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An Hour and a Half (2012)
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Original name: ساعة ونص
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, emotional, intense, tragic, period drama
Plot:
train wreck, catastrophe, accident, society, social problems, social issues, social realism, social commentary, poverty, claustrophobia, mourning, survival, minimalism, corruption, morality, urban, bureaucracy, catholic, daily life, arab, train
Place:
egypt
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, realistic and emotional films with plots about social problems, urban, survival, social commentary, life is a bitch, social realism and society mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like An Hour and a Half: Hello Forever (2013), Trap (2015), Into Deep Water (2011), Forgive Us Our Debts (2018), Young Adult Matters (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Follows Megan, who in a desperate attempt to keep her new job at a Welsh warehouse, presses Alys – who is pregnant – to get her "pick rate" up, putting her and her baby at risk.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
workplace, warehouse, job, life, worker, pregnant woman, social commentary, coworker, life is a bitch, social problems, new job, female protagonist ...
Place:
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Country: Australia, Philippines, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A group of social welfare workers led by their new director tries to provide necessary aid to people struggling with various problems.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
social issues, social worker, flood, assistant, workplace, community service, workplace situations, coworker, social problems, society, urban, empathy ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
Style:
sincere, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
desperation, debt, society, life is a bitch, rivalry, money, violence, redemption, escapades, life philosophy, adaptation, poverty ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The lives of four people from different walks of life is affected by a disastrous road accident. The regret, remorse and realisation these characters undergo makes the crux of the film.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
accident, regret, road accident, guilt, remorse, multiple storylines, social differences, society, crisis of conscience, tragic event, changing lives, social problems ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, poverty, teenager, social problems, life is a bitch, teenage pregnancy, coming of age, teenage life, social misfits, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three generations of New Orleans prostitute fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
prostitution, three generations, prostitute, fbi, women, street prostitution, female protagonist, generation, social issues, social problems, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, tragedy, newspaper, journalism, disaster, airplane crash, airplane accident, news reporter, accident, reporter, investigative reporter, job ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S. Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11…and the events of the September ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, uplifting, psychological ...
Plot:
hopes, starting over, immigrant, society, 9/11, urban, immigration, rivalry, xenophobia, green card, perseverance, identity crisis ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Larissa competed for the Rio Military Police in search of the ideal of “protecting the citizen”.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, military police, violence, realism, urban, social inequality, social problems, police officer, society, coworker, workplace situations, policewoman ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
political corruption, dam, disaster, landslide, corruption, corrupt official, tragic event, social relations, society, catastrophe, mourning, cover up ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, social problems, political unrest, murder, workplace, assassination, politics, class conflict, social realism, strike, national identity, urban ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young runaway ends up homeless with no choice but to try to survive life on the streets.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
street life, social issues, homeless, homelessness, social problems, lifestyle, city life, urban setting, realism, resilience, poverty, survival ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Allison Riley disappears. When the police refuse their requests, her parents, Joanna and Case, reluctantly hire John Belton, a private investigator with a reputation for questionable procedures and a dark past. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
human trafficking, kidnapping, abduction, sex slavery, sex trafficking, sexploitation, exploitation, kidnapped child, slavery, slave girl, predator, social issues ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, bleak, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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729
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot:
homelessness, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, family relations, misfit, unemployment, social misfits, society, family problems, poverty, hardship, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
thailand
Similarity:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in common, but they will unite for a greater good. When people start using explosives to fish on the edge of Salvador, Bahia, this group will do ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
drug dealer, police officer, multiple storylines, male female relationship, drug smuggling, society, life is a bitch, family problems, husband wife relationship, criminal, social problems, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, poignant, tense, political, bleak ...
Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A single mother gets entangled in a web of lies to protect her sons.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, religious drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, social commentary, hypocrisy, power struggle, ethical dilemma, fundamentalism, self discovery, life is a bitch, social problems, society, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. From working class origins, she has reached the top of her game. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, emotional, social, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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