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The Strawberry Statement (1970)
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The Strawberry Statement (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Simon (Bruce Davison), a student at a fictional university in San Francisco (based on San Francisco State College) is indifferent to the student protests around him, until walking in on a naked woman (Kristina Holland) in his dormitory roommate's bed. While she quickly runs over to the toilets to dress, Simon protests to his roommate that their time should only be devoted to studying, so they can get good jobs and lots of money. Coming back clothed, the woman refuses setting another date with the roommate because she'll be busy protesting. She explains the university's plan to construct a gymnasium in an African-American neighborhood, thus causing conflict with the local African American population. She tells him that she and others plan to take over one of the university's buildings.
Style: political, social, serious, realistic, cult film
Plot: hippie, counterculture, vietnam war, chaos, university, feminism, underground, anarchist, anarchy, commune, liberal, marxist, college, tyranny, police brutality, social issues, student protest, youth, politics, human spirit, life is a bitch, rebellion, journalism, revolution, injustice ...
Time: year 1970, 60s
Place: san francisco

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, independent film and political films with plots about society, politics, rebellion, female nudity, state affairs, political unrest and fighting the system mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Strawberry Statement: Getting Straight (1970), The Unidentified (2008), The Revolutionary (1970), Born in 68 (2008), The Painting (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Getting Straight (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot: vietnam war, hippie, counterculture, college, anti war, swing, interracial, revolution, african american, university, teacher, student ...
Time: 60s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Unidentified (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: At once gritty and whimsical, The Unidentified follow Estlin, a passionate young journalist scraping by in New York City. As his frustration with his entry-level job at a local newspaper peaks, his disgruntled best friend, Brooke, leaves Brooklyn ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, political, independent film
Plot: journalism, politics, hopes, society, best friend, love and romance, fall in love, college, flapper, love, breakup, idealism ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 2000s, september 11 2001
Place: new york, ohio, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Revolutionary (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "A", a member of a student protest organization, becomes disenchanted by his group's inability to effect real change. Emboldened to pursue more radical methods by the older, experienced leftist organizer Despard, "A" ...
Style: political, independent film, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: strike, labor, liberal, union, college, labor union, counterculture, student protest, terrorism, socialism, injustice, courtroom ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Born in 68 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: gay, utopia, family relations, rebelliousness, friendship, lovers, society, against the rules, hopes, fighting the system, idealism, rebellion ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Painting (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and ...
Style: serious, realistic, romantic, touching, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, political unrest, rebelliousness, interracial relations, love affair, fall in love, military, self discovery, hopes, society, love and romance, human spirit ...
Time: 60s
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The F Word (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 million in indecency fines, and popular radio personality Joe Pace (Josh Hamilton) isn't going down ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, political
Plot: politics, radio dj, fighting the system, republican, injustice, hopes, idealism, chaos, state affairs, protest, campaign, media ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Summer Palace (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, France
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, touching, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: true love, rebelliousness, idealism, political unrest, college life, road not taken, social differences, longing, life is a bitch, society, politics, youth ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, germany, europe, asia, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the ...
Style: road movie, surreal, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: hippie, desert, counterculture, on the road, sex orgy, rebellion, politics, materialism, love and romance, rebelliousness, twentysomething life, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1970, 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, italy, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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WUSA (1970)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds ...
Style: political, contemplative, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: radio station, corruption, unhappy ending, fascism, corporation, oppression, stoner, corrupt, politics, assassination, prostitute, racism ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 419
Katherine (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life. Written by Miguel Cane
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: swing, vietnam war, girl, revolution, rebellion, politics, teenage life, militant, political unrest, state affairs, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 60s, year 1970, year 1967, year 1968, year 1969 ...
Place: san francisco, peru, guatemala
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Regular Lovers (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 183 min.
Story: 1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about ...
Style: realistic, serious, black and white, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot: coming of age, idealism, politics, love triangle, political corruption, chaos and mayhem, love affair, injustice, twins, couple relations, hopes, sexual relations ...
Time: year 1968, 20th century, year 2005, 60s, year 1969
Place: france, paris france, europe, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Medium Cool (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: John Cassellis is the toughtest TV-news-reporter around. He becomes an expert in reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting them look at his tapes to find suspects. When he ...
Style: independent film, political, cult classic, cynical, disturbing ...
Plot: journalism, politics, hippie, bare chested male, counterculture, photographer, vietnam war, journalist, culture clash, american politics, american history, photograph ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1968, 20th century
Place: chicago, washington d.c., usa, west virginia, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Lost City (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ...
Style: captivating, touching, stylized, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: politics, revolution, nightclub, idealism, cuban revolution, fidel castro, immigrant, love and romance, dictatorship, family problems, chaos, political unrest ...
Time: year 2005, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Something in the Air (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, political, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: anarchist, coming of age, politics, teenage life, self discovery, fighting the system, rebellion, society, youth, working class, counterculture, riot ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1968, year 1971, 60s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Edukators (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Style: political, philosophical, psychological, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rebelliousness, rebellion, debt, rebel, politics, boyfriend, friends, kidnapping, revolution, vandalism, fighting the system, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 1968, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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This Revolution (2005)
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 ...
Style: clever, disturbing, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot: conspiracy, politics, idealism, anarchist, life is a bitch, fighting the system, dishonesty, society, rebelliousness, rebellion, revolution, injustice ...
Time: september 11 2001
Place: iraq, afghanistan, new york, usa, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Dreamers (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Style: sexy, erotic, disturbing, sexual, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: incest, sexuality, protest, rebellion, couples, youth, sex, love triangle, nudity, friends, brother sister incest, sexual relations ...
Time: 60s, year 1968, year 2003, near future, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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First Love (1977)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Golden-haired college soccer player William Katt falls hard for campus beauty Susan Dey, despite the fact that she's the mistress of an older, married attorney.
Style: realistic, serious, sexual, touching
Plot: love, love triangle, college, male nudity, bare breasts, lust, lawyer, soccer, mistress, nudity, college life, school ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
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.
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: vietnam war, lottery, friendship, anti war, college, politics, coming of age, teenage life, fighting the system, rebelliousness, kids in trouble, campaign ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 60s, year 1971
Place: vietnam, ohio, usa, asia, cambodia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Steal This Movie (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
Style: stylized, melancholic, talky, serious, captivating ...
Plot: politics, fighting the system, justice, conspiracy, depression, biopic, revolution, mental illness, injustice, conspiracy theory, on the run, drug abuse ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1968
Place: new york, usa, chicago, manhattan new york city, pentagon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Foxfire (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Style: teen, touching, realistic, sincere, spectacular ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, teacher, feminism, teenage girl, lesbian, girl gang, high school, youth, rebellion, lesbianism, attempted rape, sexual harassment ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Red Rose (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Iran, Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A politically complacent middle-aged man and a young pro-democracy activist debate about the future of their country while hiding from the police, in this fascinating drama that blends scripted scenes with on-the-ground footage from Iran’s 2009 ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: political unrest, idealism, politics, life is a bitch, society, state affairs, husband wife relationship, violence, propaganda, extramarital affair, female nudity, cigarette smoking ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up ...
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
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Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Panther (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some ...
Style: political, controversial, disturbing, hood, philosophical ...
Plot: black panthers, hip hop, racism, black, african american, conspiracy, revolution, politics, marxist, drug, civil rights movement, civil rights ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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R.P.M. (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of campus activism in the late 1960s. Radical students take over the college, the president resigns, ...
Style: political
Plot: counterculture, juvenile delinquent, hippie, revolution, college, sexploitation, sociologist, sociology, protest, female nudity
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: At fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1962 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this movie deals with the concept of free love during the height of the sexual revolution which took ...
Style: independent film, erotic, controversial, serious, realistic ...
Plot: college, experiment, sexuality, loss of virginity, polyamory, sex therapy, campus, education, skinny dipping, virgin, group therapy, yoga ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Black Tulip (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, islamic ...
Plot: rebellion, against the rules, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, hopes, danger, state affairs, human spirit, injustice, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.8
 2K
Big Sur (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.
Style: realistic, sincere, captivating, serious, independent film
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Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Night Catches Us (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. ...
Style: uplifting, serious, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: injustice, social relations, homecoming, social differences, haunted by the past, political unrest, society, working class, teenage life, corrupt law enforcer, black, black history ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
John and Mary (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
Style: talky, serious, psychological, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: one night stand, couples, lifestyle, love affair, female nudity, love, commitment, couple relations, love and romance, sexual relations, urban, singleness ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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