Movies like Skin

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Skin (2018)
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Skin (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Brazil, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, atmospheric, thought provoking, dramatic, mumblecore, underground film, action thriller
Audience: adult
Plot: skinhead, racism, tattooed man, death threat, alienation, protest, gang, starting over, family relations, subculture, fbi agent, couples, society, danger, spy, violence, underground, profanity, nationalism, real life, chaos, transformation, anti nazi, criminal gang, civil rights ...
Time: year 2019
Place: palestine, nashville tennessee, columbus ohio

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Most similar movies to Skin

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, thought provoking and psychological films with plots about society, violence, kiss, gun, racism, african american and police mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Skin: Midnight Express (1978), Fruitvale Station (2013), Soldier's Girl (2003), Queen & Slim (2019), Heart of a Lion (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Midnight Express (1978)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspense, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: prison, torture, brutality, injustice, lawyer, escape, drug, court, escape attempt, trial, prison break, jail ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978, year 1972, year 1975 ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Style: emotional, sad, hood, intense, heartbreaking ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: racism, african american, police brutality, black, black history, introspection, civil rights, black lives matter, character study, new year's eve, tragic hero, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2007, year 2009 ...
Place: california, new york, usa, san francisco, oakland california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Soldier's Girl (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was ...
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, erotic, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: transsexual, gay, gays and lesbians, gender bending, lgbt, transgender, gender, murder, gay soldier, lgbtq, love and romance, rules and policies ...
Place: kansas, kentucky, nashville tennessee, tennessee, missouri ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.1
 34K
Queen & Slim (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An exploration of America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. The film centers on a black man and black woman who go on a first date that goes awry after the two are pulled over by a police officer at a ...
Style: road movie, thought provoking, exciting, sad, disturbing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: racist cop, on the run, first date, african american, black, police officer killed, riot, dysfunctional family, police officer, dating, manhunt, black american ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: florida, cleveland ohio, cuba, georgia, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Heart of a Lion (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: racism, moral dilemma, skinhead, fascism, fall in love, violent content, psychopath, gang, love and romance, single parent, neo nazi, love ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.5
 50K
Imperium (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as ...
Style: clever, realistic, political, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, racism, terrorism, fbi, gangster, organized crime, fascism, politics, conspiracy, investigation, prejudice ...
Time: year 2016, year 1969
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Crown Heights (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Style: realistic, intense, suspense, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: prison, miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, friendship, false accusation, husband wife relationship, african american, injustice, lie, fighting the system, black, freedom ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
American History X (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style: dramatic, serious, cerebral, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: skinhead, prison, racism, gang, neo nazi, racial slur, nazism, character change, juvenile delinquency, rape, african american, racial prejudice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, humorous, tense, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, old man, prison, bank robber, bank, criminal, pursuit, widow, lie, investigation, chase, secret ...
Time: year 1936, year 1979, 90s, 2010s, 80s ...
Place: usa, texas, san francisco, california, milwaukee wisconsin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.5
 103K
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style: bleak, disturbing, touching, independent film, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, gender, rape, transgender, transsexual, violence, prejudice, lgbt, tragic love, small town, gay slur, lgbtq ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: nebraska, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.2
 1K
Russia 88 (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the ...
Style: serious, heartbreaking, psychological, intense, rough
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, hate crime, gang, murder, fight, racial slur, brutality, interracial friendship, society, rebelliousness, found footage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.4
 5K
Skinning (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Novica is a mathematics champion in a Belgrade high school. In an attempt to overcome the ‘geek’ status at school, Novica becomes attracted to the world of skinheads by his school friend Relja. Novica is exposed to violence, hooliganism and ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, hood
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, transformation, racism, revolution, corruption, murder, manipulation, danger, society, rivalry, nationalism ...
Place: balkan, serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner ...
Style: thought provoking, touching, melancholic, captivating, neo noir
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, doctor, terminal illness, promise, dying, breast cancer, femme fatale, lie, mother daughter relationship, actress, life is a bitch, love ...
Time: year 2017, year 1979, 70s, year 1981, 80s
Place: liverpool, los angeles, california, england, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.1
 1K
Steel Toes (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Steel Toes is a provocative exploration of the inescapable and insidious presence of racial and religious intolerance in our society.
Style: psychological, realistic, disturbing, serious, tense ...
Plot: racism, skinhead, confined, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, introspection, legal, misfit, prison, husband wife relationship, neo nazi, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.4
 7K
Cass (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, powerful ...
Plot: racism, adoption, interracial relations, bullying, lifestyle, going straight, self discovery, rise to the top, parents and children, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Chameleon (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had ...
Style: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: fbi, family relations, uncover truth, hidden identity, dishonesty, cons and scams, sibling relationship, parents and children, family life, missing person, family drama, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.5
 289K
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style: informative, political, dark comedy, social, inspirational ...
Plot: racism, white supremacy, ku klux klan, african american, undercover cop, racial slur, racist cop, black, biopic, black lives matter, black cop, black american ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place: usa, africa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Cleveland Abduction (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, true crime, captivity, life is a bitch, violence, isolation, sexual abuse, woman in danger, rape, missing person, cruelty, abduction ...
Time: 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America ...
Style: political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot: interracial relations, white male black female relationship, interracial marriage, biracial, miscegenation, racism, civil rights, love, interracial, interracial romance, supreme court, interracial couple ...
Time: 90s, 60s
Place: america, virginia, usa, southern usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.6
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Cherry (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Style: psychological, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post traumatic stress disorder, heroin, drug use, american soldier, drug addiction, war veteran, group therapy, iraq war veteran, junkie, society, threat to kill, self pity ...
Time: year 2007, 2020s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.5
 97K
Richard Jewell (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and ...
Style: tense, sad, factual, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: lawyer, false accusation, wrongful arrest, scapegoat, media frenzy, investigation, fbi, terrorist, biopic, federal bureau of investigation, newspaper reporter, friendship between men ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century ...
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.0
 99K
Big Eyes (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, sentimental, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: art, painter, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, secret, courtroom, abusive husband, couples, ambition, art history ...
Time: 60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place: hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.1
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The Believer (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A hardcore American racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, bleak, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: skinhead, judaism, racism, anti semitism, neo nazi, nazism, hate, bomb, identity crisis, anger, introspection, violence spree ...
Time: year 2001, y2k, 60s, 20th century
Place: israel, new york, usa, argentina, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Charlie Says (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was sent in to teach them - and through her we witness their ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspense, disturbing, slasher ...
Plot: cult leader, female murderer, serial killer, charles manson, hippie, female nudity, prison, sect, psychopath, confined, serial murder, manipulation ...
Time: year 2014, year 2017, year 1969, year 2009, 60s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Great Debaters (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Style: inspirational, realistic, touching, political, emotional ...
Plot: racism, teacher, debate, mentor, african american, professor, biopic, segregation, college, discrimination, black american, racial segregation ...
Time: 1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place: texas, africa, oklahoma, harvard university, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.6
 3K
I Am Woman (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The story of Helen Reddy, who, in 1966, landed in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love. Within five years, she was one of the biggest superstars of ...
Style: touching, feel good, thought provoking, captivating, light ...
Plot: feminism, misogyny, female empowerment, feminist, music, love, biopic, women, woman, female musician, musician, music industry ...
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: australia, sydney australia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.9
 2K
Neo Ned (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Like most kids, Ned idolized his father and dreamed of following in his footsteps. Unfortunately, his father was a two-bit crook who spent most of his life in jail. Without a family of his own, Ned falls in with the Aryan Brotherhood. Soon after, ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, atmospheric, touching, multicultural ...
Plot: interracial relations, mental illness, mental institution, misfit, fall in love, opposites attract, society, love affair, skinhead, racial issues, interracial couple, punk rock ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.1
 4K
Kings (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, China, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Style: social, bleak, serious, suspense, anamorphic ...
Plot: sex scene, police, neighbor, death, racism, african american, children, protest, chaos and mayhem, erotic dream, single mother, foster child ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, year 1991
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
American Gangster (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, mob boss, heroin, drug lord, mobster, police, violence, crime boss, drug traffic, gang ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, new jersey, vietnam, china, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Freedom Writers (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, rough ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, racism, lifestyle change, teenage life, urban ghetto life, mentor, teenager, strong female lead, idealism ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, year 1993, year 1994, year 1999 ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, long beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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