Best movies like Year of Enlightment
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Plot Summary:
April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, Manolo, surrounded by boys all much younger than he is, feels a bit like the cock of the walk since the only other man around is the handyman Emilio who looks after the gardens and does whatever needs to be done about the place. His wife, Rafaela, is the cook. Manolo meets Irene, a falangist who runs the sanatorium, and the school teacher, Miss Transito, a crabby spinster. He has his first sexual experience, albeit as a voyeur, with his nurse Vicenta. When she has to leave, her place is taken by a girl from the village, Maria Jesus, with whom Manolo falls hopelessly in love. A relationship grows up between them which will mark them both for ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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The Seductor (1995)
Plot Summary:
The life of Cosme, a boy of fifteen, is altered with the arrival of a new neighbor, Merche, a married woman, much older than him. Cosme falls for her and intends to conquer the woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy, teen comedy
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Ciao Bella (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mustafa Moradi is aching to find a girlfriend. On the other end of the city, Linnea is desperately searching for a guy with style, courage and a burning passion.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 949
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic, thought provoking, realistic
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Moscow Square (2001)
Plot Summary:
1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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1987 (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 1987 Ricardo is 17 years old. This summer, Ricardo has a busy schedule: loose his virginity, find a way to get into bars, have a car, spend time with his friends. In order to rapidly make money, Ricardo decides to use his italian inheritance and take a shortcut in the medium of crime. But things will go wrong.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good
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I Love You Baby (2001)
Plot Summary:
Marcos, a boy looking sad and long-term projects, comes to the big city with the intention to find himself. The first thing is love. Falls in love with Daniel, a talented actor who continually seeks opportunities to prove it. This love newborn decays due to a stroke of fate that comes disguised as a disco mirror ball. After separation, Daniel gets the consolation of her best friend, Carmen, a woman who has answers for everything. Meanwhile, Marcos reconsiders his future and meets Marisol, a Dominican immigrant. Together they live a passionate love story punctuated by the circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, offbeat, sexual, crying, independent film, sexy, queer cinema
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Summer Rain (2006)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age tale charting the first loves, lusts and obsessions of friends on vacation at the end of the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, stylized
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Backroads (1997)
Plot Summary:
Spain, 1974. A teenager and his father are traveling in a car that is the only property they have. Their life is a continuous move by desolate coastal apartments in the tourism low season. When forced to change route and get away from sea, their lives will change dramatically.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, manga, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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The Blind Sunflowers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling in the front, returns to seminary in Ourense.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, disturbing, sincere, bleak, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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Learning to Lie (2003)
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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No Pain, No Gain (2001)
Plot Summary:
David is a teenager who feels he doesn't belong to a life where his family, friends and the girl he loves seem not to understand him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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My Brother the Vampire (2001)
Plot Summary:
Josh is about to turn 30; he's mentally retarded, and likes to play at being a vampire. His sister Nicole is 15, and dealing with her impending womanhood; middle brother Mike is the "normal" one, but in some ways the most childish - his latest conquest is Nadine, who runs the dog kennel at his security guard job. Nic is fixated on getting laid, and watches Mike and Nadine through the skylight with Josh. Josh also gets fixated on sex, though he has no clear idea what it's all about, and in particular on Nadine; to Mike's chagrin, she seems more interested in Josh than in him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, romantic, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, homoerotic
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The Color of Milk (2004)
Plot Summary:
Selma's mother died giving birth to her, and Selma's step aunt is living proof that men only cause trouble. So the 11 year old girl makes a deal with her best friends that they will stay away from boys and dedicate their lives to science. And by the way, Selma was probably born on another planet and not meant to fall in love with anyone. But what happens when her friends break the pact, and she actually meets a boy who's not like the rest?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, psychological, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, sexy
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Going All the Way (1997)
Plot Summary:
Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, erotic, independent film
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The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
Plot Summary:
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where his father is a recovering drug addict. Kelly's life gets even more complicated when he falls for Tabby, Bart's pretty and soon-to-be-wed older sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: intense, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, inspirational, feel good, epic, scenic, light
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The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
Plot Summary:
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, realistic, feel good, pre war
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Too Young to Marry (2007)
Plot Summary:
Connecticut high school students Max Doyle and Jessica Carpenter fall in love and feel making love isn't enough, so they brave everyone's objections and get married.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, emotional, realistic, romantic, sexual, sexy
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AV (2005)
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The story of four soon-to-be-college grads who are about to embark on the big adventure known as life. The foursome concoct an elaborate plan to hire a Japanese porn actress (or "AV Girl") for a fake film. Then they'll have sex with her. What could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sexy, touching, realistic, sexual
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Schools Out (2008)
Plot Summary:
June 1990, a large provincial town. It's the last day of class before the baccalaureate: a small group of graduates happily leaves high school - In the ambient euphoria, Lucas empties his bag: without mince words, he says out loud to his philosophy teacher what he thinks of him. Short-lived relief since the odious Mr. Martineau will finally pass the oral exams - Lucas had better get it right. That same evening, at a party, Lucas meets Clémence, a lovely young girl. Love at first sight seems mutual, but Lucas lets her go without knowing her name. Between lively revisions and summer trips with his friends, he sets out in search of his beautiful stranger. For Lucas, this is only the beginning of the hassle, especially since he accepts private lessons philosophy at Monsieur Martineau's - and that the latter turns out to be the father of a very pretty young girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
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Seoul Searching (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea, China, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, touching, captivating, feel good, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Yes, But... (2001)
Plot Summary:
At age 17, Eglantine is troubled by a number of things. Her argumentative parents comprise an absentee and philandering father and an overprotective, occasionally alcoholic mother. Her boyfriend Sébastien is a couple of years older; he's ready, but she isn't. Frequent furtive visits to her therapist help her to see that these issues are not 'problems', but 'difficulties', which she has the strength to overcome.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
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Let's Ruin It with Babies (2014)
Plot Summary:
Channing has it all: a beautiful home, a rock star lifestyle, and a loving husband intent on ruining it all by knocking her up.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Paper Birds (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jorge and Enrique are two artist in the post Spanish Civil War times that adopt an orphan child called Miguel. With a varieté company that travel around the country, Jorge and Enrique see the horrors left by the war meanwhile the Republic Army watch Jorge and the rest of the company suspecting that some of them collaborate with the rebels opposite to the Francoist Regime.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, touching
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The Shanghai Spell (2002)
Plot Summary:
A fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl. In the neighbourhood an old freedom-fighter pits himself against bad types, a pretty cinema-ticket girl takes to the streets at night and a young anarchist dedicates himself to telling tall stories. Far away, in Shanghai, a hero of the Republic meets a beautiful femme fatal with oriental eyes. Reality and fiction become fused in an embrace.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain, France, UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, neo noir, realistic, fairy tale, period drama
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Belle Epoque (1992)
Plot Summary:
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Portugal, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, manga, independent film, eros, sensual, sentimental, touching, feel good, captivating
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Cupid's Balls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls' soccer team. He becomes axquanted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan for winning Susanne's heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity. Cupid's Balls is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent conflicts both off an on the soccer field.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Teen's Confessions (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four sisters work together to raise rent money after learning they have to move to another neighborhood in this coming-of-age drama based on the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, light, sentimental, sexy, realistic, semi serious
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Short Skin (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ever since he was a child, the seventeen-yearold Edoardo has suffered from a malformation of the foreskin that stops him from masturbating and makes him insecure and ill at ease with girls. Shut up in his sexless microcosm, Edoardo reacts with irritation to the pressures of the outside world, which do nothing but exacerbate his insecurity.Forced against his will to emerge from the shadows in which he has hidden for years, Edoardo will initially try to solve his problem by clumsy stratagems before finding, at last, the courage to face his own fears.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, touching, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, sexy
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Cheeky Girls (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Rockford (1999)
Plot Summary:
The movie chronicles the arrival of a (Hindu) student to a strict all-boys Christian boarding school in India and his assimilation into the school. The change is quite dramatic to the protagonist and there are a lot of events that would look extremely abusive to the viewer.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, social, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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