Movies like The Lizard 2004

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The Lizard (2004)
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The Lizard (2004)
Original name: مارمولک
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Reza is a petty thief who escapes jail by posing as a mullah. When he has to stay in disguise longer than he expected, he accidentally becomes the revered leader of a small-town mosque, bringing people flooding in with his on the hoof sermons featuring sexual innuendo and references to 'brother' Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
Style: rough, humorous, serious, suspenseful, exciting, parody, buddy comedy, islamic, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot: prison escape, prison, village, hidden identity, criminal heroes, fugitives, society, pretense, warden, small town life, religions or cults, iranian, clergy, disguise, fake identity, priest, muslim, dialogue, existentialism, advice, persian culture, escape, politics, village life, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: iran, persia, middle east

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, islamic, serious and sincere films with plots about persian, iranian, society, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, love and islam mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Lizard: Mum's Guest (2004), A Moment of Innocence (1996), The Willow Tree (2005), Tambourine (2008), Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mum's Guest (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Style: islamic, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: persian culture, iranian, medical student, hospital, guest, poverty, neighborhood, persian
Place: persia, iran
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A Moment of Innocence (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A semi-autobiographical account of Makmahlbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policeman he injured in an attempt to make amends.
Style: independent film, poignant, islamic, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: muslim, iranian, feminist, actor, winter, marriage proposal, autobiography, police officer, filmmaking, redemption, politics, dealing with death ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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The Willow Tree (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot: blindness, hospital, couple relations, introspection, disability, injustice, life is a bitch, second chance, self discovery, illness, muslim, recovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, france, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Tambourine (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who seems to be his girlfriend and is in need of some money to ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sincere, islamic ...
Plot: rich and poor, culture clash, friendship, couples, family relations, disorder, society, nothing goes right, parents and children, farce, satellite, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A corrupted police officer insists on bribing a broke man, so he has to go to everybody and do everything in order to be able to pay him in the very night.
Style: islamic
Plot: mistress, impersonation, drug addiction, drunkenness, debt, iranian, bromance, extramarital affair, persian, car damage
Place: persia, iran, middle east
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The Glass Agency (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their ...
Style: islamic, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: iranian, iraq iran war, persian culture, siege, hostage, satire, post war, injustice, losing-it hero, unfulfillment, fighting the system, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq, tehran iran
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The Tenants (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord.
Plot: iranian, capitalism, anti fascism, sibling relationship, collaboration, con men, irony, apartment building, marital problem, landlord, construction worker, government official ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
Plot: iranian, persian culture, mother, carpenter, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother conflict, persian
Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The Deserted Station (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style: serious, psychological, sentimental, touching, islamic ...
Plot: teacher, prodigy, self discovery, youth, teachers and students, on the road, society, religions or cults, isolation, school, train, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could ...
Style: touching, stylized, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: feminism, culture clash, against the odds, injustice, feminist, life is a bitch, society, rebelliousness, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, bicycle ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Under the Skin of the City (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, politics, introspection, life is a bitch, factory worker, family relations, couples, working class, family life, human nature, parents and children, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy, Qatar
Duration: 110 min.
Story: On a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by land mines and only reachable by a small bridge. As civil strife engulfed the country, the women in the village learn of this fact ...
Style: thought provoking, touching, sincere, uplifting, humorous ...
Plot: muslim, islam, religious differences, religious conflict, arab, peaceful mission, religion, society, disagreement, strong female character, religious, christianity ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, maghreb, persia
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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dewey (Tim Conway) and Wallace (Chuck McCann) are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, parody, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, disorder, criminal heroes, confined, undercover, working undercover, small town life, prison life, small town, partner, escape ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
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The Priest's Children (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot: satire, priest, pregnancy, mediterranean, clergy, religions or cults, unwanted pregnancy, village life, society, dishonesty, disorder, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, balkan, croatia
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The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
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, melancholic, contemplative, thought provoking, serious ...
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Time: 90s, year 1998, year 1999
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Hallelujah! (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, contemplative ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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58%
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The Cyclist (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle ...
Style: islamic, psychological, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: cycling, bicycle, immigrant, iranian, bike, economist, refugee, black market, gambling, motorcycle, religions or cults, injustice ...
Time: 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Circle (2000)
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: art house, depressing, islamic, controversial, contemplative ...
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Offside (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
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Duration: 93 min.
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Style: humorous, political, disturbing, realistic, dark comedy ...
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Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Boutique (2004)
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, realistic, sincere, serious, neo noir ...
Plot: lifestyle, friendship, love and romance, downfall, life is a bitch, couples, bittersweet, iranian, singleness, youth, social differences, friends ...
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Place: iran, persia, middle east
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A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The film is set around three protagonists. Two run a gas station on the outskirts of town, on a road that gets next to no traffic anymore, and so they get next to no customers. They live and work out of a decrepit van on site, its windows covered in ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Mass Is Ended (1985)
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Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: spiritual, cult classic, semi serious, realistic, sincere ...
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The Actor (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems ...
Plot: actor, poverty, husband wife relationship, marriage, childlessness, gypsy, filmmaking, marital problem, hysteria, deafness, deaf mute, traffic jam ...
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of a simple fellow from a small town who travels to Tehran to find a suitable girl for marriage.
Style: ambiguous ending, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: job, village, loss of innocence, ex prostitute, male female relationship, remorse, mistress, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, sad ending, simpleton, broken heart, innocent man ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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The Hidden Half (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the ...
Style: serious, thought provoking, captivating, sincere, islamic ...
Plot: militant, fighting the system, woman in danger, injustice, rebelliousness, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, state affairs, feminism ...
Time: 70s
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This film was made in Iran. The protagonist looks almost like Charlie Chaplain. He is given a chance to make films for the emperor. There are many scenes of people running on and off of movie screens, and in and out of old kinetiscope projectors. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, cynical, realistic, witty ...
Plot: filmmaking, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, politics, filmmaker, iranian, starlet, cinematographer, satire, harem, surrealism, guillotine ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, turn of the century
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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45%
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Travellers (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and ...
Style: realistic, serious, beautiful
Plot: iranian, wedding, newlywed, mirror, death, female protagonist, family relations, couples, dealing with death, ghost, against the rules, destiny ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hassan and Marcus (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Plot: on the run, friendship, family relations, switching roles, assassination attempt, culture clash, disorder, society, fall in love, parents and children, fake identity, arab ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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