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Chicogrande (2010)
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Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.
Style:
sincere, rough, serious, captivating, epic, realistic
Plot:
revolution, manhunt, military, rebellion, on the run, rebelliousness, idealism, heroes, obsessive quest, political unrest, escapades, state affairs, freedom, courage, horse, soldier, earth, photograph, loyalty, sacrifice, mexican, wind, evil man, anger, countryside ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and epic films with plots about state affairs, political unrest, military, rebellion, soldier, heroes and battles mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Chicogrande: The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali (2007), Under Fire (1983), Tula: The Revolt (2013), Che: Part Two (2008), April Captains (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, epic, stylized
Plot:
rebellion, battles, military, fighting the system, rebelliousness, political unrest, wartime life, religions or cults, injustice, civil war, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 20s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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95%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
rebellion, rebelliousness, political unrest, revolution, danger, state affairs, occupation, resistance, tough heroes, ex military, adventure, heroes ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey
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63%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
photojournalist, revolution, journalism, idealism, politics, political unrest, military, media, rebelliousness, anti war, society, rebellion ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
nicaragua, latin america, central america, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
'Tula, The Revolt' is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
rebellion, island, fighting the system, leadership, heroes, rebelliousness, peaceful mission, injustice, interracial relations, political unrest, revolution, society ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. ...
Style:
epic, atmospheric, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
revolution, communism, dictatorship, leadership, military, idealism, sacrifice, hopes, life is a bitch, downfall, folk hero, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1960s, year 1967, year 1966
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bolivia, latin america, cuba, south america
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
revolution, rebellion, dictatorship, family relations, politics, state affairs, military coup, siblings relations, rebelliousness, political unrest, society, militant ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
portugal, africa, angola
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61%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The Founding of a Republic is a Chinese historical film commissioned by China's film regulator and made by the state-owned China Film Group (CFG) to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The film retells the tale of ...
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captivating, serious, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, state affairs, military, assassination, revolution, political unrest, heroes, ambition, battles, historical event, media, communist party ...
Place:
china, taiwan, beijing china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon, he furiously orders ...
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Plot:
manhunt, napoleonic wars, soldier, rebellion, adventure, on the run, vengeance, folk hero, military, rivalry, escapades, rebelliousness ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
spain, europe, catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a ...
Style:
exciting, epic, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
soldier, battles, revolution, brutality, leadership, rebellion, danger, political unrest, combat, sword, heroes, gunfight ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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epic, thought provoking, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
revolution, cuban revolution, communism, execution, dictatorship, idealism, fighting the system, leadership, state affairs, freedom, political unrest, military ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 60s, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
cuba, latin america, new york, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, friendship, massacre, culture clash, anti heroes, anti hero, chase, chaos, chaos and mayhem, danger, adventure, odd couple ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's ...
Style:
emotional, epic, serious, realistic
Plot:
military, anarchist, nun, war, against humanity, state affairs, fighting the system, on the run, fascism, revolution, chaos, strong female presence ...
Time:
30s, 1930s
Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
revolution, chaos, leadership, folk hero, political unrest, rebelliousness, idealism, injustice, military, rebellion, society, revolutionary ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba, bolivia, latin america, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
Style:
bleak, rough, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, electric torture, soldier, life is a bitch, escapades, war, captivity, rebelliousness, prison life, danger, heroes, espionage ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Poland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Style:
epic, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
battles, rebelliousness, leadership, heroes, cossack, political unrest, society, sword fight, parent child relationship, state affairs, father son relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
ukraine, poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
british colonial, politics, adventure, battles, superior officer, un, revolution, disobey, power relations, introspection, idealism, state affairs ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his ...
Style:
epic, emotional, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
rebellion, betrayal, militant, military life, rebelliousness, fighting the system, leadership, rivalry, intrigue, state affairs, society, military ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s
Place:
india, asia, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
friendship, military, rebellion, danger, politics, state affairs, rivalry, battles, political unrest, wartime life, rebelliousness, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
israel, holy land, palestine, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) invites studios to shoot his actual battles against PorfÃrio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, surreal, factual
Plot:
mexican revolution, filmmaking, film within a film, obsessive quest, state affairs, adventure, battle zone, rebelliousness, campaign, battles, violence, battle ...
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Plot:
military, rebellion, love affair, rebelliousness, fight for supremacy, rivalry, love and romance, society, state affairs, battles, political unrest, fall in love ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey, constantinople
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, epic, emotional, captivating ...
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battles, wilderness, genocide, soldier, american civil war, weakness, heroes, politics, military, against humanity, americana, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
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43%
Genre: War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing ...
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epic, rough, exciting, captivating, serious ...
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boys' night
Plot:
revolution, gunrunner, power struggle, resistance, mexican revolution, maverick, war, lone wolves, military, rebellion, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, texas, latin america
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, captivity, military life, confined, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, battles, anti war, wartime life ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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42%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
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boys' night
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, epic
Plot:
battles, conquering, war, wartime life, state affairs, politics, heroes, military, political unrest, sword fight, royal family, obsessive quest ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
russia, poland, europe, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, factual, serious ...
Plot:
battles, military, against the odds, rivalry, soldier, ambition, liberation, freedom fighter, danger, army, love and romance, love affair ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.
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exciting, realistic, serious, tense, gloomy ...
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military, heroes, battles, heroic mission, military life, against the odds, rebellion, rebelliousness, state affairs, danger, war, revolution ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, epic, bleak
Plot:
rebellion, rebel, life is a bitch, society, political unrest, rebelliousness, religions or cults, state affairs, tragic event, christianity, war, swede ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, norway
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38%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Kazakhstan, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.
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serious, exciting, rough, epic
Plot:
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Time:
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kazakhstan, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
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exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
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rebellion, revolution, political unrest, terrorism, idealism, soldier, danger, daring rescue, military, state affairs, media, society ...
Time:
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Place:
romania, europe
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