Movies like Sun in My Eyes
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Sun in My Eyes (2015)
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Original name: Con il sole negli occhi
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After her longtime marriage ends painfully, a lawyer finds new purpose by working at a refugee center, where she meets a child that changes her life.
Style:
emotional, realistic, reflective, uplifting, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
personal growth, refugee, empathy, divorce, healing, child protagonist, immigration, female protagonist, compassion, resilience, humanitarian, hopes, lawyer, children, caregiver, redemption, social justice, identity, integration, slice of life, trauma, intimate, community center, urban, social services ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
italy
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Most similar movies to Sun in My Eyes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and independent film films with plots about intimate, slice of life, resilience, personal growth, identity, redemption and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Sun in My Eyes: Akoni (2021), Grief Share (2024), A Golden Boy (2014), Lilian's Story (1996), Temporary Difficulties (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Nigerian refugee struggles to integrate into Australian society after escaping the clutches of Boko Haram, until he meets a woman who opens her home, and ultimately her heart, to him.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic
Plot:
refugee, immigration, compassion, trauma, struggle, house, identity, empathy, survival, resilience, humanitarian, hopes ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
"Grief Share" centers around a diverse group of individuals who are brought together by their mutual desire to heal. Each member of the class has experienced a profound loss and each individual's story parallels the parables of Jesus.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sincere, reflective, spiritual ...
Plot:
grief, faith healing, loss, healing, bereavement, support group, hopes, empathy, mourning, faith based, religious, community ...
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83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets a publisher who wants to release his dad's autobiography.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, sad, bad ending, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
male protagonist, autobiography, father son relationship, loss of father, unfulfilled love, mental disorder, book, femme fatale, old woman, grief, identity, coming of age ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney ...
Style:
reflective, uplifting, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, compassion, resilience, personal growth, self discovery, independence, mental health, heartwarming, slice of life, redemption, intimate, second chance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
A short film that tells the story of three older men who come into the same restaurant on Wednesday mornings at the same time every week. The story is told from the perspective of Megan, the newly hired waitress at the restaurant that takes classes ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, uplifting, independent film
Plot:
restaurant, empathy, humanity, compassion, routine, personal growth, slice of life, intimate, friendship, faith, bittersweet, healing ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Sasha Korolev has a congenital disorder. The boy’s father has chosen what seemed to him the only correct way to put the son on his feet: to treat him like a healthy person. “You’re not a patient, you have temporary difficulties”. Eating, ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, realistic, heartfelt, reflective ...
Plot:
boy, childhood, parents and children, rise to the top, father son relationship, human spirit, personal growth, family drama, family conflict, resilience, perseverance, working class ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Story:
When a retired police inspector, who suffers from agoraphobia, receives an eviction notice, he befriends a homeless boy and together they come up with a plan to get rid of his phobia.
Style:
heartfelt, psychological, emotional, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
mental health, isolation, agoraphobia, friendship, healing, recovery, bonding, redemption, loneliness, homelessness, personal growth, character study ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
PENDULUM SWINGS follows a man into a dark place in his life - a place at which he arrives through a combination of bad decisions and forces beyond his control. When he finally hits bottom, he is presented with an opportunity to climb out of his ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, serious, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, redemption, empathy, second chance, character study, recovery, moral dilemma, morality, healing, resilience, self destructing, humanity ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Molly and Tim are happy newlyweds, but an unexpected miscarriage threatens to tear them apart until they meet Kristin, a pregnant homeless girl in need of a family.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, grief, miscarriage, empathy, loss, homelessness, motherhood, marriage, compassion, healing, social issues, domestic drama ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Pavel Zuev has to start his life over from darkness after he looses his sight. The young man has to learn again how to eat, walk, wash himself, do simple housework, and even how to look out of the window without seeing anything. All connections to ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sincere, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
loss of eyesight, blindness, hopes, relationships, blind man, disability, personal growth, empathy, life is a bitch, starting over, social problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
57%
94
Genre: Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tells a story about a special child, Ashraf or Jibam, who is a little dull of his mind, but has a hidden privileges.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
innocence, child protagonist, compassion, empathy, acceptance, family drama, underdog, mental disorder, relationships, slice of life, intimate, family values ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, motivational
Plot:
responsibility, self discovery, family drama, personal growth, sacrifice, redemption, male protagonist, midlife crisis, second chance, parenting, resilience, intimate ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by helping each other out. One night, they secretly board a ship bound for New York to reach ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, neorealism, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
post war, journey, immigration, struggle, social realism, hopes, resilience, working class, poverty, coming of age, friendship, survival ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
new york, naples italy, italy
Similarity:
52%
10K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
After losing her home and all that she's known, a widowed Turkish woman finds herself in an unexpected love affair with a young Syrian refugee in Istanbul.
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
refugee, female protagonist, widow, hopes, syrian refugee, grief, compassion, loneliness, immigration, urban, new love, character study ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
52%
198
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, sincere, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, redemption, parents and children, starting over, hopes, family relations, friendship, empathy, realism, character study, isolation, independence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
LifeStories is a film about 6 short stories taking the audience through the lives of the protagonists. Oscillating between joy, companionship, loneliness, camaraderie, guilt and unadulterated love.
Style:
emotional, anthology, realistic, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
slice of life, relationships, loneliness, love, empathy, bittersweet, intimate, everyday life, companionship, guilt, mature, regret ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Sweden, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A recovering alcoholic on a pilgrimage meets two young refugees who are trying to find their father. Their struggles during the trip from Poland to France will forever change their lives.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
alcoholic, alcoholism, search for father, journey, social problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, redemption, recovery, refugee, family drama, personal growth ...
Place:
poland, france, eastern europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Film Revolves around 12 year old kid, who has some physical disabilities. Due to this, his life becomes abnormal. Thus, film portrays his life incidents.
Style:
gujarati, emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
disabled child, urban, child protagonist, physical disability, empathy, handicapped, adolescence, teenage protagonist, relationship problems, disability, teenager, problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
839
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, France, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jacqueline, a young refugee, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island where she tries to survive, then to cope with her past. While gathering her strength, she begins a friendship with a rootless tour guide and together they find the resilience ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
hopes, friendship, refugee, connection, character study, love story, male female relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships, love interest, couples ...
Place:
greece, liberia
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Damián, an 11-year-old boy who is separated from his violent family, is taken to live in a children's home by state intervention. Accompanied by Leandro, a social worker with a personal story similar to his, Damián will have to accept that ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological
Plot:
social issues, domestic violence, coming of age, childhood, trauma, foster home, children's home, healing, intimate, social worker, empathy, resilience ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes ...
Style:
emotional, touching, poignant, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
solitude, personal growth, self discovery, diary, female protagonist, confession, bittersweet, coming of age, resilience, intimate, identity, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Each morning Donya leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California. She crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Donya drifts through her routine, struggling to connect with the ...
Style:
black and white, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, refugee, fortune cookie, us military, translator, immigrant, racial prejudice, loneliness, insomnia, u.s. army, army, war ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
afghanistan, bay area, california, san francisco
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Juliet and her daughter Aparna live in Kerala, while Juliet’s husband Nandan works abroad. Nandan decides to move back to Kerala, and it changes the lives of the mom-daughter duo.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, melancholic, contemplative
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family drama, female protagonist, parenting, getting home, healing, estrangement, emigration, homecoming, reconciliation, forgiveness, intimate ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 198 min.
Story:
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
elderly couple, nurse, female protagonist, loneliness, character study, caregiver, relationship problems, elderly, physician, changing lives, isolation, healing ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Follows three characters from diverse backgrounds in their mid twenties. How consequences arise because of their flaws and what struggles they go through?
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, melancholic
Plot:
young adult, coming of age, self discovery, personal growth, relationships, slice of life, identity crisis, intimate, realism, regret, friendship, urban ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Andrés, a music teacher diagnosed with cancer, seeks treatment at a hospital in the city. His travels there on a singular, dilapidated bus accompanied by other cancer patients. It soon becomes an extraordinary experience, giving him new friends and ...
Style:
life affirming, emotional, uplifting, inspirational, medical drama ...
Plot:
friendship, hopes, cancer, compassion, self discovery, healing, resilience, humanism, personal growth, hospital, intimate, second chance ...
Place:
spain, basque country, madrid
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
A troubled young man battles his inner demons as he seeks redemption and a second chance in his life.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, second chance, self discovery, personal growth, soul searching, regret, coming of age, trauma, moral dilemma, loss, isolation, identity ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the unforgiving shadows of sympathy, Ganesh Gangadharan, a paraplegic designer, wrestles with his inner demons, striving for a semblance of normalcy.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, intense, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
disability, paraplegic, resilience, introspection, character study, healing, isolation, identity, redemption, empathy, grief, loss ...
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