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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Loss of Innocence (1961), Flirting (1990), Act of the Heart (1970), Raggedy Man (1981), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)

10.0/10 Drama

John, a deaf and mute man, rents a bedroom in a small town to be closer to his friend, Spiros, who is also deaf. John attempts to strike up a friendship with Mick, the teenage daughter of his disabled landlord, and meets the town drunk.

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Loss of Innocence (1961)

Loss of Innocence (1961)

6.6/10 Romance, Drama

Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.

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Flirting (1990)

Flirting (1990)

9.6/10 Comedy, Drama

A white preppie (Noah Taylor) loves a Ugandan girl (Thandie Newton) in 1965 Australia in this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke."

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Act of the Heart (1970)

Act of the Heart (1970)

6.1/10 Drama

A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.

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Raggedy Man (1981)

Raggedy Man (1981)

8.3/10 Drama

A divorcee (Sissy Spacek) with two sons has an affair with a young sailor (Eric Roberts) passing through her Texas town in 1944.

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

7.8/10 Drama

After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally-disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother. This situation is suddenly challenged though, when love unexpectedly walks into his life.

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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

7.7/10 Drama

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

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Love Me If You Dare (2003)

Love Me If You Dare (2003)

7.6/10 Comedy, Romance, Drama

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

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Violent Summer (1959)

Violent Summer (1959)

7.5/10 Drama

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance ...Read all

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Legends of the Fall (1994)

Legends of the Fall (1994)

7.5/10 Drama, Romance, War, Western

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.

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Gabrielle (2005)

Gabrielle (2005)

7.4/10 Drama

A fractured couple (Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory) mercilessly analyze their marriage after the wife leaves her husband for her lover, then goes back to him.

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Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Ryan's Daughter (1970)

7.4/10 Drama

Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

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Tea and Sympathy (1956)

Tea and Sympathy (1956)

7.3/10 Drama

A new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself harassed by the machismo culture of his classmates and the unfeelingly behavior by his father, only being treated with decency by his roommate and with affection by the coach's wife.

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Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

7.3/10 Comedy, Drama, Romance

A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

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Gloria (1980)

Gloria (1980)

7.2/10 Crime, Drama

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

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Neo Ned (2005)

Neo Ned (2005)

7.0/10 Drama

Like most kids, Ned idolized his father and dreamed of following in his footsteps. Unfortunately, his father was a two-bit crook who spent most of his life in jail. Without a family of his own, Ned falls in with the Aryan Brotherhood. Soon after, Ned is placed in a mental hospital where he is mesmerized by a young black girl who believes Adolf Hitler was reincarnated ...Read all

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Lost and Delirious (2001)

Lost and Delirious (2001)

6.9/10 Drama, Romance

A newcomer to a posh girls boarding school discovers that her two senior roommates are lovers.

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Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)

Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)

6.9/10 Drama

Kati and Steffi have been best friends forever. Their love lives are heating up, so they're hitting the books less and going out to nightclubs more. When Steffi sees her father with another woman, her life begins to spiral out of control.

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