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Chicogrande (2010)
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Chicogrande (2010)
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, escapades, political unrest, obsessive quest, state affairs, freedom, courage, mexican revolution, biopic, evil man, rural setting, horse, soldier, earth, anger, sacrifice, loyalty, photography ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: mexico, latin america
Keyword: mexican, american

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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, rebellion, political unrest, military, battles, war and heroes mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Chicogrande: Tula: The Revolt (2013), Villa Rides (1968), Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004), Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (2013), The Hanoi Hilton (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
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, realistic, sincere, epic, christian film ...
Plot: catholic, religious persecution, faith, rebellion, civil war, battles, military, chicano, saint, fighting the system, rebelliousness, wartime life ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: mexico, latin america
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Tula: The Revolt (2013)
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: realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental
Plot: rebellion, rebelliousness, heroes, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, revolution, injustice, political unrest, peaceful mission, interracial relations, master and servant ...
Time: 18th century
Place: caribbean
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Villa Rides (1968)
Genre: Drama, 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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, political, retro, euro western, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, medieval, mexican history, fictional history, cowboy, power struggle, maverick, resistance, gunrunner, revolution, biopic, historical figure ...
Time: 19th century
Place: mexico, latin america, texas, sonora
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
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 PorfĂ­rio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith ...
Style: captivating, serious, surreal, realistic, factual ...
Plot: mexican revolution, violence, obsessive quest, campaign, rebelliousness, state affairs, battle zone, battles, battlefield, assassination, murder, medieval ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
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 ...
Style: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (2013)
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: military, battles, against the odds, rivalry, soldier, ambition, war, liberation, army, danger, combat, american history ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: mexico, america, latin america
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The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
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: political, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, military, prison, cannon, conservative, military prison, prison escape, war trauma, electric torture, violent content, profanity, escape ...
Time: year 1987, 20th century
Place: vietnam
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The Battle of Canudos (1997)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 170 min.
Story: The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa's epic, The War At The End Of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo).
Style: political, captivating, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: military, prostitution, reflection, american civil war, battles, family relations, politics, religions or cults, state affairs, heroes, society, unfulfillment ...
Time: 19th century
Place: brazil, latin america
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Guns at Batasi (1964)
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: captivating, thought provoking, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, british empire, revolution, conflict, world war, great war, african, cold war, politics, coup d'etat, colonialism, army ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
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The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 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: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: rebellion, revolution, danger, rebelliousness, state affairs, political unrest, ex military, resistance, tough heroes, occupation, turk, violence ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Che! (1969)
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: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot: revolution, folk hero, political unrest, injustice, society, rebelliousness, idealism, rebellion, military, biopic, cuban revolution, intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969
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1911 (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 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: epic, exciting, cult classic, cute, realistic ...
Plot: soldier, battles, leadership, rebellion, political unrest, danger, qing dynasty, martial arts, chinese history, military, revolution, sword ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: china, asia
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Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 19th century
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Waiting for Heaven (2006)
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: captivating, serious, exciting, realistic, epic
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
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Duration: 102 min.
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Style: emotional, epic, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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April Captains (2000)
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: serious, tense, rough, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: dictatorship, military coup, military, rebellion, coup d'etat, family relations, politics, state affairs, society, rebelliousness, siblings relations, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Spain, France, USA, Germany
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Style: political, inspirational, talky, suspense, factual ...
Plot: revolution, communism, dictatorship, rebel, idealism, biopic, hopes, life is a bitch, downfall, state affairs, heroes, folk hero ...
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The Iron Triangle (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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The Founding of a Republic (2009)
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 ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: politics, medieval, communist party, military, assassination, state affairs, revolution, political unrest, chinese history, ambition, heroes, battles ...
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Under Fire (1983)
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: realistic, political, atmospheric, serious, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: journalism, photojournalist, politics, photographer, idealism, reporter, revolution, journalist, photograph, photography, media, military ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1979
Place: nicaragua, latin america, central america
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Tepepa (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, action adventure, grindhouse, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, revolution, disorder, on the run, state affairs, chases and races, society, vengeance, escapades, rebelliousness, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: year 1969, 1910s, 20th century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Duck, You Sucker (1971)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
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: atmospheric, spaghetti western, intense, epic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, friendship, rape, cowboy, culture clash, redemption, chase, rebellion, cynicism, haunted by the past, two man army, motorcycle ...
Time: 1910s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
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Beyond Friendship (2006)
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, disturbing, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot: rebellion, friendship, military, battles, rivalry, danger, state affairs, rebelliousness, politics, political unrest, wartime life, conflict ...
Time: 1940s
Place: israel, palestine, jerusalem, middle east, greece ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Mexico, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
Style: serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: ambassador, political intrigue, military coup, politics, life is a bitch, political unrest, society, injustice, human spirit, revolution, human rights, diplomacy ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place: chile, latin america
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37%
Nomad: The Warrior (2005)
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.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, epic
Plot: nomad, battles, medieval, heroic mission, folk hero, tragic hero, ambition, political unrest, rise and fall, rivalry, danger, state affairs ...
Time: 18th century, medieval times, 1800s
Place: kazakhstan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Freedomfighters (1996)
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: political, informative, social, sad, serious ...
Plot: spanish civil war, anarchist, anarchism, feminism, civil war, rebellion, revolution, spanish history, radical, international relations, labor, sex ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Behind Enemy Lines (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: spy, state affairs, chases and races, undercover, criminal heroes, heroes, danger, against humanity, war, espionage, military, rebellion ...
Time: 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
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36%
King of the Sands (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Syria
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, epic
Plot: conquering, ruler, rebellion, head of state, against the odds, rebelliousness, rise to the top, battles, state affairs, battle zone, religions or cults, military ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place: saudi arabia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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