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Contrainte par corps (1988)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Frenchwoman Claire, resting with her friend on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, becoms the victim of harassment by the local police commissioner Castes. Accused for disturbing public order, and then in the drug trade, she gets to the women's prison. Vacation turns into a nightmare ...
Style:
tense, dark, grim, suspense, political thriller, tragic
Plot:
corruption, women's prison, false accusation, female protagonist, police chase, abuse of power, sexual abuse, brutality, oppression, trauma, victimization, survival, claustrophobia, isolation, mediterranean, moral corruption, women's rights, violence, beach, injustice, island prison, female prisoner, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wrongful conviction, vacation ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and bleak films with plots about corruption, survival, moral ambiguity, isolation, violence, revenge and claustrophobia mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Contrainte par corps: Equity (2016), Women in Chains (1972), Crime Of Innocence (1985), The Guard (1990), Caged Beauties (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
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1972 ABC Movie of the Week. Lady parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality, but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film centers around a Korean family who gets on the bad side of the Japanese during the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II.A Korean mother and daughter are thrown into a prison run by the Japanese and a lot of surprisingly tame ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, dark, art house
Plot:
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209
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.
Style:
dark, serious, tense, tragic
Plot:
naked man, perestroika, soviet army, brutality, mockery, military, realism, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, violence, toxic masculinity ...
Place:
eastern europe, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tells the story of an oppressive revolutionary government randomly arresting unsuspecting citizens. The men are used to target practice and the women become prostitutes.
Style:
grim, bleak, dark drama, period piece, political thriller
Plot:
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Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The German Frau Gelli runs a school aimed at girls from wealthy families who presented problems of social behavior and challenge the established principles. In order to educate the young, Frau Gelli imposes an iron discipline, in which is assisted ...
Style:
dark, harsh, tense, crime drama, controversial ...
Plot:
women's prison, women in prison, abuse of power, punishment, reformatory, oppression, authoritarianism, murder, exploitation, sadism, violent, victimization ...
Time:
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100
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, tense, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who's accused of political crimes. After some false starts, he manages to arrest her, but is startled to learn that she's also a nun. ...
Style:
intense, political thriller, dark, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
male nudity, nun, torture, interrogation, interrogation room, abuse of power, political repression, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, guilt, obsession, confession ...
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Colombia, Venezuela
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman travels abroad trying to realize her dream of being a model, but there she is deceived and subjected to prostitution at the Cabaret Tango Bar, where she experiences the horrors as a victim of a sex trafficking network.
Style:
dark drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
forced prostitution, sex trafficking, mature, exploitation, sexual abuse, prostitution, human trafficking, deception, trapped, psychological trauma, survival, oppression ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
37%
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Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, suspense, grim, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, murder witness, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, cover up, social commentary, whistleblower, surveillance, female friendship, fear ...
Place:
tehran, iran
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shocking scenes are revealed in the Nagasaki Women's prison.
Style:
dark, grim, intense, period piece, erotic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows ...
Style:
grim, bleak, road movie, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
guilt, moral ambiguity, trauma, survival, fear, corruption, claustrophobia, isolation, minimalism, suspicion, smuggling, truck ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A couple enters a city ruled by cruel thugs but an unsettling affair reopens unexpected twists and creates new tensions for them. Will they stick together through it all?
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
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Story:
Story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, intense
Plot:
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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