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Son of the South (2020)
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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:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, independent film, historical drama
Plot:
civil rights movement, ku klux klan, american history, civil rights, social issues, society, social problems, moral dilemma, fight, family relations, historical figure, repression, historical event, social relations, african american, post war, real life, black, liberation theology, racism, segregation, race issues, based on real people, fighting the system, social injustice ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
alabama
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Most similar movies to Son of the South
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, thought provoking, realistic and serious films with plots about society, racism, civil rights, african american, biopic, interracial relations and black mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Son of the South: The Banker (2020), Colin in Black & White (2021), The Vernon Johns Story (1994), The Rosa Parks Story (2002), The Butler (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
Style:
touching, inspirational, captivating, sincere, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
money, racism, investor, banker, black american, new house, entrepreneurship, black, deep south, african american, white supremacy, racial slur ...
Time:
2020s, year 1939, 1950s, year 1963, year 1965 ...
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c., america
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
athlete, coming of age, grownups, american football, civil rights, life, teenager, school, high school, activist, american football player, racial stereotype ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 21st century
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
racism, civil rights, racial violence, american history, rebel, revolutionary, black, church, life is a bitch, military, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
america
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice.
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, civil disobedience, african american, civil rights, racial segregation, racism, black history, fighting the system, rebellion, social differences, injustice, legal ...
Time:
year 1955, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
alabama, america, usa
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style:
touching, inspirational, political, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
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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:
thought provoking, sincere, political, period piece, factual ...
Plot:
racism, civil rights, justice, politics, racial discrimination, civil rights movement, african american, biopic, discrimination, idealism, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time:
year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, 60s, year 1964 ...
Place:
alabama, birmingham alabama, indiana, usa, southern usa ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble fictionalized made-for-TV movie adapted from her Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, starring Jane Seymour and Keith Carradine.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, period drama
Plot:
slave, slavery, class struggle, slave labor, social issues, domineering husband, family relations, social problems, power relations, social injustice, husband wife relationship, social differences ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Similarity:
56%
38K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
Style:
romantic, inspirational, melancholic, thought provoking, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
interracial couple, racism, marriage, interracial marriage, interracial love, interracial romance, husband wife relationship, supreme court, civil rights, love story, forbidden love, miscegenation ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 60s, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
virginia, washington d.c., richmond virginia, usa, australia
Similarity:
55%
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131K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, african american, courage, u.s. navy, racial discrimination, military, navy, racial segregation, human spirit, dream come true, diving, underdog ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 60s ...
Place:
america, africa, usa, pacific ocean, cuba ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, introspection, life is a bitch, society, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around ...
Style:
tense, captivating, reflective, multicultural, educational ...
Plot:
civil rights, real life, biopic, heroism, inspiration, civil rights movement, social issues, social problems, human rights, historical figure, historical event, society ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
caribbean, ghana, nigeria, london, france
Similarity:
54%
110K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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:
political, factual, inspirational, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, islam, biopic, childhood, black, anti racism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, saudi arabia, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Arigo, an uneducated man, happily married, father of six, is chosen by a mysterious force to rise up as a spiritually and supernaturally gifted surgeon. Miraculously healing thousands of desperate people, he now faces the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, inspirational, historical drama ...
Plot:
spiritualism, supernatural power, spirituality, supernatural, hopes, faith healing, life is a bitch, healing, social problems, religious faith, faith, religious ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, politics, injustice, culture clash, state affairs, vigilantism, social decay, discrimination, police corruption, african american, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, ...
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, tense, period drama
Plot:
civil rights, racism, civil rights movement, segregation, discrimination, equality, social justice, courage, racial tension, supreme court, injustice, empathy ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
america
Similarity:
53%
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:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, anthology ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, civil rights, fight for justice, society, social issues, murder, women's rights, social problems, multiple storylines, animal rights, female protagonist, justice ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
surgery, medical, prejudice, racism, african american, biopic, interracial relations, blacks and whites, surgeon, following a dream, medical research, friendship between men ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
maryland, america, baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
Style:
contemplative, talky, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, racism, baseball, courtroom drama, african american, civil rights, blaxploitation, intrigue, usa history, baseball coach, baseball player, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
america
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, touching, independent film, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, rebellion, human spirit, self discovery, against the odds, student life, social relations, society, hopes, clergy, life is a bitch, discrimination ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery. ...
Style:
gothic, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial issues, racial discrimination, martin luther king, blaxploitation, black, interracial relations, social decay, discrimination, youth ...
Time:
60s, year 1965
Place:
alabama, america, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story about Mirella Antonione Casale who got inspired by her handicapped daughter to lead the fight for including all pupils in public schools in Italy.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
school, fighting the system, mother daughter relationship, disabled child, handicapped, parents and children, disability, social problems, female protagonist, schoolgirl, social issues, civil rights movement ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
51%
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, mentor, debate, african american, college, teacher, black american, professor, biopic, segregation, discrimination, racial segregation ...
Time:
1930s, year 2007, 20th century
Place:
texas, africa, oklahoma, usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, inspirational, christian film, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, neurosurgeon, human spirit, medicine, surgeon, ambition, biopic, medical school, physician, doctor ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, character study, family drama, father son relationship, social commentary, poverty, life is a bitch, social problems, past, confronting the past, social issues, class conflict ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
yale university
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Style:
biblical, thought provoking, psychological, existential, no music
Plot:
religion, preacher, religious, christian, christianity, truth, philosophy, society, biopic, existentialism, african american, evangelist ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, society, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
Audience:
teens
Plot:
civil rights, african american, high school, school, physical abuse, student, teenage boy, teen angst, courage, strength, racial prejudice, racial tension ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
arkansas
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive ...
Style:
disturbing, semi autobiographical, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, racial discrimination, interracial relations, biopic, determination, underdog, political unrest, direction and purpose, coping, civil rights, black man, ambition ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
50%
108K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, touching, factual, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, baseball, athlete and trainer, african american, rise to the top, racial segregation, civil rights, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic, black history, justice ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
africa, new york, usa, pasadena california, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Poland, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Feeling isolated from that unwelcoming community, June and Jennifer Gibbons turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into their own fantasy world of artistic inspiration and adolescent desires.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, psychological, captivating
Plot:
twins, black woman, sisters, twin sister, identical twins, silent man, social problems, social misfits, social issues, relationship problems, lifestyle, life is a bitch ...
Place:
wales
Similarity:
50%
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