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The Settlers (2023)
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Original name: Los colonos
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Argentina, UK, Taiwan, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
Style:
psychological, captivating, informative
Plot:
cowboy, captain, mission, rape, expedition, genocide, colonialism, native american, killer, murder, mass murder, colonial america, modern western, indigenous people, land, landowner, british soldier, henchman, angry, integration, history of chile, mixed race, property, assimilation, fight ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 20th century, 1890s
Place:
chile, south america, argentina, patagonia
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Most similar movies to The Settlers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, serious and realistic films with plots about murder, violence, racism, society, blood, indigenous and death mostly in Drama, History and Crime genres. Some movies like The Settlers: One Dead Indian (2006), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), No (2012), Boiling Pot (2015), Let the River Flow (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Stoney Point Natives assemble at Ipperwash Provincial Park for what began as a peaceful protest.
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, psychological, contemplative
Plot:
native american, indigenous people, violence, crime investigation, racism, police brutality, innocent person killed, police officer, courtroom, blood, protest, sniper ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events, The Lena Baker Story recounts one African-American womans struggle to rise above the challenges of her life, to face the choices she makes, and to ultimately triumph over her...Lena Baker was the first and only woman to be ...
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, electric chair, courtroom drama, racism, boss and employee, false accusation, workplace, dishonesty, destructive relationship, couples, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, georgia, africa
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 206 min.
Story:
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, native american, courtroom, genocide, fbi, interracial marriage, greed, true crime, serial murder, american indian, oil, oil field ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, washington d.c.
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, cerebral, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, protest, politics, advertising, underdog, dictator, political conspiracy, society, exile, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, year 1988, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america, venezuela ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as "issues of the past" emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow between different student groups.
Style:
thrilling, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, student, racial tension, racial violence, college campus, social issues, college student, undercover, violence, social problems, hate crime, young adult ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Norway, Sweden, Finland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
racism, activism, protest, discrimination, hunger, problem, social problems, activist, assimilation, social justice, human rights, inheritance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and ...
Style:
anthology, psychological, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
psychopath, confession of crime, serial killer, mental institution, serial child killer, war veteran, rural setting, murder confession, courtroom drama, anti semitism, killing spree, lawyer ...
Time:
19th century, year 1976, 1890s, turn of the century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Argentina, UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In a David-vs-Goliath battle and under constant threat, Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, intellectual, social ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, lawyer, court, boy, politics, trial, attorney, courtroom, murder, investigation, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1984, 80s
Place:
argentina, venezuela, brazil, italy, germany ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspense, tense, art house ...
Plot:
museum, mission, art dealer, anthropology, heist, art theft, christmas eve, father son relationship, danger, best friend, gold, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
mexico city, mexico, acapulco mexico
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the prelude of the twentieth century, Pedro arrives in Tierra del Fuego, an hostile and violent territory, to immortalise the marriage of a powerful landowner. Fascinated by the beauty of the bride-to-be, he betrays the rules and is left to face ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, period piece, dark, grim ...
Plot:
wedding, photographer, genocide, problem, violence, haunting, brutality, class conflict, obsession, isolation, moral ambiguity, tragedy ...
Place:
argentina, chile
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.
Style:
captivating, psychological, romantic, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
colonialism, culture, love story, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, romantic relationship, couple relations, lifestyle, colonization, courtroom ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorist bombing, terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist group, terrorizing, counter terrorism, war on terror, security guard, investigation, nordic, police officer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Style:
disturbing, black and white, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
school shooting, mass murder, misogynist, murder, atrocity, serial killer, misogyny, hostage, interview, woman in danger, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 2009, 90s, 80s
Place:
canada, montreal, france, quebec
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of ...
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, native american attack, indian reservation, buffalo, massacre, murder, native, injustice, genocide, against humanity, racism ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
north america, usa, washington d.c., south dakota, canada
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A headstrong New York painter embarks on a dangerous journey to meet Sitting Bull, but must face off with an Army officer intent war with the Native Americans.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, exciting, emotional ...
Plot:
native american reservation, native american, american indian, woman, sioux tribe, widow, insect, black lives matter, victorian england, empowerment, based on real people, female empowerment ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, ancient times, victorian era
Place:
north dakota, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan, Turkey
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this Japanese-Turkish blockbuster: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul off the Japanese coast in 1890, and the evacuation of Japanese nationals ...
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, psychological
Plot:
turkish history, turk, tragedy, sea disaster, typhoon, drowning, survival, danger, friendship, compassion, muslim, sultan ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 80s
Place:
japan, ottoman empire, turkey, iran, tehran iran ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank, when he managed ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, tense, dramatic, period drama
Plot:
journey, life, forgery, bank, anarchist, european, con artists, caper, cons and scams, che guevara, true crime, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1962, 60s
Place:
bolivia, paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 30ties of the 20th century. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
gang, sex scene, starting over, criminal heroes, down on your luck, redemption, hopes, small town, violence, criminal, murder, dutch mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1938
Place:
europe, holland, netherlands
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women and ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, tense, retro
Plot:
neo nazism, racism, xenophobia, group of friends, neo nazi, skinhead, immigrant, arson, angry mob, fear, politician, hate crime ...
Time:
2010s, year 1992
Place:
germany
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and ...
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, psychological, period piece
Plot:
forbidden love, separation, star crossed lovers, love story, male female relationship, love interest, couples, relationship problems, society, love affair, relationships, patriarchy ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
stalking, teenage life, friendship, couples, love and romance, youth, bullying, seduction, rape, revenge, mentally unstable, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Carl & Bertha tells the story of Carl and Bertha Benz. Carl Benz invented the first patented motor car but he did not get much recognition until his wife undertook the historic first road trip by car from Mannheim to Pforzheim with the Benz ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, inspirational, factual
Plot:
inventor, invention, husband wife relationship, car, love, wedding, son, rivalry, society, victorian england, woman, employer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1880s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, 1951. The children's home is intended to accommodate 16 carefully selected Greenlandic ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, social, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
children's home, children, experiment, society, colonization, colonialism, assimilation, life is a bitch, child, parenting, social issues, social problems ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
denmark, greenland
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and ...
Style:
intense, factual, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
native american, apache, indians, bounty hunter, civil war, love story, cavalry, betrayal, prejudice, wilderness, interracial romance, lone hero ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1993, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
mexico, america, arizona, north america, latin america ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, costume drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, wild west, indian chief, american indian, death, murder of husband, murder of daughter, indigenous people, murder, widow, trip ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, 1890s, 2010s, victorian era ...
Place:
montana, america, new mexico, usa, colorado
Similarity:
34%
11K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Chile, Argentina, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
political repression, latinx lead, writers, anti communism, poet, manhunt, latin american history, propaganda, biopic, politician, police detective, police investigation ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, year 1948, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, south america, santiago chile, latin america, andes mountains ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous Wayuu family get involved in a booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion ...
Style:
thought provoking, political, captivating, factual, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, marijuana, murder, drug trade, wealth, marriage, corruption, money, baby, humiliation, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
60s, year 1979, 80s, 70s, 2010s ...
Place:
south america, colombia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious, realistic
Plot:
food, businessman, janitor, career, journey, business, job, life, industry, phenomenon, economist, factory worker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1974, year 1985 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style:
independent film, captivating, sincere, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, mafia, lynching, ancient, biopic, political intrigue, italian mafia, intrigue, italian gangster, immigrant, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A priest (Zingaretti - Inspector Montalbano) attends his new parish only to find the church empty, the locals uninterested and their children rude and abusive. He very gently sets about winning over first the children by providing them with a place ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, factual
Plot:
coming of age, priest, hopes, murder, mafia, mob boss, hitman, church, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, showdown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy
Similarity:
32%
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