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Plot Summary:
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' adaptation of Jonathon Coe's novel follow a group of Birmingham teenagers, and their families, through the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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All the Way Up (2020)
Plot Summary:
A talented young rapper, supported by his two childhood friends, finds himself overnight "validated" by one of the stars in the business. Only, this alliance quickly turns into a dangerous rivalry.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island? (2019)
Plot Summary:
On their last night together, four longtime flatmates' lives are suddenly upended when a secret is revealed during the course of an evening celebration.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Legendary Tavern (2019)
Plot Summary:
Chen Huaihai leads his fellows to explore new lives in northeast China by running a tavern. They experience different situations and make a whole new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Steel River Blues (2004)
Plot Summary:
Steel River Blues is a British television drama serial first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV. based on the working and private lives of a group of firefighters in Middlesbrough. Critics were quick to dub the new drama "Middlesbrough's Burning" or "Teesside's Burning", after the popular fire-fighting drama that preceded it, London's Burning, yet there were very few similarities between the two, apart from them being about the business of firefighting. Like its predecessor, Steel River Blues was an ensemble drama without any single starring part, though perhaps the best-known actor was Daniel Casey, who was previously a co-star in ITV's ratings banker, Midsomer Murders. The show's title song was performed by Middlesbrough-born Chris Rea. It was announced in January 2005 that the series would not be recommissioned.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a mountain town, where corn and poppies grow, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground to escape the threat of being stolen. Ana and her two best friends grow up together, affirming the bonds of their friendship and discovering what it means to be women in a rural town marked by violence. Their mothers train them to flee death, to escape those who turn them into slaves or ghosts. They create their own impenetrable universe, but one day one of the girls doesn’t make it to her hiding place in time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar, Argentina, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film
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The Pebble and the Boy (2021)
Plot Summary:
John Parker, a 19 year old from Manchester, embarks on a journey to Brighton, the spiritual home of the Mods, on an old Lambretta scooter left to him by his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Outfield (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film follows a trio of varsity baseball players as they enter their senior year of high school and navigate difficult choices on and off the field.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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The Red Band Society (2017)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Lovely Us (2020)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story of a group of youths who grew up together. The story takes place in 2007; four children from Shu De Faculty and Staff Family Hospital entered high school together, welcoming their sixteenth year of life. They form their own clique named "No. 1992", and embark on a journey filled with dreams, growth and warmth.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating
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When Heaven Burns (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Yip Chi-Yan, Lau Chun-Hung, Sung Yee-Long, and Cheng Chun-Hin are brought together again by an accident, their lives change irreversibly. Chi-Yan is a radio host. She and the other three were members of the same band eighteen years ago. The memory of them playing music together comes back vividly to them, and so does the pain they have all tried so hard to bury. Eighteen years ago her boyfriend, Ka-Ming, was killed in a hiking accident. Time flies, but she can never forgive Chun-Hung, Yee-Long, and Chun-Hin for failing to save Ka-Ming. As they reconnect, the four good friends and the people around them are drawn into a vortex of love they have no control over.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, banned
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In Youth (2019)
Plot Summary:
Li Zi Yu is a simple, kind-hearted and righteous girl. She starts working at a public relationships company, but unfortunately meets a difficult boss. The boss Fan Shu Chen is a talented hidden rich heir who is very hostile towards Zi Yu, making Zi Yu tremble with fear every day. What she doesn’t know is that company secrets have been leaked since the day she started working and Shu Chen is thus heavily suspecting her. But gradually, the two start to appreciate and admire each other. However, Shu Chen’s three best friends each have their theory on Zi Yu’s identity, making Shu Chen all confused. When Shu Chen’s rival Luo Zong Liang appears, it becomes known that Zong Liang and Zi Yu have some sort of relationship which anew arouses suspicion that Zi Yu could be a spy sent by Zong Liang. What is the truth behind everything? And will Zi Yu and Shu Chen’s love-hate relationship have a happy end?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Village (2019)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to the Village, an apartment building in Brooklyn that appears like any other from the outside but is quite unique inside. The people who reside here have built a bonded family of friends and neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Elite Short Stories: Samuel Omar (2021)
Plot Summary:
Away from school, during the winter holidays, three stories take place while the Las Encinas students celebrate Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Girlfriends (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the dramatic and sudden death of Linda's husband Micky, childhood friends Linda, Sue and Gail find themselves back together again. Each has their own problems to face; from a looming divorce from the husband she still loves and the loss of a high-powered job through age discrimination, to juggling the endless responsibilities of their grandchildren and aging mothers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Backstage (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of “very talented” teenagers sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means you're on the path to becoming a star!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Bridge and Tunnel (2021)
Plot Summary:
This dramedy series set in 1980 revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue their dreams in Manhattan while still clinging to the familiarity of their working-class Long Island home town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, period piece, indie film
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West Coast (2016)
Plot Summary:
Four inseparable teenagers in a small town in Brittany (France). As lifelong fans of the West Coast, they think are real gangstas. Together as a "gang", they are invincible, respected, fearless and nothing can reach them, certainly not the teasing and contempt of their fellow classmates. So when Fle-O, the leader of this merry gang, learns that he has to leave his town and his friends at the end of the year, his whole world falls apart leaving him vulnerable when the most popular kid in school decides to make fun of them in front of everyone. Humiliated, our protagonists decide to take their revenge through one last expedition together that will lead them further than they would have imagined. Through incongruous situations and successive meetings, they will grow and learn.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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headLand (2005)
Plot Summary:
Headland is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network filmed 52 episodes in the first series. Production on the second series had begun before any episodes were aired. Set in a university, Headland premiered in Australia on Tuesday, 15 November 2005 at 7.30pm. On 23 January 2006, the Seven Network officially announced that the series has been cancelled. The show aired on weekdays at 7.30pm in the United Kingdom on E4, re-formatted as half-hour episodes. E4 eventually dropped the show but episodes continued to be broadcast on Channel 4 at 12:30pm, this time in the original hour-long format.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Thunder in My Heart (2021)
Plot Summary:
22-year-old Sigrid - nicknamed Sigge - and her group of friends are confronted with the unexpected demands of adulthood as they attempt to come to terms with their own identities, their passions, and the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Last Tree (2019)
Plot Summary:
Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after being fostered in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner-city London to live with his birth mother. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Outcast (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in post-war Britain, ten year-old Lewis Aldridge is grief-stricken as he struggles to cope with the death of his beloved mother. Left under the care of his emotionally distant father Gilbert, whom he barely knows and who quickly remarries, Lewis is forced to bury his feelings.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy, period drama
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Infidels (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following the lives of five young women in Barcelona. Close friends whose professional lives, friendships, love, passion and sense of humour make up a series of stories that revolve around self-assurance and loyalty to one's principles.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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White Heat (2012)
Plot Summary:
A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, family saga, saga
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Night and Day (2001)
Plot Summary:
Night and Day is a British soap opera which was produced by Granada Television for LWT and ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. Its theme-song, "Always & Forever", was sung by Kylie Minogue.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, sincere, captivating, soap opera
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The Red Band Society (2014)
Plot Summary:
Braccialetti Rossi is a story of friendship, values and life, a modern tale about the power of sharing, where protagonists are six young guys that the destiny brings together within a hospital. While laughing, playing, crying and gets excited, as only young people can do, a group is created taking the center of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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The Secret Life of Us (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama series about the lives of 20-30 somethings living in the early 2000s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating
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As We See It (2022)
Plot Summary:
Finding love, making friends, getting a job, adulting. Watch as three roommates on the autism spectrum navigate their early 20s with all its joy, tears and laughter. With the help of their families, aide, and sometimes even each other, these roommates experience setbacks and celebrate triumphs on their own unique journeys towards independence and acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Out of the Blue (2008)
Plot Summary:
Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its second channel BBC Two from 19 May 2008. The BBC eventually decided not to commission a second series, and the final episode aired on 29 January 2009. The rights to show the first series in Australia were purchased by Network Ten, while in the UK, Channel 5 has picked up the repeat rights to Out of the Blue, and began airing all 130 episodes on digital sister channel Fiver in February 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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David Makes Man (2019)
Plot Summary:
A 14-year-old prodigy's mother relies on him to find a way out of poverty, but he is haunted by the death of his friend; he must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating