Movies like Jaffa

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Jaffa (2009)
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Jaffa (2009)
Original name: Kalat Hayam
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Israel, France
Duration: 106 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: family relations, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, forbidden love, 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, favoritism among siblings, fight, racism, beach ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: middle east, israel, persia, palestine
Keyword: palestinian, jewish

Most similar movies to Jaffa

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about family relations, family problems, society, parents and children, life is a bitch, israeli and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Jaffa: Or (My Treasure) (2004), The Other Son (2012), Inheritance (2012), Red Leaves (2014), Next to Her (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Or (My Treasure) (2004)
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, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: prostitution, escort, prostitute, down on your luck, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, life is a bitch, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, family problems, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, indiana, palestine, persia, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Other Son (2012)
Genre: Drama
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, parents and children, life turned upside down, disorder, introspection, society, occupation, family in crisis, interracial relations ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, palestinian authority
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Inheritance (2012)
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: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional
Plot: family relations, forbidden love, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, wartime life, family life, family gatherings, bittersweet, village, family in crisis, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 7.1
 48
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 573
Next to Her (2014)
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, love and romance, family relations, family problems, sister sister relationship, love, threesome, israeli, illness, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
My Father My Lord (2007)
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: sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, self discovery, life is a bitch, society, introspection, clergy, hopes, rabbi, family problems, religions or cults, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Broken Wings (2002)
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 ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, children, couple relations, human nature, midlife crisis, family life, innocence lost, love and romance, single parent, life is a bitch, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
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, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, society, danger, terrorism, politics, friends, teenage life, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, palestinian authority, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Movie in collections
 7.3
 7K
Ajami (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Israel, 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, emotional, rough, bleak ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: missing person, israeli, society, forbidden love, life turned upside down, family feud, family in danger, family problems, police brutality, realism, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, jerusalem, nebraska ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, art house, detective ...
Plot: unhappy wife, judge, courtroom drama, divorce, fighting the system, rebellion, marital separation, discrimination, injustice, legal action, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, maghreb, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.3
 236
Hold Back (2012)
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, family problems, impossible love, family in crisis, society, love and romance, immigrant, religions or cults, unfulfillment, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, africa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Late Marriage (2001)
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: culture clash, social differences, love and romance, fall in love, couples, family problems, family life, parents and children, self discovery, society, couple relations, israeli ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Under the Skin of the City (2001)
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: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, politics, introspection, life is a bitch, factory worker, family relations, couples, working class, family life, human nature, parents and children, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, japan, persia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Wajma, an Afghan Love Story (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship—they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: pregnancy, family relations, forbidden love, parents and children, society, life turned upside down, honor, student, love, couples, youth, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 6.5
 162
Cairo Exit (2010)
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, stylized, rough, bleak
Plot: social decay, unfulfilled love, social differences, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, realism, society, life is a bitch, single parent, love and romance, working class ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east, africa, cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 6.5
 897
Mainline (2006)
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: redemption, dysfunctional family, family relations, couples, family problems, rehabilitation, hopes, life is a bitch, addiction, drug abuse, parents and children, lovers apart ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, iran, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Zion and His Brother (2009)
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: serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: family crisis, brother brother relationship, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, society, youth, introspection, siblings relations, family in crisis, haunted by the past, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.9
 592
Torn (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: life turned upside down, police investigation, family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, shopping mall, death in the family, terrorism, dealing with death, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Movie in collections
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 902
All Around Us (2008)
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: realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, serious ...
Plot: family problems, couple relations, estrangement, society, pregnancy, death in the family, social decay, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, love and romance, painter, painting ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Things Behind the Sun (2006)
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: psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, serious ...
Plot: estrangement, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, grandfather granddaughter relationship, hospital, husband wife relationship, coma, family secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Blame It on Mum (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two daughters and her husband, a man who shows a strange behavior since has retired. Antoine, the eldest son, company director, is unable to make a success of a ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, working class, family problems, family in crisis, family life, parents and children, couples, society, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.8
 3K
Inch'Allah (2012)
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: realistic, thought provoking, emotional, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, doctors and patients, injustice, society, friendship, life is a bitch, wartime life, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, jerusalem, palestinian authority
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
One Day You'll Understand (2008)
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: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, war crime, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, death in the family, parents and children, against humanity, love and romance, society, trial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, germany, middle east, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Blind Intersections (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three protagonists, one city, different backgrounds: Nour, India and Marwan pass each other but they never meet, though the effect of one incident will drastically alter their lives. Caught in a moment, their lives fall apart in just a matter of ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, non-linear, gloomy
Plot: life turned upside down, life is a bitch, destiny, dysfunctional family, family problems, down on your luck, death in the family, multiple storylines, drug abuse, car accident, marriage, arab ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 5.9
 1K
Angel's Fall (2004)
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: psychological, sincere, touching, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: family problems, life is a bitch, love and romance, parents and children, dull life, death in the family, alienation, women's issues, turk, sexual content, chance, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Nobody Owns Me (2013)
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, realistic, serious ...
Plot: working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, youth, family relations, single parent, disorder, family problems, dysfunctional family, children, addiction, parents ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 6.5
 106
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 ⇓
67%
Little Jerusalem (2005)
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, gloomy ...
Plot: self discovery, culture clash, society, lifestyle, love and romance, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, infidelity, social differences, youth, male female relationship ...
Place: middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.2
 499
Aviva, My Love (2006)
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, unemployment, social decay, small town life, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.8
 67
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 ⇓
66%
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