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Plot Summary:
Un hombre enfermo de leucemia busca desesperadamente un donador de médula.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
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Days Like This (2001)
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Vaccuum salesman Evert makes the rounds in a suburban Stockholm apartment building, getting brief glimpses of the various tenants' lives. During the course of the day, he meets an arguing married couple, a lonely older woman and a younger couple preparing an anxious dinner.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 541
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min
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Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls (2013)
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Shuichi had a motorcycle accident 4 years ago. Because of the accident, he lost the last year of his memory. One day, at a friend's wedding, Shuichi has a fateful meeting with Yoshimi. They enjoy happy times together and Shuichi thinks about marrying Yoshimi. Then Yoshimi becomes sick. A sad truth is hidden in the lost memory of Shuichi.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, shoujo
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One Year Later (2016)
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One Year Later tells the story of an American woman, recently recovered from a serious illness, who learns to savor the essence of life through a cathartic trip to the Italian Alps. Liz, a dedicated teacher of comparative literature, struggles with her post-cancer life and changing priorities. Despite her husband's well-meaning over-protectiveness, she takes a trip with their friends - an American couple living in Milan - to Italy. When her friends assume the role of worried caregivers and suffocate her with a jam-packed itinerary, she escapes to the Alps to find her space. Here, Liz is able to reassert her independence. She learns to go forward, and return to her family, with a renewed sense of self -- free of compliance, guilt and obligation.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
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Prisoner's Daughter (2022)
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Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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A Light Beneath Their Feet (2015)
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A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Coming Home (2003)
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Jochen's life is going well. He has just moved into a new house with his wife and child when suddenly his widowed father accidentally runs into a car and begins to lose his mind. The family take the old man in but tensions arise when the family has to grapple with the old father's worsening Alzheimer's condition.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
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What Hedwig Didn't Tell Us (1995)
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A sad story about a young girl who is forced to move from one foster home to another.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 67 min
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She Lives! (1973)
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A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal illness.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
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The Fishbowl (2023)
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As her cancer spreads, Noelia's ultimate decision is to return to her native Vieques, Puerto Rico, and claim her freedom to decide her own fate. She reunites with her friends and family, who are still dealing with the contamination of the U.S. Navy after 60 years of military practices.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 93 min
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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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Spring Night (1976)
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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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Cap Tourmente (1993)
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Alex (Roy Dupuis) has a deeply troubled mind. He also has a seriously dysfunctional - not to say incestuous - family. Why then, has he returned from his merchant seaman job to the rocky coasts of his home? Perhaps he couldn't cut manage to march in his father's footsteps in that job. His mother (Andree Lachapelle) doesn't seem to mind, and lets him stay at her bed and breakfast hotel. His sister (Elise Guilbault) still seems to have the hots for him, just as she does for his (and her) old boyfriend Jean-Louis (Gilbert Sicotte), who has just shown up. Even his mother seems to find him sexy. All these people appear eager to get their hands on his body, but he's too wrapped up in what's going on inside his head to notice.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min
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Mull (1989)
Plot Summary:
An Australian film about a teenage girl who takes responsibility for keeping her "family" together.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Secrets (1995)
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Etta Berter is a doctor's wife in 1905 who has been unable to have children. The couple has one adopted daughter but she has always wanted more children. Julie Harris's character is the family's cook and close companion to their daughter. Her granddaughter is the family's maid. When a visiting friend of Etta's arrives for a visit both she and the maid are attracted to him. When he seems to prefer the younger woman (the maid) the other woman is very jealous and when the maid becomes pregnant by him the older woman vows to make that child her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
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Birch Interval (1976)
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A young girl is sent to live with Amish relatives in post-war Pennsylvania, where her life dramatically changes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Christmas Tree (1969)
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A French-American millionaire (William Holden), his girlfriend (Virna Lisi) and his war buddy (Andre Bourvil) try to grant his dying son's every wish.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min
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Endings (2010)
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Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced breast cancer, has made a similar decision about the end of her life. They are all strangers to each other, but as Emmy embarks on a strange journey, and as the day's events bring these three dying people together, through Emmy's unique point of view, their lives are changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Capricciosa (2003)
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A Swedish drama by Reza Bagher.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, suspenseful
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Swimming Upstream (2002)
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This is a heart-wrenching story about a happy-go-lucky 17 year-old boy with a passion for life and love. Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with. His mother died, his alcoholic father is unapproachable, and ...the biggest problem of all... he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The only support he receives is from a sister who also lives a fractured life, his immature best friend, and his girlfriend. "Swimming Upstream" is a moving and honest look at life's painful realities and how this teen deals with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tear jerker, tearjerker
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Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)
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A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
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In the Middle of the River (2018)
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Led to believe his abusive grandfather is responsible for his sister's recent death, Gabriel returns to his humble home in rural New Mexico. Yearning to protect his family, he swears to secretly kill his grandfather, yet at the critical moment, his plan is foiled and the two men are forced to spend the day together. Both war veterans, they begin talking about their traumatic experiences. Gabriel realizes the world is not as black and white as he once thought it was. Slowly, he is forced to take responsibility for his own role in the family crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Princes In Exile (1990)
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Diagnosed as having a brain tumor, seventeen-year-old Ryan is angrily resigned to the fact that he may not live to see another year. With time running out, he clings to two goals: publishing his journal and losing his virginity. But as Ryan finds fresh strength from his new friends' optimism and defiant refusal to surrender to cancer, his perspective changes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Climbers High (2008)
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On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min
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Bad Hurt (2015)
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Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in their Staten Island home. Their eldest son is suffering from the physical and psychological effects of war; his younger brother takes it upon himself to bring him peace and relief. Meanwhile, their special needs daughter brings another kind of chaos to the family. Even though Ed and Elaine explore options for her care, they’re really just hanging on to hope that things improve somehow.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Poll Diaries (2010)
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In 1914 on a family estate, Oda helps a wounded anarchist, and as their illicit friendship deepens, a family turmoil erupts as the war closes in.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Estonia
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, captivating, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic
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Six Weeks (1982)
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A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Hands of a Mother (2016)
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A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus. When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him when he was a little boy. Markus and his wife Monika find themselves confronted with an ugly truth of the kind you wouldn’t think a mother capable of.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspense
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Fear of Fear (1975)
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After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: philosophical, depressing, art house, dread, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, avant garde
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Two Against Time (2002)
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This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, humorous
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One True Thing (1998)
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A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, emotional, realistic, depressing, clever, serious, contemplative, gloomy, tear jerker