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Methagu (2021)
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Original name: மேதகு
Genre: Biography, History
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true events that happened in Tamileelam to suppress Tamil ethnicity and why Tamil leader Prabhakaran emerged in the Tamil freedom struggle in the Indian Ocean Island nation Srilanka.
Style:
social, psychological, captivating, realistic, thrilling, tense, emotional, political thriller, tragic, period drama ...
Plot:
freedom, oppression, ethnic conflict, police brutality, civil unrest, biopic, fighting the system, social problems, social injustice, social issues, assassination, activism, revenge, underdog, racial discrimination
Time:
2020s
Place:
sri lanka, india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, emotional and bleak films with plots about biopic, resistance, oppression, sacrifice, martyrdom, nationalism and justice mostly in History, Biography and Drama genres. Some movies like Methagu: Operation Autumn (2012), Toofan Singh (2017), Shaheed Uddham Singh (2000), 1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare (2022), Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, History, Thriller
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Solar Eclipse is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop of a non-violent Gandhi, and hard-line fanatic mindsets ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy theory, political unrest, conspiracy, politics, murder, religious conflict, extremism, fanaticism, non violence, police procedural, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
india, usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: India
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
new york
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70%
Genre: Biography, History
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska.
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, tense, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
resistance, biopic, rebellion, sacrifice, patriotism, courage, political oppression, russian empire, leadership, nationalism, loyalty, chaplain ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, political, heroic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Solomon Mahlangu is a Mamelodi township schoolboy-hawker who, after the events of June 16th joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime and ends up becoming an icon of South Africa's ...
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
south africa, africa
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65%
101
Genre: History
Country: USA
Story:
Alina, Luisa and América are three women who after fighting to restore and stabilize democracy to their country realize they’ve been betrayed by the leader of the revolution. The three women begin to confront and challenge the new system in their ...
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Time:
60s
Similarity:
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478
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India, UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the help of his British mentor.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, intercultural ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mathematics, prodigy, genius, biopic, lifestyle, love affair, historical figure, love interest, aspiration, male protagonist, relationships, inspiration ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, poignant, bleak, period piece, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: India
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, History
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Buddhism-themed Chinese-Indian historical adventure film based on Xuanzang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century. Xuan Zang (c. 602 - 664), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
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Story:
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Story:
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psychological, disturbing, captivating, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Story:
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style:
spiritual, epic, political, inspirational, breathtaking ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
protest, idealism, biopic, freedom, politics, life philosophy, independence, british empire, leadership, religious intolerance, assassination, indian history ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, History, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
tense, heroic, patriotic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, assassination, freedom, resistance, colonialism, imperial japan, espionage, revolution, sacrifice, secret mission, nationalism, identity ...
Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Captain Mihos Floros returns to Samarina to gather more men and lead them to the besieged by the Ottomans, Missolonghi, in order to assist the fight of the resistance at General Makris' bastion. With his personal friend Elias Manakas and 25 ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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