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Boycott (2001)
1K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, political, talky
Plot:
civil rights movement, racism, interracial relations, civil rights, politics, hopes, fighting the system, racial prejudice, protest, social activism, human spirit, discrimination, social differences, life is a bitch, journalism, injustice, leadership, society, courtroom drama, political corruption, social decay, state affairs, african american, bus, martin luther king ...
Time:
50s, year 1955
Place:
america, usa, alabama, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and sincere films with plots about racism, society, interracial relations, life is a bitch, injustice, black and african american mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Boycott: Miss Evers' Boys (1997), The Rosa Parks Story (2002), The Marchers (2013), Selma, Lord, Selma (1999), King (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
Style:
political, historical drama, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, african american, black, resistance, civil rights, feminism, medical, women, racial issues, blaxploitation, black man, government ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, year 1932, year 1973
Place:
alabama, america, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice.
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, civil disobedience, african american, civil rights, racial segregation, racism, black history, fighting the system, rebellion, social differences, injustice, legal ...
Time:
year 1955, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
alabama, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, thought provoking, biting ...
Plot:
racism, human spirit, fighting the system, discrimination, cross country, society, life is a bitch, hopes, immigrant, misfit, working class, racial slur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
lyon, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery. ...
Style:
gothic, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial issues, racial discrimination, martin luther king, blaxploitation, black, interracial relations, social decay, discrimination, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
alabama, america, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min.
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Story:
A 1978 TV miniseries about the career of Martin Luther King Jr. from his days as a Baptist minister in Atlanta in the early '50s until his assassination in 1968.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, biopic, african american, martin luther king, racial discrimination, clergy, black, american history, politics, government, rebel ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 70s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
memphis, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In ...
Style:
political, epic, non-linear, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
civil rights, african american, racism, slavery, black, plantation, discrimination, journalism, slave trade, blaxploitation, female protagonist, black history ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1860s, 1940s, 1870s ...
Place:
america, southern usa, louisiana, usa, ohio ...
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38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation. One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal. In telling the detailed story of the ...
Style:
historical drama, contemplative, captivating, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot:
legal, civil rights, courtroom drama, supreme court, racism, lawyer, court, african american, courtroom, law, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
washington d.c., america, usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on - continuing to spread the word of ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, controversial
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, civil rights movement, black, revenge, book, blaxploitation, bookstore, politics, assassination, jazz ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, 60s
Place:
america
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, uplifting, independent film, compassionate ...
Plot:
racism, civil rights, social differences, discrimination, interracial relations, racial segregation, society, youth, life is a bitch, injustice, family life, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s, 70s
Place:
mississippi, america, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, sincere, serious, touching ...
Plot:
racism, racial discrimination, family relations, discrimination, injustice, social differences, parents and children, rich and poor, follow your dream, single parent, couple relations, black ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, america, chicago
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, politics, injustice, culture clash, state affairs, vigilantism, social decay, discrimination, police corruption, african american, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style:
inspirational, talky, thought provoking, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, racism, courtroom, legal investigation, racial discrimination, widow, activist, injustice, life is a bitch, righting the wronged, jury ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, rise to the top, ambition, fighting the system, life is a bitch, rebellion, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
america
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, political, inspirational, contemplative, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial discrimination, black, art, blaxploitation, black history, education, school, interracial relations, injustice ...
Time:
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Place:
america, louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious
Plot:
white male black female relationship, interracial relations, racism, fighting the system, racial prejudice, injustice, discrimination, rebellion, social differences, society, life is a bitch, social decay ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1800s
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
political, factual, inspirational, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, islam, biopic, childhood, black, anti racism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, saudi arabia, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.
Style:
serious, sincere, disturbing, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom, false accusation, racism, interracial relations, discrimination, injustice, human spirit, politics, hopes, society, against the odds, fighting the system ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa, alabama, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration. But, unexpectedly, it's the rookie with the ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
baseball, african american, racism, baseball coach, black, racial issues, blaxploitation, baseball player, black man, hip hop, interracial relations, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947
Place:
usa, new york, birmingham alabama
Similarity:
26%
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240
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
african american, black history, heat wave, blaxploitation, black, urban setting, racism, journalism, life is a bitch, media, society, social decay ...
Time:
60s, year 1965
Place:
los angeles, usa, south central los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Style:
edutainment, political, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, slavery, african american, slave trade, slave, civil war, american civil war, civil rights, black, blaxploitation, american history, underground railroad ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
america, canada, north carolina
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
apartheid, racism, prison, discrimination, house arrest, social change, biopic, righting the wronged, injustice, politics, rebellion, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set at a Southern college during the 1950s, three co-eds (Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen and Phoebe Cates) re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
campus, fraternity, sorority, coming of age, interracial relations, college, racism, injustice, opposites attract, love and romance, journalism, media ...
Time:
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Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Story of the federally-ordered integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
Style:
historical drama, serious, tension, dramatic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the 1940's South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. ...
Style:
powerful, uplifting, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, compassionate, talky, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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473
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Charles Burnett directs this movie about John, a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, uplifting, sentimental ...
Plot:
racism, slave, slave trade, slavery, illiteracy, teaching, plantation, racial discrimination, black slave, american civil war, racial issues, blaxploitation ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
america
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, UK, South Africa, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, political ...
Plot:
apartheid, prison life, racism, racial violence, leadership, interracial relations, politics, freedom fighter, friendship, fighting the system, rebellion, self discovery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot:
old man, black, civil rights, racism, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, fighting the system, legal, society, false arrest, false accusation, interracial relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
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24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Zimbabwe, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, ...
Style:
inspirational, political, cult classic, edutainment, political thriller ...
Plot:
racism, apartheid, politics, journalism, biopic, human rights, civil rights, social injustice, social commentary, black, african, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, introspection, life is a bitch, society, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
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