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Plot Summary:
Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, Eikichi goes home to tell his father, Osamu, that his girlfriend is pregnant. His father curses him out, but he is also excited to have a grandchild. Osamu has a party to celebrate the news, but, at the party, he collapses and goes to the hospital. Eikichi struggles to make his father happy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
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Shippu Rondo (2016)
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An illegal biological weapon K-55 is stolen from a university lab. The university lab can't even call the police because the secret nature of the weapon. The school lab then receives a message stating that the entire country is now being held hostage and they must pay a ransom of 300 million yen.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
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Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!! (2018)
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Shing (Sadao Abe) is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Shing meets Fuuka (Riho Yoshioka) who is a street musician. When Fuuka sings, her vice is so small. Due to Fuuka, Shing looks back upon his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
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Man Walking on Snow (2001)
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Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo insists on the presence of Ryoichi, his elder son whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Nobuo and his two sons, along with their partners, gather for the commemoration. Unspoken feelings resurface and clash with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
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Pink Lightning (1991)
Plot Summary:
California 1962, Five girls: beautiful Sharon, ugly-duckling Andy, nice Poo and hot-to-trot Jill support their best friend Tookie when she prepares to marry her boyfriend Pat. But the two of them realize that they are not prepared to get married, that the locks of marriage will prevent them from doing things they want to do first.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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The Land of Happiness (1993)
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Nostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son" Tenho returns from his unlucky adventures in the city back to his parents' farm. Tenho becomes the laughing stock of local men until he scores the hottest girl in the village. A hot romance flares up between Tenho and the sensuous milkmaid Virva, accompanied by popular Finnish tango tunes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 60 min
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Saturday, Sunday & Monday (2004)
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Although this sounds like a weekend like many others, in the Prior house the atmosphere is rather tense because of some nervousness on the part of individual members of the family, especially the father, Peppino, who gets angry with anyone who happens to shoot: with their children, Juliana and Roberto, and his sister, aunt Meme. Meanwhile, his wife Rosa is dedicated to the preparation of the sauce, which she will serve for Sunday's lunch, to which she invited the neighbors, the accountant Ianniello and his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 135 min
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Having You (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jack has finally managed to propose to his infertile girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 914
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, touching, feel good, humorous, suspenseful, romantic drama
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Hana's Miso Soup (2015)
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Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Matsunaga Chie, who attends a music college, and they start dating. Each day becomes all the more bright and enjoyable for Shingo because of the lively Chie. She loves to laugh, sing and eat. After one and a half years, Chie is employed as a music teacher. One day, Shingo is informed that Chie has breast cancer. After thinking about it, he decides to share a lifetime with her and proposes. His proposal gives her the courage to undergo surgery which she had been mulling over. One day, Chie starts to teach 5-year-old Hana the “important things in life” such as laundry, cleaning and cooking. She thinks that even if she is no longer around, her daughter and husband will be able to live.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
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The Shadow Box (1980)
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Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death. Adapted for television from the award-winning play by Michael Cristofer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Your Only Mother: This Is The Last! (2010)
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A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now lives a simple life with her beloved children, together with her long-time best friend, Rowena.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, parody, independent film, queer cinema
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Love of My Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, sentimental
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The Woodsman and the Rain (2011)
Plot Summary:
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Accidental Family (2017)
Plot Summary:
Loïc Le Tallec never really took care of his son. When the latter disappears in a road accident, Loïc is devastated. He has only one idea in mind: to find the one who lives now with the heart of his son. He falls on Hugo, a young man that this brand new heart makes totally unreasonable and uncontrollable. Their meeting promises to be explosive.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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April Bride (2009)
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On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating
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Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2017)
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Teiichi Akaba is a student at a prestigious private male high school known for producing important politicians and bureaucrats. His dream is to become the prime minster and make his own country. To help achieve his dream, he wants to become elected as his school's student council president. The elected student president receives privileges and a better chance for promotions later in the political & bureaucrat world. A power struggle takes place surrounding the student election.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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In the Heart (2014)
Plot Summary:
Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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Life Must Go On (2015)
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When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
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Other People (2016)
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David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, depressing, captivating, sad, humorous, lgbt cinema, black comedy, queer cinema
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The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Plot Summary:
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, feel good, emotional, mumblecore, anthology
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That's Life! (1986)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birthday.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, independent film, sincere, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, erotic, road movie
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Tomorrow's a New Day (2019)
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When theatre actor Giuliano receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tommasso, the encounter is bittersweet. This reunion is their first meeting in many years, triggered by Giuliano’s failing health and his decision to forgo treatment. Instead he is focussed on putting his affairs in order: distributing possessions, reconciling past disputes, and, most importantly, finding a home for his beloved canine, Pato. Over four days, the two men walk the streets of Rome, visiting bookshops, restaurants, veterinarians and friends, examining their lives and speculating on what the future holds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 995
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, feel good
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The Best Is Yet to Come (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere, mind bending, touching, inspirational, buddy comedy, humorous
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Paddleton (2019)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sad, sentimental, touching, psychological, sincere, depressing
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Norman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, tragicomedy, semi serious, sincere, touching, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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My Dad and Mr. Ito (2016)
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He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with it and does not need a cranky father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating
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Breaking the Rules (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, sad, independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
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Pete loses his consciousness while playing in a pop band. The diagnosis is harsh and the doctor cannot say for sure whether Pete will celebrate his 18th birthday. One night, encouraged by the vodka on Jusa's 18th birthday, Pete confesses his love to Kata, his dream girl. Together with Jusa, they go to Lapland where Kata has her summer job. In Jusa's wild company, Pete experiences something which he never felt before as they decide to take a trip to Mombasa via Lapland.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, offbeat
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Bread of Happiness (2012)
Plot Summary:
A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, touching, captivating, realistic, semi serious, culinary, independent film
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Truman (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Julián receives an unexpected visit in Madrid from his lifelong friend Tomás, who now lives in Canada, the encounter is bittersweet. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Julián is focused on putting his affairs in order, while Tomás is still grasping at hope. For four intense days, the two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, tour the city, sharing emotional, hilarious and surprising moments.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, sentimental, social, hispanic, existential, sensitive
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The Chef of South Polar (2009)
Plot Summary:
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic