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Plot Summary:
Julian Berniers returns from Illinois with his young bride Lily Prine to the family in New Orleans. His spinster sisters Carrie and Anna welcome the couple, who arrive with expensive gifts. The sisters hope Julian will help with their expenses, and he tells them that while his profitable factory went out of business, he did manage to save money. It turns out that Julian pulled off a real estate scam and took off with the money. Carrie is obsessed with her brother. Her jealousy of Lily pushes her to discover the shady land deal for herself and she does everything she can to wreck their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: southern gothic, independent film, psychological, clever, serious, realistic, talky
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Inside Irvin (2004)
Plot Summary:
Drama - A pair of agoraphobics who have remained in their home for 15 years discover just how terrifying the outside world can be. When Ida makes a desperate bid to leave the house, a series of hallucinations cause events to quickly spiral out of control. - Christo Dimassis, Christie Lynn Smith, Alandra T. Ortis.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, bleak, scary
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Ritual (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young man drops out of college to fix his family when he senses something is terribly wrong at home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, serious, suspense, independent film, realistic, controversial, cynical
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The Unspeakable Act (2012)
Plot Summary:
17-year-old Jackie is in distress as her older brother Matthew gets his first girlfriend and prepares for college. Though Matthew does not share her incestuous desire, Jackie fights the intrusion of reality on her idyllic childhood world.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thought provoking, mumblecore
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
Plot Summary:
Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, talky
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Ritual (2000)
Plot Summary:
A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, emotional, inspirational, bleak, realistic, cynical, independent film, biting, suspense
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He Loves Me (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Laura begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her, she is devastated by his infidelity, despite having a torrid affair of her own. While she desperately tries to save her marriage, Laura's mysterious past begins to emerge, making her more paranoid, delusional and violent in alarming ways. As her mental state continues to unravel, whoever gets in the way of Laura's myriad of fantasies becomes expendable, revealing the shocking dream world that insulates her from reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological thriller, serious, realistic
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A Delicate Balance (1973)
Plot Summary:
The film spans three days in the life of Agnes and Tobias, an upper middle class couple who share their comfortable suburban Connecticut home with her acerbic alcoholic sister Claire. It is matriarch Agnes who helps the quartet maintain a delicate balance in their lives, held together by habit, shared memories, and considerable consumption of dry martinis.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, clever, serious, realistic, talky, crying
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On Valentine's Day (1986)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying a young man of humble prospects, and her parents have not spoken to her since - even though the couple lives in a rooming house nearby, they are struggling financially, and she is pregnant. The story of unselfish love between a man and a woman and the abiding love within a family, this American classic explores the enduring themes of human existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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A Change of Heart (1998)
Plot Summary:
Beneath Jim Marshall's veneer as the all-American father and husband, lies a long suppressed desire that is about to ruin his idyllic family. When Elaine Marshall (Jean Smart) catches her husband and his lover in a hotel room, her anger quickly turns to shock as she discovers that Jim's paramour is a young man. What ensues is painful soul-searching for Jim, Elaine, and their family.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Alice's House (2007)
Plot Summary:
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to their mother, and they treat their grandmother with lack of respect. Alice's life in the female working world contrasts strongly with the powerful masculine presence in her home. Although she's a good girl, the chance to betray uncovers other betrayals she didn't know existed.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, captivating, melancholic, serious, sexual, sexy
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
Plot Summary:
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, talky, gloomy, sexual, southern gothic
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The Sound and the Fury (2014)
Plot Summary:
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, realistic, southern gothic, captivating, gloomy
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Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman spends time with her developmental disabled sister after the death of their father.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, cult film
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Signs & Wonders (2000)
Plot Summary:
Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, psychological, talky, gloomy, biting, suspense
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The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
Plot Summary:
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sincere, psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, talky, emotional, uplifting, artsy
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Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001)
Plot Summary:
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, clever, talky, sexy, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Shoot the Moon (1982)
Plot Summary:
After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, offbeat, serious, psychological, tense, atmospheric, sexy, thought provoking, touching
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Constellation (2005)
Plot Summary:
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, uplifting, sincere, serious, independent film
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Open Window (2006)
Plot Summary:
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Whales of August (1987)
Plot Summary:
The Whales of August is a 1987 film based on a play by David Berry starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish as elderly sisters. Also in the cast were Ann Sothern as one of their friends, and Vincent Price as a peripheral member of the former Russian aristocracy. The film was shot on location on Maine's Cliff Island. The house still stands and is a popular subject of artists on the island. The film was directed by Lindsay Anderson, his final feature film, and the screenplay was adapted by David Berry from his own play.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: clever, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, sentimental, independent film, eighties
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
Plot Summary:
Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, touching, serious, emotional, atmospheric, realistic
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The New Year Parade (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, psychological, contemplative, captivating, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy, independent film
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Mending Fences (2009)
Plot Summary:
When big-city TV journalist Kelly Faraday (Laura Leighton) gets fired, she moves back to her Nevada hometown, where a severe drought may force her aging mother, Ruth (Angie Dickinson), to sell the family farm to a casino developer. As Kelly and Ruth sort out old differences, the erstwhile reporter and her ex-beau Walt (David Lee Smith) begin to suspect the casino of manipulating the town's water supply. Stephen Bridgewater directs this drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, touching, serious
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Particles of Truth (2003)
Plot Summary:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love story exposes Lilli's internal bouts and her nightmarish "bad luck". We weave in and out of eight defective lives and go for a turbulent mental ride where Lilli's reality spirals out of control and we're lead to an unforgettable climax where some fall apart and some piece themselves together.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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The Glass Menagerie (1987)
Plot Summary:
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, melancholic, sentimental, serious, gothic, sad, sincere, realistic, gloomy
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Belonging (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted Jess -- who selflessly quit her job -- enjoys looking after them. But when Jacob disappears one day, Jess' life falls apart, and she must learn to cope with things on her own in this touching drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, touching
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A Thousand Acres (1997)
Plot Summary:
A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, talky, gloomy, sentimental, inspirational, sexy, feel good
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The Autumn Heart (1999)
Plot Summary:
When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack Davidson) 16 years ago. What they discover is that while they have struggled, their father has become a wealthy man and their brother is in school at Harvard.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy
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Alpha Male (2006)
Plot Summary:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, realistic, contemplative, psychological, sentimental, sincere, serious
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Interiors (1978)
Plot Summary:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, all bets are off when an ebullient stranger enters the picture.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, realistic, melancholic, touching, depressing, heartbreaking, emotional, disturbing, serious