Movies like A Separation
If A Separation's mix of emigration, class and alzheimer's disease stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what A Separation's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Salesman
2016 · Directed by Asghar Farhadi · 125 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Asghar Farhadi · With Shahab Hosseini and Babak Karimi · Shares: teheran (tehran), iran, iran · Also a Iranian drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran.
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About Elly
2009 · Directed by Asghar Farhadi · 119 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Asghar Farhadi · With Shahab Hosseini and Payman Maadi · Shares: iran · Also a Iranian drama
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
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Where Is The Friend's House?
1987 · Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · 83 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: iran · Also a Iranian drama
An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
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Taste of Cherry
1997 · Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · 99 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: teheran (tehran), iran · Also a Iranian drama
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim…
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The Wind Will Carry Us
1999 · Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · 118 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: iran · Also a Iranian drama
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own…
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The Father
2020 · Directed by Florian Zeller · 97 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: alzheimer's disease
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
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Still Alice
2014 · Directed by Wash Westmoreland · 101 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: alzheimer's disease · From the same decade (2010s)
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
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You're Not You
2014 · Directed by George C. Wolfe · 104 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: caregiver · From the same decade (2010s)
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver.