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Lea - Something About Me (2015)
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Original name: Lea
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to benefit of the witness protection scheme and attempts to run away... Inspired by the true story of Lea Garofalo, the struggle of a woman to escape the Mafia.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, contemplative
Plot:
husband wife relationship, trial, mafia, police, murder, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, courtroom, biopic, prison, daughter, train station, arrest, police arrest, court, washing machine, procession, gps, car on fire, netflix
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s, 2010s, 1990s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, disturbing and thought provoking films with plots about biopic, murder, trial, courtroom, female protagonist, husband wife relationship and prison mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like Lea - Something About Me: Mafia Millionaires (2014), I Am Nevenka (2024), Back to Black (2024), Evil Angels (1988), Shahid (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The take-down of an infamous leader of a small polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group, who ordered assassinations of his opponents.
Style:
dark, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
utah
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on a real Italian crime boss and family, their 40-year saga, as seen through their eyes, reflects the history, beauty, and strife of Naples.
Style:
unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, suspense
Plot:
mafia, jailed, murder, drug dealing, police raid, singer, carabinieri, marriage, catholic, catholic church, camorra, mobster ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the year 2000, Nevenka Fernández, 24 years old, Councilor for Finance in the Ponferrada City Council, suffered relentless persecution, both sentimental and professional, by the mayor, a man accustomed to doing his will politically and ...
Style:
historical drama, intense
Plot:
sexual harassment, female protagonist, courtroom, biopic, political scandal, feminism, abuse of power, courage, women's rights, survivor, investigative journalism, political corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her ...
Style:
f word
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, legal, trial, prejudice, court, australian outback, religious persecution, injustice, false accusation, investigation, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
92%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, tension, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, police corruption, wrongful conviction, investigation, murder mystery, biopic, female protagonist, controversy, courtroom, scandal, defense attorney ...
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
92%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This compelling drama tells the remarkable true story of slain human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who became a powerful voice against the intercommunal violence that has engulfed Mumbai since the early 1990s.
Style:
realistic, captivating, thought provoking, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful, tense, sad ...
Plot:
abuse of power, bureaucracy, italian police, police, mysterious death, interrogation, lawyer client relationship, brutality, medical examination, prisoner, prison, politics ...
Place:
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Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Valeria, young secretary of a producer, lives with an eccentric mother and secretly writes for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day, she receives an unusual present from a stranger: it’s the plot of a movie about the mysterious but ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, depressing
Plot:
family tragedy, bereavement, biopic, marriage, child illness, family problems, parents and children, father daughter relationship, illness, terminal illness, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
86%
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Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 111 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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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
sicily
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Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courtroom, death penalty, injustice, lawyer, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, perjury, african american, murder, prison, innocence, convict ...
Time:
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Place:
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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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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy
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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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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, dramatic, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
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Story:
Dramatization of the life of Italian actress Sophia Loren who plays herself during adulthood and also that of her mother Romilda Villani.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, serious, thought provoking, period piece, intellectual ...
Plot:
jail cell, fascism, communism, historical figure, character study, biopic, political repression, italian history, flashback, ideology, solitude, introspection ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, factual
Audience:
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Plot:
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306
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
poet, female nudity, public nudity, poetry, girl, writers, poem, mountain, suicide, school, professor, teacher ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
milan italy
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