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Tate's Voyage (1998)
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Original name: De Trip Van Teetje
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tate, a young and crooked businessman, thinks he can get rich quick by buying a Russian freighter in the port of Rotterdam. This turns out to be a fiasco because the ship has been arrested, the freight has been sealed by the customs and the crew has been waiting for months for their wages. When his girlfriend falls in love with the ship's mate, Tate makes a decision. He takes pity on the suffering crew and tries to save them from their helpless predicament. Written by Dennis Jansen
Style:
crime drama, independent film, tense, bleak, satirical, art house, melancholic, black comedy, intercultural
Plot:
compassion, working class, moral dilemma, social realism, character study, betrayal, corruption, desperation, redemption, bureaucracy, love triangle, urban, bittersweet, dark humor, ship, girlfriend, hospital, suicide, nurse, harbor, immigrant, cargo ship, immigrants, female director
Time:
90s, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
netherlands
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, crime drama, bleak and melancholic films with plots about character study, social realism, urban, desperation, redemption, betrayal and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Tate's Voyage: Mediterranean Blue (2012), The Traitors (1973), Thin Ice (2000), Heartlines (2006), White Hot (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
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189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, bleak, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
addiction, drug traffic, temptation, drug dealer, drug use, loss of innocence, family tragedy, urban, cautionary tale, moral ambiguity, desperation, character study ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic law.
Style:
romantic drama, intense, suspense, tense, period drama
Plot:
love triangle, redemption, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, double life, iranian, character study, cultural conflict, desperation, male protagonist, realism, reformation ...
Place:
iran
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65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, tense, crime drama, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
england
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Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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