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The Third Generation (1979)
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Original name: Die dritte Generation
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. Released in 1979, largely unavailable until 2004. International kapitalist PJ Lurz's secretary is a gang member, while her Polizeikommissar father-in-law/lover hired Lurz' corporate security force.
Style:
political, art house, black comedy, postmodern, cult classic, clever, offbeat, serious, realistic, controversial
Plot:
transvestism, junkie, businessman, terrorism, politics, satire, raf, gender bending, female nudity, anarchist, murder, underground, murder of husband, elimination, kidnapped man, farce, police brutality, terrorist group, killer cop, death squad, cuckolded husband, cold war, nude girl, father in law daughter in law relationship, father in law ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, art house and disturbing films with plots about society, murder, female nudity, death, deadly, dishonesty and politics mostly in Drama, Crime and History genres. Some movies like The Third Generation: Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), The Niklashausen Journey (1970), United Red Army (2007), Mogadischu (2008), Germany in Autumn (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
Style:
art house, talky, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
gender bending, filmmaking, drunk, egoism, stress, autobiography, lgbt, hotel, satire, mistaken identity, celebrity culture, village life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath.
Style:
serious, tense, political, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
terrorism, anarchist, politics, terrorist, police investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, state affairs, political corruption, political conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff’s controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against ...
Style:
controversial, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
terrorism, prison, raf, courtroom, spy, law, politics, german politics, jail cell, prisoner, justice, prison escape ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
germany, west germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the ...
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art house
Plot:
politics, preacher, gunfight, male female relationship, sex scene, revolutionary, hashish, alienation, bear, retribution, flash forward, burned at the stake ...
Time:
medieval times, 15th century
Place:
germany, paris france, chicago
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain ...
Style:
rough, atmospheric, serious, bleak, political ...
Plot:
revolution, radical, rebellion, idealism, danger, life is a bitch, military, isolation, society, communism, hostage, terrorism ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 70s, year 1960, year 1966 ...
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist attack, passenger, daring rescue, danger, confined, airplane, hysteria, terrorist, raf, pilot, mossad ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, africa, west germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman ...
Style:
semi documentary, postmodern, political, anthology, art house ...
Plot:
terrorism, raf, funeral, politics, society, german history, autumn, dispute, police, television, cemetery, years of lead ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, west germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
Style:
realistic, bleak, social, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot:
journalism, terrorism, investigation, politics, social commentary, reporter, police investigation, surveillance, obsession, police, communism, woman urinating ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, west germany, israel
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, disturbing, clever, cynical ...
Plot:
union, working class, robbery, labor union, money, female nudity, drinking, caper, blaxploitation, crime gone awry, fighting the system, criminal ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red ...
Style:
serious, tense, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, terrorist, politics, revolution, murder, dictator, rebelliousness, political unrest, captivity, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2003, year 1978
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorist, years of lead, feminist, terrorism, marxist, raf, politics, sister sister relationship, german politics, prison escape, woman peeing, prison ...
Time:
70s, year 1981
Place:
germany, west germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.
Style:
art house, serious, realistic, offbeat, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
munich germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer in Fassbinder’s subversive and experimental gangster movie.
Style:
art house, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
killer, hitman, hired killer, suicide, hotel room, professional killer, genocide, murder, soldier, gangster, vietnam war, dishonesty ...
Place:
germany, asia, europe, vietnam, munich germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, black comedy, controversial, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
communist, anarchist, media, family relations, old woman, suicide, death of father, widow, working class, media manipulation, politics, hostage situation ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
germany, west germany, europe, frankfurt germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Years before, Erwin told a co-worker, Anton, that he loved him. "Too bad, you aren't a woman," he replied. Erwin took Anton at his word. Trying to ...
Style:
disturbing, philosophical, depressing, controversial, art house ...
Audience:
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Plot:
transsexual, gender, lgbt, transgender, sex, gay, suicide, loser, identity, unrequited love, father daughter reunion, emotional breakdown ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
frankfurt germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join.
Style:
art house, neo noir, political, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, psychological, neo noir, sad, depressing ...
Plot:
street vendor, heart attack, nervous breakdown, drinking, adultery, family relations, obsession, husband and wife, forbidden love, alcohol abuse, female nudity, depression ...
Time:
1950s, year 1972, year 1971, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
munich germany, germany, bavaria, morocco, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A chief of detectives, homicide section, commits a murder and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Style:
surreal, bleak, psychological, political, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, politics, police investigation, police, courtroom drama, satire, gay husband, years of lead, extramarital affair, legal, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1970
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this unflinching German drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a group of young slackers, including the couple Erich and Marie, spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos, moves ...
Style:
art house, sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
racism, migration, small town, inn, jealousy, boys and girls, male female relationship, passive aggression, refugee, racial discrimination, conversation, xenophobia ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
greece, germany, europe, munich germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Back home, Glauco, an industrial designer, finds his wife in bed with a serious headache. She has left him dinner but it is cold and Glauco decides to prepare himself a gourmet meal...
Style:
experimental, cult classic, sexual, avant garde, psychedelic ...
Plot:
murder, female nudity, cooking, absurd violence, sex scene, honey, maid, husband wife relationship, food, murder of a nude woman, surrealism, losing-it hero ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
italy, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, non-linear, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank, and the ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, butler, male homosexuality, gay, servant, racism, prostitute, harassment, homosexual, american south, nymphomaniac, gay interest ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1870s
Place:
southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A married man (Michel Bouquet) who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
Style:
art house, realistic, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
woman strangled to death, illicit affair, affair, murder, guilt, middle class, forgiveness, nude girl, exodus, dialogue, time travel, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young gangster Chas Devlin seeks refuge from the mob in a basement belonging to a reclusive, fading rock star Turner.
Style:
sexy, surreal, atmospheric, psychedelic, erotic ...
Plot:
gangster, rock star, surrealism, organized crime, sex, violence, male nudity, basement, heroin, rock and roll, music, rock ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1970, 60s
Place:
london, england, europe, dover england, hamburg germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Near the end of World War II, Maria marries Hermann, who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann is dead. She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill. They start a ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, touching, surreal ...
Plot:
marriage, world war two, female nudity, wartime life, lovers reunited, infidelity, rise to the top, couples, life is a bitch, battle of the sexes, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1950s, year 1979, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, west germany, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliveira, a businessman engaged in shady deals. Alarmed by a series of threats and attacks, Oliveira ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, thrilling
Plot:
terrorism, impossible love, love affair, danger, betrayal, dishonesty, love and romance, politics, political corruption, boss and employee, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
basque country, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class ...
Style:
disturbing, sexual, serious, art house, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, infidelity, politics, subculture, working class, friends, money, betrayal, friendship, life is a bitch, rise to the top ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
munich germany, africa, germany, morocco, berlin germany ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, politics, revolutionary, protest, prison, political unrest, assassination, capitalism, terrorist attack, revolution, idealism, trial ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
germany, rome italy, west berlin west germany, somalia, berlin germany ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older ...
Style:
art house, costume drama, black and white, postmodern, serious ...
Plot:
crazy love, literary, marriage of convenience, young wife, duel, age difference, adultery, countryside, german history, women, summer, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century, year 1974, 1880s, 1890s
Place:
berlin germany, northern germany, germany, europe, prussia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, art house, erotic, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian lover, lesbian relationship, mother daughter relationship, mannequin, servant, possessiveness, heartache, fashion, lesbian interest, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
west germany, australia, frankfurt germany, miami, zurich switzerland ...
Similarity:
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