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Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
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Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
Original name: باشو غریبهٔ کوچک
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond Written by Sam Tabibnia
Style: inspirational, islamic, serious, realistic
Plot: racism, iranian, iraq iran war, boy, adoption, children, youth, mother and son, hidden treasure, poverty, superstition, homelessness, xenophobia, village, heroes, militant, on the road, orphan, family relations, farm, village life, injustice, society, contests and competitions, countryside ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iran, persia, iraq, middle east

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, islamic and sincere films with plots about persian, iranian, society, family relations, village, youth and village life mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Bashu, the Little Stranger: Mother (1990), Marooned in Iraq (2002), A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), Travellers (1992), Blackboards (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
Plot: iranian, persian culture, mother, carpenter, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother conflict, persian
Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran
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Marooned in Iraq (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in ...
Style: sincere, serious, sentimental, realistic, road movie ...
Plot: kurd, military life, self discovery, military, musician's life, orphan, treasure hunt, daring rescue, escapades, battles, estrangement, village ...
Time: 2000s
Place: iraq, kurdistan, iran, middle east, persia
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, ...
Style: realistic, bleak, meditative, harsh, emotional ...
Plot: kurd, children, coming of age, youth, siblings relations, orphan, family relations, village life, family in crisis, parents and children, village, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: iraq, iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia
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Travellers (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and ...
Style: realistic, serious, beautiful
Plot: iranian, wedding, newlywed, mirror, death, female protagonist, family relations, couples, dealing with death, ghost, against the rules, destiny ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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Blackboards (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, Italy, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, educational, road movie ...
Plot: on the road, kurd, uneducated, teacher, dedicated educator, life is a bitch, wartime life, obsessive quest, danger, hopes, teachers and students, wandering ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, kurdistan, iraq
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The Deserted Station (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style: serious, psychological, sentimental, touching, islamic ...
Plot: teacher, prodigy, self discovery, youth, teachers and students, on the road, society, religions or cults, isolation, school, train, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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Where is the Friend's Home? (1987)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Style: art house, social, thought provoking, road movie, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: village, childhood, coming of age, homework, school, teacher, youth, on the road, empathy, iranian, children, family relations ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
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The Cow (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style: art house, depressing, islamic, controversial, contemplative ...
Plot: iranian, persian culture, illness, arab, village, village life, countryside, down on your luck, mentally unstable, society, life is a bitch, losing-it hero ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, 60s
Place: iran, persia, asia, middle east
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The Father (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mehrollah is a 14-year-old boy who is forced to find a job to support his family after his father dies. He travels to the southern parts of Iran, looking for work. Upon his return to his hometown, he notices certain changes in his family.
Style: inspirational, islamic, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, boy, chaos, child, traumatic childhood, humanist, realism, muslim, family relations, village, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (2007)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France, Afghanistan
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: tense, bleak, realistic, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: children, gender, feminism, injustice, life is a bitch, human spirit, social decay, tragic hero, hopes, coming of age, teacher, hostility ...
Time: 21st century
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From Karkheh to Rhine (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments. In Germany, he meets his sister and her German husband. Saeed and his sister who have not had any relations in many years try to ...
Plot: iraq iran war, persian culture, iranian, interview, war veteran, leukemia, wound, journalist, airport, ferry, chemotherapy, mime ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq, germany
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Under the Skin of the City (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
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Time: 21st century
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Duration: 98 min.
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Style: sincere, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: teens
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The Cyclist (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle ...
Style: islamic, psychological, realistic, serious, emotional ...
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Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: philosophical, melancholic, contemplative, thought provoking, serious ...
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Place: iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia
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Country: Iran
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran, France
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Place: persia, iran, middle east, iraq, tehran iran
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Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, tense
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Mother of Mine (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
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Style: emotional, touching, melancholic, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, coming of age, secrets, children, boy, loneliness, wartime, life is a bitch, family relations, wartime life, adoption, human spirit ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: finland
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The Patience Stone (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
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The Night Bus (2007)
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Country: Iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
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Style: psychological, realistic, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
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