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Plot Summary:
The tense marriage between two painters is shaken and stirred when the husband's provocative free-spirited nude model ignites his wife's sexual and spiritual awakening. In a three way game of subtle seduction, each of the three confront desires and frustrations that threaten to destroy the illusions of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, art house, captivating, sexy, dark comedy, sexual
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Two Roses and a Golden Rod (1969)
Plot Summary:
In this steamy drama, a Hollywood screenwriter lusts after his beautiful 16-year-old daughter -- who reciprocates his feelings -- while his wife finds herself torn between her spouse and her lesbian inclinations.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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For Lovers Only (2011)
Plot Summary:
FOR LOVERS ONLY is a story of a MAN and a WOMAN in love. After seeing each other for the first time in years while on separate work assignments in Paris, the LOVERS flee together and travel by train, car and motorcycle, as their love affair takes them across France-from Normandy to St. Tropez. Throughout their trip, both characters experience long periods of carefree bliss and unrepentant joy punctuated by brief moments of guilt and confusion. The final outcome of the affair is left open to interpretation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, black and white, captivating, light, humorous, sexy, offbeat, independent film, sentimental
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Advice from a Caterpillar (1999)
Plot Summary:
When it comes to romance, Missy's attitude has always been whatever. After all, her artistic career is flourishing...her spacious New York City loft is fabulous...and her relationship with a married man is totally uncomplicated-what more could a modern girl want? But then Missy meets Brat, who's sweet, genuine and shares her fondness for 70's sitcoms. Unfortunately, he's also dating her pal Spaz. When Missy and Brat unexpectedly fall for each other, will she lose her identity...and her best friend? No matter how far you run, true love always finds you.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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Multiple Sarcasms (2010)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to write a play about the sorry state of his life. He quits his job, gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Although his marriage ends in a divorce, the play is success and although his life is different than it was, he is happier.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative, touching, offbeat, serious, gloomy
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Warm Summer Rain (1989)
Plot Summary:
Kate, a depressed thirty-something who unsuccessfuuly attempts suicide by slitting her wrists. Reflecting briefly upon her circumstance in the hospital, she realizes that nothing has been solved, whereupon she vacates the premises, wearing nothing but a hospital gown, a black coat, and flimsy sandals. Shortly thereafter, at a bus station, she requests from the attendant a bus ticket to wherever, with consideration to the limited funds she has to spare. The attendant insists on a destination, or even a direction - Kate spins about, points, and says, "that way". The story then evolves to include Barry Tubb, her love interest, who rekindles her will to live.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: realistic, independent film, sexual, sexy, erotic, serious
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Unanswered Prayers (2010)
Plot Summary:
After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and adolescent son Jessie is suddenly tested by the return of Ben's first high-school love, Ava Andersson, who visits from Chicago, after a failed marriage, to bury her ma. Ava seduces Ben into reliving their courtship, which she traumatically broke off without a goodbye. Jesse reacts furiously, even backseats his own football scholarship bid, rather pa's projected ambition, in favor of a writing summer course.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, touching, serious, sexual, sexy
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Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Plot Summary:
An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual
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Who's the Man, Who's the Woman (1996)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to the blockbuster comedy He's a Woman, She's a Man, Who's the Woman, Who's the Man picks up right where the original left off! Music producer Sam (Leslie Cheung) and his cross-dressing protege Wing (Anita Yuen) have finally professed their love for another, but now what?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual, gay cinema
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Leaving Metropolis (2002)
Plot Summary:
David is a painter with painter's block who takes a job as a waiter to get some inspiration. He falls for hunky diner owner Matt, who falls just as hard back. But Violet, Matt's wife is a complicating factor! Toss in David's best friends a dying pre-op transsexual best friend and an aging, bitter, fag-hag journalist. Will David break up Matt's marriage? Will Violet learn the truth? Will David or Matt learn the true meaning of love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual, crying, weeping, sexy, queer cinema
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The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970)
Plot Summary:
Kitty and Stud are lovers. They enjoy a robust sex-life, which includes fellatio and light S&M, specifically, Stud belt-whipping Kitty. Three women come over for a party and Stud services them, one after the other.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, grindhouse
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Fourplay (2012)
Plot Summary:
A feature anthology of short tales of sexual intimacy set in four American cities.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy, independent film, hispanic, queer cinema
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Denial (1998)
Plot Summary:
Couples split up after a comment at an LA dinner party sets up arguments about how truthful partners are in their relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film, talky, sexual, sex comedy, sexy
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The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
Plot Summary:
What is real and what is fiction? Faced with writer's block with his novel, Lewis Fielding turns to a film script about a woman finding herself after his wife Elizabeth returns from Baden Baden. She didn't quite find herself there but had a brief encounter in a lift with a German who says he is a poet. Now the German is in England, gets himself invited to tea where he claims he admires Fielding's books. Which one does he like the best? "Tom Jones." Amused at being confused with the other Fielding, the novelist works the German into the plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, thought provoking, humorous, captivating, clever, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky
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Sleep with Me (1994)
Plot Summary:
Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and turbulent relationship of Joseph and Sarah, with Joseph's best friend Frank trying hard to cope with letting the love of his life marry his best friend. Featuring Quentin Tarantino in a cameo as Sid, a movie-bore party goer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, sex comedy, hot
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The Trouble with Romance (2007)
Plot Summary:
A provocative, sexy and insightful exploration of relationships between men and women and why we all still yearn for love despite the trouble with romance.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, emotional, sexy, erotic, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film, touching
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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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An American Reunion (2003)
Plot Summary:
The reality of life slams into the proverbial wall when a group of necessitous best friends and ex-lovers are reunited at a milestone reunion, igniting an already passionate and combustible past.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Private Public (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two college seniors on the cusp of graduation meet after being mistakenly thrown in jail after a bar fight. They team up to make a documentary short that exposes a famous professor as a sexual offender, and their lives are soon thrown into turmoil.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, sexual
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (2010)
Plot Summary:
Vince and Shonda have come to the proverbial end of their ropes with one another. Set in Atlanta during the 2008 Presidential Election season, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do is the touching story of what happens when two people feel they have nothing more to give to a relationship. A funny and intimate look at how people fall in love and what it takes to stay there, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do touches on the reality of the outside forces that can make or break a relationship. They say the truth will set you free, but when Shonda and Vince are armed with the truth, will they use it to set themselves free for once and for all?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, psychological, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious
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Just a Kiss (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever, offbeat, talky, independent film
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Let's Ruin It with Babies (2014)
Plot Summary:
Channing has it all: a beautiful home, a rock star lifestyle, and a loving husband intent on ruining it all by knocking her up.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Love in the Time of Money (2002)
Plot Summary:
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: talky, humorous, sexy, captivating, clever, serious, realistic, sexual
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The Car Man (2001)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious stranger arrives in a small town community, leading the locals into greed, sex and murder.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sexy, captivating
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The Bostonians (1984)
Plot Summary:
Based on Henry James's novel of the same name. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the film also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, realistic, talky, political, romantic drama, historical drama, clever, contemplative, independent film
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The Dark Side of Tomorrow (1970)
Plot Summary:
While their husbands are away on a hunting trip, two bored housewives get together to commiserate. One thing leads to another, and they wind up in bed. For one of the women the incident was just a pleasant diversion, but for the other it's turned into a fixation, and when she sees her "lover" going after one of the male neighborhood hunks, things take a turn for the worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, campy
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Claire of the Moon (1992)
Plot Summary:
Claire of the Moon is set in the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Claire Jabrowski, a famous heterosexual author, decides to attend a retreat for all-female writers. Claire's rommate at the retreat is Dr. Noel Benedict, author of a book called The Naked Truth. The movie culminates in a sexual encounter between the two authors.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexual, independent film, erotic, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, sexy, queer cinema
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Carried Away (1996)
Plot Summary:
Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, psychological, disturbing, serious, independent film, dramatic, sexual, sentimental, erotic
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Sirens (1994)
Plot Summary:
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, semi serious, erotic, sex comedy, art house, cult classic, humorous, clever, sexual
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 266000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sexual, philosophical, erotic, artsy, scenic, sentimental, independent film, cerebral
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Standing Still (2005)
Plot Summary:
A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, touching, romantic, exciting