Movies like Cuartelazo
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Cuartelazo (1977)
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.
Plot:
mexican revolution, bandit, dictator, rebellion, diplomacy, anarchism, biopic, state terrorism, political repression, murder, conspiracy, repression, rebel, senator, assassination, senate
Time:
1900s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about rebellion, murder, soldier, biopic, state affairs, military and violence mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Cuartelazo: De todos modos Juan te llamas (1976), The Attempt Dossier (2010), Los hermanos Muerte (1964), Longitud de guerra (1976), Memories of the Future (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
mexican revolution, conflict, murder, repression, rebellion
Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.
Plot:
mexican revolution, ancient, biopic, political intrigue, male female relationship, drunkenness, newspaper, train, conspiracy, picnic, restaurant, carriage ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Mexico
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
Village lad Sarman is drawn to big, bad Mohenjo Daro - and its mascot Chaani. But Chaani must wed Munja, son of Mohenjo Daro's ruler, Maham. Will Sarman find love - and more - in Mohenjo Daro?
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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