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Plot Summary:
The story of a dysfunctional couple, whose problems will inevitably deteriorate their marriage and their son's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
Plot Summary:
Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, social, independent film, comedy drama
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My Daddy is in Heaven (2017)
Plot Summary:
Becca, Adam and their 5-year-old daughter Acie are a perfect family until a tragic accident during a 4th of July celebration kills their father. Struggling with grief, Becky decides she needs to leave the family farm and all its memories. She leaves Acie with her grandfather Ben and visits with her friend from school, June. With all the best intent, June offers Becky plenty of distraction from her family life. Fueled by her anger at G*d and loss of faith, Becky starts drinking and making other self-destructive choices. Then, after Becky is arrested, Ben threatens to keep Acie until Becky is back on track. A chance encounter in a bus station with a traveler gives Becky what she needs to restore her faith and reunite with her family.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining, christian film
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The Last Will Be the Last (2015)
Plot Summary:
Luciana is a factory worker married to the love of her life. She is living the simple and quiet life she’s always desired: she works and she is deeply in love with her husband Stefano, even if he doesn’t always have a job and they both need to struggle to keep on going. They are happy and always on each other’s side, but shortly after she finds out she’s pregnant, she gets fired and her world starts falling apart. After having tried to have a baby for years, the joy of impending motherhood lasts only a few months. Begging for help but with no one ready to listen to her, completely desperate and shattered, Luciana decides to kidnap the managing director of her former company, asking for the justice she deserves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Life of Josutty (2015)
Plot Summary:
Life of Josutty narrates the story of the struggles and life lessons learned by Josutty(Dileep), a simple farmer living in a village in Kerala who migrates to New Zeland after marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Critical Point (2002)
Plot Summary:
Aline with Valentín. Miroslava with Sergio. Two couples. Two different worlds. One only destiny. Reflected upon one another, their lives intertwine in everyday's story. A story full of conflict and passion, triumph and failure. Thus, their lives get chained in beginnings and endings. For them, there's a lot to choose, a lot to start and a lot to finish. Thus, Aline and Miroslava punctuate their life with a period, and a new paragraph.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Jealous (2017)
Plot Summary:
A divorced teacher suddenly becomes jealous of everyone, including her daughter, friends and neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, comedy drama
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Tre tocchi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a particular audition and in their personal life. With about 6 actors this delivers a broad picture of Italian life in which the question what it means to be a man is posed in the challenging circumstances of familily life, sex relationships, sport, cross gender roles and mafia.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating
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Everything Will Be Fine (2021)
Plot Summary:
A separated couple live together for their child's sake in this satirical dramedy about what it means to be a good parent and spouse in today's world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, political
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Anupamaa (2020)
Plot Summary:
Anupama had to sacrifice a lot to become an ideal wife, daughter-in-law, and mother. After a bitter realisation, she sets out to live on her own terms.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Kevin Can F**k Himself (2021)
Plot Summary:
Explore the secret life of a woman we all grew up watching: the sitcom wife. The series looks to break television convention and ask what the world looks like through her eyes. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera zaniness, the formats will inform one another as we imagine what happens when the sitcom wife escapes her confines, and takes the lead in her own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, humorous, captivating, exciting, anime, spoof, dark comedy, queer cinema
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Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014)
Plot Summary:
Elvira had a fight with her husband, he went to purchase some cigarettes but he never came back, now Elvira is searching for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, hispanic
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Monique (2002)
Plot Summary:
Suffering from depression and marital problems, Alex mistakenly orders a life-size doll, whom he names "Monique". With the help of Monique, Alex turns his life around; however she soon becomes the envy of his friends and wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Taming of the Shrew (2016)
Plot Summary:
This scintillating production of Shakespeare’s boisterous comedy will stir your emotions even as it challenges you with its pointed social commentary. Is the story of Kate and Petruchio one of courtship or of conquest? The breaking down of a defiant spirit or a breakthrough that liberates a heart deprived of love? You decide – but either way, this is an experience not to be missed!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
Plot Summary:
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, art house, independent film
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The Animal's Wife (2016)
Plot Summary:
Colombian director Víctor Gaviria melds stark realism with nail-biting thrills in this story about a teenage girl who is kidnapped and forced into marriage with a ferocious shantytown thug.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Bit of Bad Luck (2014)
Plot Summary:
Brooks Caldwell, (Cary Elwes) an erudite and handsome lawyer, seems to have it all: wealth, social status and a red hot career. His success is, in reality, a product of his marriage to his beautiful, socialite wife, Amanda, (Terri Polo) a wealthy timber heiress. Unlike most, who would remain content to enjoy a life of luxury and privilege, Brooks continues to risk everything by having extramarital affairs. Brooks' philandering, in addition to humiliating Amanda, has driven her to the point of a mental breakdown. Having been pushed over the edge, Amanda orchestrates a just and elaborate plan to bring her husband down. When Brooks leaves for a weekend romp with his latest squeeze, (Agnes Bruckner) his life quickly descends into a bizarre, nightmarish, downward spiral.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, satirical, disturbing
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The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Hughes finds that marriage the second time around is far from idyllic when the ex wife and her children return to manipulate her husband Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Jadviga's Pillow (2000)
Plot Summary:
The film is the filmed version of Pál Závada's novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller. The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south-eastern Hungary. It tells about the unhappy marriage between a young man, Ondris, who is a member of the Slovak minority of the town, and his wife Jadviga. She can't return his devotion towards her and starts a love affair with Franci, a lawyer. The film tells the history of this unhappy relationship between a passionate country man and his equally passionate, but much more erudite wife who wants something more from life but can't get it. There is also some historic background: the breakup of the Hapsburg monarchy, the independence movement of the Hungarian Slovaks, led in the story by a ridiculous priest, etc. But this only remains the backdrop for the story of an unhappy "ménage à trois".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Resisting Life (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mexico City, 1960. Aurelia lives happily with her family. Just before the birth of her third daughter, her husband dies in an accident. Years later, Leonor, the oldest daughter, has quit her studies to help her mother support the household. Beatriz, immersed in her music, lets life slip her by like a strange melody. Adolescent Nadia has only one interest in life: to seek new experiences. Aurelia starts to lose her sensibility to pain, and the family relationships become so alienated that they begin to disintegrate like the house they live in.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, surreal
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Imlie (2020)
Plot Summary:
All Imlie wanted was to create a name for herself in the city. But upon her arrival, she finds herself caught in the middle of Aditya and Malini's love story.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Death Saved My Life (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the surface it seems Jade has it all, including a successful marketing career, a husband admired and respected in the community, and a young daughter they both dote on. However, behind closed doors, her life is far from perfect.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional
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Interlude (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sofia, recently separated, takes her daughters to a small coastal town. Each one in their own universe, live the interlude as a challenge to free themselves and face their fears.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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The Ever After (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion photographer puts him in dangerously tempting situations. When trauma strikes, they must confront their innermost vulnerabilities to recover their disintegrating marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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We Only Know So Much (2018)
Plot Summary:
A married woman has an affair with a suicidal lover while caring for her husband's sick relatives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Not by Bread Alone (2005)
Plot Summary:
During the post-WW2 reconstruction in Russia, bald-headed technocrat Drozhdov equates communism with the empowerment of the ordinary man over the arrogant "specialness" of genius. Dedicated scientist Lopatkin takes refuge in Moscow with the potty, brilliant old inventor Busko. Lopatkin works tirelessly on his invention, embarking on a roller-coaster of rejection and acceptance, his work vilified, plucked apart and plagiarized by colleagues, particularly by his nemesis Drozhdov. Drozhdov's wife Natasha, alienated from her cold, controlling husband, is increasingly drawn to Lopatkin, whom she knew when they both taught at the same school. Soon she runs away from her husband and happily keeps house for the two absent-minded ex-professors Lopatkin and Busko. Natasha is ready to give Lopatkin her own life, love and faith. Lopatkin is eager to sacrifice his life for the idea, doing the utmost for his motherland.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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La casa delle donne (2003)
Plot Summary:
It all begins in 1919 in the countryside surrounding Bari, Apulia. From a rich farmer and his three concubines(two of them the sisters of his handyman and the third his maid) a complicated family is formed, in which paternity and maternity is occasionally uncertain. Twenty years later, the eldest of the group weds and flees to Bari. The rest of the relatives move - not only to the same city - but into the same building. Furthermore, the "tribe" expands with the addition of the in-laws of the first-born.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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See You in Valhalla (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Inborn Pair (2011)
Plot Summary:
Betrothed while in utero, a resort group president enters into an arranged marriage with a legal assistant. Despite their bickering, love blooms.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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365 Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film tracks a hasty marriage through its first 365 days.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing