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Plot Summary:
After the tragic loss of their 4-year-old son, Javier and Amanda struggle to make sense of their lives together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 784
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile, Spain, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 88 min
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In Motion (2002)
Plot Summary:
Modern Russian take on Felinni's "La Dolce Vita" focuses on a few days from one popular Moscow journalist's life and the essential attributes of his life: Sex, betrayal, love, friendship, murders, etc.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min
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Senza pelle (1994)
Plot Summary:
The life of a happily married couple is turned upside down when the wife unknowingly becomes the focus of the attentions of a depressed and mentally unstable young man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying
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There Is a Light: Il padre d'Italia (2017)
Plot Summary:
Paolo and Mia, an introverted clerk and a unconventional pregnant woman, go on a journey looking for the father of Mia’s unborn daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
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Billy Boy (1970)
Plot Summary:
Billy, a troubled young man is rescued from a beating by police by an older man who takes him in. As Billy begins to fall under the influence of a delinquent, his loyalties to his friend are tested.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Other People's Children (2015)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker, reeling from the death of her famous father, falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man who becomes the subject of her latest documentary and her new love interest.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Malou (1981)
Plot Summary:
In this drama, a young wife leaves her German home to discover the identity of her mysterious late mother who married a Jewish German during WW II. Her mother was French, and soon after she married her aristocratic husband, Hitler came to power, causing the couple to flee to Argentina. Later he abandons the woman. Much of the complex tale is told via flashback, and in learning about her mother's past, the daughter begins to experience an emerging sense of identity and the knowledge of what she must do to avoid the same mistakes her mother made.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min
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The Black Bomber (1992)
Plot Summary:
In a near-future Belgrade, a DJ stirs up trouble with his rocking anti-establishment broadcasts. After his station is shut down, he takes to the street and starts transmitting revolution with the police hot on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 116 min
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Herbert (2015)
Plot Summary:
A former East German boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect on his life when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min
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Oxygen Starvation (1992)
Plot Summary:
Soviet army was one the worst for human dignity places to be. The task of the army was to turn freethinkers into normal dumb Soviet people. An intelligent Ukrainian guy refuses to obey.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Canada
Duration: 92 min
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Cru (2014)
Plot Summary:
A tight knit group of young high school athletes have a terrible crash after winning the state championship -- a catastrophe that will shape all their lives. But as adults, some 15 years later, they come together again for a reunion that will open olds wounds, expose long-hidden secrets -- and pave the road to forgiveness and redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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The Missing Woman (2016)
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An award-winning performer trio and a sophisticated story characterize the thrilling TV thriller "The Missing Woman". From the naive betrayed to the tough revenge angel Corinna Harfouch turns into the lead role. At her side, Ulrich Matthes silently plays a professional killer, who does not look at the cards. Never laying an excuse, is the Dortmund crime scene commissar Jörg Hartmann in the role of a shameless swindler. Because all three want to cash in on the life insurance, begins a game of fraud and extortion, in which also the red light milieu interferes.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
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Bad Frank (2017)
Plot Summary:
Frank Pierce leads a seemingly normal life, but when a disturbing past reemerges & something precious is taken from him, his mask of sanity loosens & unearths the urge to be violent once again.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
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Virus of Fear (2015)
Plot Summary:
A swim instructor dealing with a child terrified of the water is accused of inappropriate behavior -- but the stories offered don't line up, leaving parents suspicious and doubtful.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
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Frank and Eva (1973)
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The story of a man who goes out looking for hamburgers, while he has a beautiful steak at home. Frank and Eva can't live together, but can't live without each other either. Frank has sex with every woman he can get, while Eva wants to start a family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min
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Lover's Leap (1995)
Plot Summary:
An architect is struggling to get over his wife's death. He meets a young woman who brings him happiness only to find out she is his son's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, hot
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False Eyelash (1982)
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A story of love and heartbreak. Of hope and despair. Of passion and abandonment. After two years together, John has left Marita, a mature woman that has kept him until he has found Adela, another woman from whom get her money.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
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Accounts (1983)
Plot Summary:
The efforts of a widowed Scots family to keep the farmer's estate going after his death fail through poor accountancy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
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Monday (2020)
Plot Summary:
A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Greece
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sexy, ambiguous ending
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A Reunion (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two estranged friends travel across the country to attend their college reunion, and face their complicated past along the road.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: homoerotic
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She Deserved It (2010)
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Linda is a teenage girl whose own insecurities and frustrations lead her to viciously act out against others. By inviting Linda‘s boyfriend to her birthday party, Susanne unknowingly sets off a chain of horrific events. Is Linda a product of environment and circumstance or was she simply (in her own mother’s words) “born evil”?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
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On the Road (2016)
Plot Summary:
North London band Wolf Alice have had a rise to prominence that might have been bends-inducing were it not for their tightness as a group. In summer of 2015, the deliciously dark, hook-and-riff-filled sound of their debut album, My Love Is Cool, inspired the NME to crown it: "the debut of the decade". As a measure of their impact, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom joined the band on the road, capturing 16 different gigs and daily life backstage.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min
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E-Love (2011)
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Paule is pushing 50, as she repeatedly observes in her voice-over commentary. When she – a philosophy lecturer with a 10-year marriage and a 15-year-old daughter – learns that her husband is having an affair with a 28-year-old, this number takes on a special weight. The Internet site “L’âme-sœur” is supposed to help Paule get through her burgeoning midlife crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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An Independent Life (1992)
Plot Summary:
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ("Freeze-Die-Come to Life"). At the end of that film, set at the conclusion of World War II, the young Valerka was striving hard to overcome the inertia of just getting by, along with his sometime friend Galiya. In this one, he is adjusting to Galiya's death and is back in school and is living with his mother, a prostitute. After a girl at the school is found to have been gang-raped, the headmaster chooses Valerka to be one of the scapegoats, though he had nothing to do with the deed. The punishment seems mild enough, he was simply expelled from school. However, after quarrelling with his mother about the incident, he takes to the road, and discovers a society so bleak, degraded and hopeless that it is a wonder he remained alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Russia, UK
Duration: 97 min
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The Visitor (2011)
Plot Summary:
Cibrâil, a young policeman, is living happily with his girlfriend in Berlin. He is well integrated in society despite his Turkish background. One day his girlfriend's cousin comes to stay and Cibrâil's life is turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, sexy, suspense, independent film, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Blue Room (2002)
Plot Summary:
Toño (Juan Manuel Bernal) and his wife, Ana (Elena Anaya), decide to return to the town of Toño's parents after a long stay in Mexico City. But things get complicated little by little when Toño meets again with Andrea (Patricia Llaca), a friend of the time of the institute, because they unchain the desires that both had repressed when they were adolescents. Their passion brings them to places never explored while, in the town, the rumors are not made to wait.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, hot
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Looking for Simon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Simon, a young German doctor who lives and works in Marseille, goes missing. His appartment is empty. His mother Valérie is desperate. She doesn't understand the reason of his disappearance. Therefore she asks Jens, Simon's former boyfriend, to come to Marseille and help her finding him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious, gloomy
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Beneath the Skin (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his family falls apart Joshua is forced to move to Canada to live with his estranged father. It is there he meets Jay, a local tattoo artist. The two becomes closer despite the negativity that surrounds them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, psychological, sexy, touching, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Red Thread (2016)
Plot Summary:
Seven years after their first infatuated encounter, Abril and Manuel meet again. Despite the fact that they are both married, it is soon apparent that their attraction has only grown.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Chile
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, erotic
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August (2011)
Plot Summary:
August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it's not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, emotional, homoerotic, sexy, touching, serious, non-linear
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Room in Rome (2010)
Plot Summary:
A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, sensual, sincere, realistic, serious, stylized, minimal cast