Most Similar Movies to Yellow Earth (1984)
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The World of Apu (1959), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Rosie (2018), A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), L'Enfant (2005), Ju Dou (1990), Adoption (1975) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The World of Apu (1959)
This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
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Rosie (2018)
A woman, her husband and their four children find themselves homeless after their landlord sells their house. Over the next 36 hours, the couple desperately search for a place to live while trying to shield the kids from the reality of the situation.
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Kurdish orphans work odd jobs for food and to raise money so their severely handicapped brother can have surgery.
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L'Enfant (2005)
A directionless couple (Jérémie Renier, Déborah François) must deal with life-changing responsibilities when they have a child out of wedlock.
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Ju Dou (1990)
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.
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Adoption (1975)
A lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.
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Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970)
A group of impoverished misfits inhabiting a Japanese landfill have experiences that are alternately joyful and disheartening. Young, disabled Roku-chan (Yoshitaka Zushi) spends his days in a fantasy world where he is the captain of an imaginary train, while his mother, Okuni (Kin Sugai), remains in constant prayer, rarely venturing out of her shanty. A homeless man and his child lovingly envision every detail of the home they wish they had money to build, and a mute girl has a tragic encounter.
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Ixcanul (2015)
On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
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The Goddess (1958)
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.
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Alambrista (1978)
Struggling to support his family in Mexico, Roberto (Domingo Ambriz), a young Mexican man, illegally crosses the border to the United States in search of work. Exploited by his American employers, Roberto labors in harsh conditions for insufficient wages and fails to make enough money for his family. Continually on the lookout for immigration raids, Roberto has to maintain a constant vigilance as he travels from town to town, searching for employment.
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The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)
A Jewish physician sacrifices his safety when he treats a fugitive during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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God Bless the Child (1988)
Unemployed, abandoned by her husband and kicked out of her apartment after not being able to pay her rent, newly single mother Theresa Johnson (Mare Winningham) finds herself homeless and raising her daughter, Hillary (Grace Johnston), on the streets. Discouraged by consistently overcrowded shelters and shocking violence, Johnson appeals to social worker Calvin Reed (Dorian Harewood). With Reed's help, Johnson struggles to ensure a decent quality of life for the daughter she loves so much.
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Casa de los Babys (2003)
A brief look into the South American family life, while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America; as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
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Looted (2019)
Rob lives his life at 100mph, carefully balancing carjacking schemes and caring for his dying father. But one risky job could bring it all crashing down.
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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.
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The Unloved (2009)
Lucy is 11-years-old and lives with her father. One day, not for the first time, he beats her. The next time she returns to school, Lucy asks to see her social worker Jackie. Lucy is known to social services and has been in foster care before, but none of her foster parents have any placements available. Jackie takes her to a children's home, Crop Row, where she is left with nothing except the school uniform she is wearing.
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All Creatures Here Below (2018)
A desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.
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