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Bread and Roses (2000)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
Style:
realistic, political, melancholic, disturbing, sincere, independent film, social, intense, crying, cult classic ...
Plot:
labor union, immigrant, politics, working class, janitor, relationships, deportation, fighting the system, attorney, cleaning lady, working conditions, union, workplace, society, life is a bitch, betrayal, justice, poverty, revolution, migration, social problems, refugee, business, male nudity, labor ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, tijuana mexico, beverly hills, mexico city, guatemala, mexico ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and sincere films with plots about society, family relations, life is a bitch, politics, husband wife relationship, poverty and friendship mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Bread and Roses: I, Daniel Blake (2016), North Country (2005), The Circle (2000), It's a Free World... (2007), Sorry We Missed You (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Style:
emotional, political, disturbing, realistic, compassionate ...
Plot:
poverty, working class, carpenter, bureaucracy, homeless, single mother, friendship, heart attack, self discovery, immigrant, social services, welfare ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 90s
Place:
united kingdom, england, northern england, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, emotional, factual, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
courtroom drama, feminism, sexual harassment, small town, lawsuit, rape, feminist, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style:
bleak, sincere, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, pregnancy, on the run, feminist, women's rights, religious fundamentalism, society, friendship, injustice, prostitute, dialogue, discrimination ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, social, epic ...
Plot:
realism, immigrant, working class, injustice, society, employment agency, politics, fighting the system, workplace, legal, life is a bitch, workplace situations ...
Time:
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Place:
britain, england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
social, political, disturbing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still ...
Style:
disturbing, sad, realistic, biting, independent film ...
Plot:
immigrant, violence, love, working class, dysfunctional family, activism, women, social commentary, hospital, drinking, children, resistance ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, political ...
Audience:
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Plot:
politics, discrimination, society, righting the wronged, lifestyle, fighting the system, teachers and students, rebelliousness, dedicated educator, activism, resistance, injustice ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, year 1969
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, malibu california
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, bleak, sincere, road movie, political ...
Plot:
refugee, immigrant, politics, hopes, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east, afghanistan, iran, tehran iran, pakistan ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the late 19th century, a young woman moves to Amsterdam with her family and tries to make a living. Preyed upon by various men, she nonetheless rises in society.
Style:
sexual, cult classic, historical drama, contemplative, disturbing ...
Plot:
rape, prostitution, poverty, erection, male nudity, sex crime, call girl, dutch history, family relations, prostitute, sexual abuse, teenage prostitution ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 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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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, rough, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
prostitute, rape, transsexual, gang rape, prostitution, sex, labor union, working class, outdoor sex, hooker, union, fight ...
Time:
50s, year 1989, 1950s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, berlin germany
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the ...
Style:
political, touching, inspirational, aesthetic, sad ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 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: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 127 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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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
Similarity:
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Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, crying
Plot:
family in crisis, family relations, deportation, immigrant, restaurant, eccentric family, love affair, family problems, estrangement, working class, parents and children, society ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, depressing, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
neorealism, realistic, serious, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Madrid, Roberto Orbea is a member of the Spanish communist party. He is married to Carmen, and he has been elected as Deputy in the first democratic elections in Spain. But his enemies, the fascist, know his double life. Roberto likes boys, and they ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Mexico, France, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, breathtaking, inspirational, sincere, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
black and white, independent film, anthology, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
immigrant, homeless, working class, culture clash, storytelling, poverty, school, father daughter relationship, money, photographer, hobo, tramp ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, mexico, usa, tokyo, new jersey ...
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20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Soviet Union
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An unabashed exercise in cinema stylistics, I Am Cuba is pro-Castro/anti-Batista rhetoric dressed up in the finest clothes. The film's four dramatic stories take place in the final days of the Batista regime; the first two illustrate the ills ...
Style:
political, black and white, surreal, captivating, experimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, sexy, disturbing, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
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Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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Country: Italy, Argentina, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
military dictatorship, operation condor, dictator, capitalism, torture, dictatorship, politics, state terrorism, coup, american imperialism, unrequited love, political repression ...
Time:
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Place:
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