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Sub terra (2003)
391
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1897, in Lota, Chile, in the face of long days, low pay, debts to the company store, unsafe and deadly working conditions, and widespread child labor, men try to establish a miners' association at one of the largest coal mines in the world. They must face Davis, an iron-fisted and murderous supervisor; there's at least one turncoat, willing to inform on their fellow workers; and, there are passions on all sides, including one between Fernando, a leader of the miners, and Virginia, the godchild of the mine's owners. Can the miners win a victory, and at what cost? Baldomero Lillo, a grocery clerk, records it all.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, epic, contemplative, thought provoking
Plot:
rebellion, injustice, fighting the system, working class, rebelliousness, workplace, racism, love and romance, life is a bitch, love affair, society, family business, political unrest, workplace situations, miner, mining, coal mining, mine, school, estate, lovers reunited, state affairs, power relations, tough heroes, coal mine ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
chile
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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, life is a bitch, rebellion, injustice, fighting the system, state affairs and hopes mostly in Drama and History genres. Some movies like Sub terra: Strike (2006), Black August (2007), Harlan County War (2000), 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002), Orange Honey (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIES CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, fighting the system, human spirit, ambition, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, rebelliousness, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking, political
Plot:
prison, racism, solitary, prison life, against the rules, fighting the system, confined, militant, price of justice, injustice, rebelliousness, society ...
Place:
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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, poverty, labor strike, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, price of justice, ambition, legal, society, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, rise to the top, ambition, fighting the system, life is a bitch, rebellion, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
america
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30%
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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:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
soldier, against the rules, rebelliousness, moral dilemma, rebellion, fighting the system, life turned upside down, society, military, dishonesty, legal, state affairs ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Spying on her students, a teacher finds an exciting hobby.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
rebellion, high school life, political unrest, youth, society, workplace, teachers and students, against the rules, social relations, workplace situations, responsibility, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A poor silk weaver promises his wife to dress their newborn daughter in a silk saree for her marriage. Facing systemic oppression and the vicissitudes of his fortune, he struggles to keep his word.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, jail, injustice, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes, political unrest, fighting the system, idealism, revolution, society, village ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Afghanistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, islamic ...
Plot:
hopes, rebellion, fighting the system, against the rules, danger, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, terrorism, state affairs, injustice, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
28%
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899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the fall of 2004, Eric Bertrand, a 14 years , created a website inspired by "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to defend the Catalan language. One night, thirty civil guards of anti-terrorist squad Madrid, burst into his home ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
false accusation, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, youth, dishonesty, society, teenage life, life turned upside down, injustice, computers and web, website ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain, catalonia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, society, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of preventing his son Bryan being left in his first wife's bad custody with he proceeds of his present wife Linda's new job. She's the first graduate in her family and eagerly ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
public health, idealism, uncover truth, rebellion, ambition, fighting the system, against the odds, couples, negligence, family problems, injustice, society ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
injustice, fighting the system, political unrest, couples, society, feminism, state affairs, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, legal action ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, ship, human nature, power relations, injustice, misfit, hopes, human spirit, anarchist, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, social ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, captivating, political
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A woman breaks with traditional Muslim culture by living with her boyfriend before getting married, but when the relationship ends, she must face the harsh consequences of being an outcast in her community.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, contemplative, gloomy ...
Plot:
lovers apart, against the rules, self discovery, rebellion, social decay, love and romance, couple relations, religions or cults, love triangle, society, life is a bitch, couples ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in ...
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, realistic, epic
Plot:
love and romance, love affair, fight for supremacy, rebelliousness, military, rebellion, political unrest, battles, fall in love, society, rivalry, state affairs ...
Time:
medieval times, 17th century
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Liu returns to his native city Shanghai after 50 years spent in Taiwan. He has come to find the first love of his life, Qiao, who he left behind pregnant. In the meantime, Qiao has married and formed a family. But Liu is determined to get the ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
redemption, love affair, lovers reunited, homecoming, soldier, unfulfillment, politics, aging, elderly, hopes, political unrest, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 21st century
Place:
taiwan, china, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, introspection, life is a bitch, society, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
restaurant, workplace romance, interracial relations, fighting the system, workplace, social differences, hopes, love and romance, society, boss and employee, power relations, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, epic, esoteric ...
Plot:
rebellion, christianity, rebel, religions or cults, political unrest, society, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, state affairs, sapmi, indigenous people, tragic event ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
black man white woman relationship, racism, racist, union, black, racial discrimination, factory, interracial relations, family relations, working class, chaos and mayhem, workplace situations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
couples, social differences, starting over, injustice, forceful separation, political corruption, couple relations, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, state affairs, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, north korea, south korea
Similarity:
20%
295
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Francine is released from prison and settles down in a small town. She is unable to regain a foothold in society and turns to animals for comfort.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, captivating, independent film
Plot:
starting over, workplace, workplace situations, hopes, pets, society, working class, small town, antisocial behavior, ex convict, animal lover, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and ...
Style:
political, realistic, tense, bleak, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
renaissance, culture clash, worker, survival, adaptation, polish, construction worker, state affairs, misfit, society, boss and employee, workplace ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
london, poland, eastern europe, england, europe ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut ...
Style:
captivating, serious, atmospheric, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
idealism, fighting the system, self discovery, state affairs, hopes, redemption, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, lifestyle, politics, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, japan, latin america, utah, paris france ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
apartheid, missing person, politics, courtroom drama, state affairs, rivalry, haunted by the past, injustice, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
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Story:
La Patrona is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami and Mexican Argos Comunicación. The telenovela is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela La Dueña, written by José Ignacio ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sentimental, serious, novela ...
Plot:
workplace, love affair, family business, fall in love, working class, betrayal, rivalry, parents and children, vengeance, workplace intrigue, love and romance, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
19%
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