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The Patience Stone (2012)
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Original name: Syngué Sabour - Pierre de patience
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Afghanistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel. (TIFF)
Style:
sincere, disturbing, rough, captivating, realistic, independent film, inspirational, social, sad, islamic ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape turns to consensual sex, life is a bitch, injustice, danger, family problems, resentment, couples, society, couple relations, muslim, mother daughter relationship, civil war, poverty, sex, war in afghanistan, medicine, lady, feminist, existential crisis, marriage, social criticism, wanderlust, coma, virginity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, persia
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Most similar movies to The Patience Stone
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and sincere films with plots about life is a bitch, society, war, danger, family relations, soldier and muslim mostly in Drama, War and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Patience Stone: Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (2007), Boutique (2004), Incendies (2010), Attack on Darfur (2009), Osama (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France, Afghanistan
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. The only young boy who takes her to his school is thrown out by the teacher, because helping her prevented him ...
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot:
gender, children, feminism, injustice, social decay, life is a bitch, tragic hero, hopes, coming of age, hostility, teacher, buddhist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…
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:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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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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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Style:
disturbing, rough, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, rape, desert, journalist, murder, civil war, tragedy, survival, uncover truth, against humanity, injustice ...
Place:
sudan, africa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Teenage girl Osama cuts her hair and dresses like a boy to get a job and support her widowed mother and grandmother. When Osama is called by the Taliban to join school and military training she embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she ...
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
islam, coming of age, survival, taliban, terrorist, injustice, storytelling, justice, religion, police investigation, muslim, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, persia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium, Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
suicide bomber, israeli palestinian conflict, uncover truth, occupation, terrorism, danger, investigation, radical, society, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, civil war ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, lebanon, maghreb ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, bleak, islamic ...
Plot:
boy, elderly, wartime life, on the road, life is a bitch, parent child relationship, civil war, obsessive quest, fire, mine, desert, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.
Style:
political, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, photograph, female nudity, photographer, adoption, child, cold war, lebanese civil war, correspondents, nude girl, raf ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
lebanon, germany, middle east, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, rough, serious, controversial ...
Plot:
soldier, haunted by the past, teenage life, wartime life, life is a bitch, rebellion, society, couple relations, social misfits, love and romance, family relations, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, asia, korea
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Afghanistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, islamic ...
Plot:
hopes, rebellion, fighting the system, against the rules, danger, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, terrorism, state affairs, injustice, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Danish officer, Michael (Thomsen), is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, serious, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brother brother relationship, family drama, relationships, brutality, politics, courage, depression, family relations, brothers, pow, family problems, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, scandinavia, europe, denmark, california ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, ...
Style:
meditative, emotional, harsh, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
kurd, coming of age, children, youth, smuggling, siblings relations, orphan, family relations, village life, parents and children, family in crisis, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia, iraq ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
war correspondent, journalism, anti war, military, idealism, danger, buddies, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
survival, injustice, political unrest, danger, hidden identity, family relations, religions or cults, human nature, dishonesty, feminism, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, afghanistan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jesper is a soldier in the German army, who reports for a new tour of duty in Afghanistan. His unit is to protect a village from the Taliban.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
soldier, translator, culture clash, gain trust, danger, battle zone, friendship, war in afghanistan, military, village, murder, death threat ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, pakistan, middle east
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Style:
rough, intense, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, torture, muslim, injustice, warning, war on terror, politics, military, british, pow, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, year 2003, year 2002 ...
Place:
middle east, united kingdom, latin america, afghanistan, pakistan ...
Similarity:
22%
966
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
muslim, human rights, soldier, military, dysfunctional family, society, politics, terrorism, rivalry, confined, family problems, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is ...
Style:
inspirational, islamic, serious, realistic
Plot:
racism, iranian, boy, iraq iran war, adoption, children, poverty, homelessness, superstition, xenophobia, racial discrimination, little boy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, iraq
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former ...
Style:
captivating, serious, emotional, tense, sexual ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, love triangle, sexual content, family in danger, couple relations, confined, against humanity, couples, life is a bitch, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
eastern europe, middle east, poland, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, historical drama ...
Plot:
italian army, hospital, murder, danger, military, soldier, investigation, world war two, italian history, interracial rape, interracial, buddies ...
Time:
year 1936, pre world war two
Place:
africa, ethiopia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, Italy, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, educational, islamic ...
Plot:
on the road, kurd, hopes, uneducated, teacher, life is a bitch, wartime life, danger, obsessive quest, teachers and students, wandering, mountain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, iran, kurdistan, iraq
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A film by Bernard Rose, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy with music by Ludwig Van Beethoven. Edgar Hudson meets Abby, a concert pianist, at a dinner party. Abby is involved with someone else but that doesn't stop the two from acting upon their ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, sexual abuse, obsession, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, dysfunctional marriage, nudity, infidelity, erotica, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Afghanistan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Saddled by a senile grandfather and a neglectful father, Mina, an impulsive twelve-year-old Afghan street seller sees her future slipping away when she is forced to neglect her education and walk the streets of Kabul to support her fragmented ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, rough, social, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, realism, parents and children, youth, family problems, single parent, rebellion, child as adult, family relations, life is a bitch, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, politics, injustice, widow, occupation, reconciliation, rules and policies, hopes, life is a bitch, society, legal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
Similarity:
19%
899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, controversial, clever, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, coming of age, boy, circus, nazi, wartime life, magic realism, cheating wife, extramarital affair, infidelity, beach ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1939 ...
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, central europe ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A wealthy boy hires a poor child to carry him around like a horse.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, bleak, islamic ...
Plot:
street kid, youth, life is a bitch, dehumanization, cruelty, poverty, parents and children, family relations, power relations, master and servant, disability, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, iran, asia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, terrorist, war zone, sex scene, military officer, friendship, courage, brutality, danger, heroes ...
Place:
iraq, afghanistan, virginia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, british army, soldier, isolation, military life, danger, confined, chaos, war on terror, army, anti war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, morocco, middle east
Similarity:
18%
939
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
lovers apart, redemption, dysfunctional family, couples, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, rehabilitation, drug abuse, addiction, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
18%
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