Movies like Radium Girls

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Radium Girls (2018)
 6.3
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Radium Girls (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, social, disturbing, inspirational, costume drama
Plot: radiation poisoning, factory worker, factory, american history, social injustice, labor union, labor movement, disgruntled worker, workplace problem, fighting the system, social problems, worker, working class, human rights, coworker, workplace, civil rights, social issues, labor leader, conspiracy, feminist, disease, woman, grief, empowerment ...
Time: 1920s
Place: new jersey
Keyword: feminist film

Most similar movies to Radium Girls

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out thought provoking, realistic, captivating and serious films with plots about society, civil rights, fighting the system, women, social problems, workplace and social issues mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Radium Girls: Hidden Figures (2016), Groenten uit Balen (2011), Suffragette (2015), Norma Rae (1979), I Don't Fire Myself (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Groenten uit Balen (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of the laborer family Debruycker during the turbulent strike by Vieille Montagne in 1971.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, gloomy
Plot: fighting the system, working class, labor union, parents and children, family life, human spirit, factory worker, workplace situations, life is a bitch, workplace, society, factory ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.9
 44K
Suffragette (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style: inspirational, political, factual, educational, bleak ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: feminism, women, feminist, sexism, girl power, activism, women's suffrage, human rights, rebelliousness, women's rights, sexual harassment, women's liberation ...
Time: 1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.3
 13K
Norma Rae (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the ...
Style: inspirational, political, touching, sad, aesthetic ...
Plot: labor union, working class, union, women, labor, small town, feminist, business, courage, american politics, single mother, whistleblower ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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I Don't Fire Myself (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jeong-eun is dispatched to a subcontracting company. She tries to fit in, but her co-workers aren’t comfortable around her and she’s completely new to field work. Despite all that, she wants to stay on for a year and then return to headquarters, ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: worker, social problems, working class, women's rights, discrimination, co worker co worker relationship, coworker, classism, workplace, civil rights, female protagonist
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 3.7
 2K
Roe v. Wade (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Style: psychological, suspense, thought provoking, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: abortion, conspiracy, court, lawsuit, women's rights, court case, courtroom drama, social problems, family problems, civil rights, social relations, human rights ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.1
 22K
Silkwood (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Style: touching, sad, thought provoking, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: whistleblower, working class, conspiracy, radiation, workplace, women, environmental, research, fighting the system, environment, labor union, contamination ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1974, 70s
Place: oklahoma, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Son of the South (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: civil rights movement, american history, civil rights, ku klux klan, social issues, society, moral dilemma, fighting the system, social problems, social relations, fight, historical figure ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 5.9
 252
Ask for Jane (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
Style: thrilling, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: abortion, illegal abortion, abortion rights, pregnancy, male female relationship, female protagonist, social issues, social problems, women, feminist, feminism, unwanted pregnancy ...
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Colour Room (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Follows a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, historical drama, bizarre
Plot: talent, working class, factory worker, innovation, factory owner, worker, workplace, female protagonist, reform, workplace situations, interwar period, women ...
Time: 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, tense, contemplative ...
Plot: african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, fighting the system, ambition, rise to the top, rebellion, life is a bitch, dishonesty, workplace ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.3
 4K
Stonewall (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: "Stonewall" is a drama about a young man in New York caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event widely considered the starting point for the modern gay civil rights movement.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, controversial, social ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, police brutality, homosexuality, lgbt, police raid, protest, gay culture, police corruption, gay bar, parent child relationship, bigotry, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1970
Place: usa, new york, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.
Style: inspirational, independent film, touching, realistic, political ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racism, civil rights, segregation, african american, friendship, women, ku klux klan, race issues, social commentary, black, racial segregation, boycott ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955, 20th century, 50s
Place: alabama, america, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style: inspirational, talky, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship vs career, couples, family relations, medieval, unrequited love, girlfriend, social problems, tradition, female friendship ...
Time: 19th century, year 2011, future, victorian era
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Organizer (1963)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to ...
Style: political, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: factory, strike, politics, labor union, working class, resistance, union, european, conflict, employment, labor, big business ...
Time: turn of the century, 19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place: italy, turin italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.5
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Peterloo (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A drama about the infamous 1819 Manchester massacre, which killed an estimated 18 protesters and injured up to 700.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, rough, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: protest, political repression, massacre, historical event, society, dishonesty, cat, democracy, poor, civil rights, poverty, rich ...
Time: 1810s, 19th century, regency period
Place: england, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.3
 45K
North Country (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style: dramatic, emotional, sincere, factual, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, small town, feminism, sexual harassment, lawsuit, rape, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires ...
Style: social, captivating
Plot: civil rights, women's rights, emancipation, society, social relations, social problems, social issues, political unrest, historical event, civil rights movement, discrimination, classism ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Harlan County War (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Style: disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: strike, fighting the system, rebellion, price of justice, against the odds, poverty, legal, society, ambition, life is a bitch, human nature, human spirit ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place: kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.9
 2K
At War (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, political
Plot: strike, labor union, working class, capitalism, business manager, class struggle, hard labor, mayor, factory, worker, anger, struggle ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.7
 13
Overflow (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Overflow Psychiatric hospital. Lighting in a stormy night's sky. With almost 12 years without seeing each other, Marcos Ferro (36) and Ivan Manusovich (37) meet the morning after having heard the news about Martin Tayal's death, Who was ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, social
Plot: mental health, mental institution, society, social problems, social issues, magazine editor, psychologist, magazine, psychology, lifestyle, psychiatrist, madhouse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Chernobyl: Abyss (2021)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The film tells about the firefighter, heroically eliminating the consequences of the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Style: rough, depressing, disturbing, dark, thought provoking ...
Plot: radiation, nuclear power plant, disaster, radiation sickness, nuclear reactor, firefighting, death, evacuation, accident, hospital, heroic mission, communism ...
Time: year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place: chernobyl, ussr, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Shattered Glass (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: journalism, writers, workplace, ethics, journalist, media, ambition, suspicion, research, workaholic, career, character study ...
Time: year 2003, 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., haiti, palo alto california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.0
 4K
The Glorias (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark ...
Style: political, inspirational, uplifting, factual, thought provoking
Audience: chick flick
Plot: feminism, feminist, journalism, activism, women, biopic, abortion, civil rights, introspection, discrimination, human spirit, fighting the system ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.0
 691
Workforce (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Francisco was building a luxurious house in Mexico where a fatal accident caused the death of his brother. When Francisco learns that his widowed sister-in-law will not receive a compensation from the opulent owner of the house, he will seek ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: worker, workplace situations, construction worker, construction company, loss of brother, revenge, social issues, workplace, vengeance, money problems, job, fight for justice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
In the Company of Women (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Summer of 1976. Bea is 16 years old and she collaborates with a group of women to make visible the feminist cause and achieve the approval of the right to abortion. The rebellion she feels in the blood will mix with an unexpected feeling that will ...
Style: psychological, serious, thrilling, captivating, social ...
Plot: women, women's rights, fight for justice, social commentary, fighting the system, women's wrestling, social problems, female protagonist, social issues, civil rights, fight, social injustice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Made in Dagenham (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style: inspirational, touching, factual, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: working class, gender, revolution, politics, discrimination, women, fighting the system, workplace, idealism, injustice, protest, underdog ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1966, year 1968, year 1970
Place: england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, historically accurate ...
Plot: feminism, injustice, women's rights, civil rights, feminist, fighting the system, political unrest, life is a bitch, journalism, state affairs, human spirit, politics ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1912, year 1917, 1920s
Place: washington d.c., virginia, america, philadelphia, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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