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Hassan (2018)
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Original name: حسن (فیلمی از افغانستان)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Afghanistan, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The owner of a failing charity moves abroad to forget his troubles but still feels the call of his homeland.
Style:
rough, bleak, suspenseful, emotional, uplifting, realistic, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
community, love, loneliness, charity, illness, racism, family relations, poverty, patriotism, grief, alienation, husband wife relationship, suffering, affection, immigrant, family values, family drama, altruism, compassion, humanitarian, hopes, hiding place, getting home, immigration, inspiration ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
afghanistan
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Most similar movies to Hassan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and captivating films with plots about resilience, intimate, family drama, coming of age, hopes, family relations and poverty mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Hassan: Foreign Bodies (2013), Pyali (2022), Exile (2012), Chhalla Mud Ke Nahi Aaya (2022), Rabia and Olivia (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Antonio and Pietro, a man and his child, alone in Milan to fight against illness. Pietro has a brain cancer, to move from South to North Italy seems to be a chance, maybe salvation. Jaber, fifteen years old, lives in Milan with a group of fellow ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hospital, illness, immigration, adolescence, compassion, father son relationship, empathy, suffering, humanism, fighting illness, coping, life is a bitch ...
Place:
milan italy, north africa
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95%
3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Story of two young siblings compassion for each other and how they overcome obstacles in life.
Style:
heartfelt, touching, emotional, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
family drama, siblings, compassion, support, empathy, resilience, bonding, hopes, childhood, social realism, humanism, struggle ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Dominican Republic, USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The coming of age journey of Samuel, a young Haitian boy whose life takes a tragic turn when his father is kidnapped, and he then decides to travel to the United States and Canada to find his mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, intercultural, road movie ...
Plot:
journey, coming of age, immigration, exile, family drama, social issues, survival, child protagonist, identity, grief, resilience, childhood trauma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
haiti, north america, canada, usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Looking to earn money for his family, a young man in the early 1900s travels to Canada to join a small group of fellow Punjabis working in a lumber mill. While there, the men face difficult working conditions and a growing threat, as locals begin to ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
punjabi, illegal immigration, social problems, workplace, immigrant, illegal immigrant, immigration, working class, coworker, lifestyle, social issues, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The story of illegal immigrant Rabia who migrates to canada and A nine year old mentally stressed child Olivia. When both comes solace for each other until Rabia makes mistake to be arrested. The search begins of Olivia for Rabia and the dramatic ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, twisted, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, undocumented immigrant, missing person, friendship, immigration, family drama, young girl, social realism, desperation, arrest, deportation, child protagonist ...
Place:
canada, india
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The film tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, suspense, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
cancer, illness, friendship, terminal illness, hospital, empathy, mortality, family drama, fighting illness, cancer patient, life, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A School Boy Frequently Overcomes Uncertain Issues. Later Realize His Family Struggles Because of Him.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
family drama, high school life, teenager, teenage life, family problems, relationships, social problems, problem, responsibility, child protagonist, coming of age, grownups ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Poor painter helps a paralysed child.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film, period piece ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
custody battle, paralysis, poverty, disabled child, underdog, social commentary, compassion, struggle, character study, social realism, bonding, family drama ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Directed by Robert Kramer
Style:
experimental, touching, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, family relations, immigrant, husband wife relationship, mysterious man, dysfunctional family, blindness, immigration, exile, intimate, social realism, getting home ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Manasa and Chaitanya are engaged to be married, but when Chaitanya quits his job, will the wedding go through?
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, uplifting
Plot:
family drama, bonding, financial difficulty, relationships, resilience, engagement, marriage, support, perseverance, family conflict, sacrifice, struggle ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
His mother has left and Gonzalo doesn't know why. How he is taking care of his little infant sister all alone, though he himself is barely ten years old. Neighbours help and try to figure out what should be done with the two children. Like old ...
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, life is a bitch, child as adult, dysfunctional family, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, realism, youth, family problems, single parent, child protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the streets of Cusco, Peru, the lives of an American businessman and his family become irreversibly intertwined with those of a rural Peruvian family struggling day to day to survive. As the construction of a new hotel is finalized, both families ...
Style:
intercultural, multicultural, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
globalization, poverty, love, street kid, class differences, change of heart, family drama, businessman, tourism, empathy, understanding, survival ...
Place:
peru, south america
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Somalia, Qatar
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already ...
Style:
emotional, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
illness, family problems, social problems, money problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, fighting illness, needing money, life is a bitch, realism, resilience, sacrifice ...
Place:
africa, somalia
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Without problems no human being is on earth it can be love, study, career or anything else. Suicide is not the solution to any problem. We can make our future bright and beautiful, if we can give some space to move ahead, Our film is based on a ...
Style:
heartfelt, motivational, uplifting, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
hopes, personal growth, second chance, redemption, neglect, acceptance, resilience, empathy, character study, underdog, transformation, self discovery ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar, Côte d'Ivoire
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend.
Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
tradition, sacrifice, friendship, moral dilemma, religion, coming of age, child protagonist, poverty, hopes, humanism, resilience, intimate ...
Place:
africa, ethiopia
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Wolfgang, a 9-year-old boy with an IQ of 125, is forced to live with his father, Carles, whom he has never seen, after the sudden death of his mother. He has one obsession, to run away to Paris to study at the Grimald Academy and become the best ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
father son relationship, family drama, classical music, ambition, personal growth, youth, children, child prodigy, coming of age, grief, heartwarming, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Family
Country: USA, Italy, UK, Mexico, Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This drama follows the relationship of a heartbroken woman and a young immigrant girl who has lost her mother at the border, coming together just before Christmas.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, sentimental, romantic, talky ...
Plot:
christmas, true love, loss, immigration, grief, empathy, family drama, love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, love story, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
drought, family drama, family bonds, village life, survival, poverty, parent child relationship, adaptation, resilience, working class, social commentary, social realism ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hugo reluctantly follows his parents following their transfer to Mayotte. With slums, heat and being white and rich when the majority is black and poor, he struggles to adapt. But he does, thanks to a local girl with whom he falls in love.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, intercultural, realistic
Plot:
coming of age, love story, relationships, family relations, love, love and romance, teenage life, adolescence, teenager, teenage protagonist, lifestyle change, love affair ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a financial shortcoming, A boy and his friends try to raise money to prevent his bicycle (Elizabeth) from being pawned off.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
children, bicycle, child protagonist, siblings, family drama, family values, poverty, resilience, everyday life, coming of age, friendship, sacrifice ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Lauren and her younger brother Harvey risk being taken into care when their grandmother, who is their legal guardian, becomes ill. Lauren accepts the offer of a scholarship to a prestigious sports academy on the understanding that she and Harvey ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, independent film, tear jerker, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, siblings, sibling relationship, family drama, runaway, childhood, road trip, family values, resilience, self discovery, intimate, heartwarming ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After bankruptcy, Abah and Emak must adapt to a new life with their children in a remote village.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, sincere, light, heartfelt ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
resilience, sacrifice, loss, poverty, dysfunctional family, family relations, village, love, bankruptcy, family bonds, financial difficulty, family values ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, emotional, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bullying, loneliness, children, school, father son relationship, childhood, underdog, dreaming, dyslexia, self discovery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S. Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11…and the events of the September ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, uplifting, psychological ...
Plot:
hopes, starting over, immigrant, society, 9/11, urban, immigration, rivalry, xenophobia, green card, perseverance, identity crisis ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, ...
Style:
saga, emotional, historical drama, family saga, melancholic ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, diaspora, biopic, exile, refugee, motherhood, immigration, family drama, survival, mother son relationship, resilience, family relations ...
Place:
armenia, marseille, ottoman empire, france, provence
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While he loses his clandestine work, and because he believes that Maroussia and him will no longer be able to love each other as well, Frank leaves to earn as much as she: twelve thousand, just what it takes to have a year before them. No more no ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
employment, working life, poverty, working class, realism, urban, slice of life, intimate, resilience, character study, social realism, sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The inspiring true-life drama of 17-year-old Niki Janus. After fleeing persecution in Greece, Niki and her family immigrate to West Virginia and begin living the American Dream. Among their friends is Big John Creed, a wise and helpful handyman. But ...
Style:
inspirational, dramatic, heartfelt, historical drama, emotional ...
Plot:
immigration, racism, ku klux klan, courage, friendship, coming of age, overcoming fear, american dream, resilience, bigotry, freedom, family drama ...
Time:
year 1916
Place:
west virginia, virginia
Similarity:
39%
253
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression.
Style:
realistic, serious, period piece, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, working class, unemployment, life is a bitch, society, couple relations, unfulfillment, prairie, great depression, drought, family drama ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In-gyu has intellectual disability. His mother, Ae-soon, takes care of him, nagging him all the time. One day, she is diagnosed with terminal cancer and prepares for her son's independence.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
mother, terminal illness, cancer, son, intellectual disability, motherhood, illness, family problems, mental retardation, life is a bitch, mental breakdown, mentally challenged person ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An Irish illegal immigrant (Karl Geary) works for a bartender (James Belushi) while struggling to survive and adapt to life in the Bronx.
Style:
melancholic, intercultural, independent film
Plot:
immigrant, deportation, social issues, fear, survival, diaspora, working class, identity, realism, resilience, uncertainty, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, ireland
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