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Boutique (2004)
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Boutique (2004)
Original name: بوتیک
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, neo noir, islamic, emotional, gloomy
Plot: friendship, lifestyle, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, bittersweet, downfall, iranian, youth, friends, singleness, social differences, society, store, down on your luck, city life, twentysomething life, escape, poverty, girl, designer, persian, drugs/alcohol, young
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: iran, persia, middle east

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and touching films with plots about society, persian, family relations, life is a bitch, couples, youth and love and romance mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Boutique: Tales (2014), The Patience Stone (2012), Amador (2010), The Day I Became a Woman (2000), Cafe Setareh (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tales (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: society, love, family relations, everyday life, multiple storylines, friendship, couples, life is a bitch, social misfits, down on your luck, prostitute, taxi driver ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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The Patience Stone (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Afghanistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel. (TIFF)
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Plot: sexual abuse, family problems, injustice, resentment, danger, life is a bitch, rape turns to consensual sex, couples, couple relations, society, mother daughter relationship, muslim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, persia
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Amador (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A drama centered on a young woman who takes a summer job caring for a bed-ridden older man, and the intimate secrets they begin to share with one another.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sincere
Plot: pregnant woman, friends, friendship, aging, dealing with death, pregnancy, bittersweet, death, flowers, church, old man, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could ...
Style: touching, stylized, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: feminism, culture clash, against the odds, injustice, feminist, life is a bitch, society, rebelliousness, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, bicycle ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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100%
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Cafe Setareh (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fall in love, human nature, unfulfilled love, couple relations, love and romance, hopes, family problems, society, couples, bittersweet, cafe, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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Iron Island (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: ship, forbidden love, human nature, injustice, power relations, human spirit, hopes, misfit, young lovers, anarchist, youth, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Under the Skin of the City (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, politics, introspection, life is a bitch, factory worker, family relations, couples, working class, family life, human nature, parents and children, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, japan, persia, middle east
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Mainline (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot: redemption, dysfunctional family, family relations, couples, family problems, rehabilitation, hopes, life is a bitch, addiction, drug abuse, parents and children, lovers apart ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, iran, persia
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Face (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, teenage life, immigrant, opposites attract, friends, introspection, culture clash, single parent, youth, coming of age, friendship ...
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The Cyclist (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle ...
Style: islamic, psychological, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: cycling, bicycle, immigrant, iranian, bike, economist, refugee, black market, gambling, motorcycle, religions or cults, injustice ...
Time: 80s
Place: iran, middle east, persia, afghanistan
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Something Like Happiness (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Over the course of a year, in a small town scarred and beaten down by industrialization, Tonda and Monika, friends since childhood, come to experience what life might be like if they could be with one another – which they seemingly can't. Or ...
Style: sincere, emotional, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: mental illness, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, couples, friendship, life is a bitch, eccentric family, love and romance, single parent, working class, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
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Dog Sweat (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Intertwines the lives of six young Iranians as they struggle to satisfy their private desires in the face of conservative Islamic society.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, underground film ...
Plot: forbidden love, youth, young lovers, society, love and romance, injustice, bittersweet, repression, muslim, infidelity, hijab, islam ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The Pear Tree (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.
Style: spiritual, islamic, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot: iranian, family relations, teenage love, love and romance, coming of age, politics, fall in love, youth, artists and showbiz, writer's life, innocence lost, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, 1940s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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The Deserted Station (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style: serious, psychological, sentimental, touching, islamic ...
Plot: teacher, prodigy, self discovery, youth, teachers and students, on the road, society, religions or cults, isolation, school, train, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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Harrison Montgomery (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a rundown apartment complex in San Francisco's Tenderloin, a septuagenarian seer is waiting for his final message. For decades the eccentric recluse has chronicled the phrases of the Wheel of Fortune and deciphered their hidden meaning - the ...
Style: serious, emotional, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Plot: elderly, lifestyle, friendship, follow your dream, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, buddies, love and romance, danger, poverty, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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The Willow Tree (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot: blindness, hospital, couple relations, introspection, disability, injustice, life is a bitch, second chance, self discovery, illness, muslim, recovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, france, europe ...
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Mourning (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple at midnight. Being at a relative's house in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran in the middle of the night, but they do not bring along their son. Something terrible happens on their way...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, islamic, gloomy ...
Plot: family relations, couples, deaf, sign language, boy, youth, family problems, protecting from truth, mute or deaf, couple relations, misfit, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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Goodbye (2011)
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: sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, life is a bitch, injustice, rebellion, political unrest, danger, society, chaos, arab, misfit ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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The Cow (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style: art house, depressing, islamic, controversial, contemplative ...
Plot: iranian, persian culture, illness, arab, village, village life, countryside, down on your luck, mentally unstable, society, life is a bitch, losing-it hero ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, 60s
Place: iran, persia, asia, middle east
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M for Mother (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story: What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father ...
Style: sincere, captivating, sad, islamic
Plot: iraq iran war, iranian, family problems, pregnancy, pregnant woman, child illness, relationship problems, illness, dysfunctional family, mother child relationship, parenthood, persian culture ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq
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Melbourne (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Amir and Sara are a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before the departure of their flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: couple relations, family in crisis, life turned upside down, immigration, fear, tragedy, depression, existentialism, couples, down on your luck, suffocation, tobacco ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, australia, middle east, persia, melbourne
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The Last Supper (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mrs. Mashreghi, who is a prominent university professor, is divorced from her husband. She leads a happy life for a while until one her students who is almost the same age of her daughter falls in love with her; a love which is completely rejected ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, sexual
Plot: iranian, intolerance, love triangle, starting over, false accusation, teachers and students, couple relations, crumbling marriage, youth, love and romance, couples, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran
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Plans for Tomorrow (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Three stories intertwined which occur in a single day. The day Ines discovers she is pregnant, Antonia decides to abandon her family and Marian realizes she is going to die.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: pregnancy, friendship, friends, family problems, couples, family relations, introspection, singleness, woman in danger, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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41%
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Through the Olive Trees (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992), and explores the relationship between the movie director, and the actors. The local actors play a couple who got married right after the earthquake. In reality, the actor is ...
Style: contemplative, avant garde, independent film, art house, social ...
Plot: filmmaking, amor, redemption, existentialism, farming, muslim, iranian, entertainment, hipster, couples, unfulfillment, actor's life ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Live-In Maid (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Buenos Aires is in a deep recession. As the money runs out, the relationship between an employer and her live-in maid changes dramatically.
Style: semi serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot: life is a bitch, power relations, friendship, social differences, lifestyle, boss and employee, unfulfillment, friends, down on your luck, economics, employer employee relationship, economist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
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Little Jerusalem (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in France attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasingly complex view of the outside world.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: self discovery, culture clash, society, lifestyle, love and romance, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, infidelity, social differences, youth, male female relationship ...
Place: middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
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Ten (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
Style: talky, melancholic, intense, light, thought provoking ...
Plot: character study, car, storytelling, relationships, driver, society, life is a bitch, passenger, sibling relationship, family relations, hopes, love and romance ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002
Place: iran, middle east, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Tokyo Noir (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic
Plot: city life, prostitute, singleness, couples, lifestyle, strong female presence, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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One Night (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 78 min.
Story: On her way home one night, a young working girl who lives alone with her mother is asked to go sleep at her friend's house. She wanders all night in Teheran and meets three men who have different stories.
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: introspection, social differences, lifestyle, society, nightlife, city life, class differences, mother daughter relationship, social issues, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, urban, mother ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, tehran iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Same Same But Different (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: fall in love, love affair, unlikely couple, couples, interracial relations, society, life is a bitch, hopes, culture clash, social differences, terminal illness, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, europe, germany, asia
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