Movies like Born in Flames
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Born in Flames (1983)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
feminist film, political, experimental, indie film, sincere, thought provoking, bleak, futuristic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminist, lesbian, feminism, revolution, anarchism, gender, racism, sexual harassment, socialist, police brutality, radical, chaos, satire, militant, working class, utopia, anarchist, lgbtq, distopia, apocalypse, gay, strong female lead, women, woman, blaxploitation ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, united states, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, thought provoking and semi serious films with plots about society, politics, distopia, nude, satire, fighting the system and rebellion mostly in Drama, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Born in Flames: The Watermelon Woman (1996), The Second Civil War (1997), Free the Nipple (2013), Do the Right Thing (1989), V for Vendetta (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated to black actresses during that period. This was ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous, feminist film ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, gay, african american, black lgbt, gender, black history, women of color, anarchist, anti racism, blaxploitation ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
philadelphia
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news ...
Style:
cynical, biting, futuristic, witty, humorous ...
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satire, politics, journalism, illegal immigration, civil war, translator, gang violence, weakness, chaos, campaign, disorder, dark humor ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
idaho, usa, middle east, pakistan, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An army of passionate women launch a revolution to "Free the Nipple" and decriminalize the female body. Based on a true story, this mass movement of topless women, armed with First Amendment lawyers, graffiti installations and national ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, humorous, semi serious, light
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
revolution, battle of the sexes, society, rebelliousness, rebellion, fighting the system, against the rules, journalist, female protagonist, lgbt, art, gender ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.
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surreal, apocalyptic, experimental, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, pregnancy, disaster, utopia, hippie, end of the world, counterculture, distopia, rock, satire, cheerleader ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, future
Place:
austin texas, texas, new mexico, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style:
controversial, talky, realistic, stylized, intense ...
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police brutality, pizzeria, hip hop, racism, pizza, prejudice, african american, gangsters, culture clash, racial slur, summer, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
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new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa
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75%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, stylized, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
distopia, revolution, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, freedom, society, vigilante, superhero, rebellion, vigilantism, mysterious character ...
Time:
future, near future, 2020s
Place:
london, england, britain, big ben london, europe
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74%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
economics, future dystopia, life is a bitch, human nature, dishonesty, rebelliousness, fighting the system, idealism, human spirit, ambition, rebellion, hopes ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style:
inspirational, touching, factual, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
working class, revolution, gender, politics, discrimination, women, fighting the system, workplace, idealism, protest, injustice, underdog ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1966, year 1970 ...
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna is coming out. But not as gay as a revolutionary. Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a rockin love song to the heady rush of sex, freedom and rebellion that happens when an everyday girl discovers her own strength and the righteous indignation ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, feminist film, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, cheerleader, lesbian sex, lgbtq, gender, lgbt, feminism, breakup, coming out, fall in love, gays and lesbians, couples ...
Time:
year 1984, year 1948
Place:
mississippi, virginia, bahamas, sacramento california, california ...
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69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. When people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he's forced to examine his life. Taking ...
Style:
surreal, melancholic, enigmatic, not serious, futuristic ...
Plot:
self discovery, workplace, distopia, existentialism, loneliness, dreams, life philosophy, estrangement, society, future dystopia, satire, alone in the world ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic
Plot:
female objectification, asexual, women, distopia, sorority, class differences, society, rivalry, impregnation, fate of humanity, humanity, struggle for survival ...
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68%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's "New Copenhagen Criteria", a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the criteria - those who have received more from ...
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realistic, humorous, semi serious, thought provoking, suspenseful
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fighting the system, against the rules, confined, law enforcement, political corruption, social decay, dishonesty, dark humor, life is a bitch, injustice, prison, captivity ...
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67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three women join a militant feminist group, P.I.G. (Politically Involved Girls), but their newfound liberation doesn't make them any happier.
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realistic, humorous, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, love and romance, crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, best friends, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, gender, rivalry, womanizer, transvestite, lgbtq ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants. Faced with the primitivism and a lack of morale, their revolution fails and the girl ...
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sexy, realistic, semi serious, biting, sexual ...
Plot:
revolution, protest, revolutionary, politics, feminism, suspense, sexual content, coming of age, society, rebellion, state affairs, youth ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch as the madam manipulates her "girls". Watch as she ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, talky, tense ...
Plot:
prostitute, prostitution, oral sex, feminist, brothel, lesbian sex, sex, women, lesbian, girl, dominatrix, nude ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some ...
Style:
political, controversial, disturbing, entertaining, brutal ...
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racism, african american, black panthers, conspiracy, revolution, politics, marxist, violence, civil rights, civil rights movement, drugs, islam ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
california, vietnam, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, ...
Style:
psychotronic, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
distopia, injustice, pregnancy, future dystopia, fascism, social decay, legal, life is a bitch, state affairs, against the rules, society, legal action ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s
Place:
usa, new york state, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
10 Film makers made 10 Separate stories about the "25January " revolution in Egypt and the Egyptian people in the revolution and the protests against the previous President Hosni Mubarak and the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and ...
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serious, touching, thought provoking, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
revolution, rebellion, idealism, society, state affairs, political unrest, chaos, life is a bitch, hopes, nursing, rally, chaos and mayhem
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ...
Style:
witty, political, stylized, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, drug abuse, culture clash, unwanted pregnancy, addiction, pregnancy, politics, female protagonist, moral dilemma, youth, life is a bitch, women ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations ...
Style:
philosophical, exciting, absurd, captivating, thought provoking ...
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distopia, fighting the system, cheerleading, twists and turns, rebellion, ambition, visionary, radical, workplace, rebelliousness, idealism, politics ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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53%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, bleak, atmospheric ...
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distopia, brainwashing, politics, totalitarianism, future dystopia, torture, fascism, surveillance, female nudity, alternate reality, political corruption, society ...
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Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style:
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Plot:
political satire, election campaign, politics, satire, manipulation, political campaign, journalism, conspiracy, republican, senator, ambition, society ...
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Place:
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53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, funny, thought provoking, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
disaster, asteroid, end of the world, meteorite, space, social satire, chaos, save the world, astronaut, apocalypse, politics, natural disaster ...
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washington d.c., usa, north america, america, michigan ...
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52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Vietnam vet John Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwhich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads ...
Style:
funny, surreal, cynical, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
social satire, surrealism, surveillance, voyeurism, peeping tom, manipulation, suspense, couples, obsession, opposites attract, babies and infants, society ...
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Place:
new york, africa, asia, usa, vietnam ...
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51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The third film in a trilogy by writer-director Gregg Araki. Described as "90210 on acid", the film tells the story of a day in the lives of a group of high school kids in Los Angeles and the strange lives they lead.
Style:
surreal, stylized, futuristic, erotic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
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gay, drugs, lgbt, coming of age, youth, gay teenager, social differences, friendship, male nudity, surrealism, teenager, estrangement ...
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply.
Style:
stylized, futuristic, exciting, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
desert, female protagonist, post apocalypse, distopia, future dystopia, tank, female warrior, cyberpunk, female fighter, punk, save the world, women ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 21st century
Place:
australia
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48%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Style:
thought provoking, stylized, serious, philosophical, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
distopia, capitalism, economics, politics, corruption, greed, capitalist, idealism, workplace, human spirit, society, totalitarianism ...
Time:
future, year 2017, year 2016
Place:
usa, new york, russia, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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