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Sallah (1964)
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Original name: סאלח שבתי
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.
Style:
black comedy, black and white, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, intercultural, suspense, inter cultural
Plot:
israeli, islam, arab culture, family relations, satire, immigrant, family life, rebellion, fighting the system, society, desert, father, poverty, large family, poor, refugee, settler, husband wife relationship, father child relationship, refugee camp, hebrew, cigarette smoking, backgammon, immigrants
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and biting films with plots about israeli, society, family relations, satire, family life, dark humor and culture clash mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Sallah: Hide and Seek (1980), The Marchers (2013), The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997), James' Journey to Jerusalem (2003), Very Well, Thank You (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a suspected spy when he observes him meeting with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
Plot:
israeli, lgbt, gay subtext, teacher student relationship, secret relationship, homosexuality, young boy, gay teacher, following someone, gay interest, teacher, gay ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1946
Place:
israel, jerusalem
Similarity:
100%
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:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, thought provoking, biting ...
Plot:
racism, human spirit, fighting the system, discrimination, cross country, society, life is a bitch, hopes, immigrant, misfit, working class, racial slur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
lyon, france
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain ...
Style:
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Plot:
satire, dull life, family relations, dark humor, dealing with death, race against time, introspection, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, doctor ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
wisdom of life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, immigrant, society, social differences, racism, teaching the ways of the world, misfit, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tough lives of two ordinary individuals: Alex, an accountant and his wife Béatrice, a taxi driver.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting, suspense
Plot:
life turned upside down, fighting the system, life is a bitch, injustice, society, wrongfully committed, satire, husband wife relationship, loss of job, taxi driver, disorder, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, twins, coming of age, love triangle, parents and children, family in crisis, teenage love, family problems, fall in love, small town, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Style:
satirical, psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
bar mitzvah, orthodox jew, feminism, relationship problems, social problems, crisis of faith, satire, family problems, faith, community, arab culture, israeli ...
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, humorous, sweet, sentimental ...
Plot:
getting home, deportation, communication problem, hopes, family relations, stewardess, interracial relations, society, journey, israeli, love, judaism ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
Amjad is an Arab-Israeli journalist whose problems with cultural identity drive himself and all around him crazy especially his wife, Bushra.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, cynical, semi serious, biting ...
Plot:
love, politics, journalist, marriage, interracial relations, family life, satire, identity crisis, social differences, culture clash, couples, under the surface ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their ...
Style:
funny, witty, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
office, kick-butt women, satire, military, virginity, female soldier, military base, soldier, friendship, female pubic hair, israeli army, israeli ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, russia, tokyo
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three parallel stories of immigrants in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War and about coming together while sealed in a room during the Scud attacks.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot:
israeli, gulf war, immigrant, society, opposites attract, couple relations, love and romance, couples, pregnancy, wartime life, fall in love, police ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants. Faced with the primitivism and a lack of morale, their revolution fails and the girl ...
Style:
black and white, biting, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
revolution, revolutionary, protest, black, politics, feminism, sexual content, society, rebellion, coming of age, state affairs, youth ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, former yugoslavia, balkan, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
emigration, culture clash, working class, family problems, family relations, social relations, society, politics, workplace, immigrant, unemployment, job seeking ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, switzerland
Similarity:
39%
242
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An elderly Israeli Jew of Greek origins was sent to Greece to represent his town in a town twinning ceremony, however he went instead to search for his friend from the childhood, who saved him from the Holocaust. In meantime he formed a special ...
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
parent child relationship, parents and children, family problems, family relations, holocaust survivor, bittersweet, estrangement, elderly, religions or cults, quibbling, escapades, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, greece, palestine
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sergio Konstanza, a Swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Seargent is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.
Style:
cult classic, not serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
israeli, conservative, israeli culture, soldier, desert, satire, silly humor, disorder, nothing goes right, daring rescue, chases and races, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, egypt, palestine, asia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, meditative, surreal, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
father son relationship, greed, israeli, secrets, existentialism, parents and children, family problems, ambition, estrangement, religions or cults, moral dilemma, writers ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, jerusalem, seattle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, road movie, captivating, humorous, serious ...
Plot:
self discovery, on the road, human nature, bittersweet, righting the wronged, selflessness, bribery, redemption, friendship, israeli, hopes, obsessive quest ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, romania, europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
16 years old Shlomi lives with his restless mother, his soldier brother and their ill grandfather. Although not doing well in school, Shlomi is a gifted cook and takes care of most household chores. One day, the school's principal finds out ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
secret relationship, high school, prodigy, self discovery, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, human nature, fall in love, teenage love, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Natha a poor farmer from Peepli village in the heart of rural India is about to lose his plot of land due to an unpaid bank loan. A quick fix to the problem is the a government program that aids the families of indebted farmers who have committed ...
Style:
black comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
media circus, satire, dark humor, farmer, media, society, nothing goes right, media hype, suicide attempt, poverty, corrupt politician, social injustice ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
sexual promiscuity, large family, satire, greed, poverty, family relations, insanity, social problems, baptism, consumerism, pregnancy, promiscuity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
arranged marriage, israeli, culture clash, forbidden love, social differences, fall in love, love and romance, family problems, couples, parents and children, family life, self discovery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, tokyo
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
optimism, parents and children, family relations, family life, misfit, family problems, dysfunctional family, physical appearance, fictional reality show, family drama, forgiveness, family secret ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous
Plot:
occupation, israeli, law enforcement, soldier, danger, military, army investigation, woman in danger, military base, military life, israeli army, mental patient ...
Time:
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Place:
israel
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29%
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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:
thought provoking, humorous, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, political unrest, unfulfillment, family life, state affairs, life is a bitch, parents and children, wartime life, family relations, intrigue, world war two, arab ...
Time:
2000s, 1940s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.
Style:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
fame, talent, delusion, dark humor, society, celebrity culture, media satire, computers and web, teenager, suburbs, art, small town ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations ...
Style:
social, biting, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
homeless, working class, social differences, small town, hobo, tramp, lawyer, success, bourgeoisie, charity, social satire, family relations ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical, offbeat ...
Plot:
politics, satire, corruption, ideology, power struggle, true love, humanism, diplomacy, leader, ambassador, military coup, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Luxembourg, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, intense, thought provoking, comedy drama
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, imperialism, injustice, life philosophy, love and romance, military, society, politics, culture clash, soldier, satire, israeli army ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, sincere, intercultural ...
Plot:
immigrant, language barrier, travel, family life, society, social differences, culture clash, parents and children, migration, family gatherings, family reunited, black ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
germany, indiana, europe, turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David is a garage electrician, who dreamt all of his life of becoming a magician, but had no luck in it. His girlfriend Batya wants an ordinary life, but David is still looking for his dream, so he links up with Romanian immigrant Shimon, who is an ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, uplifting, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
israeli, hopes, love and romance, couple relations, follow your dream, wizards and magicians, couples, failed attempt, magic, magician, cashier
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
27%
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