Movies like Ten 2002
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Ten (2002)
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Original name: ده
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
Style:
melancholic, light, intense, art house, sincere, touching, realistic, contemplative, road movie, experimental ...
Plot:
relationships, passenger, character study, sister sister relationship, solitude, car, storytelling, driver, life is a bitch, society, sibling relationship, family relations, love and romance, down on your luck, human nature, hopes, prostitution, women, islam, divorce, sex, feminism, muslim, bald woman, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, contemporary
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, california, tokyo, tehran iran, tehran
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Most similar movies to Ten
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and islamic films with plots about persian, society, life is a bitch, iranian, family relations, muslim and islam mostly in Drama, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Ten: Where Is The Friend's House? (1987), The Day I Became a Woman (2000), The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), The Brown Bunny (2003), Through the Olive Trees (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Style:
art house, social, thought provoking, independent film, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
childhood, school, homework, village, child, teacher, empathy, coming of age, children, boy, renaissance, notebook ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 74 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, serious ...
Plot:
feminism, culture clash, against the odds, injustice, feminist, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, society, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, bicycle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, japan, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true ...
Style:
controversial, road movie, sexy, independent film, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
sex scene, longing, road trip, controversy, sex, prostitute, unsimulated sex, drug addict, rape, redemption, explicit sex, lovers apart ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, las vegas, new hampshire ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director, and the actors. The local actors play a couple who got married right after the earthquake. In reality, the actor is ...
Style:
contemplative, art house, avant garde, independent film, social ...
Plot:
filmmaking, iranian, redemption, existentialism, farming, amor, hipster, muslim, entertainment, couples, fictional reality, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take ...
Style:
independent film, art house, philosophical, slow cinema, contemplative ...
Plot:
suicide, desert, soldier, existentialism, death, abrupt ending, muslim, dialogue, iranian, depression, hopelessness, conversation ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, asia ...
Similarity:
38%
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, thought provoking, cerebral, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
kurd, countryside, small town, village, fish out of water, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, politics, village life, death, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, year 1999
Place:
iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia, asia
Similarity:
38%
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:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the ...
Style:
experimental, contemplative, atmospheric, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
theater, feminism, artists and showbiz, strong female presence, iranian, minimal dialogue, arab, religious, cinema, face, women, persian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, family problems, couples, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, unwanted pregnancy, society, husband wife relationship, feminist, marital problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, venice
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire. While the other students are also busy with similar preparations, Seyyed Hassan's supplies are stolen by a small boy. To identify the culprit, Seyyed Hassan sets ...
Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
human nature, clergy, religions or cults, hopes, suburban life, suburbs, introspection, criminal heroes, little boy, boy, muslim, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, persia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, ship, human nature, power relations, injustice, misfit, hopes, human spirit, anarchist, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
30%
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
Similarity:
29%
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:
sentimental, psychological, touching, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
teacher, self discovery, prodigy, on the road, teachers and students, society, youth, isolation, religions or cults, school, train, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style:
bleak, sincere, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, pregnancy, on the run, feminist, women's rights, religious fundamentalism, society, friendship, injustice, prostitute, dialogue, discrimination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia, california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Ukraine, Morocco, Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.
Style:
sincere, stylized, serious, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
coup d'etat, women, coping, feminist, social differences, state affairs, prostitute, rich and poor, feminism, sex crime, female warrior, propaganda ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love, family relations, multiple storylines, everyday life, couples, friendship, life is a bitch, social misfits, down on your luck, prostitute, taxi driver, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style:
art house, islamic, depressing, controversial, contemplative ...
Plot:
iranian, persian culture, illness, village, village life, countryside, down on your luck, split personality, losing-it hero, society, life is a bitch, mentally unstable ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
iran, persia, asia, middle east
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
25%
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:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
injustice, fighting the system, political unrest, couples, society, feminism, state affairs, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, legal action ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
24%
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:
realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, islamic ...
Plot:
blindness, hospital, temptation, couple relations, introspection, disability, injustice, life is a bitch, second chance, self discovery, illness, muslim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, paris france, europe ...
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, dysfunctional family, introspection, factory worker, life is a bitch, drug dealing, parents and children, family relations, youth, factory, family life, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, japan, middle east, persia
Similarity:
24%
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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:
23%
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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:
divorce, muslim, poverty, alzheimer's disease, marriage, court, marital problem, hospital, religion, islam, justice, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, persia, nebraska, maghreb, middle east ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Style:
existential, cult classic, spiritual, islamic, contemplative ...
Plot:
iranian, crumbling marriage, existentialism, cat, arab, unfulfillment, society, life is a bitch, starting over, couple relations, hopes, introspection ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, asia
Similarity:
22%
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, serious, realistic, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
cycling, bicycle, immigrant, iranian, economist, bike, refugee, gambling, black market, motorcycle, injustice, religions or cults ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, afghanistan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Switzerland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
Style:
thought provoking, contemplative, slow cinema, serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, misfit, starting over, urban ghetto life, addiction, decolonization, husband wife relationship, military coup, lost love ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
portugal, canada, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
22%
181
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Intertwines the lives of six young Iranians as they struggle to satisfy their private desires in the face of conservative Islamic society.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, underground film ...
Plot:
forbidden love, injustice, love and romance, young lovers, society, youth, bittersweet, infidelity, muslim, repression, hijab, islam ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, sincere, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
islam, desert, politics, on the road, brutality, survival, culture clash, suicide, women, rescue, self discovery, danger ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, canada, iraq ...
Similarity:
21%
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