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Plot Summary:
Paralysed by fear of the future, a middle aged French bureaucrat escapes to Brazil where a destructive affair with a boy forces her to learn to live in the present.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany, France
Duration: 116 min
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The Idol (1966)
Plot Summary:
The Idol is a 1966 British drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, Jennifer Hilary and Guy Doleman. A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Trial Begins (2007)
Plot Summary:
A civil servant (Michele Lastella) uses shady methods to become a powerful businessman.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
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More Than Family (2020)
Plot Summary:
To-il tutors high school student Ho-hoon, but she soon falls in love with him and gets pregnant. The film unfolds a series of playful happenings when To-il embarks on a journey to find her birth father for the wedding, though she is living with her step-father.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
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The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
Plot Summary:
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple Augusto Matraga turns to a religiosity a long time neglected, believing he is atoning for past sins. Then he starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance. As time goes on he comes strong again but he only realize this after meeting Joaozinho Bem Bem, a famous chief of "jaguncos" who sees in him the violent man he was. Augusto Matraga starts a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him. This conflict lasts until the moment when his hour and his chance comes, the hour and chance to fight, to struggle an to use his strength and courage in the name of faith and humanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 109 min
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Winter Sakura (2011)
Plot Summary:
"Fuyu no Sakura" is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama "Winter Sonata" (titled "Fuyu no Sonata" in Japan). Kusanagi plays a gentle glass craftsman in Yamagata who has no experience in love. Imai plays an older housewife with a husband and daughter who goes on a trip alone to Yamagata, hoping to see sakura trees blooming in winter. She gets into an accident, but is saved by Kusanagi. He ends up tending to her, and the two are soon drawn to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
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Les belles manières (1978)
Plot Summary:
Camille, a young, provincial, proletarian man works for Hélène Courtray, who is still beautiful and seductive. She's a sophisticated, cultivated and well-to-do woman who has engaged him to care for her reclusive son who has spent the past few years voluntarily locked up in his room. An encounter between two persons and two worlds where the relationship of the young man to this closed, strange and unknown universe rapidly turns tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
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Sentimental Education (1998)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollowness of his glamorous lifestyle, leading to self discovery and ultimately a personal catharsis (and his own death). The film is based on (really, inspired by) the French Book, L'Education Sentimentale, by Gustave Flaubert.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, France, UK
Duration:
Plot tags: neo noir
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Apple Garden (1985)
Plot Summary:
An aged man falls in love with a woman refugee from Western Armenia. When his beloved dies because of his daughters, in a fury he destroys his only treasure - apple garden.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
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Deception (2021)
Plot Summary:
An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who visits him regularly in the studio that serves as their refuge. A student he loved in another life. A former lover confined to a hospital in New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
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Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2021)
Plot Summary:
Gabrielle seems to have it all - a devoted husband, a beautiful daughter, and a successful career in public relations. However, she soon stands to lose everything when she meets Keisha, her devious half sister who wants everything Gabrielle has.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Sure Hand of God (2004)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the Erkine Caldwell novel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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What's Wrong with My Family? (2022)
Plot Summary:
Céline and Mathieu, a couple in their thirties who are farmers, are fighting relentlessly to adopt a child without any progress in their file. One day, they meet Darius and Julien, a homosexual couple who have started the process of GPA in Canada. The idea made its way, why not them? They ask themselves many questions, they hesitate. But despite their family's hostility to surrogate motherhood, they decided to go ahead.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997)
Plot Summary:
The film is divided into two segments, both set in Europe during WWII.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
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The Christmas Tree (1969)
Plot Summary:
A French-American millionaire (William Holden), his girlfriend (Virna Lisi) and his war buddy (Andre Bourvil) try to grant his dying son's every wish.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min
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Ataka (1986)
Plot Summary:
Young lieutenant arrives to tank regiment stationed in the Central Asia. He uses unusual for Soviet Army methods to train his soldiers. It predictably leads to tensions with superiors and subordinates. However later it pays back during live exercises.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min
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The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (1975)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
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All the Winters That Have Been (1997)
Plot Summary:
Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years before he and Helen Raven (Allen) had fallen in love. She vowed never to see him again because he had arrested her brother, who he had been investigating. Dane is now determined to win her back and slowly re-enters her daily life. But Helen has a secret, and unless Dane can forgive her and understand the powerful feelings that motivated her to keep it from him, their fragile relationship will not survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Somebody's Xylophone (2016)
Plot Summary:
A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Game Is Over (1966)
Plot Summary:
Renee Saccard is a pampered, selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman who falls in love with her stepson but is driven to the point of madness when her husband tricks the stepson into betraying her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic
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A Friend's Betrayal (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two childhood friends grow up. One has a family and the other has a career. One relationship may make or break a family. Paul, the teenage son, must decide what he wants for his future. While family would like to make that decision for him. Watch as all the truth unravels in this drama/ romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, ridiculous
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A Woman on Fire (1969)
Plot Summary:
Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband, daughter and best friend. While there, she finally learns that sex can be passionate and wonderful, something she was never able to discover with the help of her husband. Unfortunately, she learns this with a handsome lifeguard, who finally makes her succumb to his psycho-sexual games.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
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Lose My Self (2014)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of longtime married couple Lena and Tore, who need to deal with Lena's sudden lost of biographical memory due to amnesia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Plot Summary:
In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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An Accidental Soldier (2013)
Plot Summary:
An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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Young Lady Chatterley II (1985)
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Cynthia, new lady of Chatterly, feels neglected by her husband. During his absences she tries to amuse herself with gardener Thomas, but always gets interrupted by new visitors. While she's busy her staff amuses itself. One of her guests is a professor who wants to do research in her land-seat. He's quite repressed, but she knows how to lighten him up.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, independent film, sexploitation film
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A Simple Heart (2008)
Plot Summary:
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, she gives love to all those who surround her: Mathilde's children, her nephew Victor. But fate seems to always deny her from any love in return. Still she tries to find someone who'll accept her unconditional love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, touching, emotional, realistic
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Boy (2011)
Plot Summary:
18-year old Christian has just graduated from high school. At his summer job he is seduced by the 36-year old single mother Sanne. Soon he is drawn into a world of sensuality and his acquaintance with Sanne turns into an intense love affair which forces Christian to deal with his newly discovered sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, exciting, hot
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Grand Jeté (2022)
Plot Summary:
Dance teacher and mother Nadja left her son Mario with her own mother when he was little. Now she has reappeared on his doorstep, seeking a closeness that knows fewer and fewer boundaries. An uncompromising film about family relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic
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Heat Wave (2009)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her unfaithful husband, Gisele, a social worker of 52 years, falls madly in love with Yannick, one of her former customers and kleptomaniac addict. She tries to repress her feelings, but the attraction she has for this 19 year old boy is beyond comprehension. Her sister, her boss and two children will each turn, disrupt her secret meetings with her young lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disaster movie
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Pingpong (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film shows the apparently intact world of a middle class family, whose harmonious facade crumbles due to the unexpected visit of their relative Paul, a young man of 16 years. Paul arrives looking for love and support after the suicide of his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, realistic, gloomy