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Lemon Tree (2008)
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Original name: עץ לימון
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority (useless), Israeli army (dismissive), and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case; this older client attracts him. While the courts deliberate, the Israelis fence her trees and prohibit her from entering the grove. As the trees wither, the defense minister's wife and, separately, an Israeli journalist, look on Salma with sympathy. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, contemplative, emotional, edutainment, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, politics, injustice, widow, occupation, love and romance, life is a bitch, legal, society, reconciliation, hopes, rules and policies, legal action, conservative, arab, israeli, dictator, conflict, dictatorship, judaism, forbidden love, muslim, secret service, courtroom ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia, palestinian authority, washington d.c.
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Most similar movies to Lemon Tree
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and sincere films with plots about society, life is a bitch, israeli, family relations, conflict, politics and arab mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Lemon Tree: The Syrian Bride (2004), In Syria (2017), Miral (2010), Paradise Now (2005), A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
wedding, politics, occupation, ethnic, border, hijab, wedding ceremony, arranged marriage, nationalism, culture clash, love and romance, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, syria, israel, palestine
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belgium, France, Lebanon
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, emotional, compassionate ...
Plot:
fear, terrorist, strong female lead, coping, self sacrifice, lawlessness, strong female character, mother, rescue attempt, wartime life, desperation, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
syria, middle east
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Israel, Italy, India, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Style:
realistic, stylized, emotional, sentimental, breathtaking ...
Plot:
politics, orphan, hopes, arab, refugee, injustice, rebellion, human spirit, society, fall in love, idealism, rebelliousness ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, persia, palestinian authority ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Paradise Now is filmed from the perspective of two Palestinian men who are preparing to perform a suicide attack in Israel. This is the first film to deal with the subject of suicide bombers.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, depressing, political, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, friendship, islam, suicide, destiny, muslim, conflict, israeli, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, jerusalem, maghreb ...
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30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, friends, danger, terrorism, politics, society, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
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29%
966
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
muslim, human rights, soldier, military, dysfunctional family, society, politics, terrorism, rivalry, confined, family problems, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
family relations, forbidden love, family problems, family gatherings, family life, wartime life, life is a bitch, love and romance, bittersweet, village, family in crisis, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. She soon ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, politics, state affairs, social differences, love affair, love and romance, life is a bitch, injustice, discrimination, political unrest, israeli, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, persia, new york ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, israeli, conflict, sex scene, israeli army ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, syria, iraq ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium, Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
suicide bomber, israeli palestinian conflict, uncover truth, occupation, terrorism, danger, investigation, radical, society, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, civil war ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, lebanon, maghreb ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
Style:
sincere, psychological, realistic, serious, road movie ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, hopes, politics, vietnam veteran, self discovery, introspection, redemption, haunted by the past, society, obsessive quest, on the road ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, salt lake city utah, africa ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two men discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
switched at birth, teenage boy, family relations, family problems, life turned upside down, parents and children, disorder, society, introspection, occupation, adolescence vs adulthood, identity crisis ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, palestinian authority
Similarity:
22%
796
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, family feud, interracial relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, life turned upside down, family business, realism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, persia
Similarity:
22%
487
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Israel, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, conflict, british empire, israeli, israeli palestinian conflict, world war, girl, soldier, anti hero, injustice, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 1966, 1940s
Place:
palestine, israel, syria
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, nazi, wartime life, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, society, world war, strong female character ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
injustice, fighting the system, political unrest, couples, society, feminism, state affairs, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, legal action ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
forbidden love, against the odds, unlikely couple, opposites attract, social differences, religions or cults, couples, fall in love, love and romance, society, young lovers, tragic love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, spy, terrorism, danger, undercover, moral dilemma, double agent, special agent, society, informant, israeli ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestinian authority, venice
Similarity:
20%
19K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Mauritania, France, Qatar
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed. A look at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant ...
Style:
harsh, compassionate, emotional, intense, slow cinema ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
islam, desert, terrorist, culture clash, brutality, jihad, political unrest, legal, religions or cults, family in crisis, religious differences, life turned upside down ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, middle east, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
19%
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, touching, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, family problems, rabbi, religions or cults, life is a bitch, introspection, clergy, hopes, society, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
19%
899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as ...
Style:
epic, retro, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
arab, arab israeli conflict, military, fortress, israeli army, war, conflict, israeli palestinian conflict, struggle, husband wife relationship, desert, adultery ...
Time:
1940s, year 1966, 20th century, year 1948, year 1947
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
19%
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214
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
soccer, football, israeli, military, life is a bitch, war, confined, soldier, wartime life, infantrymen, hapless soldier, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, society, eviction, culture clash, unfulfillment, politics, sibling relationship, siblings, estrangement, funeral, forgery, last will and testament ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, germany, palestine, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Afghanistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel. (TIFF)
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape turns to consensual sex, family problems, injustice, resentment, danger, life is a bitch, couples, couple relations, society, muslim, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, persia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
gulf war, war correspondent, journalism, media, politics, military, anti war, against the odds, escapades, political unrest, battles, life is a bitch ...
Place:
iraq, baghdad iraq, middle east
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
adoption, racism, boy, rescue, refugee, rabbi, hidden identity, love of one's life, fall in love, hopes, orphan, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, year 2005, 90s
Place:
africa, israel, middle east, palestine, paris france ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Kuwait, Jordan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi (Melkar Muallem), divorcée Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
brother in law sister in law relationship, immigrant, single parent, job seeking, starting over, culture clash, society, social relations, hopes, family in crisis, arab israeli conflict, financial problem ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
palestine, illinois, middle east, usa, israel
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.
Style:
political, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, photograph, female nudity, photographer, adoption, child, cold war, lebanese civil war, correspondents, nude girl, raf ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
lebanon, germany, middle east, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
Similarity:
18%
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