Movies and TV shows like The Underground Railroad

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The Underground Railroad (2021)
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The Underground Railroad (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 593 min.
TV show
Story: Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
Style: thought provoking, serious, suspense, disturbing, exciting, historical drama, atmospheric, period drama
Plot: slavery, white trash, social misfits, black american, life is a bitch, society, social relations, slave labor, black hero, black people, military, african american, couples, black, sister, black history, slave girl, female protagonist, emancipation, magic realism, alternate history, black woman, search
Time: victorian era, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and period drama films and TV series with plots about society, black, slavery, life is a bitch, african american, slave and black history mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like The Underground Railroad: Roots (2016), North and South (1985), The Long Song (2018), The Slave Isaura (2004), The Book of Negroes (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Roots (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 388 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants.
Style: historical drama, captivating, sincere, suspense, rough ...
Plot: slavery, plantation, slave, mentor protege relationship, black, struggle for survival, black history, african american, parent child relationship, civil war, civil rights, humiliation ...
Time: victorian era, 18th century, 19th century
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100%
North and South (1985)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 561 min.
TV show
Story: Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: american civil war, slavery, foe turned friend, cavalry, military, love and romance, friendship, espionage, slave, family feud, military base, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1850s, 1840s, 1860s ...
Place: usa, new york
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100%
The Long Song (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, historical drama ...
Plot: plantation, slavery, slave girl, love affair, maid, freedom, black, male female relationship, social problems, female protagonist, relationship problems, slave ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1830s, regency period
Place: jamaica
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100%
The Slave Isaura (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Isaura was born in 1835, in the farm of Commender Almeida. She is the daughter of the slave Juliana and the tenant of the farm, Miguel. Juliana dies right after the birth, because she denied going to bed with the Commender. He whips her to death in ...
Style: sexy, novela, disturbing, touching, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: slave girl, female whipping, slavery, rich man poor woman, love triangle, jealousy, slave, class differences, forbidden love, trial, secret love, love and romance ...
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Book of Negroes (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 265 min.
TV show
Story: Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: slavery, human spirit, racism, life is a bitch, hopes, injustice, escapades, confined, society, american revolution, black history, black ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: south carolina, usa, africa, america, nova scotia
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Underground (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them ...
Style: historical drama, intense, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: slavery, plantation, african american, black, civil war, friendship, rescue, society, one against many, ethnic slur, violent, courage ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: georgia
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40%
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Roots (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 588 min.
TV show
Story: African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, uplifting, suspense ...
Plot: slavery, racism, civil war, american civil war, family history, human spirit, slave trade, african american, american south, escape attempt, black, justice ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, 1860s ...
Place: africa, usa, america, tennessee
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38%
The Good Lord Bird (2020)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 335 min.
TV show
Story: Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
Style: historical drama, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: abolitionist, slavery, civil war, slave, fight for supremacy, wartime, battles, fight, fighting the system, civil rights, african american, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: america, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 840 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Style: uplifting, captivating, thought provoking, sentimental, epic ...
Plot: racism, slavery, american history, black, black history, civil war, african american, slave, history lesson, interracial, black people, great war ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 60s, 1910s, 1880s
Place: africa, usa, alabama, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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War & Peace (1972)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 890 min.
TV show
Story: The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the ...
Style: costume drama, historical drama, fairy tale, contemplative, exciting ...
Plot: russian empire, historical event, french revolution, age difference, medieval, time machine, napoleonic wars, soldier, family life, wartime life, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Lincoln (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
TV show
Story: After arriving in Washington in 1861 after his election, Abraham Lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency. Originally titled "Lincoln", the name of this miniseries was changed to "Gore Vidal's ...
Style: historical drama, captivating, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, abraham lincoln, politics, knowledge, american politics, american history, usa president, assassination, usa history, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: usa
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35%
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The Porter (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In 1921, friends and train porters Junior and Zeke find their unbreakable bond stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life.
Style: captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: black cast, labor union, social problems, fighting the system, civil rights, black people, social issues, civil rights movement, black american, race issues, life is a bitch, labor leader ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 282 min.
TV show
Story: A plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a Mixed race daughter named Queen. As Queen grows up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the troubled world around her. She tries passing for ...
Style: gothic, costume drama, heartbreaking, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: slavery, civil war, biracial, interracial romance, white male black female relationship, american civil war, african american, miscegenation, black, family relations, interracial, women ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
North and South, Book II (1986)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 570 min.
TV show
Story: The continuing saga of the Hazards and the Mains. The Hazards are from the North and the Mains from the South. George Hazard and Orry Main met at West Point and fought in the Mexican American war together becoming fast friends. Now they find ...
Style: patriotic, serious, realistic, captivating, family saga ...
Plot: american civil war, slavery, civil war, slave, black, military, black history, patriot, time machine, friendship, corporal punishment, confederate soldier ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Blue and the Gray (1982)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 381 min.
TV show
Story: This movie is also in existance as a 3 part miniseries. America just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent. The plot revolves around the families of two sisters; Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Plot: american civil war, military, civil war, battles, working class, family life, rebellion, society, cavalry, brother brother relationship, struggle, slave ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Small Axe (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 407 min.
TV show
Story: A look at the lives of a group of friends and their families living in West London from 1968 to 2014.
Style: anthology, captivating, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: black, racial prejudice, racial issues, race issues, racism, social issues, social problems, racist, activism, social differences, racial stereotype, african american ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Color of War (2001)
Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: A series featuring actual color footage of World War II.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, serious, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, military, against humanity, life is a bitch, war, journalism, battle zone, battles, world war, combat, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
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33%
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Home Fires (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, village, female protagonist, friends, strong female presence, social relations, life is a bitch, society, husband wife relationship, family relations, british, father son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: england, europe
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33%
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Barkskins (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, tense, visually appealing, exciting ...
Plot: american indian, settler, indigenous people, colonization, land grab, murder investigation, rivalry, preaching, power struggle, survival, religion, forest ...
Time: 17th century, 16th century
Place: quebec, france, canada, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 228 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Marie-Laure, a blind teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Style: light, period drama
Plot: world war two, teenage girl, blindness, strong female lead, town, nazi, violence, military, young woman, teenager, male protagonist, sister ...
Time: year 1944, year 1940, year 1934, 1930s, 1940s ...
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33%
Women of the Movement (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal murder in the Jim Crow South.
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot: civil rights movement, civil rights, fight for justice, society, human rights, murder, social justice, social problems, fighting the system, multiple storylines, female protagonist, women's rights ...
Time: 1950s
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32%
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Show Me a Hero (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
Story: Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, political ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: politics, racism, state affairs, society, life is a bitch, hunting, urbanization, corporation, white house, true crime, pop culture, secrets ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s, 90s
Place: usa, new york, dominican republic, new york state
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32%
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Nuremberg (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
Style: captivating, disturbing, serious, sincere, political ...
Plot: holocaust, courtroom drama, courtroom, nazi, legal, execution, military, politics, third reich, nazism, judge, anti semitism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, france, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Heat Wave (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Style: tense, thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: african american, black history, heat wave, black, blaxploitation, american culture, urban setting, racism, journalism, life is a bitch, society, media ...
Time: 60s, year 1965
Place: los angeles, usa, south central los angeles
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31%
Emperor of the Sea (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Emperor of the Sea is a South Korean television drama series directed by Kang Il-soo and Kang Byung-taek and starring Choi Soo-jong, Chae Shi-ra, Song Il-gook and Soo Ae. It aired on KBS2 from November 24, 2004 to May 25, 2005 on Wednesdays and ...
Style: touching, realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: slavery, heroes, enslavement, merchant, historical figure, battles, ship, korean history, slave, medieval, rags to riches, pirate ...
Time: 9th century
Place: china
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31%
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
TV show
Story: Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting, sentimental ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, black, love and romance, society, self discovery, couple relations, war, couples, wooing, bittersweet, nightmare ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Glory (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style: epic, inspirational, suspense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, battles, slavery, freedom, military, racism, prejudice, war, black history, army, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, year 1989, victorian era ...
Place: massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Ike: The War Years (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 291 min.
TV show
Story: Ike is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson was based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. ...
Style: saga, serious, realistic, exciting, sincere
Plot: world war two, president, u.s. president, world war, usa history, historical figure, biopic, battles, heroes, against humanity, war, soldier ...
Place: usa, kansas, london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Oliver Twist (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story: Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver ...
Style: costume drama, sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: orphan, child's point of view, thief, victorian england, child abuse, street kid, friendship, social decay, injustice, danger, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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China Beach (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, touching, medical drama ...
Plot: vietnam war, medical, military, doctor, life is a bitch, superior officer, power relations, doctors and patients, military life, wartime life, military base, nurse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, asia
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31%
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