Movies like Wallah Be

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Wallah Be (2002)
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Wallah Be (2002)
Original name: Kald mig bare Aksel
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Life is not easy when you are a Danish kid called Aksel who loves meatballs. Especially when you would much rather want to be one of the cool Muslim boys who wear those golden necklaces and say cool stuff in Arabic. To worsen things, during the holidays Aksel gets teamed up with two girls, Fatima and Annika, to perform a song to the local youth club's song contest, Melodi Grand Prix. The girls want to do a girly pop song, and the entire jury panel consist of Muslim boys! Meanwhile the kids find a stray dog who needs a home. This leads to nothing but trouble, and one of the girls, Fatima, is grounded by her parents for the entire holiday season. Now she can't perform the song, and Aksel realizes he must take action! He enters an unknown world of rituals and cultural perceptions, and fixes everything in his own unique way.
Style: sincere, captivating
Plot: children, boy, islam, relationships, family relations, contest, teenage life, rivalry, society, ambition, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, social relations, singing competition, social justice, bathing, female director
Place: denmark

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, sincere, serious and realistic films with plots about society, family relations, lifestyle, youth, friendship, social relations and boy mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Wallah Be: Little Big Girl (2002), Robby (1968), Pass the Light (2015), Mooz-lum (2010), My Good Enemy (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Little Big Girl (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died ...
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Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: denmark, europe
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Robby (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Shipwrecked on a tropical island, a young boy befriends an abandoned native youth, forcing him to reevaluate societal prejudice about race, religion and nudity.
Style: independent film
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Pass the Light (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who decides to run for Congress in order to protect the faith that he so loves.
Style: serious, feel good, uplifting, realistic
Audience: teens
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Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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Mooz-lum (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Time: 21st century
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My Good Enemy (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: psychological, sincere, captivating
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Place: scandinavia, denmark
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The Miracle of Marcelino (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
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Plot: monastery, orphan, clergy, religions or cults, catholic, little boy, family relations, friendship, society, jesus christ, religious, jesus ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gregorio, a boy from the impoverished countryside of Peru emigrates to Lima, the capital city. Experiencing a cultural shock due to the chaotic nature of the city, he must challenge himself to learn Spanish, since his native tongue is Quechua, and ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A 13-year-old girl named Mai refuses to go to school due to her asthma. Her parents send her to to stay with her British grandmother in the countryside. Thinking her grandmother is a witch, Mai asks for witch lessons. Her grandmother plays along, ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating
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The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Naturally-gifted cheerleader Ava is an instant hit at her new school, but her quick rise in popularity is threatened by the rivalry of cheer captain and Homecoming Queen Katrina, who puts Ava and the other new recruits through a brutal initiation ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, fight, parents and children, society, friendship, teenager, ambition, rivalry, family relations, adaptation, dishonesty, youth ...
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Half Ticket (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A story of the 'Have Nots' struggling to survive in a world of 'Haves'.
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 109 min.
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious
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Lost Birds (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It is 1915 in an Armenian village in Anatolia. Bedo and Maryam return from their secret dovecote only to find an empty house and a ghost village. The children embark on a journey to search for their mother, along with their bird 'Bacik.'
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: children, deportation, brother sister relationship, search for father, social issues, travel, search for mother, family relations, life is a bitch, social problems, social misfits, boy ...
Time: year 1915
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
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Time: year 2002
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A Boy Called H (2013)
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Duration: 121 min.
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Style: touching, sincere, captivating, melancholic
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
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Style: captivating, psychological
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Style: feel good, sincere, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Little Girl Blue (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Julie is a woman who seemingly has everything. A handsome husband, teenage daughter and a thriving, undemanding job as a translator and now even a new dream house ... But she also has a secret that is slowly changing her idyllic life...
Style: captivating, sincere
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