Movies like Red Rose 2014
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Red Rose (2014)
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Original name: گل سرخ
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Iran, Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A politically complacent middle-aged man and a young pro-democracy activist debate about the future of their country while hiding from the police, in this fascinating drama that blends scripted scenes with on-the-ground footage from Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, tension, suspense, historical drama, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political unrest, idealism, politics, life is a bitch, society, state affairs, husband wife relationship, violence, political repression, social commentary, fear, resistance, urban, uncertainty, surveillance, civil disobedience, claustrophobia, isolation, moral dilemma, love story, hopes, mobile phone, female nudity, sex scene, propaganda ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, tehran, tehran iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and thought provoking films with plots about society, state affairs, politics, hopes, political unrest, love and romance and love mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Red Rose: Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), Salt of This Sea (2008), Mrs Mandela (2010), The Hidden Half (2001), Furia (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up ...
Style:
bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, political unrest, revolution, life is a bitch, wartime life, hopes, fall in love, rebellion, evacuation, african, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
nigeria, africa, iraq, indiana
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. She soon ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, politics, state affairs, social differences, love affair, love and romance, life is a bitch, injustice, discrimination, political unrest, israeli, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, persia, new york ...
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77%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
politics, idealism, ambition, activist, state affairs, hopes, political unrest, moral dilemma, society, leadership, feminism, black woman ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
74%
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:
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765
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a desert town, sometime in the future, a repressive government regime restricts all forms of artistic expression. At night, Theo breaks the law, risking torture and death, to paint his work on public spaces. But when his lover Elia is arrested ...
Style:
serious, psychological, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
distopia, painter, civil disobedience, female nudity, bare breasts, post apocalypse, politics, rebellion, desert, dystopia, performer's life, conspiracy ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paris-Tehran. A rootless love story between Gecko, young and free, and Anahita, an Iranian woman in exile - tangled up in History and steeped in Internet, unique and spontaneous
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
internet, love affair, political unrest, opposites attract, society, immigrant, unlikely couple, computers and web, love, state affairs, misfit, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, middle east, paris france, iran, europe
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the 80s, Turkey is in the middle of a politically turbulent period. Yusuf, who lives with a disability, doesn't get involved in politics, and prefers to work to support his mum. After the revolution, nothing will be the same for him.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
disability, drastic change of life, political intrigue, relationships, male female relationship, life is a bitch, social relations, handicapped, revolution, changing lives, society, physical disability ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 million in indecency fines, and popular radio personality Joe Pace (Josh Hamilton) isn't going down ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, captivating, political
Plot:
politics, radio dj, fighting the system, injustice, republican, hopes, idealism, chaos, state affairs, protest, campaign, society ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
59%
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360
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1945 Spain a young man with Nazi contacts fell in love with a left wing family woman.
Style:
stylized, sentimental, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
nazism, love triangle, dangerous attraction, love affair, state affairs, dishonesty, political unrest, society, love and romance, couples, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
europe, spain, madrid
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
adoption, couple relations, family relations, society, hopes, city life, love, rivalry, indian woman, culture shock, spirituality, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, kolkata
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
gulag, survival, false accusation, prison, kgb, cold war, violence, prisoner, arrest, british, attempted rape, communist ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
iran, siberia, soviet union, ussr, russia ...
Similarity:
53%
348
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sexual, sexy
Plot:
young love, age difference, friends, photojournalist, revolution, family relations, love and romance, society, coming of age, youth, rebellion, politics ...
Time:
50s, year 1937, year 1952, year 1953, 1950s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ...
Style:
sincere, period piece, captivating, touching, stylized ...
Plot:
politics, cuban revolution, nightclub, idealism, fidel castro, revolution, immigrant, love and romance, dictatorship, family problems, chaos, political unrest ...
Time:
year 2005, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
At once gritty and whimsical, The Unidentified follow Estlin, a passionate young journalist scraping by in New York City. As his frustration with his entry-level job at a local newspaper peaks, his disgruntled best friend, Brooke, leaves Brooklyn ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, political, independent film
Plot:
politics, journalism, hopes, society, best friend, love and romance, college, fall in love, flapper, love, breakup, idealism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
new york, washington d.c., ohio, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Latvia, Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
He was waiting for Anna in a cafe everyday from five till seven for six months. But another woman came in and their relationship started...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, semi serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
dating show, waiting, love triangle, pregnancy, bittersweet, lost love, love affair, couples, moral dilemma, love and romance, couple relations, young man ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, emotional, sincere, political thriller ...
Plot:
apartheid, politics, journalism, hopes, interracial relations, african american, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, idealism, society, racism ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1995
Place:
south africa, africa, chile, florida
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, countryside, revenge, love, state affairs, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, political unrest, rivalry, politics, historical event ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
england, scotland, europe
Similarity:
41%
737
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In a monastery set on the top of sandstone pillars young monk Theodoros and nun Urania find themselves physically drawn to one and other after devoting their lives to the strict rituals and practises of the monasteries. Below them the eternal cycle ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, monastery, religions or cults, temptation, nun, sex scene, love affair, society, religion, love, very little dialogue, sin ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
greece, balkan, europe
Similarity:
41%
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745
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, thought provoking, political thriller
Plot:
kurd, journalism, media, political unrest, politics, society, realism, workplace, rivalry, oppression, investigative journalism, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
39%
56
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, uncover truth, moral dilemma, fighting the system, idealism, social decay, church, society, legal, politics, terrorism, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman in her late teens is caught up in the political unrest of Southern Ireland in the 1920s in this drama that features an excellent cast. Nancy (Rebecca Pidgeon) befriends the pistol packing stranger she dubs Cassius (Anthony Hopkins) ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
ira, political unrest, coming of age, independence, society, youth, state affairs, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, teenage boy, friendship, struggle ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, international crisis, society, materialism, state affairs, life is a bitch, family relations, adaptation, rivalry, globalization, financial crisis, unemployment ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
I'm not Angry! is the story of Navid, a starred and expelled university student who - while trying to provide the least requirements of a normal life -, tries not to get angry when he is faced with the immoralities prevalent in the society, and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, bleak
Plot:
forbidden love, rebellion, society, social differences, love and romance, love, college student, youth, immorality, anger, execution, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
36%
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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:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about ...
Style:
realistic, serious, black and white, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, idealism, coming of age, twins, hopes, sexual relations, injustice, couple relations, love affair, chaos and mayhem, love triangle, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, year 2005, 60s, year 1969
Place:
france, paris france, europe, morocco
Similarity:
33%
800
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the barbed wire she also passes from childhood into adulthood, ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
teenage life, introspection, society, wartime life, life is a bitch, military, youth, couples, fall in love, political unrest, culture clash, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel
Similarity:
33%
730
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aviation, hopes, politics, state affairs, heroes, law enforcement, righting the wronged, danger, uncover truth, military, rivalry, investigation ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the fear of death from those surrounded by it. Love ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, historical drama, period piece, tension ...
Plot:
bombing, hopes, love story, survival, death, fear, resilience, urban, siege, loss, intimate, realism ...
Time:
year 1988, 80s
Place:
tehran, persia, iran, tehran iran
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young widow takes over her late husband’s truck stop café, keeping hidden in the kitchen so as not to cause a scandal in Iran’s conservative society. But her brother-in-law, out of familial obligation, wants to take her as a wife and also ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, islamic
Plot:
cafe, starting over, love affair, family relations, society, hopes, single parent, love and romance, immigrant, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, independent woman ...
Place:
iran, middle east, europe, asia, turkey ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
politics, state affairs, idealism, political intrigue, democrat, media, society, legal action, senator, rivalry, love, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
32%
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