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Plot Summary:
Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside down, Shauna struggles with feelings she thought belonged to the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min
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One Fine Morning (2022)
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With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks on an affair.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 112 min
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On the Edge (1995)
Plot Summary:
A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening flight and is devastated to learn that he has remained at his hotel and is having an affair. Clara sees a younger man eating a sandwich and asks him to have a drink. Later, she and he, an amiable baggage handler, spend the evening talking and exploring the nightlife on the outskirts of Paris. There they meet many people from other countries who come to Paris and work as laborers.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 79 min
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Julia(s) (2022)
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Paris 2052. Julia, 80 years old, had a fulfilled life. On her birthday, she reflects on the decisions and circumstances that could have led her on different paths. From the age of 17 to this day, her life was full of small but critical moments. Each was a turning point with dramatic consequences. What would have happened if she had forgotten her passport, chosen a different line at the store, driven the scooter this one time...? Is her life a succession of coincidences and accidents or a ready-made path?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
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About Joan (2022)
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Overwhelmed when a figure from her past reemerges, Joan Verra retreats to the countryside with her son Nathan. There she experiences fragmented recollections of her past romantic encounters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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Endangered Species (2017)
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The fates of three entwined families. Joséphine and Tomas have just got married. It was a joyful celebration. But soon, Joséphine’s parents will discover a darker side lurking behind the couple’s sunny happiness. Meanwhile, Mélanie tells her parents that she is pregnant but the father is not ideal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
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Sophia Antipolis (2018)
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Sophia Antipolis: a technopole on the French Riviera, a place where dreams should come true. But fear and despair lurk beneath the surface. Under a deceitful sun, five lives map out the haunting story of a young woman: Sophia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: hot
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The Party Is Over (2017)
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Despite their differences, Celeste and Sihem quickly become inseparable. The common will to get out of drugs seals their fusional friendship. This will be as much a force as an obstacle when, transferred from the center that welcomes them, they find themselves left to themselves, to the test of the real world and its temptations. They will have to fight to finally live.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
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When Margaux Meets Margaux (2018)
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20-year-old Margaux makes the acquaintance of 45-year-old Margaux: they have a lot in common – so much so that it turns out they are one and the same person, at two different ages and stages of their life….
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
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The Wake (2017)
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Over there, in his village at the foot of the mountains, he’s dead. His face radiant and his body at peace, he lies on the bed. Then they can gather around him. Three days long they talk, drink, weep, fight and remember… And they smile, too.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 51 min
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Our Struggles (2018)
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While Olivier, a 39 year-old foreman gives his job everything he’s got, Laura, his wife and the mother of their two children, abandons the family home, leaving Olivier alone to face his responsibilities. Lost and completely thrown, Olivier is going to have to come to terms with his new status as a single father raising his children alone. Because Laura’s not coming back.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 98 min
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Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019)
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On the edge of adulthood, Alma leaves her mother’s home in the Netherlands and travels to her native Bosnia to visit the father she’s never met. But from the start nothing goes as planned. Her cousin Emir gives her a frosty reception and mocks her easy life in the West. At the same time, undeniable sexual chemistry leads Alma into a passionate relationship with Emir’s best friend, the troublemaker Denis. As the obstacles mount, Alma stays fearlessly determined to follow her plan and find her father. She just has to figure herself out first.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, aesthetic, crying
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The Wall of Words (2014)
Plot Summary:
A mother struggles to hold her family together after her son succumbs to a disease that leaves him disabled.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 97 min
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Umbrella (2016)
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Alexander Way, a secondary school teacher with a fractured personal life, finds himself attempting to rescue a woman from a violent sexual attack. Alexander finds himself overpowered, beaten & taken to hospital. Jesiah Jarvus, a famous British musician who is frequently touring, has lost his goal in life. Having not spoken with his father in over 20 years, troubling news offers them the chance to reconcile & move forward in both their lives. Theodore Smith attempts to bury the sadness that threatens to engulf his childhood upon hearing the news that his parents will be separating. Elethea Conall, a newly qualified nurse, continues to look after her patients whilst attempting to escape from her past. What do they all have in common?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, touching, captivating, independent film
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Diving (2017)
Plot Summary:
A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
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Through The Fire (2018)
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Centres around a Paris fire-fighter, an everyday hero, who, after being involved in a serious accident during a major fire, must rebuild his life with the love of his wife — and accept that, sometimes, even saviours need saving.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 116 min
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Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey (2014)
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Alice is a sailor. While her partner Félix waits for her on land, she sets off as second mechanic on the Fidelio, an old freighter. On board, she discovers not only that her predecessor has just died, but also that the skipper is none other than the first great love of her life. Alice finds a notebook in her cabin, apparently that of the former mechanic, and on reading its contents – accounts of mechanical problems, sexual conquests and lovelorn emotions – finds, oddly, that they mirror her own concerns. As they make stops at various ports, dealing with life aboard alongside an all-male crew and the swell and pitch of her romantic feelings, the young woman tries to stay on course.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, realistic, emotional, psychological, erotic, serious
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In Harmony (2015)
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After a serious accident on a film shoot, Marc, an equestrian, loses all hope to mount back on. His insurance company instructs Florence to handle his case. This film is the story of their meeting.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, realistic, psychological, sincere, uplifting, serious
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Heal the Living (2016)
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It all starts at daybreak, three young surfers on the raging seas. A few hours later, on the way home, an accident occurs. Now entirely hooked up to life-support in a hospital in Le Havre, Simon’s existence is little more than an illusion. Meanwhile, in Paris, a woman awaits the organ transplant that will give her a new lease on life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, suspense, suspenseful, sentimental, sincere, social, existential
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Bright Days Ahead (2013)
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Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, her husband, and, most of all, herself. However, she soon comes to realize that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom and idleness. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood’s senior club as a birthday present… Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge. Oddly enough, she meets great people there, starting with the young computer science teacher, who is far from insensitive to her charms. Caroline gradually takes control of her life again and lives a second youth: taking a new lover, living new experiences, breaking the rules, not doing what’s expected of her… Who said that retirement was the beginning of the end and not a new beginning?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, crying
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DNA (2020)
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DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, semi autobiographical
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Nathalie... (2003)
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Paris doctor Catherine starts to think her husband, Bernard, is having an affair when she hears an unfamiliar woman's message on his voice mail. Hoping to learn more about his extramarital activities, Catherine heads to a strip club, where she hires call girl Nathalie to have a fling with Gerard. As the affair progresses, Nathalie gives Catherine regular status reports, and the relationship between the women evolves from business to personal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, atmospheric, serious, psychological, realistic, anthology, surprise ending, sexual, erotic
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Déjà Vu (1997)
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L.A. shop owner Dana and Englishman Sean meet and fall in love at first sight, but Sean is married and Dana is to marry her business partner Alex.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic drama, independent film, sentimental, serious, realistic, light, philosophical, sexy, thought provoking
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Too Close to Our Son (2015)
Plot Summary:
A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate pursues the case further.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, no music
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A Bigger World (2019)
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In order to forget the death of Paul, the man of her life, Korine leaves Paris for a few weeks, to direct a report in Mongolia. Her meeting with the shaman Oyun will change her life: Korine has a rare gift that Oyun intends to unveil. Korine will agree to start a journey of discovery, which will lead her to discover a new culture, ancestral and forgotten ways, but most importantly herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, powerful
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Maryline (2017)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe actress follows her dreams and moves to Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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In Bed with Victoria (2016)
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Victoria Spick, a criminal lawyer who is single, turns up at a wedding and meets three men there: David, the father of her daughters; Vincent, a friend of hers; and Sam, a former drug dealer who she bailed out. The next day, Vincent is accused of attempted murder by his partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, art house, period drama
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Golden Youth (2019)
Plot Summary:
Rose, a 16-year-old girl who was abandoned by her parents and taken in by social services, and her fiancé, 22-year-old Michel, are enjoying their first great and innocent love affair in Paris in 1979, at the height of the popularity of the Le Palace nightclub. They are part of the trendy bunch who only live for partying and exuberance. At a party one evening, they meet Lucille and Hubert, a couple of fifty-something middle-class bohemians, who will take them under their wing and turn their lives upside down.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, melancholic, disturbing, unusual plot structure
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The Midwife (2017)
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Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crying
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Summertime (2015)
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In 1971, Carole and Delphine meet and fall in love in Paris. When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm in Limousin, the two find lesbianism and feminism are not as easy in the countryside.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, sexy, sweet, eros, cute, aesthetic, erotic, queer cinema, pink cinema, beautiful
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Time to Leave (2005)
Plot Summary:
Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing death, he pushes people away - what's the point? He visits his grandmother to tell her; on the way, he chats briefly with a waitress. He looks at old photos, visits a childhood tree house. He takes pictures. Returning from his grandmother's, he stops for food and sees the waitress, Jany, again. She makes a request. He returns to an empty flat - his lover has left. Can Jany's proposition give him a way to move past self-pity?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, serious, talky, lgbt cinema, art house, contemplative, gloomy, intellectual