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Plot Summary:
A violent, street-fighter becomes a communicator.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Drylongso (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young woman (Toby Smith) in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Last Best Year (1990)
Plot Summary:
Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a therapist (Mary Tyler Moore) who is very hesitant to become involved in this case due to the loss she suffered as a young child. As her condition deteriorates, Jane learns how to come to terms with her past as does her therapist.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Poids léger (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young man tries his way in boxing, supported by a coach. He meets a girl, falls in love and she becomes pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying, sensitive
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Hierarchy (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of Californians experience loss, despair and desperation over the course of seven days before Christmas. A boxing underdog must face the truth about his uncertain future, a blocked novelist struggles to create a new work admist a suspicious movie proposal, and an engineer with a secret must sell his business plans before it puts his marriage and career in serious jeopardy. With a self-imposed, mounting pressure, their actions and decisions push them deeper into a void of self-doubt and misery leading to one last hope to start fresh again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
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Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Universal Signs (2008)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his fiancée's daughter while in his care, a deaf man shuts himself off from the world. Haunted by memories, it is only through new friendship that he can learn to forgive, love, and reconnect.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Straight Right (2000)
Plot Summary:
Kalib is ready for one of the fights of his life, he's going up for boxings Lightweight Championship Title of the world, but when trouble erupts-his life takes an awkward turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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One Second Champion (2020)
Plot Summary:
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, a boxing buff persuades him to use his power in the boxing ring. After reviving Hong Kong’s vampire genre as the co-director of Vampire Cleanup Department, Chiu Sin-hang (also the lead vocalist of local band ToNick) combines the boxing genre with a refreshing dash of fantasia in his thrilling solo directorial effort.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
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Spring Night (1976)
Plot Summary:
A story of two siblings who for the first time spend a night without their parents, and are visited by strangers who ask for room for the night. Based on the novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min
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Fighting for My Daughter (1995)
Plot Summary:
Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
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For Michelle (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Brett Cornell learns that the mother of a child he is alleged to have Fathered 5 years prior, has died in an accident, he heads south to try and take custody of the daughter that he never knew. Brett takes to desperate measures to make it in time to claim the young girl and prove that he will be a suitable Father. The consequences of his actions follow him, however, putting his life in danger, and potentially ruining his chance to save the child from foster care by raising doubts in the mind of his case worker, whom he has become romantically involved with.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Shiner (2004)
Plot Summary:
Raising the subtext of "Fight Club" into text, "Shiner" depicts a pair of amateur boxers gratified by punching each others' lights out. Theirs is among a trio of twisted love stories in the narrative feature by 29-year-old Los Angeles director Christian Calson. There's also a woman literally fighting her male lover's affections and another boxer who stalks his own shy male stalker. "Shiner" transcends sadomasochism in that no one seems aware of what he or she is doing. "I'm trying to look at desire head on," the soft-spoken Calson said by telephone. "('Shiner') is about the politics of wanting and being wanted and how people respond differently." Rife with ugly behavior, "Shiner" rejects the trend of queer filmmakers seeking straight understanding. "In L.A., we have this kind of sadness we carry around, that the only way we can make gay stories is by making more like 'Will and Grace,' " Calson said. Like the activist-filmmakers tackling the marriage issue, Calson went into ".
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Hurt (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mandy White is a cheerleader. Dan LaCoy is a football player. Jason Dobbs is a bully. Eli Barker is an artist. Asia Borg is a foster kid. What they all have in common however, is that they are hurting. Each one deals with their own personal issues including depression, alcoholic parents, peer pressure, academic pressures and thoughts of suicide. All the while the school counselor Professor Shepard is doing his best to meet their needs and see that their futures are well prepared for. However, despite all the direction, the right questions are not asked and one of the students slips through the cracks. Mandy, Dan, Jason, Eli or Asia commits to a school shooting...and despite their hardships, no one sees it coming.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Invisible Light (2003)
Plot Summary:
The film is counterbalanced between two interrelated parts. The first part takes place in Los Angeles, and is centered around a Korean female student, Gah-in, who is studying in the US. She is having a sexual affair with a married man named, Jun. The second part is about Jun's wife, Do-hee, which takes place in Seoul, Korea.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 78 min
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Blind Spot (2018)
Plot Summary:
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Hammer (2017)
Plot Summary:
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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God's Club (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following his wife’s death, public high-school teacher Michael Evens (Stephen Baldwin) re-launches the Bible Club she originally founded. When upset parents cite the separation of church and state and want the group disbanded, a passionate dispute erupts and threatens to destroy their small Vermont community. With his job, personal relationships and even his faith on the line, Michael must make tough decisions about the things that matter most. Corbin Bernsen and Lorenzo Lamas also star in this uplifting tale of strength, unity and love.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film
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One More Round (2015)
Plot Summary:
Basically the Christian version of Rocky.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: christian film
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A Master Builder (2013)
Plot Summary:
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, philosophical, cerebral, touching, independent film, thought provoking
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Pivot Point (2011)
Plot Summary:
A psychological drama that follows four high schoolers down a dark ride. As each struggle separately in their own lives they will soon discover that their lives are interconnected in ways they never would have guessed. They also effect each other in unimaginable ways which have devastating consequences. As they all lay bloody on the floor of their high school, only one question can be asked, "What could have been done to prevent this?" Pivot Point follows each of these characters on an unforgettable journey as they each plod down a lonely road. Only time will tell if they can reach out before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing
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When Friendship Kills (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two friends keep their vomiting a secret until one friend almost dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional
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For the Love of Nancy (1994)
Plot Summary:
The parents of an anorexic woman fight to save her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: educational, neurotic, psychological, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, witty, disturbing, contemplative
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The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
Plot Summary:
Casey Powell is a young teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nevosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-induced vomiting, because of her troubled home life and problems at school in which her bickering parents must put aside their differences to help her recover before her condition kills her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative
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Painful Secrets (2000)
Plot Summary:
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing self-mutilation is very real, and this movie exposes the growing epidemic. It's a film you can't afford to miss.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, sad, neurotic, teen
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Sharing the Secret (2000)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends secretly binges and purges.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, realistic, touching, serious, teen
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Black Cloud (2004)
Plot Summary:
Black Cloud, is an inspirational story about a young Navajo, Native American boxer, who overcomes personal challenges as he comes to terms with his heritage, while fighting his way for a spot on the US Olympic boxing team.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sincere, touching, serious, colorful, emotional, realistic
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Yelling to the Sky (2011)
Plot Summary:
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: emotional, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film, crying
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Between Us (2012)
Plot Summary:
A New York couple and their Midwestern friends find that drastic changes have occurred in their respective lives since they last met.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, exciting, tense, touching, independent film
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Manic (2001)
Plot Summary:
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a variety of illnesses.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, independent film, disturbing, compassionate, depressing, rough, cerebral, teen, realistic, talky
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Plot Summary:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, dramatic, serious, captivating, surprise ending, tragicomedy, bleak, emotional, inspirational