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Plot Summary:
The story of John Buultjens, who has dedicated his life to the sport of BMX.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story (2019)
Plot Summary:
The journey of a young African American girl who navigated over 30 foster homes and psychiatric facilities before age 18, and the one woman, Jeanne, who believed in her. After Jeanne’s unsuccessful attempt to adopt Regina due to a racially motivated ruling, their bond is forced apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: motivational, sentimental, uplifting, touching
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Safe Harbor (2009)
Plot Summary:
Doug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the better, and they decide to stay in town and run the foster home for boys permanently.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Gook (2017)
Plot Summary:
Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers who own a struggling women's shoe store, have an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old Kamilla. On the first day of the 1992 L.A. riots, the trio must defend their store—and contemplate the meaning of family, their personal dreams and the future.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, black and white, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Darling Nikki (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nikki is a carefree, fun-loving girl, juggling the men in her life, in her quest for the ultimate love. She soon falls into a fantasy world where she is no longer able to distinguish her real life with her "secret" one.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, surreal
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006)
Plot Summary:
As NBC's hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" proves a long-running hit for a network desperately in need of one, its young stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato face all sorts of trouble off-camera. Gary battles with his parents over the management of his salary, Todd runs into trouble with the law countless times, and Dana's career after the show meets with despair and tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sitcom
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I Am Potential (2015)
Plot Summary:
A father's journey to help his blind and wheel-chair bound son to overcome impossible odds and allow the world to see his God-given potential.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, christian film
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A Country Called Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her estranged alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to a small town in Texas. While dealing with the logistical arrangements of her father’s death Ellie has to confront what happens when the structures and safety nets we build for ourselves come undone.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Tyson's Run (2022)
Plot Summary:
When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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The World We Make (2019)
Plot Summary:
18 year old Lee (a spirited equestrian) and Jordan (an academic and football standout) are at the threshold of building a life together. But their character is tested when racial bias surfaces in their otherwise progressive small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, christian film, romantic
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Little Red Wagon (2012)
Plot Summary:
With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Right Mom (2021)
Plot Summary:
While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Ms. White Light (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when it comes to dealing with everyone else. When Valerie, a sharp-tongued free spirit who simply has no time for her own mortality, refuses to play by Lex's rules, Lex is forced to question her own decisions, and must decide if the business of dying is truly worth it... even at the cost of living her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Match (2019)
Plot Summary:
One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Copperman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Despite his adult age, Anselmo behaves like a child and takes up the role of a superhero called "Copperman.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, disturbing
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Maggie Black (2017)
Plot Summary:
A successful, young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
Plot Summary:
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sad
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The Arrangement (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Colombian woman moves to Miami to marry an ambitious politician, in an attempt to leave her troubled past behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Showing Roots (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Lost Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ettore, a young boy in Sicily in the 50's, is surrounded by women and is always surprised by what is happening around him. In Milan a few years later Ettore is once again the center of attention and the hip crowd.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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100% Coco (2017)
Plot Summary:
13 year old Coco loves fashion and has her own unique style. She dreams of becoming a famous fashion icon. But on her first day of school she is made fun of and everyone calls her 'Coco the Clown'. Devastated, she decides to leave her vintage dresses, panther boots and striped socks at home and to dress herself more unnoticeable. Her anonymously kept fashion vlog as Style Tiger is a huge hit however. Is there still a chance that she will become a style icon? And does Bruno, that quirky boy she knows from school and secretly likes, finally notice her? Slowly Coco learns that she just has to be 100% herself!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Here Are the Young Men (2020)
Plot Summary:
Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was considered a racial slur.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, tense, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, entertaining
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A Beautiful Soul (2012)
Plot Summary:
An R&B singer snagged by the trappings of superstardom loses his way and turns his back on his church and faith-filled beginnings. Tragedy strikes, leaving a chance for redemption in its wake. But with rebirth, first comes death.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious
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Normal (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's birthright hides a dark secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy
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Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Plot Summary:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the acquittal.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, tense, bleak, contemplative, entertaining
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The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders (2019)
Plot Summary:
Naturally-gifted cheerleader Ava is an instant hit at her new school, but her quick rise in popularity is threatened by the rivalry of cheer captain and Homecoming Queen Katrina, who puts Ava and the other new recruits through a brutal initiation process, leaving Ava to face consequences both at school and at home.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Double Mommy (2016)
Plot Summary:
After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that Ryan is only the father of one baby... The other father is Ryan's best friend Bryce, who Ryan discovers date raped Jess at a party over the summer. With college recruiters and an overbearing father looming over Bryce's head, he will stop at nothing to make sure that he clears his name--even if it means getting rid of Jess and her babies! Morgan Obenreder, Mark Grossman, Megan Gallagher, Griffin Freeman, David Starzyk star. (2017).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, touching, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Autumn Fall (2015)
Plot Summary:
Oslo in beautiful autumn. Ingvild is a stage manager at the National Theatre, and trying to make a life change, with her artistic ambitions. Not liking actors, she still manages to get into two very different affairs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000)
Plot Summary:
"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. A chance audition for a musical leads him to join forces with composer Jim Steinman, and together the two make music history with the operatic rock album "Bat Out of Hell." But the demons that drive Meat Loaf aren't assuaged by success, and eventually he must come to terms with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, captivating, semi serious
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Losing Isaiah (1995)
Plot Summary:
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, touching, emotional, melancholic, serious, thought provoking, sexy, sad, hood, cult classic