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In the Name of God (2007)
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Original name: Khuda Kay Liye
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims. The educated and modern Muslims are in a difficult situation because of their approach towards life and their western attire. They are criticized and harassed by the fundamentalists and on the other hand the Western world sees them as potential suspects of terrorism just because of their Muslim names.
Style:
serious, tense, bleak, realistic, islamic, captivating, inspirational, sincere, touching, thinking ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, extremism, false accusation, forbidden love, falsely accused, culture clash, wedding planning, muslim, immigration, misfit, family relations, life is a bitch, oppression, social relations, escape attempt, false arrest, family disapproval, fbi, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love, relationship problems, war on terror, relationships, religion ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
pakistan, chicago, middle east, usa, asia, london, india
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Most similar movies to In the Name of God
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about family relations, family problems, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, love affair and relationships mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like In the Name of God: Bol (2011), Yasmin (2004), Ivy Mansion: Life (2003), Silent Waters (2003), Ramchand Pakistani (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.
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serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, family values, strong female presence, society, death sentence, murder, feminist, media, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
pakistan, middle east, india
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100%
804
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In England, the Pakistanis Yasmin lives two lives in two different worlds: in her community, she wears Muslin clothes, cooks for her father and brother and has the traditional behavior of a Muslin woman. Further, she has a non-consumed marriage with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, culture clash, social differences, false accusation, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, parents and children, injustice, religions or cults, family in crisis ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
britain, pakistan, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Bahar (Nurgül Yeşilçay) is sent to New York because a serious illness. Treated in hospital Seymen Aga (Özcan Deniz) and Bahar try together to overcome this disease. Seymen Aga trying to be as strong as possible and not to give up. In Kapadokya, ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
forbidden love, relationship problems, tragic love, male female relationship, rich and poor, family relations, love story, eccentric family, couple relations, family disapproval, dysfunctional family, love interest ...
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, poignant
Plot:
islam, wartime life, family life, self discovery, politics, hopes, small town life, haunted by the past, death in the family, parents and children, culture clash, family in crisis ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 1947, year 1979
Place:
pakistan, india, middle east, asia
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
border, prison, hindu, confined, life is a bitch, family problems, injustice, missing person, prison life, wartime life, parents and children, boy ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
pakistan, india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the events of September 6th-7th in 1955, the Istanbul Pogrom.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, wealthy family, couple relations, couples, love interest, social relations, relationships, society, male female relationship, relationship problems, rich man, conflict ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a friend. The two get closer and fall in love, but face turmoil.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
city life, couples, society, immigrant, redemption, friendship, youth, love, love story, family relations, age difference, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
104
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism, with black and brown youth at the heart of it all.
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling
Plot:
shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragedy, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, love and romance, in love, family disapproval, star crossed lovers, family conflict, relationship problems, family feud ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Story about Mert, an educated young man who, after many years, goes back to Istanbul to live closer to his mother. There he meets Deniz, an attractive, free-spirited young woman, who seduces him. After six months, obvious changes in Mert's life ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, family problems, relationship problems, mother son relationship, attempted seduction, love triangle, love affair, seductress, unfulfilled love, getting home, relationships, love and romance ...
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A story about a friendship between talented famous musician and eleven years old girl.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, forbidden love, pianist, relationships, couple relations, love affair, social relations, couples, music, life is a bitch, love, musician's life ...
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, emotional, serious, cute ...
Plot:
family relations, immigrant, self discovery, family problems, against the rules, society, life is a bitch, conservative, unhappy marriage, reconciliation, parents and children, marital rape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, turkey, europe, berlin germany, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, relationship problems, love and romance, romantic triangle, love triangle, love affair, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, family relations, love interest, life is a bitch, family problems ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, injustice, vengeance, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, introspection, danger, false accusation, politics ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
21%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A conservative Muslim girl falls in love with an agnostic journalist.
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
hijab, cultural difference, fall in love, lifestyle, relationship problems, in love, journalist, social relations, cross cultural relations, love interest, counterculture, culture clash ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
18-year-old Hannah Yoder is ready to become an Amish adult - which means baptism into the Church and marriage to her boyfriend, Samuel. However, her friends convince her to visit Hollywood for Rumspringa where she meets Josh and the two hit it off ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, forbidden love, amish, religions or cults, couples, youth, society, love and romance, culture clash, love affair, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
246
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
interracial relations, family relations, forbidden love, love and romance, society, family in crisis, impossible love, family problems, immigrant, unfulfillment, misfit, religions or cults ...
Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, romantic ...
Plot:
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, emotional, atmospheric, offbeat ...
Plot:
forbidden love, society, love and romance, political unrest, social differences, culture clash, liberal, conservative, parents and children, religious differences, rebellion, journey ...
Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A politician’s son falls in love with a girl from a different community. To please his parents, he comes up with a plan which leads to a series of lies and hilarious situations.
Style:
romantic, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A love triangle between the primitively superstitious Rahma, her rude husband Robert, and the ghost of Rahma's beautiful sister Marie who died from the pain of banishment.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, supernatural, ghost, love triangle, couple relations, love and romance, couples, introspection, relationships, love affair, female ghost, ghost girl ...
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, love affair, family relations, young lovers, college graduate, family problems, social relations, fall in love, island, small town, love, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
workplace romance, family relations, forbidden love, culture clash, workplace, immigrant, parents and children, fall in love, unfulfillment, society, family drama, immigration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, factual, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, war on terror, politics, 9/11, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, injustice, innocence lost, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The relationship between a gaana singer and his girlfriend goes topsy-turvy after they realise a shocking truth about their respective fathers.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
love, couple relations, problem, love triangle, father son relationship, family problems, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, heartbreak, love interest, love story ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
clergy, friendship, religions or cults, parents and children, family relations, family life, society, village, fish out of water, disorder, village life, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, middle east
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she turns him down and says that her marriage has already been arranged. He later learns that she is set to marry his close friend Cheenu.
Style:
captivating, tense, romantic drama
Plot:
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Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
survival, injustice, political unrest, danger, hidden identity, family relations, religions or cults, human nature, dishonesty, feminism, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, afghanistan
Similarity:
18%
292
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
"Behadd" reflects upon the relationship dynamics of a 'Parent' and a 'Child', and shows how their love for one another becomes the cause of their heartache and the reflection of 'selflessness' verses ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
teenage girl, family relations, parent child relationship, selflessness, possessiveness, false accusation, mother son relationship, parents and children, relationships, mother child relationship, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
pakistan, middle east, india
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In Letter to the King we meet a group of refugees, all with their own agendas, on an excursion to Oslo. A young man about to be deported visits his former employers to collect his off-the-books salary, a martial arts expert is looking for work, a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, anthology ...
Plot:
refugee, immigrant, love, revenge, social misfits, dishonesty, society, hopes, life is a bitch, misfit, redemption, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kurdistan
Similarity:
18%
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