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Plot Summary:
Set in an office of a psychoanalyst, the series follows the professional and personal day-to-day work of therapist Theo. Displayed daily, each episode of the plot is marked by the story of one of his patients, and the last episode of the week will always bring an assessment of Theo's by his supervisor Dora.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, clever, serious, tense, captivating, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow (2008)
Plot Summary:
Can a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend's death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November 11th; his roll call number at school was #11; and 11 years ago, he and his wife, Mizuho, went through a divorce. Debt-laden and feeling unneeded to the world, he sells off all his belongings and plans for his death date. However, on the 1st day, he meets Yashiro Heita as well as numerous other characters who will cause him to experience the most eventful 11 days of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, sex comedy, clever
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En thérapie (2021)
Plot Summary:
Paris, 2015, right after the terrorist attacks. Philippe Dayan is a renowned psychotherapist whose office is located close to the Bataclan, the epicenter of the Paris horrific attacks. During the days and weeks that follow the tragedy, Dayan will have traumatized patients on his hands: a cop and a surgeon both actively exposed during the bloody events, a teenager with a personality disorder, a young couple with a child undergoing a crisis - For Philippe Dayan it's the moment to reconnect, after years of silence, with his former therapist Esther and to try to escape the emotional earthquake which has just broken out from inside him.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, sensitive
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BeTipul (2005)
Plot Summary:
BeTipul is an Israeli television drama revolving around the personal and professional life of an Israeli psychologist, Reuven Dagan, played by Assi Dayan. The series portrays a psychologist who treats patients at his clinic five days a week and then seeks psychological treatment for himself. Filmmaker Ari Folman served as the head writer of the series.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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Sheep's Clothing (2013)
Plot Summary:
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, sincere, tense, gloomy
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Looking for Alexander (2004)
Plot Summary:
Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 778
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, stylized
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StartUp (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen young ambitious people are all working together in an empty building, some also live there. They try to achieve the same goal: having a selfmade business. Despite having the same goal, they're different people with different opinions about how to reach their goal. One of them is Sterre de Vries, who initiated the whole thing. Her father (Bert de Vries) is the owner of the building. It's all there: ambitions, arguments, secrets, intrigues, friendship, family ties, romance, lust.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense
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Family Matters (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 13 episodes, the series of fiction "Family Issues" portrays the life of Peter, a family court judge that you will find that there is a very common routine. He has a troubled past - his mother still abandoned child - and still carries family problems as his brother's fight to get rid of drugs and hospitalization of the father who is dying. While Peter faces its own family dilemmas, see passing before him in the courtroom, complex family dilemmas: ex-spouses who strive for material goods or custody, children rejected and unrecognized and other surrounding cases. Intoxicated by a need to do justice, Peter develops out of court and investigative dark side that puts you at risk.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, touching, suspenseful
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Our Boys (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, leading to the retaliatory killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdeir and a conflict that forever changes the lives of Jews and Arabs alike.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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Special Treatment (2010)
Plot Summary:
Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist-both have clients, both charge for sessions, both take on roles that serve the needs, psychological or otherwise, of those they serve, Jeanne Labrune's drama stars Isabelle Huppert and Bouli Lanners as, respectively, Alice, a disaffected call girl and Xavier, a shrink with a crumbling domestic situation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, contemplative, semi serious, erotic, gloomy
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Blue (2012)
Plot Summary:
Blue is a mother with a secret life. She'll do anything to keep it from her son. But her past has other plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, tense, sexual, sexy
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Quarterlife (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of twenty-something artists are coming of age in the digital generation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, gloomy
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Presidio Med (2002)
Plot Summary:
Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, emotional, realistic, medical drama
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Black Box (2014)
Plot Summary:
Catherine Black is a world-famous neurologist at the state-of-the-art medical institution known as "The Cube". Catherine is brilliant, beautiful, and at the top of her game, though she's hiding a secret of her own: she's bipolar. Each week, the doctors on staff attempt to unravel the mysteries of the brain and are constantly challenged by cases never-before-seen on television. The medical stories are moving, bizarre and a visual feast. The personal stories are riveting. The patients have rare, highly visual, often hallucinogenic and startling conditions, which we’ll see through their eyes as Catherine diagnoses and treats them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, touching, gloomy, mad
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Doctors (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: medical drama, touching, captivating, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera
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In Treatment (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an insightful, reserved demeanor while treating his patients—but displays a crippling insecurity while counseled by his own therapist.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, emotional, tense, clever, serious, thought provoking, intellectual, medical drama, atmospheric
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The Royal (2003)
Plot Summary:
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama, captivating, realistic, emotional, psychological, sincere, touching, serious, gloomy, period drama
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3 lbs (2006)
Plot Summary:
3 lbs is a drama that aired on CBS from November 14 to 28, 2006, replacing the cancelled series Smith. The show itself was then canceled three weeks later due to poor ratings. The title refers to the fact that the average human brain weighs approximately three pounds. The show follows the medical careers of prominent brain surgeon Doctor Douglas Hanson and his protégé, Jonathan Seger. The show was promoted as, "The next great medical drama." The theme song is "Calling All Angels" by Train. Eight episodes were made, and the five episodes that did not originally air in the United States are available on Amazon Unbox. The program filmed in New York City at the request of Tucci, who didn't want to be away from home to make the series. When the pilot was originally filmed Dylan McDermott played Dr. Doug Hanson, and Reiko Aylesworth played Dr. Adrienne Holland.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: medical drama, realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious
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The Mill (2013)
Plot Summary:
Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, psychological, rough, period piece, costume drama, grim, historical drama
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Horse Money (2014)
Plot Summary:
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, touching, emotional, postmodern, contemplative, experimental, art house, independent film, visual
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Thicker Than Water (2014)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful island of Sunnanö in the Swedish archipelago is home to a popular B&B run by Anna-Lisa and her son Oskar. Anna-Lisa has summoned her daughter Jonna, an actress, and son Lasse, an opportunist, to the island. It is the first time in years that they are together again. When Anna-Lisa is found dead one morning, the siblings learn that she had terminal cancer: Her will stipulates that all three siblings must run the family B&B together for a year, or they won't inherit it at all. It is a mother’s last effort to reunite her children. But it will also confront them with the family’s unsolved past, present forces of attraction, and a very dark secret buried in a most unfortunate place.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious, gloomy
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Hidden Love (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, gloomy
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To the Left of the Father (2001)
Plot Summary:
Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to match.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, suspense, romantic, offbeat, affectionate
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Outlaw (2010)
Plot Summary:
Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench and returns to private practice in an elite law firm where Claire Sax, love interest to Garza, is a powerful senior partner. As part of the deal the firm has an Ex-Supreme Court Justice on their staff of lawyers and Garza is allowed to pick his team and the cases he works. The series premiered on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, and began airing on Fridays beginning September 24. On October 11 Outlaw was announced as canceled by NBC and the remaining four episodes were moved to a Saturday time slot. The series finale aired on November 13, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious
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The End of Innocence (1990)
Plot Summary:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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Ordinary Lies (2015)
Plot Summary:
Exploring what happens when a bunch of white lies spiral out of control and the effect it has on an ordinary group of colleagues and friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, serious, captivating
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The Impostor (2014)
Plot Summary:
La Impostora, is a Spanish-language telenovela presumably to be produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, serious, telenovela
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Cet amour-l? (2001)
Plot Summary:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, sentimental, sincere, serious, captivating, clever, realistic, talky, gloomy
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Canterbury's Law (2008)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted by the unsolved disappearance of their young son, struggle to distance themselves from the tragedy and put their relationship back together. But those goals become elusive whenever Elizabeth's work provides a stark reminder of the justice absent in their own lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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The Affair (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book entitled A Person who Visits a Place) and he is struggling to write a second book. He is happily married with four children, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of the tragic death of her child. The story of the affair is told separately, complete with distinct memory biases, from the male and female perspectives.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic, erotic, gloomy, philosophical, bleak, grindhouse
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Young Doctors (2015)
Plot Summary:
The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: medical drama, psychological, clever, serious, captivating, emotional