Movies Similar to No Formalities

Different Sons(1961)

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden unemployment later in life causes friction among the siblings of the Akagi family. Kensuke, a salaryman at a top company, refuses to support his parents while his brother, Shoji, determines to care for them despite only working as a taxi driver. The concern over money affects Noriko's own love life as she courts a wealthy salaryman to the chagrin of her mechanic boyfriend.

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Volver(2006)

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

7.5

As It Is in Heaven(2004)

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir, which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

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Leftovers(2017)

Tells the story of Turah and Jadag who have optimism and hope to escape from the powerless life that Darso leads. Darso is a rich boss who controls Tirang village, so the people in Tirang village are afraid of Darso.

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Quiet Fires(2025)

The 18-year-old Jona tries to hold his family together—consisting of his self-harming sister and overwhelmed mother—while grappling with his responsibility in this dynamic and his own right to vulnerability.

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We Shall Overcome(2006)

A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.

7.2

The Inheritors(1998)

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.

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Apocalypto(2006)

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

7.6

Dante vs. Mohammed Ali(2018)

When Wolf refuses to fight his best friend Alexander during a weekly boxing match, the whole village turns against him. He tries to convince Alexander to join him leaving the village, but his overly romantic message runs into a wall.

4.6

Mouchette(1967)

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

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Kuyank(2026)

Seven years before the Saranjana gate opened. In a village on water and swamps, in the interior of Kalimantan. The secret of the black magic "Kuyang" is about to be revealed.

6.3

A Rising Village(2021)

The story of Feng Shu Guang, that ends up in a small village named Shibawan. Initially a man, wants to help fight with poverty in this area. It quickly turns out, however, that this is only the tip of the iceberg of problems that plague the inhabitants of this mountain countryside.

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Fleisch ist mein Gemüse(2008)

Heinz Strunk, plagued by crater-like skin rashes, lives with his sick mother in Hamburg-Harburg in the 1980s. As a saxophonist, he tours the North German lowlands with the dance combo "Tiffanys". In this bizarre universe of Korn, Klaus & Klaus and Koteletts, bandleader Gurki teaches him how to deliver cheerful, upbeat music. To escape the vicious circle of shooting festivals and village weddings, Heinz wants to start a solo career and become a hit producer...

5.5

Dust(2024)

Luca visits his frail Nan on her deathbed, and reflects on their shared past through a series of vivid memories.

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Sicilian Ghost Story(2017)

In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his classmate who loves him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. She rebels against the silence and complicity that surround her, and to find him she descends into the dark world which has swallowed him up and which has a lake as its mysterious entrance.

6.5

Jeewan Jyoti(1953)

A young couple’s romance blossoms into marriage, only to collide with family tensions and societal expectations. Jeewan Jyoti introduces Shammi Kapoor and Chand Usmani in a heartfelt story of love, duty, and resilience.

8.0

Rakshadhikari Baiju (Oppu)(2017)

A kind-hearted government employee in his forties, who spends most of his time with youngsters, selflessly intervenes in the problems of his near and dear ones.

7.3

Pictures(2025)

A teenage girl and her older sister fight over their late mother's camera, and who has the right to remember her.

10.0

Sadouh(1989)

The events take place in a fantasy framework around a disassembled family whose members only care about money, a creature from the planet Mercury comes to it that meets the requests of each individual for the family individually on the condition that he is repaired and his family is circled to become an ideal family to follow.

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Luna Papa(1999)

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

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