
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Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, contemplative, talky
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National Treasure (2016)
Plot Summary:
Paul Finchley is a bona fide "national treasure", one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act. The famous comedian's world is thrown into chaos when he is accused of historic sexual abuse.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending
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Silenced (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: disturbing, emotional, serious, bleak, realistic, dark, intense, depressing, sad, noir
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Girl in the Bunker (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in 2006 and based on the true story of Elizabeth Shoaf, this powerful film explores the tension-filled ten days Elizabeth was kidnapped and held prisoner by Vinson Filyaw. Imprisoned in a secret underground bunker hidden deep in the woodland, Elizabeth finds herself at the mercy of an erratic and dangerous fantasist who dreams of one day making her his wife... While a massive police hunt unfolds above ground, it falls to Elizabeth to somehow outwit her captor if she is to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, rough, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, disturbing, dark