Movies like We Believed

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We Believed (2010)
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We Believed (2010)
Original name: Noi credevamo
Genre: History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 205 min.
Story: The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement.
Style: tense, serious, historical drama, factual, psychological, captivating, sincere, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: italian history, politics, rebellion, political unrest, society, rebelliousness, battles, historical event, occupation, execution, repression, betrayal by friend, revolutionary, group of friends, frustration, revisionist history, state affairs, battle zone, terrorist, guillotine, parliament, revolution, decapitation, young, stabbed to death ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1800s, 1840s, 1850s
Place: italy, europe, sicily, southern italy, naples italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and historical drama films with plots about society, state affairs, politics, rebellion, political unrest, revolution and rebelliousness mostly in History, Drama and War genres. Some movies like We Believed: The Viceroys (2007), St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972), The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008), The Leopard (1963), Beyond Friendship (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Viceroys (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, psychological, epic, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, dishonesty, society, revolution, family life, palace intrigue, power struggle, revisionist history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: sicily, italy, rome italy, europe
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95%
St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative
Plot: anarchist, anarchism, utopia, chaos, basement, politics, revolution, prison, rebellion, hopes, state affairs, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, epic, esoteric ...
Plot: rebellion, christianity, rebel, political unrest, society, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, religions or cults, state affairs, tragic event, indigenous people, war ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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The Leopard (1963)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 186 min.
Story: As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war ...
Style: epic, visual, political, visually appealing, cerebral ...
Plot: decadence, revolution, politics, civil war, melancholy, catholic, literary, ambition, death, execution, italian history, battles ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 1963, 1800s ...
Place: sicily, italy, corsica, palermo italy, naples italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Beyond Friendship (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style: captivating, disturbing, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot: rebellion, friendship, military, battles, rivalry, danger, state affairs, rebelliousness, politics, political unrest, wartime life, conflict ...
Time: 1940s
Place: israel, palestine, jerusalem, middle east, greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Holy Land of Tyrol (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. ...
Style: epic, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot: revolution, rebellion, tragic love, society, political unrest, injustice, soldier, couple relations, wartime life, rivalry, german history, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 19th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Waiting for Heaven (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in ...
Style: captivating, serious, exciting, realistic, epic
Plot: love and romance, fight for supremacy, love affair, military, rebellion, rebelliousness, battles, political unrest, state affairs, rivalry, society, fall in love ...
Time: 17th century, medieval times
Place: ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Organizer (1963)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to ...
Style: political, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: factory, strike, politics, labor union, working class, resistance, union, european, conflict, employment, labor, big business ...
Time: turn of the century, 19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place: italy, turin italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, factual, banned
Plot: politics, revolution, society, state affairs, social differences, head of state, rebellion, chinese history, communist party, patriotism, rivalry, chinese civil war ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Leopardi (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, historical drama
Plot: poet, enlightenment, poetry, prodigy, biopic, writer's life, unrequited love, romanticism, society, family problems, writers, father son relationship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: italy, europe, naples italy, rome italy, southern italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Raise the Song: The History of Penn State (2008)
Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: This 60-minute documentary produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting (WPSU-TV) examines the people and events that have taken the Commonwealth's land-grant university from its humble roots as the Farmers' High School to an internationally ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Plot: ambition, state affairs, society, dedicated educator, student life, college life, teachers and students, hopes, university, research, education, studying ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Napoleon and Me (2006)
Genre: Comedy, History, War
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, humorous, historical drama
Plot: napoleon bonaparte, politics, leadership, state affairs, ego clash, private vs public, revolution, social relations, napoleonic wars, french revolution, dialogue, head of state ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Supper (1992)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand, a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, ...
Style: political, contemplative, talky, biting, cynical ...
Plot: french history, napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, politics, gastronomy, secret police, french revolution, police, vice, revolution, battles, wartime life ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 18th century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Summer Crisis (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: fighting the system, rebelliousness, idealism, political activism, rebellion, society, hopes, political unrest, crisis, state affairs, small town, nudity ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969, future
Place: quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
A City of Sadness (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung (Chen Sown-yung), the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred ...
Style: realistic, saga, sad, black and white, aesthetic ...
Plot: mute or deaf, family relations, family life, political unrest, wartime life, siblings relations, family tradition, black market, family in danger, family problems, state affairs, society ...
Time: 1940s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: taiwan, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles (2017)
Genre: History
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: The events unfold in 1915-1917. Marxist theoretician and publicist Alexander Parvus, who fled to Germany from a Russian exile, during the First World War has been successfully negotiating with German Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow. As a result ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot: state affairs, politics, wartime, political unrest, russian revolution, power struggle, world war one, revolution, historical event, protest, war, military ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Uranus (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his ...
Style: anthology, clever, biting, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, planet, cold war, holocaust, uncover truth, life is a bitch, fighting the system, politics, society, war, dishonesty, idealism ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 1849 - Ciceruacchio declares the Independent Republic of Rome, but the French and the Austrians try to bring back the Pope to Rome.
Style: historical drama
Plot: catholic, war for independence, revolutionary, pope, rebel, italian history
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Endgame (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, sincere, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bomb, politics, rebellion, danger, hopes, revolution, siege, unlikely partners, folk hero, leadership, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story: Biography of the last Russian Monarch, Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina, Alexandra.Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Style: epic, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot: czar, world war one, russian history, royalty, politics, rise and fall, political unrest, rebelliousness, rebellion, state affairs, coming of age, russian empire ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, year 1971, 19th century, 1910s
Place: russia, siberia, crimea
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Yae's Sakura (2013)
Genre: History
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: feminism, human spirit, fighting the system, rebellion, supportive spouse, couples, society, strong female presence, gender bending, gender, biopic, historical figure ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, 1860s, 1850s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Battle of Canudos (1997)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 170 min.
Story: The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa's epic, The War At The End Of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo).
Style: political, captivating, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: military, prostitution, reflection, american civil war, battles, family relations, politics, religions or cults, state affairs, heroes, society, unfulfillment ...
Time: 19th century
Place: brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
That Night in Varennes (1982)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story: In June of 1791, a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution, when they find themselves in the city of Varennes when revolutionists arrest the fleeing King Louis.
Style: historical drama, road movie, costume drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: french revolution, king of france, revolution, teenage prostitute, older man young girl relationship, female nudity, writers, escape attempt, aristocracy, time machine, revolutionary, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1982, 1790s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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April Captains (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Style: serious, tense, rough, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: dictatorship, military coup, military, rebellion, coup d'etat, family relations, politics, state affairs, society, rebelliousness, siblings relations, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place: portugal, africa, angola
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Sons of Liberty (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
Style: captivating, historical drama, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: american revolution, human spirit, battles, political unrest, rebelliousness, politics, military, rebellion, state affairs, heroes, revolution, american history ...
Time: 18th century, future, 1770s
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Vendetta (1999)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style: independent film, emotional, sincere, rough, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, ancient, political intrigue, biopic, italian mafia, intrigue, immigrant, lynching, mafia, righting the wronged, injustice, courtroom ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: terrorism, coal mining, fighting the system, injustice, working undercover, society, social decay, legal, rebel, union, sabotage, coal mine ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 1870s
Place: usa, america, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Garibaldi (1961)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern ...
Style: historical drama, vintage
Plot: invasion, nationalist, war for independence, revolution, italian history, civil war, volunteer, republican
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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 1K
Che! (1969)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot: revolution, folk hero, political unrest, injustice, society, rebelliousness, idealism, rebellion, military, biopic, cuban revolution, intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969
Place: cuba, bolivia, latin america, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, british empire, revolution, conflict, world war, great war, african, cold war, politics, coup d'etat, colonialism, army ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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