Movies like Once We Were Dreamers

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Once We Were Dreamers (1987)
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Once We Were Dreamers (1987)
Original name: החולמים
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. As they fight for their lives they realize that they are beginning a struggle for a new Jewish nation. This film chronicles the beginning of the modern Jewish struggle for a homeland.
Style: rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: bedouin, survival, desert, interracial relations, escapades, rivalry, society, danger, starting over, culture clash, against the odds, hopes, uninhibited rivalry, religions or cults, immigrant, violent content, gunfight, zionism, graphic violence, settlement, young, immigrants
Time: 1920s, year 1919, 20s
Place: middle east, israel
Keyword: jewish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and suspenseful films with plots about society, immigrant, danger, life is a bitch, hopes, survival and misfit mostly in Drama, Action and History genres. Some movies like Once We Were Dreamers: Hope (2014), Atlantic. (2014), My Australia (2011), Manpower (2014), Blackout (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hope (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On his clandestine journey from Cameroon to Europe through the Sahara desert, Léonard meets Hope, a Nigerian girl who's following the same dream.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating
Plot: survival, on the road, fall in love, rescue, starting over, hopes, love and romance, danger, immigrant, desert, follow your dream, chance meeting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nigeria
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Atlantic. (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot: starting over, human spirit, hopes, family life, danger, escapades, ocean, survival, sea, nature, climbing, rock climbing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, morocco
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83%
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My Australia (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: City of Lodz in Poland, after the Second World War. Two brothers, Tadek and Andrzej, grow up without a father, and their mother, so busy at work, does not notice when the boys join a rowdy and anti-Semitic organization.Only when during a fight one ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching
Plot: immigrant, family relations, self discovery, culture clash, society, single parent, neo nazism, immigration, holocaust survivor, misfit, siblings relations, uncircumcised penis
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: israel, middle east, australia
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78%
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Manpower (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An intelligent social issues drama, Manpower sketches a portrait of four men in crisis. Moving between scathing realism and subtle irony, the film raises questions of belonging and uprooting, exile and emigration, home and family. Meir Cohen is a ...
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, biting, serious ...
Plot: social decay, moral dilemma, introspection, society, life is a bitch, interracial relations, discrimination, realism, immigrant, hopes, crumbling marriage, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Blackout (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: society, chaos and mayhem, city life, interracial relations, blackout, lie, danger, violence, nypd, stash, urban, woman
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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68%
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The Wild Ones (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Five juvenile delinquents break out of jail and attempt to make their way to a house in the Mendoza foothills of Argentina.
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, bleak
Plot: survival, getting home, juvenile delinquency, hopes, escapades, society, human nature, youth, wilderness, social decay, disintegration, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Lana's Rain (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: This powerful, hard-edged crime drama explores the dark side of the American immigrant experience and dares to ask, "How far would you go to survive?" Lana’s only chance to escape the war-torn Balkans is her long-lost brother, Darko, a ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot: starting over, survival, gangster, immigrant, criminal heroes, prostitute, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, sexual content, revenge, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, bosnia herzegovina
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Sous X (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jean-Jacques spent 9 years in prison for robbery. When he comes out, he finds the neighborhood where he grew up but things have changed ... The country is in crisis, the young people are holding the business and his old friends are urging him to ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: starting over, going straight, hopes, gang, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, father son relationship, danger, violent content, gangster, ghetto
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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66%
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One of Us (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being captured alive. The Israeli military dispatch an ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: israeli, military, moral dilemma, army investigation, soldier, power relations, basic training, military life, military base, machismo, macho man, gay subtext ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: israel, middle east
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65%
The Melon Route (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
Style: realistic, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: refugee, survival, life is a bitch, political unrest, danger, escapades, immigrant, illegal immigration, post war, rescue from drowning, illegal immigrant, river ...
Time: 21st century
Place: former yugoslavia, bosnia, croatia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Citizen (2012)
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, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: american dream, starting over, immigrant, society, hopes, 9/11, rivalry, arab, legal, lawyer, urban, city ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Home Again (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different backgrounds try to make a new life for themselves, in Jamaica in this gutsy drama from ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot: deportation, homecoming, culture clash, immigrant, hopes, life is a bitch, society, starting over, injustice, rivalry, blaxploitation, african american ...
Time: 21st century
Place: jamaica, africa, usa, england, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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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 ⇓
50%
Go with Peace Jamil (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An Arabic tale that takes place in Scandinavia. About ancient religious hatred, about love, punishment, guilt and redemption, about being responsible for one's own actions and refusing a path of violence. Jamil stands in the middle. He is ...
Style: contemplative, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: chase, social relations, introspection, society, rivalry, immigrant, gangster, profanity, death wish, disorder, danger, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
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47%
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Kedma (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, sad, tense ...
Plot: military, immigrant, survival, tragic love, culture clash, life is a bitch, danger, society, against humanity, political unrest, hopes, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: israel, middle east, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Day One (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Day One, is an NBC made for tv sci-fi movie. It was originally written as a tv series pilot about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure. The series was slated to fill the Heroes time slot ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense
Plot: survival, apocalypse, vestiges of humanity, chaos, society, dystopian future, worldwide chaos, chosen one, life is a bitch, group of strangers, danger, escapades ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Under the Starry Sky (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, touching
Plot: on the road, fish out of water, parents and children, starting over, immigrant, family relations, hopes, culture clash, society, friendship, dishonesty, migration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, italy, africa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The King Is Alive (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Norway, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear ...
Style: bleak, stylized, melancholic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: desert, survival, dogme 95, stranded, shakespeare, dogma, isolation, culture clash, rescue, life is a bitch, danger, bus ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa, namibia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Forgiveness (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to be committed were Holocaust survivors. A legend says that to ...
Style: emotional, rough, uplifting, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: mental institution, haunted by the past, uncover truth, human spirit, memory loss, culture clash, hopes, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, conflict, israeli, male nudity ...
Place: israel, palestine, middle east, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Red Leaves (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, emotional, tense
Plot: family relations, elderly, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, society, immigrant
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, israel
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41%
The Skin of the Wolf (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision ...
Style: touching, realistic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: recluse, husband wife relationship, escapades, danger, destiny, survival, winter, one night stand, death, meeting, minimal dialogue, snow ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Bigga Than Ben (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Spiker & Cobakka are two self-confessed 'pieces of Moscow scum' who come to London to rip it off. This is their guide.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, buddies, partner, immigrant, misfit, friends, cons and scams, dishonesty, junkie, mental illness, violent content, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe
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40%
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The Big Fall (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: L.A. private detective is hired to investigate the disappearance of an alluring woman's brother. Surrounded by double-crossing deals and dangerous relation, Rybeck will have to plunge headfirst into his deadliest case ever.
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, bleak, independent film ...
Plot: danger, investigation, chase, escapades, private investigator, die hard, infidelity, dishonesty, car crash, car chase, car accident, exploding airplane ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Baby Sellers (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: babies and infants, adoption, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, orphanage, spy, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Freedom (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A few fugitives... And a very, very long way to freedom.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, atmospheric, slow cinema ...
Plot: desert, disorder, danger, survival, communication problem, fish out of water, lizard, hunger, escapades, culture clash, underground, post soviet ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: africa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Green Chariot (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Emigration to Israel challenges Sasha's Jewish identity. Will love help him to go over this crisis?
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Plot: fall in love, moral dilemma, love and romance, society, family relations, religions or cults, parents and children, immigrant, misfit, emigration, engagement, identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Letter to the King (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In Letter to the King we meet a group of refugees, all with their own agendas, on an excursion to Oslo. A young man about to be deported visits his former employers to collect his off-the-books salary, a martial arts expert is looking for work, a ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, anthology ...
Plot: refugee, immigrant, love, revenge, social misfits, society, redemption, misfit, hopes, life is a bitch, dishonesty, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kurdistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot: survival, injustice, hidden identity, danger, political unrest, religions or cults, family relations, life is a bitch, state affairs, war, dishonesty, feminism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Wee Man (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, dishonesty, vengeance, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, society, life is a bitch, frame up, lighthouse ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Infiltration (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A tragical-comedy film story that follows a young non-combatant platoon with defective fitness. Set in "Bahad 4" in the 50's, the movie focuses mainly on two characters: Alon (Oz Zehavi), who believes he was accidentally sent to Bahad ...
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: military life, military base, power relations, basic training, military, boot camp, immigrant, society, social differences, humiliation, lgbt, soldier ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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