Movies like The Brave
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The Brave (1997)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, surreal, controversial, gloomy, weird
Plot:
alcohol abuse, family relations, life is a bitch, misfit, injustice, americana, social decay, gang, society, unemployment, self sacrifice, male female relationship, violence, suspense, erotica, death, house, child hero, hipster, teacher, torture, down on your luck, filmmaking, sex, money ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to The Brave
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, family relations, parents and children, family problems, unemployment and social decay mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Brave: Waiting for the Barbarians (2019), Confessions of a Lap Dancer (1997), Walker Payne (2006), The Turning (1992), Hidden in America (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, sad
Plot:
desert, forbidden love, couples, society, social decay, isolation, self sacrifice, suspense, life is a bitch, disorder, love affair, imperialism ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
italy, east asia
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An erotic melodrama about the public and private lives of sex workers. Josie Hunter (aka Blake Pickett) co-starred in the role of Erica, a single mother who works a stripper, and sometimes as a prostitute to support her daughter. But when the threat ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
college, sex scene, making love, redemption, dancer's life, moral dilemma, single parent, social misfits, starting over, prostitute, misfit, society ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his two daughters.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
dog fighting, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, custody, unemployment, nursing, gambling, urban ghetto, redemption, society, animals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gillian Anderson in her first ever screen role. Anderson's psycho boyfriend, Cliff, returns to his home town seething with pent-up frustration and rage. Four years earlier his family was on the verge of breaking up. Noe he's returned to ...
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
making love, sex scene, alcohol abuse, infidelity, neo nazism, couples, psychopath, family problems, family relations, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
virginia, west virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Story of a man Bill Januson whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, disturbing, gloomy ...
Plot:
starvation, youth, starving child, doctor, single parent, unemployment, family relations, family problems, society, human spirit, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
prison, alcohol abuse, self defense, youth, life is a bitch, confined, society, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family life, isolation, prison life ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
disability, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, human spirit, introspection, single parent, family relations, family problems, family in crisis, social decay, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to ...
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, dishonesty, native american, family relations, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, clergy, priest, strong female lead, winter, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, assassination, couple relations, working class, parents and children, unemployment, love and romance, immigrants, society, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A young man drops out of college to fix his family when he senses something is terribly wrong at home.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, controversial, cynical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, redemption, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, youth, domestic disturbance, curses spells and rituals, family life, social decay, parents and children ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bahamas, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Movies like Bastard Out of Carolina
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Teenager Tereska comes from poor family and has to face difficult world and mean people around her.
Style:
disturbing, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, life is a bitch, sexual initiation, teenage life, misfit, youth, society, down on your luck, working class, dull life, unemployment, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1923, the young Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island (South Korea), to Osaka (Japan). Through the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko (processed seafood products) in his poor Korean-Japanese ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, rough, bleak
Plot:
family relations, ambition, dysfunctional family, family problems, obsession, life is a bitch, gang, loan, alcohol abuse, family in crisis, violence, abusive relationship ...
Time:
80s, 50s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
78
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, bleak
Plot:
life is a bitch, life turned upside down, unemployment, social misfits, society, misfit, family relations, family problems, homelessness, character change, unfulfillment, disorder ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, society, introspection, life is a bitch, injustice, social decay, discrimination, small town life, small town, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two ...
Style:
biting, realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
unemployment, boy, motorcycle, job interview, friendship, social decay, down on your luck, injustice, friends, family relations, power relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
england, europe, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Films like Little Boy Blue
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, drug addiction, nypd, hip hop culture, civil rights, hip hop, rebellion, social decay, city life, arson, corrupt officer, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
custody, family life, prison, parents and children, family relations, family problems, going straight, life is a bitch, hopes, society, strong female presence, child abuse ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, youth, hate crime, social decay, life is a bitch, society, gay slur, gay, college, coming out, injustice, gender ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left ...
Style:
gloomy, realistic, serious
Plot:
poverty, alcoholic, farm, coming of age, human nature, social misfits, society, couple relations, hopes, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, rough, romantic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, prostitute, life is a bitch, social decay, fall in love, friends, family problems, society, love and romance, friendship, haunted by the past, sexual content ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
love and romance, single parent, life is a bitch, impossible love, friendship, society, hopes, human spirit, misfit, social relations, mother son relationship, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sexy ...
Plot:
investigation, courtroom drama, injustice, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.
Style:
talky, realistic, serious, emotional, biting ...
Plot:
hollywood, aids, family relations, father son relationship, family problems, showbiz, terminal illness, infidelity, artists and showbiz, dealing with death, dysfunctional family, family life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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407
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
adoption, human trafficking, injustice, unwanted pregnancy, moral dilemma, family relations, obsessive quest, society, life is a bitch, self discovery, social differences, babies and infants ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, france, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
Style:
serious, disturbing, rough, dark, realistic
Plot:
mental illness, bullying, high school, kids in trouble, rebelliousness, friendship, life is a bitch, society, school shooting, imagination, coming of age, house ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Movies similar to Waiting for the Barbarians
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother beats her.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
gang, children, feminist, teenage girl, juvenile delinquent, street kid, poverty, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, prostitute, on the run, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
culture clash, social decay, rich and poor, family relations, life is a bitch, human nature, society, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, domestic violence, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, life is a bitch, pedophile, children, sexual assault, family in crisis ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
ex convict, cancer, gang, blaxploitation, retirement home, terminal illness, couples, family problems, friends, family relations, life is a bitch, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot:
infidelity, murder, love affair, couple relations, couples, life is a bitch, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, who done it, alcohol abuse, debt, father figure ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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