Movies like Maya 2001
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Maya (2001)
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
MAYA is a coming of age story set against an outlawed brutal practice of ritual rape still occurring in some parts of India.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, sincere, emotional, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy, contemplative
Plot:
coming of age, youth, sexual abuse, parents and children, life is a bitch, injustice, society, introspection, moral dilemma, kids in trouble, religions or cults, family problems, countryside, curses spells and rituals, child abuse, ritual, children, girl, family relations, sex with a priest, village, feminism, village life, adoption, immigrants ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
india, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and bleak films with plots about youth, life is a bitch, society, family relations, parents and children, family problems and coming of age mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Maya: Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), The Boys of St. Vincent (1992), Silenced (2011), My Father My Lord (2007), Vanaja (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The dysfunctional twenty-three years old Sarah takes her six year old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and lowlife ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
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realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, touching ...
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teens, girls' night
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sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, domestic violence, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, life is a bitch, pedophile, children, sexual assault, family in crisis ...
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Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
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realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, catholic priest, child molestation, man boy relationship, orphanage, child molester, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, childhood, underage sex, catholic orphanage ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
canada, london, newfoundland
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
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disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, teens
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sex crime, child abuse, rape, disability, deaf mute, mute or deaf, punishment, life is a bitch, deaf, society, youth, social activist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
"My Father My Lord" is an intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, jewish, coming of age, self discovery, clergy, society, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, parents and children, rabbi, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than fort walls, VANAJA explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age.
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realistic, serious, psychological, sentimental, sexy ...
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, couples, village, family relations, injustice, society, youth, teenage life, rape, dancing, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world ...
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Plot:
life is a bitch, kids in trouble, social decay, youth, prostitute, society, sexual abuse, pedophilia, social worker, prostitution, police, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
manila philippines, the philippines, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is ...
Style:
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Plot:
sexual abuse, incest, child abuse, lawyer, under the surface, family relations, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, youth, incestuous relationship, degradation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, teenage life, parents and children, custody, sexual abuse, dysfunctional family, redemption, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
Style:
disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
child prostitution, youth, circus, kids in trouble, kidnapping, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, sexual abuse, siblings relations, dishonesty, hopes, pimp ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, berlin germany, ukraine, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
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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:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
dysfunctional family, politics, factory worker, introspection, life is a bitch, factory, parents and children, drug dealing, human nature, family problems, family life, injustice ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
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sincere, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
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teenage life, parents and children, opposites attract, family relations, friends, immigrants, love and romance, introspection, youth, single parent, coming of age, friendship ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, sad, art house ...
Plot:
child abuse, stepdaughter, stepmother, domestic disturbance, life is a bitch, family relations, society, parents and children, hidden truth, physical abuse, court, abuse ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
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realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
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life is a bitch, moral dilemma, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, poverty, youth, single parent, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Caden Welles is living life as large as any 20-year-old could dream … until his eyes are opened to a world few Americans know still exists: a thriving human-trafficking trade. Spurred by a true purpose, an unlikely new friendship, and the prayers ...
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Plot:
youth, hopes, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, human spirit, family problems, injustice, obsessive quest, escapades, prostitute, society, family in crisis ...
Time:
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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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot:
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Time:
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usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Older brother Danny concocts a daring ...
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Plot:
family problems, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, family life, parents and children, siblings relations, society, hopes, working class, domestic disturbance, criminal, sex ...
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Place:
usa, ireland, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy ...
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coming of age, destiny, follow your dream, working class, rich and poor, family relations, youth, state affairs, society, hopes, parents and children, political unrest ...
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Place:
india, asia, bombay india
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Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Meticulous in every way: the non-professional actors with incredible skills, the beautiful camerawork, the timing and dosing of the tragic storyline about a fourteen-year-old Chinese girl from the countryside. A grown-up feature film debut by a ...
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serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, no music
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kids in trouble, estrangement, youth, life is a bitch, pregnancy, adoption, village, abortion, down on your luck, countryside, very little dialogue, egg ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Israel, Cambodia
Duration: 114 min.
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Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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addiction, dysfunctional family, moral dilemma, unlikely criminals, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems, family in crisis, youth, society, teenager, oedipus complex ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
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pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, society, youth, parents and children, small town, teenage life, sexual abuse, teenage girl, pastor ...
Time:
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Place:
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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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sincere, emotional, touching, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, introspection, dysfunctional family, society, addiction, human nature, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, child abuse, women of color, racial issues ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Afghanistan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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thought provoking, serious, bleak, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
survival, injustice, political unrest, hidden identity, religions or cults, family relations, state affairs, dishonesty, human nature, feminism, war, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
afghanistan, middle east, iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.
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sincere, emotional, serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
youth, small town, introspection, friendship, human nature, family problems, family relations, family in crisis, swimming, sex crime, dysfunctional family, innocence lost ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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