Movies like Skin 2008
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Skin (2008)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, contemplative, depressing, serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
forbidden love, racism, interracial relations, human spirit, self discovery, eccentric family, parents and children, love and romance, couples, social differences, society, family problems, social misfits, identity crisis, physical appearance, hopes, civil rights, apartheid, african, black history, dating, curse, mother daughter reunion, strong female lead, women ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1994 ...
Place:
south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa
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Most similar movies to Skin
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, sincere, touching and serious films with plots about biopic, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, society, hopes, father son relationship and drinking mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Skin: Same Kind of Different as Me (2017), The Glass Castle (2017), Goodbye Bafana (2007), Desert Flower (2009), Belle (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sincere, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
marriage, friendship, ku klux klan, christian, homeless, homelessness, family relations, forgiveness, black, faith, love story, troubled marriage ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
texas
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire ...
Style:
sentimental, thought provoking, emotional, sad, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family conflict, funeral, painting, hospital, pride, regret, father daughter relationship, mountain, biopic, female protagonist, writers ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1964, year 1989
Place:
west virginia, nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, utah ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, UK, South Africa, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, political ...
Plot:
apartheid, prison life, racism, racial violence, leadership, interracial relations, politics, freedom fighter, friendship, fighting the system, rebellion, self discovery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Austria, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
supermodel, life is a bitch, immigrant, feminism, injustice, model, fashion, homelessness, un, female protagonist, circumcision, african ...
Time:
year 1997, year 2009, 60s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, indiana, europe, london ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, sentimental, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
racism, slavery, interracial relations, white male black female relationship, high society, social differences, aristocracy, interracial couple, society, hopes, love and romance, biracial ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, georgian era, regency period, victorian era ...
Place:
england, indiana, europe, london, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Kenya, France, South Africa
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
Style:
uplifting, touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
school, teacher, hopes, racism, boy, prisoner of war camp, social relations, human spirit, ex military, fighting the system, society, follow your dream ...
Time:
year 1963, 1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
africa, kenya
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified ...
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, realistic, saga ...
Plot:
racism, interracial sex, post war, couples, starting over, couple relations, culture clash, misfit, hopes, self discovery, bittersweet, racial violence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, jamaica, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, South Africa
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
rebellion, apartheid, prison, prison life, civil rights, political repression, racism, biopic, politics, brutality, human spirit, courage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 2013, 1950s, 80s ...
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, South Africa, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an ...
Style:
tense, political, emotional, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, racism, apartheid, rebellion, fighting the system, civil rights, police brutality, visceral, ethnic conflict, political unrest, social problems ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 2006, year 1991, year 1980 ...
Place:
south africa, africa, angola
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. ...
Style:
romantic drama, costume drama, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
interracial marriage, politics, forbidden love, racism, royal family, interracial romance, marriage, interracial, equality, segregation, law student, marriage proposal ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 2016, year 1947, 50s
Place:
africa, england, south africa, indiana, london ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, period piece, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
civil rights, interracial friendship, human spirit, segregation, african american, reverend, activism, human rights, ku klux klan, racism, black, name calling ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, year 2016, year 2005
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
teenager, father son relationship, memory, death, coming of age, loneliness, reconciliation, family relations, character study, parenthood, life, writers ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2007, 80s, 60s, year 1962 ...
Place:
brighton, london, england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style:
inspirational, unusual plot structure, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Plot:
disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, paralysis, handicapped, medical, painter, poet, art ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1989, 1930s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe, canada
Similarity:
24%
390K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style:
emotional, intense, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, legal, trial, prejudice, court, australian outback, religious persecution, injustice, false accusation, investigation, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
23%
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, mentor, debate, african american, college, teacher, black american, professor, biopic, segregation, discrimination, racial segregation ...
Time:
1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place:
texas, africa, oklahoma, usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, bride and groom, countryside, aborigine, strong female lead, sexism, australian outback, animal cruelty, killing an animal, racism, feminist, profanity ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan, a midwestern housewife who managed to rescue her family from debt by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies.
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, touching, semi serious, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
advertising, contests and competitions, optimism, underdog, adaptation, prize, creativity, courage, eviction, small town, ambition, family problems ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 2005
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, inspirational, touching, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, fighting the system, trial, prison, injustice, false accusation, hopes, court, strong female character, freedom ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2001, year 1989, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
massachusetts, rhode island, usa, boston
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare ...
Style:
touching, sincere, inspirational, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
terminal illness, against the odds, family relations, human spirit, hopes, child illness, death, medical, life is a bitch, cure, disability, family drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1984, year 1983, year 1986 ...
Place:
washington d.c., pittsburgh, edinburgh scotland, london, england ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
TV drama based on Richard Burton's diaries, about his last performance in 1983 with ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor. They meet after several years and he agrees to her suggestion that they star in a stage revival on Broadway of Noel Coward's ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, biopic, love, stage play, passion, art, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style:
sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, ira, injustice, parents and children, youth, family relations, depression, life is a bitch, death, children, rich and poor, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, period piece, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
musician, rape, preacher, abusive husband, concert, showbiz, black history, biopic, blues, celebrity, african american, black ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1950s, year 1960, year 1969 ...
Place:
usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, los angeles, atlanta georgia, detroit ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette ...
Style:
suspense, tense, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
mental patient, mental health, lawyer, female lawyer, female protagonist, opposites attract, female friendship, friendship, psychology, danger, society, escapades ...
Time:
year 1991, year 1985
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
surgery, medical, prejudice, racism, african american, biopic, interracial relations, blacks and whites, surgeon, following a dream, medical research, friendship between men ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
maryland, america, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
20%
123K
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, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
politics, idealism, ambition, activist, state affairs, hopes, political unrest, moral dilemma, society, leadership, feminism, black woman ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, rough ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, lifestyle change, racism, teenage life, strong female lead, mentor, school teacher, bonding, idealism ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1961, year 1999, year 2006 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, long beach california, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
impossible love, coming of age, isolation, family problems, hopes, couples, couple relations, rivalry, love and romance, teenage life, parents and children, youth ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 60s
Place:
australia, melbourne, new zealand
Similarity:
20%
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