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Rahm (2016)
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Original name: رحم
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A virtuous woman has to choose between her honour or saving her brother's life in a Sufi interpretation of William Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'.
Style:
serious, bleak, reflective
Plot:
moral dilemma, shakespeare, conscience, sacrifice, corrupt official, moral ambiguity, brother sister relationship, political intrigue, tragedy, redemption, small town, cultural conflict, governor, heart attack, justice, death sentence, arrest, law, airplane, legal, religious symbolism, wheelchair
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, serious, melancholic and tense films with plots about moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, redemption, revenge, betrayal, tragedy and guilt mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Rahm: Measure For Measure (2006), Force majeure (1989), Richard III (1983), Karnak Cafe (1975), Hamlet (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Contempoary re-working of the Shakespeare's problem play set in the british army.
Style:
serious, intense, suspense, tragicomedy, dark comedy
Plot:
shakespeare, disguise, hypocrisy, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, power, adaptation, justice, conscience, british army, military base, honor ...
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Force Majeure (Uncontrollable Circumstances) begins with a drug deal involving tourists Phillipe (Patrick Bruel) and Daniel (Francois Cluzet), and a Dutch stranger. Two years pass: the Dutchman has been arrested in an unspecified Asian country, ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, death sentence, responsibility, moral ambiguity, guilt, friendship, human rights, justice, loyalty, realism, character study, sacrifice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
southeast asia, paris france, amsterdam
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 239 min.
Story:
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
shakespeare, royal family, royalty, murder, ambition, betrayal, political intrigue, power struggle, manipulation, tragedy, conspiracy, adaptation ...
Time:
15th century
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In one of their best roles ever, distinguished actors Nour Al Sherif and Souad Hosni star in this film depicting the unstable social and political life in Egypt during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film revolved around a group of university ...
Style:
dark, bleak, serious, historical drama, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
torture, police brutality, authoritarianism, political repression, oppression, imprisonment, social injustice, sacrifice, resistance, conscience, tragedy, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
William Houston's portrayal of the Danish prince.
Style:
tragic ending, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
tragedy, shakespeare, revenge, political intrigue, royalty, moral ambiguity, melancholy, castle, patricide, regicide, fatalism, poisoning ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of the sacred heart, told by Father Arturo Cornejo.
Style:
religious drama, reflective, inspirational, meditative, emotional ...
Plot:
spiritual awakening, catholicism, loyalty, priest, testimony, voice over narration, redemption, miraculous event, confession, moral dilemma, small town life, sacrifice ...
Similarity:
60%
127
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A rich landlord and his servant bond well irrespective of their status. When the landlord wife is murdered, the servant decides to take the blame on himself to save landlord family prestige.
Style:
bleak, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
sacrifice, moral dilemma, loyalty, tragic hero, murder mystery, betrayal, redemption, wealth, family relations, wife
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, moral dilemma, prince, intrigue, stage play, shakespeare's hamlet, tragedy, hamlet, palace intrigue, murder, political intrigue ...
Place:
denmark, london
Similarity:
59%
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176
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in a modern-day London of economic and political uncertainty, the story follows the intersecting themes of familial honor, moral duty and dynastic corruption.
Style:
tense, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, hamlet, revenge, political intrigue, urban, betrayal, moral ambiguity, power struggle, corruption, existentialism, family honor, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
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289
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, bleak, allegory, period drama
Plot:
shakespeare, tragedy, betrayal, father daughter conflict, madness, power struggle, literary, deception, political intrigue, sibling rivalry, loyalty, desperation ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, family relations, family drama, family business, family problems, male female relationship, eccentric family, life is a bitch, relationships, job, love affair, social problems ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two men united by an explosive act of political ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, political thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, antiquity, roman, political violence, political intrigue, betrayal, power struggle, conspiracy, assassination, ambition, empire, julius caesar ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A powerful story about underpaid teachers in 1950s Kerala leads Education Minister Joseph Mundassery to advocate for reform, sparking changes in teacher welfare despite initial legislative setbacks.
Style:
serious, historical drama, realistic, reflective, tension ...
Plot:
social justice, high school life, sacrifice, hopes, morality
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lucjan Bohme is a ruthless debt collector working in a post-industrial Silesian town. In the land of unemployment and misery, he's got a lot of work and no mercy at all. Until something happens.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
redemption, debt collector, lovers reunited, self discovery, moral dilemma, collector, life is a bitch, debt, ex girlfriend, rivalry, society, desperation ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This family drama deals with a case of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy, a fabricated illness. Stephanie is an apparently happy single mother of two daughters, Therese and Agnes, although the latter suffers from chronic health problems. When ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
manipulation, mother daughter relationship, family drama, investigation, grief, tragedy, family secret, suspicion, obsession, guilt, moral dilemma, intimate ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Palestinian refugee attempting to avoid deportation.
Style:
realistic, independent film, serious, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
deportation, refugee, survival, social commentary, moral dilemma, persecution, immigration, human rights, social realism, sacrifice, justice, identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
scotland, middle east
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A California lawyer, hiding out in a small Texas town while on the run from the mob, risks exposure when he decides to defend a local man he believes innocent of murder.
Style:
captivating, crime thriller, emotional, suspense, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, defense attorney, corruption, redemption, moral dilemma, relationships, political corruption, corrupt lawyer, political intrigue, government corruption, changing lives, politics ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a boy on a bike and, instead of helping him, he drives away. As he has feelings of guilt, he tries to find out more about the ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, bleak, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
guilt, hit and run, accident, suicide attempt, tragedy, loss, death, moral dilemma, conscience, character study, motherhood, cover up ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The young girl Johanne is left by her mother at a solemn convent school. The school is a strange world to her, and when she feels unable to comply with the demands of faith she faces a difficult decision.
Style:
religious drama, bleak, art house, intense, period drama
Plot:
nun, convent, catholicism, religion, children, female protagonist, moral dilemma, young girl, catholic church, identity crisis, coming of age, sacrifice ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, bleak, grim, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, greek island, guilt, moral ambiguity, redemption, literary, remote island, moral dilemma, religion, survival, isolation, widow ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mandali mirrors the journey of a man and his struggle to uphold righteousness in times of diminishing social conscience and the downfall of cultural and traditional values through the protagonist. Purshottam Chaubey aka Puru is a peon in an ...
Style:
serious, melancholic
Plot:
morality, drug abuse, redemption, struggle, addiction, crisis of conscience, family conflict, guilt, mature, resilience, intimate, recovery ...
Similarity:
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74
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, clergy, introspection, moral dilemma, church, society, elderly, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven into a mysterious knot or pattern. The choice of each ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, suspenseful, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
russian history, czar, rivalry, betrayal, power struggle, political intrigue, torture, dishonesty, mercenary, danger, coronation, murder ...
Time:
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Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
PENDULUM SWINGS follows a man into a dark place in his life - a place at which he arrives through a combination of bad decisions and forces beyond his control. When he finally hits bottom, he is presented with an opportunity to climb out of his ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, serious, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
compassion, redemption, empathy, second chance, character study, recovery, moral dilemma, morality, healing, resilience, self destructing, humanity ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, shakespeare, tragedy, problem, life is a bitch, madness, theater, betrayal, character study, literary, family conflict, obsession ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
Style:
art house, black comedy, philosophical, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
greed, retribution, moral dilemma, revenge motive, small town, revenge, vengeance, economic crisis, betrayal, corruption, social commentary, tragedy ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A writer at a police station gets trapped in an illegal custody case involving an innocent PHD student. With his guilt and regret looming large, can he save the young man?
Style:
social, inspirational, suspenseful, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, justice, investigation, writers, police, arrest, evidence, police station, police corruption, legal system, deception, fighting the system ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Norway
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on a very successful play of the same name by Tankred Dorst, this film tells a story about Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (here played by O.E. Hasse), a Nobel prizewinner for literature who was notorious for having collaborated with the Nazi ...
Style:
reflective, thought provoking, serious, philosophical, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, guilt, memory, post war, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, character study, flashback, nobel prize winner, reputation, confrontation, legacy ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, 50s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator. He is weak and a bit cowardly, ...
Style:
reflective, bleak, melancholic, dramatic, road movie ...
Plot:
world war two, identity, theater, flashback, actress, nazi occupation, suicide, guilt, female protagonist, survival, moral ambiguity, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
warsaw poland, paris france, poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
228
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Peter "Koza" Baláz is a former Olympic boxer. He and his partner, Misa, live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Misa learns that she is expecting a child and decides to terminate her pregnancy. In ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
boxing, redemption, pregnancy, athlete's life, on the road, realism, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet, poverty, desperation, male protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, croatia, serbia, slovakia
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