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Himalaya (1999)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, UK, Nepal
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
As the denizens of a Tibetan village prepare for their arduous annual trek to exchange salt for grain, the community's allegiances are split between aging chieftain Tinle (Thilen Lhondup) and rebellious young Karma (Gurgon Kyap). Tinle tries to maintain his clout and preserve obedience to ancient customs when Karma challenges the old man's power.
Style:
road movie, independent film, atmospheric, spiritual, dramatic, tense, sincere, epic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
buddhism, nature, mountain, coming of age, survival, mountaineer, mountaineering, buddhist, travel, religion, climbing, on the road, spirituality, camel, human rights, cold weather, monk, monastery, rivalry, hiking, buddhist monk, family relations, parents and children, leadership, escapades ...
Time:
90s
Place:
himalaya, tibet, nepal, asia, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Himalaya
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, atmospheric and captivating films with plots about family relations, coming of age, society, self discovery, parents and children, on the road and survival mostly in Drama, Adventure and Biography genres. Some movies like Himalaya: Paths of the Soul (2015), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), The Horse Thief (1986), Samsara (2001), Little Buddha (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
PATHS OF THE SOUL follows a group of Tibetan villagers who leave their families and homes to make a "bowing pilgrimage" — laying their bodies flat on the ground after every few steps — along the 2,000-kilometre road to Lhasa. Though ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
pilgrimage, travel, social relations, relationships, pilgrim, faith, family relations, wildlife, life is a bitch, society, mountain, religion ...
Place:
tibet, china
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a ...
Style:
breathtaking, philosophical, epic, spiritual, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
buddhism, beautiful scenery, mountain, expedition, traveler, biopic, world war two, life philosophy, spirituality, wanderlust, travel, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place:
tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing from the temple, he and his family are banished. Impoverished and marginalized, they can do little when ...
Style:
spiritual, poetic
Plot:
minimal dialogue, spirituality, entertainment, cowboy, thief, horse, survival, dancer, poverty, temple, theft, isolation ...
Time:
year 1986, 1920s
Place:
china, tibet, himalaya
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: India, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.
Style:
philosophical, sexy, captivating, atmospheric, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
buddhism, monk, zen, self discovery, buddha, human nature, hopes, buddhist, buddhist monk, temptation, culture clash, social differences ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
asia, tibet, himalaya, india
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment - Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok ...
Style:
slow cinema, spiritual, psychedelic, aesthetic, thinking ...
Plot:
buddhism, zen, buddhist monk, mountain, buddhist, monk, spirituality, meditation, religion, boy, minimal dialogue, little boy ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
tibet, korea, asia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Liechtenstein, UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Little Buddha is a movie about the life of Siddhartha starring Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Style:
unusual plot structure, retro, spiritual, fairy tale, philosophical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
buddha, buddhist, enlightenment, reincarnation, buddhism, self discovery, religion, teachers and students, parents and children, monk, boy, religions or cults ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1993
Place:
tibet, nepal, himalaya, washington state, india ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Korean executive ventures into the Himalayas in order to deliver the remains of a Nepalese migrant worker to his family.
Style:
realistic, emotional, surreal, serious, atmospheric
Plot:
family relations, obsessive quest, family problems, fish out of water, dealing with death, misfit, human nature, introspection, escapades, hopes, death in the family, family life ...
Place:
nepal, asia, korea, himalaya
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
human spirit, starting over, hopes, family life, danger, escapades, ocean, survival, sea, climbing, rock climbing, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, morocco
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In a rural school in the middle of the mountains, a girl who is starting to become a woman feels the profound need to discover her true identity. She does not know who her father is and she is determined to find him, but her mother does not approve ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, obsessive quest, self discovery, on the road, family problems, hopes, youth, parents and children, teachers and students, coming of age, search for father, unknown father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Five different relationship stories become connected during an ill-fated bus journey from eastern Nepal to the capital, Kathmandu.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
human spirit, self discovery, couple relations, human nature, society, on the road, traffic jam, social realism, lgbtq, family drama, slice of life, forbidden love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nepal, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Myanmar
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Story of four young monks left alone in their remote monastery in Myanmar. Shot entirely in newly-opened Myanmar with non-actors, the film bridges spirit, cinema, and traditional Burmese storytelling to open a view onto an unseen world.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, serious, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, orphan, monk, buddhist monk, youth, imaginary, child in peril, danger, escapades, curses spells and rituals, storytelling, buddhist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
burma
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
In The Beckoning Silence, Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning "Touching the Void", travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most ...
Style:
scenic, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot:
mountaineer, mountain, mountain climbing, wilderness, survival, mountaineering, alpinism, wilderness survival, life philosophy, tragedy, life & death, forces of nature ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shuhao is a 24 year old Taiwanese university graduate. His older brother Shuwei, whom he has idolized since childhood, dies on a bicycle ride to Lhasa. He decides to complete Shuwei's journey, hoping to prove himself through this challenging ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating, road movie
Plot:
mountain, cycling, last wish, dead brother, direction and purpose, on the road, self discovery, escapades, danger, wilderness, mountaineer, freedom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet, asia, china
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A struggling, indebted business man leaves his family immediately after Christmas to pursue a lucrative property deal that could solve all of his problems: buying foreclosed properties from banks at a fraction of their value, refi tting them for a ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
on the road, moral dilemma, danger, forces of nature, boss and employee, power relations, road trip, survival, greed, mountain, society, patronizing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colorado, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
High school grad. Conner Layne is about to marry his first love, but when wedding plans fail, he goes solo on his honeymoon to Central America, finding adventure with a ragtag group of foreigners who attempt to cross the Darien Gap in record time.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
adventurer, travel, self discovery, canceled wedding, escapades, friends, prank, youth, wanderlust, survival, nature, disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
working class, society, life is a bitch, family relations, small town, unemployment, rivalry, social relations, parents and children, down on your luck, siblings relations, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, hokkaido
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.
Style:
serious, rough, captivating, sincere, masterpiece
Plot:
survival, mountain, desert, danger, journalism, animal life, village, poacher, disaster, mountaineering, environmental, environment ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tibet, china, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, thought provoking, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
village, countryside, family relations, hospital, heart attack, self discovery, culture clash, homecoming, parents and children, conflict, lifestyle, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, lyon, europe, alps, provence
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A collegian in turbulent Mumbai attempts to improve his lifestyle.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, follow your dream, rich and poor, working class, society, youth, hopes, state affairs, parents and children, political unrest, social differences, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india, bombay india
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Style:
bleak, road movie, cerebral, art house, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, brother, childhood, journey, father son relationship, children, survival, parents and children, existentialism, wilderness, road trip, abusive father ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, UK, France, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A willful young boy follows his just as obstinate grandmother in a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
Style:
captivating, emotional, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
hopes, desert, human spirit, escapades, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest, family relations, arab, boy, international relations, battlefield ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, kurdistan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bao stays with his grandfather for the summer and is shocked to see there are no modern appliances.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, family problems, friends, family relations, parents and children, elderly, youth, countryside, school, little boy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
mountain, narration, landscape, father son relationship, postman, on the road, parent child relationship, hiking, homecoming, small town, family in crisis, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
canada, china
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On the one hand, there's the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there's the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the ...
Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
militant, survival, life is a bitch, family in danger, on the road, starvation, parents and children, desert, escapades, social relations, emigrant, survivor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he ...
Style:
spiritual, philosophical, road movie, surreal, dramatic ...
Plot:
buddhism, zen, buddhist, religion, saint, antiquity, buddha, coming of age, conspiracy, spirituality, self awareness, blaster ...
Time:
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Place:
tibet, india, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, sincere, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
islam, desert, politics, on the road, brutality, survival, culture clash, suicide, women, rescue, self discovery, danger ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, canada, iraq ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive dam, Ahlo escapes with his ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, down on your luck, parents and children, contests and competitions, society, human spirit, friendship, family relations, post war, change of luck, boy, children ...
Place:
asia, thailand
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
kurd, countryside, small town, village, fish out of water, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, politics, village life, death, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, year 1999
Place:
iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Turkey, Taiwan, USA, Qatar
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
In a Himalayan polyandrous village in Nepal, newly married and pregnant Pema tries to make the best of her new life. But soon, her first husband Tashi vanishes on the trade route to Lhasa. Accompanied by her monk de facto husband, Karma, she ...
Style:
meditative, poignant, emotional, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spiritual journey, self discovery, marriage, liberation, resilience, identity, village life, buddhism, missing husband, pregnancy, female empowerment ...
Place:
nepal, himalaya
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, starting over, parents and children, on the road, self discovery, confined, isolation, family relations, jungle, murder, curses spells and rituals, minimal dialogue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
25%
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