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The Wild Dogs (2002)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant city dog-catcher, and Natalie, a lonely Diplomat's wife - each risks losing everything as they become embroiled in the struggles of Bucharest's abandoned children, gypsies, dogs and beggars.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
rich and poor, culture clash, social decay, friendship, family relations, life is a bitch, society, redemption, human nature, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends, misfit, innocence lost, female nudity, photographer, diplomat, beggar, disfigurement, nude model, romani people, denial, stray dog, urban
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, romania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and sincere films with plots about society, life is a bitch, family relations, friendship, urban, human nature and youth mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Wild Dogs: Children of Sarajevo (2012), 3:13 (2014), If Nothing Else Works Out (2008), Letter to the King (2014), Spacked Out (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of Sarajevo ended, writer-director Aida Begic’s follow-up to her 2008 Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize-winning debut Snow tells the story of two orphaned ...
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realistic, thought provoking, bleak, serious, gloomy
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orphan, life is a bitch, society, social decay, youth, siblings relations, friendship, bosnian war, family relations
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped.
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sexual abuse, family relations, social decay, rich and poor, woman in danger, life is a bitch, family problems, city life, urban ghetto life, youth, gender, sexual harassment ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
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realistic, thought provoking, serious, bleak
Plot:
life is a bitch, life turned upside down, unemployment, social misfits, society, misfit, family relations, family problems, homelessness, character change, unfulfillment, disorder ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
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serious, touching, sincere, rough, realistic ...
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friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, human nature, drug abuse, social decay, drug dealing, prostitute, society, unemployment, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In Letter to the King we meet a group of refugees, all with their own agendas, on an excursion to Oslo. A young man about to be deported visits his former employers to collect his off-the-books salary, a martial arts expert is looking for work, a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
refugee, love, revenge, life is a bitch, redemption, society, misfit, dishonesty, human nature, hopes, social misfits, culture clash ...
Time:
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Place:
kurdistan, norway
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Film following four teenage girls around Hong Kong. The story centers around a young girl who is dealing with a pregnancy.
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Plot:
kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, life is a bitch, youth, lifestyle, society, sexual relations, sexual promiscuity, teenage pregnancy, friendship, drugs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and ...
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, homeless, family relations, life is a bitch, youth, society, parents and children, pregnancy, destiny, false accusation, polish ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Drawing inspiration from the death-squad murders of several Gypsy families in Hungary in 2008, director Bence Fliegauf's chilling and unforgettable real-life horror story follows a family whose dreams of emigration and escape are suddenly, ...
Style:
sincere, serious, bleak, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world ...
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realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, kids in trouble, social decay, youth, prostitute, society, sexual abuse, pedophilia, social worker, prostitution, police, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
love triangle, friends, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, friendship, hopes, intern, family relations, love, rivalry, polyamory ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille she slacks her school work, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is ...
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Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
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Country: Peru
Duration: 110 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.
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realistic, atmospheric, touching, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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serious, thought provoking, realistic, tense, bleak ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Time:
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