Movies like Partition

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Partition (2007)
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Partition (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, traumatized by the events that separated her from her family.
Style: sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, political, informative, atmospheric, epic ...
Plot: interracial relations, sikh, love and romance, forbidden love, fall in love, soldier, couples, society, political unrest, village, social relations, muslim, male female relationship, inspiration, village life, love, woman, age difference, couple relations, young, romance
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place: pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about love and romance, society, couples, fall in love, forbidden love, love and village mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Partition: Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004), Bombay (1995), Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005), The Mistress of Spices (2005), Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story: The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style: serious, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, rescue, uncover truth, social differences, false accusation, love affair, against the odds, hopes, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, pakistan, asia, middle east
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Bombay (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A love story of a good-hearted Hindu man and a beautiful devout Muslim woman who leave their village to marry against the wishes of their parents and move to Bombay to start a fresh life. There they have twin sons and a daughter. But turmoil engulfs ...
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Plot: politics, family reunited, hindu, integration, war crime, islam, indians, music, village, journalism, forbidden love, twins ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, year 1992
Place: mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
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Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl ...
Style: serious, captivating, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: forbidden love, chase, love triangle, woman in danger, social differences, couple relations, fall in love, society, family relations, political unrest, state affairs, rebel ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: india, new delhi
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The Mistress of Spices (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tilo, the titular "Mistresses of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.
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Plot: supernatural ability, mysticism, forbidden love, love and romance, food, fall in love, supernatural, customs, tradition, beauty, sensuality, cooking ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
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Style: serious, sincere, touching, atmospheric, realistic
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31%
The Scoundrel's Wife (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
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