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When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)
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When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)
Original name: Кад будем мртав и бео
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.
Style: black and white
Plot: black, army, drifter, dentist, wagon train, stealing money, singing competition, toilet, sitting on a toilet, singing contest
Place: serbia, balkan
Keyword: serbian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out black and white, realistic, serious and captivating films with plots about black, artists and showbiz, death, ambition, music, singing and african american mostly in Drama, Music and War genres. Some movies like When I Am Dead and Gone: The Return (1966), Handcuffs (1970), Three (1965), The Feast (1967), The Restless (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Return (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 70 min.
Story: An-ex convict nicknamed Al Capone, who spent six years in jail, tries to adapt in new environment. Members of the two rival gangs try to engage him in their new ventures, but he wants to make a new start with the girl he loves. At the same time, a ...
Style: black and white
Plot: black, prison, rape, rivalry, murder, police operation, ex convict, motorcycle accident, gang leader, soccer, police officer, freight train
Place: balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Handcuffs (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Yugoslavia, 1948, the year of Inform Bureau's resolution and Tito's break-up with Stalin. The story takes place during a wedding in the Dalmatian inland in Croatia. Ante marries a much younger woman, Visnja; the groom's godfather is ...
Style: black and white
Plot: black, wedding, secret police, peasant, rural setting, rape, communism, handcuffs
Place: croatia, balkan, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Three (1965)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In this episodic WW II drama, a Yugoslavian youth attempts to escape from German soldiers. In the first scene, he stands amongst a group of refugees waiting for a train. One man, with no identification papers is accused of a petty crime and the ...
Style: black and white
Plot: partisan, world war two, black, death, fugitive, revolutionary, swamp, air raid, false accusation, mountain, shooting, execution ...
Place: serbia, balkan, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.1
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The Feast (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In a Serbian village on Christmas Day in 1943, the Chetniks accept two downed American pilots and give them hospitality. However, finding out that the Germans are looking for pilots, the Chetniks change their attitude towards them.
Style: black and white
Plot: partisan, black, world war two, slaughtered, commander, banquet, blood, snow, escape, death, murder, christmas ...
Place: balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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 7.2
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The Restless (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: One night, after disastrous road accident, the eyewitnesses were claiming that they saw a woman behind the steering wheel. It was actually three teenagers who stole Peugeot 404 to drive around for fun, but the girl who hitch-hiked them left the car ...
Style: black and white
Plot: black, car accident, cemetery, highway, highway patrol, police inspector, refrigerator
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Young and Healthy as a Rose (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Young and Healthy as a Rose follows Stevan Nikolic, "Stiv", a petty criminal born in Belgrade, and his rise to power along with drugs, sex and with the help of local police.
Style: black and white
Plot: female nudity, black, social commentary, secret police, outcast, gunfight, mob boss, mafia, nudity, bare butt, photography, bare chested male ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Crows (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.
Style: black and white
Plot: boxer, river, winter, boxing, slaughterhouse, suburbs, ballerina, murder, aging, sheep
Place: belgrade, former yugoslavia
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Horoscope (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A gang of young delinquents from a coastal town terrorize the locals, the tourists that spend the summer holidays there, as well as the young girls. They are especially focused on a pretty girl that sells newspapers, and they make a bet which one ...
Style: black and white
Plot: summer, bare chested male, nudity, skinny dipping, juvenile delinquent, train, male nudity, wedding, beach, killing an animal, rape
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62%
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 7.6
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Wild Seed (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate's village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives "night visits" from the village men. He starts a ...
Style: black and white
Plot: village, revenge killing, lust, rape, priest, funeral, manhunt, procession, shaving
Place: balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
National Class Category Up to 785 Ccm (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One week in the life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National Class (up to 785 ccm), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a Belgrade dandy boy, neglecting his girlfriend, ...
Plot: race, carsploitation, male female relationship, con man, auto racing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rain, on the run, driver, drag racing, mud
Place: balkan, serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Tango Argentino (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A boy who is helping lonely, elderly people revives their urge to live and receives in return their love and understanding, which have been denied to him by his parents.
Style: pre war
Plot: tango, retirement home, dysfunctional family, child's point of view, orchestra, music teacher, caretaker, communism, dog, singer, boy, father son relationship ...
Place: eastern europe, serbia, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to ...
Style: black and white, mondo, surreal
Plot: gypsy, black, social injustice, murder, business rivalry, bare chested male, girl man relationship, baby, horse, blood, marriage, wedding ...
Time: 60s
Place: eastern europe, balkan, serbia, belgrade, former yugoslavia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The Ambush (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Idealistic young man supports the party and the new Yugoslavia's communist regime, but soon gets involved in various political and criminal machinations becoming more and more confused about what's right and what's wrong.
Style: black and white
Plot: partisan, world war two, black, communist, josef stalin, communism, criminal, hooker, innocent, militia, girl, death ...
Time: year 1945, post world war two
Place: serbia, balkan, ussr, former yugoslavia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 79 min.
Story: After many adventures, young female switchboard operator starts a love relationship with a serious young man. But while he's away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's passes. When the boyfriend returns, he gets into ...
Style: experimental, black and white, educational, controversial, non-linear ...
Plot: rat, female nudity, surrealism, lust, black, morgue, exterminator, female corpse, nudity, bare butt, corpse, violent content ...
Time: 60s
Place: eastern europe, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Trek (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A story of a farmer and his calf, the only survivors of the German WW2 punitive expeditions that passed through their village. While evading before the dangers of war, the farmer develops a deep attachment to his calf and tries to save it at all ...
Style: black and white
Plot: world war two, partisan, farmer, calf, fate, hiding place, death, escape, fear, murder, blood, massacre ...
Time: year 1943
Place: serbia, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Freedom (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: slave, slavery, freedom, ship, runaway, black, changing lives, fugitives, sea voyage, escape, bounty hunter, religion ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
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35%
The Dog Who Loved Trains (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A fugitive girl, a stuntman and a young man who lost his dog quite some time before, are joining together on a trip to reach each of their own destination. A youngster gets emotionally connected to the girl, and he'd try to help her to leave ...
Plot: dog, train, fugitive, fate, police officer, naivete, motorcycle, satire, male female relationship, police, prisoner, father son relationship ...
Place: balkan, belgrade
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Just Another Day (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Follows a day in the life of two men living at either end of the music game. A successful rapper, A-Maze, is dealing with the pitfalls and trappings of his success and facing new challenges in the music business to get a check while the other, Young ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, hood
Plot: profanity, rivalry, music, musician's life, rapper, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, hip hop, urban, black ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
Style: entertaining, sincere, romantic, captivating, inspirational
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: hip hop, ambition, follow your dream, dance, creativity, human spirit, rivalry, friendship, life philosophy, youth, artists and showbiz, dancing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Tough Ones (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two soldiers can't deal with peacetime.
Style: black and white, grindhouse
Plot: world war two, exploitation, black, madness, insanity, trophy, brother brother relationship, machine gun, girl, rain, interrogation, prison ...
Time: year 1945
Place: former yugoslavia, serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along ...
Style: sentimental, hood, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: music, racism, black, rock and roll, african american, friendship, blaxploitation, black history, music business, corruption, drug addiction, gangster ...
Time: 60s, year 1991, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Sparkle (1976)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem who become singers Sister (Lonette McKee) becomes involved with drugs and Sparkle ends up being the one who gets famous. This movie tells about how drugs ruined Sister's relationships and ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, entertaining ...
Plot: black, african american, drug addiction, urban, girl group, showbiz, african, girl power, rock and roll, ambitious woman, black cast, black history ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
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32%
The Piano Lesson (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and ...
Style: family saga, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot: piano, black, blaxploitation, family relations, introspection, hopes, estrangement, family problems, siblings relations, disagreement, family in crisis, family tradition ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
Style: serious, captivating, feel good, realistic, independent film
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: dance, dancing, hip hop, dancer's life, college, rivalry, lifestyle, college life, contests and competitions, student life, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Teen Spirit (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Violet, a shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England dreams of pop stardom and with the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.
Style: captivating, light, entertaining
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: musician, singing, music, coming of age, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, audition, singing competition, singer, love and romance, schoolgirl, fictional reality show ...
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Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, youth, lifestyle, friends, parents and children, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada
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32%
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Beat Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Style: hood, independent film, grim, serious, realistic ...
Plot: hip hop, dancing, graffiti, subway, rap, hip hop culture, gangster, urban, black, ghetto, music, street gang ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
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31%
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: jazz, racism, music and dance, blaxploitation, black, casino, alcoholism, talent agent, prejudice, musician, trumpet player, biopic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Sparkle (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot: musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time: year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Play-Back (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small town of Decazeville, a mining town in France and sing in the music group "The Sirens". Suddenly their paths in music and in life drastically change...
Plot: rock star, concert, best friend, shooting, success, friend, singing, fan, mother daughter relationship, female female relationship, singer, promiscuous woman ...
Time: 90s
Place: france
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