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Plot Summary:
An industrialist's (Curt Jurgens) wife (Patricia Neal) tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Dick Francis: Blood Sport (1989)
Plot Summary:
Cleveland teams with an insurance investigator in the search for a stolen $6 million dollar horse in the Canadian Rockies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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False Alarm (2006)
Plot Summary:
Summer in an Athenian neighborhood, the alarm of a car does not leave their neighbors in peace. But every one has its own problems. Infidelity, robbery, jealousy, flirtation, and family reconciliation on corpses, all pour forth into five intertwined stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Everything to Gain (1996)
Plot Summary:
After losing her husband and two daughters in a robbery, Mallory must face up to her bereavement and ensuing depression.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Mystery, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: detective
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Wall of Noise (1963)
Plot Summary:
The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap opera. An ambitious young trainer, Joel Tarrant (Ty Hardin), enters into an illicit affair with the stable owner's wealthy wife, hot-to-trot Laura Rubio (Suzanne Pleshette), in the hope that someday he'll have enough dough to buy his own horses and stable.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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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
Plot tags:
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Surviving Family (2012)
Plot Summary:
Terry hasn't seen or spoken with her family in 2 years. When she shows up unannounced on her father's doorstep - with her fiancé and a plan to get married in 5 days - she learns that she's not the only one with secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, crying
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Wherever You Are (2005)
Plot Summary:
The story of two sisters (Lilia and Trining), who have adopted three children (Lilia adopted Pilar and Joven, Trining adopted Ito). Trouble, lies and violence ensues as Lilia's children fall in love, and Trining's son gets infuriatingly jealous.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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The Irishman (1978)
Plot Summary:
Paddy Doolan is a man who refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way things are done, the stubborn Irishman, the last of the draught-horse teamsters, continues to haul timber the old way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film, uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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Dusty (1983)
Plot Summary:
Plot The eponymous Dusty is an appropriately named dingo, or wild dog. Roaming the fertile fields of Australia, Dusty is captured as a puppy. Though dingoes are normally averse to human companionship, Dusty attaches himself to an old, worn-out shepherd, played by Bill Kerr. The dog gives Kerr a reason for living, and vice versa. Be sure to have plenty of Kleenex handy for some of the mistier passages of Dusty.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Justine (1969)
Plot Summary:
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Riders (1993)
Plot Summary:
Arrogant aristocrat Rupert Campbell-Black has a high social position, woman at his feet, money and fame in the world of show jumping. But Rupert has a rival - the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, whose loathing for the Pin Up of Penscombe has driven him to the top of the riding world to match Rupert's skills. A bitter feud festers between the two stars, who have fought and fornicated their way round the show rings of the world, and now come to a showdown at the Lod Angeles Olympics. As rivals in love and sport, the stage is set for what becomes a compulsive blend of sex, romance, and adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 199 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual
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Diamond Head (1962)
Plot Summary:
Rich Hawaiian pineapple grower and US Senatorial candidate Richard Howland tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstrong sister, Slone.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Maya (1993)
Plot Summary:
A frustrated housewife whose marriage to an average man does not meet her expectations enters into an affair with a younger man. Of course, there are no easy escapes from reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, UK, India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: art film
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Genova (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genoa changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Sweden, Cayman Islands
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, captivating, sex comedy, romantic drama, contemplative, gloomy, feel good
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The Magnetist's Fifth Winter (1999)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. Selander allows Meisner to cure his blind daughter, Maria, who not only regains her sight, but also falls in love with the charismatic magnetist. Dark secrets and repressed memories start to emerge, amidst the love between father and daughter, man and woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags:
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The Weather in the Streets (1983)
Plot Summary:
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags:
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The World Is Full Of Married Men (1979)
Plot Summary:
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Endless Night (1972)
Plot Summary:
A shiftless dreamer, Michael Rogers (Hywel Bennett) fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a wealthy, young girl, Ellie Thomsen (Hayley Mills) who just came of age. They hire a famous architect to build their dream home amidst a series of suspicious incidents. The spouse has dark intentions toward his naive, inexperienced bride. Secrets from his past and sinister ties to their houseguest Greta (Britt Ekland), lead to a terrible turn of unexpected events.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, slasher, black and white, pastoral, independent film, scary, psychological, tense, mind bending, serious
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The Intruder (1999)
Plot Summary:
Catherine meets Nick by accident and, after a whirlwind romance, the two get married and Catherine moves into Nick's apartment only that's the start of problems when an unseen intruder begins playing strange mind games with Catherine in an apparent attempt to drive her insane.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, scary, psychological, tense, mind bending, gothic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Torrents of Spring (1989)
Plot Summary:
In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastry shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, who soon starts sharing his feelings. They decide to get married and, in order to finance the wedding, Dimitri goes back to Russia to sell his family estate. Unfortunately he falls prey to a seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna, who pretends to be willing to buy his land to come nearer him. Now Sanin is in a fix: should he choose the pure Gemma or the evil but irresistible Maria?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, sexual, sexy, period drama
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Blind (2016)
Plot Summary:
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, sentimental, uplifting, heartbreaking, disturbing, romantic drama
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Hardy's classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men. Justine Waddell stars as the hapless Child of Nature who is tossed around by the dark forces of fate. Jason Flemyng is the dark and sinister Alec D'Urberville whose relentless pursuit of Tess triggers the heroine's downfall. Oliver Milburn plays the handsome young Angel Clare, the caring rebel who falls deeply in love with Tess.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: period piece, romantic, costume drama, historical drama, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, period drama
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The Woodlanders (1997)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she can find a better husband than her childhood sweetheart, woodsman Giles. She marries handsome young doctor Fitzpiers, but soon finds out he's not the man of her dreams and she still loves Giles.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: costume drama, serious, realistic, independent film, period piece, period drama
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Possession (2002)
Plot Summary:
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, clever, period piece, sentimental, serious, realistic, heartbreaking, sweet, slasher, romantic drama
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The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
Plot Summary:
Margaret Lea, a young biographer, attempts to interview writer Vida Winter, whose health is deteriorating. Vida has previously denied access to the secrets of her life and childhood home. Vida tells her story to Margaret, helping Margaret to confront her past.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, captivating, touching, serious, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, sentimental
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Random Hearts (1999)
Plot Summary:
After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford' and Kristin Scott Thomas find each others keys in each others loved ones posessions and realize that they were having an affair and must figure out all the details. Written by Andy HeitzThe wife of Police Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broek and the husband of politician Kay Chandler are killed in a plane crash. Now Dutch discovers some anomalies in what he told her before she left and discovers that she and Chandler's husband were travelling together. Dutch then goes to Chandler and tells her that he suspects that they were having an affair. He tells her that he wants to know the truth; she tells him that she doesn't but she later joins him and they grow close.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: emotional, romantic, sentimental, serious, psychological, realistic, enigmatic, romantic drama, contemplative, gloomy
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Three Sisters (1970)
Plot Summary:
Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, captivating, sincere, touching, gloomy, independent film, period drama
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne (Jodhi May.) Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, sexy, period drama
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Mister Foe (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, talky, sentimental, erotic, independent film, psychological, realistic, heartbreaking, emotional, sweet
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Jane Eyre (2011)
Plot Summary:
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, gothic, atmospheric, captivating, costume drama, period piece, visually appealing, sexy, emotional