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Plot Summary:
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama, History, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Snowy Love Fall in Spring (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, romantic, sweet
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More than Blue: The Series (2021)
Plot Summary:
A man with a terminal illness seeks to help his beloved find a long-term partner.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Coyote (2017)
Plot Summary:
Muggy heat, small-town bleakness, unspoken social problems, hierarchy fights. This is Tuzko town, somewhere in Hungary, nowadays. Here comes Misi who inherits his grandfather's house and his property. Misi is a disillusioned, frustrated, constantly refugee young man. He can't find his role in his life, his job and relationship. He starts to build and renovate the house with some men from the town, but it violates the local oligarch's interests. Hard struggle begins for the property, for the love and for the life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Hungary
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Private Property (2022)
Plot Summary:
Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes involved with her new gardener, Ben. As he gives her the attention and sensitivity she craves, they start to fall for each other. But Ben is not what he seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tres Milagros (2018)
Plot Summary:
The series follows the lives of three young people who end up joining their destinies thanks to a prophecy, the prophecy says: "The day that Milagros meets Milagros and Milagros, Milagros and the love of Milagros, They will die". On September 18, 1985 there is a birth of three girls who are baptized with the same name. Catemaco's jaguar manages to see the connection between the three girls. and to his own sorrow he anticipates a prophecy. What will make the three girls start their lives and both fall in love with the same man, but only one of them will die.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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The Enchanting Phantom (2020)
Plot Summary:
A timeless love story of a scholar who falls in love with a female ghost and tries to free her from eternal servitude to a demon. Scholar Ning Cai Chen heads to the capital to take the state examinations. Along the way, he spends the night at Lan Ruo temple where he meets and falls in love with Nie Xiao Qian a ghost who seduces men to absorb their life essence as offering to Lao Lao. After much struggle, Ning Cai Chen and Nie Xiao Qian become a couple, however, Lao Lao plans to marry Nie Xiao Qian off to the Heishan Demon. In his desperation, Ning Cai Chen commissions the help of demon hunter Yan Chi Xia.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, historical drama
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A Copy of My Mind (2015)
Plot Summary:
A female cheap salon worker and a pirated DVDs subtitle maker fall in love during the turbulent presidential election in Indonesia.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, tragic
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The Amber Amulet (2004)
Plot Summary:
Summer of 1944. Young baroness Barbara is getting married. Her husband, Alexander, leaves to the war and disappears after giving Barbara the amber amulet as symbol of their love. Soviet soldiers, commanded by Major Belyaev are placed in the estate of Barbara parents. Barbara falls in love with a Russian officer.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 2 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Astronot (2018)
Plot Summary:
It was 1969 and America was embarking on the biggest adventure known to man - a voyage to the moon. Daniel too was pursuing the unknown; leaving the path of isolation he had traveled for so many years to embrace the love of another. The only question was would he be able maintain that road to glory or would he veer off course never to be seen again.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Hit A Lick," tells the tragic story of Falicia Blakely, a teen mom who grows up in the fast-lane. When she becomes an exotic dancer, she attracts the attention of local pimp and predator, Dino. His empty promises of a life together turns Falicia into a pawn in his dangerous games; and she's forced to prove her love for him at the expense of innocent lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Change of Heart (2021)
Plot Summary:
Beatrice, recently widowed by a far right sympathetic policeman, lives with her son & mother. She doesn’t like migrant and foreigners. When she meets Mokhtar, an Iranian entered illegally in France, her world crumbles. This is the beginning of a passionate love story leading Beatrice to defy her racist entourage and the law so that he can cross the Channel.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Hectopascal: Sensual Call Girl (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mio is a woman who owns a funeral parlor in a small port town. After losing her husband, her libido suddenly awakens. A typhoon rips through the town. Not only does she provide funeral services for the grieving parties but also attends to their needs after the funeral.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, suspense, disturbing, erotic
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The Craving Heart (2006)
Plot Summary:
Drama - An ill-considered affair with a stranger and the unexpected death of a friend upend the life of scientist Alexander Tom (Stan Harrington). As he struggles to undo the damage, he begins to question everything he's ever believed. In his attempts to make sense of his relationships with his father (John Saxon), his wife (Red) and the enigmatic Walela (Blythe Metz), Alexander begins to realize that science doesn't have all the answers. - Stan Harrington, John Saxon, Rick Peters.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Little Nyonya (2008)
Plot Summary:
A biographic flashback of an extended Peranakan family in Malacca; set in the 1930s, the story spans over 70 years and several generations of three families.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Singapore
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, family saga
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Bitter Love (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bulut is working for Ferman Köklükaya, the owner of a big construction company. A successful and ambitious man, Bulut is also married to Ferman's spoiled daughter Sude. Ferman caused the death of Bulut's father working as the site manager; but Bulut does not know about this yet. Sude and Bulut have an unhappy marriage and one day, at a hotel opening, Bulut meets the young and beautiful promising violinist Melek. It is love at first sight.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Romeo & Juliet (2017)
Plot Summary:
Romeo, a hopeless romantic with emotionally-fueled impulsiveness, meets Juliet, an abused and desperate girl looking for anyway to escape. Together, destined for tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Life and Death on the Shore (2017)
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Set in 1945 at the end of World War II. Saku arrives on Kakeromajima as the head of navy special forces. He is admired by the children on the island and he is interested in learning the island song as well as drinking with his men. Toe is an elementary school teacher on Kakeromajima and she has feelings for Saku.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Chal Mera Putt 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
A tale of everlasting love between illegal immigrants struggling for their PR in the UK as they challenge they multiple struggles.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Devathayai Kanden (2005)
Plot Summary:
Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake of a secure future. Babu sues her for cheating.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Pharisee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seung-gi has been living under a strict father, blaming himself everytime when a natural but uncontrollable desire surges from inside of him. However, because he can't spurt that desire in reality, every night Seung-gi shares passionate love with a mystery woman in his dreams. He meets Eun-ji ("Viki") a senior from school and gets provoked by her as well as Soo-jeong who he's had a crush on forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy, erotic
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Time Is Up (2021)
Plot Summary:
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, teen
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My Girl and I (2005)
Plot Summary:
Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea (though he doesn’t know who actually saved him).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, touching, romantic drama
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A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)
Plot Summary:
Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong performance by leading actress Yumi ADACHI and exquisite camerawork and production design, A COURTESAN WITH FLOWERED SKIN succeeds in recalling the golden age of Japanese erotic film.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, romantic, captivating, erotic, intense
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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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Queen of Hearts (2014)
Plot Summary:
Reina Ortiz will suffer an accident that will cause her to forget the last eight years of her life, in which she became the wife of tycoon Victor de Rosas, Clara's mother and the owner of the most famous bridal atelier in Las Vegas. She doesn’t even remember the happiest moment of her life; when she fell in love with Nicolas Nuñez. Now Reina, who feels she doesn’t belong to this world of luxury and power, will strive to discover her own truth. Meanwhile, Nicolas is working for the secret service under a new identity as Javier Bolivar, is seeking revenge after Estefania Perez made him believe Reina and Victor were responsible for his unjust imprisonment. Entangled in secrets, tricks and deceptions in a double life of gamble under the framework of gold and precious stones trafficking, Nicolas and Reina will fight for the only thing they cannot leave to chance, their love.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, telenovela
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In Love and War (2001)
Plot Summary:
After being released from an Italian prison, British officer Eric Newby (Blue) must find his way out of Italy before the Germans come. However, he is injured on the way and is left behind from his fellow soldiers. He is helped out by the local Italians, and he meets Wanda (Bobulova), a beautiful local girl who helps him learn Italian so he can escape. Slowly, their small friendship turns into a romance, but with the Germans looking for Eric, they are kept apart, not knowing what will happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, captivating, period drama
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Chain Reaction (2017)
Plot Summary:
Marta's surprise birthday party sets in motion a spiral of tragic events.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Felicitas (2009)
Plot Summary:
Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing