Most Similar Movies to Yellow Earth (1984)


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The Clay Bird (2002), Eboli (1979), Golden Door (2006), The Syrian Bride (2004), Siberiade (1979), The Ugly American (1963), Caterpillar (2010) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Clay Bird (2002)

The Clay Bird (2002)

8.9/10 Drama

In East Pakistan a strict Muslim (Jayanto Chattopadhyay) enrolls his young son (Nurul Islam Bablu) in an Islamic school, where the boy befriends the class outcast (Russell Farazi).

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Eboli (1979)

Eboli (1979)

8.9/10 Drama

A fact-based account of author-artist Carlo Levi's political exile in a remote Italian village during the 1930s.

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Golden Door (2006)

Golden Door (2006)

7.2/10 History, Drama, Romance

An Italian (Vincenzo Amato) and his two sons leave their rural home in Sicily and begin an exciting journey toward a better life in the United States.

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The Syrian Bride (2004)

The Syrian Bride (2004)

8.6/10 Drama

Mona (Clara Khoury), a Druze bride-to-be, lives in a village on the border of Israel and Syria. Her father, political leader Hammed (Makram J. Khoury), wants her to marry a Syrian comedian, but her move to Syria would likely be a permanent one, considering the political unrest between the two countries. The wedding planning is a nightmare, and tensions are high -- especially when Mona's siblings, who have moved on to new countries and complicated relationships, come home before the big day.

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Siberiade (1979)

Siberiade (1979)

8.0/10 Drama

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil. The oil is found but the...Read all

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The Ugly American (1963)

The Ugly American (1963)

6.7/10 Adventure, Drama

An ambitious scholar becomes the ambassador of Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.

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Caterpillar (2010)

Caterpillar (2010)

8.5/10 War, Drama, History

In 1940s Japan a villager must fulfill her duty to her husband, a decorated soldier who returned from war a quadruple amputee.

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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)

A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)

8.5/10 Drama

Kurdish orphans work odd jobs for food and to raise money so their severely handicapped brother can have surgery.

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Bombay (1995)

Bombay (1995)

8.1/10 Musical, Romance, Drama

A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.

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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

8.0/10 Romance, Drama, Family, Musical

In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

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Che: Part One (2008)

Che: Part One (2008)

7.2/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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Che: Part Two (2008)

Che: Part Two (2008)

6.9/10 Biography, Drama, History, War

In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.

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Jimmy's Hall (2014)

Jimmy's Hall (2014)

6.7/10 Drama, History

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.

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Hyenas (1992)

Hyenas (1992)

8.9/10 Drama, Comedy

After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well for herself, her home village has fallen on hard economic times. Intent on punishing Dramaan (Mansour Diouf), the man who fathered her child but refused to own up to the act, Linguere makes a proposal: She will help the town financially, if the locals agree to execute Dramaan.

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Jimmy P. (2013)

Jimmy P. (2013)

6.1/10 Drama

A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they try to find a cure to his suffering.

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Revolution (1985)

Revolution (1985)

5.3/10 War, Drama, History

A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.

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A City of Sadness (1989)

A City of Sadness (1989)

7.9/10 Drama

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.

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Silent Waters (2003)

Silent Waters (2003)

7.6/10 Drama

1979. A village in Pakistan. A widow sees her 17 years old son being attracted to Islamist militants. It brings her past back...

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