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Johnny Greyeyes (2000)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Johnny GreyEyes is a girl from an injun family. Since her childhood she was abused by her father and one day she killed him. She was arrested and convicted by the court to a long term in local prison. Where she finds the woman, another inmate, who became for her and her family and her first love.
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, realistic, romantic drama, tense
Plot:
lesbian, women in prison, female protagonist, female bonding, trauma, domestic abuse, murder, lesbian relationship, family conflict, oppression, dark past, identity, social issues, survival, first love, isolation, healing, crime and punishment, redemption, small town, coming of age, courtroom drama, native, woman woman relationship, forgiveness ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, american
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Most similar movies to Johnny Greyeyes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, realistic, tense and melancholic films with plots about redemption, isolation, small town, coming of age, female protagonist, identity and trauma mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Johnny Greyeyes: Imprisoned (2015), The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993), Finding Jenua (2011), Women's Prison (2002), The night of the brother (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica, Colombia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate.
Style:
emotional, psychological, tense, intense, realistic
Plot:
prisoner, family drama, prison, family conflict, confined, young girl, secret relationship, taboo, prison life, moral dilemma, female protagonist, empathy ...
Place:
costa rica
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic abuse, female protagonist, survivor, prison life, wrongful imprisonment, psychological trauma, legal battle, biopic, courtroom, escape, survival, female empowerment ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The film is about a young woman (Gayle James) running away from her past and moves in with a woman (Leigh Rose) who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and she believes is her grand-daughter.
Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Spanning 18 years in an Iranian women's prison, this follows two women: the new prison warden, a tough as nails devout Muslim who has served in the army on the Iraqi front, and a young midwife, Mitra, who is serving her sentence for killing her ...
Style:
islamic, emotional, bleak, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
women's prison, prison, survival, midwife, abuse, warden, mother and daughter, religion, punishment, redemption, oppression, bombing ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Night of the brother ("La Noche del Hermano") is a chiaroscuro tale in which the characters' not always explicit feelings cover the gamut from darkness to light through the thin line between love and fear. Because the events of ...
Style:
intense, grim, art house, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
family drama, trauma, family secret, fear, guilt, slow burn, realism, symbolism, regret, small town, isolation, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, historical drama, period piece, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, domestic violence, murder trial, marital abuse, true crime, death sentence, biopic, family drama, empathy, social realism, moral ambiguity, poverty ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, melancholic, tense, intense
Plot:
trauma, domestic abuse, father daughter conflict, haunting, survivor, female protagonist, secret past, character study, memory, repression, realism, identity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, survival, moral dilemma, violence, sexism, corruption, isolation, law and order, realism, urban, redemption ...
Time:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
60%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A mother deals with the violent murder of her daughter.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
quebec
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Georgia Benfield's, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspense, serious, touching, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison, hopes, mother daughter relationship, starting over, haunted by the past, family relations, adoption, murder, criminal heroes, drug dealing, strong female character, ex convict ...
Time:
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Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
55%
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, emotional, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
colorado
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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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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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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