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Miss Marx (2020)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In her public persona, Eleanor “Tussy” Marx was a translator, actress, a children’s rights activist, a feminist and a persuasive labour organizer, a tireless powerhouse determined to carry on her father’s work. She held her own with twentieth century gods, including both her father and his colleague Engels. In her privately life, however, she was vulnerable and her attraction to the self-indulgent and self-important Edward Aveling led her into misery and ultimately proved fatal.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
feminist, feminism, communism, unrequited love, women's rights, relationships, romantic relationship, historical figure, love affair, male female relationship, female protagonist, historical character, love story, civil rights, suicide, communist, women, labor, union, strike, love, christmas, chess, beach, cemetery ...
Time:
1880s, 1890s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and thought provoking films with plots about male female relationship, relationships, female protagonist, biopic, love story, love affair and couple relations mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Miss Marx: Within the Whirlwind (2009), An Irrepressible Woman (2019), The Glorias (2020), The Anarchist's Wife (2008), A Journey Called Love (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, historical drama
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political repression, jailed, male female relationship, gulag, political persecution, political prisoner, couple relations, love affair, wartime, relationships, love story, wartime life ...
Time:
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Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, inspirational, factual, thought provoking, uplifting
Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
year 1918, year 1917, 1910s
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
"The Anarchist's Wife" is the story of Manuela who is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He is deported to a concentration camp, and upon his ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
poet, love affair, relationships, biopic, female protagonist, couple relations, writer's life, writers, lifestyle, love interest, female writer, historical figure ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1910s
Place:
italy
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85%
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Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 45 min.
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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:
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Plot:
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73%
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, interesting
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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71%
Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, entertaining, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
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288
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, Algeria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
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Place:
maghreb, algeria
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67%
168
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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62%
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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194
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
romantic, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Country: Indonesia, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 181 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, romantic, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sri Lanka
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling, romantic drama ...
Plot:
hindu mythology, mythology, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love interest, god, love, couple relations, love and romance, couples ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
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Time:
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paris france, rome italy
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