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About Elly (2009)
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Original name: درباره الی
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, cerebral, visually stunning, depressing, suspense, existential ...
Plot:
missing person, iranian, matchmaking, friendship, family relations, guilt, journey, parents and children, wedding planning, love and romance, couples, couple relations, teacher, sea, death, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, arranged marriage, friends, vacation, women, mysticism, investigation, art, islam ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, maghreb, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and atmospheric films with plots about persian, iranian, society, husband wife relationship, family relations, marriage and couple relations mostly in Drama, Mystery and Romance genres. Some movies like About Elly: The Salesman (2016), The Past (2013), Incendies (2010), Fireworks Wednesday (2006), Doubt (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, France, Qatar, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Style:
suspense, cerebral, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, iran, middle east, persia, maghreb ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological, inspirational, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, rape, last will and testament, unwanted pregnancy, incest, twists and turns, civil war, pregnant from rape, incest rape, torture, lebanese civil war, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2009, year 1970, y2k ...
Place:
middle east, lebanon, quebec, nebraska, montreal ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young woman sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
housewife, marital problem, maid, marital infidelity, social differences, iranian, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, couple relations, dishonesty, wedding preparations and rituals ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and ...
Style:
clever, period piece, sincere, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
priest, nun, teacher, religion, catholic church, suspicion, pedophile, clergy, christian, boy, altar boy, catholic ...
Time:
year 1964, year 2008, victorian era, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, crying, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, nebraska, maghreb, middle east ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, death sentence, prison, love and romance, confined, legal action, redemption, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, iranian, islam ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
27%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
Style:
thrilling, suspense, period drama, beautiful
Plot:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east, maghreb
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27%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Style:
melancholic, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
disappearance, love, obsession, relationships, coping, couple relations, female masturbation, delusion, tourist, missing person, love and romance, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, bittersweet, couples, downfall, life is a bitch, love and romance, iranian, city life, social differences, singleness, society ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take ...
Style:
independent film, art house, philosophical, slow cinema, contemplative ...
Plot:
suicide, desert, soldier, existentialism, death, abrupt ending, muslim, dialogue, iranian, depression, hopelessness, conversation ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, asia ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, France, Germany, Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
kurd, law enforcement, rivalry, society, social relations, village life, village, justice, police, violence, smuggler, arab ...
Time:
year 2013, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kurdistan, middle east, maghreb, iran, indiana ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot:
happy ending, couples, forbidden love, scarecrow, family relations, solitude, couple relations, lifestyle, family life, village, village life, love affair ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, light, intense, art house, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran, tehran iran ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Algeria
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 London terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
muslim, terrorist bombing, terrorist, missing person, koran, father, terrorism, parents and children, family relations, bigotry, religious differences, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, islamic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, paris france, europe ...
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Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, islamic ...
Plot:
addiction, musician, couple relations, rise and fall, drug abuse, rehabilitation, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, society, unfulfillment, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After a confusing interaction in downtown Tehran, a married couple seems to have found their doppelgängers.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
intrigue, husband wife relationship, couples, problem, family relations, male female relationship, lookalikes, relationships, married couple, character study, urban, dual identity ...
Place:
tehran
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Country: Spain, France, Italy, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Style:
suspense, independent film, thought provoking, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
wedding, kidnapping, family secret, ransom demand, mission, ex-lover, investigation, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, deception, lie, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
iran, spain, persia, middle east, barcelona ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love, family relations, multiple storylines, everyday life, couples, friendship, life is a bitch, social misfits, down on your luck, prostitute, taxi driver, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style:
bleak, sincere, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, pregnancy, on the run, feminist, women's rights, religious fundamentalism, society, friendship, injustice, prostitute, dialogue, discrimination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Amir and Sara are a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before the departure of their flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, family in crisis, life turned upside down, immigration, fear, tragedy, depression, existentialism, down on your luck, couples, husband wife relationship, tobacco ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, australia, persia, middle east, melbourne
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director, and the actors. The local actors play a couple who got married right after the earthquake. In reality, the actor is ...
Style:
contemplative, art house, avant garde, independent film, social ...
Plot:
filmmaking, iranian, redemption, existentialism, farming, amor, hipster, muslim, entertainment, couples, fictional reality, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, contemplative, melancholic, road movie ...
Plot:
sex, divorce, snake, desert, debt, male protagonist, iranian, branding iron, shame, marital problem, needing money, relationship problems ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east, iran, persia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.
Style:
suspense, dark, captivating, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mountain, domestic violence, murder, secrets, moral ambiguity, village, social relations, relationships, changing lives, lifestyle change, couple relations, power relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all ...
Style:
surreal, cerebral, psychological, meditative, erotic ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, dark humor, imagination, riddles and clues, life, human nature, insanity, destruction, trippy, mission, cognitive science, photograph ...
Time:
year 2005, 70s
Place:
hong kong, france, paris france
Similarity:
20%
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