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Plot Summary:
After spending the night partying at a condemned river creek, the atmosphere is soon lost for quiet teenager Reece and his friends. Headaches and heartaches give way to a terrifying race back to civilisation as a grossly disfiguring virus takes hold on the most vulnerable.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, scary, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative, crying, independent film
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All the Gods in the Sky (2018)
Plot Summary:
30-year-old factory worker Simon lives a solitary existence on a decrepit farm in the remote French countryside. Devoting his time to caring for his sister Estelle, who was left severely disabled when a childhood game went horribly wrong, Simon is plagued by guilt and depression. But he sees a way out, looking to otherworldly forces as a means of liberating both himself and his sister from the corporeal prisons in which they are confined.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful, slasher, realistic, surreal
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My Sister, My Love (2007)
Plot Summary:
It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. Its not about sex, its about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, romantic, touching, serious, manga
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Could We Maybe (1976)
Plot Summary:
15-year-old Kim - an ordinary teenager, given mostly to himself, living with an unmarried mother in a small apartment. Once Kim together with an unfamiliar girl falls hostage during a bank robbery, but after making friends with the leader of the robbers, Kim and his new friend run away from them. Settling for a while in an empty house, teenagers fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Keeper (2015)
Plot Summary:
Maxime and Mélanie are a typical teenage couple. Like most lovestruck fifteen-year-olds, they can't get enough of each other and they think they'll be together forever. But when Mélanie becomes pregnant, their worlds are rocked.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, tense, sentimental, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Just Jim (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a small Welsh town where people talk to themselves we meet Jim, a lonely teenager who is given the chance to increase his popularity when a cool American kid moves in next door. Written and directed by Craig Roberts, who also plays the lead role.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, art film, comedy drama
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California (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1984. Estela is going through the turbulent phase of adolescence. Sex, lovers, friendships; everything seems very complicated. Her uncle Carlos is her hero, and visiting him in California is her biggest dream. But everything collapses when he returns thin, weak and ill. Between crises and discoveries, Estela will face a reality that will forever change her way of seeing the world..
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, vintage
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Dogtown (1997)
Plot Summary:
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, crying
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AKA (2002)
Plot Summary:
A story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navigates this decadent new world, he meets a host of characters, including David, an older gay man who desires him, and Benjamin, a young hustler from Texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy. Can Dean find love while living a lie? How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to pull off his charade? Presented through three simultaneous frames rather than one.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, contemplative, sexual, crying, detective, sexy
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Infection (2004)
Plot Summary:
Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, mind twisting, surprise ending, slasher, medical horror
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Parts Per Billion (2014)
Plot Summary:
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bleak, emotional, serious, suspense, gloomy, independent film, crying, disaster movie
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The Go-Between (1971)
Plot Summary:
Tale of torrid and forbidden love between Christie and Bates in the English countryside.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sexy, disturbing, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Young Hearts (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two young neighbors embark on a first love relationship in which they struggle to remain kids amid the complexities of modern adolescence.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, romantic comedy
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The Transfiguration (2016)
Plot Summary:
A New York tale about love, loss… and vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological horror, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, mumblecore
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Broken (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, realistic, serious, emotional, teen, suspense, sad, disturbing, grindhouse
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Isy Way Out (2018)
Plot Summary:
16-year-old Jonas is in love with his best friend Isy, but she likes older boys. When Isy takes drugs at a party and loses control in the intoxication, Jonas friends Lenny and Martin make fun of it with Jonas. But then the situation escalates and the three boys rape the unconscious girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing
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Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, psychological, tense, touching, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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The Goob (2014)
Plot Summary:
We’re in the middle of a heat-wave in Fenland England. Goob Taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping Mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When Mum shacks up with swarthy stock-car supremo and ladies’ man gene Womack, Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob’s world turns when exotic beet picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments, Goob dreams of better things.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, captivating, emotional, sincere, touching, serious
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Only the Brave (1994)
Plot Summary:
Alex is in love with her best friend, Vicki, her mother has dissapeared and she sets fire to things in her spare time. Vicki comes from an abusive home and wants Alex to run away with her. Alex is a bit of a nerd and a teachers pet, so takes advantage of this by trying to seduce her drippy school teacher. Alex watches as Vicki, unable to escape her terrible homelife and an psychological wreck, sets alight to herself and burns to death.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: sad, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, crying, independent film
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The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
Plot Summary:
Coming-of age feature, set in a New South Wales country town in the 1960s, about a 15 year-old boy. It follows his loves and how he copes with life's problems such as death and departure.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sad, independent film, retro, social, sex comedy, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic
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Kids in Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Drifting through his gap year with its internships and travel plans, Jack has always suspected there was more to life than this. A chance encounter with the beautiful and ethereal Evelyn swerves his life radically off course.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining, melancholic, psychological, teen
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JJ+E (2021)
Plot Summary:
Elisabeth and John-John live in the same city, but they inhabit different worlds.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, teen
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Basil (1998)
Plot Summary:
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, realistic, light, sincere, period piece, gothic, crying, independent film, period drama
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Love in Thoughts (2004)
Plot Summary:
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, stylized, rough, realistic, sexual, crying, sexy, vintage
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Along for the Ride (2022)
Plot Summary:
The summer before college, Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on nightly quests to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, romantic comedy, teen
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Glue (2006)
Plot Summary:
A teenage summer in a small town in the desert, a dysfunctional family, a rock band, a can full of glue, two boys, one girl, loads of tongue kisses, dry heat, wind in Patagonia, existential angst... A teenage story in the middle of nowhere.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, psychological, melancholic, teen, semi serious, crying, queer cinema
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You Are Not Alone (1978)
Plot Summary:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the headmaster's son (Peter Bjerg) and the two boys form a bond that slowly grows into a sexual relationship. Frank and unadorned, this Danish film concluded director Lasse Nielsen's youth-oriented trilogy that began with La' Os Være (1975) and continued with Måske Ku' Vi (1976). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, erotic, serious, realistic, sexy, art house, grindhouse, romantic drama, sexual
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Never Let Me Go (2010)
Plot Summary:
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sad, psychological, melancholic, depressing, heartbreaking, romantic, touching, philosophical, thought provoking, intellectual
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Very Good Girls (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen, exciting, captivating, touching, sad, independent film, happy
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Butterfly Kisses (2017)
Plot Summary:
We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. The leader is Kyle – he talks about girls non-stop, Jarred can’t stop cheating on his girlfriend and then there’s Jake, a quiet and shy teenager whose friends are determined to help him lose his virginity to Zara, the pretty girl on the 19th floor of their estate. All three are trying to find their way in a complex world. They all have their demons, but Jake’s secret is one that he must keep to himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative
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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