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Plot Summary:
A well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: social, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, art film
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The Ties (2020)
Plot Summary:
Naples, early 1980’s. Aldo and Vanda go through a separation, after he reveals his affair. Their two young children are torn between their parents, in a whirlwind of resentment. But the ties that keep people together are inescapable, even without love. Now, 30 years later, Aldo and Vanda are still married.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, suspense, realistic, complex
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What We Wanted (2020)
Plot Summary:
Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have everything they ever wished for. But appearances can be deceiving.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, rough, thought provoking, suspenseful
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Between Two Worlds (2021)
Plot Summary:
Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women. In this new role, she experiences financial instability and social invisibility first-hand. But she also discovers mutual assistance and solidarity, strong bonds shared by these behind-the-scenes working women.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Chambermaid (2018)
Plot Summary:
Eve, a young chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, inspirational, art film, erotic
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The New Life of Paul Sneijder (2016)
Plot Summary:
Following a rare accident, Paul Sneijder opened his eyes to the reality of his life as a "senior manager" in Montreal: his work no longer interested him, his wife annoyed him and deceived him, his two sons despised him ... How can we continue to live under these conditions? Starting with a change of profession: dog walker for example! Will his relatives accept this change that will turn him into a free man?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating
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Asphalt Goddess (2020)
Plot Summary:
Max returns to her slum turned into the vocalist of a rock band. There, the memories await, the latest news and the truths that were silent for years: Sonia is a voice that speaks from the death.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Identifying Features (2020)
Plot Summary:
Magdalena, a mother in search of her missing son, meets Miguel, recently deported from the US and looking for his mother. Together, they make their way through the desolate and unforgiving militia-ridden landscapes south of the border.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, social
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Mr. Pig (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico. After smuggling in the hog, his estranged daughter shows up, forcing them to face their past and embark on an adventurous road trip together.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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The Desert Bride (2017)
Plot Summary:
Teresa’s life is turned upside down when she is forced to accept a job far away. On her way, she loses her bag, causing her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, road movie
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Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a mountain town, where corn and poppies grow, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground to escape the threat of being stolen. Ana and her two best friends grow up together, affirming the bonds of their friendship and discovering what it means to be women in a rural town marked by violence. Their mothers train them to flee death, to escape those who turn them into slaves or ghosts. They create their own impenetrable universe, but one day one of the girls doesn’t make it to her hiding place in time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar, Argentina, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film
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Vegetarian (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary housewife, Yeong-hye, who has nightmares every night, finally becomes a vegetarian, throwing away all the meats in her refrigerator. Her husband Kil-soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. During a family lunch, Yeong-hye tries to kill herself due to her father's abrupt violence. Observing all the happenings, Yeong-hye's brother-in-law, Min-ho, a videoartist, hears from his wife that Yeong-hye has a Mongolian spot on her hips. Min-ho gets inspiration from this and starts to sketch.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, sexy, disturbing, gloomy, contemplative
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My People, My Homeland (2020)
Plot Summary:
In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: social, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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The Street Where We Live (2019)
Plot Summary:
"I'm just two paychecks away from being on the street." In the aftermath of the nation's financial crisis, Mary, a single mom with two kids, finds herself faced with that exact situation when the factory where she works closes their doors for good. Providing for her children and keeping the family together, while also maintaining some form of dignity in the process, proves to be the hardest job that Mary will ever have.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Guardian (2012)
Plot Summary:
After 16 years of imprisonment, 40-years-old Gogliko is released from jail. He doesn't exactly know what he did that deserved 16 years of jail time. A free man, a changed country awaits him. His personal life has drastically altered. His parents have passed and most of his friends have died during the Civil War period. Gogliko realizes that he will not be able to find his place in this "new" Georgia, only thing he has to do is to care about his passed friend's 16-years-old son.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Souvenir (2019)
Plot Summary:
The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her belly to give birth to the baby of Sara and Joaquin, a possessive couple obsessed with the idea of starting a family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, art film, existential, road movie
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Tlatelolco, Summer of 68' (2013)
Plot Summary:
As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a student photographer and daughter of a high-ranking official, finds herself embroiled in the movement and is swept off her feet by Félix, a working-class architecture student. This film remembers the events that led to one of the darkest chapters in Mexico’s recent history: the massacre at Tlatelolco, 10 days before the opening of the Olympic Games.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Jesus of Nazareth (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jesus of Nazareth tells the story of Jesus Christ, centering in the public life and humanity of the Son of God from a contemporary and realistic point of view.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Challenge Game (2016)
Plot Summary:
Florist Ae-ran and forensics investigator Min-ho from the Public Prosecutor's Office both have a family that everyone wants. However, Min-ho can't handle bed time so Ae-ran starts a 'challenge game' in which she seduces and has sex with strange men. One day, Ae-ran and Min-ho meet Alex at a tango cafe. Alex is interested in Ae-ran and approaches her while Ae-ran takes interest in Alex who is more handsome than her husband. Min-ho later witnesses them in action and gets angry when he finds out the man Ae-ran seduced is Alex. Min-ho feels nervous because he finds out Alex isn't just a game partner and approached him for a reason. Min-ho tries to get rid of Alex but Alex chokes Ae-ran and Min-ho even more and feels catharsis. The game they started is turning into a catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Look Back in Anger (1989)
Plot Summary:
Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy Porter (Branagh), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Thompson), and her aristocratic best friend Helena Charles (Redmond). Cliff (Horan), an amiable Welsh lodger, attempts to keep the peace.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, gloomy
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The Artist's Wife (2019)
Plot Summary:
Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his final show.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Sundown (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Mexico, Sweden
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, serious, art house, existential, cult classic
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The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
Plot Summary:
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, art house, independent film
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Shoot the Moon (1982)
Plot Summary:
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, offbeat, serious, psychological, tense, atmospheric, sexy, thought provoking, touching
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Hanging Garden (2005)
Plot Summary:
On the surface, the Kyobashis appear to be a happy family. Despite a family agreement that they are all open with each other, the entire household knows the opposite is true.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere, poignant
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Jadviga's Pillow (2000)
Plot Summary:
The film is the filmed version of Pál Závada's novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller. The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south-eastern Hungary. It tells about the unhappy marriage between a young man, Ondris, who is a member of the Slovak minority of the town, and his wife Jadviga. She can't return his devotion towards her and starts a love affair with Franci, a lawyer. The film tells the history of this unhappy relationship between a passionate country man and his equally passionate, but much more erudite wife who wants something more from life but can't get it. There is also some historic background: the breakup of the Hapsburg monarchy, the independence movement of the Hungarian Slovaks, led in the story by a ridiculous priest, etc. But this only remains the backdrop for the story of an unhappy "ménage à trois".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Ever After (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion photographer puts him in dangerously tempting situations. When trauma strikes, they must confront their innermost vulnerabilities to recover their disintegrating marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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We Only Know So Much (2018)
Plot Summary:
A married woman has an affair with a suicidal lover while caring for her husband's sick relatives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Guest (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alicia and Enrique are a young married couple somewhat distanced from each other. Their relationship is threatened when Carlota, a friend of Alicia's from long ago, comes to visit and stays with them for a while.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Patricia, A Hidden Passion (2020)
Plot Summary:
Patricia is a successful couples therapist. Your marriage is going through a bad time. But when she meets a student, Pablo will transform her own beliefs about sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, thought provoking, emotional, suspense, disturbing