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I Am a Mother (2012)
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Original name: Man Madar Hastam
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'I Am a Mother' tells the story of Nahid, a young mother who claims responsibility for the murder of Saeed, the man who raped her daughter, in order to spare her daughter from qisas, the law of equal punishment. As Saeed's relatives clamour for capital punishment and close families clash in the courtroom, Nahid ponders the sacrifice she has made for her child, a decision she believes any mother would make. But will that be enough to liberate her from the barbs of her community and help her on the road to redemption?
Style:
captivating, suspense
Plot:
islam, revenge, murder, mother daughter relationship, self sacrifice, criminal, salvation, family relations, life is a bitch, protector, fighting the system, society, social problems, victim, mother and daughter, social relations, murder victim, saving a life, social issues, female victim, execution, rape, rapist, mother, father ...
Place:
persia, iran, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, realistic and tense films with plots about society, family relations, life is a bitch, persian, social problems, social issues and family problems mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like I Am a Mother: The Nameless Alley (2015), Azooma (2012), Monster (2018), Son-Mother (2019), Under the Skin of the City (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two families who live in neighborhood in south of Tehran have different looks to life. These differences make some troubles for both.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
traditional versus modern, tradition versus modernity, kids and family, family relations, family life, lifestyle, parents and children, family tradition, generation gap, relationship problems, mother son relationship, family problems ...
Place:
iran, persia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A mother goes to extreme measures against her daughter's attacker after after feeling that the local law enforcement have failed her.
Style:
suspense, captivating, crime drama, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, rape and revenge, rape, vigilante, fighting the system, mother daughter relationship, social relations, social issues, vendetta, family problems, lynching, fighting crime ...
Place:
seoul
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68%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
Style:
captivating, anamorphic
Plot:
teenager, imprisonment, murder, black, fight for justice, social issues, social injustice, teenage life, society, showdown, social relations, injustice ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
single mother, widow, female protagonist, working woman, family relations, family problems, society, social problems, social issues, mother son relationship, culture clash, financial problem ...
Place:
iran, asia, middle east
Similarity:
52%
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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:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, dysfunctional family, introspection, factory worker, life is a bitch, drug dealing, parents and children, family relations, youth, factory, family life, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, japan, middle east, persia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ...
Plot:
iranian, smuggling, husband wife relationship, safe, money, boat, murder, smoking, trip, criminal, merchant, shooting ...
Place:
persia, iran, middle east
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love, family relations, multiple storylines, everyday life, couples, friendship, life is a bitch, social misfits, down on your luck, prostitute, taxi driver, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage.
Style:
emotional, intense, tension, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
wedding, family drama, marriage, guilt, sacrifice, murder, courtroom, tradition, honor, family honor, revenge, justice ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After leaking of a video of her class in a women only swimming pool, Parvaneh is brutally murdered by her husband, Hashem, who seeks a way to redeem his reputation and dignity as the godfather in the neighborhood. Hashem’s brother, Hojat, embarks ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, detective, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, swimming, woman, female victim, murder, avenge, videotaping, male protagonist, criminal, brother, husband ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran, persia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
Style:
suspense, captivating, beautiful
Plot:
marriage, family relations, poverty, poor, family problems, family life, poor family, relationships, life is a bitch, relationship problems, addiction, distopia ...
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
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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:
lovers apart, redemption, dysfunctional family, couples, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, rehabilitation, drug abuse, addiction, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
sexploitation, revenge, dictatorship, seductress, mother daughter relationship, social problems, social relations, life is a bitch, family problems, teenager, society, seduction ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
37%
718
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, self sacrifice, stepsister stepsister relationship, criminal gang, dancer, murder, mafia, sister, criminal, extortion, russian mafia, half sister ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film take place in Tehran 1990s and is the story of a 6 years old boy Shahab who still can not talk and because of that is being teased by every one. Even in his family they care for his bigger brother more than him and only his mother is ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
family relations, family drama, child protagonist, social issues, care, relationship problems, family problems, society, humiliation, iranian, child custody, social relations ...
Time:
90s, year 1990
Place:
tehran iran, tehran
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A grieving Chinese father travels to America to collect his daughter and stays to catch the killer.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, murder, father, murder mystery, murderer, who done it, secret, family relations, murder investigation, grief, family bonds, investigation ...
Place:
america
Similarity:
33%
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Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, independent film, social, entertaining
Plot:
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Place:
serbia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
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Duration: 197 min.
Story:
The thief accidentally notices the secret of a girl and tries to exploit this position ....
Style:
suspense, captivating, humorous, tense, entertaining
Plot:
escapades, friendship, dishonesty, danger, disorder, chase, family relations, society, rivalry, ambition, redemption, life is a bitch ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
injustice, fighting the system, political unrest, couples, society, feminism, state affairs, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, legal action ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, ...
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suspense, captivating, heartfelt, emotional, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, sexual ...
Plot:
female protagonist, rape, gangster, vengeance, rich and poor, political unrest, family relations, dancer's life, tough heroes, criminal heroes, mother daughter relationship, women ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, retro
Plot:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, emotional, psychological, tense, tragic
Plot:
revenge, social commentary, violence, gang, vigilante, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, corruption, domestic violence, justice, street crime, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, tehran, persia, tehran iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A bitter conflict has raged between guerrillas and the army in Turkey's Kurdish regions for over 30 years. Large expanses have now become war zones. Countless young people have lost their lives to the conflict. This dangerous but incredibly ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, crime drama, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of the six-and-a-half story narrative search for the anti-drug police is to find the great glass dealer in the capital.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, intense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
iranian, drug overdose, prison, drug, drug addict, propaganda, lawyer, police station, death sentence, torture, capitalism, deception ...
Time:
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Place:
tehran iran, persia, iran, middle east
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult ...
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
criminal, society, writers, writer's life, social problems, social relations, crime boss, coitus, underworld, russian mafia, nudity, hired killer ...
Time:
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Place:
soviet union, st. petersburg russia
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