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Plot Summary:
Teenage friends spending the summer at boarding school become entangled in love triangles after one commits suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad, crying
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Journey to the Shore (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. While travelling together, Misuki sees, touches and feels what Yusuke did for those 3 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, exciting, sincere, melancholic, romantic, romantic drama
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Farewell to the Ark (1984)
Plot Summary:
A remote village has its own norms, rites and traditions. Sue and Sutechiki are a couple and cousins. Their sex life had been better: Sutechiki is impotent and Sue have a magical chastity belt. Themes such as time, memory, modernization and social conventions included in the story of Sue, Sutechiki, the village's mad women and rape gay men.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
Plot Summary:
An island in Japan is the site for the dumped and the refuse. Nanakusa and Yu who were childhood and school friends meet on this island that is called Kaiden, a scary name that only refers to things not normal or earthly. The reunited friends strike a bargain and are soon involved in cases most would not dare be involved in or become entangled in.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: crying
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My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
Plot Summary:
Takatoshi Minamiyama (Sota Fukushi) majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju (Nana Komatsu) and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, sentimental, light, romantic, emotional, sad, mind blowing, romantic drama, crying
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Light Gradient (2009)
Plot Summary:
Johann and Robin, a young gay couple, travel to the countryside to get to know each other better. After several days of hiking, they arrive at an old farmhouse inhabited by a woman and her adolescent son. They take refuge with the welcoming family until one day they get too close for comfort and are flung out of their paradise, forcing them back into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, independent film, queer cinema
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Fag Hag (1992)
Plot Summary:
A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: crying, weeping
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The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Plot Summary:
Julien lives alone with his cat. He dreams of Marie, and a few minutes later, he sees her on the street and makes a date. He asks her to move in with him, and she does. Her boyfriend is dead, the rest of her past a mystery. Although they quickly seem to fall in love, she sometimes pulls away suddenly from Julien, is distant, and spends the night in a hotel. She also dreads something imminent and warns Julien that if he missteps, he will lose her and all memory of her. Julien responds by digging into her past: what explains her remodeling an upstairs garret room, her nightly dreams, her fears? What can Julien, now desperately in love, do when he learns why? Can either rescue the other?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, emotional, erotic, sexy, slasher, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Loving Couples (1964)
Plot Summary:
Three expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: social, crying
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Tropical Malady (2004)
Plot Summary:
A romance between a soldier and country boy splinters into a mythical venture based on Thai folklore.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand, France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: surreal, slow cinema, serious, psychological, atmospheric, suspense, mind bending, experimental, contemplative, philosophical
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2015)
Plot Summary:
High school student Jinta (Nijiro Murakami) is a hikikomori and lives in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. One summer day, when Jinta is absorbed in a video game, a girl suddenly appears in front of him. The girl is Jinta's childhood friend Meiko (Minami Hamabe), but it seems impossible because Meiko died on a summer day. Meiko wears the same white dress when she died, but she looks a little taller. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was. To grant Meiko's wish, Jinta along with his friends Atsumu (Jun Shison), Naruko (Airi Matsui), Chiriko (Marie Iitoyo), Tetsudo (Yuta Takahata) and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years. Jinta soon realizes that he is the only one able to see Meiko.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, sad, crying
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Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, captivating, psychological, tense, offbeat, mumblecore, scary, gothic, twisted
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Marjorie Prime (2017)
Plot Summary:
A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, atmospheric, captivating, emotional, suspense, disturbing, philosophical, dorama, realistic
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Gone, But Not Forgotten (2003)
Plot Summary:
Melodrama concerning a 40-year-old man coming out.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, sensual, cute, crying, queer cinema
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Like Grains of Sand (1995)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: gay cinema, queer cinema
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Undertow (2009)
Plot Summary:
A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Peru, Colombia, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: emotional, sincere, touching, serious, lgbt cinema, romantic, melancholic, scenic, sad, surreal
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Deeply (2000)
Plot Summary:
On Ironbound Island, native Fiona McKay arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair, hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl get over the death of her boyfriend. The girl finds comfort in the company of a visiting American girl and more so in the stories of Celia, a crazy old local who weaves enchanting tales which cleverly combine her own experiences on the island with mystifying legends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, atmospheric, fairy tale, touching, psychological, crying, independent film
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Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
Plot Summary:
Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place (Círculo polar) where the day never ends in the midnight sun. There are things that never end, and Love is one of them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, philosophical, melancholic, art house, cerebral, sentimental, clever, touching, non-linear, erotic
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The Face of Love (2013)
Plot Summary:
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, psychological, realistic, sad, sensual, semi serious, independent film
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Moonlight Whispers (1999)
Plot Summary:
Satsuki (Tsugumi) and Takuya (Kenji Mizuhashi) are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and secretly surveilling her while imagining her subjugation of him. Disgusted, Satsuki rejects him -- but he persists, and she discovers her own pleasure in manipulating and humiliating him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, erotic, sensual, erotic drama, psychological, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, sexual
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The Doe Boy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, emotional, independent film, sincere, realistic, contemplative, crying, cult film
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Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Silvy are best friends. One night, as they are watching a falling star while floating on their backs in a lake, Sylvy disappears from his side. Despite his best efforts, he cannot find her under water. Many years later, Sam, now a psychologist, returns to bury his father. Back in his hometown, he meets a woman called Ruby who reminds him in so many ways of his lost love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, sexy, gloomy, mystic, mindfuck, contemplative, crying
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Love in Thoughts (2004)
Plot Summary:
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, stylized, rough, realistic, sexual, crying, sexy, vintage
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Full Speed (1996)
Plot Summary:
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling in love with Quentin's very best friend Jimmy, who is kind of stuck in his unability of self-expression and grown up under bad social circumstances. And there is the shy boy Samir, exiled from Algeria, who lost his "brother" and only friend some time ago. Samir heavily falls in love with Quentin, but he can't handle it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual, sexy, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Julieta (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: emotional, melancholic, sentimental, thought provoking, art house, colorful, erotic, epic, hispanic, sexual
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You Are Not Alone (1978)
Plot Summary:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the headmaster's son (Peter Bjerg) and the two boys form a bond that slowly grows into a sexual relationship. Frank and unadorned, this Danish film concluded director Lasse Nielsen's youth-oriented trilogy that began with La' Os Være (1975) and continued with Måske Ku' Vi (1976). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, erotic, serious, realistic, sexy, art house, grindhouse, romantic drama, sexual
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Being 17 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the beautiful high Pyrenees in south-west France, Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains, nut learns to fight back. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorised him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: erotic, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, disturbing, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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Summer of 85 (2020)
Plot Summary:
What do you dream of when you're 16 years old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, aesthetic, stylized, novela, cute, sexy, independent film
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A Ghost Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, post-horror, philosophical, sad, surreal, mindfuck, inspirational, mind bending, melancholic
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Mister Foe (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, talky, sentimental, erotic, independent film, psychological, realistic, heartbreaking, emotional, sweet
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A Home at the End of the World (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, intense, sincere, erotic, sexual, depressing, romantic, cult classic, art house