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Flame Top (1980)
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Original name: Tulipää
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
Plot:
cheating wife, terrorist, teacher, civil war, writers, terrorism, adultery, poverty, childhood, poor, revolution, bomb, historical event, blood, reporter, actress, male female relationship, russian revolution, outsider, death of child, publisher, class struggle, working class, autobiography, marriage ...
Time:
turn of the century, year 1917, year 1918, 1910s, year 1938, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, finland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, captivating, serious and realistic films with plots about biopic, writers, marriage, family relations, husband wife relationship, working class and male female relationship mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Flame Top: Under the North Star (2009), Mommilan veriteot 1917 (1973), Falling Angels (2008), Here, Beneath the North Star (1968), Armi Alive! (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Perustuu Väinö Linnan samannimiseen romaanitrilogiaan, joka on yksi suomalaisen kirjallisuuden tärkeimmistä teoksista.
Style:
family saga, epic, captivating, serious
Plot:
revolution, trial, rebel, class differences, working class, socialism, class conflict, war crime, family history, socialist, brother brother relationship, revenge ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1910s, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Finland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
On the eve of a civil war, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.
Style:
pre war
Plot:
finnish civil war, self made man, birthday, blood, murder, autumn, rich man, master servant relationship, businessman, working class, confusion, bourgeoisie ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
finland, russia
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94%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena ...
Plot:
poet, mental illness, schizophrenia, marriage, motherhood, biopic, violence, psychiatric hospital, artist, mother daughter estrangement, publisher, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
finnish civil war, rural setting, historical event, farmer, swamp, poverty, peasant, forest, class conflict, rebel, power, execution ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, 1890s, 1900s, 1800s ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
imperial russia, russian history, czar, forbidden love, royalty, russian revolution, family relations, exile, social problems, marital problem, couple relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1918, year 1917, 1910s
Place:
russia, soviet union
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A theatre company has taken on the task of trying to portray the life and work of this complex person. The sets mainly consist of the well-known ...
Style:
metafiction
Plot:
entrepreneur, fashion designer, biopic, helsinki, finland, female nudity, adultery, rehearsal, suicide attempt, male nudity, bare breasts, actress, cheating ...
Place:
finland, eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste, where he has a job ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
love affair, novelist, sex scene, muse, love, poverty, jealousy, male female relationship, writers, lifestyle, writer's life, literary ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, italy, europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, contemplative, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, terrorist, assassination, assassination attempt, terrorism, state affairs, terrorist group, political unrest, political corruption, revolution, tragic hero, rebellion ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on writer Maya Angelou's childhood, this story is about a young girl in the South who is sent to live with her grandmother after her parents divorce.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
rape, black, sexual abuse, black lives matter, blaxploitation, poverty, homeless, writers, sexualized violence, trauma, racism, childhood ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
southern usa, arkansas, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Helma Sanders-Brahms directs this inventive film that uses the verse of Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler and Nazi poet Gottfried Benn to dramatize the passionate, real-life affair between the two unlikely lovers. Forced out of Germany, ...
Style:
art house, expressionism
Plot:
open marriage, art, writers, art exhibition, officer, death of child, assault, world war one, death of son, german expressionism, poet, physician ...
Place:
jerusalem, switzerland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Otso "The Main Man" Hultkrantz is playing the leading role of the young Allu Kajander in Where We Once Walked, based on a novel about a civil war raging between the Red and the White in Finland.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, factual, family saga
Plot:
civil war, class struggle, social class, working class, revolutionary, politics, revenge, socialist, unrequited love, lower class, rivalry, society ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1910s, year 1918, 1920s ...
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, eastern europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends ...
Plot:
muse, poet, love triangle, artist, biopic, marital problem, wedding, infidelity, honeymoon, bohemian, lovers, adultery ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
48%
152
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Biopic about Zelda Fitzgerald, as played by Natasha Richardson
Style:
melancholic, historical romance, period drama
Plot:
writers, mental illness, schizophrenia, alcoholism, marriage, biopic, modernism, female protagonist, flapper, hospitalization, socialite, tragic romance ...
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
46%
409
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Trash is a coming of age drama set amongst the poverty stricken trailer parks of the deep South. In a spiraling tale of hatred, love and loyalty, two teenage friends realize that the only way for each of them to escape their miserable futures is by ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, tragic ending, independent film
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
escape, poverty, trailer park, love, loyalty, hate, coming of age, desperation, deep south, betrayal, sacrifice, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s, future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Style:
historical drama, postmodern
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
biopic, coming of age, intergenerational friendship, female protagonist, legacy, young girl, heartwarming, character study, family drama, aspiring writer, civil war, families ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
writers, husband wife relationship, family life, marriage crisis, troubled marriage, daydreamer, money problems, marital problem, financial problem, life is a bitch, family relations, society ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
class society, mental breakdown, art, love interest, friendship, student, creativity, money problems, writers, politics, university, financial problem ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
sinhala
Plot:
family relations, poverty, marriage, mayor, exploitation, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, murder, jungle, false accusation, village, animal attack ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s
Place:
sri lanka
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the year 2000, 30-year-old Mariah Carey was the most successful female recording artist of all time. In September that year she began filming Glitter, her pet project, a film based on her childhood and her extraordinary rise to fame. But 12 ...
Style:
emotional
Plot:
fame, entertainment industry, female artist, breakdown, mental health, music industry, celebrity, marriage, glory, behind the scenes, pop star, introspection ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, turn of the century
Place:
los angeles, new york
Similarity:
38%
994
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the early 1900's, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, sentimental, bleak ...
Plot:
working conditions, strike, poverty, anarchism, working class, immigrant, anarchist, exploitation, labor union, prison, train, execution ...
Time:
1910s, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
utah, usa, california, san diego california, new york
Similarity:
37%
244
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
lenin, independence, international relations, helsinki, finland, assassination, revolution, new year's eve, world war one, communism, nationalism, bourgeoisie, socialist ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, germany, finland, siberia, helsinki finland ...
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37%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the poplar trees of the boundless Po valley. A harsh life that is a fairy tale too, as a lonely and marginalized ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, semi autobiographical, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
poverty, painter, isolation, autobiography, world war two, biopic, hiding place, alienation, painting, loneliness, character study, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
36%
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698
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Style:
romantic, period drama
Plot:
girl, love triangle, female protagonist, union, jealousy, rivalry, marriage, aristocracy, idealism, nobleman, foreign agent, couples ...
Time:
1850s, 19th century, year 1981
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
crying
Plot:
terrorist, grief, terrorism, biopic, interview, eta terrorist group, remorse, meeting, regret, discussion, tribute, assassination ...
Time:
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Place:
basque country, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, ira, injustice, parents and children, youth, family relations, depression, life is a bitch, death, children, rich and poor, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, controversial, sensual, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
sexuality, sex, writers, affair, open relationship, unfaithful wife, love triangle, sexual promiscuity, sensuality, lesbian, lesbian sex, adultery ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, year 1932, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
writers, cuban revolution, revolution, cultural icon, historical figure, lifestyle, meeting, social problems, skinny dipping, world war one, journalism, art ...
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, slow cinema, aesthetic, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, boy, slice of life, little boy, children, autobiography, youth gang, parents and children, wartime life, teenage life, family life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1985, 1950s, 50s, year 1947 ...
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The actress (Glenda Jackson) recovers from a 1966 stroke with help from friends and her husband, author Roald Dahl (Dirk Bogarde).
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, uplifting, intense, medical drama ...
Plot:
biopic, marriage, survival, resilience, family drama, disability, hollywood, inspiration, rehabilitation, writers, tragedy, intimate ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
32%
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