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Hero (2022)
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Original name: 영웅
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ahn Jung-geun, a commander in the Korean Independence Army, leaves behind his country, his family and his mother Cho Maria. Ahn Jung-geun and his comrades cut off the last segment of their ring fingers as a symbol of their dedication to liberate their nation, and as a solemn oath to kill Ito Hirobumi, a man at the center of Japan’s occupation of Korea, within three years. To keep his oath, Ahn Jung-geun arrives in Vladivostok. Meanwhile, Seol-hee, the independence fighters’ informant, disguises herself to get close to Ito Hirobumi. She finds out that Ito Hirobumi will be heading to Harbin to meet with a Russian delegation, and urgently informs the independence fighters. The fateful day of October 26, 1909 arrives. Ahn Jung-geun, who has been yearning for this day does not hesitate to fire his gun at Ito Hirobumi at Harbin Station. Arrested on site, he is charged with murder and tried not in a court of Joseon but in that of Japan…
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, inspirational, bleak, political thriller, educational, tragic
Plot:
resistance, independence movement, japanese occupation of korea, liberation, war for independence, assassination, biopic, fight, life is a bitch, homeland, social problems, independence, heroism, nationalism, sacrifice, patriotism, martyrdom, moral dilemma, ethnic conflict
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
17-year-old Yu Gwan-Sun participates in the Korean independence movement. The country is under the rule of Japan, which annexed the country in 1910.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
japanese occupation of korea, independence movement, japanese occupation, korean war, women's prison, protest, resistance, asian woman, asian, korean history, occupation, asian history ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.
Style:
tense, heroic, patriotic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, assassination, freedom, resistance, colonialism, imperial japan, espionage, revolution, sacrifice, secret mission, nationalism, identity ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, while people are in despair, Jae-ho tries to raise morale by winning cycle championship. Bok-dong, who started cycling with Jae-ho just to make a forture, becomes a symbol of hope for Koreans by defeating ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, heroic ...
Plot:
cycling, resistance, japanese occupation of korea, japanese occupation, korean history, wartime, rivalry, cyclist, professional sports, ambition, competitor, bicycle ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Serbia, Greece
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Serbian army, led by the King Peter, through the World War I.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, political ...
Plot:
world war one, democracy, biopic, political unrest, political activism, politics, homeland, leadership, national identity, monarchy, patriotism, sacrifice ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
serbia, belgrade, greece
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Based on Udham Singh, Indian revolutionary best known for assassinating Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in British India, on 13th March 1940
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
revenge, freedom fighter, punjabi, colonialism, biopic, british raj, assassination, revolutionary, court, vengeance, battles, fight ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
india
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska.
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, tense, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
resistance, biopic, rebellion, sacrifice, patriotism, courage, political oppression, russian empire, leadership, nationalism, loyalty, chaplain ...
Time:
19th century
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72%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The deeds of Jean Moulin, a hero of the French Resistance.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, german occupation, resistance, courage, resistance movement, biopic, problem, war, life is a bitch, nazi germany, underground ...
Time:
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Place:
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71%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, dramatic, bleak, reflective, educational ...
Plot:
revolution, patriotism, colonialism, biopic, resistance, nationalism, guerilla warfare, sacrifice, national hero, rebellion, heroism, tragedy ...
Place:
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71%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Bangladesh, India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his country. How he led a country to ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, realistic, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
biopic, political leader, life, nationalism, leadership, national hero, patriotism, legacy, revolution, civil disobedience, colonialism, martyrdom ...
Time:
60s
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Belgium, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, intense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, genocide, holocaust, resistance, sacrifice, religious faith, biopic, conscience, moral dilemma, assassination, heroism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, lovers apart, older man younger woman relationship, true love, biopic, wartime, concentration camp, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, social problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of the greatest Greek statesman. In the early 19th century, Greece has just gained its independence from the Ottomans and Ioannis Kapodistrias is called upon to assume the role of its first governor. He steadfastly defends the freedom of ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, inspirational, period piece, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
patriotism, sacrifice, biopic, nationalism, reform, tragedy, power struggle, corruption, diplomacy, grave, assassination, politics
Time:
19th century
Place:
greece
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The year 1901, a psychiatric hospital in the Russian partition. One of the patients is a political prisoner - Józef Piłsudski. The Polish underground independence movement is preparing their mission to rescue the famous activist. Piłsudski is ...
Style:
political, historical drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
revolution, biopic, independence, political prisoner, underground movement, revolutionary, wartime life, wartime, life is a bitch, political unrest, nationalism, leadership ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, pre world war one
Place:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
independence, adventure hero, fight, war for independence, resistance, siege, battles, journey, mountain, heroism, tragedy, sacrifice ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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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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Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, memories, prison escape, war crime, survival, resistance, biopic, sacrifice, forced labor ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
52%
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Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, bleak, historical drama, patriotic, political ...
Plot:
biopic, islam, religion, resistance, japanese occupation, colonialism, nationalism, struggle, sacrifice, heroism, spirituality, religious education ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, heroic, bleak
Plot:
leadership, biopic, world war one, nationalism, patriotism, battlefield, political intrigue, eastern front, sacrifice, getting home, war, turkish history
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, political, heroic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
revolutionary, biopic, sacrifice, resistance, nationalism, legacy, bravery, leader, patriotism, oppression, underground movement, warrior ...
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Duration: 100 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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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military coup, political intrigue, assassination, coup d'etat, martial law, military, coup, political unrest, crisis, power struggle, urban, authoritarianism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, bleak, captivating, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, female protagonist, concentration camp, concentration camp survivor, forced labor, war trauma, life is a bitch, survival horror, struggle for survival, life, woman ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West. To ensure this, the leadership also orders the use of firearms against those fleeing the republic. In Böseckendorf, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war, repression, political oppression, society, social issues, life is a bitch, social problems, resistance, realism, emigration, refugee ...
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, germany
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145
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Cuba, Italy, Spain, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was known as "The general of free men."
Style:
historical drama, political, realistic, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot:
biopic, latin american history, political intrigue, guerilla warfare, revolution, resistance, nationalism, rebellion, intervention, colonialism, portrait, defiant ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
nicaragua, latin america, central america
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