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Saf (2018)
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Saf (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, Romania
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Turkish director Ali Vatansever weighs the human cost of politically motivated urban renewal in his achingly resonant second feature, about a young couple forced to compromise their ideals and work for the very industry encroaching on their Istanbul neighbourhood, in order to keep up with the rent.
Style: tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, political
Plot: murder, death, missing person, refugee, immigration, hiding place, prison, money, construction, family relations, slum, couples, female protagonist, migration, police station, babysitting, social justice, real estate, destruction, turk, passport, crime scene, money problems, naivete, mud ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
Keyword: romanian, arabic, syrian

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Most similar movies to Saf

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, disturbing and captivating films with plots about family relations, murder, society, death, parents and children, life is a bitch and couples mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Saf: We Are Never Alone (2016), Love in Another Language (2009), I Am You (2019), Destiny (2006), Dog Days (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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We Are Never Alone (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the Czech provinces, a handful of people come together: a paranoid prison guard, his hypochondriac neighbour and the latter’s silent, despairing wife, a lovesick nightclub manager and a stripper who is a ...
Style: rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, bleak ...
Plot: teenager, paranoid, dysfunctional family, neighbor neighbor relationship, pimp, hypochondriac, gypsy, stolen money, female protagonist, teenage boy, corpse, jail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Love in Another Language (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: mute or deaf, love and romance, couples, workplace, social misfits, hopes, leaving home, call center, mute character, self discovery, family relations, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 6.4
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I Am You (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old ...
Style: dramatic, harsh, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: refugee, migration, power, fight, justice, truth, strength, fight for justice, social justice, mercy, human spirit, hopes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.8
 17K
Destiny (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bekir is in love with Ugur, who loves Zagor, who loves to commit crimes.
Style: serious, tense, art house, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: romancing a criminal, life is a bitch, on the run, fall in love, estrangement, hopes, crime gone awry, love and romance, murder, destiny, fighting illness, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, balkan, asia, europe, istanbul turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Dog Days (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Endless dog days of summer weigh heavily on the impoverished suburb of Changsha where a young mother, Lulu, works as a dancer in a cheap nightclub. Coming home late one night, she discovers that her boyfriend Bai Long has disappeared with their ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: missing person, baby, husband wife relationship, family relations, dishonesty, abduction, danger, child abduction, society, parents and children, female protagonist, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 5.9
 8K
American Son (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
Style: suspenseful, heartbreaking, thought provoking, suspense, sad ...
Plot: racism, police, racial discrimination, 18 year old, discrimination, african american woman, racial injustice, black, murder, investigation, ex husband, divorced parents ...
Place: miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.8
 82
Bas-fonds (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 68 min.
Story: On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both lust for and hate one another, coupling like animals. Yet gradually they become enmeshed in a ...
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, tense, surreal ...
Plot: murder, manipulation, destructive relationship, femme fatale, life is a bitch, lifestyle, couples, family relations, female psychopath, strong female presence, gender, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Helena, 29, a single mother with an 11-year-old daughter, is a moderately successful actress who earns a living as an escort in the sex industry. Her relationship with her own mother, a singing teacher, is tense, and she’s also increasingly ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: mother daughter relationship, escort, sexuality, single mother, family problems, female protagonist, single parent, sexploitation, sexual relations, life is a bitch, family relations, sexual content ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Nocturnal Agony (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, dark past, mother daughter relationship, woman in danger, family in danger, tragic past, haunted by the past ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Wrong Woman (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: legal action, murder, law enforcement, love affair, couple relations, couples, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, stopped by police ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.6
 2K
Mediterranea (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA, Germany, Qatar
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ayiva recently left his home in Burkina Faso in search of a way to provide for his sister and his daughter. He takes advantage of his position in an illegal smuggling operation to get himself and his best friend Abas off of the continent. Ayiva ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, rough, captivating ...
Plot: illegal immigration, migration, interracial relations, job seeking, storytelling, family relations, promise, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, friendship, drunkenness, refugee ...
Place: italy, africa, libya, algeria, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.1
 8
Your Lover (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Lucio and Enedina are a happily married young Teenek couple that lives in the Huasteca Potosina's jungle with their three children. They love each other and share everything, nevertheless, everything crumbles when the construction of a highway, ...
Style: rough, tense, suspense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: jungle, life is a bitch, boy, adultery, rivalry, society, friendship, parents and children, deforestation, danger, destiny, family relations ...
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 7.7
 2K
The Bride (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the ...
Style: captivating, touching, sentimental, suspense, art house
Plot: loss of son, honor, doctor, little boy, husband wife relationship, business, mother in law daughter in law relationship, money, tradition, women's issues, immigration, fiancee ...
Place: istanbul turkey, balkan, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.9
 160
Dreamchild (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: François and Noémie run a sawmill in the mountains not far from the Swiss border. François has taken over his family's business, making him the fourth generation. He dreams of having a child. After years of failed fertility assistance, they ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: infidelity, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, pregnant woman, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, society, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
In This World (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, ...
Style: bleak, road movie, inspirational, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: refugee, immigrant, politics, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, hopes, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time: year 2002, year 2001
Place: middle east, afghanistan, iran, pakistan, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The White Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style: touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, friendship, retirement home, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, love and romance, elderly lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Valan: Valley of Angels (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Peter returns to his Transilvanian hometown, Valan, where a dead body was found in the snow-capped mountains. The investigation about his 22 years missing sister leads him to the maze of grave sins of present and the past, where he has to fight not ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: clue, partners against crime, heroes, society, rivalry, name calling, youth, missing person, death, investigation, violence, evidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hungary
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: middle aged woman, car accident, friendship, midlife crisis, prostitute, female protagonist, relationship problems, marriage crisis, family crisis, society, women, unlikely friendships ...
Place: lithuania
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Horses of God (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The film follows two brothers over the course of a decade. While they begin as kids in search of thrills in the sprawling slums of Morocco’s Sidi Moumen, we witness their gradual, and ultimately shocking, radicalisation.
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, social ...
Plot: terrorism, suicide bomber, terrorist attack, islam, muslim, radical, danger, society, family relations, murder, brother brother relationship, poverty ...
Time: year 2012, september 11 2001, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: middle east, maghreb, tunisia, africa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.5
 6K
Egg (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Poet Yusuf (35-38) returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn't visited for years, upon his mother's death. He is faced with a neglected, crumbling house. Ayla, a young girl (17-19) awaits him there. Yusuf has been unaware of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, art house, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: village life, poet, love and romance, homecoming, parents and children, family relations, dealing with death, village, curses spells and rituals, small town life, small town, loss of mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's ...
Style: touching, emotional, lyrical, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: immigrant, tragic event, prostitute, student, loss of daughter, multiple storylines, rebelliousness, lgbt, coincidence, prison, migration, lgbtq ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: germany, turkey, hamburg germany, middle east, balkan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Ordinary People (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min.
Story: ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tragic ending ...
Plot: child, husband wife relationship, family relations, mother child relationship, money, missing child, violence, child abduction, twists and turns, sex scene, life lesson, gays and lesbians ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.9
 276
Getting Out (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, gloomy, rough ...
Plot: prison, family life, custody, parents and children, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, society, hopes, going straight, strong female presence, physical abuse ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Tar Angel (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: computer virus, muslim, family relations, rebelliousness, rebellion, uncover truth, society, life is a bitch, on the run, youth, parents and children, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: algeria, canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.3
 1K
Dark Night (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Dark Night enigmatically unfolds over the course of a lazy summer day, as it traces the events leading up to a mass shooting in a suburban multiplex. Abandoning the narrative confines of the true crime genre, the story is told through fragmented ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: massacre, mystery killer, group of strangers, murder mystery, night, stranger, mass death, mass murder, killings, murder, parallel story
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
 765
Fast-Walking (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
Style: political, independent film, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: prison, woman with a gun, blaxploitation, murder, corrupt, revolutionary, security guard, stoner, escape, confined, unlikely partners, militant ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: montana, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.7
 19
Greshnik (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Vlad was five his mother was killed. And the only person whom Vlad blames for her death is his father . On the 20th anniversary of the tragedy the young man decides to gather all his relatives together to dot all the i's and cross all the ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: murder mystery, uncover truth, family secret, father son relationship, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, family tragedy, character change, changing lives, family relations, murder, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.0
 275
La Influencia (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A disoriented and vulnerable woman, overburdened with daily life problems and more: her belongings are impounded, her cosmetics shop has been closed down, and her children's future is unknown. The children's vitality draws a sharp contrast ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: children, depression, life is a bitch, parents and children, absent parent, dysfunctional family, depressed woman, single parent, family problems, nudity, mother, store ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Gravedigger's Wife (2021)
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: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: illness, family problems, life is a bitch, social problems, money problems, family relations, fighting illness, needing money, husband wife relationship, money, afro
Place: africa, somalia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Two Mr. Kissels (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: dishonesty, couple relations, family relations, couples, infidelity, murder, serial killer, blonde, voyeur, voyeurism, golddigger, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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