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The Imam (2005)
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Original name: The İmam
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young and successful entrepreneur has difficulty in coming to terms with his religious upbringing. One day he is pushed into substitute for his ailing friend as the Imam of a small village.
Style:
thought provoking, religious drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, reflective, sincere, melancholic
Plot:
religious leader, turk, identity crisis, spiritual journey, faith, problem, moral dilemma, cultural conflict, introspection, switching roles, isolation, motorcycle, friend, young, turkish
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, melancholic and realistic films with plots about moral dilemma, problem, isolation, introspection, relationships, small town and character study mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Imam: Balloon (2019), Commitment Hasan (2021), The Road to Galena (2022), Fall (2014), Hesitation Wound (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 147 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of missionary Graham Staines who was martyred in India in 1999. “The Least of These” shares the story leading up to the murders of the Australian Christian missionary and his sons, Philip, 10, and Timothy, 6, who were helping a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A well-to-do London businesswoman gives up her comfortable life, including the man who loves her, to become a cloistered Benedictine nun.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london
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57%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Audience:
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Place:
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345
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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665
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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