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Saf (2018)
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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
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Most similar movies to Saf
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and disturbing films with plots about family relations, society, murder, female protagonist, life is a bitch, death and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Saf: We Are Never Alone (2016), Two Types of People (2020), Dog Days (2016), Love in Another Language (2009), Bas-fonds (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
captivating, rough, tense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
teenager, paranoid, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, money, boy, paranoia, stolen money, corpse, jail, female protagonist, teenage boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, manipulation, moral ambiguity, human nature, emotional manipulation, mind game, blackmail, money problems, money, intrigue, blackmailer, greed ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
79%
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:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
missing person, baby, family relations, husband wife relationship, dishonesty, parents and children, escapades, society, child abduction, abduction, female protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
68%
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, eros, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
mute or deaf, love and romance, couples, social misfits, workplace, hopes, leaving home, true love, call center, mute character, society, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
67%
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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:
tense, serious, disturbing, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, manipulation, destructive relationship, femme fatale, lifestyle, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, female psychopath, strong female presence, power relations, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
65%
675
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother's past but uncovered secrets ...
Style:
melancholic, serious, depressing, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
missing person, missing woman, sister sister relationship, foster home, death of mother, female protagonist, mental illness, search for mother, family drama, family secret, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Place:
ireland, belfast, northern ireland
Similarity:
65%
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, captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, recovery, female protagonist, family relations, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, confronting the past, mother daughter relationship, tragic past, dark past, woman in danger, family in danger ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
While both living under demanding conditions of city life, Sevda and Zuhal’s paths intersect when Sevda’s husband Cezmi starts having an affair with Zuhal. This betrayal is life threatening for Sevda, who considers her marriage and the perfect ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
dysfunctional family, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, marital problem, adultery, relationships, troubled marriage, family relations, relationship problems, adulterous husband, city life, dysfunctional marriage ...
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Love, motherhood and a musical career strike dissonant chords in this dark tale of a young Russian woman who tries to keep her balance among wealthy French expats in New York.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mother, love, immigration, mother love, career, mother son relationship, couples, love and romance, women, friendship, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
63%
20K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bekir is in love with Ugur, who loves Zagor, who loves to commit crimes.
Style:
tense, serious, art house, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
fall in love, destiny, romancing a criminal, on the run, estrangement, hopes, crime gone awry, love and romance, murder, fighting illness, impossible love, desire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, balkan, asia, europe, istanbul turkey ...
Similarity:
63%
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:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
prison, obsession, character study, isolation, loneliness, bureaucracy, surveillance, confined, obsessive love, privacy invasion, power, secret life ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
60%
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, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, legal action, law enforcement, love affair, couples, couple relations, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, laptop ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
58%
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:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, tense, bleak
Plot:
jungle, life is a bitch, boy, adultery, rivalry, society, friendship, family relations, deforestation, destiny, parents and children, danger ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
58%
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, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
infidelity, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, couples, society, dishonesty, family relations, love, love and romance, escapades, wife pregnant by another man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
58%
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, melancholic, rough ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, smuggling, migration, interracial relations, family relations, job seeking, storytelling, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, drunkenness, friendship, promise ...
Place:
italy, africa, libya, algeria, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
57%
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, suspense, sentimental, art house
Plot:
loss of son, husband wife relationship, doctor, little boy, honor, tradition, money, business, mother in law daughter in law relationship, women's issues, immigration, fiancee ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, balkan
Similarity:
57%
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:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
middle aged woman, car accident, friendship, female protagonist, marriage crisis, society, family crisis, midlife crisis, women, relationship problems, unlikely friendships, suicide ...
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Liz and Andrew are on their anniversary trip in Hawaii when Liz wakes up to discover her husband missing and evidence of an invasion all around her. But with no witnesses, she's immediately labeled the prime suspect. Without any help from the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, kidnapping, crime solving, kidnapped man, accused of murder, protagonist as suspect, mysterious disappearance, suspect, accusation, uncover truth, framed for murder, abduction ...
Similarity:
54%
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, retirement home, friendship, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, couples, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
Similarity:
53%
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, serious, realistic, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, custody, family life, parents and children, prison, life is a bitch, society, going straight, hopes, strong female presence, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
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:
suspense, heartbreaking, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
racism, police, racial discrimination, 18 year old, african american woman, discrimination, racial injustice, black, murder, divorced parents, ex husband, social injustice ...
Place:
miami, usa
Similarity:
52%
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:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
heroes, police investigation, society, youth, who done it, clue, mysterious man, murder, name calling, police detective, evidence, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Iran, the retired dance teacher Tarlan witnesses her friend Rana's murder by her husband, who is an important government figure. When the police refuse to investigate, Tarlan must decide whether to bow to political pressure or risk her ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, grim, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, murder witness, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, cover up, social commentary, whistleblower, surveillance, female friendship, fear ...
Place:
tehran, iran
Similarity:
50%
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:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, islamic ...
Plot:
terrorism, muslim, suicide bomber, terrorist, terrorist attack, islam, radical, danger, society, family relations, murder, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2012, 90s, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
middle east, tunisia, maghreb, africa, morocco
Similarity:
49%
288
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:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
computer virus, muslim, family relations, rebelliousness, uncover truth, rebellion, society, on the run, youth, life is a bitch, political unrest, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
algeria, canada, quebec
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy
Duration: 116 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:
emotional, touching, breathtaking, lyrical, psychological ...
Plot:
immigrant, tragic event, lgbtq, prostitute, student, loss of daughter, multiple storylines, rebelliousness, lgbt, coincidence, prison, migration ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
germany, turkey, hamburg germany, middle east, istanbul turkey ...
Similarity:
48%
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:
inspirational, bleak, sincere, road movie, political ...
Plot:
refugee, immigrant, politics, hopes, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2001
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, tehran iran, pakistan ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
Asiye is young and beautiful girl who works as a manicurist in a small beauty salon. She lives in a poor neighborhood with her family and wants to get married as soon as possible in order to get rid of her step mothers evil tongue. When she learns ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
murder, mafia, revenge, greed, friendship, love, mob boss, gang war, death, crime boss, mercilessness, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A prison inmate escapes from his wrecked penitentiary during Chile's February 2010 earthquake.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
prison, violence, brutality, free will, prison escape, tsunami, convict, devastation, reformatory, crash, cell, catastrophe ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
chile
Similarity:
46%
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