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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Style:
thought provoking, grindhouse, psychological, rough, epic, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, contemplative ...
Plot:
racism, aborigine, interracial couple, indigenous people, australian aboriginal, biopic, interracial marriage, murder of family, fugitive, murder, criminal, racial discrimination, colonization, transformation, cat and mouse, blaxploitation, wild west, interracial relations, life is a bitch, rebellion, injustice, couples, vengeance, social differences, society ...
Time:
year 1978, 1900s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and disturbing films with plots about murder, biopic, death, life is a bitch, violence, society and deadly mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: Evil Angels (1988), We of the Never Never (1982), Ned Kelly (1970), Chopper (2000), In Cold Blood (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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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
Country: Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century ...
Style:
social, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
manhunt, folk hero, aborigine, frontier town, outlaw, colonization, rock, fugitive, hippie, crime family, heroes, prison ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, new south wales, ireland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style:
disturbing, cynical, rough, brutal, dark ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
criminal, prison, true crime, convict, brutality, prison life, dark humor, character study, gangster, murder, eccentricity, judge ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their ...
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neo noir, black and white, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, true crime, execution, serial killer, home invasion, trial, killer, death sentence, death row, u.s. mexico border, cell mate, murder of family ...
Time:
50s, year 1967, year 1965, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
kansas, kansas city, america, usa, las vegas ...
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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, realistic, serious, rough, powerful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, captivating, dark, dramatic, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place:
kansas, new york, new orleans, europe, spain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, fishing, police detective, friendship, aborigine, self discovery, small town, mental illness, complex characters, investigation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
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79%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, mockbuster, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, year 1976, 1860s, year 1865, 1800s ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor.
Style:
independent film, period piece, crying
Plot:
tram, photography, cycling, train station, murdered with a gun, blonde, rape victim, unhappy ending, alibi, crime victim, hospital, mirror ...
Time:
year 1982, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
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Country: France, Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, factual, sincere, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
folk hero, gang, bank robbery, biopic, injustice, criminal heroes, wilderness, lawlessness, resistance, revenge, false accusation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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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:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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touching, thought provoking, poignant, factual, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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1930s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1931, 70s
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
court, racism, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, african american protagonist, racial discrimination, trial, jury, justice ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1954, year 1967
Place:
new york, connecticut, maryland, philadelphia, manhattan new york city ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, electric chair, courtroom drama, racism, boss and employee, false accusation, workplace, dishonesty, destructive relationship, couples, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, georgia, africa
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
Style:
realistic, bleak, thought provoking, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, killing spree, violent, kidnapping, murder, child kidnapping, dealing with death, journalism, dishonesty, folk hero, courtroom drama ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The movie takes place in the three days leading up to Lennon's murder and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman's psyche, without putting substantial emphasis on the murder. The title "Chapter 27" suggests a continuation of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, contemplative ...
Plot:
aborigine, australian aboriginal, fanatic, outback, murder, racism, australian outback, injustice, vigilantism, life is a bitch, society, survival ...
Time:
1920s, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
australia, tasmania, oceania
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, tense, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, controversial, political, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, female warrior, rape, poverty, violent, vengeance, feminist, kidnapping, gang, sexual abuse, assassination, village life ...
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1971, year 1949, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, boston, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
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political, philosophical, suspenseful, disturbing, social ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Duration: 123 min.
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:
california, los angeles, long beach california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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