Movies like Barry 2016

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Barry (2016)
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Barry (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.
Style: political
Audience: girls' night
Plot: president, biopic, u.s. president, loneliness, runner, philosopher, real life, inspiration, black, black history, racism, college student, columbia university, student, interracial relations, jealous boyfriend, male objectification, bare chested male, jogging, basketball game, letter writing, netflix
Time: 80s
Place: new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, political and inspirational films with plots about biopic, african american, racism, black, politics, society and black history mostly in Biography, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Barry: The Butler (2013), All the Way (2016), Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981), Baadasssss! (2003), Born Again (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Butler (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style: touching, inspirational, political, emotional, factual ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, black history, butler, african american, injustice, father son relationship, white house, biopic, civil rights movement ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, tennessee, america, indiana ...
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All the Way (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the ...
Style: factual, tense, realistic, talky, intense ...
Plot: politics, racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, african american, biopic, civil rights movement, election, usa president, propaganda, ethnic conflict ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, year 1963
Place: texas, america, vietnam, usa, dallas texas
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69%
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Plot: u.s. president, president, john f. kennedy, biopic, usa history, kennedy family, assassination, usa president, tragic event, miscarriage, senator, tragedy ...
Time: 60s, 1950s
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66%
 7.3
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Baadasssss! (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of ...
Style: sweet, talky, suspense, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Plot: filmmaking, african american, blaxploitation, racism, interracial relations, eccentricity, family drama, prejudice, fighting the system, hollywood, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 2003, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Style: historical drama, postmodern
Plot: president, usa president, u.s. president, american politics, usa history, incest, biopic, winston churchill, marriage of convenience, polio, homelessness, media manipulation ...
Time: 1940s, 1890s, 1900s
Place: pearl harbor, usa, washington d.c., california
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59%
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Born Again (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
Style: independent film
Plot: christian, christianity, biopic, bare chested male, lawyer, prison, faith, prisoner, husband wife relationship, judge, politics, courtroom ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1974, year 1969
Place: washington d.c.
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57%
The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
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: thought provoking, uplifting, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot: african american, civil rights movement, civil rights, racism, racial segregation, black history, fighting the system, civil disobedience, rebellion, social differences, injustice, human spirit ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1955, 1950s
Place: alabama, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking (1976)
Genre: Short, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story: A biography of President Harry S. Truman.
Style: one man show
Plot: president, biopic, one-man show, politics, democratic party, u.s. president
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52%
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Something the Lord Made (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style: emotional, sincere, uplifting, inspirational, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: surgery, medical, racism, prejudice, african american, human spirit, biopic, interracial relations, friendship between men, blacks and whites, patient, surgeon ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: maryland, america, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee
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51%
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Race (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf ...
Style: inspirational, factual, political, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: racism, olympics, track and field, african american, nazi, racial prejudice, nazi germany, running, biopic, racial segregation, athlete, world war two ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, year 1933, 20th century
Place: berlin germany, germany, usa, cleveland ohio, ohio
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49%
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, political, contemplative ...
Plot: kennedy family, politics, introspection, rise to the top, ambition, state affairs, head of state, crumbling marriage, society, relationship vs career, family tradition, family life ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s
Place: cuba, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: teacher, mathematics, high school, education, school, biopic, bullying, dedicated educator, mentor, chicano, civil rights, teenager ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, america, usa
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46%
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Truman (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war ...
Style: political, historical drama, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, president, politics, world war one, usa president, politician, u.s. president, world war, north american history, world history, war, government ...
Time: 1950s, 1920s
Place: asia, usa, japan, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Great Debaters (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Style: inspirational, realistic, touching, political, emotional ...
Plot: racism, teacher, debate, mentor, african american, professor, biopic, segregation, college, discrimination, black american, racial segregation ...
Time: 1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place: texas, africa, oklahoma, harvard university, harlem ...
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43%
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: racism, civil rights, american history, rebel, black, revolutionary, church, racial violence, hopes, rebellion, military, fighting the system ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: america
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43%
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Amistad (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style: touching, emotional, period piece, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, courtroom, court, lawyer, president, legal, ship, idealism, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times, 1840s ...
Place: africa, cuba, america, massachusetts, washington d.c. ...
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42%
The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on a poor black laborer who wanted his six daughters to grow up to be doctors.
Plot: black, blaxploitation, teenager, interracial relations, family relations, patriarch, racism, education, funeral, father daughter relationship, african american, flashback ...
Place: new jersey
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41%
Glory and Honor (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story about Robert Peary's forgotten African American employee Mathew Henson who proved crucial in their race to North Pole.
Plot: winter, snow, arctic, racism, landscape, black history, civil rights, african american, servant, exploration, expedition, black american ...
Time: 1900s
Place: america
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41%
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style: uplifting, sincere, inspirational, realistic, factual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: medical, african american, against the odds, human spirit, neurosurgeon, medicine, surgeon, biopic, ambition, medical school, doctor, rise to the top ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s
Place: cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
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40%
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Jackie (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Style: period piece, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: president, first lady, american history, assassination, kennedy assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, grief, widow, depression, visceral ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, 2010s, 90s, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., austin texas, dallas texas, america ...
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40%
America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: john f. kennedy, usa president, politics, lifestyle, ambition, family relations, parents and children, looking for love, tragic hero, love and romance, state affairs, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
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Basquiat (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first African-American pop artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Alongside the ...
Style: stylized, factual, inspirational, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: art, artist, graffiti, painter, drug abuse, biopic, painting, drug addiction, art history, drug, self destructing, rising to stardom ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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38%
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Men of Honor (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: racism, african american, u.s. navy, courage, military, navy, racial segregation, hopes, human spirit, racial discrimination, diving, dream come true ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 2000, y2k, 60s ...
Place: america, africa, usa, pacific ocean, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Whitney (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: musician's life, music, rising to stardom, desire for fame, ambition, couple relations, fall in love, addiction, celebrity culture, showbiz, price of fame, pop star ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, indiana
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37%
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Happy Death Day (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer's identity.
Style: slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, murderer, college, college student, mystery killer, dying repeatedly, murder, repeated event, masked killer, surprise birthday party, alternate timeline ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: arizona
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100%
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on writer Maya Angelou's childhood, this story is about a young girl in the South who is sent to live with her grandmother after her parents divorce.
Plot: rape, black, sexual abuse, blaxploitation, black lives matter, homeless, writers, poverty, trauma, childhood, racism, voice over narration ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: southern usa, arkansas, st. louis missouri
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36%
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now ...
Style: neo noir, black and white, political, independent film, serious ...
Plot: politics, biopic, intrigue, john f. kennedy, cold war, fbi, president, gangster, society, head of state, gays and lesbians, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s, 1920s, 60s, 1930s, 50s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, los angeles, california, chicago
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36%
 7.5
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Selma (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style: political, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: racism, civil rights, politics, civil rights movement, african american, justice, biopic, racial discrimination, discrimination, idealism, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time: 60s, year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, year 1964 ...
Place: alabama, indiana, usa, southern usa, birmingham alabama ...
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35%
The George McKenna Story (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values.
Style: inspirational
Plot: black, teacher, african american, mentor, blaxploitation, prodigy, black history, child prodigy, mentor protege relationship, drug, family relations, boss ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, los angeles
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35%
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, ...
Style: realistic, intense, hood, lyrical, suspense ...
Audience: manly
Plot: hip hop, racism, music, gangster, rags to riches, ghetto, profanity, rap, rapper, african american, biopic, fighting the system ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 2015, 80s, year 2016 ...
Place: los angeles, california, milwaukee wisconsin, usa, texas ...
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35%
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