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Manifesto (2015)
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Manifesto (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An outstanding tribute to various (art) manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth century, ranging from Communism to Dogme, in connection with thirteen different characters, including a homeless man, a factory worker and a corporate CEO, who are all played by Cate Blanchett. A striking humorous audio-visual experience.
Style: art house, psychological, captivating, social, disturbing, philosophical, surreal, visual, avant garde, weird
Plot: art, women, housewife, society, social problems, social issues, multiple storylines, lifestyle, dark humor, cinema, dialogue, new world order, new world, modern art, existentialism, elevator, narration, dog, school, teacher, scientist, doll, homeless, shakespeare, funeral ...
Place: germany, berlin germany
Keyword: german, feminist film, avant-garde

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, disturbing and social films with plots about social problems, society, lifestyle, women, social issues, female protagonist and life is a bitch mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Manifesto: The Mothers of Chico Xavier (2011), Ten Years (2015), A Day for Women (2016), A Rose in Winter (2018), My Happy Family (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Mothers of Chico Xavier (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, mystical
Plot: spiritualism, family problems, lifestyle, social problems, multiple storylines, women, female protagonist, social issues, relationship problems, investigative reporter, medium
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95%
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Ten Years (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Five shorts reveal a fictional Hong Kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and activists face crackdowns under iron-fisted rule.
Style: anthology, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: social problems, lifestyle, social injustice, society, social issues, multiple storylines, slice of life, relationship problems, dialogue, politics, existentialism, prophecy ...
Time: future, near future
Place: hong kong, china
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A Day for Women (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: feminism, social relations, social problems, society, women, introspection, lifestyle, self discovery, swimming, islam, grief
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A Rose in Winter (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint and Martyr, the Patron of Europe with the name Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: holocaust, civil rights, society, lifestyle, jewish woman, civil rights movement, social problems, female protagonist, life is a bitch, women's rights, world war two, journalist ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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My Happy Family (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Audience: date night
Plot: family relations, family problems, lifestyle change, parents and children, changing lives, family life, relationship problems, patriarchy, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, post soviet, problem ...
Time: year 2017
Place: middle east, indiana, tbilisi, georgia
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Spring Awakening (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: social problems, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, couple relations, self discovery, love interest, relationship problems, society, youth, lifestyle, young couple ...
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Until The Birds Return (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings. Three stories that plunge us into ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, anthology
Plot: husband wife relationship, family problems, crush, multiple storylines, family relations, society, frustration, forced marriage, male female relationship, social problems, lifestyle, neurologist ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: algeria, middle east
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Hive (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kosovo, Switzerland, Albania
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, political, social
Plot: small business, mother daughter relationship, entrepreneur, female protagonist, social issues, life is a bitch, widow, social problems, family problems, patriarchy, society, woman ...
Place: kosovo, serbia, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jin (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A bitter conflict has raged between guerrillas and the army in Turkey's Kurdish regions for over 30 years. Large expanses have now become war zones. Countless young people have lost their lives to the conflict. This dangerous but incredibly ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: kurd, society, social problems, social issues, social relations, life is a bitch, partisan, feminist, resistance, lonely, girl, female terrorist ...
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, political
Plot: feminist, domestic violence, indigenous people, life is a bitch, social problems, social misfits, women in society, help, women, pregnant woman, white trash, class society ...
Time: 90s
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Western (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Bulgaria, Austria
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A group of German construction workers set out for a foreign construction site in the Bulgarian province. The strange country awakens adventure feelings among the men. At the same time, they are confronted with their prejudices and mistrust. For two ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, art house, social
Plot: language barrier, poverty, countryside, fight, construction worker, village, water shortage, cultural difference, construction company, racial prejudice, culture clash, social problems ...
Time: year 2017
Place: eastern europe, bulgaria
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48%
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Homemade (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
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Style: anthology, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing
Plot: isolation, social isolation, quarantine, society, social problems, family problems, relationships, locked in, isolated house, epidemic, relationship problems, family relations ...
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47%
 6.3
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One for All (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A substitute teacher takes on a job as a year 6 class teacher in a village he does not know. He has to help a student adjust back into school, although none of his classmates want him there.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, social
Plot: bullying, school, teacher, teacher student relationship, school teacher, adult child friendship, children, schoolboy, high school life, high school teacher, social problems, teachers and students ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.2
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Stop-Zemlia (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, inspirational
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Place: ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.6
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Koepek (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An ordinary day in the megacity of Istanbul: Ten-year-old Cemo sells paper tissues in the streets, Hayat is controlled by her husband and transsexual Ebru sells her body. All three have a secret love and they do everything that satisfies their ...
Style: anthology, suspense, disturbing, psychological, queer cinema
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.0
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This Town (2007)
Genre: Drama
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Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
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Genre: Drama
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My People, My Homeland (2020)
Genre: Drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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In Praise of Love (2001)
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Time: year 2001
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42%
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Genre: Drama
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41%
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Genre: Drama
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Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
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40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Reefa Hernandez Jr, an 18-year-old Colombian immigrant and talented artist spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Frankie before moving to New York City on an art scholarship.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
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40%
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Three Veils (2011)
Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
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Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
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 6.1
 236
Trap (2015)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, weird
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Adopting Audrey (2021)
Genre: Drama
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38%
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Yung (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This film follows four young girls into the vibrant, hedonistic subculture of Berlin. Janaina, 17, earns money by making Internet pornography. Her best friend, Emmy, 18, finds the whole city intoxicating, without realizing that she's getting ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, hot
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Place: berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, sincere
Plot: addiction, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, social relations, social problems, female protagonist, women, alcohol abuse, society, female alcoholic, alcoholic, generation gap ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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