Movies like Under the Stars of Paris

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Under the Stars of Paris (2020)
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Under the Stars of Paris (2020)
Original name: Sous les étoiles de Paris
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she founds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Christine understands that he is lost and has been separated from his mother. Bounded by their marginal condition, they embark together on an emotional journey to find Suli’s mother in the underground world of Paris...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: refugee, homeless woman, homeless, boy, illegal immigrant, homelessness, search for mother, life is a bitch, social problems, urban setting, social issues, police, illness, mother, exile, journey, night, airport, egg, hiding place, immigrant, snowing, 8 year old, immigrants
Place: paris france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, captivating, psychological and suspense films with plots about life is a bitch, social problems, social issues, society, family problems, immigrant and family relations mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Under the Stars of Paris: Ama (2021), Foreign Body (2016), Pink (2011), Not on My Watch (2017), The Gravedigger's Wife (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ama (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A portrait of the myth of maternity around the story of Pepa and her daughter, who are evicted from their home and forced to wander for a place to live with no support network.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: female protagonist, homeless woman, homelessness, motherhood, social problems, slice of life, mother child relationship, parenthood, life is a bitch, homeless, little girl, hotel ...
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Foreign Body (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the turbulent aftermath of the Tunisian revolution, young Samia flees her homeland. She braves hostile seas in the crossing to France, but once there she finds that her struggles have only just begun. With no friends, no family, and — most ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: immigrant, accusation, illegal immigrant, arab, social problems, life is a bitch, female protagonist, islam, terrorist, job seeking, restaurant, telephone call ...
Place: tunisia
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Pink (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set in a run-down bar named "Pink," movie follows the lives of people surrounding the bar including its owner Ok-Ryun.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: protest, social problems, loss of job, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, society, small town, workplace, small town life, social issues, urban setting ...
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Not on My Watch (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A single mother gets entangled in a web of lies to protect her sons.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: parent child relationship, female protagonist, life is a bitch, deception, financial problem, social problems, family problems, mother son relationship, single parent, single mother, family relations, jeweler
Place: paris france
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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
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She Walks (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An illegal Chinese immigrant and her teenage daughter are held captive in their home after a stranger breaks in.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: mother daughter relationship, prostitution, mysterious stranger, mysterious man, prostitute, illegal prostitution, family problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, family relations, street prostitution, life is a bitch ...
Place: paris france
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Aruvi (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A gentle girl born and brought up amidst the ever growing eco-social-consumeristic environment finds it difficult to fit in the society. She decides to take it hard on the people.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, sad, stylized
Plot: sexualized violence, socially awkward, rape victim, social problems, social outcast, social misfits, life is a bitch, social issues, antisocial behavior, society, female protagonist, illness ...
Place: india
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The Justice of Bunny King (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bunny King is a mother of two, a rough cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to reunite with her children, a confrontation leads her to take her niece Tonyah under her wing. With the world against her and Tonyah, Bunny’s ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: homeless woman, custody battle, fighting the system, social problems, female protagonist, dysfunctional family, parenthood, family problems, homeless, child custody, single mother, escapades ...
Place: oceania
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Society's Child (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Nikki is a precocious child suffering from Rett Syndrome. Unwilling to help her the doctors, instead, want to write her off as a mentally handicapped person.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot: precocious child, doctor, lifestyle, social problems, fighting illness, life philosophy, terminal illness, child, social misfits, illness, life is a bitch, youth
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53%
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Listen (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, the British social services grow concerned for the safety of their ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, social
Plot: deaf child, money problems, society, life is a bitch, social issues, family relations, social problems, father daughter relationship, family problems, kids and family, parents and children, deaf mute ...
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52%
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My Small Land (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand, Sarya, who arrived when she was five, feels at home in Japan. But then, the family loses its ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
Plot: kurd, adolescence, refugee, teenager, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, social issues, female protagonist, relationship problems, life is a bitch, social problems
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Koepek (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An ordinary day in the megacity of Istanbul: Ten-year-old Cemo sells paper tissues in the streets, Hayat is controlled by her husband and transsexual Ebru sells her body. All three have a secret love and they do everything that satisfies their ...
Style: anthology, suspense, disturbing, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: social criticism, unfulfilled love, city life, life is a bitch, society, social problems, tragic love, urban setting, social issues, social relations, unrequited love, multiple storylines ...
Place: istanbul turkey
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52%
The Last Queen of the Earth (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Leaving his family in Afghanistan to find work in Iran, Ali Bakhsh returns home to Afghanistan in search of his family in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the following U.S. invasion.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: refugee, family man, job seeking, getting home, life is a bitch, self discovery, homecoming, introspection, immigrant, violence, hardship, letter ...
Place: iran, afghanistan
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48%
Little Red Wagon (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, charity, little boy, generosity, donation, social problems, family conflict, social issues, social activism, life is a bitch, child, family problems ...
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48%
Young Adult Matters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Wandering around the streets, Sejin, a pregnant teen, gets to know Juyeong and reunites with Jaepil and Sinji. The four musketeers go through a series of misfortunes, bumping into masochistic/sadistic characters and experiencing the brutality and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: homeless teenager, pregnant teenager, troubled teen, teenager, life is a bitch, social problems, teenage life, social misfits, society, relationship problems, female homosexuality, poverty ...
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48%
A Painting Lesson (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: coup d'etat, painting, pharmacist, art, painter, social problems, life is a bitch, artists' life, art critic, disappearance, countryside, single mother ...
Time: 60s, year 1973
Place: chile
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
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Style: disturbing, captivating
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Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
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44%
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(S)He (2020)
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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44%
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The Public (2018)
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
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Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
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Place: cincinnati ohio, ohio
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Duration: 122 min.
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43%
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Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
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Style: realistic, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, serious ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
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