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Exodus (2023)
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A professional smuggler tries to save a 12-year-old girl whose family has gone missing in the Syrian war.
Style:
tense, emotional, suspense, realistic, political thriller, noir, road movie
Plot:
human trafficking, survival, smuggler, desperation, political conflict, rescue mission, trust, border crossing, moral ambiguity, betrayal, child protagonist, mercenary, evacuation, smuggling, family relations, girl, refugee, 12 year old
Place:
middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, suspense and crime drama films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, survival, desperation, urban, family drama and moral dilemma mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Exodus: Seaburners (2014), Djibouti (2021), Cargo (2017), Sipahi (2024), Rose Gold (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Denise, a botanist, is working in the swamps in a part of Turkey, planting and researching local flora. In her evenings she sometimes meets with her lover Hamit, a simple man at first glance. But he is making his living with human trafficking which ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, tense, crime drama, bleak ...
Plot:
human trafficking, secrets, moral ambiguity, exploitation, desperation, smuggling, poverty, betrayal, social realism, survival, isolation, character study ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, black sea
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Hannah, a Djiboutian girl visits Kerala. She becomes friends with Loui and Aby who are living in Idukki district of Kerala. She arranges job for her friends in Djibouti, an African country. The problems faced by them there and how they plan to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
immigration, social realism, survival, friendship, exploitation, female protagonist, escape, hopes, escape plan, young adult, small town life, desperation ...
Place:
india, africa
Similarity:
85%
95
Genre: Drama
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Bahamian Fisherman with a gambling addiction in Nassau takes a job smuggling Haitians to Florida in a desperate ploy to support his family.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, crime drama, tension ...
Plot:
smuggling, social problems, smuggler, life is a bitch, gambler, family problems, money problems, human trafficking, desperation, illegal immigration, gambling addiction, social commentary ...
Place:
bahamas, caribbean, florida
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Agent Korkut Ali Türkoglu, trained by the National Intelligence Organization, uncovers crucial information about plans concerning Turkey.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, dark, fast paced ...
Plot:
spy thriller, intelligence agency, national security, espionage, surveillance, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, cat and mouse, investigation, urban, male protagonist, undercover ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
74%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
White Powder is an award-winning, riveting micro-budget, independent, British gangsta film. It is set in modern-day, multi-cultural London and features a very diverse cast. It follows the story of 2 young lovers, who try to outwit a bunch of London ...
Style:
independent film, crime drama, crime thriller, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
cocaine, gangster, criminal underworld, street life, power struggle, young lovers, love story, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, suspicion, survival ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, post war, world war, war veteran, smuggling, desert, moral ambiguity, black market, air force, betrayal, corruption, desperation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946
Place:
north africa, africa, algeria
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
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:
single mother, parent child relationship, protective mother, deception, family relations, family problems, social problems, single parent, life is a bitch, female protagonist, financial problem, children ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Myanmar, Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand border and arrive in a remote town called Dagudi in Northern Thailand. A-Hong's sister is taken away ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, independent film, art house, tense ...
Plot:
border crossing, illegal immigration, social realism, poverty, desperation, exploitation, drug traffic, survival, frustration, hopelessness, rescue mission, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman returns his family home after eight years in exile avoiding the terrorism of the ETA.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
terrorism, exile, family home, family drama, homecoming, danger, fear, trauma, identity, reconciliation, paranoia, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It is a story of 4 different characters and their lives gets entangled in a Bank robbery by one of them and what happens with the loot.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, crime drama, tense, twisted ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, betrayal, greed, moral dilemma, heist gone wrong, investigation, cat and mouse, urban, law enforcement, multiple perspectives, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Palestinian refugee attempting to avoid deportation.
Style:
realistic, independent film, serious, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
deportation, refugee, survival, social commentary, moral dilemma, persecution, immigration, human rights, social realism, sacrifice, justice, identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
scotland, middle east
Similarity:
52%
14
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
desperation, survival, mother daughter relationship, mob boss, female protagonist, organized crime, violence, urban, underworld, corruption, crime family, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the Brazilian countryside, a family straining to care for their bedridden patriarch have their lives changed when a shady nurse offers a diabolical deal: put their elder to rest and host an Argentinian drug kingpin who urgently needs a place to ...
Style:
tense, dark comedy, suspense, grim, satirical ...
Plot:
family drama, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, desperation, small community, drug cartel, criminal underworld, claustrophobia, poverty, nurse, betrayal, isolation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dave Connolly is a respected member of the Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help.
Style:
realistic, suspense, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
ex convict, moral dilemma, sibling relationship, family drama, justice, police corruption, brother, loyalty, homelessness, moral ambiguity, life changing experience, twists and turns ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a former fistfighter Madis leaves the prison, he feels he will get another chance in life. Nothing can go wrong this time. Madis will be accompanied by his nephew who has something completely opposite in his mind. A game begins where both the ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, realistic, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
second chance, released from prison, ex convict, moral ambiguity, redemption, conflict, character study, moral dilemma, rehabilitation, prison, bittersweet, violence ...
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Story:
Many things can go wrong, or not , when a drug addict , a prostitute and a singer past his prime come together to rob their employer.
Style:
crime drama, emotional, tense, crime thriller, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
desperation, moral ambiguity, heist, addiction, street life, survival, character study, realism, anti hero, prostitution, mature, urban ...
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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 ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A hardworking lorry driver who works at an old paper mart learns about the presence of a bomb and does everything he can to stop it from exploding.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
bomb, problem, bomb threat, driver, truck driver, threat, moral dilemma, social realism, working class, humanism, empathy, anti war ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A struggling cab driver is falsely accused of a major crime by the police, and is forced to prove his innocence to both, a brutal police force and a divided society. A single night leaves a family of three stranded in the middle of a fight
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, bleak, noir
Plot:
police corruption, wrongful accusation, false arrest, urban, class conflict, social injustice, desperation, family drama, father son relationship, survival, moral ambiguity, isolation ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, melancholic, tense, tension ...
Plot:
coming of age, uncle nephew relationship, border crossing, poverty, migration, family drama, illegal immigration, loss of innocence, friendship, juvenile delinquency, survival, coyote ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows ...
Style:
grim, bleak, road movie, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
guilt, moral ambiguity, trauma, survival, fear, corruption, claustrophobia, isolation, minimalism, suspicion, smuggling, truck ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade, kosovo
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that employed her is taken over, subject to the laws of capitalism, Karine will have to choose between being true to herself, or lie to protect herself and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, tense
Plot:
moral dilemma, motherhood, female protagonist, parent child relationship, empathy, social realism, domestic drama, moral ambiguity, single mother, capitalism, housekeeper, working class ...
Similarity:
45%
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189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot ...
Style:
crime drama, bleak, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
addiction, drug traffic, temptation, drug dealer, drug use, loss of innocence, family tragedy, urban, cautionary tale, moral ambiguity, desperation, character study ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Just before the election, the sudden death of the son of the chief minister and a girl ignites a media frenzy and public speculation. This clash of egos sparks a covert investigation by retired IAS officers.
Style:
political thriller, tense, intense, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
media frenzy, investigation, election campaign, suspicion, conspiracy, cover up, bureaucracy, corruption, power struggle, journalism, scandal, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old boy, whose single mother moved her family from the big city to a small town, begins to suspect that a stranger who befriends his family is not who he initially appears to be. Harry Hamlin, Graham Green, Rebecca Jenkins and Trevor ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, emotional, realistic
Plot:
small town, suspicion, coming of age, mistrust, child protagonist, paranoia, outsider, family drama, threat, secrets, betrayal, protective mother ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
bleak, emotional, tense, crime thriller, realistic ...
Plot:
identity, immigrant, drug traffic, pimp, loyalty, loss, desperation, street life, organized crime, gang, tragedy, violence ...
Place:
germany, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in Vietnam and Germany, This Is Love centers on Chris and the nine-year-old Jenjira on the run from the mafia. Together with his friend Holger, Chris bought the young Vietnamese girl's freedom from human traffickers – without actually ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, forced prostitution, sex trafficking, human trafficking, criminal, investigation, organized crime, escape, danger, moral ambiguity, smuggling, pursuit ...
Place:
germany, vietnam, bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving 10 years in prison for murder, Jenny returns to society. She wants to live a quiet life and resume her responsibilities as a mother, but soon shadows from the past start to appear.
Style:
realistic, suspense, serious, touching, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, hopes, mother daughter relationship, starting over, haunted by the past, family relations, adoption, murder, criminal heroes, drug dealing, strong female character, ex convict ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, bleak, political drama
Plot:
boy, poverty, father son relationship, realism, escape, refugee, illness, desperation, border crossing, survival, separation, humanitarian ...
Place:
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