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Plot Summary:
Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that begins as a childlike adventure and ends up on the other side of the country and a one-way journey, free and determined. The same destiny will inevitably bond a woman with her grandson. Without knowing it they are part of an unbreakable family circle that deeply unites them. Second opportunities will arise while individual freedom of choice will become imposing. Everything comes together to tell us: there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: road movie
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The Road to Mandalay (2016)
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Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Drama
Country: Myanmar, Taiwan, India, Thailand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Adagio sostenuto (2008)
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The film tells the love story between Anna and José, while at the same time approaches the intersections of urban violence and artistic creation, nature and civilization, war and peace, life and death, abandon and union, showing that in the end of our path we are still coping with mystery, emptiness and transcendence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, meta
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Lighter Fluid (2016)
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An experimental look into the lives of teens and young adults in a dysfunctional town.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: experimental
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Mateo (2014)
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At the impressionable age of 16, young Mateo faces a dilemma about the direction his life will take when his corrupt uncle asks him to infiltrate a local Barrancabermeja theatre group to uncover its members' political activities.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Drama
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: educational
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Ambiguous (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ambiguous is a 2003 Japanese Pink film directed by Toshiya Ueno. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Five suicidal people meet on the Internet and form a 'suicide group'. They all have reasons for which they want to terminate their lives. They arrange to meet at one of the member's homes to spend their last hours together. One of the women hastily kills herself in front of the others. The remaining four members decide to deal with their problems and live. Based loosely on an actual account that took place in Japan. Life, sex and redemption. Ambiguous also stars Nikki Sasaki (Nurse Sisters, Cuffs). Pink Cinema at its darkest.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
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Fortitude (2020)
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To escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, Roque retreats into the Amazon jungle to renovate a cabin he built during happier times. He struggles with feverish visions caused by alcohol abstinence, and his desire for redemption becomes distorted when he joins old friends to work in an illegal gold mine controlled by Colombian guerrillas. The violence required to work in the mine plunges Roque into a cycle of self-destruction that devours his interior. He will need the fortitude to get out and start anew.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, France, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
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Awakening from the Dead (2005)
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The story takes place at the beginning of the bombing, both in Belgrade and in one small town in Serbia, at the end of March 1999. Forty-year-old Mickey, an unaccomplished writer, a disillusioned assistant professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, a discouraged democrat and a columnist, dismissed from a famous daily newspaper, emerges from his own grave and enters into his own life. Within 48 hours, he will try to achieve all those things he couldn't while he was alive. At the same time, post-mortem, he will try to save the dignity of his own community and his tribe, not taking too much care of himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Spiral (1978)
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In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: intellectual
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'The Day of the Purple Sun': Part I (2017)
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"The Day Of The Purple Sun´´: The cosmos of the incurable Margarethe. Her journey through the mysteries of the Egypt underworld. Will she be coming forth by day? film in two parts by Carsten Frank "DER TAG DER VIOLETTEN SONNE´´ "THE DAY OF THE PURPLE SUN´´ starring Margarethe von Stern Carsten Frank Music by maggy moon Photographed in PsychoVision Quiet Village Film Production 68 Mins / 1.78 : 1 (16:9) / German (language) / English & German (subtitles).
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: dark, expressionism, mystic
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Kimen (1974)
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On a small green island out in the sea, they live in harmony - until a stranger comes. Like a hurricane this rocks the small society, and a killing lets all hidden forces loose.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min
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A Shadow You Soon Will Be (1994)
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This film follows the exploits of middle aged man as he wanders through Argentina. It is set in the early 80's following the end of Argentina's long military dictatorship and is based on a 1990 novel by Osvaldo Soriano. Only recently returned from European exile, with no family and friends to welcome him home, "the engineer" travels the lonely southern Pampas of Argentina on the way to a job. He is periodically joined by other strange wanderers such as Nadia, the gun slinging psychic, Lem, a strange travelling millionaire, Barante, the hobo, and Coluccini, a bankrupt circus owner who involves "the engineer" in a rigged card game.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Yumechiyo's Diary (1985)
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Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Through her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in providing a man innocent of a false murder charge and in the process discovers love for the first time in his arms.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
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New Year's Day (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Babai (2015)
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10-year-old Nori is obliged to grow up at a very young age after the early death of his mother and then being abandoned by his father Gezim in the Kosovo of the 1990s.After a dangerous and eventful journey, Nori finally arrives in Germany and is reunited with his father, but he cannot understand how Gezim could just have left him. And chances of them being able to stay in Germany look bleak when Gezim’s application for asylum is rejected.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Kosovo, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, art house
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A Thousand Months (2003)
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1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Morocco, Germany
Duration: 124 min
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The Last Fine Day (2011)
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The phone call from Sybille was usual. Her family didn't even know that this call just started their last fine day.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
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Endings (2010)
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Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced breast cancer, has made a similar decision about the end of her life. They are all strangers to each other, but as Emmy embarks on a strange journey, and as the day's events bring these three dying people together, through Emmy's unique point of view, their lives are changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Glue Sniffer (1999)
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Oliver flees from abuse of his family and seeks refuge in the violent streets of Caracas, where survival is only possible in an environment of corruption, crime and sniffing glue to escape hunger, like other children in the same situation. Soon, the child becomes part of the clashes between drug gangs and corrupt policemen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 105 min
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Concurs (1982)
Plot Summary:
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants' self and conscience.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: allegory
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The Children's Rebellion (1992)
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In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would (at the very least) go to prison, regardless of their age. However, people of conscience were beginning to protest against this situation. The story takes place in a prison for children where conditions are particularly harsh. The warden is a thick-headed martinet who demands complete compliance with the rules, or the children will be brutally dealt with. The assistant warden is a more modern man, and is appalled by the whole institution, but seeks to begin by reforming it. To that end, he has invited a journalist to come and see the conditions that prevail there, in the hopes that she will rouse public opinion against at least this one form of injustice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
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Bopem (2015)
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Teenager Ruslan is a half-orphan who lives by the dried Aral Sea. When he learns that due to serious illness he has no more than 3 months to live, Ruslan decides to punish those responsible for the death of his beloved mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Camino (2008)
Plot Summary:
A religious organization interferes with the life of a terminally ill girl.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, spiritual, odd, complex
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How Much Further (2006)
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Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way they meet interesting characters who help them re-evaluate the purpose of their journey.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, realistic, touching, captivating, scenic, semi serious
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Dormant Beauty (2012)
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A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, anthology, emotional, contemplative
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A Love to Keep (2006)
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Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined in a clinic for mental diseases, where she is heavily abused, the main treatment been electroshocks. After Franco's fall, and the change of things, she is free to return to her home, under the surveillance of her mother. Her father, more compassionate, helps her escape and find her lover. But the years of been under electroshocks have damaged her health, and make it impossible to live a normal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful, detective
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Before Snowfall (2013)
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Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family reputation. The mission proves a dangerous one for the inexperienced Siyar. First stop is Istanbul, where he meets Elvin, a young girl who becomes his travel companion. On the way from east to west, through Europe and all the way to Norway, Siyar comes to realize his own need for respect, and for love.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Iraq
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, serious, realistic, sincere, touching, inspirational, tragic ending
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Eternity and a Day (1998)
Plot Summary:
Alexander, a famous writer, is very ill and has only a few days to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania. Alexander then takes the boy home.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Greece, Germany
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: slow cinema, road movie, philosophical, art house, psychological, sincere, contemplative, sad, poetic, sentimental
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Radical (2023)
Plot Summary:
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential… and maybe even their genius. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min
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Two Kinds Of Love (1983)
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Two kinds of love are experienced by young Ricky Schroder in this made-for-TV drama. One kind is the tenuous affection he extends to his estranged father when Schroder's mother unexpectedly dies. The other kind consists of the teasing sensations felt by Schroder whenever he approaches a girl his own age.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Those Who Remain (2007)
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Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They bump into each other during one of their visits and begin to meet for coffee. Coffee turns into Lorraine offering to drive Bertrand to the train station and the two turn to each other in their time of grief and confusion.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy