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Day Break (2005)
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Original name: دم صبح
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender's life. Day Break - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside Tehran's century-old prison - revolves around the imminent execution of Mansour, a man found guilty of murder. When the family of the victim repeatedly fails to show up on the appointed day, Mansour's execution is postponed again and again. Stuck inside the purgatory of his own mind, he waits as time passes on without him, caught between life and death, retribution and forgiveness.
Style:
disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, bleak, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, surprise ending
Plot:
prison, death row, prison life, life is a bitch, legal, society, pardon, legal action, injustice, law enforcement, forgiveness, redemption, compassion, murder, death sentence, muslim, dystopia, dead man, islam, suicide, worker, working class, remorse, social injustice, wrongful imprisonment ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and suspenseful films with plots about life is a bitch, society, legal, injustice, deadly, confined and prison life mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Day Break: The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), Black August (2007), The Exonerated (2005), Beautiful City (2004), Through the Valley (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a ...
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Plot:
injustice, death penalty, discrimination, sadism, loss of family member, conspiracy, abusive husband, destructive relationship, religion, hijab, islam, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 80s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking, political
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mockumentary
Plot:
rebellion, death row, false accusation, racism, injustice, courtroom drama, society, hopes, life is a bitch, confined, legal, prison life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, death sentence, prison, love and romance, confined, legal action, redemption, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, iranian, islam ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An innocent man framed for murder, and the system that just wants another minority conviction.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, racism, injustice, protagonist as suspect, going straight, redemption, fighting the system, frame up, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, legal ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
courtroom drama, rebellion, hotshot lawyer, aborigine, racism, illiteracy, injustice, legal investigation, fighting the system, social differences, price of justice, false accusation ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
australia, oceania, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
21%
571
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A behind the scenes look of the 1971 prisoners revolt at the Attica prison.
Style:
political, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, killing spree, black, serial killer, prison riot, hostage, rebellion, fighting the system, tough heroes, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
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297
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, military, lawyer, u.s. civil war, time machine, usa politics, american politics, courtroom, legal, legal action, prison ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
20%
899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
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Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man (Robert Walker) has an affair with his condemned brother's (Laurence Harvey) girlfriend (Sarah Miles) while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Style:
noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, mistaken identity, death row, prisoner, escape, rivalry, chases and races, assassination, life is a bitch, heroes, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
grim, cult classic, crime drama, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, sex crime, blaxploitation, child molester, racial tension, gay slur, racial slur, prison guard, ethnic slur, pedophilia, rape ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, politics, injustice, culture clash, state affairs, vigilantism, social decay, discrimination, police corruption, african american, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! Honey, you give love a bad name. (The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.)
Style:
disturbing, tense, realistic, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
powerful, uplifting, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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56
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, uncover truth, moral dilemma, fighting the system, idealism, social decay, church, society, legal, politics, terrorism, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, contemplative, tense, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, introspection, prison life, criminal heroes, hopes, redemption, family problems, twists and turns, murder, death row, prisoner, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
survival, injustice, political unrest, danger, hidden identity, family relations, religions or cults, human nature, dishonesty, feminism, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, afghanistan
Similarity:
18%
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