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Plot Summary:
Made in 1962 (but not released until 1965), Bengali director Ritwik Ghatak’s film starts soon after the 1947 partition of Bengal. At a socialist refugee colony, Ishwar and his younger sister, Sita, adopt a low-caste boy, Abhiram, who has been separated from his mother. To keep the two children from poverty, Ishwar abandons the colony to take an administrative job at an iron mill. Years pass. During one school vacation, the now-grown Sita and Abhiram acknowledge their love for each other. Ishwar, turned grimly bourgeois, opposes their match, and his interference leads to disaster for all three.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
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Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Drama
Country: Myanmar, Taiwan, India, Thailand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Go Naked In The World (1961)
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A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high-priced hooker.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
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A young man tries his way in boxing, supported by a coach. He meets a girl, falls in love and she becomes pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying, sensitive
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The Vice of Hope (2018)
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To support her family, Maria works as a trafficker of surrogate mothers, transporting them from place to place along a river — but when one disappears, Maria is left with the task of finding her and must enter deeper into a world she wishes to escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 96 min
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Chakra (1981)
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Amma (Smita Patil) is a woman who has been raped and then forced to flee her home with her husband and child after her husband kills the rapist. Her life plunges even lower in the overwhelming and crowded city when her husband, in turn, is killed by smugglers. Left alone to fend for herself and her little boy, she desperately tries to instill moral values in her son in spite of the immorality of life all around them. She is indirectly aided in this effort by a dubious hero-type, but there does not seem to be much hope for her future and that of her son.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: art film, parallel cinema, ambiguous ending
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Raji is forced into prostitution to support her brother's education after their parents' death. She falls in love with Babu, who faces social ridicule after their affair becomes public.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy
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The Shadow (2008)
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Adapted from Peyami Safa’s novel Selma and Her Shadow, the movie tells the story of Selma. Selma (Görkem Yeltan) is the ultimate femme fatale whose alluring and seductive nature and irresistible charms exude an aura of death for men.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 181
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Duration: 115 min
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Plot Summary:
A group of musicians, prostitutes, gamblers, and laborers, react to the arrival of a tango pianist at a saloon.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 83
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A Death in the Family (2002)
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A young wife's religious faith is shaken when her husband dies in a car accident.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 91 min
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A Dream of Kings (1969)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
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A tragic comedy about an orphan girl who knows nothing better than the animal way but at the end comes to realize her only chance - to be human.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 96 min
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House of 1000 Pleasures (1974)
Plot Summary:
Marcel is a taxi driver who luckily pickups a gorgeous woman who begins to undress herself while in the back seat. Soon she leads him to a Private Club where he can pick any woman he wants to satisfy his sexual fantasies. After he enjoys a few exciting moments with 2 lovely ladies he is introduced to the many characters that make up the Private Club and begins enjoying the sexual games. The Private Club isn't all that's on Marcel's mind though as he is madly in love with Lisa who he met in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 85 min
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Plot Summary:
A man without scruples mistreats his lover and her daughter, a teenager. also in his mind a diabolical plan to force the girl into prostitution.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
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Another Day, Another Man (1966)
Plot Summary:
A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, unable to find a job and with bills piling up, runs into a seedy pimp who suggests a way she may be able to make a lot of money in a short time.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
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Brother and sister meet again after 15 years and fall in love with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 39
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1964 Finnish drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 54
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Plot Summary:
The chronicles of Chatterjee, an ambitious and self-made young man, as he rises his way up the corporate ladder.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: India
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 128
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 90
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 825
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Country: Italy
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Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 661
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Letter to the King (2014)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 255
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
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The Big City (1963)
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Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: retro, cult classic, sincere, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious