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The Dream (1985)
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Original name: De dream
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Netherlands' submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 1985
Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, intense, political thriller, grim
Plot:
false accusation, wrongful imprisonment, injustice, repression, class struggle, working class, activism, social commentary, politics, brothers, prison life, sacrifice, courtroom drama, solidarity, labor movement, european, treachery, ethical dilemma, investigation, urban, legal battle, biopic, revenge, frame up, martyr ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century, 1890s
Place:
netherlands, holland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, bleak, period piece and emotional films with plots about biopic, politics, investigation, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, courtroom drama and justice mostly in Drama, History and Crime genres. Some movies like The Dream: Rani (2025), Black Thursday (2011), Unsinkable: Titanic Untold (2024), Vendetta (1999), Die Akte General (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sri Lanka
Story:
The film follows Dr. Manorani Saravanamuttu's relentless pursuit of justice after the tragic abduction and murder of her son, Richard de Zoysa, a journalist, writer, and human rights activist, in 1990.
Style:
emotional, bleak, tense, historical drama, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
human rights, family tragedy, political violence, biopic, courage, abduction, activism, assassination, journalism, investigation, trauma, social justice ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Antoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
militia, tragedy, repression, political protest, authoritarianism, fight, historical event, military, soldier, military life, battles, cold war ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
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93%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of rushed investigations, political interference, and the grasp for corporate accountability woven amongst heart wrenching flashbacks of the Titanic disaster as it unfolded.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, captivating, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
shipwreck, titanic, investigation, political intrigue, sinking ship, sea disaster, cruise ship, castaway, puzzle, ship, sunken ship, crime solving ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s
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90%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style:
independent film, captivating, sincere, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, mafia, lynching, ancient, biopic, political intrigue, italian mafia, intrigue, italian gangster, immigrant, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Its 1959. German Public Prosecutor Bauer is convinced he has found the long sought Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. This tense drama shows his struggle to have him brought to justice against the power jielded by old Nazi functionaries in ...
Style:
serious, historical drama, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
mossad, post war germany, investigation, justice, cold war, realism, legal battle, biopic, nazi, courtroom, conspiracy, investigative journalism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
88%
464
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision of what America could be.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
john f. kennedy, biopic, campaigning, u.s. president, president, american politics, leadership, legacy, tragedy, democratic party, thoughtful, hopes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
washington d.c., harlem, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to ...
Style:
political, contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
labor union, strike, politics, working class, union, resistance, working conditions, big business, conflict, european, employment, labor ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style:
political, factual, costume drama, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
feminism, feminist, women, girl power, sexism, rebelliousness, activism, politics, gender, women's suffrage, women's rights, sexual harassment ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Film by Melnikov.
Style:
historical drama, reflective, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
suicide, justice, legacy, tragic past, investigation, ethical dilemma, political intrigue, moral ambiguity, biopic, political repression, conspiracy, revolution ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Mermelstein (Leonard Nimoy) and Mrs. Mermelstein (Blythe Danner) a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. He is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, political
Plot:
holocaust, anti semitism, courtroom drama, world war two, memory, biopic, legal battle, justice, defamation, auschwitz, family life, activism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
67%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Businessman Raj Kundra's 63 days inside India's most over crowded jail, Arthur Road jail.
Style:
realistic, tense, intense
Plot:
biopic, claustrophobia, celebrity culture, urban, media frenzy, legal battle, male protagonist, isolation, ethical dilemma, police interrogation, corporate crime, tabloid journalism ...
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Raymundo Gleyzer s only fictional film, THE TRAITORS is a compelling political thriller about a trade unionist corrupted by his rise to power. Skillfully weaving documentary and fictional sequences, THE TRAITORS covers the Peronistas movement ...
Style:
serious, historical drama, period piece, bleak, political thriller ...
Plot:
labor movement, corruption, betrayal, activism, bureaucracy, rise and fall, class struggle, social realism, character study, working class, worker, urban ...
Time:
60s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
Style:
historical drama, tense, political thriller, political, political drama ...
Plot:
martial law, civil liberties, wrongful imprisonment, political unrest, working class, police brutality, psychological abuse, social realism, oppression, interrogation, fear, authoritarianism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
Similarity:
62%
273
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Iraq, Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An Iraqi Kurdish man is released from jail. He has been arrested by mistake when he went to find a midwife to help his pregnant wife, years ago. As he has been arrested during a demonstration the authorities thought he is one of the opposition group ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, tension, period piece, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kurd, oppression, wrongful imprisonment, injustice, resilience, survival, mistaken identity, prison sentence, social realism, political unrest, family reunited, child ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
kurdistan, iraq
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style:
inspirational, talky, thought provoking, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, racism, courtroom, legal investigation, racial discrimination, widow, activist, injustice, life is a bitch, righting the wronged, jury ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
On March 16 1978, the Red Brigade kidnap the Chief of the Christian Democraty, the party in power in Italy since the end of the war. Fifty-five days later, his corpse was found in the trunk of a red Renault.
Style:
historical drama, tension, political thriller, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, kidnapping, political violence, power struggle, political unrest, hostage situation, social commentary, conspiracy, mourning, moral ambiguity, investigation ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Love, passion, and murder haunt a passionate romance in this drama. When the young soldier meets Helene, a torrid affair begins. 15 years after the war has ended, Max finds out that the love of his life was murdered in a concentration camp, setting ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, investigation, nazi, social problems, love story, love and romance, love interest, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
Style:
period piece, historical drama, grim, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
anesthetic, feudal japan, biopic, ethical dilemma, romantic rivalry, family tragedy, obsession, family relations, asian history, tragic romance, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Zsadányi flees from the authorities with his goddaughter, Bankós Mari, and they escape into the forest. The film then skips ahead thirty-fold years: Zsadány and Mari are now lovers, with the sound of war in the background halting their romance. ...
Style:
historical drama, dark, period piece, intense, tense ...
Plot:
execution, class struggle, political conflict, betrayal, political repression, socialism, tragedy, landowner, forbidden love, nazi, loss, moral dilemma ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Death Prosecutor (...) [focuses] on a significant court case in the period of the post-1956 retaliations, through the true story of a newly graduated prosecutor, Endre Grátz.
...
Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, political repression, courtroom drama, cold war era, justice, biopic, social commentary, ethical dilemma, victimization, bureaucracy, investigation, morality ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1814, a nobleman from the Kandian Kingdom of Sri Lanka helped the British army to revolt against the king of Southern India, but was driven to a traitor. His wives have to choose between committing suicide or marrying outcasts. Instead of ...
Style:
emotional, historical romance, melancholic, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nobility, class struggle, colonialism, patriarchy, social injustice, oppression, resilience, dignity, identity, sacrifice, betrayal ...
Place:
sri lanka
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1839, months after the British army has repressed the insurrection of the Patriots, hundreds of rebels rot in prison. The morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang learn that they will be hung in 24 hours, ...
Style:
bleak, grim, tense, reflective, educational ...
Plot:
death sentence, execution, prison, tragedy, injustice, political oppression, british colonialism, rebellion, sacrifice, revolt, grief, mourning ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The movie portrays a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, bleak, family saga ...
Plot:
class struggle, social realism, national identity, social injustice, cautionary tale, murder, politics, male nudity, russian roulette, folk music
Place:
hungary, central europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
apartheid, racism, prison, discrimination, house arrest, social change, biopic, righting the wronged, injustice, politics, rebellion, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The Defenestration of Prague, which took place on May 23, 1618, was the decisive historical moment that unleashed the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) between several Catholic and Protestant states and changed the course of European history forever.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
catholicism, religious conflict, power struggle, political intrigue, rebellion, religious persecution, betrayal, revolution, dynasty, battlefield, biopic, european history ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
prague, czech republic, central europe, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage and the government prevaricates over tactics so as not to alienate potential political allies.
Style:
tense, historical drama, political thriller, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, greek history, assassination, moral ambiguity, labor movement, authoritarianism, hostage situation, conspiracy, betrayal, prison, police brutality, class conflict ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter who tried to assassinate Hitler with an explosive device in 1939.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, political thriller, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazi germany, assassination attempt, biopic, gestapo, sacrifice, courage, resistance, moral ambiguity, investigation, underdog ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
germany, munich germany
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The film is about the language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
protest, patriotism, nationalism, human rights, sacrifice, civil disobedience, martyrdom, coming of age, family drama, imprisonment, urban, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
year 1952, 1950s
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true and tragic events in the life of Vitaly Kaloyev, an architect and family man. In 2002, his wife and children die in a mid-air collision along with 70 other people, mostly children. Vitaly is one of the first people to discover the ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, bleak, ambiguous ending, realistic ...
Plot:
grief, tragedy, revenge, moral ambiguity, justice, airport, depression, death of child, tragic event, plane crash, loss, biopic ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
switzerland, russia, europe
Similarity:
42%
427
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through ...
Plot:
anarchism, anarchist, working class, sex with neighbor, bricklayer, funeral, prison, strike, neighbor, job seeking, cheating wife, repression ...
Time:
1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
italy, florence
Similarity:
42%
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