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Asmaa (2011)
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Original name: أسماء
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, sad, islamic, neo noir, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
muslim, aids, human spirit, changing lives, terminal illness, fighting illness, life is a bitch, support group, overcoming, discrimination, society, social problems, treatment, dignity, patient, arab, illness, girl, catholic, surgery, strong female presence, conservative, unfulfillment, power of media, biopic ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
egypt, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about life is a bitch, society, hopes, family relations, unfulfillment, terminal illness and human spirit mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Asmaa: Cairo 678 (2010), Excuse my French (2014), 18 Days (2011), Life Support (2007), Time Of My Life (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, realistic, sad
Plot:
youth, social differences, dishonesty, teachers and students, discrimination, hidden identity, religions or cults, family problems, society, disorder, death in the family, arab ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
revolution, idealism, life is a bitch, society, hopes, political unrest, state affairs, chaos, arab, ptsd, egyptian revolution, rally ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
friendship, family life, family relations, buddies, friends, terminal illness, life is a bitch, bittersweet, rivalry, fighting illness, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, israel
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72%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
family relations, optimism, life turned upside down, human spirit, couples, terminal illness, journalism, couple relations, life is a bitch, hopes, cancer, blogger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Russia, Germany, Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
human spirit, introspection, redemption, youth, life is a bitch, social differences, discrimination, idealism, injustice, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, asia, usa, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, aids, hiv, gay relationship, rising to stardom, fighting the system, human spirit, terminal illness, idealism, hopes, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
cuba, san francisco, miami, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
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899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
jordan, middle east
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, islamic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Africa, USA, UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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