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The Mourner (1993)
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Original name: रुदाली
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In a small village in Rajasthan, India, a woman named Shanichari was born - so named, as shortly after her birth her father died; & her mother, Peewli, ran away with a rich lover, the owner of a drama company, abandoning her. When Shanichari grew up she was married to a male named Ganju who lived with his ailing mother. Shanichari gave birth to a boy and named him Budhwa. The local Landlord,
Style:
bleak, melancholic, poignant, art house, offbeat, art film, crying, weeping, period drama, tragic
Plot:
female protagonist, grief, poverty, village life, mourning, social realism, motherhood, patriarchy, class struggle, loss, oppression, resilience, trauma, ritual, arranged marriage, domestic abuse, survival, friendship, indian woman, prostitute, pregnancy, desert, death, orphan, death of husband ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, bleak, art house and emotional films with plots about social realism, grief, loss, resilience, poverty, survival and trauma mostly in Drama and History genres. Some movies like The Mourner: In the Land of Wonders (2009), One-Third (2006), Crocodile (2014), Shor (1972), Village Rockstars (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Still today, years after the war, some regions are contaminated with broken families, poverty, crime and low-grade uranium. In the middle of nowhere in Western Herzegovina, at a NATO military training range, a nine-year-old girl called Alica, ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, bleak, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
post war, cancer, child protagonist, poverty, grief, terminal illness, death, loss, family bonds, social realism, survival, desperation ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, balkan
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105
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an individual teen prostitute as seen from the lens of her Buddhist neighbor.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, independent film, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, prostitution, character study, poverty, loss, empathy, social realism, loneliness, urban, slice of life, street life, ethical dilemma ...
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70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Divina is preparing for her daughter Rowena’s 13th birthday when she hears shocking news: her daughter has been attacked by a crocodile, her body still missing. As Divina searches for the body of her daughter in the marshlands of Agusan del Sur, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Plot:
search and rescue, crocodile, death of daughter, tragedy, missing person, animal attack, mother and daughter, girl, loss, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, grief ...
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440
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Shankar (Manoj Kumar), his lovely wife Geeta (Nanda) and Deepak (Master Satyajeet) are a poor but happy family. Tragedy strikes one day, when Deepak wonders over to the railway tracks. When Geeta rushes in to warn and rescue him, she is run over by ...
Style:
tear jerker, emotional, period drama
Plot:
poverty, sacrifice, mute child, family tragedy, domestic drama, social realism, friendship, surgery, resilience, grief, working class, perseverance ...
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68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a small village in northeast India, 10-year-old Dhunu dreams of having her own rock band. Her vibrant spirit, imagination and self-assurance stand out in a world where girls are expected to be timid and submissive. With her gang of boys and the ...
Style:
poignant, mind blowing, melancholic
Plot:
aspiration, gender roles, slice of life, resilience, childhood, female protagonist, village, determination, imagination, coming of age, social realism, patriarchy ...
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151
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man and his son move from the Pacific coast of Colombia to Cali, but have a difficult time adapting to the city. When his son is killed, the father must go through the hard process of grief while trying to find roots in a place that does not ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, bleak, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
family tragedy, loss, mourning, father son relationship, grief, character study, family drama, migration, social realism, adaptation, intimate, urbanization ...
Place:
colombia
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65%
249
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on the struggles of a mother who lost their children.
Style:
emotional, heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
typhoon, survivor, disaster, resilience, bereavement, natural disaster, aftermath, trauma, mourning, grief, loss, survival ...
Place:
the philippines
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64%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The movie chronicles the life of Khadeeja, a married muslim woman confined within the four walls of the household, forced to conceal her desires in the name of religious and societal norms. When fate brings her to an abandoned life, she chooses a ...
Style:
intense, art house, melancholic, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex worker, patriarchy, feminist, social realism, gender roles, female protagonist, sexually liberated, village life, sex work, women's rights, trauma, survival ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young boy follows his violent and alcoholic father on a quest to find his mother, who has run away from his abuse.
Style:
road movie, intense, bleak, indie film, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, village, family drama, domestic abuse, village life, social realism, realism, journey, alcoholism, minimalism, poverty, child protagonist ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
61%
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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:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Fauji Calling an upcoming Hindi-language film which showcases the story of a soldier who sacrifices his life in an attack and the struggle of his family after the attack. The film cast includes Sharman Joshi, Ranjha Vikram Singh, Bidita Bag, Mahi ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, serious, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
grief, military, sacrifice, soldier, loss, family drama, honor, bravery, mourning, patriotism, trauma, ptsd ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A group of suppressed women from a village in Gujarat find someone in the desert and their lives are changed forever.
Style:
gujarati, poignant, emotional, uplifting, mind blowing ...
Plot:
liberation, patriarchy, village life, gender roles, oppression, emancipation, resistance, social realism, identity, community, bonding, rebellion ...
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57%
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:
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Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Style:
slow cinema, contemplative, art film, art house, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mourning, loss, grief, intimate, character study, secret, immigrant, immigration, haunting, identity, memory ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, africa, west africa
Similarity:
50%
180
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Greece nowadays. Seven different stories about seven persons who have already reached their limits and finally fall apart. Despite their seemingly obvious connection they are simultaneously connected through a common desperate action: the last phone ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, bleak, tragicomedy, avant garde ...
Plot:
social realism, multiple storylines, loneliness, isolation, mental health, hopelessness, alienation, desperation, resilience, slow burn, moral ambiguity, survival ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Suli's life takes a turn after she is forcefully made to serve the local deity because of an ancient tradition. When she meets Tayappa, who shares a similar fate, they find comfort in one another.
Style:
heartbreaking, intense, melancholic
Plot:
oppression, social realism, patriarchy, village life, social injustice, forbidden love, female protagonist, gender roles, tragic romance, resilience, human rights, identity crisis ...
Time:
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286
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, serious, emotional, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
corruption, grief, loss of son, bureaucracy, bribery, soldier, family drama, social realism, army, mourning, ethical dilemma, resilience ...
Place:
india, delhi
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ...
Style:
art house, bleak, reflective, melancholic, depressing
Plot:
nude young male, nudity, teenager, mother son relationship, autobiography, coming of age, adolescence, realism, survival, false accusation, trauma, injustice ...
Place:
eastern europe, russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The heartbreaking tale of a young girl sold into an arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, period drama
Plot:
arranged marriage, forced marriage, child bride, coming of age, female protagonist, gender roles, forbidden love, patriarchy, village life, oppression, nanny, cultural conflict ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
china
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47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, philosophical
Plot:
friendship, journey, grief, loss, transformation, self discovery, road trip, life & death, mourning, compassion, character study, slice of life ...
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47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1963 Indian Film
Style:
tragic
Plot:
poverty, village, social injustice, social realism, agriculture, family tragedy, class struggle, humanism, literary, resilience, hopelessness, satire ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
faith, roma, murder of a family, woman, female protagonist, child, murder, gypsy, religious faith, belief in god, mother, murder of family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hungary
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46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Uruguay
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this poignant period drama set in 1960s Argentina, a young woman, struggling to raise her twin daughters alone after the tragic death of her husband, accepts the courtship of a charming but mysterious older suitor.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, atmospheric, black and white ...
Plot:
single mother, widow, female protagonist, loss, grief, anxiety, trauma, mourning, domestic drama, jazz, manipulation, healing ...
Time:
60s
Place:
argentina
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44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, single parent, promise, grief, poverty, loss, mourning, family relations, relationships, relationship problems, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
southern italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, melancholic, art house
Plot:
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Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, afrikaans, female protagonist, sex worker, prostitute, motherhood, sex work, unwanted pregnancy, troubled past, changing lives, prostitution, unplanned pregnancy ...
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a remote village, over a single day, four characters respond differently to the death of an upper-caste man named Shivaji.
Style:
emotional, poignant, tense, political, bleak ...
Plot:
death, village, human spirit, social commentary, class conflict, grief, moral ambiguity, community, resilience, hopes, morality, justice ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1814, a nobleman from the Kandian Kingdom of Sri Lanka helped the British army to revolt against the king of Southern India, but was driven to a traitor. His wives have to choose between committing suicide or marrying outcasts. Instead of ...
Style:
emotional, historical romance, melancholic, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nobility, class struggle, colonialism, patriarchy, social injustice, oppression, resilience, dignity, identity, sacrifice, betrayal ...
Place:
sri lanka
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