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Golden Horseshoes (1989)
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Original name: صفايح ذهب
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Youssef Soltane, a 45-year-old Tunisian intellectual, is the product of a generation that lived the era of euphoria and great ideologies in the sixties, and their subsequent failure. He was incarcerated and tortured for his political opinions. Furthermore, his relationship with Zineb, a young, beautiful bourgeois, only brings him more trouble. During one long winter night, Youssef wanders in search of an emotional haven, prey to all the questions that flood his memory.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, art house, political drama
Plot:
existential crisis, introspection, political repression, character study, isolation, alienation, nostalgia, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, social commentary, reflection, class conflict, winter, torture, political prisoner, prison, male nudity, blood, bare chested male, psychological drama, internal monologue
Time:
80s
Place:
tunisia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, art house, bleak and existential films with plots about isolation, character study, alienation, psychological drama, moral ambiguity, identity crisis and introspection mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Golden Horseshoes: Putulnacher Itikatha (2025), Summer in the City (1971), Guilt (1965), DeAD (2013), El Censor (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Shashi, an urbane doctor, returns to his native village, a place seemingly mired in a backward way of life, for a short visit. As he becomes closely involved with the villagers, Shashi’s short stay threatens to become permanent.
Style:
art house, melancholic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Released from prison a man wanders through a new reality
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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79
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Patrick feels absolutely lonely when he decides to search for his supposable genitor after the suicide of his mother. He doesn’t have a plan, a goal or hopes. He just wants to meet the phantom that he thinks is the reason for his mother’s death.
Style:
existential, emotional, melancholic, independent film, art house ...
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grief, loneliness, isolation, identity crisis, character study, search for father, alienation, minimalism, intimate, regret, male protagonist, urban ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Close-up to the man who censored films during the military dictatorship in Argentina, slightly inspired by the infamous Miguel Paulino Tato.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, intense, art house, political thriller ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, repression, authoritarianism, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, character study, guilt, regret, introspection, redemption, human rights, realism ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
greece, athens greece
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163
Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A woman is on the verge of killing herself, in reverse.
Style:
dark, emotional, bleak, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
character study, existential crisis, self destructing, suicide, depression, desperation, mental health, actress, existentialism, mature, female protagonist, flashback ...
Time:
turn of the century
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61%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: Austria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
SUPERWORLD is a story about God and the world: a world whose heroine WORKS the till and a God we never see nor hear, but whose presence we feel throughout the film. Lead actress Ulrike Beimpold delivers a remarkable, moving performance as a woman ...
Style:
melancholic, ambiguous ending, slow cinema, surreal
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
art film, art house, melancholic, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
alienation, psychoanalysis, neurosis, mental illness, existentialism, guilt, family conflict, mental breakdown, identity crisis, isolation, domineering mother, electroshock therapy ...
Place:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
melancholic, art house, existential, period piece
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, melancholic, art house, bleak, indie film
Plot:
homelessness, character study, identity, isolation, survival, poverty, loneliness, ambiguity, alienation, rehearsal, social commentary, minimalism ...
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Story:
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Style:
bleak, melancholic, serious, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, art house, melancholic, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Story:
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Country: Soviet Union
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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