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Plot Summary:
An aging actress' husband dies of a heart attack en route to Rome, where they'd planned to holiday. There, she rents an apartment and, through the Contessa, she meets a young man, with whom she begins an affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, erotic, sexual, sensual, crying
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Plot Summary:
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paola to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexual, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy, ambiguous ending, sexy
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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Plot Summary:
Gigolo and drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town as the accompaniment of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom 'Boss' Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: emotional, southern gothic, intense, atmospheric, serious, tense, realistic, psychological, clever, talky
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Woman Wanted (1999)
Plot Summary:
A new woman comes between a widower and his adult son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy, sentimental, atmospheric, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997)
Plot Summary:
Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees her at the sailing and gets a photo of her. When he returns home, he suspects that his wife Zoe has been sleeping with Simeon, the foundry owner. Horty goes to the bar, where his friends get him drunk and he starts telling an erotic fantasy of what happened with him and Marie, drawing a larger audience each night.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, sexual, fairy tale, sentimental, light, romantic
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After Sex (1997)
Plot Summary:
The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual
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Nearest to Heaven (2002)
Plot Summary:
People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, serious
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Until September (1984)
Plot Summary:
American tour guide Mo Alexander misses her tour group, and then her flight out of Paris. Stuck in the city of romance, Mo runs into the very suave -- and very married -- Xavier, who attempts to seduce Mo while his family is out of town. His charms prove hard to resist, and Mo succumbs, though her conscience weighs heavy. Soon their bickering romance of convenience takes a serious turn, and, in spite of himself, Xavier finds he's falling in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, romantic, sex comedy, sentimental, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Swann in Love (1984)
Plot Summary:
Swann (Jeremy Irons), an eligible bachelor in the best circles of fin-de-siècle Paris, has also some more vulgar but rich friends, the Verdurins. Through them he meets Odette (Ornella Muti), a courtesan, with whom he falls hopelessly in love. She seems to enjoy his company, for which he pays, but considers herself free to socialise and sleep where she pleases, particularly with a rival called de Forcheville. Swann’s passion turns to consuming jealousy, which leads him eventually to accept the social stigma of marrying her. One old friend, the overtly gay Charlus (Alain Delon), stays sympathetic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual, neurotic, sexy, period drama
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A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Plot Summary:
A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer. Director Guy Green's bittersweet romance, released in 1970, stars Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver, Virginia Gregg and Katherine Crawford.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic
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And While We Were Here (2012)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, a troubled writer experiences a sexual awakening when she meets a carefee American in Italy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, independent film, erotic, indie film, heartfelt, contemplative
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Charlotte Sometimes (2002)
Plot Summary:
Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young roommate.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, sexy, light, captivating, romantic, romantic drama, erotic, serious, realistic, contemplative
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A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Plot Summary:
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, romantic, sensual, sentimental, sincere, contemplative, erotic, realistic, romantic drama
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Green Chair (2005)
Plot Summary:
When an ordinary housewife is convicted for seducing a minor, reckless love leads to obsession and creeping doubt. Mun-hee (Seo Jung), a married woman in her thirties, has been arrested and convicted for having sex with an underage, Hyun. After being sentenced for 100 hours os social work, Mun-hee is released only to find reporters hungry to sell her story to the press, and among them, Hyun is standing alone. Leaving those hyenas, the two head for nowhere and stop at a small hotel. Day and night they indulge into each other through endless sex. After 5 days of sex and enjoyment, Mun-hee undergoes extreme changes of emotion, and suddenly says goodbye to Hyun. However, Moon-hee finds herself still lingering on to Hyun.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, romantic, sensual, sexual
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Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Plot Summary:
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, which always a woman as the crux of the story, invites to an inner travel, as Antonioni says "towards the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, touching, emotional, colorful, atmospheric, psychological, serious, realistic, romantic, anthology
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Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, realistic, sincere, touching, serious, independent film, contemplative
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Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
Plot Summary:
Zhou Yu, a ceramic artisan in China's rural Northwest, has a deep rapport with Chen Qing, a shy sensitive poet. Taking a long train ride every weekend just to make mad passionate love with him, her longing seems insatiable. Until one day, she meets the hedonistic vet Zhang Qiang and begins a torrid affair, which takes her to another train station, and another level of lust. Driven by the locomotive of love and desire, she hustles through a dark tunnel of no return.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, touching, serious, contemplative, realistic, surprise ending, non-linear
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Alexander the Last (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, heartfelt, contemplative, independent film, sexual, sexy
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002)
Plot Summary:
A betrayed wife, whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son of her first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
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One Night (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, touching, serious, realistic, independent film
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G (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young Hip Hop star named Summer G falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college. After she rejects him for a fellow social climber, Summer G spends ten years building a Hip Hop empire, then moves to the Hamptons where he finds the object of his affections.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 778
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic, gloomy, modern day adaptation
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, Colombia
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, romantic, costume drama, emotional, serious, sentimental, atmospheric, realistic, erotic
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The Mother (2003)
Plot Summary:
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, erotic, sincere, independent film, realistic, romantic, captivating, clever, contemplative
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Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman discovers the truth about her former lover from the diary that his first wife wrote to their son, Nicholas.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, emotional, erotic, tear jerker
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Closer (2004)
Plot Summary:
A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 233000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, romantic, psychological, melancholic, intellectual, sensual, dark, heartbreaking, romantic drama
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Water for Elephants (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, sexy, touching, stylized, scenic, melancholic, intense, realistic, inspirational
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Elegy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, romantic, touching, sad, serious, sentimental, thought provoking
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White Palace (1990)
Plot Summary:
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, romantic, sensual, sentimental, touching, spiritual, romantic drama, steamy
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Adore (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, emotional, romantic, erotic, disturbing, sexual, sensual, captivating, controversial, independent film
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Mr. Jones (1993)
Plot Summary:
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, compassionate, melancholic, touching, emotional, realistic, sentimental, serious, romantic, therapeutic
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Plot Summary:
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: romantic, heartbreaking, atmospheric, touching, sad, sentimental, tear jerker, uplifting, feel good, erotic