Movies Like Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
If you liked Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One (2015), a drama movie directed by Miguel Gomes, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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One Night with the King (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaIn Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaMiddle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal…
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America America (1963)
★ 7/10Also dramaA young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.
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The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAn American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports…
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Strings (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer, with his own designs on the throne.
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A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaJames Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat.
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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The Ten Commandments: The Movie (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaFollows Moses leading and conducting the Hebrew people from the slavery of Egypt to the freedom towards the Promised Land according to the Ancient Testament Bible book of the Exodus. The story told like never before is…
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Youth Without Youth (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaProfessor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her…
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Conversations with God (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama"Conversations with God" is the true story of Neale Donald Walsch that inspired and changed the lives of millions. The journey begins after he unexpectedly breaks his neck in a car accident and loses his job.
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Skin (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaBased on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
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The Giver (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaIn a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
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A United Kingdom (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British…
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Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
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Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaIn the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to…
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Orlando (1992)
★ 7/10Also dramaEngland, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
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The Dreamseller (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.
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Barabbas (1961)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaEpic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes…
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Spencer (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaDuring her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.