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Reis (2017)
75K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Following the life of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish politician who has been the 12th President of Turkey since 2014.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, dramatic, intense, political drama
Plot:
biopic, leadership, ambition, rise to power, childhood, coming of age, campaigning, imprisonment, political activism, poverty, nationalism, media coverage, prime minister, president, turk, turkish
Time:
90s, 80s, 1990s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out inspirational, dramatic, realistic and intense films with plots about biopic, ambition, coming of age, leadership, perseverance, sacrifice and based on real people mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like Reis: Thalaivii (2021), Rob Peace (2024), Shah (2015), J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993), The Young Schiller (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
The biopic charts the life of actor-turned-chief minister J. Jayalalitha and the relationship paving her rapid yet complicated path to power, who served five terms as the Chief Minister for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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inspirational, intense, costume drama, political drama
Plot:
biopic, power struggle, rise to power, female leader, leadership, ambition, legacy, female empowerment, controversy, campaigning, film industry, celebrity culture ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, character study, family drama, father son relationship, social commentary, poverty, life is a bitch, social problems, past, confronting the past, social issues, class conflict ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This film covers the story of this Legend's journey from homeless child in the streets of Layari,Karachi to become Olympian for his country PAKISTAN.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, emotional, dramatic, historical drama
Plot:
boxing, olympics, biopic, perseverance, determination, ambition, courage, poverty, sports history, urban, legacy, working class ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 183 min.
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Story:
Looks at the early years of America's most dashing president from his early childhood through his nomination for Congress.
Style:
historical drama, serious, dramatic, inspirational
Plot:
president, u.s. president, biopic, coming of age, ambition, character study, social climbing, john f. kennedy, intrigue, kennedy family, usa president, childhood ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
boston, new england, harvard university
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, serious, intense ...
Plot:
poet, german history, competition, writers, biopic, literary, playwright, ambition, palace intrigue, rivalry, sacrifice, desertion ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany
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450
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his ...
Style:
dramatic, period piece, intense, inspirational, political drama ...
Plot:
biopic, leadership, portrait, idealism, martial law, intimate, civil liberties, patriotism, marriage, election, campaign, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
61%
3K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos-a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, and turning himself into the richest man in the world.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
ambition, business, businessman, business and finance, biopic, entrepreneurship, powerful corporation, corporation, lifestyle, historical figure, historical character, startup ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
seattle
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59%
417
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary, Romania, Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
Plot:
circus, dysfunctional family, desire for fame, ambition, self discovery, performer's life, eccentric family, artists and showbiz, youth, parents and children, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
hungary
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58%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film, which deals with the birth and rise of the Prestige Music generation, tells the passions and life struggles of artists, including Özcan Deniz, Haluk Levent and Mahsun Kırmızıgül, from the 1990s to the present.
Style:
inspirational, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
biopic, music industry, ambition, recording studio, behind the scenes, celebrity culture, determination, creative process, nostalgia, city life, betrayal, songwriting
Time:
90s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The film explores the life story of the famous political leader Devineni Nehru.
Style:
realistic, serious, patriotic, reflective, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
life story, political leader, rise to power, leadership, ambition, campaigning, legacy, betrayal, corruption, family conflict, family drama, inspiration ...
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57%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nina (Melina Mercouri) is a former silent-film star from Russia who abandons her career to care for her son. She is a single mother -- the boy's father is a famous actor who wants nothing to do with either Nina or her child. She joins an acting ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, family saga, historical drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
single mother, mother son relationship, struggle, biopic, ambition, migration, identity, coming of age, resilience, survival, immigration, illegitimate child ...
Place:
france, eastern europe, paris france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
politics, idealism, ambition, activist, state affairs, hopes, political unrest, moral dilemma, society, leadership, feminism, black woman ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
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470
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Few figures in professional baseball had a career quite like Pete Rose -- and practically no one who climbed so high fell so hard. Rose made his major-league debut playing second base with the Cincinnati Reds in 1963; nicknamed "Charlie ...
Style:
dramatic, realistic, intense, period piece
Plot:
baseball, gambling, scandal, biopic, baseball coach, addiction, controversy, legacy, fame, athlete, media coverage, regret ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
ohio, cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand, Poland, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
ballet, dance, female protagonist, ballerina, dancer, sacrifice, dancing, training, ambition, determination, aspiration, perseverance ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Girasol is a rags to riches story that chronicles the life of Victor Mendez Capellán, one the most successful businessman in Dominican Republic. A working class orphan armed only with his wits, the film follows his against-all-odds rise out of ...
Style:
motivational, uplifting, realistic, emotional, period piece
Plot:
rags to riches, biopic, success, business, entrepreneurship, life story, ambition, determination, rise to power, working class, hardship, inspiration ...
Time:
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Place:
dominican republic, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Mustafa Kemal had just begun his journey after proving himself in 1915 at the Gallipoli front. He would go on to face major battles on the eastern front against the Russians and later against the British in Syria, ultimately becoming the only ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, heroic, bleak
Plot:
leadership, biopic, world war one, nationalism, patriotism, battlefield, political intrigue, eastern front, sacrifice, getting home, war, turkish history
Time:
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Place:
gallipoli, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
Style:
serious
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The 16-year-old Ukrainian figure skater (Monica Keena) overcomes personal tragedies to become the 1994 Olympic gold medalist.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, emotional, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
figure skating, olympics, competition, female athlete, biopic, resilience, perseverance, underdog, coming of age, skating, winter olympics, sacrifice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A true intersection story of a teenage boy lives in Black Sea hills whose life is full of struggle, a heroic soldier Ferhat and an uninvited visitor from back of beyond.
Style:
poignant, emotional, serious, heroic, tragic
Plot:
biopic, heroism, moving, teenage protagonist, coming of age, resilience, sacrifice, bravery, small town life, identity, mourning, poverty ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
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Similarity:
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145
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Cuba, Italy, Spain, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was known as "The general of free men."
Style:
historical drama, political, realistic, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
biopic, latin american history, political intrigue, guerilla warfare, revolution, resistance, nationalism, rebellion, intervention, colonialism, portrait, defiant ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
nicaragua, latin america, central america
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices challenged by censors.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, art house, intellectual, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, controversy, social criticism, loneliness, realism, moral ambiguity, courtroom drama, bittersweet, alcoholism, journalism, censorship
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Romania
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, dramatic, historical drama, intense ...
Plot:
biopic, world war two, classical music, orchestra, exile, train conductor, legacy, ambition, survival, resilience, rise and fall, perseverance ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, romania
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
Style:
political, realistic, clever, serious, talky ...
Plot:
campaign, politics, ambition, rise to the top, state affairs, political corruption, friendship, dishonesty, betrayal, society, british history, british politics ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.
Style:
inspirational, dramatic, emotional, period piece
Plot:
soccer, biopic, ambition, underdog, father son relationship, perseverance, motivation, triumph, coming of age, family conflict, rivalry, prejudice ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 1940s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
protest, activism, love story, disability, political activism, social activism, couples, social justice, biopic, love, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain, london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story is a made-for-TV film starring Australian actress Poppy Montgomery. The film, which was shot in B.C. Canada locations altered to look like British locations, details the journey of struggling single mother ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
biopic, school, multiple sclerosis, writers, rising to stardom, writer's life, family relations, ambition, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, single parent, single mother ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
38%
887
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.
Style:
serious, dramatic, art film, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
politics, biopic, polish history, husband wife relationship, family relations, relationships, famous, couples, politician, society, love, political leader ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, witty, period drama
Plot:
computer, biopic, rivalry, innovation, ambition, entrepreneurship, engineering, office politics, nerd, entrepreneur, business, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
37%
107K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Style:
inspirational, serious, factual, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, creativity, computer, rise to the top, entrepreneurship, biopic, inventor, marketing, inventions and discoveries, prodigy, startup ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 2013, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, india, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
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36%
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