20 best movies like When We Leave (2010)

List of the best movies like When We Leave (2010): The Danish Girl, Exit Marrakech, Bicentennial Man, The Girl with Nine Wigs, Labyrinth of Lies, Like Father, Like Son, Trash, Future Lasts Forever, Soulless 2, Belle du Seigneur.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
Duration02:35

    When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:03

    When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and son will lose each other for good, or find one another again.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:06

    Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryGermany, Belgium

    The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, history
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:03

    A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama
    CountryJapan
    Duration02:00

    Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Brazil, Germany
    Duration01:54

    Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, France, Turkey
    Duration01:48

    A woman struggles with love and personal loss against the backdrop of a land torn by civil war in this drama from filmmaker Ozcan Alper. Sumru (Gaye Gursel) is a Turkish woman who studies ethnic music at a college in Istanbul and frequently makes field recordings of artists who practice rare and unusual forms. Sumru is struggling with loneliness after the disappearance of her Kurdish boyfriend, and for her latest project, she sets out on a lengthy road trip recording the stories of Kurdish women who have survived the murder of their Turkish husbands or lovers, hoping she might track down her man in her travels. After making her first stop in the city of Diyarbaki, Sumru meets Ahmet, who makes a living selling black market goods and shares her love of music and history. The two become fast friends, and as Ahmet joins Sumru on her travels, their relationship grows deeper, though she also becomes more aware of the tragedy that has gripped her country and the consequences of the civil war.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:30

    Max Andreev thought the best place to start a new life would be at the other end of the world. What he didn't know, is that you can't outrun your past.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
    Duration01:37

    English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the protestant wife of one of his employees.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Germany
    Duration02:18

    A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires and passion through poetic dialogue.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, family
    CountryNew Zealand, Germany
    Duration02:19

    On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryBrazil

    As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the family into debt, Jean is forced into a change of lifestyle which opens his eyes to the world beyond his 'casa grande' - not least that of the feisty, mixed-race firecracker Luiza. Cultures, classes and generations collide in this engrossing coming-of-age drama from Brazil.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryIndia, France, Germany, USA, Canada
    Duration01:44

    A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:19

    When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:18

    A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia, Luxembourg, Germany
    Duration01:55

    Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryIndia

    An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son Rajiv, knowing he wants to breathe his last in the holy city of Varanasi and end the cycle of rebirth, by attaining salvation. Being the dutiful son he is, Rajiv is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his stubborn father. Daya and Rajiv check into Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) in Varanasi, a guesthouse devoted to people who want to die there. But as the days go by, Rajiv struggles to juggle his responsibilities back home, while Daya starts to bloom in the hotel. Rajiv gives his father a shot at salvation but as family bonds are tested, he finds himself torn, and not knowing what he must do to keep his life together.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    When their drug abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryItaly, France

    Claudio works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. He is madly in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life. In a rage for life, Claudio energetically fights against the injustice that fell upon him. Love and support from his friends and family as well as the laughter of his children will help him to triumph against the odds.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain
    Duration01:46

    Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Italy, Germany

    A seemingly ideal marriage is thrown into embarrassing turmoil in Patrice Chéreau's period drama, based on the short story The Return by Joseph Conrad.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryGreece, France, Germany
    Duration01:22

    In a monastery set on the top of sandstone pillars young monk Theodoros and nun Urania find themselves physically drawn to one and other after devoting their lives to the strict rituals and practises of the monasteries. Below them the eternal cycle of farm-life provides a strong contrast to their lives and they are forced to choose between human desire and spiritual devotion

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryDenmark, Sweden
    Duration01:42

    Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marriage life with her husband the great Danish painter P.S. Krøyer and an adorable daughter. However, not everything in her world is as perfect as it seems, and Marie’s life is crumbling as her dreams of a beloved wife, good mother and successful artist are unfulfilled. After hospitalizing her mentally ill husband Marie leaves for vacation, and in search for peace and comfort she finds herself falling in love with the young composer Hugo Alfven. Once again, internationally acclaimed Bille August exhibits the weaknesses of human beings in comparison to the ruthless nature. The grandeur scenery of deserted Scandinavian oceans speaks in volumes for the protagonists living in silence despite their lives being full of pains.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryTurkey, France, Germany

    Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, western, crime
    CountryBrazil

    An adaptation of the eponymous song by Renato Russo, a famous Brazilian singer and composer who in the style of Bob Dylan knew how to delight crowds by telling stories and singing with his lyrics. Focusing on the love story of outlaw João do Santo Cristo with Architecture major student Maria Lúcia, the movie takes place in Brasilia in the early 80s. In a clash of interest, drug dealers and the police conflict with one another,while the end of the military dictatorship in the Capital of Brazil, Brasilia takes place. The wanderings and tedium of a young rocker, who lived in a city still being built, are the backdrop for this story.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryItaly, Germany, France, USA
    Duration01:45

    Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military
    CountryAfghanistan, France, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:42

    In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands
    Duration02:22

    Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryBrazil, Germany
    Duration01:46

    Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a new found urgency help these dads draw closer to God ... and to their children? COURAGEOUS is the fourth release of Sherwood Pictures, the movie making ministry of Sherwood Church in Albany, Georgia.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryGermany, Netherlands, South Africa
    Duration01:40

    Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

      On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryGermany, Belgium, USA
      Duration01:58

      The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt to advance her social status.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama
      CountryGeorgia, Germany, France
      Duration01:42

      Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryFrance, USA, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina
      Duration02:20

      Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
      CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
      Duration02:02

      Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryPeru, Colombia, France, Germany
      Duration01:40

      A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama
      CountryGermany, Turkey

      Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem's new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude toward alcohol consumption and goodwill.He notices that he himself has become proud, domineering and even dishonest.To make matters worse, Muharrem's inner peace is unnerved by the tormenting image of seductive woman who tempts him in his dreams,both night and day.With the balance of his devotion now upset,his fear of God begins to eat away at his senses.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryFinland, Canada, Germany, Sweden
      Duration02:24

      A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Australia, Germany, Italy, USA
      Duration01:40

      The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, eight-year-old Simone denies this reality. She is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house and speaks to her through its leaves. But the tree becomes more and more invasive and threatens the house. It must be felled. Of course, Simone won't allow it.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryGermany, Republic of Ireland, USA
      Duration01:46

      Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryPoland, Germany, United Kingdom

      The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:45

      Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:16

      Encouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend, with disastrous results.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, France
      Duration01:49

      David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryDenmark, Sweden
      Duration01:37

      Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through grudging admiration to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when their illicit relationship is uncovered.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountryDenmark, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, United Kingdom, USA

      Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.




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