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My Own Country (1998)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After obtaining his medical degree from Madras Medical College, Dr. Abraham Verghese decides to re-locate to Johnson City, Tennessee. He eventually gets married to Rajani, who is an accomplished dancer, and has a boy, Steven. Since Abraham specializes in infectious diseases, he takes special interest in patients suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS), and presents his work at the local gay/lesbian hang-outs and clubs, creating a public awareness of AIDS. Soon he has as many as 82 patients in his care at the local hospital. He gets engrossed in his work to the extent that he starts neglecting his very heavily pregnant wife Rajani, who eventually gives birth to Jacob. She threatens him with marriage counseling, while fearing that her husband may acquire AIDS through contact with his patients, while he himself has to deal with hospital administration who are concerned about funds and resources being utilized on patients who may never recover.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, factual
Plot:
aids, medical, hiv, gay, hospital, terminal illness, small town, lgbtq, love, medicine, gay love, death, physician, doctor, homosexuality, gay relationship, brother sister relationship, homosexual love, american south, husband wife relationship, compassion, prejudice, dedication, gay interest, insecurity ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tennessee, usa, india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about terminal illness, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, family relations, hopes, gender and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like My Own Country: ...First Do No Harm (1997), Silence Like Glass (1989), Pedro (2008), And Then There Was One (1994), Our Sons (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
57%
841
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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52%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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