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Plot Summary:
One day, a middle-aged man, Fujimoto Makoto, is standing on a train platform, about to jump in front of a train. Nakashiro Kana and Tasaki Shota both happen to be on the same platform, and sensing what is about to happen, they quickly pull him back to safety. There's a reason why Kana and Shota realized Makoto's intentions, they both have the kind of emotional scars that can't be put into words. Even after so much pain, through a series of e-mails, they've become attracted to one another and slowly learn to open up their hearts once again.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Puppy Love (1980)
Plot Summary:
A drama series about young people on the threshold of maturity. The heroes are young people who have recently graduated from high school. Before them, the first life decisions await, the first "adult" love, as well as the first disappointments and dramas.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 264 min
Plot tags:
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Potol Kumar Gaanwala (2015)
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Potol, a singing prodigy, lives in a village with her mother, uncle and aunt. However, after her mother's death, she sets out to search for her father, whose identity she does not know.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration:
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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
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The Heiress (2020)
Plot Summary:
A story that follows Han Yuanniang, the eldest daughter of a minister who disguises herself as a man in order to pretend to be her twin brother. She encounters the prince thus igniting an unexpected romance.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Mindshadows (1988)
Plot Summary:
Feature based on the novel by J. Bernlef. A Dutch couple who have emigrated are confronted with the husband's rapid onset of senility during a snowy winter in North Eastern Canada. The film is an account of the man's fight within himself and the story of his wife, who feels abandoned but keeps giving her love. –filmcommission.nl.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Canada
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Avoidance (2022)
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Jonathan's life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer, and he's always deferred the big and small decisions to his partner Claire. So when Claire asks him to leave, Jonathan realises he has no home, no friends and no ambition. Except one: to try to preserve his son's happiness in the face of his parents' break-up.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min
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The Beautiful Neighbor (2011)
Plot Summary:
A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki, and an ordinary housewife, Eriko, who has a happy family, causes Eriko's serene daily life to fall apart. Eriko's husband, Shinji becomes the target of Saki's advances and finds himself caught between her and his wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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Yukionna to Kani wo Kuu (2022)
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A certain summer day, as the cicadas sing loudly. A man with no money and no place to belong tries to end his life, however is unable to take the last step. While wavering between life and death, he sees a gourmet food program on television, and realising he's never once eaten crab in his life decides that "For my last day on this Earth, I'll eat crab". Settings his sights on the wife who lives in a high-class neighbourhood that he happened across in a library, he forces his way into her home. And thus, he demands money from her, however things go in an unexpected direction.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, psychological horror
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Daimajin Kanon (2010)
Plot Summary:
Misaki Kanon is a young woman who comes to the big city with dreams of becoming a singer. At first everything goes well, she falls in love and works towards her dream. But then her boyfriend betrays her and Kanon loses her faith in people and sight of her dream. Once upon a time, as a small child in a remote mountain village where the Daimajin rests, she sang the song of prayer. Now she has to regain her song to find herself and maybe save the world too. A mysterious man from the village is searching for her so that she may help him and his comrades when the time comes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
Golden Fiddles is a 1994 Australian mini series based on the novel by Mary Grant Bruce. It was sot from 23 July to 16 September 1991 and was re-edited into a TV movie in 1994.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: family saga
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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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En thérapie (2021)
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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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Hurt (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mandy White is a cheerleader. Dan LaCoy is a football player. Jason Dobbs is a bully. Eli Barker is an artist. Asia Borg is a foster kid. What they all have in common however, is that they are hurting. Each one deals with their own personal issues including depression, alcoholic parents, peer pressure, academic pressures and thoughts of suicide. All the while the school counselor Professor Shepard is doing his best to meet their needs and see that their futures are well prepared for. However, despite all the direction, the right questions are not asked and one of the students slips through the cracks. Mandy, Dan, Jason, Eli or Asia commits to a school shooting...and despite their hardships, no one sees it coming.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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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
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All My Puny Sorrows (2021)
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The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
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As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all contact, each must make her own way in an unforgiving world. Hardships abound in the struggle to survive in war-torn Japan and in the face of anti-Japanese sentiment in Brazil, financial ruin, familial pressure, abandonment and lost love. However they also experience the precious joy of survival and success. Now, after 70 years, Haru comes back to Japan to find her estranged sister.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
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Face in the Mirror (1982)
Plot Summary:
The dramatic story of a group of young people’s response to a desperate teen’s cry for help.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: christian film
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When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn't lost her sense of duty or her persistence. While investigating her stories, she tends to notice details that imply some hidden truth beneath the surface, leading her to probe deeper into dangerous secrets. --Tokyograph.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Psi (2014)
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A drama with comic touches telling the story of Carlo Antonini, a psychoanalyst who is pathologic and very interventionist, both inside and outside the office.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating
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Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Chiyo (1557-1617) was his wife, and was known in history for her dedication and devotion to her husband (like Matsu was to Toshiie in Toshiie to Matsu). She is the daughter of a samurai who served the feudal lord Asai.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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After a high school boy learns that his father committed suicide, he begins a journey to find hope and reconciliation in the midst of his grief.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
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The Newsreader (2021)
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An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 313 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kaseifu no Mita is a 2011 Japanese television drama series. The story revolves around a family who is grieving over their mother's recent suicide. They hired Mita as a housekeeper to upkeep the house, which has been thrown into disarray. Mita, who is played by actress Nanako Matsushima, will do anything that her employer orders her to do, except smiling or revealing her past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Early Swallows (2019)
Plot Summary:
The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behavior, LGBT identity crises-a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television-alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show's main plot lines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological
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The Son (2022)
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A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 123 min
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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
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Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip. The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off a nationwide search for the 22-year-old travel blogger after her parents reported her missing in September 2021, when she failed to return home following her cross country “van-life” trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie. Non-stop coverage on the news drove amateur sleuths to dissect Gabby’s social media posts for clues about what happened to her during her trip, leading to the eventual discovery of her body in Wyoming. As the one-year anniversary of her tragic death approaches, the movie will bring to life Gabby and Brian’s doomed love story, including the warning signs that Gabby’s life was in danger, the ensuing search for her, the eventual discovery of her murder and ultimately, Brian’s suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Plot Summary:
From the 2011 drama, Utsukushi Rinjin, Nakama Yukie reprises the character Saki. This time round, as Saki Amihama, she will be targeting men. With the facade of an angel, she draws men to her, only to lead them to a destructive end. Like a moth to the flame... but where is the line drawn between the saint and the devil?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Patrick Melrose (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Patrick Molrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 302 min
Plot tags: ironic, psychological, suspense, captivating, surreal, entertaining, dark, anime, therapeutic, interesting