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Fires Within (1991)
508
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husband after he is unexpectedly released from a Cuban prison.
Style:
independent film, tense, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot:
political prisoner, prison, forbidden love, love triangle, politics, betrayal, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, prison life, revolution, social differences, society, false accusation, family in crisis, political unrest, idealism, courtroom drama, dishonesty, state affairs, couple relations, immigrant, female nudity, sex scene, wife ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
miami, cuba, usa, latin america, florida
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Most similar movies to Fires Within
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, nude, betrayal, female nudity and violent content mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Fires Within: Iron Maze (1991), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), Missionary (2013), Green (2011), Smoking Nonsmoking (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
790
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amusement park, is found half dead in his mill. Bellboy Barry admits to have done it - in self defense. ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, neo noir, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
amusement park, profanity, infidelity, love affair, unemployment, murder, love triangle, workplace situations, couples, life is a bitch, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, culture clash, wall street, muslim, 9/11, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, civil rights, american dream, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, pakistan, istanbul turkey, usa ...
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
sex scene, stalking, obsession, infidelity, dangerous attraction, danger, parents and children, single parent, couples, love triangle, forbidden love, cheating wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
prison, confined, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, legal, legal action, prison life, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
93%
391
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A New Yorker moves to the country with her boyfriend, where her new friendship causes a problem as her partner also takes an interest in the woman.
Style:
tense, mumblecore, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
jealousy, love triangle, couple relations, couples, suspicion, young couple, women, danger, rivalry, male full rear nudity, coming of age, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, rivalry, dishonesty, jury, evidence, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
sex scene, femme fatale, showbiz, cons and scams, private detective, obsession, down on your luck, love and romance, infidelity, violent content, couples, battles ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
transplant, male pubic hair, doctor, moral dilemma, child illness, parents and children, family problems, society, escapades, couple relations, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A political thriller taking place during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activists are arrested and in the custody of the local sheriff's office. During their stay they are visited by a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, political ...
Plot:
political unrest, state affairs, injustice, rebellion, friendship, society, confined, prison, political activist, arrest, native, indigenous people ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot:
revolution, kidnapping, doctor, rebel, diplomat, political unrest, starting over, politics, alcoholic, male nudity, prostitute, sex scene ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
latin america, paraguay, argentina, south america
Similarity:
88%
511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, murder, terrorist, propaganda ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangster, introspection, working undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Former TV documentary filmmaker Mel Stuart tries to inject an acceptable degree of verisimilitude in Mean Dog Blues. A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey (Gregg Henry) finds himself on a Southern chain gang. Captain ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
prison, escape, female nudity, murder, corruption, forest, false accusation, rape, tough heroes, power relations, injustice, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An African immigrant living illegally in Belgium is desperate to find his own sense of belonging.
Style:
sexy, serious, contemplative, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
society, misfit, life is a bitch, couple relations, job seeking, immigrant, human nature, couples, call girl, blaxploitation, nudity, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, brussels, europe, belgium
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a compassionate teacher helps turn his life around through education and religion. He in turn is inspired to help other troubled youths.
Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
prison, redemption, criminal heroes, prison life, hopes, gang, life is a bitch, biopic, ghetto, foul language, true crime, spiritual awakening ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Through out six different and yet parallel stories that take place during the corrupted goverment during the 90s in Peru, Lombardi tells the moral decomposition that ran through all classes and generations of the peruvian society.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
politics, state affairs, dishonesty, society, murder, political corruption, political unrest, government, dictatorship, dictator, manipulation, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Set in a post-9/11 America, four Americans come together to build a truck bomb and plan to detonate it on a target in the U.S. Highlighting the days leading up to the event.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, conspiracy, politics, bomb, rebellion, danger, society, vengeance, terrorism, state affairs, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
death penalty, prison, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, death sentence, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, taj mahal, california, australia, texas ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, spy, anglo irish relations, freedom, trouble, dishonesty, introspection, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, lovers reunited, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, haunted by the past, love affair, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
florida, new york, usa, miami
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A blind woman finds herself the target of an attacker again after the person originally convicted of her rape is found to be innocent of the crime.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Plot:
blindness, prison life, prison, life is a bitch, injustice, disability, false accusation, woman in danger, criminal's revenge, love, woman with a gun, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life is a bitch, rivalry, dishonesty, human nature, life turned upside down, feud, murder, violent content, nudity, sexual content, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three lives are intricately linked during a New Years Eve “Key Party” for Swingers: A young newlywed is forced into an open relationship by her star-athlete husband and best friend an ill-fated club owner reunites with old friends to realize the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sexy, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
betrayal, infidelity, parents and children, sexual relations, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, father, swingers, jealousy, love triangle, open relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of ...
Style:
political, depressing, serious, realistic, talky ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, pedophilia, law, trial, criminal justice, journalism, politics, gender, pedophile, sex crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tahiti, los angeles, california
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Stefanie Ritter is actually quite happy with her life. When the charming pilot Kai Mertens turns up one day, Stefanie feels that tingling in her stomach again for the first time. For her birthday, he surprises her with a dream vacation in Mexico. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
escape, murder, false accusation, confined, prison life, life is a bitch, frame up, prison, dishonesty, female protagonist, wrongful accusation, prison escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, germany
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto ...
Style:
suspense, serious, thought provoking, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, court, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, parents and children, uncover truth, hopes, family relations, righting the wronged ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alfredo and Susanna are two well-off fifty-year-olds who lead a stimulating cultural life. He is an architect and she is a psychologist; they live in Rome but spend their weekends at their country home in Umbria, where they love to spend their days ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, emotional, erotic
Plot:
idealism, life turned upside down, lifestyle, couples, life is a bitch, social differences, hopes, couple relations, family problems, culture clash, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Movie producer Alan Clay wants to make a movie about Dr. Claire Archer and her amazing life story (she's been 'forced' to kill two men in self defence). Claire falls for Alan, and Alan cannot resist temptation, so now he's hiding ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, serial killer, desire, nudity, woman seduces a man, woman with a gun, meme, best friend, couples, love and romance, betrayal, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
82%
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