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Special Education (1977)
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Special Education (1977)
Original name: Специјално васпитање
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Educator and those educated in a home for juvenile delinquents in the same test: approach, take a peek into his soul to become a man. The story of a minor, neglected boys-offenders and their teachers who try to reject the old methods of rehabilitation.
Style: educational
Plot: boy, police officer, car accident, escape, education, hitchhiking, teaching, thief, prostitute, teacher, friendship, death, theft, runaway, teenage boy, juvenile delinquency, small town, counselor, friend, teen angst, stealing, prostitute mother, mother son relationship, little boy, juvenile detention ...
Place: belgrade
Keyword: serbian, educational film

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and disturbing films with plots about friendship, boy, coming of age, theft, teenage boy, death and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Special Education: The Handsome Priest (1989), The Mutants (1998), Round Trip (1978), The Father (1996), Desperate Lives (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Handsome Priest (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young petty thief befriends the local priest.
Plot: age-gap relationship, coming of age, loss of innocence, italian fascism, catholic priest, hooker, friendship, bicycle, death, book, friend, prison ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two
Place: venice
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The Mutants (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The Mutants (Portuguese: Os mutantes) is a 1998 Portuguese film by director Teresa Villaverde, starring Ana Moreira and Alexandre Pinto. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Style: bleak
Plot: erotica, woman, friendship, police officer, homeless teenager, theft, brother, abused child, coming of age, surrogate brother, poverty, friendship between boys ...
Place: portugal
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Round Trip (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of a group of people who came to France to the temporary work, their sufferings, persecutions, and a constant struggle for survival.
Plot: getting home, police officer, job seeking, wife beater, arrest, death of husband, farm, wound, siege, drinking, death, death of father ...
Place: paris france
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The Father (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mehrollah is a 14-year-old boy who is forced to find a job to support his family after his father dies. He travels to the southern parts of Iran, looking for work. Upon his return to his hometown, he notices certain changes in his family.
Style: inspirational, islamic, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, boy, chaos, child, traumatic childhood, humanist, realism, muslim, family relations, village, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Desperate Lives (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
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Time: 80s
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Avalude Ravukal (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Raji is forced into prostitution to support her brother's education after their parents' death. She falls in love with Babu, who faces social ridicule after their affair becomes public.
Style: sexual
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And Then I Go (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, bullying, teenage boy, school shooting, boy, tragedy, police, revenge, best friend, friendship between boys, school, junior high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Four inseparable teenagers in a small town in Brittany (France). As lifelong fans of the West Coast, they think are real gangstas. Together as a "gang", they are invincible, respected, fearless and nothing can reach them, certainly not the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
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Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Style: disturbing, touching, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquent, social worker, teen angst, juvenile delinquency, teenage boy, judge, nervousness, delinquent, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, imprisonment, compassion, anger ...
Time: year 2015, 90s, year 1997
Place: france
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The Italian (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, breathtaking, inspirational ...
Plot: orphan, children, orphanage, youth, boy, adoption, coming of age, friendship, adolescence, family relations, self discovery, hopes ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 106 min.
Story: Teacher Gao loves the students in his poor village and is devoted to educating them in the hope of their greater futures. When he is called away to tend to his dying mother for a month, the Mayor calls in an inexperienced 13 year-old replacement, ...
Style: road movie, inspirational, realistic, touching, sad ...
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Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: china, tibet
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A down-and-out writer, Nick Sennet, runs into Harry, a man that, legend has it, died long ago. Together they attempt to revitalize a defunct factory as well as their lives.
Style: serious, realistic, touching
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 124 min.
Story: 1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
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Steal Me (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chasing his wayward mother to Montana, fifteen year old Jake finds the picture perfect Tucker family instead who photoshop him into their lives, despite his questionable past. Too bad Jake can not stop himself from stealing, being seduced by the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, independent film, crying
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Place: montana, usa
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Duration: 95 min.
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