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Plot Summary:
A theater director and script-writer falls for a female worker from the Havana docks, but his machismo, social and working conflicts, and the Cuban woman's condition interfere with their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 68 min
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To Have and to Hold (2006)
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Tom hasn't been what you'd call the most faithful husband, and now he's gotten himself mixed up with a bad girl named Lisa. After their scandalous affair, Tom kicks Lisa to the curb and she vows to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
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The Price of a Broken Heart (1999)
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Fact-based story about a landmark legal battle. A woman (Park Overall) learns that her husband has been having a very open affair with his secretary (Laura Innes) and has promised marriage. The wife sues for divorce and also sues the secretary based on an obscure law on alienation of affection, which was created to protect married couples from homewreckers. This sets a new court room consideration, as the culpability of the other woman must be defended and removes from consideration the fault of the married partners.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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Bruiser (2022)
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During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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Accidente 703 (1962)
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Hector travels with Luisa by the road linking Madrid with Barcelona. When another car suddenly crosses his path, his vehicle leaves the road and plunges into a tree. Hector dies and she is seriously injured. The other car was occupied by Jorge and Paula, her lover. Several vehicles cross before the car crash and do not stop, each for a different reason. Among them is Julio, a truck driver who does not stop in order to reach his destination on time, not knowing that at the wrecked car travels his old girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 84 min
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Ocean (2008)
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In a small Cuban fishing village, Joel, the oldest brother in a traditional family, is heartbroken when his fiancée marries someone her family prefers. He moves to Havana, hoping to find a new life. Gorgeously photogenic, Havana and the Cuban countryside are exquisitely captured in director Kosyrev-Nesterov's elegiac feature debut.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min
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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
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Through dramatic re-creation, archival newsreel footage and revealing interviews, director Fred Baker's docudrama explores the controversial murder case centered on Black Panther activist and political exile Assata Shakur. In 1977, Shakur was dubiously convicted for the shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper and was sentenced to life in prison, only to escape two years later and seek refuge in Cuba.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political
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Gromozeka (2011)
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In present day Moscow three childhood friends in their forties - former school band players - live their everyday lives of a police officer, a taxi driver and a surgeon. They have lost track of each other. Three stories of betrayal, love and ageing are told in parallel. In fact, unknown to our heroes, their paths cross and their lives become connected. But they are not aware of it even when they reunite for a breaking performance at their graduation anniversary.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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The Silly Age (2006)
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The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in town with his recently divorced mother. They take up residence in the house of his eccentric grandmother Violeta, and Samuel is introduced to a new, mysterious world where Samuel finds himself an adult in comparison to his child-like mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological
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The Survivors (1979)
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A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of policital order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery.".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: black comedy, slapstick comedy, dark comedy
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Untitled Lal Jose Movie (2007)
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Against his wishes, 'Cuba' Mukundan (Sreenivasan) goes to Dubai to make good his father's alleged misappropriation of funds from the local cooperative bank. It is there that he learns the true meaning of the term 'working class' and realizes the irrelevance of the Communist movement back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: political
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The Moth (1980)
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This is psychological drama by Tomasz Zygadlo begins as a straightforward story. Jan (Roman Wilhelmi) is the host of a nightly talk show in which he counsels people who call in with their problems. He is dedicated to helping these lonely souls but becomes increasingly disturbed when his co-workers and supervisors at the radio station do not appreciate his program; they seem unable to grasp the importance of what he is doing. Aside from that, Jan's private life is frayed around the edges. His wife is a heavy drinker and his mistress has no comprehension about who he is or what he is doing. Jan's frustration over this lack of recognition builds to an explosive level, threatening to upset the balance of his daily life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: experimental
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Julio Begins in July (1979)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative higher classes of Chile and the initiation rites in his society.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 120 min
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Emily & Tim (2015)
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The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Limbo (2014)
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LIMBO is set in a small town in rural Denmark, teenager Sara and young teacher Karen develop a connection. A quiet drama interested as much in the lives of its female protagonists as their surroundings.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 80 min
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Holed-Up (2017)
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A story of a famous actor named Grahme who witnessed a director assault an actress two years ago. Now Grahme is working with Richard (the very same director), on a new film and this time with Malorie, a new leading lady. Grahme's manager Steve can only try to help Grahme along with his crazy behavior, clueless of the assault but caring for his friend. HOLED-UP is centered around essentially, rape. All while during the making of a fictional film.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, independent film, black and white
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Le Garcu (1995)
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A self-centered man (Gérard Depardieu) with many diversions occasionally visits his 4-year-old son (Antoine Pialat) and the boy's mother (Géraldine Pailhas).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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7 Days in Havana (2011)
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A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Cuba, Spain
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anthology, contemplative, realistic, captivating, intellectual, political, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious
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The Companion (2015)
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At the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Cuban boxing champion Horacio's punishment for failing a drug test is to watch over the brash, combative Daniel, a patient in a sanatorium where HIV patients are compulsorily confined. The two collide as Daniel yearns for freedom while Horacio dreams of returning to the ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Panama, France, Colombia, Venezuela
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, tense, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, crying, queer cinema
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Guantanamera (1995)
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It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering that life for both groups has many similarities as well as a lot of differences depending on the point of view.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, manga, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, hispanic, dark comedy, erotic, sexy
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Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
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In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: political, inspirational, thought provoking, social, art house, mondo, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Cecilia (1982)
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The story of Cecilia is a story of the society that dominated 19th-century Cuba, a society divided between whites, blacks, and those who were mixed, the mulattos. (Since the Spanish conquistadors killed off the Indian population in Cuba not long after they took over the island, there are no mestizos, or those of mixed-Indian blood in Cuba as in other Caribbean nations.) At any rate, the drama about the life and loves of Cecilia (Daisy Granados) takes place against the backdrop of graphically violent mistreatment of slaves and the rumors of a slave rebellion after the Cubans hear of slaves turning against their captors in Haiti.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: slasher
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The Last Supper (1976)
Plot Summary:
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, thought provoking, clever, serious, realistic, witty, disturbing, cynical
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Return to Ithaca (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, serious, talky, weird
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Ants in the Mouth (2005)
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After languishing in a Barcelona prison for nearly a decade, a busted bank robber attempts to find the girl who made off with the cash in this suspenseful tale of revenge and betrayal starring Adriana Gil and Eduard Fernández. Ex-con Martin Losada is out of prison and on the hunt. When he and his band of anti-Franco bank robbers were busted after a botched heist ten years ago, the only member of their team never caught by police was his long-gone ex-girlfriend Julia. Now, on the eve of the 1958 revolution, the recently released ex-con sets his sights on Havana in a determined bid to find Julia, and stake his claim on his rightful share of the take.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, noir
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Obsessed with a Married Woman (1985)
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Jane Seymour makes a six-course meal of her starring role as a magazine editor in Obsessed With a Married Woman--indeed, her performance is the only tangible reason for sitting through this artistically bankrupt TV movie. The story contrives to have Seymour, happily married and the mother of a wise-lipped son, fall into the sack with her star reporter Tim Matheson. It seems that Jane has assigned Matheson to do a series of articles on mistresses. He does his homework so well that Jane takes him on as her own "male mistress.".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Santa & Andres (2016)
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Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during the early 1980s, this poignant political drama depicts an encounter between two deeply thoughtful souls on opposite sides of a profound cultural divide. Both have experienced deep loss, and both know the damaging effects of isolation and oppression. Even so, the cavernous ideological divide separating them — the same one that has separated Cuban friends and kin for over 50 years — has until now seemed insurmountable.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba, Colombia, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, crying, homoerotic
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Blue Money (1972)
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Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's seemingly perfect life starts to fall apart when he has an extramarital fling with an actress and the local Los Angeles vice cops close in to make a bust.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cult classic, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy, cult film
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Afinidades (2010)
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Faced with the emptiness and lack of rational explanation for many of the problems of the contemporary world, it sometimes seems that the only solution is to take refuge in the instincts ... and instincts lead us to sex. At least this is the exit that find the protagonists of this story: sex as a shock to stay alive, the manipulation of others as a way to ward off impotence and reaffirm their personalities torn by loneliness. But the result is ephemeral and the attempt has unforeseen consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, captivating, serious, talky, sexual, sexy, sex comedy
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Personal Belongings (2006)
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Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of leaving Cuba. These Star-crossed lovers long to be together, they are pulled apart by different dreams rooted in different countries. In his directorial debut, Alejandro Brugués offers his personal view on the insistently revisited theme in Cuban art and literature - emigration and the laceration that it implies.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic
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Behavior (2014)
Plot Summary:
Meet Chala, an eleven year-old boy with a hard life and strong respect for Carmela, his sixth grade teacher. The pair develops a solid bond, but after Carmela suffers an accident, things get complicated….
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, touching, inspirational, bleak, biting, suspense