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Just the Wind (2012)
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Original name: Csak a szél
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Drawing inspiration from the death-squad murders of several Gypsy families in Hungary in 2008, director Bence Fliegauf's chilling and unforgettable real-life horror story follows a family whose dreams of emigration and escape are suddenly, horribly destroyed.
Style:
sincere, bleak, serious, realistic, thought provoking, slow cinema, aesthetic, tense
Plot:
gypsy, racism, family in danger, social decay, murder, family life, life is a bitch, society, danger, social misfits, realism, secret place, childhood trauma, racial discrimination, underground, poverty, education, capitalism, nihilism, disability, european, misfit, family relations, violence spree, hate crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, hungary
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Most similar movies to Just the Wind
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, family relations, misfit, poverty, social decay and parents and children mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Just the Wind: Dealer (2004), Blood Done Sign My Name (2010), My Dog Killer (2013), Timepiece (1996), The Delay (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In an impressive follow up to his debut film Forest, Benedek Fliegauf tells the uncompromising story of a day in the life of a drug dealer. His clients include the leader of a religious sect, a friend who needs a final fix, a former lover who has ...
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, stylized, contemplative ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, estrangement, misfit, social misfits, drug dealing, overdose, society, nihilism, underground, criminal heroes, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia, Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Senada is 31 and she lives in Poljice neighborhood in Lukavac municipality with her partner and two daughters. She is pregnant with her third child for approximately five months. Since she didn’t have health insurance, she does not go to the ...
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:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, introspection, life is a bitch, society, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Môj pes Killer is a one-day drama portraying eighteen-year-old Marek living near the Slovak-Moravian border with his dad and his racist friends. However, Marek's best true friend is his dog. His life is shaken up when he discovers the secret ...
Style:
sincere, tense, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
skinhead, racism, social decay, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, parents and children, pets, society, racist, dog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
slovakia
Similarity:
59%
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583
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when the racist is killed. However, Kevin Kilner comes forward and claims to have commmitted the crime in self defense. All the while, ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
racism, christmas, faith, racial discrimination, family relations, self defense, murder, family life, false accusation, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An intimate portrait of a resilient and spirited young girl and her proud and dignified family, who are part of Ireland's "traveller" community.
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic
Plot:
life is a bitch, family relations, realism, misfit, youth, social misfits, parents and children, culture clash, society, resilience, single mother, discrimination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
51%
426
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Mexico, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Agustín forgets things; he is aging and he knows it. María is never alone: she watches over everyone, sleeps very little, and works too much. She’s increasingly overwhelmed. One day, on impulse, María decides to abandon Agustín. The tightening ...
Style:
touching, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, working class, mental illness, society, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, single parent, poverty, nursing, urban ghetto, waiting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A film between fiction and reality, highlighting questions about group dynamics and established hierarchies. A group of people meet for their high school reunion 20 years later. One of them talks about her being bullied and outcast and soon the ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
bullying, life is a bitch, human nature, adulthood, haunted by the past, social relations, misfit, breaking point, disorder, childhood trauma, party, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
51%
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537
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A black teenager vandalizes a racist lawn ornament.
Style:
tense, serious, sincere, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
racism, vandalism, violence, interracial relations, police investigation, uncover truth, murder, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, racial tension, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec, africa, canada
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
culture clash, rich and poor, social decay, family relations, life is a bitch, society, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a society of lost values.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, life is a bitch, youth, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia
Similarity:
47%
899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A boy returns home from the institution where he grew up, but finds he is not welcome there. He fights to win the love of his family but ends up murdering them.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family in danger, mentally unstable, murder, homecoming, family problems, danger, boy, coming of age, little boy, minimalism, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, hungary
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping next room. Waste land on the city outskirts: behind a line of abandoned trailers, the man silently watches what ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, midlife crisis, family relations, factory worker, parents and children, unfulfillment, naked man, big city, underground, post apocalypse, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Like many Native families, Lena Mahikan grew up in the cycle of abuse. Her father, a residential school survivor, was an alcoholic until he killed himself when Lena was 10. Her mother, only 14 years her senior, turned to the slots. By the time Lena ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, native american, single parent, life is a bitch, society, social misfits, danger, youth, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Way Out tells a story of a young Romani couple, Zaneta and David, the parents of little Janicka. Their efforts to live a decent and dignified life run up against the "Romani social trap," which is racism, the society's prejudices, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
couples, gypsy, racism, family relations, unemployment, life is a bitch, realism, family problems, social misfits, couple relations, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
46%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
Style:
contemplative, slow cinema, bleak, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, courage, minimalism, underground, alienation, mental disorder, immigrant, deadend life, urban ghetto life, vengeance, life is a bitch, drug abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
portugal, europe, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this acclaimed and gripping social portrait of immoral lives in need of rescue, Igor (Jérémie Renier), aged 15, and his father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. ...
Style:
sincere, slow cinema, thought provoking, art house, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, refugee, dysfunctional family, immigration, illegal immigration, teenage boy, little boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
antwerp, france, belgium, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An intelligent social issues drama, Manpower sketches a portrait of four men in crisis. Moving between scathing realism and subtle irony, the film raises questions of belonging and uprooting, exile and emigration, home and family. Meir Cohen is a ...
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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Drama - From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the ...
Style:
thought provoking, uplifting, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
racism, african american, racial discrimination, youth, blaxploitation, family relations, injustice, society, life is a bitch, parents and children, interracial relations, bittersweet ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A wealthy boy hires a poor child to carry him around like a horse.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, bleak, islamic ...
Plot:
street kid, youth, life is a bitch, dehumanization, cruelty, poverty, parents and children, family relations, power relations, master and servant, disability, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, iran, asia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Switzerland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
Style:
thought provoking, contemplative, slow cinema, serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, misfit, starting over, urban ghetto life, addiction, decolonization, husband wife relationship, military coup, lost love ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
portugal, canada, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Set in a forlorn mining town near Valencienne in the north of France, the story is about one man's struggle to bring life to his once prosperous village and its inhabitants. Philippe Torreton, who won a César for Best Actor with his title role ...
Style:
social, thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
teacher, education, school teacher, professor, dedicated educator, kindergarten, poverty, corrupt system, human rights, labor, job, homeless ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
disability, family problems, family relations, parents and children, hopes, single parent, human spirit, life is a bitch, introspection, small town, family in crisis, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, France, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Adaptation of award winning novel by Marlene van Niekerk. Triomf is about the ultimate dysfunctional family, the Benades, poor white working class Afrikaner trailer trash on the eve of the first democratic election in South Africa.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, racism, working class, life is a bitch, interracial relations, social differences, family relations, social decay, family problems, society, incest, apartheid ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, politics, injustice, culture clash, state affairs, vigilantism, social decay, discrimination, police corruption, african american, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
37%
85
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot:
homelessness, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, family relations, misfit, unemployment, social misfits, society, family problems, poverty, hardship, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, powerful, neo noir, avant garde ...
Plot:
redemption, mind game, friendship, melancholy, family relations, intimacy, revenge, sexual abuse, poverty, underground, european, sex crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hungary, europe, budapest
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, disturbing
Plot:
kurd, politics, racism, immigrant, orphan, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, social decay, friendship, injustice, society, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, kurdistan
Similarity:
34%
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