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Stones in the Sun (2012)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Haiti
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the midst of increasing political violence, a young couple, two sisters, and a father and son are driven from Haiti to New York, where they must confront the truths of their interlocked pasts.
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, political
Plot:
culture clash, haunted by the past, immigrant, family relations, life is a bitch, society, single parent, social relations, political unrest, blaxploitation, siblings relations, couple relations, under the surface, father, young, immigrants
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
haiti, africa, new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and captivating films with plots about society, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, immigrant, haunted by the past and culture clash mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Stones in the Sun: Drunkboat (2010), California Solo (2012), Five Star (2014), Tickling Leo (2009), Mother of George (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, sad
Plot:
family relations, single parent, haunted by the past, parents and children, youth, social relations, suburbs, coming of age, self discovery, teenage life, teenager, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself ...
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Plot:
music, haunted by the past, deportation, musician's life, introspection, life is a bitch, estrangement, society, drug, young love, musician, dancing ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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95%
582
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto life, haunted by the past, adolescence vs adulthood, society, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Drama - When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from WWII: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, holocaust, life is a bitch, memory loss, estrangement, parents and children, deportation, uncover truth, jew persecution, past, world war two, elderly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, visually stunning, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, immigrant, trying to get pregnant, society, couples, lifestyle, afrofuturism, african, female protagonist, parents and children, changing lives, cultural difference ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, africa
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, fish out of water, culture clash, family life, homecoming, society, family problems, terminal illness, parents and children, life is a bitch, under the surface, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, north korea, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
civil war, starting over, haunted by the past, social relations, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, family relations, mountain, coming of age, youth, hopes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa, appalachia
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Liberia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
‘What do you want?’ asks the trade union leader, to which the men respond as if with one voice: change! Life is hard work on Liberia’s rubber plantations and wages are meagre. Nothing has changed for generations, but now the workers are ...
Style:
contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot:
workplace, immigrant, realism, society, starting over, hopes, workplace situations, poverty, haunted by the past, new life, strike, plantation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
liberia, new york, africa, usa
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
on the road, parents and children, fish out of water, dishonesty, friendship, society, immigrant, hopes, starting over, family relations, culture clash, migration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, new york, france, africa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, inspirational, political ...
Plot:
vietnam war, human spirit, fighting the system, refugee, parents and children, political unrest, re-education, society, tragic hero, hopes, danger, military ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, california, indochina
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to ...
Style:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, dishonesty, haunted by the past, clergy, life is a bitch, family relations, priest, native, american indian, winter, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
impossible love, single parent, life is a bitch, love and romance, friendship, hopes, society, social relations, human spirit, misfit, mother son relationship, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different backgrounds try to make a new life for themselves, in Jamaica in this gutsy drama from ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
deportation, culture clash, homecoming, immigrant, life is a bitch, hopes, society, starting over, injustice, rivalry, self discovery, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jamaica, africa, england, canada, usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Gil Garcia is at the end of his life. Wounded and bleeding in a church confessional, he tells an unsuspecting Father Wade his tragic story. At a young age, Gil's father takes him to America in search of a better life, forcing him to leave the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
family problems, single parent, orphan, society, betrayal, terminal illness, starting over, murder, family in crisis, church, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
youth, single parent, family problems, working class, family relations, eviction, society, suburbs, parents and children, siblings relations, poverty, child ...
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
working class, society, life is a bitch, family relations, small town, unemployment, rivalry, social relations, parents and children, down on your luck, siblings relations, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, hokkaido
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, introspection, lifestyle, teenage life, youth, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, urban ghetto life, family life, siblings relations, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
college, family relations, redemption, college life, life is a bitch, starting over, homecoming, social relations, college friend, bittersweet, small town, mother son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, young lovers, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A film about a farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are in turmoil.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
farm hand, family relations, aging, immigrant, single parent, society, parents and children, farm, family life, human nature, working class, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a resilient and spirited young girl and her proud and dignified family, who are part of Ireland's "traveller" community.
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic
Plot:
life is a bitch, family relations, realism, misfit, youth, social misfits, parents and children, culture clash, society, resilience, single mother, discrimination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
49%
804
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In England, the Pakistanis Yasmin lives two lives in two different worlds: in her community, she wears Muslin clothes, cooks for her father and brother and has the traditional behavior of a Muslin woman. Further, she has a non-consumed marriage with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, culture clash, social differences, false accusation, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, parents and children, injustice, religions or cults, family in crisis ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
britain, pakistan, england
Similarity:
49%
752
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As Mark, Jen, Sylvia, and Jake navigate through their emotionally-arrested states, X/Y reveals the honest and wanton desire we all have to connect with someone and what is at stake when that connection fades.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
friends, city life, understanding, friendship, society, family relations, gay, best friend, urban, twentysomething life, friend, sex
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, britain
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A poor silk weaver promises his wife to dress their newborn daughter in a silk saree for her marriage. Facing systemic oppression and the vicissitudes of his fortune, he struggles to keep his word.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, jail, injustice, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes, political unrest, fighting the system, idealism, revolution, society, village ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, homecoming, moral dilemma, society, life is a bitch, working class, family relations, family problems, post traumatic stress disorder, ex soldier, urban, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
47%
331
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The only goal of an ageing Indian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Desi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.
Style:
multicultural, independent film, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
immigrant, interracial relations, culture clash, parents and children, siblings relations, family problems, family relations, society, introspection, bittersweet, daughter, son ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, india, new york, asia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
doctors and patients, culture clash, surgeon, workplace, discrimination, immigrant, ambition, society, hopes, hospital, parents and children, family relations ...
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
44%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A bag full of money lands in front of you. Is it luck? The answer to your prayers? Part of a predetermined plan? Or all of the above? Set in the chaotic streets of Istanbul, 40 is a story of three strangers making their way in a city of 12 million, ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
human nature, bag of money, society, change of luck, immigrant, culture clash, chase, down on your luck, rivalry, destiny, greed, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, nigeria, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
apartheid, missing person, politics, courtroom drama, state affairs, rivalry, haunted by the past, injustice, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
41%
719
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Life in a flimsy Tel Aviv apartment complex is a sour urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. The character's lives overlap and collide. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
couple relations, family relations, family problems, immigrant, social relations, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, infidelity, social differences, working class, culture clash, strong female lead ...
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
40%
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