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On My Skin: The Last Seven Days of Stefano Cucchi (2018)
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Original name: Sulla mia pelle
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, tense, suspenseful, heartbreaking, suspense, social, sad
Plot:
abuse of power, bureaucracy, italian police, police, mysterious death, interrogation, lawyer client relationship, prisoner, brutality, medical examination, prison, politics, starvation, thinness, epileptic, bureaucrat, anarchist, real life, trial, biopic, drug addict, police officer, medicine, murder, cocaine ...
Place:
rome italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, thought provoking and realistic films with plots about biopic, courtroom, prison, trial, lawyer, society and police mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like On My Skin: The Last Seven Days of Stefano Cucchi: Lea - Something About Me (2015), Rosewater (2014), Shahid (2012), Evil Angels (1988), Worth (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to ...
Style:
suspense, tense, contemplative, disturbing
Plot:
trial, husband wife relationship, mafia, female protagonist, courtroom, police, mother daughter relationship, murder, biopic, daughter, train station, arrest ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s, 2010s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This compelling drama tells the remarkable true story of slain human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who became a powerful voice against the intercommunal violence that has engulfed Mumbai since the early 1990s.
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realistic, captivating, thought provoking, tense, psychological ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, Romania, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
police brutality, bullying, political protest, rebelliousness, fighting the system, globalization, political unrest, violence spree, anarchist, violence, demonstration, police ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, legal, trial, prejudice, court, australian outback, religious persecution, injustice, false accusation, investigation, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
Style:
period piece, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, 9/11, lawyer, attorney, tragedy, congress, deal, victim, bureaucracy, crime victim, political intrigue, bureaucrat ...
Time:
2000s, september 11 2001, year 2001
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59%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
european history, prisoner, lawyer, world war two, communism, death sentence, czech history, trial, husband wife relationship, jail, politics, strong female character ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 1930s, 1940s, 50s
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
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56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.
Style:
captivating, psychological, political, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, prison life, prison, injustice, human rights, jailed, confined, military prison, jail cell, prison violence, prisoner, jail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, tension, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, police corruption, wrongful conviction, investigation, murder mystery, biopic, female protagonist, controversy, courtroom, scandal, defense attorney ...
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, canada, ontario canada
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52%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, terrorism, politics, rescue, danger, political corruption, revolution, kidnapping, rebellion, unlikely criminals, journalism, rebelliousness ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, los angeles
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, dramatic, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
medical drama, thought provoking, neurotic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
america, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1989, 50s, year 1957, year 1952, year 1955 ...
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, thought provoking, political drama, tragic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2009, year 2011 ...
Place:
france, brittany
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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