Movies like Ragtime

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Ragtime (1981)
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Ragtime (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Style: clever, bleak, cult classic, independent film, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience: kids
Plot: racism, jazz, fighting the system, racial injustice, american history, friendship, female nudity, murder, anarchist, trial, music, frankenstein, pianist, labor, piano, renaissance, american politics, fame, african, generation, union, coming of age, black, strike, black history ...
Time: year 1981, victorian era, 1910s, 1900s, 20th century, pre world war one, 90s ...
Place: new york, eastern europe, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, philadelphia, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
Keyword: americana, russian, gangsters, jewish, movie theatre, eye candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and emotional films with plots about society, racism, life is a bitch, interracial relations, african american, injustice and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Ragtime: Blood Done Sign My Name (2010), Panther (1995), Jasper, Texas (2003), The Intruder (1962), Native Son (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: racism, murder, social differences, life is a bitch, society, introspection, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: north carolina, usa
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Panther (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some ...
Style: political, controversial, disturbing, hood, philosophical ...
Plot: black panthers, hip hop, racism, black, african american, conspiracy, revolution, politics, marxist, drug, civil rights movement, civil rights ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: america, vietnam
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94%
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Jasper, Texas (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Style: disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, freeze frame
Plot: african american, racism, small town, investigation, fighting the system, social decay, social differences, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, murder, injustice ...
Time: 90s
Place: austin texas, midwest, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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The Intruder (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, neo noir, controversial ...
Plot: racism, civil rights, african, american south, exploitation, blaxploitation, racial issues, ethnic, deep south, ethnicity, small town, false accusation ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Native Son (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, biting, gloomy ...
Plot: racism, african american, murder, lawyer, chauffeur, blaxploitation, black history, blindness, courtroom, paranoia, racial issues, black ...
Time: 1940s, year 1986, 1930s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, fighting the system, ambition, rise to the top, rebellion, life is a bitch, dishonesty, workplace ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: racism, civil rights, african american, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, black, teenager ...
Time: year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: south carolina, indiana, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The Learning Tree (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, ...
Style: aesthetic, existential, independent film, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: coming of age, racism, black, murder, racial issues, blaxploitation, boy, social justice, black lives matter, african, interracial, family relations ...
Time: 1920s, year 1969
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot: racism, family relations, discrimination, injustice, social differences, parents and children, rich and poor, single parent, couple relations, follow your dream, black, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 50s
Place: usa, america, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Freedom Song (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot: african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, politics, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: mississippi, usa
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82%
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Marvin & Tige (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he ...
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: adoption, coming of age, racism, homelessness, african, alcoholism, blaxploitation, family relations, suicide, parents and children, urban ghetto life, alcohol abuse ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: atlanta georgia
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81%
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 239 min.
Story: Set in 1912, the entire film takes place inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, where its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his ...
Style: talky, serious, realistic, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot: alcoholic, society, life is a bitch, unemployment, anarchist, bartender, prostitute, confession, drug addiction, storytelling, union, cold war ...
Time: 1910s, year 1912
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
American Violet (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mother, Alma, and rejects the plea-bargain that would free her from jail, but ...
Style: serious, rough, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: african american, false accusation, racism, injustice, testimony, courtroom drama, black, urban ghetto, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, legal, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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White Water (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style: touching, suspenseful, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot: missing child, young heroes, danger, youth, racism, society, family problems, parents and children, discrimination, interracial relations, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Norma Rae (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the ...
Style: inspirational, political, touching, sad, aesthetic ...
Plot: labor union, working class, union, women, labor, small town, feminist, business, courage, american politics, single mother, whistleblower ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: alabama, usa
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80%
Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: basketball, coming of age, blaxploitation, black, urban, african american, american culture, african, black history, racial issues, murder, racism ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
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79%
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Our America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, emotional, controversial ...
Plot: journalism, murder, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, social decay, teenage life, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, idealism ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Harlan County War (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Style: disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: strike, fighting the system, rebellion, price of justice, against the odds, poverty, legal, society, ambition, life is a bitch, human nature, human spirit ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place: kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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79%
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The Rising Place (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic
Plot: injustice, life is a bitch, fall in love, soldier, working class, interracial relations, society, feminism, parents and children, social differences, family life, friendship ...
Time: 1940s
Place: virginia, usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Dirty Pictures (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, thought provoking, erotic ...
Plot: museum, art, lawsuit, courtroom, jury, politics, courtroom drama, against the rules, fighting the system, righting the wronged, perversion, rebelliousness ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1990
Place: ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
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79%
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot: racism, black, african american, dentist, interracial relations, discrimination, biopic, family relations, life is a bitch, lifestyle, journalism, society ...
Time: 1900s, 1910s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Little Senegal (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Algeria, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Passionné par l'histoire de son peuple, Alloune, un vieux guide du musée africain "La Maison des Esclaves" à Gorée, part en pèlerinage pour retrouver les descendants de ses ancêtres aux Etats-Unis. Cet émouvant voyage va le ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot: racism, slavery, family relations, immigrant, obsessive quest, society, family tradition, elderly, family history, interracial relations, ancestry, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south carolina, new york, harlem, usa ...
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79%
A Private Matter (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: abortion, courtroom drama, abortion rights, family relations, pregnancy, scandal, husband wife relationship, injustice, society, couple relations, human spirit, doctors and patients ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Style: talky, entertaining, intellectual, factual, disturbing ...
Plot: artist, art, politics, government, depression, capitalism, greed, world politics, congress, adaptation, justice, manipulation ...
Time: 1930s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: friendship, immigrant, women, self discovery, haunted by the past, hopes, feminist, culture clash, parents and children, human nature, love, coming of age ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, china, bay area, usa, asia ...
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78%
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Paris Trout (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets Paris' wife Hannah. A former schoolteacher, she made the mistake of her life when she married ...
Style: neo noir, biting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: children, lawyer, abusive relationship, relationships, law, marital rape, nudity, family relations, racism, small town, redneck, abusive husband ...
Time: 1940s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Jungle Fever (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, controversial ...
Audience: date night
Plot: interracial romance, architect, african american, racism, society, adultery, drug addiction, love affair, prejudice, hip hop, relationships, black ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, africa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Color Purple (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style: sentimental, uplifting, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, incest, sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, life is a bitch, feminism, slavery, incest rape, abusive relationship, wife abuse, lgbtq ...
Time: edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place: africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: civil rights, black, racism, old man, false accusation, false arrest, interracial relations, discrimination, injustice, friendship, life is a bitch, legal ...
Time: 80s
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
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77%
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style: touching, sentimental, intense, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot: fishing, coming of age, self discovery, father son relationship, beautiful scenery, brother brother relationship, childhood, river, wilderness, brothers, tragedy, secrets ...
Time: 1900s, year 1992, 1920s, 1910s, 1930s ...
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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