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Bandit Queen (1994)
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Original name: बैंडिट क्वीन
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, political, rough, bleak, realistic, sexy, motivational, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, women, rape, poverty, gang, indians, violent, vengeance, feminist, sexual abuse, assassination, female warrior, kidnapping, village life, revenge, violence, criminal, brutality, redemption, exploitation, nude, catastrophe, prison, erotica, bandit ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s, year 1968, year 1983, year 1981, 1960s
Place:
india, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out harsh, serious, realistic and dramatic films with plots about brutality, runaway, mentor, violence, storytelling, redemption and culture clash mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Bandit Queen: The Whistleblower (2010), The Accused (1988), American Me (1992), Water (2005), Salaam Bombay! (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 111 min.
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Duration: 125 min.
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Duration: 117 min.
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82%
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Brazil, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Story:
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Duration: 122 min.
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