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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983)
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.
Plot: addiction, recovery, killer, justice, mother daughter relationship, anger, lobbyist, drunkenness, bureaucracy, dead girl, hit and run, probation, woman in short shorts, drunk driving, woman wearing a red dress

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Much Ado About Nothing (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a night of partying, Vicente is involved in a hit-and-run that kills a man. Vicente claims his innocence, but he was drunk and high. A tangled web of lies buries the truth, making a social scandal disappear — exonerating the real culprit, ...
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: With the support of her parents (Sharon Gless & Frank Converse), an Arizona adolescent (Helen Hunt) overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Sudden Loss of Gravity (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three generations of small town rebel-rebels crash into each other and burn in Todd Verow's new film, A Sudden Loss of Gravity. The small town of Bangor Maine is finally entering the 80's with a pile-up of new wave proportions. Based on ...
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The Weekend Nun (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: True story of Jane Duco, a young nun who also had a job as a probation officer.
Style: juvenile
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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