Movies like Der Pirat

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Der Pirat (1998)
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Der Pirat (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: psychopath, marijuana, prison, police, death, drug traffic, hiv, heroin, jail cell, drug, gunshot, drug trafficking, drugs

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, disturbing, captivating and serious films with plots about prison, drug, police, death, murder, society and jail cell mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like Der Pirat: Los invitados (1987), The Moneytree (1992), Angel Dusted (1981), My Breast (1994), Redemption (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Los invitados (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A murder is committed in a small village of Andalusia.
Plot: murder, mafia, plantation, marijuana, drug
Place: andalusia
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The Moneytree (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: The trials and tribulations of a marijuana grower in Marin County, California.
Style: independent film
Plot: drug, improv, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, money, police, actor, marijuana, harvest, pot
Time: 80s
Place: northern california
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Angel Dusted (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story, made for NBC television. Drama about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with ...
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My Breast (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's ...
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Duration: 89 min.
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Redemption (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Christian is a young man growing up in Hollywood who dreams of following in his father's footsteps into show business. When he meets Tony, an industry insider with "connections," he is convinced that he has found his big break -- ...
Plot: party, police, love, sex, interracial relations, actor, poetry, fight, drug, gunshot
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Story: With help from U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, Tammi Chase (Rachael Leigh Cook) fights to free her mother (Barbara Hershey) from an Ecuadorean prison.
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Duration: 100 min.
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Cold Water (2017)
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Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a female cadet goes over board during cadet training, an investigation is started.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring.
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White Night (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Directed by Arnon Zadok.
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Life is All You Get (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, clever, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: police, existential crisis, escape, new love, street riots, couples, friends, buddies, society, politics, fall in love, dealing with death ...
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Duration: 97 min.
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Duration: 161 min.
Story: Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
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