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North Country (2005)
47K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, emotional, factual, disturbing, rough, realistic, touching, heartbreaking, political ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, feminism, sexual harassment, small town, lawsuit, rape, feminist, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism, workplace, legal, mining, price of justice, harassment, strong female lead, mine, american football, union, trial, working class, love, financial problem ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s, 1990s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Drama
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, poignant, rough ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
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525K
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Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
museum, art, lawsuit, courtroom, jury, politics, courtroom drama, against the rules, fighting the system, perversion, righting the wronged, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: Ireland, Netherlands, UK, Germany, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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857K
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Country: Germany, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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100%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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teens, girls' night
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Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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28K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, sincere, contemplative, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
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