Movies like Machuca
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Machuca (2004)
13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
Style:
political, sincere, touching, emotional, serious, social, realistic, sentimental, political thriller, art house ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, sexual initiation, politics, friendship, poverty, youth, dictatorship, boy, communism, trauma, demonstration, children, teacher student relationship, classmate, society, social differences, parents and children, political unrest, teachers and students, dictator, revolution, adolescence, school, teacher ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, spain, argentina, santiago de chile ...
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Most similar movies to Machuca
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out intellectual, social, realistic and serious films with plots about family relations, death, society, human rights, violence, poverty and communist mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Machuca: Missing (1982), Colonia (2015), Another Country (1984), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), I'm Still Here (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he ...
Style:
political, emotional, political thriller, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, missing person, coup d'etat, political conspiracy, political intrigue, corruption, conspiracy, journalist, violence, military ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
59K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, UK, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Style:
suspense, harsh, psychological, emotional, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
religious fanatic, religion, genocide, dictatorship, torture chamber, sect, abuse, kidnapping, escape, torture, prison, man punching a woman ...
Time:
70s, year 2015, year 1973
Place:
chile, peru, germany, south america, italy ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, boys' school, gays and lesbians, gender, gay lead character, youth, homosexuality, boarding school, homosexual, homosexual love, lgbtq ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, year 1983, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
england, moscow russia, ussr, russia, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: France, UK, USA, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
"The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style:
road movie, breathtaking, touching, political, cerebral ...
Plot:
self discovery, motorcycle, revolutionary, poverty, on the road, road trip, journey, travel, politics, idealism, revolution, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 50s, 1950s, y2k ...
Place:
latin america, south america, chile, bolivia, argentina ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers begin to appear, ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, independent film, hood, factual ...
Plot:
brazilian military dictatorship, dictatorship, military dictatorship, based on real people, loss, missing father, female nudity, loss of husband, widow, husband, wrongful arrest, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, year 2014, year 1996, 70s ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style:
depressing, period piece, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, small town, childhood, single parent, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, homosexual, biopic, stepfather stepson relationship, abusive stepfather ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., usa ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Finland, Chile
Duration: 285 min.
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Story:
Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, disturbing, serious, social ...
Plot:
military coup, dictatorship, diplomat, cold war, army, military, human rights, politics, refugee, communism, embassy, diplomacy ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s
Place:
chile, south america, finland, east germany, bolivia ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 1973 overthrow.
Style:
intellectual, social
Plot:
capitalism, politics, coup, coup d'etat, abuse of power, ambassador, youth, sadism, kidnapping, media, abuse, voting ...
Time:
year 1987
Place:
latin america, chile, south america, europe, santiago chile
Similarity:
48%
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27K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, cerebral, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, protest, politics, advertising, underdog, dictator, political conspiracy, society, exile, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, year 1988, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america, venezuela ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Mexico, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
coup d'etat, military coup, ambassador, politics, society, life is a bitch, political unrest, injustice, human spirit, revolution, diplomacy, human rights ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, europe, south america
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina, Qatar
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, intellectual, social
Plot:
family relations, dictatorship, lifestyle change, changing lives, child custody, family problems, problem, dictator, curfew, priest, killing, blackout ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
chile, pacific ocean, south america, colombia, latin america
Similarity:
46%
11K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, political, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
spanish civil war, coming of age, civil war, friendship, children, teacher, childhood, altar boy, spanish history, depression, anarchist, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1936 ...
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Style:
political, sad, captivating, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
adoption, politics, military coup, society, family relations, dictatorship, uncover truth, parents and children, state affairs, haunted by the past, political unrest, capitalism ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
latin america, argentina, bolivia, spain, south america ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears.
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
morgue, autopsy, latin american history, missing person, obsessive quest, love and romance, political unrest, cabaret, imperialism, coup d'etat, unsettling, coup ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
latin america, chile, south america, bolivia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets MarÃa, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, intellectual, social
Plot:
dictatorship, youth, coming of age, family relations, disappearance, hidden identity, school, family life, disorder, parents and children, dishonesty, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
latin america, argentina, buenos aires argentina, italy, south america ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Soviet docudrama chronicling the events surrounding the military coup which toppled the leftists Chilean government of Salvador Allende. This film confines its efforts to the main events themselves and is based on interviews with eyewitnesses, ...
Style:
social, intellectual
Plot:
military coup, dictatorship, capitalism, operation condor, dictator, coup d'etat, exile, prison, migration, government, convict, boss ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
soviet union, chile, europe, south america, colombia ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Argentina, UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a David-vs-Goliath battle and under constant threat, Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, intellectual, social ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, lawyer, court, boy, politics, trial, attorney, courtroom, murder, investigation, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1984, 80s
Place:
argentina, venezuela, brazil, italy, germany ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, saga, contemplative ...
Plot:
peasant, farm, hide and seek, friendship, countryside, village, family relations, clergy, life is a bitch, parents and children, family life, parent child relationship ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, year 1978, 1890s, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, society, rebellion, life is a bitch, dishonesty, state affairs, legal, downfall, against humanity, trial, politician, human rights ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
latin america, chile, london, england, south america ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, touching, political, emotional ...
Plot:
racism, mentor, debate, african american, college, teacher, black american, professor, biopic, segregation, discrimination, racial segregation ...
Time:
1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place:
texas, africa, oklahoma, usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A semi-fictional account on the fatidic September 11, 1973, when the military commanded by General Pinochet took over the power from socialist president Salvador Allende, initiating a dictatorship that lasted until 1988 causing the deaths and ...
Style:
social, intellectual
Plot:
coup, coup d'etat, cold war, politics, history of chile, senator, cia agent, tank, military coup, president, cia, journalism ...
Time:
year 1973, 20th century, 70s
Place:
santiago chile, chile, latin america, europe, south america
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Argentina, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A beautiful Argentine activist receives preferential treatment from a man supposed to torture her.
Style:
political, mindfuck, thought provoking, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, operation condor, dictator, capitalism, torture, dictatorship, politics, state terrorism, coup, american imperialism, unrequited love, political repression ...
Time:
70s
Place:
latin america, buenos aires argentina, argentina, europe, chile ...
Similarity:
41%
739
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school in Buenos Aires and told that she is really SofÃa Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
family relations, society, uncover truth, haunted by the past, against humanity, life is a bitch, adoption, missing person, political unrest, teenage life, hidden truth, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
latin america, spain, france, italy, europe ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Argentina
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Based on a true story occurred in 1974, this is the tale of sisters Justa, Lucia, and Luciana Quispe, sheperds in the Chilean altiplano who lead a solitary life. A visitor brings news about a law that might change their way of living. This event ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
legislation, family relations, life turned upside down, isolation, family in crisis, wilderness, sister sister relationship, women, suicide, mountain, solitary, siblings relations ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place:
chile, latin america, germany, venezuela, south america ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three friends are part of a fascist opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
operation condor, murder, husband wife relationship, politics, investigation, fascist, death, society, testimony, betrayal, love triangle, fascism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
chile, south america, latin america
Similarity:
37%
152
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dreaming of a better life, a young woman leaves her country home and moves to the city where she only finds trouble.
Style:
intellectual, social, dark comedy
Plot:
military dictatorship, army, operation condor, sergeant, desert, execution, fish, conscience, pregnancy, political prisoner, captain, dictatorship ...
Place:
chile, south america, europe, latin america
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The ...
Style:
disturbing, political, mindfuck, manga, intellectual ...
Plot:
capitalism, torture, state terrorism, protest, capitalist society, kidnapping, dictatorship, assassination, violence, electric torture, woman, investments ...
Time:
70s
Place:
argentina, spain, peru, italy, venezuela ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Carmen spends 40 years of her life seeking for justice after the murder of her husband.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, investigation, human rights, repression, justice, military coup, activism, authoritarianism, testimony, trauma, problem, attorney ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, year 1973, 70s
Place:
chile, bolivia, south america, venezuela, brazil ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa's political gifts are acknowledged by everyone, as she struggles for democratic government in Germany and revolution in Poland. There she ...
Style:
political, political thriller, philosophical, suspense, social ...
Plot:
communist, women, revolution, communism, biopic, capitalism, revolutionary, anarchist, world war one, protest, strike, union ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads during the 1970s is brought to the screen in this thriller. In 1977, Claudio Tamburrini (Rodrigo de la Serna) was a goalie for a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, thrilling, crime drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, false accusation, murder, prison, terrorism, on the run, danger, prison escape, football, operation condor, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
latin america, south america, argentina, bolivia, europe ...
Similarity:
33%
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