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Close to Home (2005)
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Original name: קרוב לבית
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues, the crushes and break-ups in their love lives, as well as the political realities.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
politics, friendship, soldier, military life, terrorism, women, danger, israeli, lgbt, glbt, lgbtq, third world, military, youth, teenage life, strong female presence, coming of age, buddies, teenager, female soldier, crimes, female director
Time:
contemporary
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, palestine
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, jerusalem
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100%
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Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
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57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, rebellion, british military, military, friends, state affairs, soldier, youth, coming of age, child protagonist, man boy relationship, boy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1947, 1940s, year 1977
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, jerusalem, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
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41%
800
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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40%
138
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
38%
698
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, crying
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, pacific ocean
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, military, rebellion, friendship, battles, state affairs, rebelliousness, rivalry, danger, wartime life, political unrest, conflict ...
Time:
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israel, palestine, greece, middle east, holy land ...
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266
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, touching, atmospheric, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, exciting, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, friends, buddies, lifestyle, city life, on the road, lgbt, teenager, gay bar, gay interest, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
33%
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Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, california, afghanistan, usa, los angeles
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32%
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Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium
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Story:
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realistic, serious, emotional, sincere
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
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211
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Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
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Country: Sweden
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
Similarity:
28%
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
israel, middle east
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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israel, palestine, middle east, indiana, jerusalem ...
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Country: Israel
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Story:
A series taking place in an army medical center located in a remote military base and following the bizarre characters and occurrences in the center.
Style:
sincere, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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280
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two women reunite in London, where they go over the details of a life-changing event which occurred when they were teenagers in Jerusalem.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot:
lesbian interest, haunted by the past, introspection, friendship, hopes, starting over, society, youth, immigrant, political unrest, female pubic hair, lesbian ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
palestine, europe, london, england, palestinian authority ...
Similarity:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, family business, family relations, parents and children, workplace, disagreement, aging, unfulfillment, loss of partner, store, estrangement, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The film tells the poignant story of a soldier crossing the roads in a winter. Soldiers from different places should adapt to the military. Those men with dreams, goals, fears, and ambitions will learn to develop themselves in the toughest ...
Style:
touching, captivating, realistic, sincere, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, soldier, youth, basic training, pride and honor, army, military life, boss and employee, escapades, workplace, turk, counter terrorism ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
asia, turkey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Style:
semi autobiographical, sincere, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
widow, older woman younger man relationship, israeli, young romance, youth, coming of age, teenage boy, british soldier, labor strike, loss of virginity, age difference, world war two ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
palestine, africa, middle east, israel
Similarity:
25%
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