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Plot Summary:
Christopher Nolen's "The Good Life" is the story of Jacques and Marianne Vandelay, a highly successful African American couple. They are happy but both are keeping dark secrets from each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, dark
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The Most Beautiful Couple (2018)
Plot Summary:
While two young teachers are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast they are overwhelmed by a sudden attack. Back home, they try to deal with the trauma in their own ways until a surprising encounter changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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A Remarkable Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
There are many things in life that could do a number on a man's masculinity. Lenny Babbitt has his identity and manhood challenged when his wife Tracy leaves him for a female doctor named Iris who has been treating their autistic son Isaac. After losing his job, and wife to a woman no less -- Lenny's dad Jack offers him a job at his pawn shop where he must re-examine his identity, manhood and sense of self after meeting Chelsea, a young, free-spirited pistol that lives life on two wheels. In the end, Lenny realizes that there are no absolutes... only one's faith, sense of self and family -- no matter how it's constituted or defined by society.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating
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In Love & War (2018)
Plot Summary:
Danish soldier Esben fakes his own death in an attempt to flee the war and reunite with his beloved wife Kirstine and their son Karl after being apart for three years. However, everything has changed while he has been away. A charming German officer has taken over the role as the family’s father and is courting Kirstine. While hiding in his own attic, Esben witnesses this very real nightmare and must do everything in his power to survive, win back the love of Kirstine and save his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, suspense, romantic drama, period drama
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An Organized Killer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Grace's life begins to unravel when a woman with sinister intentions moves into her guest house.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Rebeca (2003)
Plot Summary:
Rebeca is a 2003 Spanish-language telenovela produced by Venevisión International. The telenovela was written by Alberto Gómez and stars Mariana Seoane and Ricardo Álamo as the main protagonists with Gaby Espino, Pablo Martin and Elluz Peraza portraying the main antagonists.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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Bashar Momin (2014)
Plot Summary:
Rudaba is an innocent girl who is engaged to her father's best friend's son Buland Bakhtiar. One day Rudaba's father and future father-in-law are killed due to robbery shooting. Rudaba reluctantly moves in with Adil upon his insistence. Adil workes as a front man for his own brother in-law Bashar Momin, who was a money launderer and was among the richest of the city. Bashar can do anything for his sisters, especially Tayyaba, whose two engagements were failed.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Entangled (2019)
Plot Summary:
The friendship between two middle-aged couples is in jeopardy when one of them dies in a supposed "car accident".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating, disturbing, erotic, sensual, entertaining
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Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014)
Plot Summary:
Elvira had a fight with her husband, he went to purchase some cigarettes but he never came back, now Elvira is searching for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, hispanic
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Gabriel's Inferno: Part Three (2020)
Plot Summary:
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Every Other Holiday (2018)
Plot Summary:
Recently separated parents Tracie and Rick spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. But this Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists — to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie’s family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps this Christmas gathering can help rekindle the lost romance between the two and make their daughters’ greatest wish come true.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, semi serious, thrilling
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The Reunion: Forbidden Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
A romantic drama depicting a housewife vacillating between a former lover and her husband directed by Narita Yusuke who was involved in the "Abunai Deka" and "BE-BOP High School" series. Odashima Yumiko (Kumakiri Asami), a housewife, lives a happy albeit unexceptional life with her older husband Yukihiko (Motomiya Yasukaze), an orthopedist. One day, a couple moves into the home opposite their own. Yumiko learns their new neighbor is her former lover Miyazawa Koji (Okuchi Kengo) and his wife.
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Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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The Only One (2020)
Plot Summary:
On the brink of resigning herself to a life of independence and wanderlust, a young woman visits an old flame on his vineyard in France and takes one last shot at a committed relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Lead with Your Heart (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Maura have been married for years, and they are in a rut…so much of a rut that they are contemplating if it would be better to live separate lives. That’s when their two teenage children step in and scheme to try to get them back together and make them realize how much they still need each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, emotional, entertaining
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Tempting Fate (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gabby's picture perfect marriage to Elliott is jeopardized when she meets Matt, a handsome younger man who ignites a fire and desire within her. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Time to Love (2017)
Plot Summary:
In 1927, the urgent and relentless love of Maria Vitória and Inácio is interrupted by the young man's decision to cross the Atlantic in search of work, and his promise to return. Pregnant, Maria Vitória faces the wrath of her father, who decides to send her to a convent while the baby goes for adoption. Filled with courage, she goes after Inácio, hoping that together they could get their daughter back, but the couple ends up following different paths and living new love stories. They will have to face personal obstacles and the deranged jealousy of Inácio's intended until the inevitable moment of their reencounter in this classic story of growth and the immeasurable force of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera, entertaining, telenovela
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Seni Çok Bekledim (2021)
Plot Summary:
While the dirty secrets of the two families are revealed one by one, the love of Kadir and Ayliz has to pass this test.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Snow In Sea Breeze (2015)
Plot Summary:
On a snowy night, little Seon-mi is diagnosed with hemopoietic dysplasia. Years pass and Seon-mi, who has now become an adult, has overcome her pain and is adjusting to the adult world. Having decided to use her talent to become a perfumer, she travels to many different places to collect various scents and spices to help people with their inner pains. She meets Sang-woo at an aquarium and is strongly drawn to his scent which reminds her of her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Could This Be Love (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sandra, a small town country girl, returns home after college to take over the family business, her father's beloved bed and breakfast. Facing an unfaithful husband and dysfunctional relationship with her mother, she finds herself at a difficult crossroads. Everything changes, however, when Terrance (Steven Sutton), a young, handsome lawyer checks in and opens her eyes to an entirely different life filled with happiness.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, sexy
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Boy Bye (2016)
Plot Summary:
Veronica Love seems to have it all...she's smart, sassy and sexy and has a career as one of the most successful real estate entrepreneurs in California. Affectionately known as Love by her girlfriends Beverly and Charity, Love also happens to be happily single and loving every minute of it. She has no shortage of flings with the many boy toys and playthings that cross her path all because she doesn't believe in true love. Enter the sexy and mysterious business acquaintance Lance Peterson. Love has never felt this way about any man before and thinks that he could possibly be "the one" as their feelings for one another grow deeper by the moment. Lance is harboring a few tightly-wound deep secrets of his own that soon unravel and are revealed to her. Will his shocking revelation be enough to bring Love's world crashing down around her or will Love be able to survive his secrets with her heart still intact?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy
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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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Truth or Dare (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aura and Gael's passionate new love is quickly overshadowed by horrible news: Aura is diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Gael decides to stay in the relationship and support her, but don Julio, her father, deeply concerned about his daughter's health and blinded by the possibility of losing her, opposes the relationship. Aura now faces her biggest challenge yet: to live her life with death and love knocking on her door.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Hughes finds that marriage the second time around is far from idyllic when the ex wife and her children return to manipulate her husband Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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My Friend's Mom (2016)
Plot Summary:
After her mother dies, Young-jae visits her older sister's house, who took care of herself like her, and reunites with her sister, Soon-ae. She is incredibly greedy and charming. With the provocation of Soon-ae, the two develop into a secret relationship. One day when she was having a hot night with her mature lead, her daughter got stuck between the two ... A young and sexy daughter, a seasoned and mature mother, and a man wandering between mother and daughter. An unprecedented triangular romance between the three begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating
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After Ever Happy (2022)
Plot Summary:
As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin — any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, saga
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Classic Again (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a love triangle that miraculously mirrors her mother's romance years ago, a young woman let's her heart lead.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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The Third Way of Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
"The Third Way of Love" tells the sad love story of Lin Qi Zheng, who is from a rich family, and Zhou Yu who is a smart and beautiful lawyer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, romantic drama
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Husband Factor: Resurrection (2016)
Plot Summary:
Having weathered marriage pressures from family and friends in the first movie of the series, Efsun is now with the man of her dreams, Sinan. But the complications facing her love life don't get any less. As if her own chaotic family wasn't enough, she now has to contend with Sinan's - his grandmother, Cavide, in particular - and things quickly spin out of control. Will she make it through hell and high water to fulfill her dream of a peaceful life with Sinan? Does she really want the wedding everyone else has decided on for her?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic
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What Love Will Make You Do (2015)
Plot Summary:
Girl meets boy. Girl's daddy is in prison. Daddy's girl becomes a pawn for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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All Love Songs (2018)
Plot Summary:
Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's a mix-tape that Clarisse made 20 years earlier to her husband Daniel. Albeit separated by time, both stories will cross paths in a unique way.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating
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365 Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film tracks a hasty marriage through its first 365 days.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing