Movies like Windhorse
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Windhorse (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Clandestinely filmed on location in Chinese-ruled Tibet (several actors and crew members had their names withheld for fear of reprisal), documentarian Paul Wagner's compelling drama follows three young Tibetans faced with moral dilemmas: a rising pop star asked by her Chinese official boyfriend to sing pro-government songs; her brother, an embittered drunk; and their cousin, a Buddhist nun savagely beaten after shouting anti-Chinese slogans.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
buddhism, chinese, buddhist, politics, murder, buddhist monk, life is a bitch, injustice, society, coming of age, clergy, innocence lost, wartime life, political corruption, dishonesty, state affairs, religions or cults, love, dog, prison, village, rape, mountain, children, money ...
Time:
90s, year 1979, year 1998
Place:
tibet, himalaya, china, asia, nepal
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and emotional films with plots about family relations, society, mother son relationship, father son relationship, death, drinking alcohol and drink mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Windhorse: The Year That Trembled (2002), The Sky Is Falling (2000), Pavilion of Women (2001), This Revolution (2005), Come See the Paradise (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
1943, an estate north of Firenze. The weight of the world is on the shoulders of Penny, who's about 10. An orphan, she must watch over her little sister when they go to live with her aunt and uncle. Penny's a Catholic, and worries about ...
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sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, realistic
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world war two, orphan, parents and children, racism, family life, death in the family, siblings relations, war, opposites attract, cousin cousin relationship, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: China, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
With World War 2 looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, tense
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Time:
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Place:
china, japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jake Cassevetes is a world renowned shooter just back from being embedded during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As a well-paid stringer for the networks, Jake does not buy into the currently vogue, left-wing conspiracy theory of a corporate-controlled ...
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realistic, serious, clever, disturbing, political ...
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conspiracy, politics, idealism, anarchist, injustice, revolution, society, fighting the system, life is a bitch, dishonesty, rebellion, rebelliousness ...
Time:
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Place:
iraq, new york, usa, middle east, manhattan new york city
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82%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Come See The Paradise is a deeply touching love story set against the backdrop of a dramatic and controversial period in American history, It follows the romance and eventual marriage of Jack McGurn (Dennis Quad), a hot blooded Irish American, and a ...
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world war two, interracial romance, forbidden love, love, racism, family relations, war, culture clash, holocaust, marriage, bomb, death ...
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1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1936 ...
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hiroshima japan, ireland, japan, asia, tokyo ...
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Duration: 92 min.
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The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
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nazi, writers, politics, moral dilemma, state affairs, political unrest, wartime life, society, nazi germany, third reich, jewish, holocaust ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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This is the story of a young Irish woman who comes to Spain to escape from the pressures she feels about her impending marriage to a political activist in Ireland. But in Spain in the 1930's, taking a job of governess in a wealthy family, she ...
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infidelity, forbidden love, politics, love triangle, social differences, couples, society, love affair, fall in love, spanish civil war, extramarital affair, war ...
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1930s, year 1936
Place:
spain, europe, ireland, madrid
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75%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
George takes a trip to Vietnam to find his missing son. George's son Bob and Bob's son Patrick accompany George on the trip. George's son, Brendan, has been Missing in Action since the Vietnam War. Julie, an archeologist, joined the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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vietnam, chicago illinois, usa, asia, honolulu hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, UK, Israel, France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 168 min.
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 133 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 127 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Duration: 81 min.
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Duration: 108 min.
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Story:
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