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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1920, workmen of Patagonia (Argentina), grouped into anarchist and socialist societies, decide to strike demanding better working conditions. Among the workers there are numerous European immigrants acting as ideological ferment of their peers. ...
Style:
political
Plot:
anarchism, anarchist, anarchy, capitalist society, gaucho, radical, state terrorism, labor union, political repression, labor strike, massacre, train ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
patagonia, argentina
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A story about slave hunting, colonialism, revenge and love.
Plot:
slave trade, colonialism, black slave, blaxploitation, civil war, human exploitation, nude black woman, female nudity, drowning, waterfall, nudity, profit ...
Time:
year 1978, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
africa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of the Santa María School massacre of miners in 1907.
Style:
allegory
Plot:
post colonialism, employer, capital, collapse, capitalist society, innovation, damage, capitalism, materialism, historian, job, union ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
south america, chile
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 345 min.
Story:
We are in the year 1871. A journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of the Paris rebels. On a stage-like set, more than 200 actors ...
Style:
political, black and white, informative, powerful, inspirational ...
Plot:
army vs civilians, socialism, anarchism, found footage, anarchist, revolution, worker, union, strike, struggle, labor, civil unrest ...
Time:
victorian era, 20th century, 2000s, turn of the century, 1870s ...
Place:
paris france, france, versailles
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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:
sincere, realistic, emotional, serious, political ...
Plot:
working class, labor union, factory worker, factory, rebellion, boss and employee, rebelliousness, power relations, social differences, workplace situations, anarchist, worker ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
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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:
political, touching, inspirational, aesthetic, sad ...
Plot:
labor union, working class, feminist, small town, union, women, labor, business, labor movement, courage, single mother, american politics ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) ...
Style:
political, touching, sincere, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, sexual initiation, politics, friendship, poverty, youth, dictatorship, boy, communism, trauma, demonstration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, spain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, political, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
working class, unemployment, seaport, friendship, society, redemption, small town, working conditions, job seeking, self esteem, life is a bitch, breaking point ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iberian peninsula, europe, galicia, switzerland, spain ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa's political gifts are acknowledged by everyone, as she struggles for democratic government in Germany and revolution in Poland. There she ...
Style:
political, political thriller, philosophical, suspense, social ...
Plot:
communist, women, revolution, communism, biopic, capitalism, revolutionary, anarchist, world war one, protest, strike, union ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides ...
Style:
political, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, social ...
Plot:
capitalism, socialism, communism, communist, philosopher, poverty, biopic, factory, writers, industry, money, working class ...
Time:
ancient times, 19th century, year 2017
Place:
soviet union, paris france, manchester, london, prussia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, France
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, social, epic ...
Plot:
realism, immigrant, working class, injustice, society, employment agency, politics, fighting the system, workplace, legal, life is a bitch, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
britain, england, europe
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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:
social, rough, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
gang, children, poverty, homeless, homelessness, juvenile delinquent, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, prostitution, feminist, hobo, tramp ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
south america, colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style:
tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, street gang, favela, slum, coming of age, betrayal, brutality, relationships, drug lord, society, gang war, best friend ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2007, future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style:
rough, bleak, hood, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, violence, ghetto, favela, coming of age, storytelling, gang war, gangster, society, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, future ...
Place:
latin america, rio de janeiro, south america, brazil, africa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A story of a family seeking shelter in a neighbor’s bunker while the American economy is in collapse and the nation under martial law. There they find the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
anarchy, struggle for survival, neighbor neighbor relationship, social problems, neighbor, survival, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, bunker, economic crisis, murder ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovakian village. The film captures the period of thirty years (1887-1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry, in the second part, his son is ...
Style:
costume drama, family saga, epic, period drama
Plot:
renaissance, magic realism, church, bee, rain, funeral, surrealism, female nudity, soldier, card playing, birthday present, beehive ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, year 1917, 20th century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, prague, central europe, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
male nudity, unemployment, nudity, voice over narration, actress, depression, male female relationship, fall in love, relationship vs career, society, fatalism, couple relations ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
family business, divorce, love affair, social differences, society, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couples, clergy, world war one, priest, businessman ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929 ...
Place:
switzerland, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Virginie lives on a farm with her children Laura (15) and Gaston (7) and raises locusts as a high-protein crop. Life is hard: money worries and practical problems are piling up, tensions with her kids and neighbors are running high. But everything ...
Style:
suspense, tense, perverse, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot:
insect, grasshopper, climate change, survival horror, single mother, farm, creature, monster, family business, dog, boat, farmer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, romantic drama ...
Plot:
stock market, trading, finance, intrigue, doom, murder, conspiracy, politics, oil, stock broker, political corruption, political conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
middle east, new york, spain, manhattan new york city, saudi arabia
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
child in peril, child, farmer, hostage, moral dilemma, brother sister relationship, child's point of view, dark secret, loner, farm, children, teenager ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he knows what he wants – to become rich and famous. He even has a business plan: tourism combined ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, black comedy
Plot:
midlife crisis, slacker, unemployment, capitalism, physical appearance, loser, escapades, brother sister relationship, communism, liberation theology, entrepreneurship, ambitious man ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, humorous
Plot:
ambition, friendship between men, love triangle, rivalry, cynicism, shyness, love and romance, relationships, sexual attraction, narcissist, vulgar woman, toys ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young girl dreaming to become an actress goes through hell with an orphan baby on her hands. The whole world seems to be against her. She meets the love of her life when there is no one to stand by her.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, crying
Plot:
adoption, children's home, family relations, changing lives, family problems, love story, relationships, social problems, love affair, life is a bitch, male female relationship, car accident ...
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style:
realistic, suspense, neo western, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, bank robber, brother, texas ranger, bank robbery, redemption, small town, armed robbery, gunfight, bank, heist, desperation ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, future, y2k, 21st century
Place:
texas, nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, tense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
politics, terrorist, danger, rebellion, hopes, siege, revolution, unlikely partners, life is a bitch, fighting the system, folk hero, leadership ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
africa, south africa, england, europe, cape town south africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
MOON CHILD follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, ...
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, friendship, gangster, coming of age, danger, vengeance, gang, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, violence, revenge ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, china
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer ...
Style:
anime, exciting, humorous, cute, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
danger, escapades, amnesia, terrorist plot, investigation, secret agent, salvation, mysterious stranger, heroic mission, twists and turns, murder, social experiment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, new york, washington d.c., brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western ...
Style:
political, talky, thought provoking, visually appealing, tense ...
Plot:
filmmaking, politics, protest, culture clash, society, rebellion, demonstration, prejudice, audition, mentor, unlikely friendships, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 70s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, latin america, california, spain, south america
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