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Plot Summary:
Based on true incidents, Run, Tecato, Run depicts a junkie's efforts to get off heroin in order to reclaim and raise his daughter. Produced for $60,000, the film explores the connections between the Vietnam War, drug addiction and crime—juxtaposing these against Mexican American family, culture and spirituality.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983)
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A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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Drying Up the Streets (1978)
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An ex-junkie takes on seedy urban culture to try and locate his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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A Journey Through Pines (2017)
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A daughter finds a journal her dad left behind, only to discover there was another woman in his life she knew nothing about. She sets out to find this woman and the reason her father never ended up with the woman he must have loved.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
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Broken Memories (2017)
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“Broken Memories” is a romantic drama that depicts the often-untold story of a family caregiver tending to an elderly parent. Once estranged from his family, Levi (Ivan Sergei), puts his life on hold to care for his father, Jasper (Rance Howard), who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. After Jasper wanders off one too many times, Levi eventually is resigned to hiring a beautiful and somewhat mysterious caregiver named Maggie (Kelly Greyson). Her patience and warmth begin to rebuild a bridge between father and son as the old family house begins to resemble a home once again. Unfortunately, Maggie has her own turbulent past that eventually catches up with her and changes everything in a burst of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Please Don't Bury Me Alive! (1976)
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It tells his story in the turbulent days near the end of the Vietnam War, as a young Chicano man questioning his and his people’s place in society as thousands of his Latino brethren return from the war in coffins.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: aesthetic, independent film
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Lilian's Story (1996)
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For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney and the people who live and work around her she sees others looking for love. Lilian shows us it is never too late to change your life and that even unusual choices can bring contentment.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder (2023)
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In an effort to reunite with his daughter after a period of absence, a father takes her on a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along the way they encounter some interesting characters and obstacles while sorting out their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Animals (2014)
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ANIMALS tells the story of Jude and Bobbie: a young couple that exist somewhere between homelessness and the fantasy of their imaginations. Though they masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction, they are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation when one of them gets hospitalized.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: indie film
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Daisy Winters (2017)
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An eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is harshly broken. Along her journey, including her quest to discover her father, she learns how to embrace every moment with determination and unrelenting self-confidence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Shelter (2014)
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Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, depressing, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough, serious, social
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Fire and Rain (1989)
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This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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Booger Red (2015)
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Booger Red is a hybrid documentary/narrative about a veteran reporter who searches for the truth behind the largest purported child sex ring in Texas history. On his journey through the bowels of East Texas, he's forced to confront his own history with abuse while he discovers that the allegations at the root of his investigation might have never happened.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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H (1990)
Plot Summary:
A junkie couple board themselves in their apartment while they try to kick their heroin habit.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: minimal cast, independent film
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Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" in which Betty Broderick is on trial for the murder of her ex-husband and his new wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Rockaway (2017)
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Inspired by true events, a man recounts the summer of '94, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
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A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
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Eyes of an Angel (1991)
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John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, tension, independent film, suspense
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Wasted (2002)
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A high-school track star (Nick Stahl) watches without judgment as his two best friends (Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul) abuse heroin.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, realistic, rough, serious, gloomy, biting, suspense
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6 Balloons (2018)
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Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two year old daughter in tow.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, melancholic, sentimental, rough, captivating
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Ben Is Back (2018)
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19 year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, social, rough, suspense, suspenseful, inspirational, spiritual, serious, entertaining, non fiction
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Wheels (2014)
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Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, psychological, sentimental, bleak, captivating, sad, mindfuck, realistic, independent film
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Courage (1986)
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A mother in Queens, New York, is so angered when she discovers that her son is a drug addict that she becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic
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True life drama about a working mum (Henner) whose life is put back in jeopardy when the man who was convicted of stalking her (Savant) and killing her cousin comes up for parole.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
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A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: depressing, touching, sincere, gloomy, sad, psychological, poignant, realistic, emotional, serious
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Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Sweet Nothing (1995)
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Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend of his to deal drugs for a short time--enough time to get out of debt and buy some nice things for the family. Three years later, Angel is still dealing, and has not saved any money, instead spending it on crack. His addiction grows, straining his friendship and his family life, and he gradually loses control.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: melancholic, realistic, serious, independent film, crying, bleak, gloomy, weeping, light, road movie
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Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial (2022)
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Follows the tumultuous relationship—in and out of court—of Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
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Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off a nationwide search for the 22-year-old travel blogger after her parents reported her missing in September 2021, when she failed to return home following her cross country “van-life” trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie. Non-stop coverage on the news drove amateur sleuths to dissect Gabby’s social media posts for clues about what happened to her during her trip, leading to the eventual discovery of her body in Wyoming. As the one-year anniversary of her tragic death approaches, the movie will bring to life Gabby and Brian’s doomed love story, including the warning signs that Gabby’s life was in danger, the ensuing search for her, the eventual discovery of her murder and ultimately, Brian’s suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
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This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: depressing, disturbing, bleak, rough, serious, controversial, grim, cult classic, realistic, dark
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Zooey (2006)
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Angel and Zooey are not your typical newlyweds. Zooey is a professional prostitute and Angel is a drug dealer. Yet they are not without hopes and dreams, of escaping their life in the streets and starting a new in a fresh painted cottage with picked fence, kid and a dog, in Manitoba, Canada, Life gets in the way however when their best friend gets in trouble with her pimp. They sacrifice everything to save her, including their own dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, gloomy