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We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
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We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
Original name: Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol for xenophobia in the just recently reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, retro
Plot: neo nazism, racism, xenophobia, group of friends, neo nazi, skinhead, immigrant, politician, fear, arson, angry mob, society, couples, hate crime, moving, migration, coming of age, ethnicity, beach, male nudity, suicide, single father, hate, father son relationship, loss of job ...
Time: 2010s, year 1992
Place: germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, tense, captivating and psychological films with plots about society, racism, murder, skinhead, neo nazi, life is a bitch and neo nazism mostly in Drama, Crime and History genres. Some movies like We Are Young. We Are Strong.: Hate (1995), Combat Girls (2011), Skinning (2010), Russia 88 (2009), NSU German History X (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hate (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said -- a Jew, African, and an Arab -- give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social ...
Style: bleak, black and white, art house, disturbing, hood ...
Audience: teens
Plot: racism, rebel, ghetto, poverty, skinhead, youth, police brutality, police, friendship, rebellion, drug, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: paris france, france, middle east, europe
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Combat Girls (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks, fights and her next tattoo will be a portrait of Adolf Hitler. The only place she feels home is the ...
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: neo nazi, skinhead, racism, ideology, gang, refugee, strong female character, friendship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, youth, society, counterculture ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: germany
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Skinning (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Novica is a mathematics champion in a Belgrade high school. In an attempt to overcome the ‘geek’ status at school, Novica becomes attracted to the world of skinheads by his school friend Relja. Novica is exposed to violence, hooliganism and ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, hood
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, transformation, racism, revolution, corruption, murder, manipulation, danger, society, rivalry, nationalism ...
Place: balkan, serbia
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31%
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Russia 88 (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the ...
Style: serious, heartbreaking, psychological, intense, rough
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, hate crime, gang, murder, fight, racial slur, brutality, interracial friendship, society, rebelliousness, found footage ...
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NSU German History X (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
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Story: After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot: neo nazism, terrorism, ethnic hatred, brutality, murder, nazism, killings, murder investigation, organized crime, murderer, ethnicity, racism ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Counterfeiters (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Style: tense, bleak, brutal, harsh, serious ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, prison, brutality, counterfeit money, war crime, war, racial slur, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008, year 2007 ...
Place: germany, europe, poland, austria, vienna ...
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This Is England (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style: emotional, political, depressing, stylized, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: skinhead, racism, childhood, adolescence, neo nazi, coming of age, nationalism, friendship, youth, children, xenophobia, prejudice ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, northern england, europe ...
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Steel Toes (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Steel Toes is a provocative exploration of the inescapable and insidious presence of racial and religious intolerance in our society.
Style: psychological, realistic, disturbing, serious, tense ...
Plot: racism, skinhead, confined, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, introspection, legal, misfit, prison, husband wife relationship, neo nazi, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
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25%
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American History X (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style: dramatic, serious, cerebral, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: skinhead, prison, racism, gang, neo nazi, racial slur, nazism, character change, juvenile delinquency, rape, african american, racial prejudice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Psychological drama about the meeting between a neo-nazi and a Jewish doctor.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: skinhead, racism, neo nazi, white supremacy, nazi, anti nazi, gang, anti semitism, nazism, neo nazism, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
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Red Mercury (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Estonia, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: It's the early 90's. A new currency is in circulation in Estonia - the kroon. The former federal republic has become a world leader in non-ferrous metal exports. There is a relentless struggle around this criminal business. It brings new ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: criminal, bandit, life is a bitch, betrayal, love affair, criminal underworld, crime boss, society, moral dilemma
Time: 90s
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23%
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Farming (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead ...
Style: rough, serious, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: skinhead, racism, family relations, prejudice, racial prejudice, interracial adoption, hate, brutality, racial slur, hate crime, youth, violence spree ...
Place: britain, nigeria
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Cry (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: On November 30th (the date when King Karl XII died) there will usually be demonstrations by hyper-national and neo-Nazi groups, and also democratic counter demonstrations. The plot of "West Side Story" is transferred to the Stockholmian ...
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, emotional
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, racism, immigrant, racist, gang, police, nationalism, impossible love, immigration, neo nazism, love affair ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
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The Day We Died (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: terrorist bombing, terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, terrorist group, terrorizing, counter terrorism, war on terror, investigation, nordic, security guard, police officer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015
Place: copenhagen
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.
Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: gambler, obsession, gambling, downfall, fall in love, love and romance, society, rivalry, couples, politician, life is a bitch, interracial relations ...
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Place: italy, naples italy, europe
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Plot: sex party, mistress, gay interest, lgbt, starting over, family relations, society, redemption, rage, lifestyle, city life, hopes ...
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Style: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
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Willenbrock (2005)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. ...
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, serious ...
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Style: suspense, tense, art house, captivating, suspenseful ...
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Duration: 227 min.
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Story: Forced to flee the UK and go into hiding in the 1990’s when he became a mole from within the BNP, Matthew Collins returned to Britain to make a new life for himself. As Collins works with young white men in the fight against radicalisation.
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Duration: 133 min.
Story: Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Style: realistic, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: friendship, immigrant, social differences, buddies, partner, fall in love, drug, murder, racism, gang, caper, family relations ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
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Style: serious, bleak, thought provoking, realistic, captivating ...
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Duration: 92 min.
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Style: captivating, thought provoking, serious, psychological, realistic ...
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Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, racism, gang, violence, brutality, immigrant, vandalism, strangulation, father daughter relationship, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
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19%
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Fuehrer Ex (2002)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ingo Hasselbach, whose parents were Communist Party members in East Germany during his childhood, has lived at both ends of the political seesaw. The question of how people reach a change of heart is a profound one; Hasselbach describes the external ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
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Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
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