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Gods (2014)
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Original name: Bogowie
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
Style:
sexy, serious, captivating, realistic, tense
Plot:
surgeon, heart, politics, doctors and patients, rise to the top, ambition, state affairs, power relations, doctor, hospital, death, theft, surgery, organ transplant, patient, clinic, nurse, reckless driving, biopic, medicine, inventor, job, blood, pig, polish ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1985, year 1987
Place:
poland
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Most similar movies to Gods
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and sincere films with plots about biopic, ambition, politics, society, state affairs, hopes and rise to the top mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Gods: The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), King of the Sands (2013), Awakenings (1990), Living Proof (2008), Something the Lord Made (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, inspirational, christian film, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, neurosurgeon, human spirit, medicine, surgeon, ambition, biopic, medical school, physician, doctor ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 215 min.
Story:
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
aviation, hollywood, biopic, howard hughes, aviator, rise to the top, mentally unstable, lifestyle, unfulfillment, misfit, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Syria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, epic
Plot:
conquering, rebellion, against the odds, ruler, head of state, battles, rebelliousness, rise to the top, state affairs, battle zone, religions or cults, military ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
saudi arabia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, cerebral, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
hospital, mental illness, mental institution, illness, doctors and patients, medical, fighting illness, doctor, medicine, catatonia, disability, patient ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr. The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, lighthearted, light ...
Plot:
hopes, breast cancer, doctor, terminal illness, doctors and patients, ego clash, medical, cancer, special needs, explorer, biopic, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959 encompassing her early relationship and marriage to Oil Millionaire Denis Thatcher.
Style:
realistic, sincere, emotional, captivating, political ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, politics, state affairs, society, feminism, campaign, head of state, election, biopic, british history, woman power ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
surgery, medical, prejudice, racism, african american, biopic, interracial relations, blacks and whites, surgeon, following a dream, medical research, friendship between men ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
maryland, america, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
politics, idealism, ambition, activist, state affairs, hopes, political unrest, moral dilemma, society, leadership, feminism, black woman ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
29%
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239
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, a young Welsh boy from Merthyr Tydfil, was fast making a name for himself with his knock out right hand. A long professional fighting career surely beckoned? Then disaster strikes. An ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
human spirit, rise to the top, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, boxing, lifestyle, hopes, rivalry, disability, contests and competitions, violent content ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
john f. kennedy, usa president, politics, lifestyle, family relations, ambition, parents and children, tragic hero, looking for love, love and romance, state affairs, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
1K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 213 min.
Story:
Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, sincere, edutainment
Plot:
fidel castro, politics, dictator, cuban revolution, biopic, rebellion, idealism, rebelliousness, rise and fall, political corruption, state affairs, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
cuba, bolivia, caribbean, latin america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
Style:
political, realistic, clever, serious, talky ...
Plot:
campaign, politics, ambition, rise to the top, state affairs, political corruption, friendship, dishonesty, betrayal, society, british history, british politics ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, she had a son at 18, became a stripper at 20, and married a billionaire at 26. Sheer determination turned her into Anna Nicole Smith, playmate, model and a household name.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
lifestyle, rising to stardom, physical appearance, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, hollywood, rags to riches, drug, older man younger woman relationship, marriage, fame, celebrity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
playboy, celebrity, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, starlet, celebrity culture, drug addiction, female protagonist, pole dancing, economist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting
Plot:
politician, politics, infidelity, relationship vs career, rise to the top, ambition, couples, crumbling marriage, society, state affairs, city life, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
tragic hero, state affairs, political unrest, downfall, rebelliousness, writer's life, life is a bitch, idealism, heroes, writers, lgbtq, historical event ...
Time:
20th century, year 1970, 60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, humorous, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
politics, fighting the system, ambition, rivalry, labor union, idealism, rebelliousness, righting the wronged, disorder, against the odds, biopic, revolution ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young music student has a seizure forcing her to undergo brain surgery. She comes out of the surgery unable to count or read and has difficulty adapting to life.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, serious, dramatic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
capture, hospital, doctor patient relationship, female protagonist, trauma, identity crisis, amnesia, biopic, resilience, ethical dilemma, recovery, mortality ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Style:
captivating, serious, talky, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
french politics, journalism, elderly, state affairs, betrayal, head of state, aging, obsession, media, ambition, rise and fall, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and '80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last great love as handed down to his son from a family ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug addiction, musician's life, artists and showbiz, society, addiction, life is a bitch, kgb, songwriter, actor, concert, writers, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1979
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
26%
424
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, serious, political
Plot:
politics, peaceful mission, human spirit, couples, terminal illness, political unrest, state affairs, ambition, life is a bitch, hopes, rivalry, supportive spouse ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
northern ireland, ireland
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
From his birth in 1895 through his death in 1968, the gifted Polish naïve artist Nikifor Krynicki (AKA Epifan Drowniak) lived his life and eked out a career cloaked in obscurity - a casualty of both his extreme speech impediment (his tongue was ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, gloomy
Plot:
art, genius, painter, prodigy, society, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, family life, celebrity culture, tragic love, couples ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
26%
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:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
ambition, politics, state affairs, society, feminism, confined, hopes, political unrest, isolation, black, biopic, black cast ...
Time:
20th century, year 1953
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, art house ...
Plot:
painter, dysfunctional family, suicide, father son relationship, murder, family feud, suicidal tendency, art, artist, love letter, art history, biopic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on true events. In 1980s Poland, Jerzy Górski is a young man who finds the determination to struggle against his drug addiction through athletic training, with the aim of competing in the US Ironman Triathlon.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, exciting
Plot:
drug addict, drug, winner, sport competition, competition, training, accident, interrogation, hospital, rise to the top, biopic, bare butt ...
Time:
year 1988, year 1978, year 1984, year 1990
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, costume drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
novelist, biopic, dysfunctional family, nanny, relationship vs career, rise to the top, writers, writer's life, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
26%
864
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
football player, athlete's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rivalry, life is a bitch, sport team, celebrity culture, professional sports, football, football team, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, europe, northern england, manchester
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story is a made-for-TV film starring Australian actress Poppy Montgomery. The film, which was shot in B.C. Canada locations altered to look like British locations, details the journey of struggling single mother ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
biopic, school, multiple sclerosis, writers, rising to stardom, writer's life, family relations, ambition, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, single parent, single mother ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hospital, medical, cancer, doctor, medicine, redemption, health, doctors and patients, coldhearted, surgery, business, mental health ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Gloria never imagined that an audition for the music producer Sergio Andrade was going to change her life so drastically. King Midas not only brought her to stardom, but also to a dramatic story of love, heartbreak and betrayal. Based on the life ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
ambition, desire for fame, musician's life, downfall, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, biopic, girl, pop singer, strong female presence, music, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
26%
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