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Yellow Asphalt (2000)
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Original name: אספלט צהוב
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three stories set among the Bedouin of Jahalin in the hills of the Judean desert. On an almost deserted highway, two Israeli truckers strike a Bedouin lad accidentally. Before they can flee, the boy's people appear and circle the truckers. Retribution? In a tent, elders judge a woman seeking divorce; she wants to leave with her young daughters. They deny the suit. That night she gathers her girls and runs. Her husband pursues her. The Bedouin maid of a married Israeli hot-house farmer is discovered in adultery; with her life in danger, she seeks protection from her lover. He turns her away and involves a Bedouin farmhand in disposing of her. What tribal justice awaits?
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, bleak, gloomy, crying, intercultural, inter cultural
Plot:
extramarital affair, desert, love affair, culture clash, woman in danger, forbidden love, life is a bitch, injustice, social differences, society, family problems, crime and punishment, feminism, disgraced, justice, husband wife relationship, chase, israeli, bedouin, cave, love and romance, interracial relations, down on your luck, gender, figment ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and emotional films with plots about society, family relations, husband wife relationship, death, couples, love and romance and kiss mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Yellow Asphalt: In My Country (2004), Lea (1996), The Seven Days (2008), Today and Tomorrow (2013), Serenades (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, emotional, sincere, political thriller ...
Plot:
apartheid, politics, journalism, hopes, interracial relations, african american, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, idealism, society, racism ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1995
Place:
south africa, africa, chile, florida
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife. They get married, but ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
israeli, gulf war, family relations, family problems, dealing with death, death in the family, siblings relations, family life, jewish family, brother brother relationship, divorce, death of brother ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This movie tells a story of young people from 'Ant tribe' in Beijing. By telling the story of these young people, Today and Tomorrow shows the psychological changes of college graduates. It reflects their confusion about future and love. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
unemployment, friendship, friends, society, life is a bitch, cause and meaning, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young adult, job seeking, coming of age, social realism, youth culture ...
Time:
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Place:
beijing china, china
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A girl is born to an Aboriginal mother and an Afgan father.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, interracial relations, tragic love, culture clash, human spirit, injustice, parents and children, true love, couple relations, youth, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, afghanistan
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23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, bleak, harsh, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bully, bullying, friendship, father son relationship, revenge, divorce, childhood, parenthood, youth, society, alienation, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, sudan, scandinavia, denmark, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
closeted homosexual, prison, gay, forbidden love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, interracial relations, racism, gay slur, island, prison life, confined ...
Time:
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Place:
south africa, africa, amsterdam
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, period piece, light ...
Plot:
unfulfilled love, betrayal, fall in love, friendship, victorian england, couples, love affair, society, secret, father daughter relationship, adultery, unrequited love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1998, 90s
Place:
england, britain, europe, cornwall, ireland ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession ...
Style:
period piece, stylized, captivating, visual, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, love and romance, society, longing, love triangle, lost love, fall in love, love affair, literary, fashion, american history, power of love ...
Time:
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Place:
rhode island, long island, new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married first cousin Daisy Buchanen and her former love, successful bootlegger and forger Jay Gatsby.
Style:
captivating, stylized, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
tragic love, obsession, infidelity, lifestyle, love triangle, love affair, society, social differences, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, dishonesty, love ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, oxford university, yale university, chicago
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, erotic, romantic, depressing, bleak ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love, unhappy marriage, scarecrow, family affairs, victorian england, sex scene, sex, social injustice, power of love, making love, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1996, turn of the century, 1890s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, ancient greece, australia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at a restaurant where Eddie cooks. For a ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sex, interracial romance, culture clash, forbidden love, interracial relations, dysfunctional family, hospital, violence, wine, chase, young couple, erotica ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, thought provoking, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Laurence Olivier's film of Chekhov's play.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sensual, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, village life, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, closeted homosexual, adultery, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, family relations, infidelity, husband wife relationship, lesbian love, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, melancholic, depressing, multicultural ...
Plot:
doctor, loneliness, life philosophy, moral dilemma, family problems, maid, parents and children, corporate world, couple relations, social differences, rich and poor, mother ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, the philippines, thailand, usa, asia ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Uruguay, Cuba, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, romantic ...
Plot:
infidelity, prostitute, hopes, transsexual, love and romance, dysfunctional family, fall in love, social decay, looking for love, unrequited love, womanizer, downfall ...
Place:
spain, barcelona, catalonia, europe, uruguay
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, realistic, emotional, anthology, philosophical ...
Plot:
mining, outdoor sex, revolution, art, politics, business, french history, union, capitalism, fighting the system, anarchist, unemployment ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1993
Place:
france, europe, flanders, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, romantic drama, historical drama, costume drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
love triangle, colonialism, nobleman, post colonialism, flashback, prince, orgasm, scandal, british empire, jazz, interracial love relationship, indian woman ...
Time:
1920s, year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
india, asia, kashmir
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, erotic, stylized, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
marriage, unfaithful wife, infidelity, extramarital affair, lust, friendship, love quadrangle, love affair, adultery, betrayal, cheating, cheating on husband ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, england, europe, portland oregon
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In what might be termed Russo-Shakespearean noir, a ruthless woman's adulterous affair with a drifter sets in motion a chain-reaction of murder and deception in a remote village in 19th Century Mtsensk.
Style:
spiritual, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
shakespeare, renaissance, spirituality, family relations, infidelity, love triangle, murder, couples, spouse in danger, family problems, spouse killer, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, russia, siberia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
midlife crisis, doomed romance, obsessive love, socialite, divorce, illicit affair, affair, infidelity, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, impossible love, young lovers ...
Time:
60s, year 1968
Place:
usa, san francisco, california, america, tijuana mexico ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
couples, forbidden love, infidelity, betrayal, unfaithful husband, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she can find a better husband than her childhood sweetheart, ...
Style:
costume drama, realistic, serious, independent film, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
victorian england, love, love triangle, infidelity, social differences, tragic love, love affair, looking for love, forbidden love, unfulfilled love, school, rich and poor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
britain, england, europe, italy
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A New Jersey housewife is dissatisfied with her everyday life because she is smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Julie discovers her abilities and finds the courage to make dramatic life changes. This is a story of ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, clever, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, forbidden love, lesbian romance, lesbian friend, self discovery, friendship, lifestyle, follow your dream, lgbt, human nature, feminism, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, romantic drama, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, true love, countryside, young lovers, literary, woman in labor, outdoor sex, orphan, obsession, siblings relations, rich and poor, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, georgian era
Place:
england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, emotional, harsh, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, brothel, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, israel, america, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
love affair, teenage life, introspection, couples, family problems, dysfunctional family, parents and children, youth, love and romance, hopes, destructive relationship, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, europe, africa, brazil
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed ...
Style:
thought provoking, erotic, erotic drama, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
abuse, patricide, infidelity, adultery, murder, asian history, drowning, sadism, illicit love, erotica, tragedy, impotence ...
Time:
1920s, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
18%
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