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Jaffa (2009)
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Original name: כלת הים
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, emotional, realistic, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, interracial relations, family feud, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, family problems, family business, realism, life turned upside down, parents and children, family in crisis, death in the family, israeli, arab, conflict, arab israeli conflict, judaism, third world, favoritism among siblings, fight, racism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, israel, persia, palestine
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Most similar movies to Jaffa
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and gloomy films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, society, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family and israeli mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Jaffa: Princess (2014), The Syrian Bride (2004), Or (My Treasure) (2004), The Other Son (2012), A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar's role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy.
Style:
realistic, serious, erotic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
forbidden sex, pedophilia, mother daughter relationship, teenage sexuality, dysfunctional family, rape, family relations, parents and children, friendship, pedophile, friends, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
wedding, politics, occupation, ethnic, border, hijab, wedding ceremony, arranged marriage, nationalism, culture clash, love and romance, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, syria, israel, palestine
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitution, down on your luck, escort, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, life is a bitch, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, family problems, single parent, society ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east, palestine, indiana, persia, israel ...
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92%
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two men discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
switched at birth, teenage boy, family relations, family problems, life turned upside down, parents and children, disorder, society, introspection, occupation, adolescence vs adulthood, identity crisis ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, palestinian authority
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, friends, danger, terrorism, politics, society, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
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73%
266
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the age of 13, Yoni is growing up. Fast. But not fast enough for this diminutive young man who is obsessed with getting bigger, taller and stronger. On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, Yoni has no choice but to “become a man” when he’s faced ...
Style:
sincere, touching, atmospheric, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, family life, physical appearance, teenage life, dysfunctional family, misfit, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, mental illness, mentally challenged, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
71%
392
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, kidnapping, family relations, unemployment, society, working class, parents and children, teenage life, dysfunctional family, soldier, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
family relations, forbidden love, family problems, family gatherings, family life, wartime life, life is a bitch, love and romance, bittersweet, village, family in crisis, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Zion, aged 14 and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, youth, society, introspection, teenage life, haunted by the past, working class, family in crisis, siblings relations, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rachel, 27, is raising her mentally retarded sister Gabby, 24, all by herself. When the social worker finds out she leaves her sister alone in the house while at work, she is forced to place her in a day-care center. For the first time in her life ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy, weird
Plot:
mentally challenged, destructive relationship, fall in love, family relations, family problems, love and romance, love, sister sister relationship, illness, third world, israeli, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style:
emotional, touching, lyrical, depressing, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, hopes, children, midlife crisis, family life, human nature, couple relations, haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, love and romance, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tokyo
Similarity:
48%
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: ...
Style:
sincere, serious, rough, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
missing person, israeli, forbidden love, society, family in danger, family feud, life turned upside down, police brutality, realism, family problems, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, jerusalem, nebraska ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
"My Father My Lord" is an intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, family problems, rabbi, religions or cults, life is a bitch, introspection, clergy, hopes, society, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama about a family's effort to save their antique restoration business.
Style:
psychological, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, family business, family relations, parents and children, workplace, disagreement, aging, unfulfillment, loss of partner, store, estrangement, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
47%
246
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Paris, today. Dorcy, a young black Christian, wants to marry Sabrina, a young North African. It what would be a simple matter if it weren't for the fact that Sabrina has 40 brothers and that this easygoing wedding has crystallized a taboo ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
interracial relations, family relations, forbidden love, love and romance, society, family in crisis, impossible love, family problems, immigrant, unfulfillment, misfit, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, africa, france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, stylized, bleak
Plot:
unfulfilled love, dysfunctional family, social decay, social differences, family problems, family relations, realism, single parent, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, africa, middle east, cairo egypt
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
Similarity:
37%
939
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
lovers apart, redemption, dysfunctional family, couples, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, rehabilitation, drug abuse, addiction, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
couple relations, estrangement, family problems, pregnancy, death in the family, society, social decay, dysfunctional family, love and romance, unfulfillment, painter, painting ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot:
estrangement, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, grandfather granddaughter relationship, hospital, husband wife relationship, coma, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, dysfunctional family, introspection, factory worker, life is a bitch, drug dealing, parents and children, family relations, youth, factory, family life, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, japan, middle east, persia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, dull life, parents and children, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, turk, sexual content, chance, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, non-linear, gloomy
Plot:
life turned upside down, family problems, dysfunctional family, destiny, life is a bitch, down on your luck, death in the family, multiple storylines, drug abuse, marriage, car accident, arab ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war crime, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, death in the family, love and romance, against humanity, society, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, germany, middle east
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, single parent, disorder, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, youth, parents, children, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in France attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasingly complex view of the outside world.
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
self discovery, culture clash, lifestyle, love and romance, society, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, social differences, infidelity, youth, male female relationship ...
Place:
middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
Similarity:
30%
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:
touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy, biting ...
Plot:
social decay, moral dilemma, introspection, immigrant, realism, life is a bitch, discrimination, society, interracial relations, hopes, crumbling marriage, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A successful author, Liz, searches for her daughter, Rachel, in the Sinai Desert. There she meets a Bedouin storyteller who relays the unusual love story of a Western tourist and the son of a Bedouin Sheik named Najim. Their relationship is torn ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love affair, culture clash, haunted by the past, forbidden love, estrangement, couples, family problems, missing child, parents and children, on the run, danger, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
family relations, writer's life, family problems, working class, dysfunctional family, creative block, small town, small town life, unemployment, social decay, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
arranged marriage, israeli, culture clash, forbidden love, social differences, fall in love, love and romance, family problems, couples, parents and children, family life, self discovery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, tokyo
Similarity:
28%
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