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Summer Crisis (2013)
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Summer Crisis (2013)
Original name: La Maison du Pêcheur
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 public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: fighting the system, rebelliousness, idealism, political activism, rebellion, society, political unrest, hopes, crisis, small town, state affairs, politics, innocence lost, unfulfillment, nudity, female nudity, hippie, nude, french canadian, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Time: 60s, 20th century, future, year 1969, 1960s
Place: quebec, canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and tense films with plots about society, rebellion, state affairs, fighting the system, rebelliousness, politics and political unrest mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Summer Crisis: The Front Line (2009), Fidel & Che (2002), Noriega: God's Favorite (2000), The Rice Bomber (2014), The Last Sentence (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Front Line (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An Italian man looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits as a political extremist with understanding, candour and remorse.
Style: exciting, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: idealism, rebellion, fighting the system, danger, society, love and romance, rebelliousness, blind ambition, state affairs, couple relations, youth, hopes ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: italy, europe
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11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
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: state affairs, tragic hero, political unrest, idealism, heroes, downfall, writer's life, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, writers, lgbtq, political activist ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1970
Place: japan
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Fidel & Che (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 206 min.
Story: Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, sincere, edutainment
Plot: fidel castro, politics, biopic, rebellion, rise and fall, rebelliousness, fighting the system, idealism, ambition, political corruption, hopes, rise to the top ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s
Place: cuba, bolivia, caribbean, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: politics, assassination, army investigation, soldier, political unrest, ambition, state affairs, head of state, fighting the system, clergy, revolution, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 90s
Place: the philippines, panama
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The Rice Bomber (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on a true social event, The Rice Bomber depicts a series of bombing events in Taiwan a decade ago. It is a time when the agriculture is struggling to survive. A man strives to arouse the government’s attention and to revive its conscience by ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking
Plot: fighting the system, family relations, state affairs, forced into action, society, rebelliousness, political unrest, globalization, farmer, bomber, siblings relations, plan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan
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The Last Sentence (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the Nazis with the good excuse of “neutralism”. His only weapon is his pen and his life is full of ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, bleak, uplifting ...
Plot: world war two, journalism, life is a bitch, fighting the system, fascism, political unrest, human spirit, rebelliousness, state affairs, idealism, against the odds, media ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place: eastern europe
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Zuzu Angel (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story: "Zuzu Angel" covers the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice in the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot: fighting the system, uncover truth, missing person, injustice, life is a bitch, society, politics, rebellion, legal, price of justice, political unrest, political intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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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
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56%
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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
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rise of Jackie Presser to President of the Teamster Union.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, suspenseful, rough
Plot: biopic, business, labor union, profanity, tough heroes, workplace situations, political corruption, political intrigue, leadership, dishonesty, state affairs, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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55%
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80 Millions (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A movie about the power of thousands, the courage of hundreds and friendship of a few, thanks to whom a change of fate of millions became possible. Poland, lower Silesia, the beginning of a very cold winter 1981. After a series of entrapments by the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tension
Plot: labor union, idealism, fighting the system, society, undercover, hopes, government agency, friendship, politics, martial law, communism, conflict ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: poland
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55%
An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, biting ...
Plot: idealism, teenage life, rebelliousness, fighting the system, hopes, youth, politics, actor's life, political unrest, parents and children, adolescence, society ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1968
Place: czechoslovakia, europe, prague, czech republic
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55%
What the Eye Doesn't See (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: politics, state affairs, society, dishonesty, political corruption, murder, political unrest, government, dictatorship, dictator, manipulation, multiple storylines ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: peru, latin america
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51%
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Salvador (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
Style: rough, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: anarchist, dictatorship, death penalty, legal, against humanity, legal investigation, politics, rebellion, missing person, demonstration, fighting the system, journalism ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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If Not Us, Who? (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic
Plot: terrorism, fighting the system, sexuality, activism, love affair, rebellion, unlikely couple, danger, politics, society, rebelliousness, raf ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany
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Tar Angel (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: computer virus, muslim, family relations, rebelliousness, rebellion, uncover truth, society, life is a bitch, on the run, youth, parents and children, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: algeria, canada, quebec
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Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the 1930s political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the 'Red Scare'.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: society, rebellion, anti communism, fighting the system, deportation, idealism, rebelliousness, human spirit, priest, social relations, injustice, dance school ...
Time: 1930s, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: ireland, new york
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Baader (2002)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.
Style: realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, gang, danger, rebellion, social decay, state affairs, confined, fighting the system, rebelliousness, working class, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place: germany, west germany
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Punjab 1984 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 159 min.
Story: This is the story of a mother and her missing son set in the backdrop of 1984 Punjab, when the state was going through a terrible time of terrorism. The film depicts the longing of a mother for her son and her search for her son, who is labelled a ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: punjabi, parents and children, missing person, loss of son, rivalry, disorder, state affairs, atrocity, loss of child, family relations, village, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: india, asia
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Killing Jesus (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry were subject to seismic social and political events that led to his execution and changed the world forever.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, biblical, psychological ...
Plot: religion, jesus christ, fighting the system, hopes, rebellion, society, rise and fall, idealism, bible, life is a bitch, self sacrifice, biopic ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic
Place: holy land
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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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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
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One Hundred Steps (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of Peppino Impastato, a political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. One hundred steps was the number of steps it took to get from the Impastato house to the house of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, rough, political ...
Plot: assassination, radio, gangster, fighting the system, rebelliousness, political activist, dishonesty, idealism, society, rebellion, media, painting ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, corsica, sicily, europe
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36%
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Orange Honey (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Andalusia in the fifties. Enrique and Carmen just meet and fall deeply in love. Carmen gets him to stay in military service in a court of the city. Enrique, in view of the injustices he witnesses every day, realizes that to change the course of ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: soldier, against the rules, rebelliousness, moral dilemma, rebellion, fighting the system, life turned upside down, injustice, society, life is a bitch, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: spain, andalusia
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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
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Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
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35%
Sex, Drugs & Taxation (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Maybe the best thing to come out of Scandinavia during the hippie years was, in fact, the story of a radical libertarian and a hedonist capitalist. Their friendship, forged by being outsiders in a conformist country, took them through years of ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous, offbeat
Plot: womanizer, friendship, rebelliousness, society, fighting the system, workplace, odd couple, sexual relations, biopic, hippie, politics, male pubic hair ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: denmark, europe
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35%
Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
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, psychological, humorous, tense ...
Plot: fighting the system, politics, ambition, rivalry, labor union, rebelliousness, idealism, disorder, righting the wronged, against the odds, biopic, revolution ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: poland, warsaw poland
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34%
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Cesar Chavez (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot: rebellion, fighting the system, civil rights, working class, idealism, leadership, hopes, social relations, society, life is a bitch, labor union, union ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 70s
Place: usa, yuma arizona, california, arizona
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Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A female talk show host in Cairo, Egypt, stirs up a political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, tense, islamic ...
Plot: journalism, politics, injustice, hopes, introspection, dentist, media, rebelliousness, state affairs, idealism, couple relations, political corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, egypt, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. ...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot: jazz, human spirit, showbiz, politics, unfulfillment, couples, political unrest, musician's life, relationship vs career, revolution, family problems, society ...
Place: usa, cuba, latin america
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