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Plot Summary:
Jota is about to commit suicide. As he fighting against himself, trying to jump off a bridge, a girl riding a motorcycle falls off the bridge. He runs to help her, and goes with her to the hospital. She has forgotten even what her name is, and he invents her life. He makes up a name for her and tells her and the doctors that they live together as a couple for four years. The lie goes on for a while.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: erotic, experimental, manga, art house, cult classic, suspense thriller, psychological, atmospheric, thought provoking, clever
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Unconscious (2004)
Plot Summary:
A Freudian comedy set in Barcelona, 1913, that playfully questions sexual taboos through a Sherlock Holmes-style investigation.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, clever, offbeat
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The Wedding Director (2006)
Plot Summary:
Franco Elica is a film director casting a remake of a pious melodrama in Rome. He's melancholy, heading south for a break. On a beach, he meets a man who films weddings and is roped into helping film the wedding of the daughter of a severe and imperious prince. The wedding is one of convenience - the prince needs money, the groom is a mama's boy. Elica is attracted to the bride, Boda, and tries to convince her not to marry. No matter how outrageous his behavior, the prince keeps Elica on as the wedding director. As the wedding approaches, what's real blurs with Elica's imagination. Is he mad?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, surreal, black and white, amateur film
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Chaotic Ana (2007)
Plot Summary:
The teenager artist Ana is raised in Ibiza by her German father Klaus in a naturalist lifestyle in a cave. One day, she meets a woman called Justine that invites Ana to move to Madrid, offering education and economical support, to live in an old house with other artists having classes of Arts and with the only commitment of studying. Ana befriends her mate Linda (Bebe) and falls in love for the problematic Said, having her first sexual experience with him. After a period together, Said leaves Ana, and then she is hypnotized by Anglo, discovering her past lives and deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, melancholic, exciting, touching, suspenseful, depressing, art house, sensual, intelligent
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The Seductor (1995)
Plot Summary:
The life of Cosme, a boy of fifteen, is altered with the arrival of a new neighbor, Merche, a married woman, much older than him. Cosme falls for her and intends to conquer the woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy, teen comedy
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The Dog in the Manger (1996)
Plot Summary:
Diana, the Countess of Belflor, is an intelligent, impulsive woman in love with her secretary, Teodoro. He is engaged to Marcela, one of the countess's ladies in waiting. When the countess finds out about the engagement, driven by jealousy, she does everything possible to separate the lovers. Film adaptation of the play by Lope de Vega that respects the text in verse.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: touching, manga, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Cows (1992)
Plot Summary:
A film set in the Basque region, beginning in the Carlist war of 1875 and ending during the Spanish Civil war of 1936. The film portrays how one single act of cowardice shapes the life of the next three generations of two families and fuels the intense rivalry which will span the next sixty-one years.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, family saga, saga, manga, hispanic, serious, captivating, realistic, weird
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Self Made (2014)
Plot Summary:
Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, thought provoking, clever, offbeat, witty
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Choose Me (1984)
Plot Summary:
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: offbeat, neo noir, surreal, sex comedy, independent film, atmospheric, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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I Will Survive (1999)
Plot Summary:
Marga is having a streak of bad luck. Through her friendship with Rosa, she tries to regain her self-confidence, but love interests again create conflict. It is while developing a relationship with a handsome gay sculptor ten years her junior: Iñaqui, that she starts to improve. However, Marga and Iñaqui go beyond friendship, but are frustrated by their limitations. Ultimately, the two may have to settle for an "impossible" love relationship, as their unique best road to happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Love After Love (1992)
Plot Summary:
Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life becomes less appealing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, semi autobiographical
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Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1996)
Plot Summary:
A woman seduces a hotel janitor to gain access to the famous musicians coming into town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo screwball comedy
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Mister Lonely (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Ireland, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, semi serious, atmospheric, avant garde, offbeat, mind bending, psychedelic, experimental, psychological
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The Butterfly Effect (1995)
Plot Summary:
Luis, a Spanish student,goes to London to get a course in Economics. He lives at a house the neighbour of her aunt, but when she broke up with her husband, Luis goes to live with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: manga, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, sexual
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City of Women (1980)
Plot Summary:
A businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: surreal, satirical, art house, cerebral, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic, cult classic, clever, offbeat
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Four Last Songs (2007)
Plot Summary:
A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Another Woman's Life (2012)
Plot Summary:
When the fun loving Marie sets her eyes on brooding comic book artist Paul, it sets off the kind of romantic sparks that quickly culminate in the bedroom. But the next morning brings its share of surprises as Marie crawls out of bed to discover her life flash-forwarded fifteen years down the road: Not only has she been married to Paul all this time, but she’s now the mother of a little boy the head of a powerful multinational investment firm and the proprietor of a fabulous apartment overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Quickly Marie discovers that all her achievements have not brought happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic drama
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The Good Night (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: emotional, melancholic, sincere, humorous, semi serious, surreal, realistic, existential, dark comedy, offbeat
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A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Plot Summary:
Exotic dancer Angéla attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Émile. In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend Alfred.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, visual, art house, intellectual, black and white, sensual
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Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Plot Summary:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier, an old friend who harbors a secret love for her, and who could draw her back to reality.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, emotional, art house, visual, philosophical, touching, intellectual, bleak, breathtaking, spiritual
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Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
Plot Summary:
Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place (Círculo polar) where the day never ends in the midnight sun. There are things that never end, and Love is one of them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, philosophical, melancholic, art house, cerebral, sentimental, clever, touching, non-linear, erotic
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Dark Habits (1983)
Plot Summary:
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, erotic, social, surreal, manga, hispanic, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Earth (1996)
Plot Summary:
Angel, an exterminator recently released from a mental hospital, comes to rid a small Spanish town of tiny grubs in the soil. The local wine-making industry has found these pests responsible for giving their product an "earthy" taste that has divided local opinion. While in town, Angel becomes involved with two beautiful and very different women, and impacts their lives on a grand scale. Can either of these women accept the fact that Angel travels with a "ghost" of himself, or that he routinely speaks with the deseased townspeople?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: erotic, art house, hispanic, humorous, realistic, surreal, contemplative, semi serious, manga, weird
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Puzzled Love (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sun from Chicago (USA) and Lucas from Mallorca (Spain) meet each other in a students's flat in Barcelona. They fall in love and try to enjoy it without thinking of their separation at the term's ending. Will their love prevail?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, feel good, sexy, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Plot Summary:
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task - to cure Young-goon’s mental problem and have her eat real food.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: surreal, touching, psychological, emotional, sweet, humorous, semi serious, absurd, cult classic, offbeat
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Kisses for Everyone (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn to decide their future.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, manga, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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The Other Side of the Bed (2002)
Plot Summary:
When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. The cuckold Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. Meanwhile, while comforting Pedro, Sonia has one night stand with him and Javier thinks she is cheating him with her lesbian friend Lucia.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, witty, humorous, melancholic, talky, stylized, intense, lyrical, feel good
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The Bilingual Lover (1993)
Plot Summary:
Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and she never catches on to his deceit, except she realizes that as Juan Faneca his performance in bed is exactly what she had experienced with Joan Mares because she concludes they were taught sex by the same prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, erotic, sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
Plot Summary:
Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agency to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what he's searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literally going in levitation while making love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sexy, sexual, erotic, mystical, inspirational, philosophical, surreal, manga, cult classic, poetic
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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Plot Summary:
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, art house, sexy, clever, witty, cynical, stylized, psychedelic, sexual
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Sex and Lucia (2001)
Plot Summary:
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, art house, cerebral, sensual, erotic drama, sentimental, serious, captivating