Films like Not Without My Daughter
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
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Septembers of Shiraz
Film · 2015 · also drama and thrillerIn this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Irani...
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Argo
Film · 2012 · also drama and thrillerAs the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the C...
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
Film · 2009 · also dramaIn 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arran...
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Sleeping with the Enemy
Film · 1991 · also drama and thrillerA young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
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Sweet Girl
Film · 2021 · also drama and thrillerA man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
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Derailed
Film · 2005 · also drama and thrillerWhen two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
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The Operative
Film · 2019 · also drama and thrillerA young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
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She Rides Shotgun
Film · 2025 · also thrillerNewly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resource...
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Five Fingers
Film · 2006 · also drama and thrillerMartijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abduct...
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Midnight Express
Film · 1978 · also dramaBilly Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has...
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