Movies like Exodus 2007
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Exodus (2007)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of Exodus is relocated to the seaside town Margate. Moses lives in the Promised Lands with his adoptive parents, until he finds his mother in the shanty town, Dreamland, where she’s been ghettoised with other ‘undesirables’. He takes on his father, Pharaoh, and leads a radical campaign to liberate the people of Dreamland.
Style:
bleak, realistic, psychological, tense, spiritual, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
ghetto, rebellion, society, rebelliousness, rescue, confined, against humanity, dystopia, distopia, rivalry, fascism, family relations, life is a bitch, immigrant, dystopian future, bible, exodus, cnn reporter, moses, burning man, live action, immigrants, future dystopia
Time:
future
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and captivating films with plots about society, life is a bitch, rivalry, family relations, dishonesty, danger and rebellion mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Exodus: 1 Day (2009), Baby Sellers (2013), Smuggler (2011), War Story (2014), Revengers Tragedy (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
gang, criminal heroes, danger, on the run, society, disorder, urban ghetto, race against time, rivalry, chases and races, urban, angry ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, england, birmingham alabama
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
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realistic, serious, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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serious, tense, captivating, psychological, heavy ...
Plot:
gang, smuggler, rivalry, yakuza, down on your luck, life is a bitch, danger, society, gay, gangster, disorder, dangerous animal ...
Time:
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825
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lee is a world-weary American woman who arrives in an Italian city. Her tangles with hotel staff, incessant smoking and her disregard of the persistently ringing telephone hint at her volatility brewing beneath the surface. Between fitful naps, she ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, society, photojournalist, life is a bitch, immigrant, female protagonist, post traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder, captive, captivity, hostage, war correspondent ...
Time:
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Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Revengers Tragedy is a film adaptation of the 1606 play The Revenger's Tragedy It was directed by Alex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fellow Liverpudlian, Frank Cottrell Boyce. The film stars Christopher Eccleston as the ...
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, serious, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
wedding, rape, revenge, murder, dystopia, vengeance, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, dystopian future, dark humor, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
67%
288
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
61%
582
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto life, haunted by the past, adolescence vs adulthood, society, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, frame up, british gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland
Similarity:
59%
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Country: Brazil, Chile, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, social, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
love triangle, friends, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, friendship, hopes, intern, family relations, love, rivalry, polyamory ...
Time:
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Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
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Country: USA, Slovenia, Serbia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
53%
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Country: Canada, Afghanistan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sincere, rough, social, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
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Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
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Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking, political
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, social ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
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Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
survival, infidelity, couple relations, post apocalypse, human nature, danger, dishonesty, betrayal, life is a bitch, vestiges of humanity, chaos, couples ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
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606
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, France, Belgium, South Korea, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, rough, bleak, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Russia, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, introspection, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, murder, emotionless, novel
Time:
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Place:
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