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Up the Junction (1968)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A girl from a rich family in Chelsea is bored and decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea.
Style:
period piece, melancholic, romantic drama, independent film, tragic, cult film
Plot:
abortion, working class, kitchen sink realism, swinger, pregnancy, swing, social realism, class conflict, poverty, moral dilemma, city life, women's issues, friendship, social issues, coming of age, urban decay, railway, post war, pub, british pub, wealth, bare chested male, class differences
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, period piece and emotional films with plots about working class, social realism, poverty, coming of age, friendship, slice of life and desperation mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Up the Junction: The Custodian (1976), Mouth to Mouth (1978), Naples to New York (2024), The Ragman's Daughter (1972), The Lost Generation (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 94 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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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
australia
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Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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