Movies like Alive 2019
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Alive (2019)
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Original name: جاندار
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage.
Style:
emotional, intense, tension, suspense, realistic, tragic
Plot:
wedding, family drama, murder, sacrifice, honor, tradition, guilt, family honor, marriage, courtroom, revenge, pregnancy, betrayal, justice, shame, patriarchy, moral dilemma, gender roles, tragic romance, death penalty, violence, manipulation, redemption, small town, empathy ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, intense and suspense films with plots about moral dilemma, family drama, small town, redemption, revenge, betrayal and justice mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Alive: Dangerous Intentions (1995), Trial on the Street (2009), The Corridor (2013), I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002), Dustland (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
Style:
independent film, emotional, psychological
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Just a few hours to his wedding, Amir, a lad from the south of Tehran, receives a call from his closest friend Habib who insist on meeting him to speak about an urgent issue. He rushes to Habib's works place and there listens to Habib's ...
Style:
tense, intense, emotional, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
wedding, betrayal, friendship, marriage, infidelity, lie, male protagonist, jealousy, moral dilemma, confrontation, family drama, secrets ...
Place:
tehran, iran, middle east
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Behzad, who has been in prison for manslaughter for a long time, has a son who does not know about him. When he is introduced, the son goes through a conflict. Then, as a family, they go to the victim's family seeking consent so Reza would be ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, tension, contemplative
Plot:
prison, execution, family drama, parent child relationship, family conflict, forgiveness, moral dilemma, retribution, justice, humanism, bittersweet, empathy ...
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Taraneh is a model 15-year-old Iranian girl, studious and filial, who supports her ailing grandmother with a job at a photo shop and visits her father (who has been imprisoned for reasons never made clear in the film) bearing gifts of cigarettes and ...
Style:
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Plot:
pregnancy, young mother, teenager, coming of age, female protagonist, divorce, social realism, family drama, gender roles, responsibility, class differences, resilience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
persia, iran, middle east
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The truth carries a heavy burden, whether it is said that it sets off a storm, or it remains in the heart that disturbs man. Between telling the truth and revealing a secret or being silent and expedient, one is preferable to the other.
Style:
emotional, tense, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
moral dilemma, secrets, moral ambiguity, tradition, reputation, honor, village life, social conflict, character study, family drama, small community, family honor ...
Place:
iran
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
King of the Travellers is a contemporary drama grounded in the traditions of the Irish traveller community and driven by emotive Shakespearean themes of love, betrayal, friendship and revenge. The story follows John Paul Moorehouse on his ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, intense, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot:
family feud, revenge, forbidden love, betrayal, investigation, justice, loyalty, small town, passion, subculture, family drama, tradition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly to resolve his issues but hooks up with the wrong people who blind him with anger and hate.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot:
family man, criminal, organized crime, changing lives, problem, life is a bitch, social problems, loss of control, desperation, redemption, moral ambiguity, character study ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
lovers apart, redemption, dysfunctional family, couples, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, rehabilitation, drug abuse, addiction, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This family drama deals with a case of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy, a fabricated illness. Stephanie is an apparently happy single mother of two daughters, Therese and Agnes, although the latter suffers from chronic health problems. When ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
manipulation, mother daughter relationship, family drama, investigation, grief, tragedy, family secret, suspicion, obsession, guilt, moral dilemma, intimate ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As he strives to make it on his own, Nick Ramsey has alienated his father by rejecting his upbringing and lifestyle. Now 25, Nick has been rejected by his girlfriend and vows to turn his life around.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, emotional, intense, tension ...
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, father son relationship, moral dilemma, self discovery, identity crisis, redemption, male protagonist, second chance, blue collar, regret, working class ...
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41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bullet Satyam is about a villager who has a strong desire to become an MPTC in his village. Satyam gets married to Premalatha and leads a happy life. Meanwhile, when Lata's father is going to his village, a gang attacks him and kills ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, suspense, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, village life, family drama, villager, loss, small town, whodunit, gang violence, grief, community, revenge, investigation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A woman hopes for the reunion of two families caught in the ideological battle between her righteous but hot-headed brother and her law-abiding husband.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, intense, suspense
Plot:
family drama, husband, sibling rivalry, justice, female protagonist, moral dilemma, family values, relationships, conflict, sister, vigilante, village ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
With the odds already not in her favor, Araya tells her side of the story while being interrogated for possibly killing the man who was responsible for her father's death.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica, Colombia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate.
Style:
emotional, psychological, tense, intense, realistic
Plot:
prisoner, family drama, prison, family conflict, confined, young girl, secret relationship, taboo, prison life, moral dilemma, female protagonist, empathy ...
Place:
costa rica
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A remote village has not had a previous boom for years. Residents have either been forced to migrate or are in poverty and misery, but the village has a new guest. But the village has a new...
Style:
tension, realistic, suspense, atmospheric
Plot:
village, conflict, social change, social realism, community, poverty, hopes, secrets, moral dilemma, getting home, female protagonist, transformation ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
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Story:
A woman named Mavi tries to kill the man who she thinks is her brother's killer (Ali) on their wedding day , although Ali is not his killer , he stayed in prison for 12 years to protect the real killer , his brother Cemal.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, dysfunctional family, family drama, prison, framed for murder, falsely accused, false accusation of murder, family problems, prisoner, brother brother relationship, family secret, life is a bitch ...
Place:
cappadocia turkey
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
What lies beyond Death? Does Justice indeed Prevail? The testing of your faith is more precious than gold. So, keep on believing.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Abhilash Sasidharan receives a summons warrant to appear in court for a case from his childhood. Desperate to learn the truth, he finds a small conflict snowballed into a larger one that changed the lives of everyone involved
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, neorealism
Plot:
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Place:
iran, tehran
Similarity:
32%
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Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Caught between tradition and his father's greed, prasad struggles to fulfill his dream of marriage.
Style:
emotional, sentimental
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, social commentary, sacrifice, moral dilemma, arranged marriage, family honor, empathy, personal growth, redemption, greed, coming of age ...
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, dramatic, sentimental, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, family honor, redemption, male protagonist, grief, forgiveness, moral dilemma, responsibility, mourning, loyalty, police chase ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, tense
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, moral ambiguity, family drama, guilt, identity, urban
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Bahar has divorced her husband and is now remarried living a new life. Her son from her previous marriage, Payam, has leukemia and now she must find her ex-husband in order to save her son no matter what it takes.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, medical drama, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
sacrifice, cancer, motherhood, family drama, leukemia, domestic drama, family conflict, treatment, ex husband, single mother, moral dilemma, hospital ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a man pursues a local woman, his relationship with her friend is misconstrued by the villagers.
Style:
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