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Zero Motivation (2014)
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Original name: אפס ביחסי אנוש
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their time pushing paper, battling for the top score in Minesweeper, and counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, issues of commitment—from friendship to love and country—are handled with humor and sharp-edged wit. In Hebrew with subtitles.
Style:
funny, witty, talky, humorous, dark comedy, realistic, cynical, semi serious, satirical, absurd ...
Plot:
office, kick-butt women, satire, military, virginity, female soldier, military base, soldier, friendship, israeli army, female pubic hair, israeli, best friend, military life, hapless soldier, administration, male nudity, computer game, suicide, woman, rape, female writer, imperialism, female fight, feminism ...
Time:
80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, russia, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about israeli, satire, friendship, soldier, military, love and romance and military life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Zero Motivation: Close to Home (2005), Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976), The Day We Met (1990), Sallah (1964), The Women's Balcony (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, israel
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, jerusalem, seattle ...
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, twins, coming of age, love triangle, parents and children, family in crisis, teenage love, family problems, fall in love, small town, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Luxembourg, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bunch of funny and romantic stories from the life of a military base in Russia.
Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, romania, europe ...
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, thinking, controversial, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, bleak
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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TV show
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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968
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Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
israel
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, satirical, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
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Country: Israel
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, funny, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, disturbing, talky, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
israeli, moral dilemma, army investigation, soldier, military, power relations, basic training, military base, military life, machismo, macho man, friend ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
buddy comedy, satirical, offbeat, dark comedy, lighthearted ...
Plot:
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Place:
lebanon, israel, palestine
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, stylized, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
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60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine
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22%
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