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Plot Summary:
Mégantic is inspired by the events that occurred during the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy in 2013. This fiction follows the destinies of Méganticois marked by bereavement and trauma, but also by solidarity, courage and heroism.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
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Secrets of a Small Town (2006)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious murder of a teenage girl and the disappearance of her sister shake up a small town.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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Clover Bend (2002)
Plot Summary:
When an L.A. cop gets called to a crime scene on his anniversary, he is forced into a shootout that leaves both a criminal and his hostage dead. Soon after, with a troubled yet clear conscience, the officer and his family go on a camping weekend. After they stop at a gas station and end up in the middle of a robbery, fate and a twisted web of revenge have other, more violent plans for them. When the score is finally settled, will anyone be left standing?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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R#J (2021)
Plot Summary:
Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism, with black and brown youth at the heart of it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Too Close to Home (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is forced to return to her trailer-park beginnings after her political career is derailed by a sex scandal.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Mosaic Japan (2014)
Plot Summary:
After being retrenched from his job at a Tokyo securities firm, Tsunezue Riichi decides to return to his hometown to work. He soon lands a job at the company GALAXYZ, a job that his parents highly recommended. GALAXYZ is a newly set up company, with young entrepreneur Kui Yoshiaki at its helm. Unbeknownst to Riichi, the company actually handles AV (Adult Videos i.e. Porn) projects. Even the OL's at the company's premises are actually all aspiring AV actresses. Throughout the entire company, everything is AV-centric, with even filming taking place within the office! Amidst all these, Riichi finds himself fascinated by a sweet charming girl, Momoko, another OL/AV-wannabe.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: erotic, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Le Jun Kai (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man lives his life trying to foster a hatred for his enemy and devising ways to seek revenge. Le Jun Kai decides to marry his enemy's daughter, Ye Zi, and then proceeds to mistreat her and make her life as miserable as possible. But his master plan gets complicated when he falls in love with his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 17 min
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Good Morning Children (2005)
Plot Summary:
The intermediate school in the small community of Kroka is preparing for the annual Lucia, Queen of Light, celebration. Each year, the prettiest girl in the school is chosen to play Lucia, but this year they decide to break the tradition and instead vote off the candidates one by one.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 175 min
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Paradise Falls (2001)
Plot Summary:
Paradise Falls was a weekly soap opera shown nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It is set in a summer cottage community in Central Ontario. Like many major US soaps, sex is a dominant part of the storylines. However, it shows much more of this than would be allowed by censors on mainstream broadcast networks. The show's open approach to sexual and homosexual themes caused reruns of the show to be carried on the American Here! channel, which targets gay and lesbian viewers. Like the soap Passions, murder and a little witchcraft are included in the mix of themes. Unlike the typical soap opera, the series was shot entirely on location on Sparrow Lake in Muskoka and Whitevale, Ontario, to give the show an authentic looking background. It was produced entirely in digital format, to reduce production costs, and allow for easier editing when adapted for foreign markets. The show's production company is Breakthrough Entertainment. The production schedule has been somewhat unorthodox and unpredictable for viewers. Originally 52 episodes were shot in a batch in 2001, then aired on Showcase. Then, new shows stopped appearing until 2004, leaving many to think the show was cancelled. A new batch of 26 episodes began to be aired in the fall of 2004. The show was recently renewed and shooting began on July 9, 2007 and ended on October 11, 2007. The 26 episodes started airing on April 11, 2008 on Here! and aired from September 2, 2009 on Showcase. The third season seems to be its last.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Fireflies (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487. It was centred on the lives of a group of volunteer firefighters, during the hottest, driest summer in decades. The theme song "Beautiful Feeling" was written and performed by Paul Kelly.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Casual Vacancy (2015)
Plot Summary:
The Casual Vacancy centres on Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty façade however, is a town at war: rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. Pagford is not what it first seems.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good
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The Lakes (1997)
Plot Summary:
Doom-laden but compelling BBC1 drama series embracing sex, death and Catholic guilt, set in a small community in the Lake District. The first four-part series centred on newcomer Danny Kavanagh; the second 10-part series featured other characters in the community.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 374 min
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Forgive Me (2013)
Plot Summary:
A series that breaks the seal of the Catholic confessional booth. A young insomniac priest gets caught up in the sins of his congregants while a secret from his own past threatens his calling.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, touching, gloomy
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Plastic Man (1999)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly happily married, successful plastic surgeon embarks on a torrid affair with tragic consequences for his marriage and those close to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
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Two Harbors (2005)
Plot Summary:
Drama - Vic's days are filled with selling sci-fi collectibles, harassing his fellow antique dealers, and trying to communicate with extraterrestrials. - Charles Brin, Alex Cole, Paul Cram.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, offbeat, independent film
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I'm Alive and I Love You (1998)
Plot Summary:
Drama - During World War II, a woman aboard a railroad car full of deportees slips French railway worker Julien (Jérôme Deschamps) a note with an address and a simple message: "I am alive, and I love you," and he decides to track down the intended recipients. When he finds the woman's Jewish family, he is inspired to do what he can to protect them from the Nazi atrocities. This compelling drama from director Roger Kahane co-stars Dorian Lambert. - Jérôme Deschamps, Dorian Lambert, Agnès Soral.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
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The Cop (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sr. Lt. Yuri Kozyrev, who served in the front-line reconnaissance is taken prisoner during the last few days of the 2nd World War. After the war ends, the Soviet authorities sentence him to life imprisonment, however, when his case is finally reopened, he is released and fully acquitted. Yuri returns to his home in a small workers' town in Moscow, to find that everything has changed during his absence. His father went missing during the war, his mother has died and his sweetheart Larissa has married Volynsky, a successful salesman. Yuri finds a job as a security guard in a warehouse, however, one day when the warehouse is broken into, Yuri becomes the chief suspect. He manages to avoid arrest and decides to find out who is responsible for the robbery. When he successfully catches the criminal, Yuri is rewarded by the KGB Head, Lavrentiy Beria himself, who appoints him Crime Investigation Department Inspector. While this prestigious position brings Yuri new cases, it also brings him face to face with dangerous criminals, colleagues, ex-comrades and his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Ordinary Angels (2024)
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A hairdresser single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
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Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
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King Lear (2017)
Plot Summary:
King Lear is an in-depth study of love, power and death. Through this film Shakespeare is saying, "Don't blame the gods or the heaven's for the horrors committed on earth. No. Blame hellish inhumanity on those who inhabit the earth.".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min
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The Way Home (2023)
Plot Summary:
When three generations of women reunite after being estranged for more than two decades, they embark on an enlightening – and surprising – journey toward healing none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags:
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The Accident (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Welsh community devastated by tragedy is forced to confront difficult truths amid the search for justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Valor (2017)
Plot Summary:
The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Queer as Folk (2022)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a diverse group of friends in New Orleans are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Caitlin's Way (2000)
Plot Summary:
Caitlin's Way is a live action teen drama series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000–2002. The show was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aired on The N from January 2003 to September 27, 2009. It also aired on TeenNick from September 28, 2009 to February 7, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, teen
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Where the Heart Is (1997)
Plot Summary:
Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone, and focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town. The original leads were Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris, who played sisters-in-law and colleagues at the Skelthwaite Health Centre. Both actresses had left the series by 2000; however, the format of at least two female leads continued with various different actresses until the show's end. A typical episode would focus on one or two medical storylines interweaved with personal stories featuring one or both nurses. One of ITV's longest-running shows, Where the Heart Is was known for being what has been described as a haven for former soap stars, including Lancashire, Philip Middlemiss, Samantha Giles, Kerrie Taylor, Brian Capron and Shobna Gulati. In October 2006, the series was cancelled after nine years, despite viewing figures of well over 7 million. The theme song "Where the Heart is" was performed by Prefab Sprout. It was released as a single and appears on the band's 38 Carat Collection.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, soap opera
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Burden of Truth (2018)
Plot Summary:
A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, talky
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Mythomaniac (2019)
Plot Summary:
Burned out and taken for granted, a working mom suspects her partner is cheating, so to win back his attentions, she feigns a medical diagnosis.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, captivating
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Rectify (2013)
Plot Summary:
After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, spiritual, southern gothic, philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, dramatic
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Cutter to Houston (1983)
Plot Summary:
Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama starring Shelley Hack, Jim Metzler, and Alec Baldwin that aired on CBS on Saturday night from October 1 to December 31, 1983 at 8 p.m Eastern time. The series was created by Sandor Stern.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama
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Fragile (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fragile tells the story of two diametrically opposite families: the wealthy, influential Bachands, and the salt-of-the-earth Coutures. It’s also the story of an unlikely friendship, that of Dominic Couture (Pier-Luc Funk) and Félix Bachand (Marc-André Grondin). The pair’s mysterious death sends shock waves through their families and community, exposing jealously guarded secrets, dangerous liaisons, and hidden agendas.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Guilty: The Woman Who Made a Pact with the Devil (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pet groomer at a salon in Shirogane, Nogami Meiko has a lot of celebrity dog-lovers as customers. She cheerfully serves customers with care, and her skills are tried and tested. The salon's owner, Kotomi, has a strong faith in her, and she is admired by her colleagues. Meiko leads a quiet and fulfilling life... however, there is another side to her. She has a plan for revenge that she must accomplish. In truth, when she was 19, she was imprisoned for murder but there was also another side to this case. And just as she's about to execute her plan, she meets a man named Mashima Takuro. She acts mysteriously around him and for some reason, he makes her feel better. Is he the only miscalculation to her? Or a reckoning?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful