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Plot Summary:
When Spencer Koll, a United States Marine, returns home from a horrific wartime experience, his mundane reality leads him to gravitate towards a new and mysterious woman on her own determined journey. Together, they enter into a magical but destructive new relationship which ultimately exposes their essential truths.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 907
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Selam (2013)
Plot Summary:
'Selam' is a Turkish movie that tells the impressive stories of three Turkish teachers who are idealists working at schools opened by Turkish entrepreneurs on three different continents and in three different countries: Afghanistan, Senegal, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This story is based on true events that has been in progress for more than 20 years in which a number of young people in love of peace and humanity leave their countries to teach, help and live in countries they have never heard of before. This is the story of people who live for their ideals and other people before themselves, and who leave their families, loves, friends, countries behind. They set on this pet just with the inspiration of the words which said "A couple of eyes are waiting for you here, but thousands of eyes are waiting in faraway lands." They had sacrifice and kindness in their bags, love in their hearts and a smiling Selam (greetings) in their tongues. - Written by Akif Okumus.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: educational
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Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996)
Plot Summary:
A high schooler from suburbia gets in touch with her sexuality while working at a dingy movie theater in the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sad, underground film, crying, independent film, grunge, cult film
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Maya (2018)
Plot Summary:
The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Clover (2014)
Plot Summary:
Saya Suzuki (Emi Takei) is an ordinary employee working at a hotel. She falls in love with her elite boss Susumu Tsuge (Tadayoshi Okura). Through their romance, Saya Suzuki grows as a person.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, shoujo, entertaining
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Floating (1997)
Plot Summary:
Floating is the story of a young man's struggle to come of age during a violent period of emotional and financial bankruptcy. The film stars Norman Reedus as Van, a son shouldering the responsibility of his embittered father, with no one to nurture him through his own pain. Van's father is so engrossed in his own troubles that he fails to emotionally support his son. As Doug, Chad Lowe provides Van with friendship, but more importantly, with the knowledge that a "perfect life" isn't always what it seems. After Van and Doug engage in a crime spree that ends in tragedy, father and son finally come together for the first time to transcend mourning.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, tense, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film
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The Christmas Card (2006)
Plot Summary:
US Army sergeant Cody Cullen's horror tour in Afghanistan ends when his mate Jonesy is blown to pieces while they deliver medical supplies in Nurestan. Cody is sent home to return private possessions to Jonesy's bride turned widow. On his way home he passes Nevada City, California, where he meets Faith Spelman, who writes the parish's Christmas cards to lonely soldiers, coincidentally including him, an orphan. He happens to save her dad Luke from a serious car run-over. The Spellmans invite Cody home for dinner, then the Christmas tide. He proves a great help in the family logging firm. Vietenam vet Luke wants Cody as son-in-law, but although charmed, Faith still seems committed to rarely present fiancé Paul, a wine broker.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, serious, feel good, realistic
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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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My Favorite Season (1993)
Plot Summary:
Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will come up, and will be depicted both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, erotic, anthology, anamorphic, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, crying
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Broken English (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at a restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a price, she agrees to marry a Chinese, another restaurant employee, so that he (and his Chinese wife) can establish permanent residency. The money gives her the independence she needs to leave her parents' house and move in with Eddie. Complications arise when Eddie realizes the depth of her father's fury and the strength of Nina's family ties.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, serious, realistic, sexual, crying, independent film, erotic, romantic, road movie
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Una Noche (2012)
Plot Summary:
In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, stylized, tension, suspense
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Back Soon (2007)
Plot Summary:
Back Soon is a story of love, loss, identity and hope. It follows the relationship between aspiring actor Logan Foster and reformed drug dealer Gil Ramirez, two men who find themselves inexplicably drawn together despite their disparate backgrounds, and the fact that they both regarded themselves as straight. However, their bond is soon threatened by Gil's mysterious past and a startling revelation about the true nature of their connection. Neither man is prepared for this, nor the impact it will have on their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, touching, serious, independent film, sexual, hispanic
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Back to You & Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Syd has a good practice in the big city but a bad day when her terminal patient finally passes away. Her surgeon boyfriend, who has been sarcastically nick named "Mr. Personality" and "Settle For" by Syd's best friend (Nurse Brenda), takes this opportunity to offer support and destroys it by telling Syd dying is part of life and she'd be a better doctor if she stayed more remote from her patients and, oh, by the way, "can I come over tonight"? He is surprised when she says "not tonight." Brenda tells Syd to get away for a few days and suggests Syd change her mind and go back to her small hometown for her school reunion.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious, sex comedy
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Out of Season (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hip lesbian Micki Silva (Carol Monda) leaves her fast-paced urban lifestyle for Cape May, New Jersey, to help her ailing uncle Charlie (Dennis Fecteau). At the local diner, run by Shelley (Nancy Daly), Micki meets Charlie's friend Roberta (Joy Kelly). Roberta likes her house, working at the diner, and numerous aspects of the small-town way of life that bore Micki, but opposites attract. Drawn together by the dying Charlie, the two women develop a complex relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, realistic, semi serious
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London (2005)
Plot Summary:
London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: talky, psychological, romantic, intense, atmospheric, serious, emotional, sexual, touching, mumblecore
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The Doe Boy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, emotional, independent film, sincere, realistic, contemplative, crying, cult film
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All the Real Girls (2003)
Plot Summary:
In a small North Carolina town, Paul, a womanizer, meets Noel, a confused intellectual returning home for the first time in years since she left for boarding school. The film depicts the typical romance of a good girl and a bad boy, in an interesting way.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, melancholic, independent film, atmospheric, sincere, touching, contemplative, realistic, talky
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The Lifeguard (2013)
Plot Summary:
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, serious, realistic, romantic, captivating, light, mumblecore, cute, indie film
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The Hero (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, exciting, thought provoking, spaghetti western, neo western, feel good, iconic
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The Green (2011)
Plot Summary:
Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's high school students accuses him of 'inappropriate conduct', and the town rushes to judgment.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, lgbt cinema, crying, detective
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After the Rain (1999)
Plot Summary:
Steph, an Afrikaner, struggles with his past and heritage in the new South Africa. When his girlfriend befriends a black South African man called Vusisizwe trouble brews.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, crying, tragic
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Personal Velocity (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: talky, stylized, intense, touching, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, anthology, erotic
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Jack Goes Boating (2010)
Plot Summary:
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: emotional, romantic, melancholic, talky, touching, semi serious, humorous, sexy, depressing, thought provoking
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Chinese Box (1997)
Plot Summary:
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, independent film, sentimental, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, philosophical, sexy, thought provoking
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Remember Me (2010)
Plot Summary:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, sad, romantic, sentimental, emotional, serious, tear jerker, heartbreaking, surprise ending, thought provoking
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Dog Tags (2008)
Plot Summary:
Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, erotic, sexual, crying, independent film, sexy, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Plot Summary:
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal, sincere, touching, crying, sad, eros, cute
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Lovesong (2016)
Plot Summary:
Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy’s wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie, sincere, romantic, melancholic, talky, stylized, cute, indie film, crying, queer cinema
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Heavy (1995)
Plot Summary:
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, realistic, slang, psychological, sincere, serious, contemplative, gloomy, crying
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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
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The Choice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, emotional, sweet, scenic, sentimental, serious, realistic, tear jerker, romantic comedy