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The Breadwinner (2017)
30K
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Style:
sincere, rough, heartbreaking, sad, adult animation, anime, suspense, serious, educational, manga ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disguise, poverty, prison, religious intolerance, gender disguise, father, tyranny, friendship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, culture, taliban, civil war, mother daughter relationship, storytelling, sexism, injustice, dictatorship, imprisonment, feminism, gender, women, islam, dictator, salvation ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
afghanistan, asia
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Most similar movies to The Breadwinner
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, touching and sad films with plots about friendship, coming of age, rain, female protagonist, teenager, family relations and tragedy mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Breadwinner: Persepolis (2007), My Life as a Zucchini (2016), Song of the Sea (2014), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), The Prophet (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
105K
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she ...
Style:
adult animation, political, black and white, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, revolution, feminist, female protagonist, politics, iraq iran war, self discovery, biopic, childhood, repression, adolescence, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, france, vienna ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and ...
Style:
touching, compassionate, sincere, romantic, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
adoption, children, loneliness, alcoholic, orphan, introvert, friendship, orphanage, children's home, accidental killing, tragedy, alone ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as ...
Style:
touching, stylized, emotional, fairy tale, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
young heroes, folklore, children, supernatural ability, celtic, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, selkie, legends and myths, ocean, getting home, lighthouse ...
Time:
year 2014, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style:
touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
world war two, hunger, orphan, war, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Qatar, France, Lebanon, Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
Style:
thought provoking, inspirational, adult animation, stylized, anime ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
single mother, introspection, friendship, painter, fantasizing, mute child, girl, healing, house arrest, wise man, coming of age, biker ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, teenager, high school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, japanese school, suicide attempt, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Summer 1998 - Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
Style:
adult animation, social, captivating, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
dispute, dog, death, social relations, religious conflict, religious hypocrisy, religious differences, society, religious persecution, life is a bitch, female protagonist, woman ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998
Place:
afghanistan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Plot unknown.
Style:
feel good, 3d animation, entertaining, light, anime ...
Audience:
kids, date night, toddlers, family friendly
Plot:
dragon, tough girl, female warrior, female protagonist, travel, kung fu, disney princess, imaginary kingdom, magical creature, imaginary, strong female lead, magic ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
asia, southeast asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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343K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
female protagonist, female warrior, cross dressing, human spirit, princess, heroine, friendship, dragon, good versus evil, sexism, impersonating, gender disguise ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 6th century, 5th century
Place:
china, ancient china, asia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding ...
Style:
adult animation, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
taboo, women, cat, drug, prison, virginity, prostitution, prostitute, loss of virginity, pregnancy, women's rights, social issues ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
iran, tehran iran, middle east
Similarity:
100%
903K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
joy, imaginary friend, memory, creativity, parents and children, dream, childhood, life philosophy, coming of age, friendship, anger, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Newlywed Suzu Urano moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, where she perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination.
Style:
anime, adult animation, thought provoking, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
wedding, world war two, bombing, female protagonist, military, anniversary, evacuation, danger, society, couples, teenager, bomber ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan, east asia, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school, friendship, mute, healing, love and romance, high school, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, coming of age, youth, high school life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
Style:
adult animation, psychological, non-linear, anime, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
accident, surrealism, car accident, carpenter, mission, librarian, subway, apprentice, pizza delivery boy, investigation, love, orphan ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, year 1994
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The story of a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends.
Style:
adult animation, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dog, dog sex, pets, rescue, friendship, german shepherd, lgbtq, puppy love, friends, bittersweet, gay, gay lead character ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
countryside, friendship, childhood, coming of age, self discovery, adolescence, childhood memory, village life, deadend life, nostalgia, female protagonist, marriage ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
33%
21K
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What ...
Style:
manga, emotional, melancholic, shoujo, shounen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
drawing, friendship, female protagonist, coming of age, slice of life, high school life, personal growth, self discovery, youth, rivalry, bittersweet, collaboration ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, emotional, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
tuberculosis, world war two, dream, earthquake, inventions and discoveries, flying, hopes, aviation, biopic, love and romance, engineer, wartime ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
japan, germany, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, ...
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, heartbreaking, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
dog, laboratory, animal rights, pets, danger, chase, animal testing, mature, escapades, fugitives, animal experimentation, compassion ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, UK, South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Scotland, late 1950s. A struggling illusionist visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician.
Style:
breathtaking, stylized, touching, sad, visual ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
magician, art, magic, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, theater, very little dialogue, imagination, mentor, transformation, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1959, year 2010 ...
Place:
england, scotland, france, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style:
adult animation, visually stunning, artsy, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, art, suicide, genius, skill, art history, mysterious death, doctor, guilt, death ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster ...
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dealing with death, parallel world, imaginary, radio, myth, teenage life, escape attempt, mountain, rescue, life & death, spirit, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
Style:
anime, touching, sincere, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
spirit, childhood, friendship, love, fall in love, supernatural, little girl, nature, folklore, relationships, abrupt ending, forest ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on Paco Roca's comic of the same title (2008 Spanish National Comic Prize), WRINKLES is a 2D animated feature-length film for an adult audience. Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two aged gentlemen shut away in a ...
Style:
adult animation, sad, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, friendship, retirement home, aging, childhood memory, fighting the system, parents and children, rescue, dementia, senior citizen, old people, slow burn ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, political, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, nuclear holocaust, anti war, bombing, disaster, atomic bomb, radioactivity, radiation sickness, nuclear, burned alive, atrocity, demolished city ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, hiroshima japan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story unfolds through a present-day encounter of an older man, Gunther, and a rebellious teenager, DJ, as the story of Father Max teaches the young boy about love and sacrifice.
Style:
adult animation, psychological, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
faith, priest, world war two, religion, teenager, self sacrifice, concentration camp, sacrifice, persecution, religious, holocaust, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
33%
241K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is being raised by her older sister, Nani, after their parents die -- under the watch of social worker Cobra Bubbles. When Lilo adopts a funny-looking dog and names him "Stitch," she doesn't realize ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, date night ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, adoption, orphan, benign alien, friends, sister sister relationship, child protagonist, female protagonist, teenage girl, space and aliens, animal shelter ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, san francisco
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, stylized, touching, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
brother, friendship, parallel world, youth, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, friends, change of luck, single parent, family relations, village life, coming of age ...
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
33%
1K
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards ...
Style:
adult animation, anime, disturbing, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, communism, struggle for survival, khmer rouge, separation from family, little boy, husband wife relationship, leech, cambodian civil war, teenager, labor camp, starvation ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1977, year 1975, year 1978 ...
Place:
cambodia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers ...
Style:
anime, touching, fairy tale, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
friendship, midget, tiny, little people, cat, daring rescue, friends, self discovery, runaway, magical, tragedy, mysterious character ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, seattle, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
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