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Plot Summary:
Nicholas celebrates his 40th birthday in his country house, with some friends. He has everything he ever wished for, but, on that night, he will end up dead, on his swimming pool. From that moment on, a dead Nicholas wonders how his life would be if he had made a different choice, ten years ago. We then follow two stories: on one hand the police, trying to solve the mystery of Nicholas' death and on the other, Nicholas himself, living a different life. A second life.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 85 min
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Woodpeckers (2017)
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Julián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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Hinterland (1998)
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Scripter Jacques Nolot made his directorial debut with this French drama, winner of the Prix Georges Sadoul. In a small town in southwestern France, successful actor Jacques Pruez (Nolot) returns home briefly to visit his dying mother. When she dies, neighbor women bath and dress her naked body. At her burial, he is asked to sign autographs. During his stay, a look at local nastiness and the habits of Pruez family members reveals why Jacques Pruez left the town and rarely returned. Shown in the Cinemas in France section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
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The Outcome (2005)
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Film director Mikel de Garay and the attractive young producer Andrea Bilbao, who hide an obscure past, are going to make a film based on the latest novel by Rosendo Carballo, a successful writer with homosexual tendencies who has put an end to his marriage of convenience and is sharing his life with a young gay man. Rosendo is going to meet with Mikel and Andrea, and three friends of the writer, Fernando, Beatriz and Nacho, join the group. Conflict arises unexpectedly when the characters start to play a dangerous game: digging around in their respective pasts in the hope that this will produce a catharsis.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
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The Taste of Apple Seeds (2013)
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When Bertha dies, her granddaughter Iris inherits her house and finds herself back in the home where she and her cousin used to play dressing-up in the summer holidays. While she wanders from room to room, she gropes her way through memories and things she had forgotten: What did her grandfather really do before he went to war? Which men were Bertha’s daughters in love with? Who ate his apple with the seeds?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: family saga, period drama
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Saturn Returns (2009)
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Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living. A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in "Saturn Returns", mirroring Lucy and Galia's modulating states of mind. Our and their look into each other's life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades. The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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The Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)
Plot Summary:
Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min
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Like Night and Day (1969)
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Television hostess Susanne has an affair with Rikard, who is a doctor at a hospital. But after meeting the man who Rikard works for, Professor Erland Roos, she leaves Rikard and eventually marries the professor. Susanne's sister comes to Stockholm, desperately in need of money. Perhaps Susanne, now married to a rich professor, can help her?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min
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Bonobo (2014)
Plot Summary:
A happily married young couple must carefully evaluate their relationship and trust in one another, plus own moral standing when a potentially seedy yet highly financial offer is presented to them in a time of recession.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
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The Invisible Woman (1969)
Plot Summary:
Drama about the fading relationship between a professor and his wife. Based upon a short story by Alberto Moravia.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tragic ending
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The Labyrinth of Sex (1969)
Plot Summary:
Take a trip into The Labyrinth of Sex with an insatiable nymphomaniac, a lovely lesbian and fetishists of every stripe.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psycho sexual, grindhouse, mondo, fake documentary
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Summer Heat (2006)
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The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala, a woodcarver, and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Team Hurricane (2017)
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A punk chick flick about teen girls that mixes highly stylized fictional elements with documentary material: loneliness, pussy-power, Kawaii, electric green, hentai, graffiti, vibrators, friendship, teddy bears, resting bitch face, ART, fire, fear, bubble-gum, mom & dad, anorexia, cactuses, homemade piercings, nail art, cherries, cutting, dolphins, Lolita, secret diaries and daydreaming. Radical girls in an ordinary world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min
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Anjos da Noite (1987)
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Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, the drag queen; Teddy, the hustler; Guto, the gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min
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Green Night (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two lone female fighters who have learned to rely on no one but themselves venture into Seoul’s underworld. In search of the big hit that could mean liberation from their useless husbands, these disparate women grow closer.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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Le salamandre (1969)
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Inspired by the writings of writer Fritz Fanon, who believed that a colonial population could only reach freedom by declaring violence towards their occupiers, Cavallone’s tale sees a white photographer (Erna Schurer) who seduces a black model (the lovely ebony Beryl Cunningham). A doctor then arrives on the scene – Anthony Vernon (Antonio Casale) who took his pseudonym from Jesus Franco stalwart Howard Vernon – and Schurer falls for his charms.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual
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Chicas (2010)
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Pilar is a Spanish widow who has raised her three daughters in France. In love with Fernand, the manager of the building in which she lives, she organizes a lunch in her home with the intention of introducing him to the rest of the family. The reunion goes wildly wrong and the family's craziness overtakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
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Tigerstripe Baby Is Waiting for Tarzan (1998)
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Time traveler Frank is picked up by Luise and Theo while on their way to Berlin. Frank wants to find author Laura Luna and take her to the future with him. Frank finds Laura and they become a couple, but Luise shows up and makes it a menage a trois.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
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Alice (2002)
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Alice has deeply buried feelings and memories for her sister Manon who is about to be married. During their childhood the two sisters were extremely close not only emotionally, but also sexually. With news of the wedding the pain of the past resurfaces and Alice's relationship with her girlfriend Elsa start to fall apart. As the wedding approaches Alice reminisces about her childhood, and has trouble letting go of her incestuous relationship with her sister Manon.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 50 min
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I Feel Strange (1977)
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Laura (Rocío Dúrcal) is a pianist who leaves her home fed up with her abusive husband's mistreatment. Then she meets Marta (Bárbara Rey), a vedette and television star with whom she will work on the preparation of her new show. From the moment Laura moves to Marta's home, the neighbors' gossips and rumours begin.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
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Ciudad de Ciegos (1991)
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Over more than thirty years, a department of the Condesa in Mexico City, is the setting in which they are carried out ten stories, mixed, form one whose only constant is the rupture. The passage of time and the outside world only guess through the windows and objects that come with the characters. The set is a great solitude, possible in a city of the blind.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min
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The Man in Her Life (1997)
Plot Summary:
Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)
Plot Summary:
A woman who was promised to a powerful family's son at birth falls in love with another man, refuses to renounce him, and is sent to a nunnery by her shocked parents. Once there, she first undergoes degradation to acclimatize her to convent life; then she experiences rampant lesbianism by the repressed nuns, and becomes pregnant by her lover. Finally, her refusal to accede to one nun's lascivious lesbian advances leads to plotting and treachery, and her lover being murdered out of jealousy. Her life now ruined, she further scandalises her family by refusing to take her vows, and leaves the convent, devoting her existence to those in need. Claims to be based on a true story!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: naughty
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Chinese Chocolate (1995)
Plot Summary:
Searching for love abroad, two very different Chinese women, a dancer and a doctor, follow their dreams and journey west to Canada. They quickly learn that the paths of heart are rocky as the men in their lives reveal dark, unsettling secrets which change the lives of everyone forever. Intimately and honestly exploring for the first time the sexuality of Chinese women living in a foreign culture, this award-winning study of love and relationship makes for a unforgettable treat.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Pretty/Handsome (2008)
Plot Summary:
A married father of two tells his wife and teenage sons that he is transsexual.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: cult classic, queer cinema, tv series pilot
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Beautiful Women (2004)
Plot Summary:
"Schöne Frauen“ handelt genau davon: von schönen Frauen. Fünf Schauspielerinnen finden sich nacheinander zum Casting für einen Fernsehfilm ein. Sie schweigen, taxieren sich, begutachten sich und ihre Gegenüber. Und kommen sich mitnichten näher. Das Casting allerdings, das findet einfach nicht statt. Irgendwo hinter einer unheilvoll dräuenden Tür müßte sich zwar das Filmteam befinden, aber aus unerfindlichen Gründen wird keine der fünf hineingerufen. Die fünf beginnen, sich zu unterhalten. Erst zögernd, dann offener. Tauschen sich über das betreffende Drehbuch aus, über ihre berufliche Situation, über ihr Privatleben. Jede von ihnen hat einleuchtende Gründe, die Rolle bekommen zu müssen. Aber irgendwann stellt sich auch heraus: Keine von ihnen hat Lust, in diesem Film zu spielen. Also folgen sie einem spontanen Impetus - und gehen. Alle bis auf eine.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min
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When Love Is Lust (1973)
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A decadent countess (Françoise Prévost), middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter (Agostina Belli) to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her sister’s place. During her absence, her husband finds consolation in his mother in law’s arms.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Between Us (2023)
Plot Summary:
Elodie and Laetitia live in close love and dream of having a child. As Elodie discovers that she cannot get pregnant because of a health problem and encounters financial troubles, they decide to take a roommate.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
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That Tender Touch (1969)
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When Terri (Sue Bernard) marries and moves to the suburbs, her lesbian lover, Marsha (Bee Tompkins), doesn't take kindly to Terri's desire for a "normal" life. Determined to win her love back, Marsha worms her way into the newlyweds' happy heterosexual home. Meanwhile, Marsha's seductive beauty converts several other women in the neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy, cult film
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Die Konkurrentin (1997)
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Katharina, a successful management consultant, has to face Maren as a new assistant. The young woman is very ambitious but has been employed by junior Boss Grosser to spoil Katharina's career. Despite all circumstances they work perfectly well as a team - and fall in love. Katharina, wife and mother to teenage twins, is shaken up by the new situation. Is she willing to live her life with Maren, an open lesbian?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Ring Thing (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah accidentally proposes to her girlfriend in Provincetown, the mixup turns their loving relationship into a minefield of marital exploration.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sexy, touching, melancholic, queer cinema, documentary filmmaking