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Circles (2013)
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Original name: Кругови
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Circles (Serbian: Krugovi) is a Serbian movie based on the true story of a Serbian soldier who risked his life to protect a Muslim civilian during the war in Bosnia. During the war in Bosnia in 1993, a Serbian soldier pays for his life after protecting a Muslim civilian from being attacked by three other soldiers. 12 years later, the consequences of this act of heroism are still having their repercussions.
Style:
serious, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, twisted, tense, atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, gloomy ...
Plot:
hopes, life is a bitch, post war, haunted by the past, redemption, moral dilemma, bosnian war, surgery, metaphor, destiny, serial killer, wartime, revolution, suffering, killing spree, life story, muslim, interracial relations, job seeking, debt, lifesaver, hiding place, loss of son, military, soldier ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2013, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1993, 21st century ...
Place:
bosnia, serbia, balkan, eastern europe, croatia, europe, germany ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and gloomy films with plots about life is a bitch, hopes, society, family relations, redemption, haunted by the past and parents and children mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Circles: On the Path (2010), A Screaming Man (2010), The Visit (2000), Erratum (2010), Stopped on Track (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. After Amar's dramatic change in a fundamentalist community, Luna tears herself apart searching if love is truly enough to keep ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
religion, muslim, addiction, self discovery, couple relations, couples, religions or cults, introspection, society, redemption, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
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Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan, croatia, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Chad
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty something, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he ...
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realistic, contemplative, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
hotel, life is a bitch, political unrest, moral dilemma, military, parents and children, ex athlete, anti war, introspection, soldier, dishonesty, african ...
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Place:
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297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, redemption, destiny, society, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, family life, parents and children, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
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59%
123
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
false accusation, prostitute, celibacy, haunted by the past, redemption, lifestyle, clergy, moral dilemma, hopes, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of Sarajevo ended, writer-director Aida Begic’s follow-up to her 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize-winning debut Snow tells the story of two orphaned ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, orphan, society, social decay, youth, siblings relations, post war, siblings, survival, trauma, friendship, resilience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, balkan, europe, serbia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soldier, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, destiny, wartime life, family relations, couples, human nature, writer's life ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, atmospheric, realistic, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, young lovers, unlikely couple, love affair, interracial relations, life is a bitch, social differences, society, terminal illness, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, europe, asia, germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia, Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
family problems, life is a bitch, gypsy, family relations, social misfits, misfit, race against time, parents and children, society, money raising, husband wife relationship, money problems ...
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, balkan, europe
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, undercover, hopes, life is a bitch, family relations, law enforcement, society, terminal illness, multiple storylines, confession, soccer, religions or cults ...
Time:
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Place:
peru, latin america
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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serious, touching, sincere, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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serious, sincere, touching, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
theater, lifestyle, hopes, parents and children, society, human nature, performer's life, dealing with death, artists and showbiz, redemption, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, prague, poland, central europe ...
Similarity:
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895
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In order to recover the body of her son lost during the war in Bosnia, a grieving, but strong-willed Muslim woman, Halima, must track down her estranged niece, who we find carries a mysterious connection to him.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
un, adoption, wartime life, loss of son, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, muslim, bodies, missing person, adopted son, birth mother ...
Time:
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Place:
bosnia, eastern europe, bosnia herzegovina, croatia, balkan
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, contemplative, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
self discovery, redemption, family relations, protecting from truth, parents and children, uncover truth, adoption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, hopes, society, monkey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, society, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, croatia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, captivating
Plot:
prison, prison life, love and romance, confined, criminal heroes, hopes, haunted by the past, redemption, youth, switching roles, romancing a criminal, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, marseille
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy, biting ...
Plot:
social decay, moral dilemma, introspection, immigrant, realism, life is a bitch, discrimination, society, interracial relations, hopes, crumbling marriage, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
border, immigrant, politics, danger, human spirit, couples, political unrest, life is a bitch, state affairs, rebelliousness, hopes, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, germany, ukraine, europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Thirteen European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo; what this city has represented in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo stands for today in Europe. These eminent filmmakers of different generations and origins ...
Style:
anthology, disturbing, realistic, serious, art house ...
Plot:
politics, wartime life, haunted by the past, state affairs, society, anti war, political unrest, european history, memory, reflection, post war, trauma ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
balkan, bosnia, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.
Style:
psychological, sincere, stylized, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
estate, elderly, lifestyle, introspection, haunted by the past, social relations, love and romance, society, post war, youth, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
50%
262
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
auschwitz, starting over, haunted by the past, friendship, hopes, human spirit, girlfriend, reunited friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, post war, lifestyle, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, 60s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, captivating, touching, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, human spirit, wartime life, life is a bitch, hopes, elderly, family problems, haunted by the past, kurd, dealing with death, mountain, lost
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iraq, middle east
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with love and personal loss against the backdrop of a land torn by civil war in this drama from filmmaker Ozcan Alper. Sumru (Gaye Gursel) is a Turkish woman who studies ethnic music at a college in Istanbul and frequently makes ...
Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
journey, on the road, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, tragic love, life is a bitch, missing person, ethnic conflict, self discovery, society, wartime life, black market ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, kurdistan, turkey
Similarity:
50%
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