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Plot Summary:
Set in 1920s. Beautiful and kind girl Xu falls in love with a village teacher. She is forced by a warlord and becomes his concubine later. She starts her struggle and legendary life from the intricate and conspiratorial family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Syndrome E (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration:
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Jack Taylor: The Magdalen Martyrs (2010)
Plot Summary:
Galway Private Investigator JACK TAYLOR is hired by the daughter of a former inmate of the infamous Magdalen Laundries to find the identity of a former nun, known only as LUCIFER, who was notorious for taking pleasure in torturing the girls. Jack has hardly begun his inquiries when he is warned off by local hard man.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective
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River Of Fury (1973)
Plot Summary:
River Of Fury presents the self-discovery and awakening of a young man (Danny Lee), who has been exposed and fallen for the lucrative powers of wealth. Lily Ho played a role in sharp contrast with Lee, which has helplessly fallen prey to the irresistible temptations of wealth under the influence of her mother. Once again, Ho demonstrates her remarkable talent in Chinese opera following her Beijing-opera showcase in The Warlord (co-starring Michael Hui Kwun-man).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
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The Legend of Anle (2023)
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Legend has it that the Han and Di families together established the Great Jing. However, ten years ago, the Di family was convicted of treason, leaving behind only one orphaned girl imprisoned in Daishan. Ten years later, Han Ye, the determined crown prince who aimed to rescue the Di family's lone survivor, unexpectedly crossed paths with a spirited and enchanting female pirate who claimed that she would marry none other than him. She called herself Ren Anle and brought with her a fleet of thirty thousand soldiers, arriving in the capital city to seek the prince's hand in marriage. Throughout the process of relentlessly pursuing Han Ye, Ren Anle demonstrated remarkable wit and intelligence. As their shared values and national aspirations aligned, Han Ye couldn't help but develop affection for Ren Anle.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Mystery, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
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Thanks for the Memories (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lively Joyce Conway is happy with her life: her boyfriend Conor loves her, she enjoys her job behind the scenes at the local radio station and her relationship to father Patrick could not be better. But everything is turned upside down after she has an accident requiring a blood transfusion. She subsequently wakes up with memories that are not hers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK
Duration:
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De Stille Kracht (1974)
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Based on the novel by Louis Couperus, De Stille Kracht is set at the end of the nineteenth century and concerns the cultural gap between East and West, that is between the Netherlands and their colony on Java. The Dutch colonists, who nominally rule Java, realize that the island maintains its own natural order by way of a hidden force, goena goena, a term denoting magic as well as depths of eastern cultures that westerners cannot probe The original novel contemplated the Dutch people's inability to adapt to the culture and environment of their colony in what is now Indonesia. (Wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 240 min
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Seventh Avenue (1977)
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A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min
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Diamant (1997)
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In this filmed version of Flemish author Jef Gheeraerts' novel, Robert 'Robbe' Parain, an arrogant Antwerp police detective who operates at the limits of illegality and is in personal debt, tenaciously traces but also gets personally entangled in the dark, ruthless, criminal sides of the publicly so glamorous trade in diamonds, notably in his native Antwerp, Hong Kong, Brussels and Congo.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: Belgium
Duration:
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Rakshasudu (1986)
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 113 min
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Fu Chen (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Wo shi te zhong bing (2011)
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A tv series about Chinese army which also tells a romantic story.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, War
Country: China
Duration:
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
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After losing her parents to a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees Alice forced to face her past.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dark
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Expats (2023)
Plot Summary:
Set against the vibrant and tumultuous tapestry of 2014 Hong Kong, the lives of three American women—Margaret, Hilary, and Mercy—intersect after a sudden family tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003)
Plot Summary:
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first aired in China on CCTV on 22 December 2003.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Royal Tramp (2008)
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Royal Tramp is a 2008 Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. Produced by Zhang Jizhong and Huayi Brothers, the series consists of 50 episodes, filmed in high definition. The series was first broadcast on Jiangsu TV in China in 2008 and was subsequently aired on TVB in Hong Kong and in other countries.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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The Ginger Tree (1989)
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In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married Japanese nobleman, Count Kentaro Kurihama, and bears him a son. She carves out a life for herself in Japanese society, despite the hardships and ostracism she faces as both a Westerner and a woman.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: epic
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Studs Lonigan (1979)
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Story of the Irish-American Lonigan family between 1918 and 1930. The story centers on young Studs who is growing into adulthood in a city full of temptations.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Foreign Exchange (1970)
Plot Summary:
A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
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Three Sisters (2022)
Plot Summary:
The tale of three sisters and the obstacles they must overcome will be told. With Turkan's marriage, dark clouds will begin to hover over the family, and nothing will be the same as before.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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Climbers High (2008)
Plot Summary:
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min
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Sandokan (1976)
Plot Summary:
In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the first rank who are cruel to their enemies, but always loyal to his friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 286 min
Plot tags: retro, atmospheric, cult classic, vintage
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Helen West (2002)
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Helen West is crusading senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. Her life is complicated by her ongoing affair with a senior police officer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 289 min
Plot tags: detective
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Red Sorghum (2014)
Plot Summary:
Red Sorghum is a Chinese television series based on Nobel laureate Mo Yan's 1986/1987 eponymous novel. Directed by Zheng Xiaolong, it also features the highly-anticipated return of actress Zhou Xun to television after 10 years.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Tell Me Lies (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Lucy Albright arrives on the campus of her small college, away from her mother whom she's never forgiven for an act of betrayal in her early teen years, Lucy embraces college life and all it has to offer. But everything changes when she meets Stephen DeMarco, who has a mysterious past of his own. Their addicting entanglement will have consequences they never could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags:
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Oliver Twist (1985)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Great Expectations (1981)
Plot Summary:
Mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: period drama
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The Ordinary World (2015)
Plot Summary:
A TV serialization of the classic Chinese novel 'Ordinary World'.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (2019)
Plot Summary:
Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre is a 2019 Chinese wuxia television series adapted from the novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong. Originally published in newspapers from 1961 to 1963, the story has been revised twice; once in 1979 and the second in 2005. This remake is primarily based on the third edition of the novel. The series is the first adaptation to be released as a web series and was first broadcast on Tencent in China on February 27, 2019.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Monte Carlo (1986)
Plot Summary:
An American writer on the Riviera courts a Russian singer who is spying on Nazis for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Shooter (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film starring Mark Wahlberg.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, political, action thriller, interesting, political drama