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A.L.F. (2012)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
What happened, that 24th of December? This is what officer Chartier wants to find out. To understand, he will have to go back 48 hours earlier to Franck's Christmas eve. Franck is an insignificant drama-teacher by day, but also belongs to a nameless and leaderless militant organisation - the Animal Liberation Front. These characters are bound by a limitless empathy towards mistreated animals, and will have to show courage to complete a mission they have been preparing for months.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
animal rights, fighting the system, moral dilemma, police investigation, idealism, betrayal, rebellion, radical, law enforcement, dishonesty, hopes, unlikely criminals, society, animal rescue, compassion, saving a life, activism, anarchist, disorder, snitch, christmas, police, christmas eve, courage, interrogation ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and thought provoking films with plots about society, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rebellion, fighting the system, hopes and idealism mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like A.L.F.: Hands Up (2010), A Long and Happy Life (2013), Three Worlds (2012), Phoenix 11·23 (2012), Burnt Out (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
March 22, 2067. At dawn of life, Milana remembers her life, when she was a young Chechen immigrant in Paris, struggling for a better life along with her school friends.
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emotional, serious, thought provoking, touching, social ...
Plot:
immigrant, friendship, family relations, parents and children, fighting the system, youth, rebellion, society, deportation, illegal immigrant, teenager, school ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe, paris france
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Sascha lives in a village on the Kola Peninsular in northern Russia and dedicatedly manages what is left of an old collective farm. He gets on well with his farm workers who respect him and also tolerate his more or less clandestine love-affair with ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
farm, society, injustice, social relations, rebelliousness, rebellion, rivalry, hopes, village life, social problems, moral dilemma, philosophy ...
Time:
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Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Al, a young man from a modest background is about to marry his boss’ daughter, along with succeeding him as the head of a car dealership. One night, while coming back from his bachelor party, he is guilty of a hit-and-run accident, urged by his ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, witnessing a crime, society, righting the wronged, life is a bitch, illegal immigrant, manslaughter, woman, hit and run, immigrant, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Romania, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
police brutality, bullying, political protest, rebelliousness, fighting the system, globalization, political unrest, violence spree, anarchist, violence, demonstration, police ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the fall of 2004, Eric Bertrand, a 14 years , created a website inspired by "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to defend the Catalan language. One night, thirty civil guards of anti-terrorist squad Madrid, burst into his home ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
false accusation, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, youth, dishonesty, society, teenage life, life turned upside down, injustice, computers and web, website ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain, catalonia
Similarity:
77%
434
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, revolt, friendship, parents and children, fighting the system, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, suffering, employee, middle aged man, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alfredo and Susanna are two well-off fifty-year-olds who lead a stimulating cultural life. He is an architect and she is a psychologist; they live in Rome but spend their weekends at their country home in Umbria, where they love to spend their days ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, emotional, erotic
Plot:
idealism, life turned upside down, lifestyle, couples, life is a bitch, social differences, hopes, couple relations, family problems, culture clash, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, ...
Style:
serious, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
murder witness, witnessing a crime, murder, neighbor neighbor relationship, uncover truth, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, introspection, moral dilemma, couples, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, tense, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
human nature, teenage life, family problems, youth, society, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, rebellion, juvenile delinquency, rebelliousness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Anesthesist Doug Peeno hopes to pay for the legal costs of preventing his son Bryan being left in his first wife's bad custody with he proceeds of his present wife Linda's new job. She's the first graduate in her family and eagerly ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious
Plot:
public health, idealism, uncover truth, rebellion, ambition, fighting the system, against the odds, couples, negligence, family problems, injustice, society ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
impossible love, nun, german occupation, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, fall in love, clergy, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A poor silk weaver promises his wife to dress their newborn daughter in a silk saree for her marriage. Facing systemic oppression and the vicissitudes of his fortune, he struggles to keep his word.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, jail, injustice, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes, political unrest, fighting the system, idealism, revolution, society, village ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Claire and Stéphane are two Lyon-based judges who could hardly be more different. She is young and enthusiastic, committed to helping those unfortunates who find themselves in debt. He is older, wiser, but disillusioned with his work and his life. ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, serious
Plot:
injustice, legal, society, legal investigation, courtroom drama, legal action, hopes, life is a bitch, dishonesty, fighting the system, workplace, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, lyon, europe
Similarity:
58%
730
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aviation, hopes, politics, state affairs, heroes, law enforcement, righting the wronged, danger, uncover truth, military, rivalry, investigation ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
asia, vietnam, indochina
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54%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, confined, danger, politics, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, europe
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, tense, islamic ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, hopes, introspection, injustice, rebelliousness, idealism, state affairs, media, dentist, political corruption, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, middle east, egypt
Similarity:
53%
187
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story about a young German woman prepares to leave her war-ravaged city to begin a new life in America with her G.I. fiance. But standing between her and a hopeful future is a relentless police inspector, determined to prevent her ...
Style:
emotional, tense, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, hidden identity, uncover truth, love and romance, dishonesty, hopes, starting over, post war, escape, female protagonist, police inspector, guilt ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann, however, makes the inconvenient discovery that the nature around the village is not so unspoiled. ...
Style:
social, independent film, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
hunting, contamination, small town, cover-up, health, toxic, social relations, battles, righting the wronged, environmentalism, village life, price of justice ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Russia, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, introspection, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, murder, emotionless, novel
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Paul dies, he leaves his wife Eve with a mountain of debt. As the police begin their investigation into Paul’s death, Eve is supported by a lawyer named Chollet, a friend of her husband who generously helps her to clear the debts she has ...
Style:
realistic, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
dishonesty, missing person, twists and turns, couples, friends, law enforcement, femme fatale, infidelity, friendship, manipulation, police, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Andalusia in the fifties. Enrique and Carmen just meet and fall deeply in love. Carmen gets him to stay in military service in a court of the city. Enrique, in view of the injustices he witnesses every day, realizes that to change the course of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
soldier, against the rules, rebelliousness, moral dilemma, rebellion, fighting the system, life turned upside down, society, military, dishonesty, legal, state affairs ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 million in indecency fines, and popular radio personality Joe Pace (Josh Hamilton) isn't going down ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, captivating, political
Plot:
politics, radio dj, fighting the system, injustice, republican, hopes, idealism, chaos, state affairs, protest, campaign, society ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Not available
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, terrorism, partner, rivalry, buddies, danger, confined, dishonesty, mind game, betrayal, disorder, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, sicily
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mitri is 15 years old and lives in a village in Senegal. Like all the youngsters of his age, he plays football, dreaming of the Barcelona and Chelsea Football Clubs. When an agent sees him, Mitri believes in his luck. But, in order to go chasing ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
football, follow your dream, immigrant, hopes, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, life is a bitch, youth, ambition, soccer, desire for fame, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, africa, europe, paris france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, legal action, society, couple relations, legal, rivalry, dishonesty, jury, evidence, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
on the road, parents and children, fish out of water, dishonesty, friendship, society, immigrant, hopes, starting over, family relations, culture clash, migration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, new york, france, africa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
embezzlement, dishonesty, political corruption, legal action, legal investigation, couple relations, law enforcement, couples, disorder, husband wife relationship, investigation, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
46%
332
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A DEA agent and a local sheriff have to wrestle with their consciences as they start raids on local farmers, who have started growing marijuana simply to keep their farms operational. Story focuses on a young man, who accidentally discovers that his ...
Style:
contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
drug, farm, social relations, small town life, drug abuse, small town, innocence lost, fighting the system, moral dilemma, drug dealing, intrigue, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Set in a forlorn mining town near Valencienne in the north of France, the story is about one man's struggle to bring life to his once prosperous village and its inhabitants. Philippe Torreton, who won a César for Best Actor with his title role ...
Style:
social, thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
teacher, education, school teacher, professor, dedicated educator, kindergarten, poverty, corrupt system, human rights, labor, job, homeless ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
45%
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