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My Dear Brother (1973)
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Original name: Canım Kardeşim
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tear jerker, educational, sad, dramatic, tearjerker
Plot:
poverty, turk, illness, sacrifice, family drama, brotherhood, struggle, tragedy, desperation, working class, terminal illness, compassion, mortality, longing, social realism, empathy, bittersweet, hopes, friendship, hospital, wish fulfillment, grief, solidarity, social inequality, community ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Most similar movies to My Dear Brother
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, melancholic and tear jerker films with plots about hopes, intimate, resilience, sacrifice, family drama, social realism and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Family genres. Some movies like My Dear Brother: Robin: Watch for Wishes (2018), Fantasia (2014), Twenty (2009), Bone Marrow (2020), She Lives! (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man of words is forced to become a man of action as John discovers the secret bucket list of his ill son Robin. The two abscond from the hospital to fulfill the boy's greatest wishes - as the police pursue John for kidnapping.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, life affirming, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
father son relationship, bucket list, family drama, illness, road trip, bittersweet, hopes, heartwarming, mortality, grief, hospital, terminal illness ...
Place:
cape town south africa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Father got leukaemia. Mother was laid off long ago. She had to borrow money for her husband everywhere. Sister went to a night club to be a waitress secretly and soon became a “call girl”. Lin was cold-shouldered at school because of father’s ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, art house, tragic
Plot:
leukemia, family drama, illness, mother son relationship, poverty, financial difficulty, coming of age, teenage protagonist, desperation, empathy, loss, social realism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A once thriving reception hall has been reduced to catering to the funeral business and the somber rituals of death. The owner, Soleimani, is a sour, lonely and unloved old man who treats his workers with contempt, inflicting small cruelties ...
Style:
realistic, psychological
Plot:
empathy, character study, humanism, working class, resilience, slice of life, social realism, dignity, mortality, solidarity, hopes, melancholy ...
Place:
iran
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Bahar has divorced her husband and is now remarried living a new life. Her son from her previous marriage, Payam, has leukemia and now she must find her ex-husband in order to save her son no matter what it takes.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, medical drama, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
sacrifice, cancer, motherhood, family drama, leukemia, domestic drama, family conflict, treatment, ex husband, single mother, moral dilemma, hospital ...
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal illness.
Style:
emotional, poignant, romantic drama, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, illness, hopes, love story, relationships, mortality, young couple, youth, loss, desperation, resilience ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
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730
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Familiye tells the story of an ex-con who, after his release from prison, has to care for his two younger brothers. One of whom is a gambling addict, the other has Down Syndrome.
Style:
bleak, serious, captivating, dramatic, crime drama ...
Plot:
addiction, down syndrome, gambling, family drama, brothers, brother brother relationship, prison, terminal illness, released from prison, illness, little brother, brother ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In the heart of a remote village, Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi weaves a poignant drama about the unbreakable bond between a struggling father and his son. Purna Bahadur, a humble and impoverished musician, clings to the hope of a better life through his ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, inspirational, atmospheric
Plot:
family bonds, family drama, father son relationship, hopes, struggle, sacrifice, poverty, single father, resilience, intimate, longing, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
cancer, drug addict, terminal illness, death, dying, mortality, family relations, empathy, child protagonist, character study, grief, addiction ...
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Topan and Raka are two friends. Topan has a lover named Chanisa who turns out to be suffering from lung cancer.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, romantic, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, love triangle, terminal illness, lung cancer, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, relationship problems, couple relations, love interest, romantic triangle, love and romance ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
To please his dying daughter, a father tries to create the Durga Puja festival, usually held in October, during the month of April, in Kolkata.
Style:
emotional, poignant, tear jerker, melancholic, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, family drama, compassion, sacrifice, hopes, celebration, religion, grief, bereavement, intimate, resilience, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
In the communal area of a block of temporary accommodation, the residents go about their day-to-day routines in the run-up to Christmas. The bonds of love that keep people together are put to the test.
Style:
captivating, emotional, heartfelt, melancholic, uplifting ...
Plot:
relationships, mother son relationship, living together, male female relationship, life is a bitch, coping, family relations, couple relations, hardship, resilience, poverty, hopes ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Somalia, Qatar
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already ...
Style:
emotional, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
illness, family problems, social problems, money problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, fighting illness, needing money, life is a bitch, realism, resilience, sacrifice ...
Place:
africa, somalia
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Vanajan hails from a modest household and lives with his ailing father, wife and children. One day, he finds himself at a crossroads when his moneylender makes him an unusual offer.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, intense, tense
Plot:
loan shark, poverty, family drama, small town, empathy, moral dilemma, survival, working class, sacrifice, slice of life, desperation, intimate ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
workplace, working class, feminism, factory, solidarity, women, ethical dilemma, female protagonist, social problems, coworker, factory owner, employment ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Geoffrey Griffin who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer in his chest, meets Sarah Phoenix as they both attend a university lecture on the psychology of dying. Sarah Phoenix has got terminal leukemia, but Griffin doesn't know that, and she ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, poignant, melancholic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, bittersweet, dying, mortality, love story, tragic romance, campus, relationships, intimate, introspection, mature ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a story unfolds of an aging construction worker who, unlike his peers, has to drop all plans for the ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, independent film, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
construction worker, mortality, illness, cancer, working class, blue collar, aging, urbanization, social realism, humanism, realism, slice of life ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, employees at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation are concerned about potential layoffs. However, Assistant Commissioner Uday encourages them to enroll in night school to complete their education for a better future.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, emotional
Plot:
empowerment, social realism, urban, night school, hopes, working class, compassion, perseverance, resilience, social justice, poverty, humanitarian ...
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dr. David Edwards is a cancer specialist, and his life is his work. His only friend is Lou Rosen, 73. Lou is also David's patient, but at his age, chances are grim. Still, everyone deserves a chance, or at least that's what David thought ...
Style:
emotional, medical drama, intense, realistic, reflective ...
Plot:
cancer, doctor patient relationship, compassion, hospital, terminal illness, mature, character study, ethical dilemma, mortality, morality, friendship, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Shankar (Manoj Kumar), his lovely wife Geeta (Nanda) and Deepak (Master Satyajeet) are a poor but happy family. Tragedy strikes one day, when Deepak wonders over to the railway tracks. When Geeta rushes in to warn and rescue him, she is run over by ...
Style:
tear jerker, emotional, period drama
Plot:
poverty, sacrifice, mute child, family tragedy, domestic drama, social realism, friendship, surgery, resilience, grief, working class, perseverance ...
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46%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The film tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, suspense, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
cancer, illness, friendship, terminal illness, hospital, empathy, mortality, family drama, fighting illness, cancer patient, life, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This is a heart-wrenching story about a happy-go-lucky 17 year-old boy with a passion for life and love. Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with. His mother died, his alcoholic father is unapproachable, and ...the biggest problem ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, poignant, reflective, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, cancer, family drama, dysfunctional family, terminal illness, friendship, mortality, adolescence, bittersweet, tragedy, grief, coming of age ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man who has lost his wife and daughter finds a baby in a garbage. He decides to save her.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, art house, independent film ...
Plot:
grief, child abandonment, loss, family tragedy, single father, rescue, redemption, compassion, loneliness, character study, bittersweet, social realism ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is faced with a choice to fight for her life or sacrifice it for another. After years of infertility, a newly-expectant mother is diagnosed with a life-altering disease.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, medical drama, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
motherhood, choice, female protagonist, parenthood, infertility, mother, pregnant woman, sacrifice, pregnancy, woman, ethical dilemma, mother love ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.
Style:
melancholic, sentimental, art house, period piece, tear jerker ...
Plot:
circus, innocence, child protagonist, loss, abandonment, father son relationship, alcoholism, illness, family drama, empathy, bittersweet, poverty ...
Time:
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Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned ...
Style:
heartbreaking, realistic, emotional, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
foster home, adoption, family bonds, family drama, social issues, poverty, bittersweet, social realism, working class, child protagonist, sacrifice, resilience ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
the philippines, manila philippines
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. He takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it’s the only way he can ...
Style:
realistic
Plot:
character study, struggle, working class, resilience, blue collar, unemployment, survival, empathy, family drama, social realism, social commentary, economic crisis ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by helping each other out. One night, they secretly board a ship bound for New York to reach ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, neorealism, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
post war, journey, immigration, struggle, social realism, hopes, resilience, working class, poverty, coming of age, friendship, survival ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
new york, naples italy, italy
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Middle aged housewife Kim In-Hee's mother-in-law has Alzheimer's disease, her physician husband is always tired and indifferent to her needs and her children has become wayward. For her family, Kim In-Hee has devoted her life as a ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
illness, family drama, terminal illness, male female relationship, family life, kids and family, relationships, family relations, living together, family problems, nursing, parents and children ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
40%
365
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"Yuniol" Perez and Alberto "Junior" Rios come from opposite sides of the tracks in the Dominican Republic. Aloof and detached, Alberto comes from a wealthy family. Driven and focused, Juan is reared by a devoted mother whose ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, inspirational
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
poverty, social inequality, class conflict, friendship, working class, youth, coming of age, resilience, family relations, social realism, survival, community ...
Place:
dominican republic
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, retirement home, friendship, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, couples, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
Similarity:
40%
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