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Project Nim (2011)
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Project Nim (2011)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.
Style: touching, psychological, sad, heartbreaking, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, light, educational, art house ...
Plot: chimpanzee, human animal relationship, survival, character study, fish out of water, science, experiment gone awry, society, confined, human nature, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, animal training, storytelling, sign language, twists and turns, nature, wildlife, cognitive science, love, ecology, biology, environmentalism, animal, wild animal ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, year 2011, 90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century ...
Place: usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and thought provoking films with plots about society, artists and showbiz, biopic, danger, state affairs, archive footage and family relations mostly in Documentary, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Project Nim: Born in China (2016), Gringo (1985), 24 City (2008), Time Indefinite (1993), The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Born in China (2016)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
Style: nature documentary, educational
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: nature, panda, animal, birth, wild animal, wildlife, monkey, leopard, climate change, climate, rainbow, mountain ...
Time: year 2016
Place: china
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Gringo (1985)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction.
Style: disturbing, controversial, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: drug addiction, drug, heroin, love letter, street kid, realism, society, downfall, misfit, heroes, life is a bitch, drug abuse ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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95%
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (2010)
Genre: Documentary, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the summer of 2005, a package arrived at the Hollywood offices of Highway 61 Entertainment from London with no return address. Inside were two mini-cassette audio tapes dated December 30, 1999 and labeled "The Last Testament of George ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: music band, musician's life, hollywood, dealing with death, artists and showbiz, friends, celebrity culture, dishonesty, the beatles, found footage, haunted by the past, riddles and clues ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, 60s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, england
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86%
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24 City (2008)
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: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, aesthetic ...
Plot: factory, working class, working conditions, introspection, workplace, society, revolution, politics, social differences, childhood memory, fired from the job, media ...
Time: 70s, 50s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Time Indefinite (1993)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed. After ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, touching, offbeat
Plot: biopic, marriage, family problems, family relations, couples, obsession, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, society, family in crisis, filmmaking ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: usa, south carolina, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival ...
Style: melancholic, suspenseful, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot: music, father daughter relationship, musician's life, prodigy, rising to stardom, character study, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, relationship vs career, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 50s
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
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81%
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Peace One Day (2004)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The story of Jeremy Gilley's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to sanction officially a day without conflict; a ceasefire day; a global day of Peace.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, uplifting, spiritual ...
Plot: politics, against the odds, follow your dream, society, state affairs, hopes, obsessive quest, lobbyist, anti war, battles, determination, peace ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: africa
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81%
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Style: psychological, factual, disturbing, suspense, talky ...
Plot: biopic, justice, artist, investigation, judge, betrayal, twists and turns, violence, obsession, tragedy, mentor, greed ...
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: usa, europe, santa monica california
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80%
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Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004)
Genre: Documentary, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understand the unique the incredible beasts that have fascinated people for ages. CGI is used to create the dragons.
Style: serious, computer animated, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: kids
Plot: cave, dragon, scientist, museum, skeleton, good versus evil, heroic mission, save the world, rivalry, imaginary, supernatural ability, danger ...
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80%
Hamilton, One Shot to Broadway (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A story of how a group of mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create ...
Style: educational
Plot: music history, broadway, playwright, theatre play, historical figure
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Fighting for Life (2008)
Genre: Documentary, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Fighting for Life is a very different movie about war and medicine, a real-life "M*A*S*H" for our times about the doctors and nurses fighting on the front lines. The film interweaves stories of military doctors, nurses, and medics who are ...
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Plot: soldier, survival, military life, wartime life, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, society, state affairs, military, danger, homecoming, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore (1994)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A real-life comedy about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas -- with his real-life father and 16-year-old half-brother, plus a crew of two -- in the hopes of proving the existence of God.
Style: mockumentary, independent film, semi serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot: family relations, on the road, filmmaking, introspection, nothing goes right, quibbling, religions or cults, disorder, eccentric family, chaos and mayhem, parents and children, down on your luck ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas
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77%
The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
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, independent film, thought provoking, serious, bleak ...
Plot: ant, natural history, nature, spider, evolution, scientist, animal, save the planet, environmentalism, danger, dangerous animal, save the world ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, future, 70s
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77%
Germany in Autumn (1978)
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: postmodern, political, art house, anthology, semi documentary ...
Plot: terrorism, raf, politics, funeral, society, german history, anarchist, marxist, dispute, autumn, police, television ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: germany, west germany
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76%
The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be ...
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: catholic church, priest, catholicism, christianity, exorcism, catholic priest, religious, supernatural ability, supernatural, danger, teenager, youth ...
Place: italy
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75%
Wonders of the Monsoon (2014)
Genre: Documentary
TV show
Story: The wildlife and cultures of southern Asia have been shaped by one of the greatest phenomena on Earth: the mighty monsoon winds that sweep across this vast region, turning drought into deluge. All life – human and animal – is dominated by this ...
Style: nature documentary, captivating, stylized, realistic, serious
Plot: nature, world spanning, escapades, forces of nature, dangerous animal, natural history, planet earth, earth, animal life
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, cambodia, bangladesh, himalaya, india
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75%
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Speed & Angels (2008)
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: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot: military life, aerial combat, ambition, military, heroes, danger, soldier, follow your dream, officers and cadets, battles, desert, aviation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, nevada
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74%
30 for 30: Soccer Stories (2014)
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story: ESPN Films, creators of the critically-acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, will premiere a new series in April surrounding the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN. 30 for 30: Soccer Stories will include a mix of standalone feature-length and 30-minute-long ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: soccer, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, rising to stardom, sport team, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rise and fall, society, world spanning ...
Time: 20th century
Place: chile
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74%
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: psychology, prison, experiment, human experiment, social experiment, human nature, university, prison escape, teachers and students, character study, student, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 2010s
Place: usa
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74%
Don't be a dick about it (2018)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A hilarious and beautiful portrait of two brothers growing up. The film follows the brothers around for one summer capturing the nuances of pissing each other off.
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, love, childhood, coming of age, teenager, love hate relationship, suburbs, friendship, youth, friends, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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74%
The Fluffy Movie (2014)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Stand-up comic Gabriel Iglesias delights audiences during his sold-out "Unity Through Laughter" tour, which spans more than 400 cities in 23 countries. During his set, Iglesias -- nicknamed "Fluffy" -- pounces on topics like ...
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, not serious, skit ...
Plot: performer's life, society, friends, artists and showbiz, on the road, stand up comedy, talk show, comedian, profanity, cross country, theater, stand up
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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73%
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic ...
Style: mockumentary, serious, cult classic, fake documentary
Plot: interview, uncover truth, filmmaking, showbiz, found footage, behind the scenes, water, crow, ouija board, conspiracy, malfunction, famous ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania
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73%
Louis C.K.: Chewed Up (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star (Lucky Louie) as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male ...
Style: cynical, witty, talky, political, stylized ...
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, society, disorder, politically correct, social problems, physical appearance, lifestyle, couples, gender, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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73%
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Obscene (2007)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch" to publication.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, controversial, experimental
Plot: writer's life, rebelliousness, ambition, rise and fall, society, rebellion, obsession, journalism, lifestyle, fighting the system, politics, maverick ...
Place: chicago
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72%
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Hymn to Love (2009)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Documentary in which nine gay couples of different ages talk about their lives, about the everyday joys and sorrows. Interviews not only in Italy but also in Paris, Berlin and Spain.
Style: lgbt cinema, humorous, captivating, light, tense
Plot: gay couple, family relations, mother daughter relationship, marriage, lesbian interest, gay interest, lesbian mother, gay parent, lesbian couple, children, gay marriage, mother son relationship ...
Place: europe, versailles, paris france, spain, germany ...
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72%
Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits ...
Style: sketch comedy, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, comedy club, talk show, satire, politics, silly humor, disorder, weekend, media satire, state affairs, performer's life, media ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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72%
Can We Live with Robots? (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
Story: As robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) become increasingly prevalent, questions arise around their impact on human relationships. Travelling the world from the UK to Japan and the USA, Akram Khan meets with scientists and their creations of AI ...
Plot: dancer, technology, interview, artificial intelligence, research, scientist, choreographer, robot, british asian
Time: near future
Place: japan, usa
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72%
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.
Plot: skateboard, disneyland, jackass, profanity, male nudity, female nudity, drug use, feces, publishing, defecation, alcohol, pornography ...
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71%
Tigers of the Snow (1997)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: There are only about 300 remaining Siberian Tigers in the wild, restricted to a section of far Eastern Russia, near the coast. Wildlife biologists risk life and limb to track the tiger and research its movements and habits. They sedate the animals ...
Plot: captivity, endangered species, conservation, animal death, tiger, tranquilizer dart
Place: siberia, russia
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70%
Polar Bears: Ice Bear (2013)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Duration: 51 min.
Story: An enthralling look at the Arctic's biggest predator on ice, capturing rarely-seen behavior, and featuring breathtaking cinematography shot over 12 months in the Canadian Arctic.
Plot: bear cub, abandoned, abandonment, family abandonment, abandoned baby, abandoned by mother, bear, polar bear, arctic, killing an animal
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70%
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