Movies like The Bright Day

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The Bright Day (2013)
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The Bright Day (2013)
Original name: روز روشن
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min.
Story: THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each of seven reluctant witnesses to come forward. No one lacks a hidden agenda in this drama in which shades of truth collide with self-interest and the specter of payback. (Gene Siskel Film Center)
Style: art film
Plot: money, divorce, maid, caregiver, death, car, iranian, classroom
Place: iran

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and islamic films with plots about iranian, persian, poverty, family relations, money, society and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Bright Day: Travellers (1992), The Traveler (1974), A Man of Integrity (2017), A Separation (2011), A Respectable Family (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Travellers (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, beautiful
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Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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The Traveler (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 83 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 113 min.
Story: Reza (35), having distanced himself from urban life to work on a goldfish farm, leads a simple life along with his wife and only son in a remote village in northern Iran. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local ...
Style: independent film
Plot: chaos, father son relationship, intimidation, rural setting, corporation, crooked businessman, loan, goldfish, police, fish, school principal, money ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: middle east, iran, maghreb, tehran iran
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A Separation (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style: emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, talky, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poverty, divorce, muslim, alzheimer's disease, justice, religion, islam, marriage, parenthood, court, family drama, dysfunctional family ...
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A Respectable Family (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Arash is an Iranian academic who lives in the West. He returns to Iran to teach in Shiraz, a city far from Tehran where his mother lives. Drawn into a series of domestic and financial dramas, he faces a country that is now alien to him. Following ...
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Duration: 89 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Country: Iran
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: sincere, captivating, sad, islamic
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. He spends his days by working odd jobs, until he realizes that the only way that he can realize his dreams is by enrolling in school. In school, he has conflict with other students. Finally ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: banned
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Place: persia, iran, tehran iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
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Zinat (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
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Place: iran
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Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: beautiful
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Place: iran, tehran iran
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Sunday Lunch (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A surgeon torn between his family and mistress sees his upcoming promotion as a salvation from midlife crisis.
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