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Armenia, My Love... (2016)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The destiny of a happy Armenian family, whose life will change forever in 1915, Ottoman Empire, (Armenian land), now Turkey and whose beautiful dreams will become memories in the eyes of the most famous Armenian American painter, who lives to paint the story of his shattered childhood.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, poignant, melancholic, period piece, tragic, nostalgic
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, mass murder, turkish history, life is a bitch, social problems, inheritance, memory, memories, grief, loss, family drama, suffering, survivor, ethnic cleansing, family tragedy, trauma, exile, childhood, immigration, legacy, nostalgia, witness, flashback, mourning ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, armenia, turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, melancholic, emotional and disturbing films with plots about loss, memory, grief, life is a bitch, trauma, family relations and mourning mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Armenia, My Love...: The Lark Farm (2007), 1915 (2015), Mother (1991), Nahapet (1977), Songs of Solomon (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, world war one, turkish history, family relations, wartime life, life turned upside down, siblings relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, deportation, great war ...
Time:
year 1915, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire, turkey, middle east
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.
Style:
suspenseful, sad, rough, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, theater, genocide, turkish history, soldier, life is a bitch, memory, memories, society, culture clash, violence, brutality ...
Time:
year 1915
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire, los angeles, turkey
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, ...
Style:
saga, emotional, historical drama, family saga, melancholic ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, diaspora, biopic, exile, refugee, motherhood, immigration, family drama, survival, mother son relationship, resilience, family relations ...
Place:
armenia, marseille, ottoman empire, france, provence
Similarity:
62%
456
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Story of a strong-willed man, Nahapet, who lost his family during the 1915 Genocide is an eternal story of resurrection.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, emotional, poignant, bleak ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, trauma, resilience, loss, grief, survival, symbolism, hopes, national identity, mourning, character study, rebirth ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s
Place:
soviet union, armenia, ussr
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this is a film about a childhood friendship, torn apart by the horrific Hamidian massacres infiltrated by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1894-1896).
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
courage, friendship, hopes, armenian genocide, religious persecution, battles, empire, life risking, fight, friends, female protagonist, political oppression ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
ottoman empire, constantinople, armenia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is 1915 in an Armenian village in Anatolia. Bedo and Maryam return from their secret dovecote only to find an empty house and a ghost village. The children embark on a journey to search for their mother, along with their bird 'Bacik.'
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, psychological, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
children, deportation, brother sister relationship, search for mother, loss, social issues, family relations, search for father, social misfits, social problems, life is a bitch, travel ...
Time:
year 1915
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire
Similarity:
44%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An emotional story of two brothers; the biography of Dr. Amarjit Singh, an Indian American immigrant who walked through The First Kashmir War as a child, forced from his home with his severely disabled brother and a family in fear for their lives.
Style:
historical drama, poignant, emotional, dramatic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
biopic, immigration, brothers, brotherhood, resilience, survival, perseverance, family drama, cleaning, sacrifice, loss, refugee ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
kashmir, india, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
no overview
Plot:
armenian genocide, courtroom drama, crime against humanity, jury, justice, mass murder, genocide, assassination, world war one, trial, witness, revenge ...
Time:
year 1915
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, berlin germany, armenia
Similarity:
34%
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516
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, road movie, psychological, art house ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, diaspora, genocide, physician, road trip, journey, intimate, family reunited, identity crisis, father daughter relationship, self discovery, female protagonist ...
Place:
armenia, caucasus, france
Similarity:
31%
396
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
A glimpse into the lives of an ensemble of characters leading up to the moment the world changed forever - 8:46 a.m. Tuesday September 11, 2001.
Style:
emotional, poignant, bleak, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
terrorism, compassion, loss, humanity, 9/11, tribute, empathy, memories, terrorist attack, changing lives, terrorist bombing, social problems ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing, poignant ...
Plot:
relationships, grief, loss, guilt, friendship, life is a bitch, tragic event, changing lives, loss of brother, family relations, healing, small town ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, dying man, memory, haunting, ghost story, family life, near death experience, life & death, family problems, troubled past, mourning, elderly man ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shadows and Faces tells the story of a young girl who is separated from his shadow puppetry performer father during the ethnic conflict between Cypriot Greeks and Cypriot Turks in 1963.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, historical drama, emotional ...
Plot:
ethnic conflict, father daughter relationship, village, separation from family, female protagonist, family relations, father and daughter, social problems, cultural conflict, parents and children, life is a bitch, child protagonist ...
Place:
cyprus, turkey
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Canada, Turkey, Jordan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Style:
sexy, exciting, tense, suspense, factual ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, turkish history, refugee, world war one, diaspora, deportation, mute, charlie chaplin, odyssey, mass murder, blacksmith ...
Time:
year 1915, year 2014, 1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, armenia, turkey, north dakota
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers ...
Style:
anthology, multicultural, intercultural, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, diaspora, memory, identity, city life, mother and daughter, nostalgia, intimate, family drama, slice of life, bittersweet, social realism ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, middle east, ottoman empire, greece
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A young up and coming artist in New York city has his life and dreams forever altered when the tragic events of 9/11 take the lives of his two best friends and he accepts guardianship of the couple's two young daughters. Now eleven years later, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
family drama, changing lives, social problems, problem, lifestyle change, child custody, foster home, foster parent, family problems, loss of family, foster child, terrorist attack ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boy, totalitarian regime, loss, tragedy, deportation, nuclear testing, oppression, social problems, foster child, reprisal, dysfunctional family, repression ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
kazakhstan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, poignant ...
Plot:
tsunami, grief, loss, society, small town life, life is a bitch, troubled past, tragic past, healing, mourning, trauma, community ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
This family drama is the sequel to director Henri Verneuil's autobiographical film, Mayrig. It takes place some forty years after the end of the previous film. In the earlier film, a young man has moved with his family to Marseilles from ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, contemplative, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, turkish history, diaspora, immigration, genocide, survivor, immigrant, love and romance, elderly lovers, elderly, writer's life, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ottoman empire, europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Felicia Impastato, mother of the brave Peppino Impastato, tries to keep the memory of his son alive after his murder.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
memory, mafia, loss of child, female protagonist, mother and son, life is a bitch, bereavement, courage, moving, organized crime, loss, grief ...
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Locked away in the Jewish ghetto of an occupied Ukrainian town in 1941, a mother revisits her life in a last letter to her son.
Style:
bleak, poignant, historical drama, reflective, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, persecution, world war two, jewish ghetto, anti semitism, mature, grief, loss, haunting, family tragedy, mother son relationship, witness ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe, ukraine
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Serbia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Stevan Jakovljević, a biology teacher and World War I veteran who fought for the Serbian army, arrives to the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the end of the war and the opening of an ossuary in the village where he used to be stationed ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, firing squad, sacrifice, military life, army, wartime, cemetery, military officer, military, fight, battles ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When their son drowns while saving the life of a friend, the couple offer to take the boy in. What can they do with the kid who outlived their own son? The father tries to teach him work and looks after him like family. The mother is distant to him ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
bereavement, grief, loss, mourning, family drama, social problems, kids and family, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, loss of child ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
drug overdose, tragedy, drug, grief, heroin, loss, family drama, family tragedy, family problems, life is a bitch, drug abuse, loss of child ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is ...
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
painting, disappearance, coup d'etat, single mother, pharmacist, child prodigy, art, painter, art critic, social problems, life is a bitch, artists' life ...
Time:
60s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The heroes of the movie last seen each other on the Belarusian railway station in the summer of 1945. A quarter-century, they meet at the funeral of comrade.
Style:
disturbing, touching, sincere, thought provoking, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, world war two, memory, society, life is a bitch, destiny, life & death, justice, hopes, loss, nostalgia, social realism ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A family seen at two different periods, some 40 years having passed between the two. A dysfunctional family marked by what used to be called an ugly illness, cancer and death. The characters quarrel, hate each other, and refuse to accept in their ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, death, family drama, marital argument, relationship problems, family conflict, social problems, life philosophy, conflict ...
Time:
60s
Place:
morocco, andalusia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A girl grieving the horrific loss of her parents moves in with relatives, who try their best to welcome her into the family.
Style:
emotional, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mental health, uncle niece relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, loss, grief, family drama, post traumatic stress, family life, loss of father, loss of mother, family problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
24%
462
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in their Staten Island home. Their eldest son is suffering from the physical and psychological effects of ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, heartbreaking, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, secret, family secret, family drama, domestic drama, ptsd, grief, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, marital problem, family relations ...
Similarity:
24%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Simón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter exiled in Miami, copes not only with trauma, but also deep guilt over a choice he must make: stay in Miami and start a new life, or return home to the losing fight against a tyrannical regime.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
freedom fighter, moral dilemma, exodus, trauma, guilt, exile, relationship problems, problem, diaspora, social commentary, political repression, identity crisis ...
Place:
miami, venezuela
Similarity:
23%
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