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Joe Hill (1971)
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Joe Hill (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In the early 1900's, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active in the forbidden union IWW, a union for workers without trades. It is forbidden to demonstrate and to speak in public but Joe gets around that by singing his manifests with the Salvation Army. He manages to get more and more people to get on strike with him but he also makes powerful enemies doing that. Finally he gets connected with a murder and during the trial he fires his lawyer and takes upon himself to become his own defender.
Style: thought provoking, sentimental, bleak, serious, realistic, factual, period drama
Plot: anarchist, poverty, anarchism, strike, business, serial killer, musician, rich, journey, poor, revolution, labor, union, protest, reform, nordic, working class, immigrant, working conditions, love and romance, life is a bitch, rebellion, fighting the system, leadership, impossible love ...
Time: year 1971, 1910s, 1900s, 20th century
Place: utah, usa, new york, california, san diego california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and sincere films with plots about society, biopic, rebellion, life is a bitch, fighting the system, state affairs and politics mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Joe Hill: Cesar Chavez (2014), Salvador (2006), Adalen 31 (1969), Che! (1969), Gideon's Trumpet (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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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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94%
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Adalen 31 (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A 1969 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg. It depicts the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill district of Ådalen, killing five people, including a young ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, sincere, interesting
Plot: nordic, protest, social realism, nudity, labor union, violent content, sexual content, workplace, dishonesty, boss and employee, rebellion, society ...
Time: 1930s, year 1969, year 1931, 20th century
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76%
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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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74%
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Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Style: contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, prison, legal, supreme court, lawyer, criminal justice, law, social change, bureaucracy, false accusation, oldtimer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, florida
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70%
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Priest Daens (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few ...
Style: bleak, sincere, disturbing, gloomy, realistic ...
Plot: religion, revolution, politics, fighting the system, biopic, liberation theology, belgian history, justice, strike, labor, unemployment, corruption ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1890s, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: belgium, europe, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.
Style: political, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: anarchism, anarchist, italian immigrant, death sentence, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, biopic, anarchy, immigrant, courtroom drama, social commentary ...
Time: year 1971, 1920s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
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62%
Act of Vengeance (1986)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Style: contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, union, election, campaign, labor union, murder, miner, workplace situations, ambition, rivalry, state affairs, workplace ...
Time: 80s
Place: west virginia, usa
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62%
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A Matter of Sex (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Drama - Jean Stapleton, Nancy Beatty, J. Winston Carroll
Style: uplifting, thought provoking, sincere, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: labor union, strike, business, bank, discrimination, misogyny, women's rights, banking, injustice, power relations, price of justice, working class ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, year 1978, year 1976, year 1977
Place: minnesota, midwest
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61%
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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56%
Harlan County War (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Style: disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: strike, fighting the system, rebellion, price of justice, against the odds, poverty, legal, society, ambition, life is a bitch, human nature, human spirit ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place: kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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50%
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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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50%
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Malcolm X (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 202 min.
Story: A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style: inspirational, political, factual, intense, stylized ...
Plot: civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, biopic, islam, childhood, society, prison ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: usa, africa, new york, nebraska, indiana ...
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49%
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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44%
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish."
Style: political, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: american politics, politician, royalty, corporation, fascism, assassination, biopic, campaign, rise to the top, society, life is a bitch, media ...
Time: 1930s, 1910s, 1920s
Place: louisiana, usa
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43%
Forever Enthralled (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Style: serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, epic
Plot: opera, lifestyle, tragic love, ambition, performer's life, love and romance, couples, society, unfulfillment, warning, music, gender bending ...
Place: china, asia
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43%
Elvira Madigan (1967)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hedvig Jensen is a famous ropewalker and is known to her public as Elvira Madigan. She meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away, but since Sixten deserted the army, he cannot ...
Style: art house, aesthetic, captivating, stylized, gloomy ...
Plot: nordic, suicide, affair, summer, circus, lovers on the run, awol, runaway, lieutenant, couples, love and romance, destructive relationship ...
Time: year 1967, 19th century, 1880s
Place: eastern europe, denmark
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43%
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Che: Part Two (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story: After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. ...
Style: political, inspirational, talky, suspense, factual ...
Plot: revolution, communism, dictatorship, rebel, idealism, biopic, hopes, life is a bitch, downfall, state affairs, heroes, folk hero ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 60s, year 1966, year 1967
Place: bolivia, cuba, latin america, caribbean, south america
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43%
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The Molly Maguires (1970)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: terrorism, coal mining, fighting the system, injustice, working undercover, society, social decay, legal, rebel, union, sabotage, coal mine ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 1870s
Place: usa, america, pennsylvania
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43%
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, South Africa
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, political, inspirational ...
Plot: prison, civil rights, rebellion, apartheid, biopic, human spirit, racism, prison life, oppression, courage, politics, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 2013, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: south africa, africa
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43%
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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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42%
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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41%
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Style: contemplative, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: biopic, female leader, intrigue, judaism, conflict, politics, jew persecution, historical figure, terminal illness, leadership, state affairs, rise to the top ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: palestine, israel, middle east, usa, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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40%
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Raven's End (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the middle of this film, about the working class in pre-world war II Sweden, is Anders who wishes to become an author. His father who is a notorious dreamer and liar, and his mother, who struggles to keep their family alive.
Style: sincere, touching, gloomy, realistic, serious
Audience: teens
Plot: football, writers, social injustice, nordic, family relations, working class, dysfunctional family, young man, father son relationship, teenage protagonist, aspiring writer, family problems ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place: europe, eastern europe
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39%
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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
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39%
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Che: Part One (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Style: political, intense, talky, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: revolution, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, violence, military, biopic, freedom, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, caribbean, mexico city, new york
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39%
Bound for Glory (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
Style: realistic, road movie, compassionate, talky, period piece ...
Plot: music, biopic, great depression, character study, depression, friendship, artists and showbiz, musician's life, couple relations, love and romance, musician, labor union ...
Time: 1930s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: texas, california, oklahoma, usa, new mexico ...
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38%
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Quiz Show (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.
Style: intellectual, clever, period piece, intense, talky ...
Plot: corruption, advertising, cheating, lawyer, investigation, greed, moral dilemma, television, contests and competitions, idealism, business, media ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c.
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38%
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Rasputin (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
Style: esoteric, mysterious, captivating, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: biopic, czar, royal family, murder, visionary, great war, magical, political intrigue, russian empire, realism, royalty, world war one ...
Time: year 1916, edwardian era
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
36%
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