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The Witness (2023)
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Original name: Свидетель
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A Russian war propaganda film about a virtuoso violinist from Belgium witnessing war crimes.
Style:
controversial, tension, bleak, emotional, suspense
Plot:
propaganda, invasion, war crime, witness, fear, occupation, human rights, moral dilemma, realism, violinist, trauma, survival, musician, justice, classical music, evacuation, concert, anti war, war propaganda, tour, propaganda film
Place:
russia, ukraine
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, bleak, emotional and tension films with plots about survival, moral dilemma, realism, justice, trauma, revenge and loss mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres. Some movies like The Witness: A Step Into Darkness (2009), Slaughterhouse (2013), Good Bye, Southern City (2006), Herminafields - Zeitgeist (2006), Tokyo Shaking (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq. She makes a distressing journey through the border between Turkey and Iraq ...
Style:
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Plot:
occupation, massacre, grief, trauma, desperation, loss, innocence lost, realism, political conflict, us military, child protagonist, danger ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, brutal, intense, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
torture, human rights, oppression, political unrest, social commentary, war crime, interrogation, trauma, ethical dilemma, realism, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Azerbaijan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment ...
Style:
tension, bleak, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
social commentary, hostility, nationalism, political unrest, refugee, identity crisis, survival, moral ambiguity, urban decay, friendship, justice, eviction ...
Place:
azerbaijan, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The film is composed around a violent incident, happened in 1956. Upon hearing the news that the Russians were approaching, the dwellers of the Home for the Disabled armed themselves. Followed by stares by people living in the area they marched ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, political, bleak, tension ...
Plot:
violence, handicapped, social issues, assault, military, wartime, physical disability, society, social relations, protector, protection, resistance ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
tsunami, moral dilemma, fukushima, disaster, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, problem, female protagonist, threat, choice, uncertainty, panic ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
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210
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A group of American doctors travel to a war-ravaged hot spot in the Middle East in order to distribute vaccines. They clash with the Russian military presence, the Middle Eastern locals, and ultimately, themselves, as they learn that being American ...
Style:
medical drama, tense, intense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
doctor, war zone, moral ambiguity, conflict, moral dilemma, survival, trauma, frustration, culture shock, mistrust, ethics, realism ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
61%
104
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A plane crash in the Mexican desert leaves a small group of survivors who are desperate for food and water. Fearing that they may never be found where they are, they head for where it is hoped there will be civilization and rescue. When their hopes ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, independent film
Plot:
dehydration, survival, desert, plane crash, stranded, hunger, desperation, moral dilemma, isolation, thirst, human nature, endurance ...
Place:
mexico
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56%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
It talks about the necessity of upholding the basic rights of the underprivileged and the marginalized section within our society and how education could make a difference in the lives of those living on the streets.
Style:
bleak, gloomy, captivating, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
social justice, injustice, education, human rights, social issues, justice, homeless, social commentary, homelessness, homeless man, social injustice, social problems ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hector travels with Luisa by the road linking Madrid with Barcelona. When another car suddenly crosses his path, his vehicle leaves the road and plunges into a tree. Hector dies and she is seriously injured. The other car was occupied by Jorge and ...
Style:
poignant, romantic drama, bleak, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
car accident, death, road trip, tragedy, loss, hit and run, guilt, truck driver, infidelity, love triangle, responsibility, regret ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true and tragic events in the life of Vitaly Kaloyev, an architect and family man. In 2002, his wife and children die in a mid-air collision along with 70 other people, mostly children. Vitaly is one of the first people to discover the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, bleak, ambiguous ending, realistic ...
Plot:
grief, tragedy, revenge, moral ambiguity, justice, airport, depression, death of child, tragic event, plane crash, loss, biopic ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
switzerland, russia, europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
On their way home through an unknown city, Alexander and his father are attacked and seriously injured by some drunken juvenile delinquents. The father dies, and Alexander becomes a dangerous witness, which must be eliminated.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman returns his family home after eight years in exile avoiding the terrorism of the ETA.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
terrorism, exile, family home, family drama, homecoming, danger, fear, trauma, identity, reconciliation, paranoia, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Description : Belgium, 1943. The situation is becoming unbearable for the Field family : antisemitic persecutions become common and violent. Joseph Field, the father, rebels against the occupying army. He is arrested and deported. Esther, his wife, ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anti semitism, world war two, wartime life, youth, elderly, holocaust, teenage life, against humanity, life is a bitch, family relations, cause and meaning, resistance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Locked away in the Jewish ghetto of an occupied Ukrainian town in 1941, a mother revisits her life in a last letter to her son.
Style:
bleak, poignant, historical drama, reflective, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, persecution, world war two, jewish ghetto, anti semitism, mature, grief, loss, haunting, family tragedy, mother son relationship, witness ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe, ukraine
Similarity:
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292
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
war crime, courtroom, rape victim, trial, justice, survivor, women's rights, legal action, life is a bitch, lawsuit, female victim, legal investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
busan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After ten years in Germany, Armin returns to Bosnia. He just got married and wants to surprise his father, but he is not home. Neighbours say that he has been arrested, nobody knows why. The papers say that he is a suspect for the war crime back in ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, intense
Plot:
war crime, homecoming, investigation, trauma, suspicion, neighborhood, justice, small town, family reunited, family drama, secrets, accusation ...
Time:
labor day
Place:
bosnia, germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, bleak, period piece, tension
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
world war two, post war, trauma, violence, moral dilemma, pow, moral ambiguity, mistrust, conflict, revenge, survival, occupation ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Israel
Duration: 106 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
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, intense, emotional, suspense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Story:
While a menacing typhoon approaches, an accident at the giant natural gas plant Regalia occurs. Japan Coast Guard rescue divers Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito), Tetsuya Yoshioka (Ryuta Sato) and engineer Hiroshiichirou Sakuragi (Masaya Kato) head ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Libaraiers "Rilla" Stanford, has just been released from prison and finds that his immediate world has changed, knowing that the dangers of the streets remain the same, his only mission is to take care of his 6yr old son, Kevin.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a man pursues a local woman, his relationship with her friend is misconstrued by the villagers.
Style:
emotional, tension, tense, atmospheric, suspense
Plot:
village, folklore, cultural conflict, male protagonist, honor, misunderstanding, gossip, social commentary, moral dilemma, patriarchy, tragedy, justice ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
new york
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Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, emotional, tension, suspense
Plot:
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