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Zina (1985)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in Prinkipo having been driven from power by Stalin. The Nazis rise to power in Germany and Austria and Zina commits suicide.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, thought provoking, melancholic, period piece, intellectual, dramatic, intense, art house, independent film
Plot:
suicide, exile, tragedy, mental illness, character study, biopic, obsession, female protagonist, alienation, political repression, identity crisis, claustrophobia, emigration, art, girl, nazism, psychiatrist, father daughter relationship, communism, psychoanalysis, daughter, josef stalin, historical character, freudian, marxist ...
Time:
1930s, year 1985
Place:
berlin germany, ussr, soviet union
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, period piece, historical drama and art house films with plots about biopic, character study, female protagonist, isolation, psychological drama, obsession and tragedy mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Zina: Coming Out of the Ice (1982), Wojaczek (1999), Milena (1990), Haywire (1980), Sakharov (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Victor and his family moved to the USSR in the mid '30's. When he refused to sign his skydiving accomplishment as a citizen of the USSR, he was not tried but simply sent to prison. His horrific imprisonment, beating and torture culminated ...
Style:
historical drama, brutal, period piece, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
gulag, biopic, prisoner of war camp, torture, survival, totalitarianism, endurance, persecution, resilience, isolation, exile, adaptation ...
Time:
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Place:
siberia, eastern europe, soviet union, ussr
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495
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, art house, melancholic, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
poet, biopic, suicide, tragedy, scandal, literary, alcoholism, rebellion, character study, self destructing, tragic hero, bohemian ...
Time:
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Place:
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110
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, concentration camp, female protagonist, persecution, marxism, communism, biopic, writers, journalism, feminism, political activism, identity ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
prague, vienna, czechoslovakia, europe
Similarity:
87%
169
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
After fleeting marriages to Henry Fonda and William Wyler, Margaret Sullavan found contentment as the wife of producer Leland Hayward (Jason Robards) and as the mother of three. Or so it seemed, until the marriage crumbled, the children rebelled and ...
Style:
period piece, reflective, melancholic, art house, moody
Plot:
biopic, autobiography, family drama, dysfunctional family, broadway, celebrity culture, hollywood, mental illness, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, glamour, showbiz ...
Similarity:
85%
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153
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, historical drama, period piece, political drama
Plot:
dissident, exile, hunger, human rights, authoritarianism, oppression, political repression, biopic, activism, civil rights movement, nobel prize, cold war ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Edvard Munch was one of the most important artists in the period between the 19th and 20th centuries. His motif Skrik (The Scream), repeated in several techniques, became part of the 20th-century world subconsciousness – an image of fear and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, semi autobiographical, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
painter, artist, biopic, grief, mental illness, social problems, life is a bitch, problem, outcast, character study, loss, addiction ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 20th century
Place:
oslo norway, berlin germany, copenhagen
Similarity:
69%
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:
68%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The controversial and troubled Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto finds his artistic choices challenged by censors.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, art house, intellectual, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, controversy, social criticism, loneliness, realism, moral ambiguity, courtroom drama, bittersweet, alcoholism, journalism, censorship
Time:
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Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Biography
Country: Australia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The year is 1935. Frida Kahlo's husband has just begun an affair with her younger sister. A sister that had been her closest friend.
Style:
art house, melancholic, independent film, period drama
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, female protagonist, love triangle, character study, biopic, family drama, sibling rivalry, female friendship, tragic romance, passion, identity crisis ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tragic story of the life of revolutionary and romantic Nikolai Bukharin and his failed attempt to refute the charges against him. In parallel with the trial of Nikolai Bukharin, the whole life of this amazing man, who was ready to die for his ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tense, intellectual, grim ...
Plot:
repression, biopic, political persecution, tragedy, courtroom, historical figure, idealism, ideology, communism, totalitarianism, trial, revolutionary ...
Time:
20th century, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, eastern europe, moscow russia
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar DomÃnguez, contemporary of Picasso. The film rediscovers the life of a talented artist who was ignored after he ...
Style:
avant garde, melancholic, tragic, period drama, grotesque
Plot:
artist, biopic, art, nazi occupation, painter, surrealism, loneliness, bohemian, lesbian sex, identity, alienation, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
57%
31
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Bliss tells the story of Katherine Mansfield in her early 20s as she leaves New Zealand and begins her journey as a writer.
Style:
historical drama, poetic, period piece, sensitive, reflective ...
Plot:
modernism, biopic, writer's life, female protagonist, coming of age, character study, friendship, literary, female empowerment, writers, teenage girl, tuberculosis ...
Time:
edwardian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Finland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Aged 63, Karen Blixen is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous farm in Africa, only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis ...
Style:
serious, psychological, thrilling, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
writers, literary, character study, biopic, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, love affair, poet, love and romance, writer's life, life is a bitch ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison is a 1977 Italian drama directed by Lino Del Fra.
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:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, detective, semi autobiographical, dramatic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, writers, biopic, writer's life, investigation, lifestyle, private investigation, murder investigation, private detective, forensics, homicide detective, creative process ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
soviet union
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53%
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Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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416
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
theater, biopic, character study, political unrest, sacrifice, mortality, resilience, legacy, social change, illness, memory, slow burn ...
Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, dark, therapeutic, heavy ...
Plot:
drug addiction, rehabilitation, biopic, psychiatrist, character study, male protagonist, conflict, substance abuse, actor's life, mental health, isolation, obsession ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, comedy drama, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, friendship, showbiz, fame, loneliness, actor's life, lifestyle, social problems, actor, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, coming of age, hans christian andersen, school, character study, personal growth, ambition, identity crisis, isolation, social class, poet ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
46%
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
art film, art house, melancholic, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
alienation, psychoanalysis, neurosis, mental illness, existentialism, guilt, family conflict, mental breakdown, identity crisis, isolation, domineering mother, electroshock therapy ...
Place:
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45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A story of the creation of the atomic bomb in America, Germany and the USSR.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, political, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, nuclear, cold war, atomic bomb, realism, moral dilemma, biopic, espionage, physicist, nuclear bomb, nuclear threat, post war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, ussr, germany, soviet union
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, costume drama, poignant, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
john f. kennedy, biopic, first lady, u.s. president, president, white house, marriage, female protagonist, tragedy, socialite, photojournalism, character study ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Upcoming Bengali Movie Based on Bengali matinee idol Uttam Kumar. The story revolves around the unexplored life of Uttam Kumar.
Style:
period piece, retro, reflective, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, tribute, actor's life, legacy, film industry, behind the scenes, respect, character study, nostalgia, glamour, identity, memory ...
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
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398
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The private life of Hitler revealed for the first time!
Style:
historical drama, intense, period piece, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, biopic, nazi, character study, dictator, nazi germany, manipulation, anti semitism, rise to power, totalitarianism, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dorothy Quick, A young girl befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemans during the final years of his life.
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:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.
Style:
historical drama, serious, dramatic, period piece, meditative ...
Plot:
saint, convent, biopic, religious, catholic, catholic saint, nun, mysticism, spiritual journey, a vision, catholicism, loyalty ...
Time:
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Similarity:
41%
61
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also dealing with his depressed and anti-social sister. Struggling against the societal pressures and ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, art house, southern gothic, period drama ...
Plot:
self discovery, aspiring writer, coming of age, identity crisis, biopic, lgbtq, creative process, sexual identity, dysfunctional family, family conflict, character study, isolation ...
Time:
1930s
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40%
211
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, atmospheric, intense
Plot:
painter, biopic, artist, inquisition, art, renaissance, forbidden love, catholic church, tragic romance, persecution, trial, outsider ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
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