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Goodbye Julia (2023)
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Original name: وداعًا جوليا
Genre: Drama
Country: Sudan, Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France, Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.
Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.
Plot:
dancing, school, police, life, motorcycle, politics, death, murder, racism, singer, singing, maid, wife, lie, choir, telephone call, river, female protagonist, riot, marriage proposal, police station, female singer, husband wife relationship, police corruption, voting ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010
Place:
sudan
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Most similar movies to Goodbye Julia
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, serious, crying and realistic films with plots about death, murder, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, police, telephone call and birthday mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Goodbye Julia: In His Own Image (2024), The President's Cake (2025), A Wedding (2016), Wife of an Important Man (1987), Light Drops (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with the major political events of the island, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century. It is the ...
Plot:
photographer, female protagonist, photograph, prison, photography, photojournalism, heroin, murder, hotel, newspaper, voice over narration, war photographer ...
Time:
90s, year 1980, year 1999, 80s, year 1993
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, Qatar, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
Plot:
little girl, counterfeit money, police arrest, dictatorship, loss of family, saddam hussein, dictator, school, fire, singing, birthday, rooster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Pakistan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.
Style:
disturbing, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
muslim girl, forced marriage, pregnant teenager, muslim, runaway teen, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter conflict, runaway, pregnancy, brother sister conflict ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of an Egyptian police officer, during the regime of President Anwar El Sadat.
Plot:
arab, great ending, chief of police, police station, suicide of husband, schoolgirl, repression, suicide, miscarriage, arrest, domestic violence, cinema ...
Time:
year 1975, year 1977
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Mozambique
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Rui was raised in Mozambique in a small village at the frontier of a mysterious river. Son of Portuguese colonists, his best friend is Ana, a black girl godchild of his mother. At fourteen he is confronted with the tragic destruction of his ...
Plot:
colonialism, family relations, interracial friendship, murder, marriage, adultery, alligator, woods, unfaithfulness, killing, 14 year old boy, totem ...
Time:
year 1958
Place:
africa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Barbara (Monica Vitti) is a journalist investigating the local counterculture who becomes involved, after an unpleasant start of battery and stalking, with Pierre Clémenti's louche all-around dropout.
Style:
political, suspense
Plot:
fascist, journalist, student protest, communist, religion, russian roulette, communism, repression, fashion model, murder, singer, radical ...
Place:
italy, milan italy, rome italy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this heartfelt drama, a mother discovers that a son she thought died at birth is still alive.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, crying, emotional
Plot:
mother, parents, couples, paternity revealed, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, moral dilemma, motherhood, life, love, elementary school, hotel ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father’s bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life. But how can you honor such a request when it’s your own father?
Plot:
lgbt, elderly, old age, father daughter relationship, sea, birthday present, doctor, nightmare, suicide, hospital, telephone call, train ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The life of a young police officer in a small town in Normandy is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a farmer threatening to commit suicide.
Plot:
police, marriage proposal, father daughter relationship, sailboat, male nudity, family relations, cat, interrogation, gendarmerie, sailing, singing, photograph ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An adaptation of David Williamson's play; John Hargreaves and Peter Cummins star as a good and bad cop who assist a battered wife as she tries to escape her belligerent husband.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
marital abuse, police, police corruption, brutality, husband wife relationship, wife, escape, police officer, police brutality, battered wife, domestic violence, married couple ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in Pantura. Maya takes care of Sartika and helps with her deliveries. After Sartika gives birth, Maya ...
Plot:
female protagonist, cafe, coffee shop, social issues, financial crisis, small village, mother, smoking, friend, journey, food, wife ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 2010s, year 2005, 2000s ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, biting, witty ...
Plot:
crimes of passion, murder, destructive relationship, vengeance, obsession, addiction, life is a bitch, dishonesty, couple relations, womanizer, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, year 1976, year 1980
Place:
philadelphia, new york, florida, virginia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film tells the love story between Anna and José, while at the same time approaches the intersections of urban violence and artistic creation, nature and civilization, war and peace, life and death, abandon and union, showing that in the end of ...
Style:
independent film, meta
Plot:
suicide, coming of age, stream of consciousness, bible, tragedy, filmmaking, letter, loneliness, destiny, opera, life after death, symbolism ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Plot:
priest, journey, male nudity, missionary, photographer, death, nordic, bare chested male, volcanic eruption, guide, photography, cultural conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Iran, the retired dance teacher Tarlan witnesses her friend Rana's murder by her husband, who is an important government figure. When the police refuse to investigate, Tarlan must decide whether to bow to political pressure or risk her ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, grim, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, murder witness, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, cover up, social commentary, whistleblower, surveillance, female friendship, fear ...
Place:
tehran, iran
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten. Upon ...
Style:
road movie, sad, serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
kurd, human rights, female fight, female fighter, anarchist, injustice, politics, racism, discrimination, friendship, self discovery, social misfits ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kurdistan, turkey, iraq, istanbul turkey, germany
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Blaga is a seventy-year-old recently widowed former teacher and a woman of firm morals. When telephone scammers con her out of the money that she had saved for her husband’s grave, her moral compass slowly begins to lose its bearings…
Plot:
photograph, auto repair, pawnshop, bank, staircase, individualism, wedding ring, female protagonist, night, newspaper, money problems, teacher ...
Place:
bulgaria
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The movie about a daughter, who leaves home for the first time. Her mother, left behind, doesn't know how to fill the empty place.
Style:
captivating, social, independent film, entertaining
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, loneliness, family relations, changing lives, relationships, life, lifestyle change, grownups, telephone call, new year ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, crying
Plot:
impossible love, friendship, teenage love, teenage life, self discovery, starting over, couples, family life, false accusation, fall in love, society, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bright and eager to hit the streets in search of bad guys, rookie cop Christine Paly is disappointed when she's instead assigned to process criminals. Under the supervision of a tough but likable mentor, Christine quickly learns that hers is ...
Style:
crime drama, serious
Plot:
rookie, police station, police procedural, female protagonist, urban, slice of life, nightshift, character study, mature, moral ambiguity, police, lapd ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On the edge of adulthood, Alma leaves her mother’s home in the Netherlands and travels to her native Bosnia to visit the father she’s never met. But from the start nothing goes as planned. Her cousin Emir gives her a frosty reception and mocks ...
Style:
cult classic, aesthetic, crying
Plot:
woman, castle, blood, lake, bus, beaten up, police, death of father, neighbor, singing, cat, train ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, bosnia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this ...
Style:
beautiful
Plot:
love, communication, solitude, relationships, homelessness, birthday party, balloon, accidental death, wife, death of child, father, funeral ...
Similarity:
34%
535
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.
Style:
crying
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, coming of age, 11 year old girl, family relations, photograph, murder, young girl, friendship, teenager, sick, dream, videotaping ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 80s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, couples, family relations, friends, social relations, couple relations, parents and children, suburban life, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The true story of a jealous policeman and his young wife living in a shanty-town in South America.
Style:
crime drama, tragic ending, tense, art house
Plot:
murder, gender roles, jealousy, abusive relationship, domestic violence, statutory rape, child marriage, trauma, female protagonist, police corruption, obsession, manipulation ...
Place:
venezuela
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dancefloor. It is a happy ...
Style:
social
Plot:
peace, motorcycle, drug, money, school, birthday, hiding, 18 year old, birthday party, hiding place, teenage girl, bag of money ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
32%
645
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
The film is tale of intrigue, plots and the inevitable war between the two families. Ramchand and Bhishamchand were two pioneering brothers in business. Bhishamchand, a lifelong bachelor brought up the two sons of Ramchand on his demise. He also ...
Style:
parallel cinema
Plot:
dinner, police, killing, business rivalry, matriarchy, truck, family secret, golf, business, business competition, threat, labor strike ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Woh Chokri (वह छोकरी) is a Hindi movie starring Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and is directed by Subhankar Ghosh .
Style:
art film
Plot:
indian woman, alcoholism, family relations, prostitute mother, politician, drunkenness, death, murder, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, school, betrayal ...
Place:
delhi
Similarity:
31%
572
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960's, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
world war two, train station, harassment, looting, murder of a family, bloodbath, letter, anti semitism, morality, winter, war crime, river ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
former yugoslavia, central europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The fates of three entwined families. Joséphine and Tomas have just got married. It was a joyful celebration. But soon, Joséphine’s parents will discover a darker side lurking behind the couple’s sunny happiness. Meanwhile, Mélanie tells her ...
Plot:
newlyweds, seaside, father daughter relationship, older man younger woman relationship, murder, telephone call, rainstorm, juggling, christmas eve, hospital, hotel room, beach ...
Place:
french riviera, south of france
Similarity:
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