Movies like Bread and Roses

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Bread and Roses (2000)
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Bread and Roses (2000)
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, cult classic, crying ...
Plot: labor union, immigrant, working class, deportation, janitor, politics, fighting the system, workplace, relationships, union, society, cleaning lady, working conditions, life is a bitch, revolution, betrayal, justice, poverty, migration, social problems, refugee, business, male nudity, worker, exile ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, usa, tijuana mexico, beverly hills, mexico city, guatemala, mexico ...
Keyword: feminist film, mexican, rose, fiesta

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and political films with plots about society, life is a bitch, family relations, working class, politics, friendship and husband wife relationship 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), Ladybird Ladybird (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
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: political, disturbing, compassionate, emotional, touching ...
Plot: poverty, working class, single mother, carpenter, homeless, bureaucracy, friendship, heart attack, self discovery, immigrant, social services, prostitution ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, northern england, britain
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100%
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North Country (2005)
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: dramatic, emotional, sincere, factual, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, small town, feminism, sexual harassment, lawsuit, rape, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
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The Circle (2000)
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, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: politics, pregnancy, on the run, prostitute, life is a bitch, society, friendship, injustice, feminist, dialogue, women's rights, discrimination ...
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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It's a Free World... (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film focuses on Angie (Kierston Wareing), a working class woman who, after being fired by the agency that she works for, decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend Rose (Juliet Ellis). Taking ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, epic, political ...
Plot: immigrant, realism, working class, fighting the system, employment agency, injustice, society, workplace, legal, life is a bitch, workplace situations, social differences ...
Time: year 2007
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Genre: Drama
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, fighting the system, working class, dysfunctional family, love, social commentary, hospital, drinking, mission, chaos, women ...
Time: year 1994, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: england, paraguay, liverpool, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A story exploring the issue of hardship in modern-day Britain through a young couple scraping to get by in a casual jobs market. A hard-up delivery driver and his carer wife are pushed to breaking point as they struggle to keep their family afloat ...
Style: social, political, psychological, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: poverty, working class, father daughter relationship, social realism, father son relationship, teenage boy, job interview, couples, life is a bitch, adaptation, dishonesty, intrigue ...
Time: 2010s, year 1984, year 1996, year 2008
Place: united kingdom
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30%
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Walkout (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, captivating, political ...
Plot: politics, discrimination, society, righting the wronged, fighting the system, teachers and students, lifestyle, rebelliousness, dedicated educator, activism, resistance, high school ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1968
Place: los angeles, california, usa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.3
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Norma Rae (1979)
Genre: Drama
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: inspirational, political, touching, sad, aesthetic ...
Plot: labor union, working class, union, women, labor, small town, feminist, business, courage, american politics, single mother, whistleblower ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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In This World (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, ...
Style: bleak, road movie, inspirational, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: refugee, immigrant, politics, poverty, on the road, life is a bitch, friendship, hopes, danger, migration, society, death ...
Time: year 2002, year 2001
Place: middle east, afghanistan, iran, pakistan, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Katie Tippel (1975)
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: cult classic, touching, sexual, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: prostitution, sex crime, dutch history, family relations, prostitute, sexual abuse, male nudity, rape, erection, poverty, nudity, couples ...
Time: 19th century, year 1975, 20th century, 1880s
Place: amsterdam, europe, netherlands, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Lulu the Tool (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A conscientious factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine. The accident causes him to become more involved in political and revolutionary groups.
Style: realistic, emotional, sincere, serious, political ...
Plot: working class, factory, factory worker, rebellion, fighting the system, rebelliousness, boss and employee, power relations, social differences, workplace situations, anarchist, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Harlan County War (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Style: disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: strike, fighting the system, rebellion, price of justice, against the odds, poverty, legal, society, ambition, life is a bitch, human nature, human spirit ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place: kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Just Great (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
Style: surreal, political, contemplative, clever, witty ...
Plot: reporter, strike, dialectical materialism, female journalist, love, chaos, anarchism, anarchy, communism, revolution, factory, politics ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place: france, paris france, asia, vietnam, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 490
Strike (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIEÂ’S CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, human spirit, ambition, fighting the system, injustice, rivalry, life is a bitch, legal, society ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
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22%
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Liam (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, sincere, depressing ...
Plot: fascism, catholicism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, sin, life is a bitch, starving child, society, family problems, parents and children ...
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Chasing Freedom (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: New York attorney Libby (Juliette Lewis) is a go-getter who won't let anyone stand in the way of her success. But when she accepts a pro bono case involving young Afghan dissident Meena (Layla Alizada), Libby finds her corporate dreams replaced ...
Style: uplifting, touching, disturbing, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: fighting the system, deportation, courtroom drama, rebellion, injustice, legal, danger, life is a bitch, terrorism, hopes, idealism, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: year 2001, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, new york, bangladesh, pakistan
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Carla's Song (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Spain, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A Glasgow man (Robert Carlyle) visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) tormented by her memories.
Style: political, independent film, thought provoking, tense, serious ...
Plot: bus driver, civil war, refugee, politics, bus, revolution, spy, international relations, immigrant, american imperialism, amor, black ...
Time: year 1996, 80s, 90s
Place: glasgow scotland, scotland, europe, nicaragua
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.7
 98K
Detachment (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, hopes, journalism, state affairs, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in ...
Style: political, bleak, factual, brutal, bloody ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rebellion, civil war, ira, resistance, war, politics, freedom, rebel, traitor, injustice, occupation, debate ...
Time: 1920s, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, post world war one ...
Place: ireland, england, northern ireland, dublin ireland, europe ...
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20%
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Drifters (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The young adult life of Hong Yunsheng, nicknamed Little Brother, is seen as somewhat of a failure by those that know him. A Chinese national, he stowed away on a boat to the United States, where he worked as a dishwasher in the restaurant of a ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, crying
Plot: family relations, deportation, immigrant, restaurant, eccentric family, love affair, family problems, estrangement, working class, parents and children, family in crisis, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.5
 11K
All or Nothing (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, loneliness, depression, poverty, family problems, injustice, parents and children, couples, unwanted pregnancy, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, florida, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.4
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style: disturbing, realistic, sentimental, bleak, depressing ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama
Plot: heroin, coming of age, innocence lost, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, prison, drug dealer, downfall, dysfunctional family, family relations, teenager, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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20%
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The Deputy and the Congressman (1978)
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: sensual, social, political, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, politics, gays and lesbians, unfaithfulness, triad, seductive, eroticism, hustler, one night stand, politician, hospital ...
Time: 70s
Place: spain, madrid, europe, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.5
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Babel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style: non-linear, bleak, sincere, emotional, depressing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: multiple storylines, redemption, desert, woman urinating, deaf girl, mexican border, society, guilt, parenthood, depression, tragic event, immigrant ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Scrounger (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
Style: neorealism, realistic, serious, disturbing, talky ...
Plot: prostitution, prostitute, poverty, unemployment, robbery, family relations, life is a bitch, italian neorealism, couple relations, dishonesty, downfall, criminal heroes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s, post world war two, 1950s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.2
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The City (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
Style: black and white, independent film, anthology, serious, realistic ...
Plot: immigrant, homeless, working class, culture clash, money, father daughter relationship, school, storytelling, poverty, photographer, boy, ethnicity ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york, mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.8
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Illegal (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tania, a young Russian woman who lives illegally in Belgium with her 13-year-old son Ivan. Constantly on her guard, she dreads police checks until the day she is arrested.
Style: captivating, touching, emotional, sentimental, political ...
Plot: fighting the system, human spirit, social differences, injustice, family relations, hopes, life is a bitch, parents and children, immigrant, society, migration, hidden identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
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, social ...
Plot: prostitute, rape, prostitution, transsexual, gang rape, working class, gay, labor union, fight, union, hooker, society ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Riff-Raff (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class.
Style: political, social, independent film, humorous, gloomy ...
Plot: working class, worker, unhappiness, resistance, social realism, refugee, chaos, kitchen sink realism, labor, immigrant, poverty, pop singer ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 80s
Place: scotland, london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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