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Plot Summary:
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt, Austria, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, road movie
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Este cura (1968)
Plot Summary:
Soledad has returned to the city single and with a son. Her father has taken she home, and the people village are trying to Major ejects she from the place. However, Pedro, the Major believes that the initiative has to start from the priest. So the father John after his journey to Rome, will have to face the stark reality and solve the problem.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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The High (1985)
Plot Summary:
As ethics is degraded in the Egyptian society; a chemist deceive his punk brother with a nonnarcotic drug that he created to prove that it's all delusional. So the punk tries to convince him to produce the substance for a greedy drug lord.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sad
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Kit Kat (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the Egyptian Kit Kat suburb, Sheikh Hosni's character as an observer of the daily lives of El Kit Kat's residents seems to transcend above it. Even with the loss of his eyesight, his wife, his job, and the fact that he lives with his mother and his frustrated young son, did make him give up on hope, smile and laughter.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: iconic
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My Family Treasure (1993)
Plot Summary:
A US mother goes to the USSR, just before its dissolution, to find the priceless Fabergé egg that the Russian Tsar left to her peasant father 70 years ago when the Russian Revolution hit, but the egg got lost in the commotion.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Plot Summary:
The story starts with Kinya, who has recently upgraded his car. He’s a young adult and he’s single so naturally he uses his ride to ahem, look for companions. He offers a ride to a shy girl by the name of Akemi and she reluctantly accepts. From the get go, sexual tension is apparent, but things get a bit easier as the two become acquainted. They pick up Yusaku, a 30-something coal miner with a reserved personality. The story slowly begins to shift from the comedic hijinks of Kinya and Akemi to Yusaku’s mental drama. He’s hiding something about his past, which he either wants to forget or is trying to remember.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: road movie, art house
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Eyes of a Thief (2014)
Plot Summary:
A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Charlie & Boots (2009)
Plot Summary:
Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northern most tip of Australia.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, road movie, sincere, humorous, contemplative
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Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
Plot Summary:
An Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live with him by force. Mostafa, an Egyptian Intelligence Agent sent by SSI, travels to Israel and tries to help Salwa return to Egypt.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: islamic
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The Perfect Candidate (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Omar & Salma 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Now parents, Omar and Salma hit some obstacles while raising their two children and staying in love after the honeymoon ends.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Clerks III (2022)
Plot Summary:
After narrowly surviving a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his old friend Dante to help him make a movie immortalizing their youthful days at the little convenience store that started it all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Youth in Oregon (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, sincere, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, anamorphic
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Rock the Casbah (2013)
Plot Summary:
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, islamic, gloomy
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Up the Mountain (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hugo, Stan and Bérénice grew up together then grew apart. They were inseparable. Fifteen years later, they meet again as adults. But life has been tough on them. Will they reignite the crazy sparks of their childhood ?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
Plot Summary:
On a remote, isolated, unnamed Lebanese village inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. The village is surrounded by land mines and only reachable by a small bridge. As civil strife engulfed the country, the women in the village learn of this fact and try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark, sabotaging the village radio, then destroying the village TV.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy, Qatar
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, thought provoking, uplifting, humorous, poignant, islamic, sentimental, realistic, contemplative
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Transamerica (2005)
Plot Summary:
Bree is about to get a sex change operation that will finally allow her to actually be what she’s already been in her mind for a long time: a transitioned woman. Yet before this happens she suddenly runs into her son who ends up coming for the trip across the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, road movie, independent film, sincere, humorous, lgbt cinema, realistic, comedy drama, erotic
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Up & Away (2012)
Plot Summary:
This is a story about two homeless brothers (Zana, 7) and (Dana, 10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want to go to America and live with Superman. Once they get there he can solve all their problems, make their lives easy and punish everyone that has been mean to them. Zana, the younger brother, starts to make a list of all people he is going to tell Superman to punish. On top of the list is Saddam Hussein. Dana on the other hand makes a concrete plan for what they need to get there; money, passports, transportation and a way to get across the boarder. Unfortunately they have neither of those. But in spite of everything they decide to follow the dream. Written by Karzan Kader.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: road movie, realistic, sincere, serious, inspirational, thought provoking, sad, tear jerker, independent film, islamic
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Buddies (2012)
Plot Summary:
A road movie that shows the simple things in life in a poetic light through the eyes of three young people with Down syndrome, who love movies and work at the video library of the institution where they have always lived in. One day, inspired by the movie "Thelma & Louise", they decide to run away using the gardener's old car to have a freedom experience. They travel to uncommon places in search for three simple wishes: Stalone wants to see the sea, Aninha looks for a husband and Marcio needs to fly. During this search, they embark on several adventures as if life was just a children's play.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, captivating, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, sweet
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Freedom Is Paradise (1989)
Plot Summary:
Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: road movie, crying
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18 Days (2011)
Plot Summary:
10 Film makers made 10 Separate stories about the "25January " revolution in Egypt and the Egyptian people in the revolution and the protests against the previous President Hosni Mubarak and the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and also displays what happened in Tahrir Square since the start of the sit-in.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, sad, anthology, islamic, sincere
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This Must Be the Place (2011)
Plot Summary:
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Ireland
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark comedy, surreal, melancholic, touching, depressing, cerebral, stylized, witty, thought provoking
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25 kmh (2018)
Plot Summary:
A road movie about two very different brothers who have not seen each other for 20 years: city manager Christian and cabinetmaker Georg, who never left their hometown and took care of their father until his passing. After their fathers funeral, the brothers decide on a whim, and with some help from the alcohol, to fulfil their old dream: travel trough Germany together on their mopeds.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, humorous, captivating, light, feel good
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Hassan and Marcus (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them to disguise themselves as the Christian Marcus and a Muslim Sheikh, Hassan el-Attar, respectively. When, unwittingly, they move into the same building, a friendship blossoms that must, along with a romance between the protagonists' children, withstand the difficulties of prejudice and social persecution.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, light, touching, feel good, semi serious
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My Own Love Song (2010)
Plot Summary:
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, sincere, emotional, realistic, captivating, contemplative, sentimental, touching, serious
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Roadside Prophets (1992)
Plot Summary:
Sid and Nancy screenplay author Abbe Wool makes her directorial debut with this tale of a factory worker name Joe (X front man John Doe) who hits the road on his Harley to scatter the ashes of a co-worker. Joined by wannabe biker Sam (Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys), Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters (played by the likes of David Carradine, John Cusack, Timothy Leary and Arlo Guthrie) along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: road movie, light, talky, humorous, semi serious, scenic, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty
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The Road Within (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: road movie, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic, teen, spiritual, sad, hilarious, comedy drama
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Excuse my French (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, sad
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: road movie, emotional, dark comedy, surreal, talky, touching, humorous, stylized, independent film, meditative
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Chef (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 227000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, touching, road movie, culinary, suspense, entertaining, scenic, semi serious, motivational
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The Bucket List (2007)
Plot Summary:
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, philosophical, sad, emotional, tear jerker, road movie