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Unfair World (2011)
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Unfair World (2011)
Original name: Άδικος Κόσμος
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Sotiris is a police investigator in Athens who lives by a strict moral code. An honest man, he carries himself as though held down by the weight of the world. Dora is a cleaning lady, struggling to get by any way she can. Dealt a rough hand in life, she has developed a rich layer of cynicism and mistrust that informs her every action. When a man Sotiris believes is innocent is arrested for a brutal crime, his attempt to uncover the truth results in a grave mistake. Finding himself on the other side of the law for the first time, he places his fate in Dora, the only witness to his malfeasance and the only person who can help him, for better or for worse.
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, realistic, semi serious
Plot: moral dilemma, society, working class, cop witness relations, dark humor, injustice, law enforcement, uncover truth, police, european, money, man hits a woman, homicide, murder, man slaps a woman, shot to death, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: greece

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, tense and serious films with plots about society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, police and disorder mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Unfair World: Between the Canals (2011), The Choirboys (1977), Stratos (2014), The Big Ask (2013), Asphalt Playground (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Between the Canals (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 74 min.
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Duration: 137 min.
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The Big Ask (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 91 min.
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: captivating, humorous, tense, light, bleak ...
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Time: year 2012, 21st century
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, realistic
Plot: nothing goes right, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, silly humor, gangster, disorder, social relations, small town, dark humor, satire, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
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Stolen (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A fast-paced thriller about a vital and terrifying subject - the trafficking of children - with the heart-stopping vibrancy, compassion and energy that only the fate of children inspires. This is a story that touches all our lives. And it's ...
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