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Viva Maria! (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Traveling players invent the strip tease while mixed up in a Central American revolution.
Style: spaghetti western, sexy, political, funny, romantic comedy ...
Plot: circus, revolution, anarchist, female warrior, train, professional, female fight, heroine, cowboy, woman with a gun, striptease, artist ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, 1910s, edwardian era
Place: mexico, central america, latin america
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The Great Magician (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the early 1920’s, on the streets of Beijing, the nation’s most talented performers have gathered to show off their most spectacular skills. One day, a challenge is set: 50 silver dollars to whoever can reproduce the incredible magic trick ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, humorous, scenic, stylized ...
Plot: magician, rivalry, revolution, politics, rescue, pretense, gang, couple relations, state affairs, dishonesty, magic, twists and turns ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: china
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White Vengeance (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, became leaders of the ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revolution, military, family relations, betrayal, rivalry, battles, state affairs, fight for supremacy, medieval, dishonesty ...
Time: ancient times
Place: china, seattle, asia, ancient china
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Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, factual, banned
Plot: politics, revolution, society, state affairs, social differences, head of state, rebellion, chinese history, communist party, patriotism, rivalry, chinese civil war ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place: china, asia
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Journey to Promethea (2010)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A tyrannical king reigns over his kingdom with an iron fist, but there is hope. A prophecy foretold long ago states that a boy will rise up against the oppressive regime and lead his people to the promised land of Promethea. This is the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, intense, tense
Audience: teens
Plot: revolution, danger, corrupted ruler, escapades, heroes, legends and myths, hopes, supernatural, rivalry, master warrior, sword and sorcery, sorcery ...
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Indian Summers (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Epic drama set in the summer of 1932 where India dreams of independence, but the British are clinging to power. Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the rich and explosive story ...
Style: realistic, epic, serious, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: class differences, racism, revolution, political unrest, society, state affairs, culture clash, rebellion, british, independence, world war one, interwar period ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: india, asia, himalaya
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Morning Dew (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ethiopia, Germany, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and powerlessness at the dissolution of his people's humanity and ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Plot: friendship, village, idealism, revolution, haunted by the past, rebellion, society, political unrest, state affairs, medical school, rich and poor, african ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: africa, ethiopia, europe, germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno (2007)
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, humorous
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: anarchism, revolutionary, revolution, rebel army, anarchist, civil war, historical figure, power struggle, historical character, leadership, soldier, danger ...
Time: 1910s
Place: ukraine
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Jeong Do Jeon (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Set between late Koryo Dynasty and early Choson Dynasty period. Jung Do-Jeon plans for the new country of "Choson" and new culture as an influential advisor to King Taejo. Jung Do-Jeon resistance among those that want to keep Koryo.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, costume drama
Plot: political leader, revolution, politics, royalty, king, political corruption, political intrigue, royal palace, intrigue, ambition, joseon dynasty, death of hero ...
Time: 14th century
Place: korea
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Style: political, tense, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: journalism, internet, whistleblower, computers and web, politics, international relations, hacking, computer hacker, spy, biopic, hacker, journalist ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place: europe, cairo egypt, paris france, washington d.c., stockholm sweden ...
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Across the Universe (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, stylized, intense, light ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: freedom, anti war, music, hippie, vietnam war, artist, political unrest, dancing, dance, the beatles, trippy, love story ...
Time: 60s, y2k, year 2007, 20th century, year 1968
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
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What to Do in Case of Fire? (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former eastern Germany. At ...
Style: political, compassionate, melancholic, talky, realistic ...
Plot: politics, friendship, fighting the system, investigation, punk, anarchism, terrorism, bomb, unlikely friendships, anarchist, radical, revolution ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 90s, 2000s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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The Official Story (1985)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Style: political, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: adoption, politics, family relations, uncover truth, dictatorship, society, revolution, parents and children, military coup, state affairs, haunted by the past, political unrest ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century, year 1983
Place: latin america, argentina, spain, buenos aires argentina, bolivia
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Sunshine (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK, USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story: The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style: costume drama, erotic, family saga, sad, saga ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, fascism, sex scene, nazi, anti semitism, society, political unrest, siblings relations, family life, politics, revolution ...
Time: 19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: hungary, eastern europe, israel, serbia, sarajevo ...
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Germinal (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 160 min.
Story: It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them
Style: political, realistic, emotional, anthology, philosophical ...
Plot: mining, revolution, art, politics, union, capitalism, fighting the system, french history, anarchist, unemployment, miner, coal ...
Time: 19th century, year 1993, victorian era
Place: france, europe, flanders
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Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin ...
Style: touching, stylized, captivating, sad, political ...
Plot: politics, communism, stalinism, communist, father daughter relationship, nkvd, repression, symbolism, revolution, countryside, redemption, world war two ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1936
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
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Cromwell (1970)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Style: epic, realistic, factual, talky, serious ...
Plot: revolution, british history, battles, royal family, political unrest, society, medieval, tyranny, military, against the odds, rivalry, rebellion ...
Time: 17th century, victorian era, middle ages
Place: england, ireland, britain, europe, america ...
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Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, period piece ...
Plot: political prisoner, revolution, danger, society, party, couples, family relations, friendship, rivalry, fleeing, judaism, jewish family ...
Time: year 1979
Place: tehran iran, iran
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Mouna Rudo was born and raised among the Seediq people, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan, and as he grew to be a man he became a member of the Seediq Bale, a courageous band of native warriors. However, Rudo's way of life is threatened under the ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: rebellion, human spirit, culture clash, against the rules, revolution, slavery, military, oppression, ambition, traditional versus modern, rebelliousness, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: taiwan, china, asia
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Tilt (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: TILT is a love story set against the backdrop of the changing political and social environment in Europe in the late 80's and early 90's. Can this love survive the challenges of emigration, a violent homeland and immoral social atmosphere ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, power of love, teenage love, political unrest, friendship, revolution, longing, buddies, coming of age, social problems, youth, ghetto ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, germany, bulgaria
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1992 (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: Set in Rome, Milan and different Italian cities, the TV series offers a thrilling story following six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape in the early 1990s, during which Italy was gripped by the Clean ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, psychological, erotic ...
Plot: politics, corruption, investigation, italian history, politician, revolution, law enforcement, state affairs, rebellion, crisis, cosa nostra, government corruption ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: italy, milan italy, rome italy
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Horse Money (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story: While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
Style: psychological, touching, atmospheric, emotional, postmodern ...
Plot: immigrant, introspection, social decay, haunted by the past, mental institution, revolution, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, misfit, existentialism, anthropology ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: portugal, africa
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Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up ...
Style: bleak, captivating, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: genocide, political unrest, against humanity, revolution, fall in love, hopes, evacuation, rebellion, wartime life, life is a bitch, african, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: nigeria, africa, iraq, indiana
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Forever Nevermore (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A dramatic novel that presents the submission in a relationship between an Italian settler and a Brazilian woman in 1932. Luiza is a generation of women who were sent to convents to be educated, many of the high cost of permanency option ran out and ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: forbidden love, love affair, couples, revolution, vengeance, rivalry, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, wartime life, war, unsupportive spouse ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: brazil, latin america
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Tula: The Revolt (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 'Tula, The Revolt' is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental
Plot: rebellion, rebelliousness, heroes, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, revolution, injustice, political unrest, peaceful mission, interracial relations, master and servant ...
Time: 18th century
Place: caribbean
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Patty Hearst (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life and she joined forces with the cause that her abductors were fighting for. ...
Style: suspenseful, thought provoking, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, danger, rescue, revolution, political corruption, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, rebellion, rebelliousness, fighting the system ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, year 1976
Place: los angeles, san francisco
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Family, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspense, sincere, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: heroes, rescue, rivalry, state affairs, political unrest, against the odds, political intrigue, revolution, dishonesty, adventurer, corrupted ruler, escapades ...
Time: 16th century, year 1966
Place: ireland, england
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Stalingrad (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: "Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, nazism, soldier, eastern front, military, holocaust, starvation, survival, military life, winter ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place: russia, germany, europe, italy
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The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: rebellion, revolution, danger, rebelliousness, state affairs, political unrest, ex military, resistance, tough heroes, occupation, turk, violence ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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