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Miss Rose White (1992)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Rose White (Sedgwick) is a modern young career woman in post-World War II New York City who has largely relegated her Jewish heritage to scrapbooks and memories. Born in Poland but fortunate enough to escape the country before the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust wiped out her family, she is stunned to learn her older sister somehow survived the horror and is coming to America. The sisters' reunion is complicated by Lusia's (Amanda Plummer) memories of her struggles to survive and the revelation of past family secrets.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, family relations, misfit, human spirit, society, immigrants, starting over, introspection, solace, siblings relations, haunted by the past, bittersweet, forceful separation, dancing, jewish, father daughter relationship, memory, double life, career woman, dysfunctional family, forgiveness, healing, letter, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1940s, post world war two, 1950s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, touching, realistic and emotional films with plots about family relations, society, hopes, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Miss Rose White: The Gathering (1977), Out of the Ashes (2003), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), One Day You'll Understand (2008), Red Leaves (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is ...
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usa, middle east, new york, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
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uplifting, captivating, emotional, gloomy, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, writers, anti semitism, family relations, dentist, family life, family in danger, attic, confinement indoors, wartime life ...
Time:
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Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries ...
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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captivating, realistic, serious, touching
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chosen follows the story of two teenage boys determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families. Set in New York during the 1940s, this provocative film follows the son of an orthodox rabbi and the son of a ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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