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Plot Summary:
A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doing petty jobs to survive, he will strive to find himself once more. Amidst a haze of suspicion and scorn by villagers who treat him an intruder, his past catches up to him in the form of his girlfriend from Athens. Conflict is inescapable.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, tension, suspense
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Lola (1964)
Plot Summary:
Aris, Nikos Kourkoulos, is released from prison after three years, and he turns up at Troumpa, a slum area in Piraeus. His purpose is not to settle his own accounts but to find out if Lola (Tzeni Karezi), a young woman who works at Stelios’ cabaret, was among the ones who betrayed him. Aris loves and cares about Lola and wants to get her out of there, but Stelios, who is also in love with her, assigns a thug to kill Aris.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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The Downhill (1961)
Plot Summary:
Greek teenage drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Parees (2007)
Plot Summary:
Holy Week in Pelion. Two friendly Athenians couples find in their yard corpse of a stranger. They try to avoid the charge of murder by locals, while in the whole fuss becoming uncovered secrets that will change the lives of everyone.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Matchbox (2003)
Plot Summary:
Dimitris, a grumpy middle-aged man, is having a hard time with his business partner on a particular decision as to opening a new business; and he's also having a hell of a time with his family members. He has a really short temper, and the unpleasant behaviour of his nasty wife and his disrespectful children don't contribute much to his health.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, weird
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A Quiet Death (1986)
Plot Summary:
Martha is unhappy with her life as it is at the moment, and among other issues, she has decided to give up her writing career. Along with that decision comes a need to get away from her husband and from her psychiatrist, with whom she has had more than just a doctor-patient relationship. As Martha travels through a deserted city landscape in a storm, the external world reflects something of her inner turmoil. Flashbacks are interspersed throughout the film to enhance the suspense of Martha's inner and outer journey.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Flower of the Lake (1999)
Plot Summary:
Kastoria, a region in Western Macedonia at the turn of the century. Greeks, Turks, Jews and other nationalities live together under the rule of the Ottoman empire, amid the despair, the uncertainty and the confusion brought about by the 1897 war between Greece and Tyrkey. It is under these conditions that a family of fisherman in the Kastoria lakeside district tries to make a living. A fisherman, his wife, the grandfather, and their five children. The daughter works for a furrier, the youngest goes to Greek school, while the older son Christos, helps his father with the fishing. The flower that rises from the lake is personified by the film's main hero, Christos. Every morning when the sky and the waters of the lake become one in the mist, Christos casts his nets. These are the hours when birds, fish and men struggle to earn a living. Christos seemingly calm life is shattered when he meets a wounded guerilla who has been abandoned by his comrades. Despite the fact that the.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Eden Is West (2009)
Plot Summary:
Elias (Riccardo Scamarcio) is an immigrant in his twenties who tries to get to Europe by a boat along with other illegal immigrants. When the boat is near the Greek shores and they hope they will soon disembark, a marine patrol approaches and Elias jumps into the sea in order to avoid arrest. So do the other people in the boat. He wakes up next morning in a shore with nudists, which is not so bad after all, since he has lost some of his clothes while he was swimming for quite a few hours. He pretends to be a nudist himself, steals some clothes and he pretends he is an employee of the hotel “Eden Club-Paradise”.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Greece, Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, political, humorous, sexual, sexy, political drama
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Caravan Serai (1986)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Greek civil war. A villager is forced to leave his house and property and go to Thessaloniki with his daughter and son. They find refuge in an old building with hundreds of other people. They live a miserable life as the daughter becomes a whore, and the son has to work.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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Wild Bill (2011)
Plot Summary:
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, rough, touching, suspenseful, sexy, family saga, hood, crime drama, cult classic, indie film
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On the Corner (2003)
Plot Summary:
Angel and Randy Henry are a sister and brother, caught on the mean streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. While Angel finds the strength to escape her seemingly hopeless situation, Randy slips deeper into a world consumed by abandonment and fuelled by drugs.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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An Insignificant Harvey (2011)
Plot Summary:
A janitor at a small town ski resort, who also happens to be a little person, has his life dramatically change when he finds a stray husky and falls for an exotic dancer.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film
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Stratos (2014)
Plot Summary:
At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where underground boss Leonidas took him under his wing. One day during a rival gang attack, Leonidas saved his life. Stratos never forgot this. A free man now, Stratos works the night shift at a bakery workshop, a far cry from the killing contracts he executes by day. He gives away all his money to spring Leonidas out of prison, funding an escape plan managed by Leo’s brother, Yorgos. The fulfillment of his debt is the only thing that matters to Stratos, everything else is indifferent and he lives detached, surrounded by ghosts and fallacies. The day of the escape, the most important day of his life, is near….
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Cyprus
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, political, social, bleak, realistic, suspenseful
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Left to Die (2012)
Plot Summary:
With help from U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, Tammi Chase (Rachael Leigh Cook) fights to free her mother (Barbara Hershey) from an Ecuadorean prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Critical Thinking (2020)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: motivational, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, contemplative, independent film
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I Am from Titov Veles (2007)
Plot Summary:
Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid landscape of post-Communist Macedonia.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, bleak, contemplative, gloomy
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Knifer (2010)
Plot Summary:
After his father death, Nikos moves from Ptolemaida to Athens. His uncle offers him food and shelter while he starts taking care of his dogs. Alone in an isolated suburb, he's wearing down into his misery routine, till the moment his relationship with his aunt changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Greece
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, bleak, realistic, stylized, gloomy, weird
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Boy Called Twist (2004)
Plot Summary:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's gang of street urchins. With a gritty honesty steeped in its vibrant characters, Boy called Twist superbly captures the contemporary equivalents of Dickens' seedy individuals as it shadows the timeless tale in its own inimitable style.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Man Dancin' (2003)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, rough, suspenseful
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Miss Violence (2013)
Plot Summary:
On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep insisting that it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? Why does her family persist in trying to "forget" her and to move on with its life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic, offbeat, bleak, suspense, controversial, art house
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Lorna's Silence (2008)
Plot Summary:
In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, atmospheric, harsh, psychological, touching, sincere, neo noir, erotic, psychological thriller
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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Plot Summary:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: depressing, fairy tale, erotic, heartbreaking, independent film, existential, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, emotional
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Home (2011)
Plot Summary:
Big home of Shamanov family has everything - except love and understanding under the roof.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing
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Another Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
Psychological drama about a young, inexperienced film reviewer who falls for the charms of a well-established female colleague. A challenging look at the essence of film critique as well as an erotic encounter between two unequals.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, offbeat, humorous, stylized, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Ward No. 6 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, philosophical, intellectual, smart, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Dawn of the Felines (2017)
Plot Summary:
A glimpse into the lives of three prostitutes in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo and the clients who solicit them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Life of a King (2013)
Plot Summary:
Life of a King is the true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, uplifting, rough, touching, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, spiritual, serious, realistic
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Oslo, August 31st (2011)
Plot Summary:
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On the 30th August, he is given a day’s leave to attend a job interview in the city centre.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: depressing, touching, gloomy, melancholic, bleak, heartbreaking, emotional, disturbing, stylized, independent film
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Nell (1994)
Plot Summary:
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sentimental, emotional, compassionate, serious, sincere, realistic, sad, anamorphic
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The Woodsman (2004)
Plot Summary:
A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, independent film, psychological, emotional, harsh, controversial, intense, rough, bleak, heartbreaking
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The Forest (2018)
Plot Summary:
Danila is sixteen. Katya is twice his age. He spends hours watching her from an old shed on the forest. He does not even think about trying to be with her until Danila's father shows up on Katya's doorstep in an attempt to run away from his avalanching problems. Father and son are drawn into turmoil of events where neighbor turns against neighbor, dividing the community, and pushing everyone`s life towards a disaster.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, melancholic, sentimental, captivating, realistic, erotic, ambiguous ending, crying, weird, hot