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Plot Summary:
The Bay of Love and Sorrows is a haunting modern tragedy set on the rural shores of New Brunswick's Bay of Miramichi. In late summer 1973, Michael Skid, the son of a well-to-do judge, returns home and rents a dilapidated farm. He begins to spread the gospel of communal ideals, which he has absorbed during his travels in India. His new worldliness and ideas go over well with impoverished siblings Madonna and Silver Brassaurd and the hopelessly naïve Carrie. They go over less well with Tom Donnerel, a young farmer and Carrie's fiancé. Wounded by Tom's derision, Michael befriends ex-convict Everette Hatch, who, recognizing opportunity, exploits Michael's ideas to his advantage. Believing himself capable of understanding people from the other side of the track, Michael fails to recognize that the ex-con is manipulating him and so sets off a catastrophic chain of events in the community.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
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Mari is a talented but insecure chef who dreams of running her own restaurant. She goes through a challenging professional time, taking orders from an authoritarian boss who inhibits her talent. One day she meets Caio, a charming young man who provides the conditions for her to realize her dream. Caio shows Mari that she should trust herself and open her own restaurant. However, things are not always what they seem to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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Us Two (1979)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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I Walk the Line (1970)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, disturbing, gloomy
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Every afternoon Noelí, a young Dominican woman, hangs out on the beach at Las Terrenas. With her boyfriend, Yeremi, they look for ways to make a living at the expense of one of the hundreds of tourists there. However Noelí also has a steady client, Anne, a much older French woman, who, like many other Europeans, has found an idyllic refuge on the island to spend her last years. For Noelí, the relationship is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as they plan to leave together for Paris.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina
Duration: 84 min
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The Little Death (2010)
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An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel, where a strong-willed reformer (Courtney Patterson) and a corrupter of innocence battle over the fate of a young woman (Christie Vozniak) who seems to be held there in sexual captivity. While the owner attempts to mesmerize and seduce the would-be rescuer, a meek student (Clifton Guterman) wanders into the house and becomes a tragic pawn in the psychological game of cat-and-mouse that is rapidly unfolding.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, erotic, offbeat, contemplative, talky, independent film, period piece
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
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Man on Horseback (1969)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Ants in the Mouth (2005)
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After languishing in a Barcelona prison for nearly a decade, a busted bank robber attempts to find the girl who made off with the cash in this suspenseful tale of revenge and betrayal starring Adriana Gil and Eduard Fernández. Ex-con Martin Losada is out of prison and on the hunt. When he and his band of anti-Franco bank robbers were busted after a botched heist ten years ago, the only member of their team never caught by police was his long-gone ex-girlfriend Julia. Now, on the eve of the 1958 revolution, the recently released ex-con sets his sights on Havana in a determined bid to find Julia, and stake his claim on his rightful share of the take.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, noir
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1 Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
This searing British thriller follows Flash (Dylan Duffus), who's safeguarding his buddy Angel's (Yohance Watson) cash until his release from prison. Now Angel is out -- and Flash is 100 pounds short. He turns to a lowlife named Evil (Tobias Duncan) for help, the first in a series of mistakes. Now, Flash has more than just Angel hunting him down. Directed by Penny Woolcock (Mischief Night), the film co-stars Ohran Whyte and Chris Wilson.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 102 min
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Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
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Blood Crime (2002)
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For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. Enraged, Pruitt pummels the man. Once at the ER, however, she changes her mind and names a male nurse as her attacker. But before Pruitt can make amends, he learns that his victim, the son of Sheriff Morgan McKenna, is dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 670
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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The Runaway (2000)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Teacher Rob Dekoster is a good man, albeit a bit too frivolous and liberal with funds the local arts center's interim director. His wife Nelle, who sometimes abuses drugs, spoils his ingrate teenage stepdaughter Sandy, who is kind only to her sweet, mentally handicapped brother, Jimmy Vandevyver. After a class on sexual abuse from feminist teacher Lydia De Beule, Sandy pretends Rob abused her. Lydia, Rob's ex, eagerly helps her fabricate 'proof', which a female police commissioner eagerly believes. A frustrated judge (and father) shamelessly ignores the legal benefit of the doubt, even tricks Rob while in jail. Nelle discovers more then one sick truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy
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Tough comedy drama set in Glasgow. Former enforcer Jimmy exits jail a changed man, but both his criminal boss and a corrupt copper think he's bluffing.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 759
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Verdict in Blood (2002)
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
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The Green Chain (2007)
Plot Summary:
The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining, dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the people who love trees.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 634
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With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most profound level.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 665
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Country: Canada
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Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010)
Plot Summary:
Film spin-off of Nickelodeon's popular teen program Degrassi.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 513
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Country: Canada
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The Stick Up Kids (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 104
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 231
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 181
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 636
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 80
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 432
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