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Plot Summary:
A modern sorceress crosses the line and contacts a force from beyond, disrupting the fabric of time; two lovers are threatened by forces unknown; eight souls draw together mysteriously.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, postmodern, post modern
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Dustclouds (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Dustclouds" is an epic fever-dream, chronicling a long night's journey into day. As his wedding carriage rides beneath a starlit night, Getz vows to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Having worked his whole life, he has finally married. Yet as he lies in his bride's embrace, Getz already starts to question his happiness. Deep within, he yearns for "the perfect," which puts strain on his marriage. As the night progresses, inner turmoil unravels the fabric of Getz's being. Years begin to pass like seconds. Time, identity and purpose become unstuck. And a great sadness is borne into his life. Getz longs for answers, but is terrified by what he could lose in his search for truth? What follows is a quest deep into his heart of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: demonic, independent film, avant garde
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Baby Blues (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the birth of her first baby turn's her husband's well-ordered existence upside down and forces him to act in response to the unexpected twists and turns of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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I Love You Too (2009)
Plot Summary:
Have you ever been tempted to fall in love with your best friend? Well meet Whitney. When she is down on her luck with guys she turns to the one person who understands her, Dawson. His advice wasn't doing nothing but taking her heart. For Whitney finding love is hard but for Charles and Vanessa keeping love is the hardest. Charles and Vanessa is the image of a couple with deep love and wealth. All the time apart from each other leads Charles to devilish temptation. After spending a lot of time with his sexy business partner, Mrs. Denis, and his breathtaking secretary he gives into temptation. His life gets turn upside down when he decides to engage in a sexual encounter with one of the two. Charles quickly sees everything he worked so hard for is about to vanish in the blink of an eye. Will he get himself out of this disarray? This group of Miami's elite will go through all the modern day trial and tribulation. As they are facing obstacles, each of them must use every tactic possible.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, hispanic, student film, post modern
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Sandcastles (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young man who dies in an auto accident returns from the dead to meet up with the young woman who tried to save him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags:
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The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of Dia Day Los Muertos, a young couple has 24 hours to decide if their love should live or die. With Sue afraid of love and Joey afraid of not figuring out what he did wrong in the first place, the couple is swept away by the intoxication of Dia De Los Muertos where the dead walk the earth for a day and where phantoms of Sue's past may force Joey to end up on the altar as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Lessee (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a series of life events, a group of young adults expressed their love, desires, and secrets in ways they didn't imagine they could.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: multicultural
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Sleeping and Waking (2009)
Plot Summary:
If you had a second chance at life, would you take it? Sullivan Daniels (Jeff Allin), an artist known for his harsh religious paintings, chose a bizarre experimental surgery over his faith to save him from terminal cancer. Now his hands can't paint, his wife (Hope Lambert) won't touch him, his mother (Helen Hedman) believes he should be dead, and his best friend (Ray Ficca) keeps trying to get him to re-join the living. Only his beautiful student (Elizabeth Jernigan) can rescue him from his life-saving decision.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Barbarian Light (2019)
Plot Summary:
THE WAKE OF LIGHT is a romantic drama about a young woman grappling between a deep-felt responsibility in caring for her ailing father and her newfound love for a young man passing through her small town on the way to see the one place his father never could. In confronting the heart-rending choice to leave her father, Barbarian Light explores the desire to connect with life's deeper meaning and questions the existence of faith.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Parachute (2023)
Plot Summary:
Riley has recently been discharged from rehab after struggling with food and body image issues. She soon meets Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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Dark Victory (1976)
Plot Summary:
A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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Fatima (1997)
Plot Summary:
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Too Saved (2007)
Plot Summary:
Lisa is a young, Christian woman. Bobby, her boyfriend, however, is a street hoodlum. Lisa prays constantly that Bobby will accept God in his life. She soon gets what she wants, but discovers that Bobby's conversion means that she has to get her life in order as well. As a result, she is forced to resolve not only her relationship with Bobby, but with everyone in her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spiritual, independent film
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Force of Destiny (2015)
Plot Summary:
A journey of love and hope, of courage and sacrifice, and one man's miraculous salvation through a life-saving liver transplant. FORCE OF DESTINY is a story of survival inspired by Paul Cox's personal experiences and his recent book Tales From the Cancer Ward.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Young Nun (1964)
Plot Summary:
The life of Antonio suddenly changes when she meets Serena, a young nun who took the veil to escape the hard life of the country and has chosen the provision of assistance to the sick to get out of the convent, which falls in love, moving from the role of seducer to that of seduced.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Frank vs. God (2014)
Plot Summary:
Frank is a man who thinks he has lost everything, until his house is destroyed by a tornado. Then when he goes to the insurance company, he’s told they won't pay because the damage falls under the "Act of God" exclusion in his policy. With nothing left, and nothing left to lose, he decides to sue God himself for damages, naming representatives of the world's religions as defendants in the suit. What starts as a ridiculous stunt, becomes a beautiful, funny, soulful odyssey in which he rediscovers that love itself... requires a leap of faith.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 391
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: indie film, spiritual
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Blinded by the Light (1980)
Plot Summary:
David Bowers is a teenager who runs away from home to join a quasi-religious cult. His sister Janet is determined to find him, but almost winds up getting brainwashed by the cult herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Falling Leaves (1966)
Plot Summary:
A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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Shutterbug (2009)
Plot Summary:
When shooting the dawn one morning, photographer Alex Santiago looks into the rising sun and hurts his eyes. As a result, he begins to see spots and blurs. When the spots become a face - an apparition of a woman - he embarks on a journey to discover who she is.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, psychological, captivating, emotional, sincere, offbeat, serious, gloomy, independent film, dark
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Papa's Angels (2000)
Plot Summary:
Arkansas furniture maker Grins Jenkins is a cheerful man and loving father to his five kids, as well as the life of every party in their small town. When his wife Sharon, who used to be the 'bad cop', slowly dies of TBC, so does Grins' sense of fun. The kids refuse to keep mourning forever, but dad practically retires from the world and turns his back, opposing them enjoying life again. Then Christmastide arrives, and son Alvin refuses to let his kid brother's dream be spoiled.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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A Fortunate Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, tha professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a succes and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, disturbing, epic
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Dearest Jane (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, tense, suspense, contemplative, independent film, unusual plot structure
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Escape from Polygamy (2013)
Plot Summary:
Recently-widowed Leann and her 17-year-old daughter Julina move into an isolated polygamous compound, where the freethinking Julina meets like-minded Ryder, son of the religious compound’s charismatic Prophet, Ervil.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing
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After Everything (2023)
Plot Summary:
Besieged by writer’s block and the crushing breakup with Tessa, Hardin travels to Portugal in search of a woman he wronged in the past – and to find himself. Hoping to win back Tessa, he realizes he needs to change his ways before he can make the ultimate commitment.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Plot Summary:
A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: spiritual, controversial, christian film, dorama, art house, art film, postmodern, thought provoking, serious, experimental
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Sundays at Tiffany's (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alyssa Milano, who also serves as producer, stars as Jane Claremont, who, as a young girl, would accompany her mother Vivian (Stockard Channing) to Tiffany’s in New York every Sunday and bring along her imaginary friend, Michael. Now, 20 years later, Jane is a successful businesswoman, set to marry Hugh (Ivan Sergei), her handsome fiancé, until Michael (Eric Winter) suddenly reappears.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful, romantic, teen, exciting
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Sunrise in Heaven (2020)
Plot Summary:
A true love story that spans a lifetime but eventually results in a painful loss of love. Jan is the daughter of an overly protective militant father, but that doesn't stop her from falling love with Steve, a young GI in the Air Force.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, christian film
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Resisting Roots (2022)
Plot Summary:
Genevieve Harper makes the most out of raising her two siblings after their parents' tragic accident. At just 24, Viv has devoted herself to providing her family with the best life possible, sacrificing her own dreams along the way. When Trent Fox, a known player on and off the baseball field, shows up at Viv’s job, the Lotus House Yoga Center to recuperate, the attraction between the two of them is instant. But Viv does not have time to devote to a man, let alone a man who will only break her heart. Can love grow between a woman who’s rooted in her life and a man who resists any notion of setting roots down?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Revival (2017)
Plot Summary:
A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sexy, touching, melancholic, cute, independent film, queer cinema
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Bed of Roses (1996)
Plot Summary:
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies clash with her workaholic ways, they soon find out that sometimes, it's harder than it seems for love to conquer all.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, romantic drama, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, fairy tale
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The Falls (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the challenge of leaving home, the two men help each other discover their strengths. They share a passion for their faith and learn to express their feelings, risking the only community they have for a forbidden intimacy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, captivating, lgbt cinema, psychological, heartbreaking, independent film, humorous, serious, realistic