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Citizen Cohn (1992)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
closeted homosexual, aids, mccarthyism, hospital, politics, hotshot lawyer, gay, lawyer, hallucination, gay lead character, sexual attraction, homosexual history, lgbt, cold war, fascism, intrigue, law, historical figure, legal action, life is a bitch, rebellion, injustice, fighting the system, gays and lesbians, society ...
Time:
year 1935, 50s, 20th century, 80s, 60s, year 1968, year 1986 ...
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and thought provoking films with plots about society, biopic, life is a bitch, fighting the system, rebellion, politics and lawyer mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Citizen Cohn: Dirty Pictures (2000), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), Pedro (2008), An Early Frost (1985), Dallas Buyers Club (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, thought provoking, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. Merrill's ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., europe, california, usa, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, aids, hiv, gay relationship, rising to stardom, fighting the system, human spirit, terminal illness, idealism, hopes, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
cuba, san francisco, miami, latin america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the mid-eighties Michael Pierson, a young gay man, is struck with AIDS in the prime of his life. He's forced to be open about the disease and his homosexuality for the first time with his co-workers (he's a successful lawyer) and ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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47%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style:
cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now ...
Style:
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Plot:
politics, biopic, john f. kennedy, intrigue, nixon, cold war, fbi, president, gangster, government agency, head of state, law enforcement ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 60s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, los angeles, california, chicago
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47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, emotional, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, hiv, lawyer, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, discrimination, gay interest, homosexual, lawsuit, medical ...
Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 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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47%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, factual, political, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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california, san francisco, new york, north america, idaho ...
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, independent film, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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480
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 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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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 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: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
pacific ocean, los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, hiv, aids, lgbt, lgbtq, biopic, olympics, gay athlete, olympic athlete, swimming, glbt, swimmer ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, realistic, sentimental, political, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, talky, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, chicago, woodstock, pentagon ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
biopic, political corruption, women, girl, corruption, politics, violent content, profanity, power relations, blind ambition, workplace, state affairs ...
Time:
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Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee
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43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay club, gay bar, homosexual history, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay lead character, englishman abroad, gender bending, narcissism, aids, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the ...
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
aids, gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay slur, male homosexuality, homosexual, terminal illness, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, washington d.c., yale university ...
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