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One Dead Indian (2006)
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One Dead Indian (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Stoney Point Natives assemble at Ipperwash Provincial Park for what began as a peaceful protest.
Style: captivating, psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot: indigenous people, native american, police officer, violence, racism, crime investigation, police brutality, innocent person killed, sniper, blood, american indian, riot, protest, courtroom, indigenous, shot in the chest, shot in the leg, shot through a window, first nations
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: canada, ontario canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about indigenous, indigenous people, racism, society, american indian, native american and indians mostly in Drama, History and Western genres. Some movies like One Dead Indian: Where the Spirit Lives (1989), Bones of Crows (2022), Winter in the Blood (2013), 500 Nations (1995), I Will Fight No More Forever (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Where the Spirit Lives (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be ...
Plot: native american, native, kidnapping, genocide, child abuse, indians, american indian, historical event, indigenous people, boarding school, school, culture clash ...
Place: canada
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Bones of Crows (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, period drama
Plot: indigenous people, teenage life, anti racism, teenager, troubled past, social problems, confronting the past, social issues, racism, violence, life is a bitch, world war two ...
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Winter in the Blood (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot Indian, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife has left him, taking with her his prize rifle. He sets out to find her, but what he's really searching ...
Style: contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: native american, introspection, obsessive quest, self discovery, on the road, hung over, indigenous people, native, tribe, american indian, indians, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their ...
Plot: native american, native, indigenous people, indians, american indian, nature, injustice, protest, massacre, mine, u.s. government, voice over narration ...
Time: 60s, 70s
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72%
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500 Nations (1995)
Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 374 min.
TV show
Story: 500 Nations is a documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of ...
Style: profound, informative, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids
Plot: native american, native, conquering, genocide, iroquois tribe, indigenous people, against humanity, archaeology, racism, fictional history, indians, american indian ...
Time: 15th century, 17th century, 19th century, 16th century, 18th century
Place: latin america, montana, usa
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I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile journey across the West and towards Canada. Based on the true story of the westward expansion of the United States and the military force used to ...
Plot: native american, nature, usa history, indigenous people, battlefield, american history, american indian, indians, cavalry, historical figure, government, escape ...
Time: 1870s
Place: canada, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Dance Me Outside (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian Silas Crow is forced to write a personal essay in order to get a much-desired job, he tells the story of ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: native american, native american reservation, native, indigenous people, revenge, friendship, coming of age, indians, american indian, family relations, best friend, interracial relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Saver (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to avoid her mother’s tragic fate, and take care of herself. With Youth Protection nipping at her heels, she lies about her name and age, to get a job as a ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: teenage girl, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenage protagonist, cleaning lady, life is a bitch, orphan, society, millionaire, youth, money, new life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Naturally Native (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three sisters as they attempt to start their own business. Of American Indian ancestry, but adopted by white foster parents as young children, each sister has her own identity ...
Style: independent film
Plot: slice of life, american indian, native, indians, indigenous people, racism, cosmetics, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, native american, indigenous
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59%
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Crazy Horse (1996)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot: native american, native, interracial relations, indigenous people, indians, american indian, injustice, battles, life is a bitch, society, military, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: south dakota
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58%
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 8K
Sami Blood (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ...
Style: harsh, anthropological
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: racism, coming of age, teenage girl, corporal punishment, indigenous people, boarding school, identity, teacher, runaway, nordic, book, humiliation ...
Time: 1930s
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Drunktown's Finest (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous transsexual - search for love and acceptance.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: native american, transsexual, indigenous people, native american reservation, lgbt, social problems, indian reservation, relationship problems, life is a bitch, transgender, women of color, american indian ...
Place: indiana, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Elijah (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story: The story of Elijah Harper.....
Plot: native american, native, ethnicity, native american reservation, racism, indian reservation, racial slur, indigenous, part animation
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51%
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Endgame (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, sincere, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bomb, politics, rebellion, danger, hopes, revolution, siege, unlikely partners, folk hero, leadership, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.3
 2K
Bezos (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos-a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, and turning himself into the richest man in the world.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: business and finance, businessman, business, historical character, corporation, powerful corporation, ambition, lifestyle, historical figure, economist
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Shouting Secrets (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.
Style: realistic, sincere, captivating, serious, independent film ...
Plot: native american, getting home, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, family relations, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, indigenous people, native, american indian, indians, brother sister relationship ...
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49%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Bones of Crows (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Bones of Crows is a psychological drama told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears, as she survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and ...
Style: dramatic, crying, sad, psychological, serious ...
Plot: world war two, indigenous people, violent, american indian, violence, grief, hunger, generation, racism, priest, indians, catholic church ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Style: edutainment, political, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: racism, slavery, african american, american history, civil war, black history, slave, american civil war, blaxploitation, civil rights, black, chase ...
Time: 19th century
Place: america, canada, north carolina
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47%
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Riot (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A look at the 1970s Gay Rights Movement in Australia through the eyes of dedicated activist Lance Gowland. As Lance deals with his sexuality, he must also juggle work, family and relationships.
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, police brutality, gay relationship, gay rights, protest, police officer, lesbian, police, lesbian relationship, gay lead character ...
Time: year 1972, year 1974, year 1978, 70s
Place: sydney australia, australia
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45%
The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, epic, esoteric ...
Plot: rebellion, christianity, rebel, political unrest, society, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, religions or cults, state affairs, tragic event, indigenous people, war ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe
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43%
The War Between Us (1995)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In World War II British Columbia, Canada, a Japanese immigrant family has to endure the racist Canadian policy of being interned and their property confiscated as "enemy aliens". At the same time, a white Canadian family has to deal with ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: world war two, racism, deportation, war, society, wartime life, immigrant, political oppression, ice hockey, suicide by drowning, concentration camp, bathhouse ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style: inspirational, talky, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Heat Wave (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Style: tense, thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: african american, black history, heat wave, black, blaxploitation, american culture, urban setting, racism, journalism, life is a bitch, society, media ...
Time: 60s, year 1965
Place: los angeles, usa, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.9
 1K
Beans (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and ...
Plot: coming of age, mother daughter relationship, woman, politics, young girl, land dispute, woods, showdown, girlhood, driving, grownups, first kiss ...
Time: 90s, year 1990
Place: quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and ...
Style: intense, factual, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: native american, indians, apache, civil war, betrayal, unlikely friendships, prejudice, interracial romance, wilderness, justice, love story, cavalry ...
Time: year 1993, ancient times, 19th century
Place: mexico, arizona, america, latin america, tucson arizona ...
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39%
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Unspeakable (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1980s, AIDS emerged and quickly became an epidemic. Those responsible for public safety failed. People were kept in the dark, afraid to speak out. Ignorance, arrogance, politics and economics all lead to betrayal, to cover-up, to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: aids, scandal, public health, red cross, hiv, hiv positive, father son relationship, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, parents and children, mother son relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.4
 14K
Even the Rain (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western ...
Style: political, talky, visually appealing, tense, harsh ...
Plot: filmmaking, politics, protest, culture clash, society, rebellion, demonstration, prejudice, audition, unlikely friendships, storytelling, mentor ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: bolivia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.5
 2K
Parzania (2005)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Centered around the 2002 massacres in Gujarat, the film tells the story of a happy family that is torn apart by the loss of their son Parzan.
Style: ambiguous ending, captivating, enigmatic, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: racism, injustice, family in danger, boy in peril, religious intolerance, child's point of view, innocence, torture, hallucination, rage, urban, politics ...
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37%
The Time That Remains (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.[Synopsis from the director, courtesy of Cannes Film Festival] : "The Time That Remains" is a semi biographic film, in four historic episodes, about a ...
Style: humorous, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, touching ...
Plot: political unrest, family life, unfulfillment, politics, parents and children, life is a bitch, family relations, wartime life, state affairs, world war two, intrigue, israeli ...
Time: 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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