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Hard to Be a God (2013)
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Original name: Трудно быть богом
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position. As if the question were: what would you do in God's place? Director's statement Aleksei wanted to make this film his entire life. The road was a long one. This is not a film about cruelty, but about love. A love that was there, tangible, alive, and that resisted through the hardest of conditions.
Style:
surreal, thought provoking, serious, philosophical, art house, captivating, futuristic, dark, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
distant planet, human nature, murder, moral dilemma, society, humanity, alien planet, fate of humanity, planet, save the planet, flash forward, space, time travel, psychology, mental disorder, existentialism, folk, violent, distopia, swamp, renaissance, hanging, execution, medieval, horse ...
Time:
middle ages
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out philosophical, serious, weird and thought provoking films with plots about distopia, existentialism, loneliness, humanity, philosophy, storytelling and society mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Mystery genres. Some movies like Hard to Be a God: Stalker (1979), Kin-dza-dza! (1986), Solaris (1972), Oasis (2017), Brazil (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'.
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
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Story:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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surreal, psychological, mind bending, art house, tense ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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surreal, atmospheric, art house, dark, mind bending ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, sexy, psychotronic, light ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Tunisia
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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