Movies like Endgame 2009

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Endgame (2009)
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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 insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.
Style: tense, sincere, serious, captivating, exciting, thought provoking, epic, realistic, political, contemplative
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bomb, politics, rebellion, danger, hopes, life is a bitch, revolution, fighting the system, leadership, siege, political unrest, wartime life, folk hero, state affairs, unlikely partners, terrorist, violence, murder, brutality, spy, black, chess, terrorism, intrigue, apartheid ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 1990s
Place: south africa, africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and thought provoking films with plots about state affairs, politics, society, life is a bitch, political unrest, rebellion and injustice mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Endgame: Catch a Fire (2006), Mandela and de Klerk (1997), Red Dust (2004), Winnie Mandela (2011), Goodbye Bafana (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Catch a Fire (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an ...
Style: tense, political, factual, emotional, harsh ...
Plot: terrorism, racism, politics, rebellion, fighting the system, apartheid, police brutality, civil rights, visceral, ethnic conflict, political unrest, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2006, year 1980, year 1991 ...
Place: south africa, africa, angola
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95%
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Style: tense, thought provoking, uplifting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: discrimination, apartheid, social change, racism, prison, legal, society, life is a bitch, state affairs, rebellion, politics, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s, 80s
Place: south africa, africa
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94%
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Red Dust (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot: apartheid, missing person, politics, courtroom drama, state affairs, rivalry, injustice, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, courtroom ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 6.1
 994
Winnie Mandela (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious, political
Plot: ambition, politics, state affairs, society, confined, feminism, hopes, political unrest, isolation, black, biopic, black cast ...
Time: 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, political ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, racial violence, leadership, prison life, interracial relations, freedom fighter, friendship, rebellion, human spirit, fighting the system, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa
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90%
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up ...
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: genocide, political unrest, against humanity, revolution, fall in love, hopes, evacuation, rebellion, wartime life, life is a bitch, african, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: nigeria, africa, iraq, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Style: emotional, sincere, tense, serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, uncover truth, hidden identity, wartime life, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, society, against humanity, state affairs, escapades, survival, rescue ...
Time: 20th century
Place: france, europe, usa, marseille
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88%
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 ⇓
86%
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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 ⇓
86%
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Miral (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Israel, Italy, India, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Style: realistic, stylized, sentimental, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: orphan, politics, refugee, arab, injustice, rebellion, human spirit, youth, society, fall in love, love and romance, rebelliousness ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place: middle east, palestine, israel, persia, palestinian authority ...
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85%
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the ...
Style: bleak, serious, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: terrorism, head of state, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, danger, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, leadership, politics, hijacking, 9/11 ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s
Place: usa, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
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85%
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Rebellion (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.
Style: serious, tense, sincere, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: military, hostage, politics, political unrest, culture clash, injustice, disorder, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, state affairs, confined, society ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Margaret (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, political ...
Plot: prime minister, politics, head of state, female politician, british politics, leadership, state affairs, life is a bitch, downfall, girl, british history, king of england ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Tula: The Revolt (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 'Tula, The Revolt' is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental
Plot: rebellion, rebelliousness, heroes, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, revolution, injustice, political unrest, peaceful mission, interracial relations, master and servant ...
Time: 18th century
Place: caribbean
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83%
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The Informant (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, anglo irish relations, trouble, spy, freedom, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Cry Freedom (1987)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Zimbabwe, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, ...
Style: inspirational, political, cult classic, political thriller, edutainment ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, journalism, biopic, politics, human rights, civil rights, journalist, social commentary, social injustice, black, african ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1975, year 1977
Place: south africa, africa, cape town south africa
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82%
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 ⇓
82%
The Rider Named Death (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.
Style: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, clever ...
Plot: assassination, terrorism, politics, state affairs, terrorist group, political corruption, political unrest, revolution, heroes, rebellion, rebelliousness, head of state ...
Time: 20th century
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Selma (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style: political, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: racism, civil rights, politics, civil rights movement, african american, justice, biopic, racial discrimination, discrimination, idealism, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time: 60s, year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, year 1964 ...
Place: alabama, indiana, usa, southern usa, birmingham alabama ...
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82%
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Press (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
Style: captivating, realistic, thought provoking, serious, political thriller
Plot: kurd, journalism, media, politics, political unrest, workplace, realism, society, rivalry, oppression, investigative journalism, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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 ...
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81%
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Omagh (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, disturbing, uplifting ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, bomb, fighting the system, injustice, legal, human spirit, society, uncover truth, redemption, danger, false accusation ...
Time: year 1998
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Death of a Prophet (1981)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on - continuing to spread the word of ...
Style: controversial, serious, realistic, thought provoking, sincere
Plot: racism, african american, civil rights, civil rights movement, book, black, revenge, blaxploitation, bookstore, assassination, politics, jazz ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, 60s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Shooting Dogs (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: genocide, politics, violence, survival, rwandan genocide, survivor, priest, teacher, against the odds, fighting the system, moral dilemma, human spirit ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, year 1994
Place: africa, rwanda, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Show Me a Hero (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
Story: Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, political ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: politics, racism, state affairs, society, life is a bitch, hunting, urbanization, corporation, white house, true crime, pop culture, secrets ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s, 90s
Place: usa, new york, dominican republic, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 ⇓
80%
The Pentagon Papers (2003)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: whistleblower, politics, uncover truth, dishonesty, fighting the system, military, soldier, state affairs, head of state, introspection, political conspiracy, political corruption ...
Place: usa, asia, vietnam, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Thirteen Days (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style: political, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: cold war, politics, president, political intrigue, un, race against time, diplomacy, nuclear, spy, conspiracy, cuban missile crisis, leadership ...
Time: 60s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century, year 1962
Place: cuba, ussr, the philippines, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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 ⇓
79%
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