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Not Without My Daughter (1991)
17K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, tense, touching, bleak, realistic, sad, retro, suspense, poignant ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
islam, culture clash, female protagonist, domestic violence, violent husband, confined, propaganda, life is a bitch, isolation, society, family problems, family in crisis, escape attempt, hopes, marital abuse, kidnapping, abusive relationship, stockholm syndrome, politics, husband wife relationship, human rights, prejudice, mother daughter relationship, mother in law daughter in law relationship, strong female lead ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
iran, middle east, michigan, persia, israel, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and touching films with plots about family relations, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, family problems, society, mother daughter relationship and catastrophe mostly in Drama, Thriller and Biography genres. Some movies like Not Without My Daughter: The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), Argo (2012), Enough (2002), Dukhtar (2014), A Dry White Season (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sad, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
injustice, death penalty, discrimination, sadism, loss of family member, conspiracy, abusive husband, destructive relationship, religion, hijab, islam, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 80s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, israel
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Style:
clever, tense, captivating, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
cia, secret agent, politics, rescue mission, revolution, u.s. embassy, secret mission, propaganda, danger, hostage, undercover, espionage ...
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Place:
middle east, iran, tehran iran, los angeles, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 2008, New York mother Tiffany Rubin faced every parent's worst nightmare when her six year old son Kobe vanished into thin air. Upon learning that Kobe had been kidnapped by his biological father and taken to South Korea, Tiffany seeks the ...
Style:
emotional, suspenseful, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family problems, rescue, confined, parents and children, family relations, single parent, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, boy, mother daughter relationship, black ...
Place:
usa, south korea, korea, new york, asia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Pakistan, Norway, USA, India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
Style:
tense, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
child bride, forced marriage, child marriage, female protagonist, feminist, family relations, on the run, chase, child in peril, family feud, woman in danger, girl ...
Place:
pakistan, middle east, indiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Style:
talky, disturbing, emotional, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, lawyer, society, legal, injustice, rebellion, discrimination, children, courtroom, freedom, chess, social commentary ...
Time:
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Place:
south africa, africa, poland, canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
138K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style:
political thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A teenage dancer in training for the Los Angeles ballet discovers that she is dying of cancer, only to discover that the Devil is real after getting the miracle that she and her father both prayed for. Shortly after discovering that her dream of ...
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, suspense, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, good versus evil, youth, imaginary, society, dancer's life, danger, parents and children, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After sixteen years of marriage and four children, Betty Broderick's high-powered attorney husband decides to leave her for a younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. Hurt by his betrayal and feeling helpless against his legal ...
Style:
tense, biting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, men's rights, betrayal, true crime, killing spree, serial killer, couples, family problems, suburban life, suburbs, social decay, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Professional nurse Rebecca Dubrovich is swept off her feet by charming millionaire Dick Strang, and the two begin a passionate romance. Only when it is too late does Rebecca discover that Strang has a very dark side...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, touching, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
marital abuse, abusive husband, paraplegic, domestic violence, despot, fear, saving a life, psychological abuse, abusive relationship, woman in peril, female victim, love ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anal rape, female pubic hair, family relations, family life, single parent, juvenile delinquency, family problems, hopes, life is a bitch, working class, aunt nephew relationship, mother daughter conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline without his wife's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sad, gloomy ...
Plot:
down syndrome, haunted by the past, disability, child illness, family problems, parents and children, crumbling marriage, love and romance, obsession, hidden identity, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, pittsburgh
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sweet housewife has been married to the same crotchety man for 40 years and she just can't bear another day. She starts to poison his food just to see if he might change. When he falls ill, both are awakened to the raw reality of life and ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
couples, couple relations, housewife, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, family in crisis, thirtysomething life, family relations, poisoning, moral ambiguity, domestic drama ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
fascism, catholicism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, starving child, sin, society, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sad
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
stranded, trapped, backwoods, blizzard, snowstorm, frostbite, pregnant woman, breast feeding, couples, argument, birth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, heartbreaking, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
adoption, custody battle, courtroom drama, racist, custody, justice, single parent, parents and children, family problems, legal action, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, melancholic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, character study, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, family life, parents and children, couples, estrangement, hopes, single parent, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 70s
Place:
new jersey, middle east, utah, beirut lebanon, london
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style:
suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, talky, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
death penalty, prison, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, death sentence, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, taj mahal, california, australia, texas ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, rough, informative ...
Audience:
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Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, addiction, family relations, human nature, society, family problems, family in crisis, women of color, feminist, child abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, dystopian future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, small town, death, visceral, danger, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, bay area, san francisco
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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans…
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Plot:
assassination, politics, murder, political corruption, political conspiracy, moral dilemma, kidnapping, conspiracy, frame up, state affairs, emotionless, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, period piece, psychological ...
Plot:
political prisoner, revolution, danger, society, propaganda, party, fleeing, family relations, couples, friendship, rivalry, love ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, factual, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
cia, espionage, cia agent, secret service, conspiracy theory, politician, journalism, conspiracy, greed, survival, politics, intelligence agency ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2001, year 2003, year 1995, year 2002 ...
Place:
middle east, iraq, beirut lebanon, cleveland ohio, canada ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abusive husband, stalker, mother daughter relationship, relationship problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex couple relations, family problems, stalking, threat, danger, domestic violence, protective mother ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of a mother whose two young daughters are kidnapped by her abusive ex-husband—and her all-consuming fight to get them back.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, kidnapping, child kidnapping, family bonds, protective parent, domestic abuse, domestic violence, motherhood, abduction, marital problem, kidnapped child, family relations ...
Similarity:
27%
458
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, realistic
Plot:
disability, family relations, family problems, family life, social relations, couples, society, couple relations, youth, babies and infants, pregnancy, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
mississippi, california
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27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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