Movies like Ushpizin
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Ushpizin (2004)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebrating life's essentials in a sukkah, a temporary shack of both deprivation and hospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years and childless, are broke and praying for a miracle...
Style:
uplifting, touching, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, surprise ending, weird, contemplative
Plot:
rabbi, charity, orthodox jew, jewish, religious, uninvited guest, redemption, family relations, couples, society, hopes, couple relations, cause and meaning, religions or cults, husband wife relationship, childlessness, judaism, israeli culture, down on your luck, dancing, fight, money, police, pregnancy, desert ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, jerusalem
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about society, family relations, hopes, parents and children, religions or cults, couples and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ushpizin: Fill the Void (2012), Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), My Father My Lord (2007), God's Army (2000), Shtisel (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.
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biblical, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
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Duration: 72 min.
Story:
"My Father My Lord" is an intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional ...
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Plot:
family relations, jewish, coming of age, self discovery, clergy, society, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, parents and children, rabbi, religions or cults ...
Time:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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realistic, touching, sincere, serious, psychological ...
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34%
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
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Plot:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
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touching, realistic, talky, serious, sincere
Plot:
jewish family, orthodox jew, jewish culture, family relations, parents and children, looking for love, dating, religions or cults, love and romance, society, unfulfillment, retirement home ...
Time:
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israel, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, tense
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Abu and Aisumma are an aging Muslim couple. Their aspiration is to go for Hajj and they make many sacrifices to achieve this aim. Now in their late 70s, they decide that they will go for Hajj that year. Abu, being a true Muslim, wants to go for Hajj ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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24%
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