Movies like Miral

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Miral (2010)
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Miral (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Israel, Italy, India, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, stylized, inspirational, breathtaking, serious, gloomy, independent film
Plot: orphan, politics, refugee, arab, human spirit, rebellion, injustice, youth, terrorism, love and romance, life is a bitch, fall in love, society, rebelliousness, haunted by the past, idealism, hopes, political unrest, wartime life, israeli, girl, conflict, time travel, women, international relations ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 60s, 1960s, 1990s
Place: middle east, palestine, israel, persia, palestinian authority, jerusalem
Keyword: arabic, palestinian, jewish, feminist film

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and thought provoking films with plots about society, state affairs, political unrest, politics, life is a bitch, hopes and rebellion mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Miral: A City of Sadness (1989), The Marchers (2013), Beyond Friendship (2006), A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010), The Time That Remains (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A City of Sadness (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung (Chen Sown-yung), the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred ...
Style: realistic, saga, sad, black and white, aesthetic ...
Plot: mute or deaf, family relations, family life, political unrest, wartime life, siblings relations, family tradition, black market, family in danger, family problems, state affairs, society ...
Time: 1940s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: taiwan, china
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The Marchers (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, thought provoking, biting
Plot: racism, human spirit, fighting the system, discrimination, cross country, life is a bitch, hopes, society, misfit, immigrant, politics, working class ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: france, lyon
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100%
Beyond Friendship (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style: captivating, disturbing, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot: rebellion, friendship, military, battles, rivalry, danger, state affairs, rebelliousness, politics, political unrest, wartime life, conflict ...
Time: 1940s
Place: israel, palestine, jerusalem, middle east, greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, society, danger, terrorism, politics, friends, teenage life, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, palestinian authority, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Time That Remains (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.[Synopsis from the director, courtesy of Cannes Film Festival] : "The Time That Remains" is a semi biographic film, in four historic episodes, about a ...
Style: humorous, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, touching ...
Plot: political unrest, family life, unfulfillment, politics, parents and children, life is a bitch, family relations, wartime life, state affairs, world war two, intrigue, israeli ...
Time: 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel
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73%
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Lemon Tree (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, human spirit, loneliness, injustice, neighbor, widow, occupation, fighting the system, rules and policies, reconciliation, love and romance, legal ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
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The Bag of Flour (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Morocco
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Style: serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, rebelliousness, discrimination, teenage love, society, youth, love and romance, political unrest, feminism, orphan, little girl ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, year 1984
Place: morocco, africa, middle east, belgium
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70%
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Inch'Allah (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style: realistic, thought provoking, emotional, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, doctors and patients, injustice, society, friendship, life is a bitch, wartime life, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, jerusalem, palestinian authority
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The 13 Roses (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, touching, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, injustice, woman in danger, false accusation, social decay, life is a bitch, betrayal, idealism, society, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Style: contemplative, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: biopic, female leader, intrigue, judaism, conflict, politics, jew persecution, historical figure, terminal illness, leadership, state affairs, rise to the top ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, usa, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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68%
The Clay Bird (2002)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: muslim, hopes, tradition, family relations, politics, village, estrangement, state affairs, coming of age, religions or cults, social relations, revolution ...
Time: 60s
Place: middle east, pakistan, bangladesh
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67%
Salt of This Sea (2008)
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: politics, state affairs, love affair, social differences, heist, israeli palestinian conflict, love and romance, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, discrimination, arab ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem, persia, palestinian authority ...
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Endgame (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, sincere, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bomb, politics, rebellion, danger, hopes, revolution, siege, unlikely partners, folk hero, leadership, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 6.4
 786
The Kite (2003)
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: realistic, touching, serious
Plot: introspection, teenage life, wartime life, political unrest, culture clash, military, youth, society, life is a bitch, fall in love, couples, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
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66%
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Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, political ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, racial violence, leadership, prison life, interracial relations, freedom fighter, friendship, rebellion, human spirit, fighting the system, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Kedma (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, sad, tense ...
Plot: military, immigrant, survival, tragic love, culture clash, life is a bitch, danger, society, against humanity, political unrest, hopes, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
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65%
The Black Tulip (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, islamic ...
Plot: rebellion, against the rules, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, hopes, danger, state affairs, human spirit, injustice, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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64%
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Rebellion (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.
Style: serious, tense, sincere, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: military, hostage, politics, political unrest, culture clash, injustice, disorder, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, state affairs, confined, society ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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Operation Sunflower (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: undercover, politics, political intrigue, danger, government facility, government agency, state affairs, international crisis, mossad, nuclear, terrorism, spy ...
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The Dust of Time (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Italy, Germany, Russia, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: love affair, love and romance, parents and children, introspection, love triangle, couple relations, politics, starting over, society, state affairs, hopes, political unrest ...
Time: 90s, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 80s ...
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Broken Wings (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style: emotional, touching, lyrical, depressing, stylized ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, children, couple relations, human nature, midlife crisis, family life, innocence lost, love and romance, single parent, life is a bitch, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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63%
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, educational ...
Plot: social worker, deportation, child abuse, against the odds, fighting the system, uncover truth, injustice, life is a bitch, state affairs, society, rebellion, family reunited ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, australia, europe, adelaide south australia ...
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63%
The Black Pimpernel (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Mexico, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
Style: serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: ambassador, political intrigue, military coup, politics, life is a bitch, political unrest, society, injustice, human spirit, revolution, human rights, diplomacy ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, biting ...
Plot: idealism, teenage life, rebelliousness, fighting the system, hopes, youth, politics, actor's life, political unrest, parents and children, adolescence, society ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1968
Place: czechoslovakia, europe, prague, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Goodbye (2011)
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: sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, life is a bitch, injustice, rebellion, political unrest, danger, society, chaos, arab, misfit ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Little Traitor (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot: friendship, rebellion, military, friends, state affairs, soldier, youth, coming of age, child protagonist, british military, book, judaism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1977, year 1947
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Some Mother's Son (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the ...
Style: political, bleak, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: prison, lawyer, prison violence, terrorist, working class, women, betrayal, politics, ira, british, struggle, trouble ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Winnie Mandela (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious, political
Plot: ambition, politics, state affairs, society, confined, feminism, hopes, political unrest, isolation, black, biopic, black cast ...
Time: 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A female talk show host in Cairo, Egypt, stirs up a political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, tense, islamic ...
Plot: journalism, politics, injustice, hopes, introspection, dentist, media, rebelliousness, state affairs, idealism, couple relations, political corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, egypt, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Inheritance (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional
Plot: family relations, forbidden love, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, wartime life, family life, family gatherings, bittersweet, village, family in crisis, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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