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Noodle (2007)
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Original name: נודל
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.
Style:
realistic, captivating, humorous, sweet, sentimental, touching, serious, uplifting
Plot:
getting home, deportation, stewardess, family relations, interracial relations, society, hopes, communication problem, journey, love, israeli, judaism, youth, strong female presence, siblings relations, immigrant, immigrants
Place:
israel
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Most similar movies to Noodle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, semi serious and humorous films with plots about family relations, society, hopes, youth, parents and children, immigrant and friendship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Noodle: Cookie (2013), The Syrian Bride (2004), Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003), Nina's Tragedies (2003), The Human Resources Manager (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, realistic, touching, uplifting
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
immigrant, deportation, society, family relations, siblings relations, redemption, youth, escapades, getting home, hopes, coming of age, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
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
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100%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
16 years old Shlomi lives with his restless mother, his soldier brother and their ill grandfather. Although not doing well in school, Shlomi is a gifted cook and takes care of most household chores. One day, the school's principal finds out ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
secret relationship, high school, prodigy, self discovery, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, human nature, fall in love, teenage love, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, sweet, semi serious ...
Plot:
incestuous desire, peeping tom, longing, sexual obsession, aunt nephew relationship, infatuation, unrequited love, coming of age, israeli, first love, voyeur, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A tragic comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
Style:
sincere, road movie, captivating, humorous, serious ...
Plot:
self discovery, on the road, human nature, bittersweet, righting the wronged, selflessness, bribery, redemption, friendship, israeli, hopes, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, romania, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, introspection, fish out of water, culture clash, teenage life, society, youth, hopes, immigrant, social relations, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place:
usa, vietnam, israel
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, twins, coming of age, love triangle, parents and children, family in crisis, teenage love, family problems, fall in love, small town, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in small-town rural Georgia, a man returns to his hometown to face the deep-rooted racial tensions of a deep southern town that ages, but never changes.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
interracial relations, homecoming, friendship, disability, family relations, society, hopes, countryside, life is a bitch, love, true love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, captivating, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
immigrant, deportation, youth, society, family relations, illegal alien, slacker, rock musician, little girl, hopes, young heroes, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in late 1970s Ireland, it tells the story of 16-year-old James Powers, an American who finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts. Displaced and depressed, he longs for a way to make it back to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot:
follow your dream, teenage life, getting home, society, hopes, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, youth, overnight success, family relations, fall in love, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tali and Ori are a young Israeli couple. After attending their best friends' wedding, which ended in disaster, they have a big fight, which leads to Ori proposing. But there is trouble in paradise when Ori's conservative father meets Tali, ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, family relations, meet the parents, couple relations, friends, parents and children, buddies, disorder, love, nothing goes right, friendship, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, whimsical
Plot:
rise to the top, follow your dream, optimism, society, love and romance, humble, hopes, teenage love, social misfits, artists and showbiz, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish ...
Style:
black comedy, black and white, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
israeli, islam, arab culture, satire, immigrant, family relations, society, fighting the system, rebellion, family life, large family, refugee camp ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, France, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, haunted by the past, love and romance, friends, parents and children, friendship, hopes, youth, father son relationship, jewess, holocaust ...
Place:
europe, latin america, israel, poland, argentina ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
wisdom of life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, immigrant, society, social differences, racism, teaching the ways of the world, misfit, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo's west side, she to an average family on the east side. In contrast to her younger brother, Yanne remembers ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, emotional, captivating, realistic
Plot:
adoption, family relations, human nature, siblings relations, society, social differences, friends, ex soldier, disorder, refugee, immigrant, war trauma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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819
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Walkaway, a light-comedy drama, mocks the clutches of social obligations on young Indian professionals settled in New York City.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
buddies, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, fall in love, lifestyle, society, love and romance, parents and children, unsupportive parent, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
74
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
optimism, parents and children, family relations, family life, misfit, family problems, dysfunctional family, physical appearance, fictional reality show, family drama, forgiveness, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Between the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the world ceased to exist.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
culture clash, teenage life, parents and children, religions or cults, family relations, love and romance, immigrant, political unrest, teenage love, youth, family problems, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s
Place:
iraq, israel
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, light, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, love and romance, couples, siblings relations, city life, society, friendship, dysfunctional family, wedding, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Alison Gray is just your average suburban 11-year old waiting for adolescence to arrive when she finds out her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, she runs away to find the truth.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, adoption, coming of age, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsessive quest, on the road, family in crisis, hopes, self discovery, escape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Mexican family, wanting to grant their Grandmother her last wish, embarks on a make believe trip to a small town in Italy ... in Mexico!
Style:
touching, emotional, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, couple relations, homecoming, travel, bittersweet, unfulfillment, love and romance, elderly, couples, mental illness, memory loss, journey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, italy
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, intercultural ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, concierge, family problems, homecoming, family life, disorder, couples, couple relations, society, getting home, friendship, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
portugal, paris france, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David is a garage electrician, who dreamt all of his life of becoming a magician, but had no luck in it. His girlfriend Batya wants an ordinary life, but David is still looking for his dream, so he links up with Romanian immigrant Shimon, who is an ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, uplifting, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
israeli, hopes, love and romance, couple relations, follow your dream, wizards and magicians, couples, failed attempt, magic, magician, cashier
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
Style:
humorous, emotional, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, estrangement, family relations, family problems, family gatherings, gender, society, family vacation, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, friendship, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
follow your dream, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, hopes, youth, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, society, family problems, friendship, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
18%
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