Movies like The Hellstrom Chronicle
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The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
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Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.
Style:
experimental, thought provoking, bleak, serious, contemplative
Plot:
ant, nature, spider, evolution, cult, animals, scientist, save the world, dangerous animal, save the planet, rise and fall, environmentalism, insect, bee, survivor, phd, danger, animal
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and thought provoking films with plots about society, danger, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes, family problems and environmentalism mostly in Drama, Documentary and Horror genres. Some movies like The Hellstrom Chronicle: China: The Panda Adventure (2001), Germany in Autumn (1978), The Bed You Sleep In (1993), Cinema Verite (2011), Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Experience the world of the magnificent and rare Giant Panda as you travel back in time on an exciting expedition through the breathtaking splendor of 1936 China. Inspired by the true-life story of widowed New York socialite Ruth Harkness, a ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, uplifting, exciting
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
adventurer, environmentalism, extinction, human spirit, panda, conservation, dealing with death, heroes, hopes, escapades, dangerous animal, estate ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
china, new york
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95%
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman ...
Style:
art house, political, semi documentary, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, funeral, society, german history, marxist, anarchist, raf, dispute, autumn, cemetery, television ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, west germany
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93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Times are hard for Northwestern lumber-mill operators like Ray and his wife Jean. Ray and Jean's lives are thrown into chaos when their daughter writes home from college
Style:
experimental, realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental disorder, alienation, family relations, small town, family problems, society, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, domestic disturbance, introspection, human nature, small town life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, lifestyle, family life, showbiz, self fulfillment, privacy invasion, private vs public, american dream, parents and children, americana, tv show, family problems ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
usa, california, paris france, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970's
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
animals, suburbs, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, fighting the system, society, rebellion, family in crisis, breakup, suburban life, unemployment, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
environmentalism, chaos, life is a bitch, workplace, dishonesty, human nature, state affairs, society, political corruption, workplace situations, disaster, businessman ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place:
india
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71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
environmental, biology, farm, contamination, ecology, society, life is a bitch, government agency, hopes, dishonesty, family problems, environmentalism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
factory, working class, introspection, society, workplace, revolution, politics, social differences, architecture, working conditions, childhood memory, fired from the job ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 50s, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
CREMASTER 2 (1999) is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of fetal development during which sexual division begins. In Matthew Barney's abstraction of this ...
Style:
experimental, sexy, serious, gothic, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, bee, avant-garde, mormon, heavy metal culture, modern art, rodeo, nude, graphic violence, psychopath, gender, introspection ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, utah, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lakeside resort comes under attack by a seemingly infinite hoard of flesh-eating ants.
Style:
psychotronic, slasher, natural horror, scary, serious ...
Plot:
ant, disaster, insect, killer animal, investigation, hotel, animal attack, creature feature, villain, suspense, monster, animals ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Inspired by the passion of two young Navy officers, director Peyton Wilson captures Jay and Meagan as they pursue their childhood dream of becoming naval aviators flying the F-14 Tomcat. Shot in epic Hi Definition, the aerial footage and stunning ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting
Plot:
military life, heroes, soldier, ambition, military, follow your dream, officers and cadets, battles, desert, aerial combat, aviation, aerial combats ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nevada, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 450 min.
Story:
A story about victims of summary executions. Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies.
Style:
bleak, psychological, serious, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, haunted by the past, wilderness, survival, life is a bitch, therapy, pimp, prostitute, sex show, social relations, chaos ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her. After uncovering disturbing new ...
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, dating, divorce, feminist, cheating, friendship, starting over, support group, twentysomething life, midlife crisis, infidelity, college ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
790
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:
realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, rebellion, political unrest, immigrants, woman in danger, life is a bitch, society, injustice, chaos, strong female presence, misfit, lawyer ...
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iran, middle east
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57%
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:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, society, introspection, life is a bitch, injustice, social decay, discrimination, small town life, small town, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are trying desperately to adopt a helpless little girl they took in when she was in a foster care program. Clara and Tim Brady are in for the fight of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, adoption, fighting the system, society, life is a bitch, child abuse, foster home, female doctor, doctor, custody battle, eyeglasses, telephone ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress and convolutions of career and economic success shatter him, alienating him from everyone and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, bleak
Plot:
friendship, rise to the top, ambition, dishonesty, intrigue, idealism, rivalry, obsession, society, family relations, love, environmentalism ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, political, realistic
Plot:
vietnam war, fighting the system, human spirit, life is a bitch, society, military, hopes, immigrants, tragic hero, parents and children, political unrest, re-education ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, california, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.
Style:
serious, art house, thought provoking, cerebral, realistic ...
Plot:
actor, aging, theater, cult, time travel, art, strong female lead, city, existentialism, obsessed fan, alcoholic, filmmaking ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 338 min.
Story:
The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation ...
Style:
bleak, serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
village life, forces of nature, isolation, chaos, society, confined, clergy, village, very little dialogue, army, death, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1970, year 1971
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Television drama in which miners spend their Christmas Eve in a collapsed mine.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1951
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Director Eva Sørhaug (Cold Lunch) reveals the rage and violence lurking beneath seemingly tranquil domesticity in her bold and uncompromising sophomore feature.
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, violence spree, domestic disturbance, divorce, domestic violence, graphic violence, breaking point, under the surface, murder, rape, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
Style:
serious, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, animals, nature, youth, rescue, risk, animal life, wilderness, escapades, pets, heroes, survival ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
nuclear threat, elementary school, youth, cold war, panic, bomb shelter, post apocalypse, school, countryside, life is a bitch, society, anti war ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary ...
Style:
disturbing, touching, thought provoking, rough, tense ...
Plot:
orphan, child abuse, rescue, family relations, selflessness, dysfunctional family, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, abuse, love, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann, however, makes the inconvenient discovery that the nature around the village is not so unspoiled. ...
Style:
social, thought provoking, serious, realistic
Plot:
hunting, small town, contamination, cover-up, health, righting the wronged, battles, toxic, social relations, environmentalism, small town life, village life ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood. One of these dogs is Leshia's best friend. ...
Style:
touching, gloomy, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
elderly, wilderness, golden years, life is a bitch, orphan, isolation, forest, survival, nature, post soviet, coming of age, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
civil war, starting over, haunted by the past, social relations, life is a bitch, friendship, family relations, hopes, coming of age, youth, massacre, mountain ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, appalachia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with ...
Style:
thought provoking, mind bending, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
hospital, memory loss, infidelity, disability, dishonesty, life is a bitch, self discovery, vengeance, politics, terrorism, law enforcement, brain damage ...
Time:
70s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A universal story with Latino characters told in an unconventional way (like Forrest Gump and Amadeus) about a man who's trying to keep his hot-headed younger brother from carrying out revenge.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
family relations, siblings relations, family life, dangerous animal, vengeance, flashback, gang, death, police, violence, murder, latin ...
Time:
future
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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