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Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
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Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Original name: Soldados de Salamina
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political, art film, realistic
Plot: spanish civil war, writer's life, change of heart, uncover truth, soldier, society, lifesaver, political unrest, against humanity, civil war, writers, radical, spanish history, fascism, creative block, state affairs, female nudity, female pubic hair, female journalist, pubic hair, female full frontal nudity
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sincere films with plots about society, life is a bitch, state affairs, political unrest, female nudity, spanish civil war and family relations mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Soldiers of Salamina: The Carpenter's Pencil (2003), Madrid, 1987 (2011), The Sleeping Voice (2011), Freedomfighters (1996), Orange Honey (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Carpenter's Pencil (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A story of love and obsession during the Spanish Civil War
Style: captivating, emotional, realistic, sentimental, serious
Plot: spanish civil war, prison, hopes, political unrest, confined, idealism, society, love, artist, doctor, love story, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: spain, galicia
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95%
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Madrid, 1987 (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two characters: old and young; teacher and pupil; man and woman. Four walls within which they conjure intellectualism, relive the profession (journalism), explore politics and discover each other.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, witty, contemplative ...
Audience: adult
Plot: relationships, journalism, introspection, locked in, elderly, confined, society, aging, isolation, male pubic hair, male star appears nude, male nudity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: spain, europe
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84%
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pepita travels to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia who is pregnant and in prison. Hortensia is sentenced to death. The execution will not be carried out until after the baby is delivered. Pepita tries everything to stay the execution, but when ...
Style: captivating, serious, emotional, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, wartime life, political unrest, woman in danger, fall in love, life is a bitch, sister sister relationship, family relations, civil war, false accusation, rebellion, love and romance ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain, europe, madrid
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81%
Freedomfighters (1996)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story: At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's ...
Style: political, informative, social, sad, serious ...
Plot: spanish civil war, anarchist, anarchism, feminism, civil war, rebellion, revolution, spanish history, radical, international relations, labor, sex ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: barcelona, iberian peninsula, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Orange Honey (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Andalusia in the fifties. Enrique and Carmen just meet and fall deeply in love. Carmen gets him to stay in military service in a court of the city. Enrique, in view of the injustices he witnesses every day, realizes that to change the course of ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: soldier, against the rules, rebelliousness, moral dilemma, rebellion, fighting the system, life turned upside down, injustice, society, life is a bitch, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: spain, andalusia
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73%
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Captive (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school in Buenos Aires and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: uncover truth, haunted by the past, society, against humanity, life is a bitch, family relations, missing person, political unrest, teenage life, adoption, hidden truth, kidnapping ...
Time: 70s, 90s
Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Galíndez File (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Italy, Portugal, Cuba, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappears from his apartment in New York, never heard from again. He had been working with the FBI and was about to publish a book critical of Dominican strongman, Trujillo. In 1988, ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: uncover truth, amateur detective, missing person, life is a bitch, dishonesty, politics, political conspiracy, price of justice, political corruption, spy, conspiracy, state affairs ...
Time: year 1988
Place: new york, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Uncertain Glory (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Front of Aragon, 1937. Lluís (Marcel Borràs), a young republican officer destined for a temporarily dormant position, meets an enigmatic widow of whom she falls in love, Carlana (Núria Prims), who manages to fool him to falsify a Document that ...
Style: disturbing, tense, sincere, captivating
Plot: spanish civil war, european history, soldier, friendship, politics, life is a bitch, wartime life, love and romance, mediterranean, world war one, male pubic hair, striptease ...
Time: 1930s, year 1937
Place: catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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The 13 Roses (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, touching, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, injustice, woman in danger, false accusation, social decay, life is a bitch, betrayal, idealism, society, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Red Dust (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot: apartheid, missing person, politics, courtroom drama, state affairs, rivalry, injustice, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, courtroom ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Beehive (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Plot: post war, struggle, female nudity, francisco franco, freedom, revolutionary, revolutionary war, conflict, lgbt, spanish history, spanish civil war, brothel ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: madrid, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Day I Was Not Born (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
Story: During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown ...
Style: realistic, psychological, contemplative, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: redemption, self discovery, parents and children, uncover truth, protecting from truth, haunted by the past, adoption, family relations, hopes, society, life is a bitch, monkey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Ants in the Mouth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After languishing in a Barcelona prison for nearly a decade, a busted bank robber attempts to find the girl who made off with the cash in this suspenseful tale of revenge and betrayal starring Adriana Gil and Eduard Fernández. Ex-con Martin Losada ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, on the run, rivalry, investigation, chase, vengeance, obsessive quest, betrayal, dishonesty, heist, cons and scams, political corruption ...
Time: 50s
Place: cuba, europe, spain, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Man Inside (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. ...
Style: action thriller, independent film, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: undercover, conspiracy, profanity, violent content, biopic, media, dishonesty, rebellion, life is a bitch, hidden identity, society, journalism ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Phoenix 11·23 (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the fall of 2004, Eric Bertrand, a 14 years , created a website inspired by "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to defend the Catalan language. One night, thirty civil guards of anti-terrorist squad Madrid, burst into his home ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: false accusation, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, youth, society, dishonesty, teenage life, life turned upside down, injustice, computers and web, website ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Kamchatka (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The movie show us how life was in Argentina for dissident people, in the seventies, under the military government.
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, political ...
Plot: coming of age, life is a bitch, family in danger, family life, youth, confined, parents and children, political unrest, isolation, society, totalitarianism, parent child relationship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
To an Unknown God (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ageing man comes to terms with his mortality and his sexual orientation. The film was groundbreaking in its frank and mature examination of homosexuality.
Style: social, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot: lgbt, gay, spanish civil war, male homosexuality, couples, gays and lesbians, elderly, introspection, unfulfillment, gender, aging, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: madrid, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Let the Wind Blow (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A collegian in turbulent Mumbai attempts to improve his lifestyle.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: coming of age, working class, rich and poor, follow your dream, social differences, political unrest, parents and children, society, youth, state affairs, hopes, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, india, bombay india
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41%
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Cet amour-là (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, serious, sincere ...
Plot: destiny, wartime life, soldier, lifestyle, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, couple relations, family relations, couples, culture clash, love affair ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Invisible Eye (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Spying on her students, a teacher finds an exciting hobby.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: high school life, political unrest, society, youth, rebellion, workplace, teachers and students, against the rules, social relations, workplace situations, responsibility, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, argentina
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41%
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The Pianist (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house ...
Style: serious, realistic, gloomy, emotional, contemplative
Plot: piano, civil war, love triangle, friends, lifestyle, love and romance, confined, life is a bitch, musician's life, state affairs, artists and showbiz, haunted by the past ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: barcelona, paris france, spain, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Duchess (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 150 min.
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Story: The life of the Duchess of Alba La vida de la Duquesa de Alba
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, romantic
Plot: duchess, royal family, aristocracy, love and romance, political unrest, society, family relations, state affairs, fall in love, parents and children, couple relations, biopic ...
Time: 60s, 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 50s ...
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Ladygrey (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Estelle fights to maintain her sense of self while sleeping with Angus for money.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, bleak
Plot: uncover truth, haunted by the past, under the surface, life is a bitch, society, interracial relations, community, social relations, male pubic hair, nudity, mental disorder, mentally challenged ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Afterburn (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
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The Holy Innocents (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master ...
Style: social, manga, realistic, captivating
Plot: rich and poor, francisco franco, spanish civil war, human rights, provincial life, spanish history, poverty, servant, family relations, rural area, landowner, animal ...
Time: 60s, year 1984
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Ivans xtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood) (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, spiritual ...
Plot: uncover truth, introspection, rise and fall, ambition, life is a bitch, showbiz, drug abuse, self destructing, hollywood, death, spirituality, skinny dipping ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
Style: touching, serious, suspenseful, captivating, art house ...
Plot: twins, depression, lie, siblings relations, parent child relationship, woman in danger, missing person, uncover truth, seduction, european, social problems, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: france, normandy, barcelona, europe, spain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: state affairs, tragic hero, political unrest, idealism, heroes, downfall, writer's life, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, writers, lgbtq, political activist ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1970
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Black Bread (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spanish civil war, coming of age, post war, revenge, hate, human nature, society, uncover truth, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, injustice, social relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain, catalonia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
Style: tense, thought provoking, uplifting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: discrimination, apartheid, social change, racism, prison, legal, society, life is a bitch, state affairs, rebellion, politics, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s, 80s
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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