Most Similar Movies to Girl From Hunan (1988)


If you are looking for movies like Girl From Hunan (1988), you might like movies tagged with keyword : rural life, family tragedy, female awakening, struggle for survival, social criticism, exploration of humanity, realism, chinese cinema, independent film, oppressive atmosphere, social injustice, female perspective, cultural reflection .


Insiang (1976), Where Is Kyra? (2017), The Snake Pit (1948), Slumming (2006), Cactus (1986), Made in Hong Kong (1997), Mouchette (1967) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Insiang (1976)

Insiang (1976)

10.0/10 Drama

After a teenager is raped by her mother's boyfriend, she sets out to exact revenge on anyone who has hurt her.

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Where Is Kyra? (2017)

Where Is Kyra? (2017)

8.1/10 Drama

A fragile woman is already stressed from a fast-paced world when her mother dies and she must find a means for survival while hiding her struggles from her new boyfriend.

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The Snake Pit (1948)

The Snake Pit (1948)

7.6/10 Drama

A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.

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Slumming (2006)

Slumming (2006)

7.0/10 Drama

Two yuppies play mean tricks on one another until one joke has fatal consequences.

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Cactus (1986)

Cactus (1986)

10.0/10 Drama

A Frenchwoman (Isabelle Huppert) loses an eye in Australia and becomes the lover of a blind man (Robert Menzies) who grows cactuses as a hobby.

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Made in Hong Kong (1997)

Made in Hong Kong (1997)

10.0/10 Drama

After falling for a teen who disappears (Neiky Yim Hui-Chi), a small-time punk (Sam Lee) loses his grip on reality and agrees to a contract killing.

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Mouchette (1967)

Mouchette (1967)

8.8/10 Drama

Young teen Mouchette (Nadine Nortier) faces hardships everywhere in her difficult life. Her father (Paul Hébert) is a cruel drunk who neglects her. Meanwhile, her mother (Marie Cardinal) lies ill, slowly dying. One day, fleeing a rainstorm, Mouchette comes across Arsène (Jean-Claude Guilbert), a poacher with a violent streak. He lets her take shelter in his cabin but then assaults her. Arsène even blackmails Mouchette to involve her in a cover-up for a crime he's committed.

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Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

7.8/10 Drama, Crime

Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.

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Family Life (1971)

Family Life (1971)

7.7/10 Drama

It is shattered over a daughter's forced abortion. As the daughter rebels against her family and their traditional, authoritarian norms, typical of the time, she is hospitalized and otherwise mistreated.

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Bitter Rice (1949)

Bitter Rice (1949)

7.7/10 Drama

Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.

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Vera Drake (2004)

Vera Drake (2004)

7.6/10 Drama, Crime

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

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A Touch of Sin (2013)

A Touch of Sin (2013)

7.1/10 Drama

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

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The Rain People (1969)

The Rain People (1969)

6.9/10 Drama

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

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Up the Junction (1968)

Up the Junction (1968)

6.9/10 Drama

Addresses some of the major 60s social issues - a bored rich London-girl from Chelsea decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea, getting a flat and starts factory-work and makes friends... of which one has to get an illegal abortion.

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Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)

6.9/10 Drama

Based on Rebecca Miller's recently published book of short stories, "Personal Velocity" tells three tales of women as they escape their current situations. Segmented into three parts, Greta (Parker Posey), Delia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Paula (Fairuza Balk) have one thing in common, each struggle to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.

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Palindromes (2004)

Palindromes (2004)

6.7/10 Comedy, Drama

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.

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Toni (1935)

Toni (1935)

10.0/10 Drama

Italian laborer Toni (Charles Blavette), loved by Marie (Jenny Helia), falls tragically for Spanish Josepha (Celia Montalvan) near Marseille.

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Accattone (1961)

Accattone (1961)

10.0/10 Drama

In the slums of Rome, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) supports himself as a pimp for his longtime girlfriend, Maddalena (Silvana Corsini), but when she goes to jail after being assaulted, Accattone struggles to survive.

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