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Plot Summary:
11-year-old Misha is coming from Russia to Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games to live with his mother. He does not know there is a father waiting for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Donkey (2009)
Plot Summary:
It is 1995. The summer when the war operation Storm will take place. Boro, who is going to be forty in a year and a half, with his wife Jasna and son Luka goes to his home village Drinovci, Herzegovina, after seven years. He wants to see his brother who managed to leave Sarajevo with his family. Boro knew that his brother was wounded, but when he sees him after many years, he discovers that the brother will spend the rest of his life in wheel chair. Boro constantly fights with Jasna, and he doesn't speak at all to his father Pako, whom he blames for his mother's death. In two weeks in August 1995, Boro will solve the years long dispute with his father, he will learn to be a better husband and a father.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Serbia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Orca (2020)
Plot Summary:
Eleven people, isolated from the outside world, communicate via screens. A son wants to hold the hand of his suffering mother. Love grows. A mother has abandoned her family. A therapist finds himself at the edge of ruin. A daughter connects with her parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, melancholic
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According to her (2016)
Plot Summary:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Northern Borders (2013)
Plot Summary:
'Northern Borders' tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. It's 1956 and Austen experiences the farm as a place full of eccentric people, especially his stubborn grandparents whose thorny marriage is known as the Forty Years War. Initially feeling stuck in this fractured household, young Austen plans a quick exit but ends up stranded with no choice but to navigate and endure. A humorous and sometimes startling coming-of-age-story, 'Northern Borders' evokes Vermont's wildness, its sublime beauty, a haunted past, and an aura of enchantment.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, period drama
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Golden Exits (2017)
Plot Summary:
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, art house, independent film
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Toro (2015)
Plot Summary:
Friends Toro and Victor struggle with drug addiction and male prostitution in a hostile environment. When they lose all their money, their longstanding friendship is put to the test.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Ordinary People (2016)
Plot Summary:
ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a month into parenthood, their child is stolen from them. In order to retrieve the child, the young couple is forced to take desperate measures.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tragic ending, tagalog, crying, tragic
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Required Field (2016)
Plot Summary:
Serial killer 'NO1KNOWS' managed to elude the police for years. In fact they didn't even know he existed until, by chance, his video and audio recordings were found. By examining the recordings police were able to solve a number of murders around the world - although many men featured in the recordings were never found and it is unclear how many other victims there were since most of the video and audio recordings were destroyed (presumedly by NO1KNOWS himself).
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Dog Days (2016)
Plot Summary:
Endless dog days of summer weigh heavily on the impoverished suburb of Changsha where a young mother, Lulu, works as a dancer in a cheap nightclub. Coming home late one night, she discovers that her boyfriend Bai Long has disappeared with their baby. Her desperate search takes her to a transvestite bar where gay man Sunny is performing; he knows the whereabouts of the child’s father. A deal is struck between the odd couple whose lives are now fatefully intertwined.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Mad World (2010)
Plot Summary:
In this independent drama, writer-director Cory Cataldo explores the pain of adolescence with dark and disturbing results. Facing the pitfalls of high school with no support from their parents and teachers, a foursome of ostracized teenagers (Gary Cairns II, Dylan Vigus, Matthew Thompson and David Huynh) are forced into adulthood much sooner than the world expected. With nothing to lose and no escape from the onslaught of ridicule, they decide to unleash their mean streaks in a whirlwind of pranks, partying and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, rough, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, sad, crying
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Easy Land (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follows a Serbian refugees mother and daughter, as they struggle to navigate the many obstacles facing newcomers to Canada.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, independent film
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Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that could rip their marriage and lives apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: emotional, serious, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, christian film, suspenseful, independent film
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Diamond Island (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an ultra-modern paradise for the rich and a symbol of tomorrow’s Cambodia. He befriends his fellow workers and finds his elder brother, the charismatic Solei, who went missing five years earlier. Solei introduces him into an exciting world, that of an urban and wealthy youth, its girls, nights and illusions.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Drama
Country: Cambodia, France, Germany, Qatar, Thailand
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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6A (2016)
Plot Summary:
As if immersed in the situation, the viewer witnesses a distressing encounter between angry parents, a helpless teacher and three schoolgirls. It soon becomes clear that certain things are going wrong in their class. There have been complaints of bullying. The parents are mainly concerned with defending their own children. They throw around neurotic accusations and make untenable demands. Using a camera which itself seems to participate in the discussion, scene after scene is dissected with refreshing malice and a sense for the dark side of human nature. Desperate attempts to resolve things unleash an avalanche of other problems. It takes a long time before Denise, Bella and Mina can have their say.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, juvenile
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Wilderness: Part Two (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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A Cappella (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 1969 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyoko Noma is a loving female high school student who takes part in campus protests. One day, she meets university student Wataru Domoto in the tea cafe Mubansou ("A Cappella"). Kyoko falls in love with him, but they get involved in an incident that leads to a shocking ending.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Skipping Stones (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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La Influencia (2007)
Plot Summary:
A disoriented and vulnerable woman, overburdened with daily life problems and more: her belongings are impounded, her cosmetics shop has been closed down, and her children's future is unknown. The children's vitality draws a sharp contrast against the apathy shown by their mother, who slowly plunges into a deep depression.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Domestic Life (2013)
Plot Summary:
Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she has an appointment in Paris that is important for her career, but she also has to run errands and pick up the kids from school. During the course of her day, monopolized by petty, everyday tasks, Juliette can feel the noose of domestic obligations and household chores slowly tightening around her neck.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, contemplative, biting
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Switched Before Birth (2021)
Plot Summary:
Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford and her husband Brian, who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. While going through her latest round of IVF, Oliva meets and becomes fast friends with Anna Ramirez, who is struggling to have a child after years of focusing on her successful restaurants. When Anna becomes pregnant as well, the ladies celebrate and begin to prepare for their babies. Olivia is also there for Anna when she suffers a devastating miscarriage and struggles to move forward while her marriage to restaurateur Gabe Ramirez crumbles. When Olivia and Brian finally welcome their twins Olivia’s life feels complete, but the happy couple’s world is turned upside down when they discover that not only are the babies not twins, but one of the babies is also biologically Anna and Gabe’s that was implanted into Olivia by mistake.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Gravedigger's Wife (2021)
Plot Summary:
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Somalia, Qatar
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Our Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
A son tries to restore the honour of his father, who was imprisoned during the 1980 military coup.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political drama
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Your Lover (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lucio and Enedina are a happily married young Teenek couple that lives in the Huasteca Potosina's jungle with their three children. They love each other and share everything, nevertheless, everything crumbles when the construction of a highway, that their community has been requesting for so long, finally arrives.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems to be hiding something, especially to Doroteia, who is anxiously waiting to see her son again. Sofia is also waiting for her husband to come home, and yet she fears him. All of a sudden, João arrives and everything changes..
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, tense, realistic
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Isy Way Out (2018)
Plot Summary:
16-year-old Jonas is in love with his best friend Isy, but she likes older boys. When Isy takes drugs at a party and loses control in the intoxication, Jonas friends Lenny and Martin make fun of it with Jonas. But then the situation escalates and the three boys rape the unconscious girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing
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Sivas (2014)
Plot Summary:
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic, gloomy
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The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
Plot Summary:
Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis. When Alessandro’s best friend, out of the blue, asks them to take care of her two kids for a few days, something changes in their daily routine and love will drive them to a crazy and unexpected turn in their life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sincere, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Do it Right (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big Parisian high school he goes to. There’s no reason for that to change. His two lives, his home life and his school life, must be kept separate at all costs.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, semi autobiographical
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Love Is All You Need? (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, a small Indiana town is rocked to its core when Jude, the star quarterback of the local university football team, strikes up a love affair with Ryan, a sports journalism major. When the straight couple is outed, the community’s powerful religious leader begins a vitriolic crusade against all heterosexuals.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, psychological thriller, queer cinema, psycho film
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Stuff (2015)
Plot Summary:
Trish and Deb Murdoch are in a rut. After 14 years together and raising two daughters, they find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attraction threaten their domestic nucleus.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film, queer cinema