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Plot Summary:
After living in hiding for 17 years, a woman faces new danger when her daughter's drug-dealing father locates them and expects her to repay the money she stole from him years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Little Wing (2016)
Plot Summary:
Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She steals a car and drives up north in search of her father, of whom she only knows the name. But her father is not exactly what she had expected. Meeting him trigger something in Varpu and Siru's life, making them realize their role in each other's lives, and in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 926
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland, Denmark
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, uplifting
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Lace II (1985)
Plot Summary:
While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags:
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Baby Sister (1983)
Plot Summary:
Sultry college dropout Annie Burroughs moves in with her older sister Marsha and proceeds to break up the relationship between Marsha and her live-in boyfriend David Mitchell so Annie can begin a sensuous love affair and have David all for herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: nostalgic
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Death of an Angel (1985)
Plot Summary:
Grace, a priest, tracks her missing daughter to a religious community where the strange father Angel is keeping a wooden Jesus figure that sheds actual blood. When the cross is stolen, Grace decides to help out to get her daughter back.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Young Runaways (1968)
Plot Summary:
Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychedelic
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44 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, 44 is the story of Migs, an 18 year old high school student trapped between the two opposing forces of his father, a drug dealer and convicted felon, and his mother, an NYPD cop.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Cora Unashamed (2000)
Plot Summary:
From the short story by Langston Hughes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Littlerock (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pair of Japanese siblings get stranded in small-town California and become friends with other twentysomethings they meet, despite the complete lack of a common verbal language.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, mumblecore, gloomy, independent film, sexy
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The Sure Hand of God (2004)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the Erkine Caldwell novel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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Blinded by the Light (1980)
Plot Summary:
David Bowers is a teenager who runs away from home to join a quasi-religious cult. His sister Janet is determined to find him, but almost winds up getting brainwashed by the cult herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Web Cam Girls (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Alex Hiles' hot mess cousin Carolyn vanishes, Alex suspects the worst...Carolyn has been "camming" lately, and Alex suspects she broke the rules and met one of her clients...No one believes her and it's now up to Alex to track and face the predator that kidnaps Cam Girls.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful
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A Death of Innocence (1971)
Plot Summary:
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags:
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May We Chat (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the generation of smartphones and web 2.0, the film follows three troubled young girls who will do anything to escape their stifling lives – even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. The advent of technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of misunderstood youths remain as relevant as they were two decades ago.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, erotic, weird
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Happy Hour (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other. But one day, at a party, Jun confesses that she is seeking a divorce from her husband and this information seems to upset the other three. They follow her trial as she attempts to win her case against her husband’s will.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 317 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, sexy, feel good, captivating, melancholic, independent film, romantic drama, sexual, psychotronic
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Neighboring Sakuko (2013)
Plot Summary:
3 years on from hospitalité, Kiki Sugino and Koji Fukada are back again with this socially-conscious film about a 18-year-old girl in-between adolescence and adulthood who spends a summer in a valley and enjoys romance. Sakuko, a 18-year-old girl studying for her university entrance exams, decides to accompany her aunt Mikie on a trip to a seaside town. There she befriends Takashi, a refugee from Fukushima who has dropped out of high school and works at a motel run by Ukichi, a friend of Mikie. In-between childhood and adulthood, Sakuko starts to understand the difficulties of becoming an adult.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, captivating, sincere, sentimental, feel good, serious
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Angel Blue (1998)
Plot Summary:
Dennis (Sam Bottoms) is a handsome, successful and well-liked civic leader who lives in his hometown with his lovely wife (Lisa Eichhorn) and their new baby. When Enrique Vasquez (Marco Rodriguez) and his striking teen daughter Angela (Yeniffer Behrens) move in next door, Dennis is only too happy to lend a hand. But when he and Angela begin an affair, Dennis's perfect life is threatened in this provocative drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sensual, crying
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The Young Lovers (1964)
Plot Summary:
A carefree college student has to face up to responsibility when his girlfriend announces she's pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Asia (2020)
Plot Summary:
Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, social
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Hell (2006)
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, gloomy
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Beverly Lewis' The Confession (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis, "The Confession" is the continuing story of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who goes on a journey in search of her identity - only to find herself embroiled in a mystery that must be solved before she can be reunited with the "Englisher" mother who gave her up to adoption 20 years earlier. Written by Brian Bird.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, sad, scenic
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The Shunning (2011)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, serious, captivating, christian film, sad, contemplative, period drama
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The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
Plot Summary:
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, captivating, teen, realistic, gloomy, teen comedy
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Mothers and Daughters (2016)
Plot Summary:
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, entertaining
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Stolen from the Heart (2000)
Plot Summary:
A former prostitute kidnaps a baby boy at birth to satisfy her drug-dealing husband, who has told her that he is going to divorce her and put her out on the streets if she cannot produce him a son. Obviously the real mother becomes emotionally wrought and determined to get her baby back. Barbara Mandrell gets thrown into all of this mess as the mother's mother, who just happens to be beset with heart problems.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008)
Plot Summary:
Luz Cuevas baby daughter Delimar disappeared in 1997 after their house caught fire during a party, The police reported that she was killed in the fire. However, Cuevas suspects that she was kidnapped and that the fire was staged by an outsider. Six years after the fire, Cuevas meets Valerie Valleja former wife of one of Pedro's cousins, who was also at the party. She has a six-year-old girl with her, named Aaliyah. The girl bears a resemblance to Cuevas and she suspects it is Delimar. Cuevas begins an investigation….
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, hispanic
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Sherrybaby (2006)
Plot Summary:
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, emotional, bleak, depressing, serious, sexual, cult classic, realistic, scary, political
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Suntan (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take over the local clinic. His whole life and routine will turn upside down when he meets an international group of young and beautiful tourists and he falls in love with Anna, a 19-year-old goddess.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, tense, light, touching, romantic, dorama, scenic, disturbing, art house, sensual
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Ask Me Anything (2014)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, sexy, psychological, touching, dramatic, intense, independent film, sexual
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American Beauty (1999)
Plot Summary:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: melancholic, thought provoking, dark comedy, sexual, cerebral, dramatic, sexy, black comedy, tragicomedy, cynical