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Plot Summary:
The interaction between a diverse range of characters—including a bulimic restaurant critic and a highly strung tax inspector—in modern-day London.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
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The Excluded (1982)
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Die Ausgesperrten revolves around an unlikely group of 4 youths in Vienna who band together, each for different reasons, to mug people. Two are fraternal twins, the third a blue-collar worker, the fourth the privileged daughter of wealthy parents who "needs a little dirt in her life". The story provides penetrating insights into the Austria of the 50s, in which some enjoyed the benefits of the "Economic Miracle", while others were shut out. It repeatedly references Austria's Nazi past and the numerous ways in which it influences the present despite the conspiracy of silence which surrounds it.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 97 min
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Nature Boy (2000)
Plot Summary:
A sensitive young man who relishes time in nature is at odds with the rough urban culture in which he lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
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White Powder (2016)
Plot Summary:
White Powder is an award-winning, riveting micro-budget, independent, British gangsta film. It is set in modern-day, multi-cultural London and features a very diverse cast. It follows the story of 2 young lovers, who try to outwit a bunch of London gangstas, and each other, in an attempt to keep control of a stash of cocaine that they found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Attachments (2000)
Plot Summary:
Claudia Harrison and Justin Pierre star as Mike and Luce, a married couple who also run a startup company that produces a music website.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
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Tientsin Mystic 2 (2020)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Cheekh (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mannat, Haya and Nayab are all close friends. Wajih, Yawer , Shayaan and Haya are siblings. Mannat is married to Shayaan. Her In-Laws are shown as quite wealthy. However, Nayab is poor. Her mother passed away and she lives with her father Ramzaan , greedy step-mother and her 2 step-sisters. The story starts when Nayab gets murdered after a rape attempt and physical violence on the night of her friend Haya's engagement.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration:
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Match Day (2015)
Plot Summary:
A small French town is devastated by the murder of a football supporter in the stands during a match. Alex, a local girl but also a cop, leads the investigation, seeking answers at the heart of her town, her family and their passion for football.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 156 min
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Yokoyama Hideo Suspense (2010)
Plot Summary:
There are four episodes based on short stories by mystery novelist Yokoyama Hideo. Each episode depicts a stand-alone murder mystery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Capital (2015)
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Set on a single street in South London, Capital is a portrait of a road transformed by soaring property prices: what was once the home of modest lower-middle class families, Pepys Road has been continuously gentrified into a street of multimillion pound houses. On one day, the people of this South London street all receive an anonymous postcard with the simple message 'we want what you have'. Its unsettling ripples affect every corner of the community. Based on John Lanchester's bestseller and adapted by Peter Bowker.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min
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I Am... (2019)
Plot Summary:
Each hour-long film follows a different women as they experience “moments that are emotionally raw, thought-provoking and utterly personal”.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, serious, emotional, suspense, melancholic, sad, realistic, disturbing, allegory
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Season of Sex (2022)
Plot Summary:
Season of sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration:
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17 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Abdi is torn between being a good muslim and an ordinary Norwegian teenager. He doesn't feel he lives up to expectations at home, at school, or among his friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration:
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Attaway General (2020)
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When four very different teens arrive at Attaway General Hospital’s prestigious volunteer program, they must learn to work together to survive the program and make a difference in the lives of their patients. With breakout performances from Dixie D'Amelio, Madi Monroe and more, Attaway General is a medical procedural with humor, excitement, and high stakes.
IMDB Rating: 1.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
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Public History (2019)
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In this modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield," David is a teenager on the verge of graduating high school when his life is turned completely upside down.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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What Goes On (2007)
Plot Summary:
What Goes On is an unaired drama series that was scheduled to air on Noggin's nighttime block, The N. The series explores "the emotional life of teens." Created by Sri Rao, the initial working title of the series was The Block. The series was scheduled to premiere in late 2007, but was canceled before a single episode aired on television. In 2008, all ten episodes of the series leaked online. According to FutonCritic.com, the series is "an ensemble drama that explores the lives of five teenagers growing up in a typical suburban neighborhood," and "takes an honest look at the journey of adolescence — figuring out who you are in the context of who you were and who you want to be" while "chronicling the relationships with parents, families, friends and crushes.".
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Minder (2009)
Plot Summary:
Archie Daley's a bit of a rogue, always up for some dodgy dealings in the hope of making a nice little earner, but sometimes it can cause him to lose his moral compass, which is where Jamie usually steps in to put him right.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good
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Karaoke (1996)
Plot Summary:
Obsessive, self-destructive London television scriptwriter Daniel Feeld finds his health failing while involved with the post-production on his new TV drama, "Karaoke." A hard-drinking heavy smoker, Feeld is in much physical pain as he struggles with pancreatic cancer. Going about his daily routines, he has some odd experiences leading him to conclude that his fictional creations are erupting into real life. He overhears people speaking scraps of his own dialogue including young Sandra Sollars, hostess at a karaoke club run by petty thug Arthur "Pig" Maillion. Feeld fears Sandra could be threatened by "Pig" Maillion in a manner similar to scenes he wrote for "Karaoke" as his memory, fantasy, and reality overlap and inter-weave into a complex mental tapestry. Written by Bhob Stewart.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Jake's Progress (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jamie Diadoni was almost a rock star in the 60s but it never quite came together. Now, married to Julie, and redundant from his job, he stays at home with son Jake, aged 6 and takes him to the local playground, surrounded by admiring mothers.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 515 min
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The Mother (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
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To Dream (2016)
Plot Summary:
If your dreams could come true, what would you dream? If you could escape, where would you go? TO DREAM is a story about friendship, full of hope and intimacy, set against a harsh inner city backdrop. Best friends, LUKE and TOMMY, live in an unforgiving part of London. They've known each other forever. Having dropped out of school and still living at home, they're dreaming about what's coming next. Their big plan has always been to escape London's grime and head for an American paradise. It's a dream that's helped them escape the harsh realities of growing up in abusive homes and it's a dream that cements their friendship. Tortured by flashbacks, family secrets and an abusive father, Luke desperately clings to a world that no longer seems to want him in it. Tommy is the only one who can pull Luke from his shell. Tommy walks a thin line between impish teenage rebellion and falling into a world of serious crime. The only thing stopping him from jumping feet first is his loyalty to Luke.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, dark drama
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An Independent Life (1992)
Plot Summary:
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ("Freeze-Die-Come to Life"). At the end of that film, set at the conclusion of World War II, the young Valerka was striving hard to overcome the inertia of just getting by, along with his sometime friend Galiya. In this one, he is adjusting to Galiya's death and is back in school and is living with his mother, a prostitute. After a girl at the school is found to have been gang-raped, the headmaster chooses Valerka to be one of the scapegoats, though he had nothing to do with the deed. The punishment seems mild enough, he was simply expelled from school. However, after quarrelling with his mother about the incident, he takes to the road, and discovers a society so bleak, degraded and hopeless that it is a wonder he remained alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Russia, UK
Duration: 97 min
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Teresa Raquin (1980)
Plot Summary:
In order to be together, lovers Therese and Laurent plot to kill Therese's husband, Camille, but find themselves haunted by their deeds and Madame Raquin's silent judgment.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: period piece, period drama
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Surrogate (2017)
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Jane Martin (25 years old), young graduate, is recruited by the Doctor Faye's clinical, "the clinical for healthy sex". Through her maturity, self-confidence and great sexual experience, she requires the obvious qualities to become a good therapist. But Jane does not respect all the rules with her patients and becomes more closer with them. Ignoring the warnings of Dr. Faye, Jane puts her patients and herself in danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
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The Flatterer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Story about Park Gun, who starts attending a high school full of troublemakers and former dropouts. ~~ Based on a webtoon of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 15 min
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Zamudio (2015)
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Inspired by the case of Daniel Zamudio, a young man who was brutally beaten in the Parque San Borja of Santiago just for being homosexual. In this story, everyone has something to say but too much to hide.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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My Name is Melek (2019)
Plot Summary:
Melek will rebuild her life with her family and children. Melek is struggling to survive with her three children.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, sincere, realistic
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Three Times Manon (2014)
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After going before the judge for the third time, 15-year old Manon is placed in a reform centre for six months. Challenged by her own uncontrollable temper, and the bureaucracy of the institution, will this be Manon’s last chance at redemption?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Small Island (2009)
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In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified teacher, makes a marriage of convenience to Gilbert Joseph, paying for his passage to England on condition he sends for her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, family saga, saga, period drama
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Family Affairs (1997)
Plot Summary:
Focuses on the lives of residents in the fictional London suburb of Charnham.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, captivating, melancholic, sincere
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South Riding (2011)
Plot Summary:
Andrew Davies sparkling adaption of Winifred Holtby's acclaimed novel. Insightful, warm and full of memorable characters, South Riding tells a fraught love story and paints a panaromic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the long aftermath of the First World War.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, emotional, realistic, historical drama, period piece, costume drama, serious, stylized, period drama