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The Price of Sugar (2013)
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Original name: Hoe Duur Was de Suiker
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A story about two half-sisters life in the eighteenth century Suriname. There is Lynda, a white colonial and slave owner, and her slave Mini-Mini's. While Lynda is slowly embittered by the hard life in the colony, Mini-Mini gets a chance at her own happiness. The question is, if she dares to seize that chance, as this happiness is at the expense of her mistress and half sister?
Style:
touching, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
slavery, half sister, imperialism, plantation, slave auction, first love, marriage, rebelliousness, family relations, life is a bitch, society, family problems, master and servant, slave trade, colony, female nudity, slave, resistance, social injustice, black, black man, struggle, dutch history, parents and children, interracial relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
latin america, caribbean
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Most similar movies to The Price of Sugar
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about society, life is a bitch, family relations, slave trade, black, interracial relations and racism mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like The Price of Sugar: Mandingo (1975), Roots (1977), The Book of Negroes (2015), Tula: The Revolt (2013), The Last Supper (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
interracial relations, slave trade, slavery, racism, black slave, interracial romance, plantation, white male black female relationship, interracial sex, sex slave, slave girl, slave ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, year 1975
Place:
usa, america, new orleans, louisiana, turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
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Story:
African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
Style:
touching, suspense, historical drama, saga, serious ...
Plot:
slavery, racism, slave trade, family history, civil war, american civil war, sexualized violence, american south, escape attempt, african american, black, justice ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, 1860s ...
Place:
africa, usa, america, tennessee, england
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 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:
epic, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
slavery, racism, injustice, hopes, confined, society, escapades, black, black history, american revolution, master and servant, jungle ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
usa, africa, nova scotia, america, south carolina
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
'Tula, The Revolt' is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental
Plot:
rebellion, rebelliousness, heroes, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, revolution, peaceful mission, injustice, political unrest, interracial relations, master and servant ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, catholic, religion, rebellion, christian, food, blaxploitation, restaurant, human exploitation, slave trade, racial discrimination, black slave ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
cuba, latin america
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Before independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, heartbreaking, social ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, master and servant, life is a bitch, hopes, society, tragedy, village life, hindu, village, plantation, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Style:
edutainment, political, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, slavery, african american, slave trade, slave, civil war, american civil war, civil rights, black, blaxploitation, american history, underground railroad ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
america, canada, north carolina
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
John Newton is captain of a slave ship moored off the coast of Nigeria. He stands at a crossroads in his life, his morality and religion at odds with the brutality of his chosen profession. Stepping ashore, he starts on a journey of redemption that ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Plot:
fighting the system, righting the wronged, introspection, hopes, state affairs, interracial relations, life is a bitch, escapades, injustice, redemption, moral dilemma, politics ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
nigeria
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
During the first euphoric years following independence, two friends, Djaffar and Hamid, are promised a bright future in a free Algeria until one day when betrayal separates them.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
betrayal, life turned upside down, rebellion, dishonesty, rebelliousness, political unrest, social decay, friendship, life is a bitch, society, state affairs, friends ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
algeria, africa
Similarity:
40%
1K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Nepal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Sati system was abolished decades ago but Jhola is still relevant to today's Nepal where, unfortunately, cases of sexual harassment, violence against women, trafficking remain all too common.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, surreal, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, society, family problems, orphan, dealing with death, death in the family, oppression, patriarchy, social injustice, women's rights ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
nepal, asia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish history, spanish civil war, republican, love and romance, clergy, soldier, society ...
Place:
spain, galicia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot:
slavery, interracial relations, black, slave trade, interracial, racism, family relations, chases and races, rescue, society, human spirit, hidden identity ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1850s
Place:
virginia, usa, canada
Similarity:
39%
473
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Charles Burnett directs this movie about John, a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, uplifting, sentimental ...
Plot:
racism, slave, slave trade, slavery, illiteracy, teaching, plantation, racial discrimination, black slave, american civil war, racial issues, blaxploitation ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
america
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung (Chen Sown-yung), the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred ...
Style:
realistic, sad, saga, black and white, slow cinema ...
Plot:
mute or deaf, family relations, black market, political unrest, family life, family in danger, siblings relations, family tradition, wartime life, family problems, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, year 1948, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
taiwan, china, taipei
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Martinique
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Martinique, in the early 1930s. Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The overseer can fine a worker for the smallest infraction. The way to advance is to do well in ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
black, youth, women of color, african, little boy, international relations, racial issues, boy, woman, blaxploitation, grandmother, school ...
Time:
1930s, year 1983
Place:
africa, indiana, europe, france
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Martinique
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
slave trade, slavery, genocide, social injustice, human rights, captive, prisoner, freedom, revolt, protest, racism, anguish ...
Place:
africa, atlantic ocean, senegal
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is ...
Style:
independent film, touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
slavery, african american, old man, segregation, slave, social justice, interracial, youth, slave trade, suburbs, interracial relations, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, year 1998
Place:
virginia, usa, alabama, california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a ...
Style:
realistic, touching, heartbreaking, serious, depressing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, hotel, dysfunctional family, against the odds, child's point of view, loneliness, children, family problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
Time:
1930s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
missouri, california, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In ...
Style:
political, epic, non-linear, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
civil rights, african american, racism, slavery, black, plantation, discrimination, journalism, slave trade, blaxploitation, female protagonist, black history ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1860s, 1940s, 1870s ...
Place:
america, southern usa, louisiana, usa, ohio ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story is based in Banaras and is about a Hindu Priest Chaturvedi (Pankaj Kapoor) who follows the scriptures to practice Hindu religion. When a child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter - after initial hesitation but ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hindu, adoption, religion, clergy, salvation, parents and children, family relations, family life, babies and infants, society, family problems, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China, USA
Duration: 120 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:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
medieval, friendship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, family relations, couples, relationship vs career, asian history, unrequited love, girlfriend, social problems, tradition ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, year 2011
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive ...
Style:
suspenseful, touching, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
slavery, white male black female relationship, slave, mixed race child, family relations, family secret, interracial relations, inheritance, racism, social injustice, racial prejudice, secret ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot:
young heroes, missing child, discrimination, interracial relations, racism, family relations, parents and children, family problems, obsession, youth, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa
Similarity:
37%
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892
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Ghana, Burkina Faso, UK, Germany, Ethiopia, Jamaica
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the ...
Style:
inspirational, independent film, captivating, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
slavery, sexual abuse, african, black, afrofuturism, slave trade, slave trader, racism, sex crime, racial issues, blaxploitation, racial discrimination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, west africa, west indies
Similarity:
37%
314
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, optimism, society, hopes, family problems, unemployment, parents and children, husband wife relationship, loss of job, blaxploitation, strong female presence, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, latin america, colombia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, epic, esoteric ...
Plot:
rebellion, christianity, rebel, religions or cults, political unrest, society, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, state affairs, sapmi, indigenous people, tragic event ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
resistance, wartime life, world war two, nazi germany, human spirit, rebellion, young heroes, captivity, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, against humanity, idealism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives. The couple's children, ten-year-old Biscuit ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, couple relations, parents and children, death in the family, dealing with death, dysfunctional family, family crisis, mourning, stillborn child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young girl, born and raised in an isolated farm, is brought to a small town to live with her cousins, her only relatives. Once in town, she encounters great difficulty adapting to city life.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
country girl, social differences, master and servant, youth, society, teaching the ways of the world, strong female presence, estate, power relations, urban setting, social problems, social relations ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
captivating, psychological, epic, atmospheric, saga ...
Plot:
family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, revolution, dishonesty, society, family life, palace intrigue, victorian england, power struggle ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
sicily, italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
36%
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