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Nargess (1992)
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Nargess (1992)
Original name: نرگس
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic law.
Plot: iranian, age-gap relationship, love, thief, police officer, police, love triangle, islam, muslim, hospital, theft, older woman younger man relationship, female director
Place: iran

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out islamic, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about iranian, persian, muslim, husband wife relationship, love, family relations and couples mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Nargess: Mother (1990), The Last Supper (2002), Boycott (1986), The Blue-Veiled (1995), Tales (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
Plot: iranian, persian culture, mother, carpenter, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother conflict, persian
Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The Last Supper (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mrs. Mashreghi, who is a prominent university professor, is divorced from her husband. She leads a happy life for a while until one her students who is almost the same age of her daughter falls in love with her; a love which is completely rejected ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, sexual
Plot: iranian, intolerance, love triangle, starting over, false accusation, teachers and students, couple relations, crumbling marriage, youth, love and romance, couples, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran
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Boycott (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members of his political cell, and begins to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he is condemned. At ...
Plot: marxism, prison, death penalty, arrest, faith, islam, anti communist, anti communism, iranian, political activist, childbirth, doubt ...
Place: iran, middle east
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The Blue-Veiled (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old ...
Plot: missing father, factory owner, worker, dysfunctional family, islam, son in law, factory, poverty, older man younger woman relationship, iranian, manager, persian ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Tales (2014)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story: Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: society, love, family relations, everyday life, multiple storylines, friendship, couples, life is a bitch, social misfits, down on your luck, prostitute, taxi driver ...
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Travellers (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and ...
Style: realistic, serious, beautiful
Plot: iranian, wedding, newlywed, mirror, death, female protagonist, family relations, couples, dealing with death, ghost, against the rules, destiny ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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Maryam (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her community after American hostages are held in Iran.
Style: islamic
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot: blindness, hospital, couple relations, introspection, disability, injustice, life is a bitch, second chance, self discovery, illness, muslim, recovery ...
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The Brick and the Mirror (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on ...
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61%
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The Peddler (1987)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second ...
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Under the Skin of the City (2001)
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Duration: 92 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
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55%
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The Cyclist (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Style: independent film, poignant, islamic, contemplative, psychological ...
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Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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Guests of Hotel Astoria (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
Style: independent film
Plot: death in childbirth, sexual torture, iranian, communist, pregnancy, death of protagonist, husband wife relationship, bare breasts, politics, love, kiss, shower
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
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Country: Iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
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Country: Iran
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Country: Iran
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
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