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Plot Summary:
A young woman named Amber is sent to live with her father who she hasn't seen in over 10 years after suffering a car accident that takes the life of her mother. As Amber is healing she discovers a man hiding in the woods that is an elf. She finds out Elves have always lived, but he is the last being a FBI agent was sent out to destroy them. As they fall in love, Lythorin must make a decision if he wants to stay with Amber or stay alone.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Alex Joseph and His Wives (1977)
Plot Summary:
A cop "drops out" and becomes a polygamist, ultimately taking on 12 wives, and begins his own town with his "family". The authorities are repulsed by his eccentric lifestyle, and he finds himself being investigated by them on charges of drug trafficking and fencing stolen property. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Serpentine: The Short Program (2017)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious businessman arrives to sponsor a champion figure skater who has been followed by the FBI ever since her mother's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 9.5
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Short, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 13 min
Plot tags:
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Cypress Edge (1999)
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Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won another term as senator, doesn't take things well when Beau approaches him with the sinking suspicion that the suicide may have actually been a murder. Determined to solve the mystery, Beau uncovers a plethora of family secrets, deception, and implications of unspeakable political wrongdoings.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The College Admissions Scandal (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two wealthy mothers, Caroline, a sought after interior designer and Bethany, an owner of a successful financial services firm, who share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best possible college.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Rebel (1973)
Plot Summary:
In New York in the late 60s, a politically motivated group of students plans bombings of company offices who do business with dictators in Middle American countries. But when they contact a known terrorist and bombing specialist, the FBI gets on their track.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, cult film
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I'll Meet You There (2020)
Plot Summary:
A Muslim cop goes undercover at his estranged father's mosque while his daughter hides her passion for a forbidden dance, uncovering a shocking family secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Her Desperate Choice (1996)
Plot Summary:
Despite allegations of sexual abuse against her ex-husband, Jody (Faith Ford) has lost a custody battle for Samantha (Hanna Hall) and faces a choice of turning her daughter over to him, or taking flight and risking kidnapping charges. Pursued by both the FBI and a private detective, Jody and Samantha become hunted animals, fleeing from town to town with the help of an Underground Railroad set up to help women and children escape from abuse.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Desert Blue (1998)
Plot Summary:
An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a teenage girl who loves to blow things up and a boy trying to keep alive his fathers dream of building a beachside resort in the middle of the desert.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, romantic, road movie, sexy, clever, feel good
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The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
Plot Summary:
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Reality (2023)
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On June 3, 2017, 25-year-old Reality Winner returns from running errands to find two FBI agents at her home in Augusta, Georgia. An Air Force veteran and yoga instructor, Winner spends the next two hours being questioned about her work as an intelligence contractor — specifically, whether she leaked a classified document about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film, adaptation directed by original author
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)
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In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that Kobe had been kidnapped by his biological father and taken to South Korea, Tiffany seeks the assistance of American Association for Lost Children representative Mark Miller, who guides her through the arduous process of traveling to Korea, and getting Kobe back.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: emotional, suspenseful, touching, serious, realistic
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The War at Home (1996)
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Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. Jeremy's battles with his family finally spiral out of control on Thanksgiving Day, when a bitter secret is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Stolen Child (2012)
Plot Summary:
Amanda and Jason are happy marriage now, after years of frustration have finally managed to take a beautiful girl from a country in Eastern Europe through an international adoption agency. But when the doctor will perform a DNA test to small, finds that there have been irregularities in the adoption process.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
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The Revenge of Al Capone (1989)
Plot Summary:
After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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The Galíndez File (2003)
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On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappears from his apartment in New York, never heard from again. He had been working with the FBI and was about to publish a book critical of Dominican strongman, Trujillo. In 1988, a graduate student, Muriel Colber, wants to make Galíndez the subject of her dissertation. She's in Spain doing research; finding little, she goes to Santo Domingo. At every turn, the CIA, in the person of agent Robards, tries to thwart her; and, at each turn, as she considers abandoning the project, someone offers new information, often contradictory. She wants the truth behind the Galíndez mystery; will she find it?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Italy, Portugal, Cuba, France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful, mind bending, serious, realistic
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The Big Fall (1997)
Plot Summary:
L.A. private detective is hired to investigate the disappearance of an alluring woman's brother. Surrounded by double-crossing deals and dangerous relation, Rybeck will have to plunge headfirst into his deadliest case ever.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, neo noir
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American Son (2019)
Plot Summary:
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, heartbreaking, suspense, suspenseful, rough, sad, disturbing
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
Plot Summary:
The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn together by adversity. On a cold winter day a stranger shows up at the farm. He is slow to reveal his identity. When they find out he is Jacobs father, John Witting, thought long ago dead, hard questions about the past are difficult to get answered.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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The Enemy Within (2019)
Plot Summary:
Erica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd to help track down a fiercely dangerous and elusive criminal she knows all too well. While Shepherd and Keaton have different motivations for bringing the enemy to justice, they both know that to catch a spy… they must think like one.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, disturbing, suspense, captivating, detective, action adventure, suspenseful
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Save the Tiger (1973)
Plot Summary:
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: philosophical, existential, depressing, disturbing, controversial, poignant, psychological, tense, clever, serious
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In the Name of God (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims. The educated and modern Muslims are in a difficult situation because of their approach towards life and their western attire. They are criticized and harassed by the fundamentalists and on the other hand the Western world sees them as potential suspects of terrorism just because of their Muslim names.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, bleak, realistic, captivating, inspirational, sincere, touching, islamic, thinking
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The Versace Murder (1998)
Plot Summary:
This docu-drama focuses on the true story of the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace by alleged serial killer Andrew Cunanan.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Baby for Sale (2004)
Plot Summary:
A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The couple become part of a sting operation to bust the baby-selling ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sincere, thought provoking, serious, emotional, realistic
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Panther (1995)
Plot Summary:
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: political, disturbing, controversial, philosophical, hood, cult classic, tense, bleak, serious, realistic
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Prince Jack (1984)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political, independent film
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Interview with the Assassin (2002)
Plot Summary:
Out of work TV cameraman Ron Kobelski is approached by his formerly reclusive neighbor Walter Ohlinger. Ohlinger claims that he was the mysterious "second gunman" that shot and killed President Kennedy. Ohlinger has kept quiet all these years, but has decided to tell his story now that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Kobelski is skeptical of his neighbor's story, after his investigations provide ambiguous answers. His attitude changes, however, after he receives threatening messages on his answering machine, and spots shadowy figures in his backyard. Is Ohlinger telling the truth? Or is there a bigger conspiracy at work?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: political, tense, realistic, suspenseful, mockumentary, suspense, philosophical, cerebral, serious, thought provoking
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The Believer (2001)
Plot Summary:
A hardcore American racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, emotional, bleak, independent film, realistic, psychological, thought provoking, intellectual, intense, philosophical
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Scarecrow (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: road movie, atmospheric, emotional, sincere, touching, depressing, anamorphic, cult classic, serious, realistic
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Plot Summary:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: stylized, captivating, psychological, informative, serious, realistic, entertaining, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
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Scent of a Woman (1992)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 321000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sentimental, dramatic, realistic, touching, feel good, talky, motivational, clever, emotional