Most Similar Movies to Kundun (1997)
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Windhorse (1998), Miral (2010), The Clay Bird (2002), Adanggaman (2000), The Wedding Song (2008), Persepolis (2007), The Last Emperor (1987) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Windhorse (1998)
This drama focuses on one Tibetan family in which a young woman, Dolkar (Dadon), and her brother, Dorjee (Jampa Kelsang), have made radically different choices in their lives, even though they both still reside with their parents. While Dolkar is supportive of the Chinese occupation of the country, Dorjee hates the situation and leads a depressed existence. When their cousin, a Buddhist nun, is detained and abused by Chinese authorities, Dolkar begins to question her allegiances.
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Miral (2010)
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
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The Clay Bird (2002)
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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Adanggaman (2000)
In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy tribesmen to sell to the European slave traders. When his village falls prey to one of Adanggaman's attacks, Ossei manages to escape, but his family is murdered except for his c...Read all
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The Wedding Song (2008)
The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.
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Persepolis (2007)
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
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Bless You, Prison (2003)
Wrongfully accused of espionage, a Romanian woman (Maria Ploae) spends four years at a Communist labor camp.
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Leila (1996)
Two months after meeting him, Leila (Leila Hatami) marries Reza (Ali Mosaffa). When they find out Leila is unable to conceive, they initially ignore Reza's mother's (Jamileh Sheikhi) insistence that he must take a second wife who can bear children. Determined to be a devoted Muslim spouse, Leila eventually becomes convinced that her mother-in-law is right and urges Reza to consider the idea. Reza reluctantly agrees to begin interviewing prospective brides, and their marriage soon deteriorates.
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No News From God (2001)
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
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Live and Become (2005)
A Christian boy grows up among Jews in Israel and, as an adult, must confront his past.
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The Syrian Bride (2004)
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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Nowhere in Africa (2001)
A Jewish lawyer (Merab Ninidze), his wife (Juliane Köhler) and their 5-year-old daughter move to Kenya in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution.
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The Promised Land (1975)
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew and a German, pool their money together to build a factory. The movie follows their ruthless pursuit of fortune.
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Et maintenant on va où? (2011)
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
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Kamchatka (2002)
The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life. After witnessing the "disappearance" of dissident friends, a human rights lawyer (Ricardo Darín) and his research scientist wife (Cecilia Roth) flee the city and hide from the military police in a vacant summer ho...Read all
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Timbuktu (2014)
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
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