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The Women's Balcony (2016)
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Original name: ישמח חתני
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
Plot:
feminism, orthodox jew, bar mitzvah, faith, community, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, satire, crisis of faith, islam, arab culture, israeli, religious, israeli culture, rabbi, synagogue, feminist
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, psychological and semi serious films with plots about satire, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, female protagonist, social problems and relationships mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Women's Balcony: To Dust (2018), Suze (2023), Dany (2018), Sallah (1964), I Will Make You Mine (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, satirical
Plot:
judaism, grief, criminal underworld, loss of wife, jewish family, adult humor, satire, bereavement, dark humor, faith, religious faith, absurd humor ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When her only daughter goes off to university, an empty nest mother gets stuck taking care of her daughter's heart-broken ex-boyfriend, who she can't stand.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, lifestyle, social problems, satire, family life, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, menopause, intimate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dany, the king of petty thefts, did not wait until the end of his prison sentence to reunite with his 13-year-old son Sullivan. The only thing he now needs is a job and an apartment to regain custody of his son.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical, disturbing
Plot:
father son relationship, prison, family relations, parents and children, parent child relationship, prisoner, parenthood, father and son, kids and family, father, satire, jail ...
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85%
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:
79%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Three women wrestle with life's difficulties while confronting their past relationships with the same man.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, satirical, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot:
women, female protagonist, estranged couple, confronting the past, love interest, satire, love triangle, relationship problems, unrequited love, male female relationship, life is a bitch, troubled past ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Steve & Chuma , two criminals are the sole survivors of a terrorist attack at a restaurant in Jerusalem. They decide to change their ways and become flesh and blood angels. They go on a journey of wish fulfilment for people who write requests on ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
desire, terrorist attack, redemption, second chance, jewish culture, sole survivor, social problems, changing lives, wish come true, friendship, religion, faith ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
israel, jerusalem, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rose Raynes was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a less-than-ideal-marriage , and mourning the independence of her 10-year-old-son, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at a women's ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical
Plot:
feminism, women, female female relationship, satire, lifestyle, female teacher, family relations, social issues, coping, marriage crisis, family problems, beauty queen ...
Place:
arizona, los angeles
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While her husband struggles to keep his restaurant in business, a mother of three lands a job as an assistant to a powerful, but sexually harrassive realtor and brings herself to fight back.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
sexual harassment, husband wife relationship, employer employee relationship, family problems, career change, relationship vs career, money problems, financial problem, relationship problems, forbidden love, female protagonist, moral dilemma ...
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their ...
Style:
funny, witty, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
office, kick-butt women, satire, military, virginity, female soldier, military base, soldier, friendship, female pubic hair, israeli army, israeli ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, russia, tokyo
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A film director unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising faces divorce from his producer wife.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
filmmaking, director, film producer, communist, filmmaker, satire, family problems, ambition, lifestyle, relationship problems, melancholy, circus ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, year 1956
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the Torah and the Talmud. Rivka is happily and passionately married to Meir, but they remain ...
Style:
philosophical, thinking, controversial, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
marital abuse, orthodox jew, religion, judaism, israeli, arranged marriage, arab, feminism, women, couples, strong female presence, family relations ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
israel, middle east, persia, palestine, jerusalem
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Charleen is 15, melodramatic, mega depressed, and Kurt Cobain’s biggest fan. Her best friend Isa is getting really boring, her dad is out of the picture, and her mom has hooked up with her biology teacher. Even though she has an apprenticeship ...
Style:
disturbing, satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
teen suicide, teenage love, teen romance, relationships, adolescence, couples, changing lives, teenager, lifestyle change, teenage life, satire, female protagonist ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Little Black Dress depicts the friendships, jealousies, hopes and failures of four 24-year-old girls. The girls first met as first year students in college. They seem to be enjoying their 20's, but inside they all have worries.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical
Plot:
friendship, urban setting, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, social problems, relationships, friends, girlfriend, group of friends, lifestyle, satire, female protagonist, best friend ...
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A large and beautiful property on the French Riviera. A place that seems out of time and sheltered from the rest of the world. Anna goes there with her daughter for a few days of vacation. Amidst her family, friends and the house staff, Anna has to ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, satirical, psychological, entertaining
Plot:
breakup, family relations, living together, parents and children, filmmaker, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, lifestyle change, vacation, satire, social problems, family problems ...
Place:
french riviera, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film revolves around an engineer working for an oil company in Dubai. He had to return to Egypt after twenty years. He was surprised that the Israeli Embassy was next to his apartment and was trying hard to sell the apartment at first.
Style:
captivating, satirical, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
apartment building, satire, arab, embassy, social problems, political unrest, political activism, social issues, israeli, political satire, social commentary, nationalism ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
cairo egypt, palestine, middle east, dubai
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Story:
Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty (2004) Ramankutty (Jayaram), a teacher in the village school is known as "salperu" (i.e. good reputation). Ramankutty's uncles- Narayanan (Janardhanan), Madhavan (Jagathy Sreekumar), Velayudhan (Laloo Aalex) ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
teacher, family drama, village life, reputation, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, love affair, forced marriage, satire, family problems, relationship problems ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
53%
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:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his ...
Style:
melancholic, meditative, surreal, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
father son relationship, greed, israeli, secrets, existentialism, parents and children, family problems, ambition, estrangement, religions or cults, moral dilemma, writers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, jerusalem, seattle ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gopan is living with his 6 year old son Ashok. His neighbor Celin falls in love with him. But he reveals that Ashok's mom is alive and he narrates his story.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot:
family drama, single father, love affair, male female relationship, social problems, couple relations, fall in love, satire, family problems, in love, lifestyle, family values ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
call center, female protagonist, faith, redemption, christian, religious faith, workplace situations, rescue, satire, assistant, saving a life, workplace ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Raouf escapes of the control his grandmother Rawyah Hanim after she traveed to Germany and he movd with his grandfather Romman. After his grandfather's death, he decided to marry Manar, who he is attached to, but as his grandmother returned ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
grandmother, family drama, grandmother grandson relationship, relationship problems, political unrest, satire, family relations, relationships, eccentric family, family problems, house, female antagonist ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect. Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, midlife crisis, male female relationship, lifestyle change, relationships, family relations, changing lives, love interest, introspection, love affair, lifestyle, satire ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
manuscript, divorce, therapy, family problems, changing lives, broadway, lifestyle, lifestyle change, relationship problems, screenwriter, satire, marital problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A family conflict ends in a catastrophe - the husband leaves the house in his slippers. But this decision leads him to absolutely incredible events, temptations and challenges. 2015
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
family conflict, relationships, satire, divorce, marital crisis, relationship problems, husband wife conflict, escapades, husband wife relationship, family problems, marriage crisis, changing lives ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, dark comedy ...
Plot:
relationship problems, satire, husband wife relationship, japanese wife, marriage, eccentric family, married couple, male female relationship, wife, family relations, lifestyle, marital problem ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from the opening celebration, her younger sister Josie turns the café into a burgeoning bartering ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, disturbing, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
coffee shop, slice of life, cafe owner, satire, lifestyle, dream, business, female protagonist, dreaming, businesswoman, follow your dream, community ...
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
satire, culture clash, hijab, muslim, dark humor, taxi driver, self discovery, social differences, adoption, religions or cults, rabbi, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, middle east, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
forest, midlife crisis, family relations, family drama, relationship problems, social problems, eccentric family, relationships, social issues, satire, family problems, family in crisis ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
the film is about how a barber's life is turned upside down when a film unit comes to the village for a shoot, and the news spreads that superstar Ashok Raj (Mammootty) is the barber's childhood friend. The script also by Srinivasan is so ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
friendship, barber, movie star, old friend, family relations, childhood friend, superstar, relationships, friends, social problems, satire, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping out of school.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, satirical, captivating, comedy drama
Plot:
mental disorder, lifestyle, introspection, social problems, female protagonist, satire, woman, mental illness, illness, smoking, panic attack, writers ...
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