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Brick Lane (2007)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).
Style:
realistic, psychological, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, intercultural, sincere, touching, serious, independent film
Plot:
immigrant, love triangle, family relations, love affair, society, village, racism, fall in love, sister sister relationship, loss of mother, self discovery, migration, moral dilemma, female protagonist, railway, exile, woman, immigration, culture shock, drowning, arranged marriage, love and romance, village life, couples, infidelity ...
Time:
year 2007, september 11 2001, 80s, contemporary
Place:
london, bangladesh, england, europe, india, buckingham palace
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about family relations, love and romance, couples, society, couple relations, parents and children and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Brick Lane: Yasmin (2004), Choker Bali: A Passion Play (2003), Second Generation (2003), Strawberry Fields (2012), Belonging (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
804
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In England, the Pakistanis Yasmin lives two lives in two different worlds: in her community, she wears Muslin clothes, cooks for her father and brother and has the traditional behavior of a Muslin woman. Further, she has a non-consumed marriage with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, culture clash, social differences, false accusation, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, parents and children, injustice, religions or cults, family in crisis ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
britain, pakistan, england
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Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
love triangle, family relations, parents and children, family life, greed, forbidden love, family problems, couples, love and romance, infidelity, family in crisis, lovers reunited ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Strawberry Fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex story of lust, rivalry and liberation. A seemingly carefree ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
rivalry, family relations, siblings relations, coming of age, love and romance, youth, countryside, farm, love triangle, fall in love, innocence lost, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
50%
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419
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relatives, including his mother (Rosemary Harris). Though the relations are demanding, kindhearted ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, touching
Plot:
love affair, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, couples, betrayal, love and romance, working class, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's July 1981, the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana. In a small Welsh town where her fifteen-year-old daughter Tammy has organized a street party, Linda Caddock recently made redundant and married to wannabe singer and all-round dreamer ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
working class, society, gender, feminism, social relations, social differences, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, wedding, family drama, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begins to fight, largely due to cultural and ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, thought provoking, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
feminist, woman peeing, woman urinating, feminism, family relations, wedding, bittersweet, college, racism, parents and children, on the road, family gatherings ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, europe, london ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in France attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasingly complex view of the outside world.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
self discovery, culture clash, lifestyle, love and romance, society, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, social differences, infidelity, youth, male female relationship ...
Place:
middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.
Style:
period piece, independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
polyamory, open relationship, pregnancy, polygamy, love affair, pregnant woman, relationships, farm, power relations, couples, family relations, society ...
Time:
edwardian era, year 1991, 19th century, turn of the century, 1900s
Place:
ireland, europe, england
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, emotional, serious, cute ...
Plot:
family relations, immigrant, self discovery, family problems, against the rules, society, life is a bitch, conservative, unhappy marriage, reconciliation, parents and children, marital rape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, turkey, europe, berlin germany, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
48%
236
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Housewife Katalin Munk (Johanna ter Steege) has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János (Andor Lukáts) arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot:
self discovery, life turned upside down, love affair, couples, family relations, family problems, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, parents and children, breakup, mental breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
budapest, istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere
Plot:
love affair, impossible love, immigrant, couples, fall in love, couple relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance, society, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Japan, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
“The World” is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital, designed around scaled representations of the world’s famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The site is seen ...
Style:
sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot:
fall in love, self discovery, social relations, society, amusement park, wedding, couples, bittersweet, immigrant, innocence lost, prostitute, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
china, tibet, new york, usa, asia ...
Similarity:
48%
260
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, girl, minimal dialogue, family relations, nudity, religions or cults, family problems, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, mind bending ...
Plot:
hallucination, family relations, missing person, coastal town, female protagonist, brother, minimalism, self discovery, coming of age, strong female presence, defiant, obsessive quest ...
Time:
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Place:
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47%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, friends, love affair, social relations, village, village life, fall in love, family relations, stranger, rivalry, love and romance, alcoholism ...
Time:
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Place:
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589
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
youth, alcoholic mother, mother daughter relationship, starting over, moral dilemma, love affair, society, love and romance, couples, fall in love, teenage life, love triangle ...
Time:
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Place:
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47%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
village, coming of age, world war one, skinny dipping, childhood, youth, society, friendship, village life, teenager, military police, anti war ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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712
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, breakup, crumbling marriage, love and romance, family problems, sister, death in the family, sister sister relationship, female nudity, alienation, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, self discovery, redemption, couples, hopes, moral dilemma, family relations, love, love triangle, society, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern means of communication.' All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's teenage kids, who are going through their own journeys of ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman claims she had an affair with John F. Kennedy.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, serious
Plot:
love triangle, politics, love affair, dishonesty, head of state, couples, infidelity, rivalry, state affairs, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A woman breaks with traditional Muslim culture by living with her boyfriend before getting married, but when the relationship ends, she must face the harsh consequences of being an outcast in her community.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, contemplative, gloomy ...
Plot:
lovers apart, against the rules, self discovery, rebellion, social decay, love and romance, couple relations, religions or cults, love triangle, society, life is a bitch, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soldier, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, destiny, wartime life, family relations, couples, human nature, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Italy, Germany, Russia, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
couples, politics, love affair, parents and children, hopes, couple relations, love triangle, state affairs, society, introspection, love and romance, political unrest ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
kazakhstan, greece, new york, canada, russia ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, psychological, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, murder, teenage life, coming of age, parents and children, teenage love, family life, youth, bittersweet, death, father son relationship, world war two
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"Book a coffee", is an offbeat library cum coffee shop. It is owned and run by Leela Krishnamoorthy, a middle aged widow. She herself is as interesting and free spirited as the café she runs! Amaya, Leelas only child is a fire-brand 22 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film, f word
Plot:
couple relations, self discovery, love and romance, friendship, introspection, couples, family relations, infidelity, family life, love affair, parents and children, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, delhi
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
love, sin, circus, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time:
50s, year 1992
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ash is a man torn between two worlds, that of his family and friends and the other, of his dreams. This is his story set across London with it's fast paced nightlife and run ins with the law all caught on camera from the Director of Kidulthood.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, multicultural ...
Plot:
self discovery, society, radio dj, family problems, hopes, suburbs, parents and children, nightclub, hip hop, coming of age, choice, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, young lovers, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
46%
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