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Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
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Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Style: tense, sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, disturbing, contemplative
Plot: discrimination, apartheid, social change, prison, racism, heroes, politics, life is a bitch, rebellion, injustice, fighting the system, legal, society, false accusation, congress, head of state, political unrest, against humanity, hopes, state affairs, righting the wronged, biopic, interracial relations, house arrest
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s
Place: south africa, africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and captivating films with plots about life is a bitch, society, injustice, racism, rebellion, fighting the system and state affairs mostly in Drama, Adventure and Crime genres. Some movies like Mandela and de Klerk: Freedom Song (2000), Sudie and Simpson (1990), Afterburn (1992), Bopha! (1993), The Least Among You (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Freedom Song (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot: african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, politics, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: mississippi, usa
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot: homeless, heroic mission, righting the wronged, power relations, campaign, injustice, state affairs, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, politics, hopes ...
Time: 80s
Place: washington d.c.
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Sudie and Simpson (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s.
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot: youth, black, false accusation, racism, interracial relations, small town, friendship, small town life, discrimination, coming of age, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time: 1940s
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa
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Afterburn (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: aviation, heroes, hopes, politics, law enforcement, state affairs, righting the wronged, military, rivalry, danger, legal, fighting the system ...
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Once They Marched Through a Thousand Towns (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Style: political, contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: holocaust, courtroom drama, lawyer, aging, grief, suburbs, civil rights, injustice, religions or cults, hopes, politics, legal ...
Time: 80s
Place: illinois, usa
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Bopha! (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid ...
Style: independent film, thought provoking, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: racism, slavery, independence, social commentary, african american, human trafficking, apartheid, family relations, police brutality, father son conflict, police station, afrikaans ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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The Least Among You (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, ...
Style: emotional, touching, uplifting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: racism, college, rebellion, human spirit, against the odds, self discovery, life is a bitch, social relations, hopes, student life, clergy, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: racism, murder, social differences, life is a bitch, society, introspection, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: north carolina, usa
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60%
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Heavens Fall (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.
Style: serious, sincere, disturbing, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, false accusation, interracial relations, racism, discrimination, injustice, journalism, dedicated lawyer, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time: 1930s
Place: usa, alabama, new york
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A Private Matter (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: abortion, courtroom drama, abortion rights, family relations, pregnancy, scandal, husband wife relationship, injustice, society, couple relations, human spirit, doctors and patients ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
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Sarafina! (1992)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: South Africa, UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A ...
Style: realistic, retro, political, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot: teacher, broadway, children, racism, high school, dedicated educator, dance, girl, black woman, coming of age, black, black cast ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: africa, south africa
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10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, fighting the system, ambition, rise to the top, rebellion, life is a bitch, dishonesty, workplace ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s
Place: america
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55%
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: civil rights, black, racism, old man, false accusation, false arrest, interracial relations, discrimination, injustice, friendship, life is a bitch, legal ...
Time: 80s
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
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50%
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the run, racism, chase, injustice, against the rules, state affairs, danger, politics, betrayal, secret agent, interracial relations, political corruption ...
Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: africa, johannesburg south africa, south africa
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, serious ...
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Time: 80s
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More Than Just a Game (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
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Duration: 90 min.
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Time: 60s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 110 min.
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Time: year 2004, 21st century
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Duration: 94 min.
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Black August (2007)
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
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Story: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, sincere, exciting ...
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The F Word (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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