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Hive (2021)
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Original name: Zgjoi
Genre: Drama
Country: Kosovo, Switzerland, Albania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, political, social
Plot:
entrepreneur, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, small business, life is a bitch, society, social problems, family problems, patriarchy, social issues, woman, women, feminism, world war, dancing, business, village, strong female lead, loneliness, fishing, rain, river, honey, mother and daughter, rainstorm ...
Place:
kosovo, serbia, balkan
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Most similar movies to Hive
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about female protagonist, life is a bitch, social problems, family relations, family problems, mother daughter relationship and social issues mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Hive: The Ladies Get Their Say (2009), Needle Park Baby (2020), Pink (2011), Listen (2020), A Thief's Daughter (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Every Thursday a group of ladies would gather to play cards and discuss their loves, lives and children while their daughters played in the next room. Thirty years later, the daughters meet at a funeral for one of the mothers. Like their mothers, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
female bonding, female friendship, group of friends, girlfriend, sorority, social relations, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, social issues, friends, female protagonist, woman, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s, 60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, political
Plot:
feminist, domestic violence, indigenous people, social problems, life is a bitch, relationships, pregnant woman, women in society, help, female protagonist, social misfits, class society ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, drug addiction, mother, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, drug addict, social problems, violence, abusive mother, drug, sick mother, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
80%
37
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:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
protest, loss of job, social problems, small town, social issues, small town life, life is a bitch, family relations, social misfits, workplace, family problems, society ...
Similarity:
71%
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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:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating, social
Plot:
deaf child, money problems, parents and children, father daughter relationship, life is a bitch, social issues, family problems, family relations, social problems, kids and family, society, teenager ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, social, crying
Plot:
family relations, father daughter relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, female protagonist, family life, financial problem, money problems, social issues, social problems, relationship problems, teenager ...
Place:
catalonia, barcelona
Similarity:
67%
490
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her widowed mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
single mother, mother daughter relationship, memory loss, dementia, family drama, family problems, female protagonist, single woman, women, single parent, social problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, second wife, second marriage, bedouin, impossible love, family problems, women in society, marriage, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
israel, middle east, indiana, palestine
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
social outcast, female protagonist, women, life is a bitch, family problems, couples, relationship problems, mute woman, social problems, male female relationship, atmosphere, women's issues ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jade is a young mother in the prime of her life when an acid attack leaves her severely burned. While her face has been reconstructed, her beauty is lost beneath the scars. Descending a self-destructive path with relationships crumbling, Jade must ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, touching, sentimental
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
plastic surgery, women, single mother, friendship, infidelity, trial, baby, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, adaptation, catastrophe, society ...
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Martina is 18, loves dancing and goes by a nick name Shakira. Also, today she is leaving an orphanage...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
18 year old, forced prostitution, female protagonist, teenage life, social issues, socially awkward, coming of age, orphan, money problems, grownups, social problems, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
prague
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
family problems, family life, lifestyle change, lifestyle, changing lives, patriarchy, relationship problems, parents and children, husband wife relationship, post soviet, problem, woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
middle east, indiana, tbilisi, georgia
Similarity:
52%
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:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
accusation, illegal immigrant, immigrant, female protagonist, life is a bitch, social problems, terrorist, islam, job seeking, death of brother, belly dancing, widow ...
Place:
tunisia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone. One day, her irritating next-door neighbor who would attempt to talk with her is discovered dead, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
lonely, loner, alone, call center, loneliness, changing lives, social problems, lifestyle change, living alone, social isolation, social issues, life is a bitch ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the ...
Style:
erotic, rough, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
female protagonist, women, religion, social relations, feminist, small town, faith, religions or cults, social issues, sexism, religious faith, small town life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
52%
296
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:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
female protagonist, homeless woman, homelessness, motherhood, social problems, slice of life, parenthood, life is a bitch, mother child relationship, little girl, homeless, nightclub ...
Similarity:
49%
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:
prostitution, mother daughter relationship, changing lives, illegal prostitution, family relations, lifestyle change, prostitute, family problems, mysterious stranger, mother and daughter, life is a bitch, relationship problems ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An adult woman puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
female protagonist, adoption, foster home, relationships, family relations, social problems, patriarch, family life, foster parent, social issues, lifestyle, patriarchy ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Müzeyyen is a 22-year-old high school senior living in Antalya who spends most of her time with a posse of misfits. She lives a drug-fuelled, highly troubled life outside the norms of society. When her long-lost brother Ali decides to visit her ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
drug, society, relationship problems, family problems, life is a bitch, drug addict, family relations, drug abuse, drug addiction, social relations, male female relationship, female protagonist ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
boy, political conflict, ethnic conflict, little boy, child, post war, teenager, muslim, life is a bitch, military, coming of age, children in wartime ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kosovo, eastern europe, balkan, serbia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on a stage play of the same name by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, the story follows Cassandra, who is portrayed by the two women, expressing the opposing voices that exist inside the modern woman's head, during a 48-hour period as she ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
funeral, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, male nudity, male pubic hair, female nudity, bicycle, flashback ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story about Mirella Antonione Casale who got inspired by her handicapped daughter to lead the fight for including all pupils in public schools in Italy.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
school, fighting the system, mother daughter relationship, disabled child, handicapped, parents and children, disability, social problems, female protagonist, schoolgirl, social issues, civil rights movement ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Lucía is a six-year-old girl, who sometimes struggles as the world tries to catch up with the fact that she has a penis. As the summer holidays pass, she explores her femininity alongside the women of her family who at the same time reflect on ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, powerful, intense
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, bee, female protagonist, relationships, lifestyle change, changing lives, introspection, life is a bitch, self discovery, countryside, family problems ...
Place:
basque country, spain
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Greece
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Oscuro animal tells the story of three women forced to flee their homes in a war torn region in Colombia. Each of their journeys, marked by terror, takes them on a trek from the deep jungle to the outskirts of Bogotá, where they will gather new ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot:
murder, soldier, women, life is a bitch, jungle, violence, violent, wartime, female protagonist, female nudity, rape, river ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cameroon
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A 12-year old girl - Ekah (Faith Fidel) is inspired by the story of the youngest Noble Peace Prize Winner - Malala Yousafzai's. She is determined to go to school in a village of fisherman where the education of a girl child is considered to be ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot:
social problems, women's rights, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, social issues, family problems, society, teenage life, family secret, small village, social differences, secret ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An aspiring pilot fights for her future -- and justice -- after surviving an acid attack from her abusive boyfriend.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, pilot, female pilot, empowerment, trauma, recovery, perseverance, domestic abuse, hopes, personal growth, resilience, ambition ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
single mother, widow, female protagonist, working woman, family relations, family problems, society, social problems, social issues, mother son relationship, culture clash, financial problem ...
Place:
iran, asia, middle east
Similarity:
39%
692
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Margaret, 35, has a history of violent behaviour which has cost her a romantic relationship. She has moved back in with her mother Christina, a fragile, immature 55-year-old woman who blames Margaret, her firstborn, for ruining her dreams of a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, restraining order, female protagonist, relationship problems, problem, social problems, life is a bitch, pregnant woman, fight, christmas, separation, christmas present ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Suzanne McBride is excited to spend her birthday with her family. It will be the first time that her three adopted daughters will be together in years. This seems like a great time for a family reunion, but the sisters are each wrestling with unique ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
family reunited, confrontation, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, mother daughter reunion, sisters, family problems, family relations, family secret, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A single mother abandons her 8-year-old daughter after meeting someone in a nightclub.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, touching, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
adult child friendship, mother daughter relationship, little girl, relationship problems, mother child relationship, parents and children, family problems, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, dysfunctional family, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
38%
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