Movies like Hotel Rwanda
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
360K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, South Africa, Italy, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Style:
emotional, rough, thought provoking, intense, political, sad, sincere, touching, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, war, hotel, against humanity, ethnic conflict, cruelty, politics, murder, un, war crime, human spirit, war criminal, violence, refugee, rebel, peril, atrocity, military, life is a bitch, rwandan genocide, society, terror, bribery, death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
africa, rwanda, somalia, congo, tanzania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, dramatic and interesting films with plots about courage, storytelling, sacrifice, brutality, violence, mentor and culture clash mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Hotel Rwanda: Shooting Dogs (2005), Sometimes in April (2005), Blood Diamond (2006), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Schindler's List (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
genocide, politics, violence, survival, survivor, priest, teacher, against the odds, moral dilemma, human spirit, fighting the system, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
africa, rwanda, south africa, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Rwanda, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
genocide, massacre, murder, civil war, racism, against humanity, rwandan genocide, mass murder, coup, battles, politics, political unrest ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, rwanda, washington d.c.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
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serious, captivating, thought provoking, emotional, harsh ...
Plot:
greed, mercenary, gem, treasure hunt, escapades, civil war, smuggling, journalism, mining, rebel, brutality, fisherman ...
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africa, south africa, angola, zimbabwe, belgium ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
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political, harsh, brutal, bloody, factual ...
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dictatorship, genocide, politics, doctor, polygamy, dictator, atrocity, corruption, suspense, attempted murder, against humanity, torture ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, uganda, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, genocide, nazi, war, concentration camp, anti semitism, brutality, against humanity, wartime, racism ...
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1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 90s
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poland, germany, vatican, europe, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, politics, betrayal, rwandan genocide, chaos, civil war, military, dishonesty, righting the wronged, anti war, hopes, moral dilemma ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, rwanda
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears ...
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war, child soldier, life is a bitch, children in wartime, violence, survival, adaptation, civil war, anti war, justice, military, suspense ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Style:
heroic, inspirational, realistic, touching, harsh ...
Plot:
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Place:
uganda, africa, sudan, pennsylvania, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
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67%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Kenya, India, USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
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Plot:
refugee, culture clash, survival, friendship, childhood, children, immigrants, courage, civil war, self sacrifice, life is a bitch, fish out of water ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, captivating, thought provoking ...
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world war two, childhood, holocaust, friendship, exile, anti semitism, farm, adultery, culture clash, wartime life, jewish, family relations ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
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:
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Audience:
kids, teens
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
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slavery, racism, civil war, american civil war, family history, human spirit, slave trade, african american, escape attempt, suspense, justice, interracial relations ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Schindler's List related movies
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, intense, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
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world war two, war, suicide, hitler, nazi, nazism, holocaust, fascism, national socialism, third reich, betrayal, courage ...
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1940s, year 1945, post world war two, 20th century, year 1942
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germany, berlin germany, poland, prague, europe ...
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50%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, ...
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factual, inspirational, emotional, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
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fighter pilot, military, world war two, racism, war, african american, aerial combat, black history, officers and cadets, interracial relations, aviation, training ...
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1940s, 1930s, 20th century
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50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
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30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
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The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
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Duration: 144 min.
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When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
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war, courage, battles, combat, chaos, gunfight, military, survival, sniper, warrior, american soldier, rescue mission ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
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epic, intense, inspirational, factual, emotional ...
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Duration: 133 min.
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Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
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sad, factual, heartbreaking, sentimental, suspenseful ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 101 min.
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terrorism, racism, politics, fighting the system, rebellion, police brutality, civil rights, apartheid, visceral, ethnic conflict, political unrest, social problems ...
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29%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Zimbabwe, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
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Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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26%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, bleak, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
ira, irish republican army, civil rights, rebellion, politics, terrorism, protest, ethnic conflict, fighting the system, state affairs, political unrest, social decay ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby ...
Style:
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Plot:
racism, human spirit, sport, president, apartheid, leadership, politics, rugby, idealism, life philosophy, historical character, underdog ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, South Africa
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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