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Plot Summary:
An aging former movie starlet (Joanne Woodward) whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager (Richard Beymer). Director Franklin J. Schaffner's 1963 drama was adapted from William Inge's play "A Loss Of Roses".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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One Summer Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
Before heading off to college, an overthinking teenager asks out a former girlfriend in an effort to reconnect and hold on to his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing, cynical, ambiguous ending, independent film
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Typhoon Club (1985)
Plot Summary:
The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which five of the students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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Rachel, Rachel (1968)
Plot Summary:
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: retro, psychological, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual
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Love Everlasting (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, road movie, touching
Similar in 86%
Summer and Smoke (1961)
Plot Summary:
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door. A 1961 film, adapted from a Tennessee Williams play, starring Geraldine Page, Laurence Harvey, John McIntire, Una Merkel and Rita Moreno.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: southern gothic, retro, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy, neurotic, period drama
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All the Way Home (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the hope of renewed life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: retro, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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Fanny (1961)
Plot Summary:
Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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Young Hearts (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two young neighbors embark on a first love relationship in which they struggle to remain kids amid the complexities of modern adolescence.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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Passion's Peak (2002)
Plot Summary:
Christina has decided to begin her life again by returning to the mountain town where she grew up and opening a bed and breakfast. Thankfully, her schoolgirl crush Brad still lives in town, and is excited about helping her establish the new business. However, her ex-boyfriend Mark shows up with his new stripper girlfriend as the B&B's first customers. Jealous Mark wants nothing more than to see Christina fail.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Romeo & Juliet (2017)
Plot Summary:
Romeo, a hopeless romantic with emotionally-fueled impulsiveness, meets Juliet, an abused and desperate girl looking for anyway to escape. Together, destined for tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Finding You (2020)
Plot Summary:
Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, romantic, feel good, cute, christian film
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Alice, Darling (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes an unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
Plot Summary:
Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, sexual, sexploitation film
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The Goob (2014)
Plot Summary:
We’re in the middle of a heat-wave in Fenland England. Goob Taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping Mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When Mum shacks up with swarthy stock-car supremo and ladies’ man gene Womack, Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob’s world turns when exotic beet picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments, Goob dreams of better things.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, captivating, emotional, sincere, touching, serious
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Bare (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's friendship with a drug-dealing drifter evolves into a lesbian romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, emotional, realistic, sexy, independent film, weird, queer cinema
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Picnic (2000)
Plot Summary:
The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more interesting stranger who just got off the train.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, tense
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Devil in the Flesh (1986)
Plot Summary:
She was a married woman, tone apart from her husband. He was an innocent schoolboy on the verge of manhood. While the world was at war, they found comfort in each others arms and shared an impossible love that couldn't possibly continue... and an uncontrollable passion that they could not resist.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
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All Summers End (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenager tries to deal with his guilty conscience after his role in a prank that causes the death of his girlfriend's older brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, rough, touching, romantic, independent film, family comedy, romantic comedy, contemplative
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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Plot Summary:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, sad, sentimental, emotional, romantic, melancholic, captivating, tense, realistic, retro
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The Man in the Moon (1991)
Plot Summary:
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: emotional, romantic, cute, sad, tear jerker, period piece, sentimental, touching, gothic, feel good
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Summer of '42 (1971)
Plot Summary:
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her. Written by Bob Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, sad, serious, captivating, realistic, crying, weeping, romantic drama
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Endless Love (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work, David burns down the house and is sent away. This doesn't stop him from seeing her. When he gets out he goes to look for her. But the passion for his first love is too strong and she has to leave.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: intense, erotic, sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic, sexual, dark, sensual, romantic drama
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Normal Adolescent Behavior (2007)
Plot Summary:
High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with each other, swapping partners every week. But this is all thrown into turmoil when she meets Sean, a new student in school who has a crush on her. Wendy wants to be with Sean, but doesn't want to disappoint her friends, whom she has known since grade school. When she does decide to leave them, her best friend, Billie, threatens revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, bleak, serious, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sexy, erotic, sexual
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Along for the Ride (2022)
Plot Summary:
The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic comedy, teen
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Everything, Everything (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, captivating, romantic drama, sentimental, intellectual, heartbreaking, scenic, multicultural, teen
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All the Bright Places (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change each other’s lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they come together, discovering that even the smallest places and moments can mean something. This compelling drama provides a refreshing and human take on the experience of mental illness, its impact on relationships, as well as the beauty and lasting impact of young love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, uplifting, teen, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, dramatic
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Gas, Food Lodging (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, realistic, retro, cult classic, sentimental, sincere, serious, romantic, sexy
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Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: emotional, erotic, romantic, sweet, sincere, melancholic, period piece, realistic, talky, cult classic
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
Plot Summary:
The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: black and white, sentimental, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, crying, controversial, bleak, cynical, cult classic
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
Plot Summary:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl.".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, emotional, independent film, romantic, feel good, sweet, heartbreaking