Movies like Deep Breath
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Deep Breath (2003)
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Original name: نفس عمیق
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This is about two guys who are departed from their family in totally different ways, they are anti social and try to live in a large city without any money, one of them fall in love and another one got addicted.
Style:
melancholic, indie film, road movie, slow cinema, black comedy
Plot:
alienation, iranian, character study, isolation, slice of life, bittersweet, petty theft, social commentary, male friendship, minimalism, drug addiction, vandalism, love, family relations, city, friendship between men, persian
Place:
middle east, iran, persia
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Most similar movies to Deep Breath
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, psychological and realistic films with plots about persian, slice of life, character study, intimate, iranian, isolation and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Deep Breath: The Blue-Veiled (1995), White Nights (2003), Subdued (2017), I Feel Sleepy (2012), Bride of Fire (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Plot:
family drama, class conflict, class differences, forbidden love, elderly man, working class, bittersweet, moral dilemma, factory, sacrifice, intimate, widower ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young university professor, who leads a quiet and reclusive life and fills his life with reading and teaching literature, meet a young girl who has altered the course of her life for the sake of a man she loves. She has promised to meet her ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, poetic, melancholic, intellectual ...
Plot:
loneliness, separation, literary, character study, longing, young woman, memory, passion, university professor, bittersweet, intimate, sacrifice ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After her divorce Mina is in need to financial and emotional supporting. She meets a guy and thinks that this is the man of her dreams. But things are not just as their first seem to be.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, atmospheric, ambiguous ending
Plot:
divorced woman, restaurant, character study, female protagonist, minimalism, independent woman, intimate, loneliness, urban, social realism, slow burn, isolation ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reza is a naive and honest middle age teacher that has difficulties in communicating with women. He meets a gummies saleswoman
Style:
romantic comedy, indie film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher, socially awkward, iranian, empathy, character study, tenderness, wooing, slice of life, loneliness, everyday life, school, intimacy ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A tragedy in which a young woman from an Arab tribe, prevented from marrying her non-Arab Persian lover is forced against her wishes to marry her cousin.
Plot:
family relations, love, college, killing, islam, arab, river, tribe, dead wife, heretic, medical student, suicide ...
Place:
middle east, iran, persia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they have solved the big difference with the miracle of love ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, psychological, art house, realistic ...
Plot:
islam, character study, relationships, identity, compassion, introspection, intimate, empathy, acceptance, outsider, alienation, social realism ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rahman (Parviz Parastuyi) falls in love with a Christan woman from Lebanon. She was a Christan but she becomes Muslim before her second meeting with Rahman. So he decides to marry her.
Style:
romantic drama, thought provoking, serious, emotional, multicultural ...
Plot:
interfaith relationship, marriage, love story, identity, family drama, identity crisis, gender roles, ethical dilemma, tolerance, social commentary, iranian, wooing ...
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, lebanon
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.
Style:
islamic, spiritual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
iranian, family relations, teenage love, coming of age, writer's life, innocence lost, artists and showbiz, fall in love, love and romance, youth, politics, village life ...
Time:
90s, 1940s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on ...
Style:
neorealism, black and white, existential, melancholic, intense
Plot:
iranian, child abandonment, taxi driver, responsibility, ethical dilemma, poverty, social commentary, domestic drama, humanism, realism, working class, slice of life ...
Time:
60s
Place:
iran, tehran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Second part of the trilogy
Style:
contemplative, melancholic, indie film, art house
Plot:
character study, conflict, infidelity, isolation, intimacy, bittersweet, slice of life, loneliness, everyday life, road trip, escape, minimalism ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
southeast asia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a reclusive taxi driver in Tehran in the days leading up to an earthquake. He has chosen to distance himself from society and to be passive so as not to be hurt. Finally one of his passengers gives him enough motivation ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, psychological, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, taxi driver, loneliness, slice of life, introspection, intimate, nightlife, existential crisis, minimalism, slow burn, everyday life ...
Place:
tehran, middle east, iran
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It is about life of a young couple who want to migrate from their country. But the arrival of Nazli makes problems...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, melancholic, tense, tension ...
Plot:
migration, emigration, love triangle, domestic drama, marriage crisis, separation, exile, social commentary, nostalgia, intimate, infidelity, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tehran, iran, persia
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid secrets attend the party to find out what follows on the ...
Style:
tense, satirical, suspenseful, islamic
Plot:
domestic drama, character study, secrets, confrontation, high society, realism, infidelity, moral ambiguity, marriage, city life, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly knows, but he knows a lot about her life.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, poetic, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
nostalgia, introspection, longing, female protagonist, memory, identity, homecoming, secrets, literary, slice of life, regret, second chance ...
Place:
iran, persia, tehran
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman tries to mend the broken pieces of her last life, as she is now involved with a new sexual relationship with a man.
Style:
psychological, touching, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
family relations, single mother, female protagonist, love, school, boy, twists and turns, wedding, girl, fishing, debt, beach ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, greece
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother and wife is on the brink of an attack. Hengameh Tahareh Ghaziani lives with her husband, her son and daughter in a middle class neighborhood, and spends his days taking care of their needs.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, islamic
Plot:
iranian, wife, domestic drama, female protagonist, motherhood, intimate, social realism, realism, gender roles, slice of life, empathy, marriage ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second ...
Style:
anthology, realistic, melancholic, bleak, poignant ...
Plot:
poverty, disability, desperation, social realism, economic inequality, old age, mental illness, survival, exploitation, slice of life, working class, character study ...
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Eleven people, isolated from the outside world, communicate via screens. A son wants to hold the hand of his suffering mother. Love grows. A mother has abandoned her family. A therapist finds himself at the edge of ruin. A daughter connects with her ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure, psychological
Plot:
pandemic, family relations, epidemic, loneliness, isolation, family drama, quarantine, society, human nature, youth, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, reflective, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
iranian, love, motherhood, persian culture, compassion, death, family home, nostalgia, memory, loss, children, house ...
Place:
persia, iran, tehran iran, middle east
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An Iranian man tells the story of his life and lifelong love.
Style:
sentimental, heartfelt, melancholic, humorous, crying ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
flashback, divorce, nostalgia, life story, romantic obsession, bittersweet, character study, unrequited love, memory, slice of life, family drama, regret ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iran, persia, tehran
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Alam, a very profiled specialist in neurology and a successful surgeon, is drowned in his professional and social work, in a way that he has totally forgotten all about his son Saman. Samantha the beautiful nights of desert with it starfull sky ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, islamic
Plot:
father son relationship, desert, father son estrangement, father and son, alienation, estranged father, estrangement, life philosophy, family relations, iranian, hidden treasure, neurologist ...
Place:
persia, iran, middle east
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
I'm not Angry! is the story of Navid, a starred and expelled university student who - while trying to provide the least requirements of a normal life -, tries not to get angry when he is faced with the immoralities prevalent in the society, and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, bleak
Plot:
forbidden love, rebellion, society, social differences, love and romance, love, college student, youth, immorality, anger, execution, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Semih's girlfriend suddenly breaks up with him. In search of answers about their relationship, he must soon confront what he had long ignored.
Style:
emotional, romantic, dramatic, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couples, life, friend, love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, male female relationship, couple relations, self discovery, heartache, male protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, bittersweet, unlikely criminals, family relations, gangster, custody, single parent, single mother, character study, longing, loneliness, unrequited love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, venice, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young widow takes over her late husband’s truck stop café, keeping hidden in the kitchen so as not to cause a scandal in Iran’s conservative society. But her brother-in-law, out of familial obligation, wants to take her as a wife and also ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, islamic
Plot:
cafe, starting over, love affair, family relations, society, hopes, single parent, love and romance, immigrant, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, independent woman ...
Place:
iran, middle east, europe, asia, turkey ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
There is a woman who gets married, her husband buys a scooter on the same day, and later, he abandons both. The story is woven around the parallel lives of the scooter and the woman, who go through the same situation.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, independent film, art house
Plot:
woman, female protagonist, marriage, abandonment, character study, loss, loneliness, metaphor, domestic drama, symbolism, modern life, slice of life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, contemplative, melancholic, road movie ...
Plot:
sex, divorce, snake, desert, debt, male protagonist, iranian, branding iron, shame, marital problem, needing money, relationship problems ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east, iran, persia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Hungary, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retarded 55 year old man loses his mother, his only support and care. A Gypsy girl with questionable past joins him on his desperate cross border journey during which they develop a friendship and "come of age" - each their very own way.
Style:
road movie, poignant, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
friendship, empathy, character study, self discovery, loss, grief, coming of age, bittersweet, intimate, loneliness, mourning, identity ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans.
Style:
melancholic, disturbing, sentimental, islamic
Plot:
iranian, renaissance, dream, cinema, poverty, adaptation, worker, love, son, money, theater, lovers ...
Place:
persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran, tehran
Similarity:
42%
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