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Sakharov (1984)
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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:
thought provoking, serious, historical drama, period piece, political drama
Plot:
dissident, hunger, exile, human rights, oppression, political repression, authoritarianism, biopic, cold war, nobel prize, civil rights movement, activism, isolation, bureaucracy, tragic hero, ethical dilemma, propaganda, inventor, physicist, russian history, protest, political prisoner, civil rights, censorship
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, historical drama, serious and thought provoking films with plots about biopic, character study, political repression, exile, oppression, censorship and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Sakharov: Choice of Purpose (1975), Zina (1985), Coming Out of the Ice (1982), Censored (2019), Then Barbara Met Alan (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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140
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 ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, thought provoking, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
suicide, exile, mental illness, character study, biopic, tragedy, obsession, female protagonist, identity crisis, alienation, political repression, claustrophobia ...
Time:
1930s, year 1985
Place:
berlin germany, soviet union, ussr
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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:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
siberia, eastern europe, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, political, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
human rights, kgb, fighting the system, poet, writer's life, writers, social activist, historical figure, activist, heroes, historical character, freedom fighter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
protest, activism, love story, disability, political activism, social activism, couples, social justice, biopic, love, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain, london
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on true events, Yolda is the story of Yilmaz Guney, at the time the most celebrated filmmaker in Turkey, and the final years of his life in prison.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, intense, period piece, road movie ...
Plot:
biopic, authoritarianism, oppression, political repression, character study, kurd, surveillance, exile, resistance, tragic hero, human rights, autobiography ...
Place:
kurdistan
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The taped performance of Henry Fonda's one-man show was aired as "IBM Presents Clarence Darrow" on September 4, 1974, on NBC.
Style:
thought provoking, intellectual, reflective, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
biopic, monologue, historical figure, character study, intimate, lawyer, civil liberties, american history, mature, humanism, atheism, legal ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice.
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, civil disobedience, african american, civil rights, racial segregation, racism, black history, fighting the system, rebellion, social differences, injustice, legal ...
Time:
year 1955, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
alabama, america, usa
Similarity:
52%
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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:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.
Style:
serious, tense, thought provoking, political drama, tragic
Plot:
iraq war, investigation, british politics, moral ambiguity, cover up, journalism, bureaucracy, ethical dilemma, biopic, realism, whistleblower, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
united kingdom, london, iraq, britain
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, emotional, political drama ...
Plot:
greek history, political persecution, communism, political activism, biopic, cold war, greek civil war, execution, martyrdom, sacrifice, politics, resistance fighter ...
Place:
greece
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, historical drama
Plot:
political repression, jailed, male female relationship, gulag, political persecution, political prisoner, couple relations, love affair, wartime, relationships, love story, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1934
Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin's monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
stalinism, surveillance, sculptor, josef stalin, political repression, totalitarianism, kgb, feud, painter, political intrigue, propaganda, paranoia ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the ...
Style:
medical drama, historical drama, serious, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
scientific discovery, epidemic, biopic, maternity ward, hospital, investigation, realism, social criticism, ethical dilemma, character study, obsession, tragic hero ...
Time:
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Place:
vienna
Similarity:
41%
284
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revolution in that country.
Style:
historical drama, political, inspirational, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
apartheid, racial segregation, biopic, racial injustice, prison, civil rights, activism, legacy, human rights, resilience, leadership, reconciliation ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
Style:
serious, period piece, bleak, historical drama, harsh ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, imprisonment, injustice, escape, escape attempt, biopic, wrongful conviction, forced labor, oppression, realism, survival, brutality ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, period piece, grim, educational ...
Plot:
mccarthyism, cold war, biopic, witch hunt, alcoholism, rise and fall, character study, anti communism, manipulation, senate, political intrigue, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Against a backdrop of political unrest in Turkey, this biopic charts the life of Anatolian rock singer Cem Karaca, focusing on his revolutionary ideals. Heightened emotions and moments of threat reflect the country's rising tensions.
Style:
emotional, poignant, period piece, historical drama, tense
Plot:
biopic, musician's life, social commentary, legacy, political unrest, creative process, activism, counterculture, resilience, nostalgia, identity crisis, family drama ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Death Prosecutor (...) [focuses] on a significant court case in the period of the post-1956 retaliations, through the true story of a newly graduated prosecutor, Endre Grátz.
...
Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, political repression, courtroom drama, cold war era, justice, biopic, social commentary, ethical dilemma, victimization, bureaucracy, investigation, morality ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
Similarity:
36%
123K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style:
touching, inspirational, political, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, intellectual, art house, period drama
Plot:
cold war, spy, desertion, cold war era, character study, intimate, biopic, identity, moral ambiguity, regret, isolation, political intrigue ...
Time:
60s
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, london, ussr, russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in 1983, behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe in Budapest, the film follows Frank, the charismatic singer of a banned punk band that carries the voice of their generation against a totalitarian regime. Taken to the police psychiatric ...
Style:
dark, tense, historical drama, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
totalitarian regime, political repression, authoritarianism, anti establishment, punk, police station, resistance, political persecution, oppression, iron curtain, imprisonment, mental institution ...
Time:
80s
Place:
budapest, eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
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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:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
child, totalitarianism, family drama, oppression, political repression, child protagonist, mother daughter relationship, children, social problems, promise, society, stalinism ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
estonia, ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Television film telling the story of Diana, Princess of Wales, based on the publication of the same name by Andrew Morton.
Style:
historical drama, serious, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
royalty, royal family, princess, biopic, scandal, british monarchy, divorce, adaptation, family conflict, celebrity culture, media frenzy, empathy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
britain, house of windsor
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dr. Alexander Brown (Martin Sheen) arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man ...
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
nuclear testing, cold war, ethical dilemma, guilt, conspiracy, whistleblower, investigation, conscience, regret, corruption, flashback, biopic ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A biopic based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema. It is a detailed account on Daniel's life, making of his film Vigathakumaran and the tragic story of Vigathakumaran's heroine P. K. Rosie. The film is ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
biopic, director, filmmaking, film history, film industry, social issues, filmmaker, problem, social problems, loss, legacy, pioneer ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, ku klux klan, american history, civil rights, social issues, social problems, society, moral dilemma, social relations, family relations, fight, historical event ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alabama
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
celebrity culture, prodigy, ambition, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, lifestyle, filmmaking, biopic, scandal, controversy, celebrity, fame ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
usa, europe
Similarity:
32%
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