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Sound of Silence (2025)
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Original name: 震耳欲聋
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lawyer Li Qi, driven by greed, becomes embroiled in a fraud case against deaf individuals, abandoning his deaf family background in pursuit of fame and fortune.
Style:
suspense, tragic
Plot:
moral dilemma, courtroom, betrayal, conscience, greed, moral corruption, family drama, ethics, social justice, sign language, identity crisis, character study, alienation, human rights, reputation, empathy, urban, controversy, cultural conflict
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, suspense, realistic and tense films with plots about moral dilemma, betrayal, family drama, urban, character study, courtroom and corruption mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Sound of Silence: 44 (2007), What Happened to Bobby Earl? (1997), Raajadhani Files (2024), Happy Together (2008), The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
87
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Based on true events, 44 is the story of Migs, an 18 year old high school student trapped between the two opposing forces of his father, a drug dealer and convicted felon, and his mother, an NYPD cop.
Style:
dramatic, crime drama, realistic, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, family conflict, double life, coming of age, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, drug trade, moral dilemma, mother son relationship, betrayal, ambition ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Rose Earl is proud as a peacock when Bobby, her eldest, whom she raised, like his kid brother Michael, to become moral men an model citizens, is the first member of the modest family ever to get accepted at college. It will take a while till she ...
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
missing person, mother son relationship, family tragedy, family drama, peer pressure, betrayal, guilt, investigation, moral corruption, moral dilemma, loss, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Based on the conflict of the farmers fighting with the government after selflessly giving their land to build the states capital.
Style:
realistic, intense, emotional, political thriller, political drama ...
Plot:
betrayal, social commentary, government corruption, protest, social justice, activism, bureaucracy, village life, power struggle, legal battle, ethics, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin is a successful man with a well-paid job at a pharmaceutical company. He lives with his family in an upscale neighborhood of a Belgian city, and is already making plans for another home in Tuscany, Italy. However, soon after he becomes the ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, intense, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
embezzlement, family drama, corruption, corporate world, guilt, betrayal, pharmaceutical company, urban, moral dilemma, suburban life, shame, workplace ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgium, italy
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
chaplain, navy, court martial, courtroom, moral dilemma, courtroom drama, reputation, scandal, character study, religion, investigation, conscience ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Obinna, an African refugee in Canada, faces deportation in 30 days. When all hope seems lost, a chance confrontation with Timothy, his terminally ill landlord, provides him an opportunity to remain in the country. Timothy who is a former immigration ...
Style:
realistic, poignant, tense, intense, independent film ...
Plot:
deportation, refugee, immigration, immigrant, moral dilemma, character study, identity, moral ambiguity, redemption, terminal illness, desperation, deadline ...
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, africa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, tragic
Plot:
family drama, orphan, marriage, family honor, gender roles, moral dilemma, female protagonist, domestic violence, children, social criticism, social realism, conscience ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, France
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a ...
Style:
art house, political drama
Plot:
marriage crisis, social commentary, political persecution, family drama, realism, human rights, moral dilemma, domestic drama, city life, compromise, identity crisis, reputation ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
56%
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389
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic law.
Style:
romantic drama, intense, suspense, tense, period drama
Plot:
love triangle, redemption, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, double life, iranian, character study, cultural conflict, desperation, male protagonist, realism, reformation ...
Place:
iran
Similarity:
56%
2K
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, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
wedding, family drama, marriage, guilt, sacrifice, murder, courtroom, tradition, honor, family honor, revenge, justice ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his womanizing and bigamy begin to come ...
Style:
romantic drama, suspense
Plot:
bigamy, airline, adultery, double life, infidelity, deception, family drama, family secret, polygamy, travel, character study, moral dilemma ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
Style:
emotional, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sexual harassment, female protagonist, stalking, office politics, social justice, confrontation, character study, moral dilemma, stalker, investigation, trial, courtroom ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
When a tired factory worker Christo Panov (Oleg Borisov) going home from work gets embroiled with a dispute with a bus driver, leading to threats of assault by the driver, that's bad enough. Then an irate passenger files charges against the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, bleak, political ...
Plot:
witness, defamation, factory worker, conscience, ethics, moral dilemma, responsibility, social injustice, intimidation, legal battle, realism, social realism ...
Place:
bulgaria, eastern europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
Vijay Choudhury lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife, Laxmi, and step-brother, Ravi. Although Vijay and Laxmi have been married for several years, they have no children, and as a result Laxmi is shunned and humiliated in the entire town of ...
Style:
tear jerker, sentimental
Plot:
motherhood, family drama, moral dilemma, child custody, sacrifice, identity crisis, village life, family honor, empathy, loyalty, jealousy, brotherhood ...
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46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the "emotional quotient" or the ability to bounce back from adverse, tragic circumstances. Witold has been ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, intellectual, tragic
Plot:
corruption, grief, character study, moral dilemma, family drama, existential crisis, bureaucracy, frustration, social realism, betrayal, class struggle, anti hero ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
eastern europe, poland, himalaya
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
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:
religious drama, inspirational, reflective, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
faith, police brutality, hopes, forgiveness, religious, spirituality, resurrection, redemption, justice, miraculous event, moral dilemma, resilience ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two brothers of German heritage live in the Polish town of Poznan. Michal is the sensitive brother who likes literature, Andrzej is the daredevil with no intellectual bent, and between the two of them, they steal the German consul's ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, melancholic, political thriller, pre war ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
political conflict, family drama, sibling rivalry, brothers, moral dilemma, conscience, coming of age, identity crisis, betrayal, nazism, consul, occupation ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, period drama
Plot:
corruption, school, director, theft, fraud, crisis of faith, stealing money, con artists, female protagonist, money, stolen money, loss of faith ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
london
Similarity:
44%
65
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After her car is towed and she is left with a shocking $21,634 tow bill, an unhoused woman wages a relentless fight to reclaim her car—and her life—exposing a broken system and redefining what it means to persevere against all odds.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, emotional, tension, independent film
Plot:
homelessness, legal battle, female protagonist, resilience, perseverance, economic inequality, social justice, empowerment, survival, class conflict, poverty, human rights ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As a noted filmmaker’s infidelity becomes a media firestorm, his fractured family privately navigates the fallout of his actions for years to come.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, infidelity, extramarital affair, family relations, social problems, family reunited, love affair, life is a bitch, love interest, lifestyle, eccentric family, male protagonist ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two intertwined families, one American, one Mexican, and their fight to save three year old illegal Angelina from deportation.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, intercultural, political, tense ...
Plot:
immigration, deportation, family bonds, social issues, undocumented immigrant, human rights, child protagonist, justice, cultural conflict, legal battle, empathy, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dancer asks a politician with whom she once had an affair to use his influence on her behalf.
Style:
emotional, tense, political drama, period drama
Plot:
dance, reputation, political intrigue, election campaign, power struggle, scandal, moral dilemma, controversy, affair, social commentary, female protagonist, morality ...
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
Similarity:
41%
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157
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one ...
Style:
reflective, existential, art house
Plot:
infidelity, guilt, family drama, melancholy, hit and run, multiple perspectives, accident, regret, loneliness, moral dilemma, slice of life, conscience ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.
Style:
serious, intense, tense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
prosecutor, courtroom, justice, moral dilemma, evidence, ethics, investigation, social commentary, witness, suspicion, corruption, redemption ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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72
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. He takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it’s the only way he can ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
character study, struggle, working class, resilience, blue collar, unemployment, survival, empathy, family drama, social realism, social commentary, economic crisis ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
18
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, tension, suspense, tragic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, suspense, grim, psychological
Plot:
trust, stranger, secrets, deception, betrayal, family drama, dairy farm, character study, moral dilemma, parenthood, everyday life, small town life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Alex is a comrade and an active communist leader. Due to some unfortunate events, Alex gets arrested and is imprisoned but is compelled to come out on Parole to solve a mystery he left behind.
Style:
tense, intense, crime thriller, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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