Movies Like A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a 2007 drama film from Wayne Wang with a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Not Without My Daughter and Cloud 9.

Drama

Not Without My Daughter

1991

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.

6.7

MagicScore

Cloud 9

2008

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

5.7

MagicScore

Mulan

1998

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

7.9

MagicScore

The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009

In 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 arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.

7.6

MagicScore

The Physician

2013

England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.

7.3

MagicScore

Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One

2015

Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells King Shahryar her stories but these are not those in the book. As in the book, these stories are tragic and comical, with rich and poor, powerless and powerful people, filled with surprising and extraordinary events.

7.0

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Esther

1999

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.

6.7

MagicScore

One Night with the King

2006

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

6.7

MagicScore

Syriana

2005

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

Alexander

2004

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

Queen of the Desert

2015

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

The Book of Esther

2013

When Ester becomes King Xerxes’ queen, her Cousin Mordecai and that despicable Haman engage in a dangerous game of intrigue for control of the young Persian King Xerxes.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Umberto D.

1952

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

7.9

MagicScore

#14

Three Colors: Red

1994

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

7.9

MagicScore

#15

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

1995

Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

Iris

2001

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

Tempest

1982

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Pappa ante Portas

1991

Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40 years just to get discount. Heinrich's boss decides it’s time for him to retire early. Heinrich suddenly finds himself with nothing to do—except micromanage his household, much to the dismay of his wife Renate and their son Dieter

7.7

MagicScore

#20

Empties

2007

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A Thousand Years of Good Prayers?

The top films similar to A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by MovieMagicScore are Not Without My Daughter (6.7), Cloud 9 (5.7), Mulan (7.9). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers worth watching?

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10 from 24 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is A Thousand Years of Good Prayers?

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) is a drama film directed by Wayne Wang, starring Henry O, Yu Feihong, Vida Ghahremani.

Where can I find more recommendations like A Thousand Years of Good Prayers?

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This ranked list pairs A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007), a drama film from Wayne Wang, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Henry O take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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