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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: political
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Hanna K. (1983)
Plot Summary:
A female American Israeli lawyer is defending a Palestinian charged by an Israeli court. It's a tough case because of strong political background. Meanwhile she finds out she's pregnant and thinks about abortion.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, political drama
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Men's Group (2008)
Plot Summary:
What lies in the hearts of men.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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O ilios tou thanatou (1978)
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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The Death of John L. (1988)
Plot Summary:
Zbigniew Gasior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with the ladys, he can't neglect the emptiness in his life. The shattered dreams of his friends are not really a help, to ease his existential pains.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Class Relations (1984)
Plot Summary:
A young man (Christian Heinisch), recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: political, contemplative, masterpiece
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Vincent, Fran?ois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, touching, emotional, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, feel good
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Lady Caliph (1970)
Plot Summary:
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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His Days Are Numbered (1962)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: existential
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Eden Is West (2009)
Plot Summary:
Elias (Riccardo Scamarcio) is an immigrant in his twenties who tries to get to Europe by a boat along with other illegal immigrants. When the boat is near the Greek shores and they hope they will soon disembark, a marine patrol approaches and Elias jumps into the sea in order to avoid arrest. So do the other people in the boat. He wakes up next morning in a shore with nudists, which is not so bad after all, since he has lost some of his clothes while he was swimming for quite a few hours. He pretends to be a nudist himself, steals some clothes and he pretends he is an employee of the hotel “Eden Club-Paradise”.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Greece, Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, political, humorous, sexual, sexy, political drama
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The Most Distant Course (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tang (Muo) goes on a trip to Taitung to record the sounds of nature, hoping the tape may save his relationship with his girlfriend who is leaving him. What he does not know, is that she has already moved away and another girl, Yun (Kwai), has moved into that apartment. Yun is trapped in a hopeless love triangle, and troubled by all the issues she faces in life. After listening to the tape that Tang sent, she feels as if the kindness of nature is calling her, and travels to Taitung to find the mysterious man who sends her the tape. On the other hand, Tsai (Chia), a psychiatrist struggling in a failed marriage, suddenly realizes that he needs to let things go after helping a patient with extramarital affairs. He leaves everything behind and goes to Taitung to search for his ex-lover. The three young souls, with different purposes, comes to the coast and search for the meaning of their life, a journey considerably longer than any of them has taken before.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, touching, gloomy
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Emergency Kisses (1989)
Plot Summary:
The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such project in which she wanted to play herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Silence in Dreamland (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her husband, silence and loneliness reign in this old lady's house. She made routine her best friend and faith her shelter. Only in her dreams she runs away from those four walls to a timeless magic land where the sea speaks without using words. Her days go by like this; between the real life and dreams… until a street dog comes to her door.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Ecuador, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, slow cinema
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Cesar & Rosalie (1972)
Plot Summary:
Claude Sautet's romantic drama stars Romy Schneider as Rosalie, a beautiful young woman involved with successful businessman Cesar (Yves Montand). One day, Rosalie's former flame David (Sami Frey) appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation. (Allmovie).
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sexy, anthology, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, masterpiece
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Born and Bred (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Patagonia, a successful interior designer's life falls apart after he suffers a horrific accident.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, serious
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Vortex (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Monaco
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: serious, independent film, cult classic
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A Woman's Revenge (1990)
Plot Summary:
Suzy, a beautiful woman, is coming back to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, a married man. Cecile, his wife, is holding Suzy responsible for his suicide. By finding Suzy in Paris, Cecile is trying to seek the truth by playing a psychological game on her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic
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A Woman's Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: captivating, costume drama, period drama
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Wandering Streams (2010)
Plot Summary:
Emile is a 70-ish former horticulturalist who once raised bonsai trees "because they don't take up too much room." Indeed, his whole existence is safe and uneventful to a fault, somewhat juiced by friendship with raucous fishing companion Edmond. Still, they trade pleasantries rather than confidences -- so Emile is shocked when it turns out his elderly pal watches porn, paints nudes and shags women who are his contemporaries that he meets online.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, serious
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Bonsai (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young writer recounts an earlier romance in hopes of attracting his new love interest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina, Portugal, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Madame Rosa (1977)
Plot Summary:
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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The Letter (1999)
Plot Summary:
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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The Green Room (1978)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The Beast of the Jungle". It would be the last film Truffaut would act in.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spiritual, psychological, atmospheric, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, cult film
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The Arrangement (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Colombian woman moves to Miami to marry an ambitious politician, in an attempt to leave her troubled past behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (2012)
Plot Summary:
Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The lady and the girls settle down in a country mansion, to form a relationship that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Just Great (1972)
Plot Summary:
Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: political, surreal, sincere, thought provoking, clever, serious, realistic, witty, contemplative, talky
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Late Bloomers (2011)
Plot Summary:
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs handrails about the house.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, psychological, captivating, humorous, serious
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The Fire Within (1963)
Plot Summary:
Alain Leroy is a recovering alcoholic who decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: philosophical, depressing, art house, independent film, existential, bleak, touching, sad, anthology, powerful
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The Streetwalker (1976)
Plot Summary:
A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, mad
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My Lover, My Son (1970)
Plot Summary:
A woman deals with an unhappy marriage, the death of her lover, and her son's involvement in a crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, offbeat
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To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
Plot Summary:
This is the touching story of an elderly widower trying to work through his grief. When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant. Sam takes the dog on a nostalgic journey which dramatizes the fulfillment he shared with his departed wife. Though overwhelmed with grief, Sam stubbornly insists that he continue to tend to his orchards, refusing to entertain his family's suggestions that he slow down. But when Sam cautiously reveals that he believes Cora has returned in the form of an elusive white dog, his adult children and grandson Bobby (Harley Cross) grow concerned about his sanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tear jerker, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, tearjerker