Best movies like The Story of Ong-nyeo
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Plot Summary:
Ong-nye had a world of men wrapped around her finger, until, one day, a horrific injury leaves her handicapped, and she retreats to the mountains. But one man may break her loneliness.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, thrilling
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The Catch (2020)
Plot Summary:
A troubled woman returns to her estranged family in coastal Maine. With her lobsterman father caught up in a turf war at sea, she and an ex-boyfriend make plans to hijack local drug runners. As their desperation mounts, each character makes increasingly compromised and morally dubious decisions that threaten their way of life and their loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
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Family's Form (2016)
Plot Summary:
39-year-old Nagasato Daisuke is a bachelor who works for a stationery manufacturer. Although he is attuned to trends and interacts with other people flawlessly, he hates being hurt by love. Daisuke is not disatissified with living alone. On the day he moves to his new apartment, he meets his neighbour Hanako for the first time due to an unpleasant situation. 32-year-old Kumagai Hanako is a divorced office lady. She has the clear intention not to remarry and is already preparing for old age. For some reason, Daisuke and Hanako keep quarreling right from the time they meet. But the two of them actually have many similarities. One day, Daisuke’s father Yozo suddenly visits for the first time in five years. He had secretly remarried in this time and has a step-son in tow. Meanwhile Hanako’s mother Ritsuko starts living separately from her husband and comes to live with her beloved daughter without consulting her. Daisuke and Hanako’s lives as swinging singles get disrupted because of parents who have no hesitation about enjoying their own lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing, anime
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Shadow Behind the Moon (2015)
Plot Summary:
The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, minimal cast, hot
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The Herb of the Rat (2008)
Plot Summary:
The names of the characters are pronouns. She is a teacher, with his father dead just three days ago. Faced with this situation, He intends to take care of her while He is alive. This is the beginning of an odd relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Sex Life of Plants (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Everything Before Us (2015)
Plot Summary:
The Department of Emotional Integrity (DEI) documents all relationship activity. A 'relationship score' is given to keep people accountable for their choices. The score is public for all to see, and affects various aspects of daily life. Two couples, teenagers and early 30s, face different but intersecting challenges in their relationships within the rules of the DEI.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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With the Wind (2018)
Plot Summary:
An isolated farm in a remote part of the Jura region: this is where Pauline and Alex are living in complete self-sufficient harmony with nature. Their life project is sealed by their love, their ideals and their work. The couple is now ready to take the step towards total independence, and start producing their own electricity. The arrival of Samuel, who comes to install a wind turbine, deeply troubles Pauline, upsetting their relationship and their values.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic drama
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Maya Dardel (2017)
Plot Summary:
An internationally respected poet announces she is going to kill herself and needs an heir and executor. Young writers drive up the mountain to compete for the position and are challenged intellectually, emotionally, and erotically.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Deep Blue Dream (2013)
Plot Summary:
While still in cinema school, Diego stood out as one of the most promising students, directing successful shorts. However, coming to the job market, he can not establish himself as a filmmaker, being forced to film wedding ceremonies.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Hit A Lick," tells the tragic story of Falicia Blakely, a teen mom who grows up in the fast-lane. When she becomes an exotic dancer, she attracts the attention of local pimp and predator, Dino. His empty promises of a life together turns Falicia into a pawn in his dangerous games; and she's forced to prove her love for him at the expense of innocent lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Mothers of Chico Xavier (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who faces the dilemma of an unplanned pregnancy. These three women, living in different times of their lives, seeking comfort next to Chico Xavier. And Karl reporter remains insisting on interviewing the medium, even without being prepared for it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, mystical
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32A (2007)
Plot Summary:
This story is set in the "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman. We open with our heroine, Maeve, putting on her new snow white bra, and stepping out into the world as a young woman. She has an obsession with breasts and bras and can't help but stare at other girls and women, even the head nun doesn't escape her gaze. Otherwise, her world revolves around her three friends, Ruth, Claire and Orla, who are more experienced in the ways of the world. They wear bras already (except Claire the feminist) and they've all had boyfriends. The new bra is a start but they really hope Maeve can find a fella, even offering kissing lessons to prepare her. What no one expects, least of all Maeve, is that she should snare the local sixteen-year old heartthrob. Maeve is so smitten with him that she lets her friends down when they need her the most.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Lost Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Navarasa (2021)
Plot Summary:
From amusement to awe, the nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, anthology
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Aloners (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone. One day, her irritating next-door neighbor who would attempt to talk with her is discovered dead, several days after having died alone in his apartment. Jina is shaken and turns on the home camera installed at her mother’s house a long time ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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School can't teach! (2008)
Plot Summary:
Gakko ja Oshierarenai! is a Japanese television drama series concerning the life of ten high school students. It stars Kyoko Fukada as their teacher. It started to air on July 15, 2008. Aida Mai is a woman in her third year as an english teacher at a private all-girls high school. Due to declining enrollment, the school decides to admit its first male students. Those five freshmen initially feel they're in paradise, but the concerned Mai tries to help them adjust by creating a social dance club and inviting five girls. Those ten students become the focus of the drama, which is described as a story of love and adolescence.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thrilling
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My Uncle's Wife (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man stays with his father's friend Min-cheol in Seoul as he attends law school. The man has an interest in Min-cheol's young wife, Soo-kyeong, and in her best friend, Yoo-ra.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, disturbing
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Insatiable Desires (2003)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Karin Clemmons specializes in group therapy and subdues patients Tania and Justin to help them realize their fantasies. Each session heats up and soon Karin can’t help but join in the fun.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Challenge Game (2016)
Plot Summary:
Florist Ae-ran and forensics investigator Min-ho from the Public Prosecutor's Office both have a family that everyone wants. However, Min-ho can't handle bed time so Ae-ran starts a 'challenge game' in which she seduces and has sex with strange men. One day, Ae-ran and Min-ho meet Alex at a tango cafe. Alex is interested in Ae-ran and approaches her while Ae-ran takes interest in Alex who is more handsome than her husband. Min-ho later witnesses them in action and gets angry when he finds out the man Ae-ran seduced is Alex. Min-ho feels nervous because he finds out Alex isn't just a game partner and approached him for a reason. Min-ho tries to get rid of Alex but Alex chokes Ae-ran and Min-ho even more and feels catharsis. The game they started is turning into a catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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My Sister-in-law's Job (2017)
Plot Summary:
An erotic film that depicts the dangerous relationship between a man and a co-worker's wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, disturbing
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Chrysalis (2021)
Plot Summary:
Nalan is a beautiful young woman who earns everyone's love at first sight with her warmth. As the only child of the family enlarged hand baby, baby roses, lived in the existence of life and Nalan graduated with honors the best schools, Turkey finds's largest hotel chain, which Koroglu company as an architect at running than himself Sedat Koroglu' with marriage Eve. Although Nalan and Sedat began to walk hand in hand in this tale with hope, thinking that they are moving away from the dark secrets they have kept in their past; Soon their lives will sink into real darkness.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies).
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
Plot Summary:
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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La Belle (2000)
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On one gloomy rainy night, a writer encounters an unexpected visit paid by a woman of his past. Seeking solitude from her ex-lover, she finds solace in this gentleman and from that day on, they cherish every inch of each other's body and indulge in ecstasy until her forbidden past is gradually revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sincere, captivating, sexy
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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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A Pharisee (2014)
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Seung-gi has been living under a strict father, blaming himself everytime when a natural but uncontrollable desire surges from inside of him. However, because he can't spurt that desire in reality, every night Seung-gi shares passionate love with a mystery woman in his dreams. He meets Eun-ji ("Viki") a senior from school and gets provoked by her as well as Soo-jeong who he's had a crush on forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy, erotic
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The Lady Improper (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman with a seemingly ideal life, Siu Man is abandoned by her husband partly due to her fear of intimacy. After several life crises, she decides to reboot her life by taking over her father’s restaurant. Siu Man eventually finds herself attracted to her new chef, a free spirit who treats cooking as serious philosophy. Tired of the shackles she placed on herself, Siu Man embarks on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, 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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Spring Awakening (2009)
Plot Summary:
Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Jane (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sohyun, a runaway, is left alone after her close friend Jungho disappears. By accident, she gets to know a transgender woman named Jane. She joins Jane and her close-knit community of runaways, who are as comforting and loving as a real family. Sohyun feels happy and at peace. But her happiness does not last long. There is something wrong with Jane’s health.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing