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This Is England '86 (2010)
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This Is England '86 (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: This Is England '86 is a 2010 British drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne, a spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England. Shaun has just finished his final exams and he realizes he is no longer a kid. It's mid 80's England, a World Cup summer, and the gang are back, looking for a laugh, a job, and something that resembles a future.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual, retro, rough ...
Plot: subculture, skinhead, life is a bitch, youth, friendship, friends, teenage life, rebelliousness, sexual relations, adolescence, student, love and romance, couples, society, social problems, lifestyle, misfit, infidelity, unemployment, looking for love, dishonesty, social misfits, coming of age, rape, shipwreck ...
Time: 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place: england, yorkshire, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and semi serious films and TV series with plots about friends, youth, friendship, society, coming of age, life is a bitch and teenage life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like This Is England '86: Brassic (2019), Shameless (2004), Awaydays (2009), City of Men (2002), The Outcast (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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This Is England '88 (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 145 min.
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Time: 20th century, 80s
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Duration: 55 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
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Duration: 43 min.
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Duration: 105 min.
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