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Aferim! (2015)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Western
Country: Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Style:
road movie, tense, captivating, black and white, exciting, humorous, political, independent film, beautiful
Plot:
slavery, racism, gypsy, escape, prejudice, danger, blacks and whites, society, husband wife relationship, racial discrimination, slave trade, horseman, social injustice, black, human exploitation, black slave, adultery, police officer, female nudity, castration, horse riding, roma, slave trader, slave, horse ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Aferim!
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and period drama films with plots about slavery, racism, slave trade, black, society, slave and african american mostly in Drama, History and Western genres. Some movies like Aferim!: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965), The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972), The Retrieval (2013), Roots: The Gift (1988), Free State of Jones (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Style:
edutainment, political, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, slavery, african american, slave trade, slave, civil war, american civil war, civil rights, black, blaxploitation, american history, underground railroad ...
Time:
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Place:
america, canada, north carolina
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation-owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of them heaving no other choice but to rebel. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
slavery, racism, slave, black slave, civil war, oppression, social injustice, interracial relations, plantation, sadism, brutality, violence ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Style:
tense, road movie, spaghetti western, period drama, black cinema
Plot:
blaxploitation, slavery, racial violence, old west, freedom, racism, violent, escape, pursuit, anti hero, human rights, journey ...
Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, road movie ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, african american, male bonding, moral dilemma, danger, survival, racism, society, escapades, on the run, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.
Style:
historical drama, art house, slow cinema, reflective, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, male pubic hair, male nudity, massacre, jewish ghetto, holocaust, ethnic cleansing, controversy, moral ambiguity, memory, minimalism, haunting ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 1940s
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In December 1775, Cletus Moyer is a free black Northerner in colonial America, helping slaves escape captivity. In the days just prior to Christmas, a group of bounty hunters captures Moyer.
Because of his capture, dozens of slaves who have already ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
christmas, slavery, african american, freedom, holiday, captive, black slave, slave trade, human exploitation, civil war, slave, black ...
Place:
africa, virginia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, factual, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, slavery, revolution, u.s. civil war, justice, racism, revenge, rebellion, wartime, courage, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, year 2016, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
louisiana, mississippi, america
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, touching, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, legal, courtroom, politics, freedom, court, lawyer, president, male nudity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place:
africa, cuba, washington d.c., america, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, emotional, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
slavery, preacher, civil war, rebellion, racism, violence, suffering, poverty, preaching, black slave, murder, rape ...
Time:
year 2016, 19th century, 2010s, georgian era
Place:
virginia, southern usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1825 an English aristocrat is captured by Indians. He lives with them and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles. Eventually he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.
Style:
intense, scenic, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
horse, native american, sioux tribe, ritual, native, captivity, survival, lifestyle, interracial relations, danger, injustice, torture ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1800s, 70s
Place:
usa, south dakota, india, california
Similarity:
46%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Charles Burnett directs this movie about John, a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, uplifting, sentimental ...
Plot:
racism, slave, slave trade, slavery, illiteracy, teaching, plantation, racial discrimination, black slave, american civil war, racial issues, blaxploitation ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
america
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, they must walk through it instead of ride. The town dishonors them but the soldiers' ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
racism, american indian, civil war, black, african american, native american, racial discrimination, indian war, cavalry, indian reservation, apache, slave trade ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot:
slavery, interracial relations, black, slave trade, interracial, racism, family relations, chases and races, rescue, society, human spirit, hidden identity ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1850s
Place:
virginia, usa, canada
Similarity:
43%
892
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Ghana, Burkina Faso, UK, Germany, Ethiopia, Jamaica
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the ...
Style:
inspirational, independent film, captivating, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
slavery, sexual abuse, african, black, afrofuturism, slave trade, slave trader, racism, sex crime, racial issues, blaxploitation, racial discrimination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, west africa, west indies
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
interracial relations, slave trade, slavery, racism, black slave, interracial romance, plantation, white male black female relationship, interracial sex, sex slave, slave girl, slave ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, year 1975
Place:
usa, america, new orleans, louisiana, turkey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In ...
Style:
political, epic, non-linear, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
civil rights, african american, racism, slavery, black, plantation, discrimination, journalism, slave trade, blaxploitation, female protagonist, black history ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1860s, 1940s, 1870s ...
Place:
america, southern usa, louisiana, usa, ohio ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A story about two half-sisters life in the eighteenth century Suriname. There is Lynda, a white colonial and slave owner, and her slave Mini-Mini's. While Lynda is slowly embittered by the hard life in the colony, Mini-Mini gets a chance at ...
Style:
captivating, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
slavery, half sister, imperialism, plantation, slave auction, first love, marriage, rebelliousness, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
latin america, caribbean
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and suspected criminals with a painful whip called the "dragonard."
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
black slave, slave trade, human exploitation, rebellion, injustice, island, against the odds, adventurer, danger, escapades, heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
middle ages, 18th century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
38%
220
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Spain, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
At the beginning of this century some owners of rubber plantations in the Amazonas jungle convert a village into one big prison. But the inhabitants have other plans...
Style:
tense, historical drama, intense, grim, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exploitation, rebellion, jungle, rain forest, amazon, oppression, escape, brutality, survival, class conflict, social injustice, resistance ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
38%
598
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Anglosaxons are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between the settlers and the Mexican government are escalating which would lead to war and Texan ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
river battle, last stand, passionate kiss, texas revolution, battles, heroes, revolution, folk hero, danger, obsessive quest, politics, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Martinique
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
slave trade, slavery, genocide, social injustice, human rights, captive, prisoner, freedom, revolt, protest, racism, anguish ...
Place:
africa, atlantic ocean, senegal
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Get On the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid off aircraft worker, a former Gang Banger, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial ...
Style:
road movie, compassionate, talky, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
racism, politics, friendship, hip hop, prejudice, unlikely friendships, justice, character study, on the road, idealism, civil rights, black ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, tennessee, usa, california ...
Similarity:
37%
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231
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
slave, black, interracial, music and dance, human exploitation, slave trade, black slave, plantation, slavery, sadism, african american, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1969, 19th century
Place:
southern usa, kentucky, mississippi
Similarity:
37%
686
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France, Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, witty, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
revolution, feminism, rebellion, society, on the road, memory loss, language barrier, scoop, womanizer, radio dj, countryside, female pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france, switzerland, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Quincy gets the ...
Style:
funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
slave auction, mexican american border, slavery, con artists, slave trade, black, racism, con man, con men, hustler, american civil war, civil war ...
Time:
1850s, year 1971, 19th century
Place:
missouri, kansas, usa, southern usa, texas
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, France, Greece
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
31-year-old Vera is a vet in a small-town zoo veterinarian in Transylvania. After losing her new-born baby, she becomes obsessed with giving him the proper Eastern Orthodox burial rituals, spends more time at work and subsequently drifts apart from ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, melancholic, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
tiger, zoo, veterinarian, emotional breakdown, escape, motherhood, mourning, grief, zookeeper, animal, workplace, workplace situations ...
Place:
transylvania, eastern europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
heartbreaking, harsh, atmospheric, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, african american, black history, torture, slave trade, american history, freedom, racial discrimination, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, southern usa ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, catholic, religion, rebellion, christian, food, blaxploitation, restaurant, human exploitation, slave trade, racial discrimination, black slave ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Similarity:
34%
2K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
amazon rainforest, conquistador, desire, tribe, contests and competitions, danger, soldier, city, friendship, youth, society, money ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
34%
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