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Genre: History
Country: USA
Story:
Alina, Luisa and América are three women who after fighting to restore and stabilize democracy to their country realize they’ve been betrayed by the leader of the revolution. The three women begin to confront and challenge the new system in their ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
revolution, imprisoned, cuban revolution, women, imprisonment, oppression, women's prison, female protagonist, social problems, life is a bitch, prison, social issues ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money ...
Style:
serious, dark, emotional, tense, period drama
Plot:
women in prison, prison, corruption, abuse of power, oppression, justice, human rights, legal battle, maximum security prison, social justice, resistance, rape ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After their candidates win control of a farming community in an election, fruit-pickers start getting harassed by the local law enforcement officials.
Style:
tense, suspense, period piece, crime drama, political drama
Plot:
election, corruption, police brutality, abuse of power, labor movement, political corruption, oppression, intimidation, class conflict, social injustice, working class, solidarity ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ad ventures of a few brave boys deep in Russian taiga.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, period piece, tense, melancholic
Plot:
boy, taiga, forest, abandoned mine, wilderness, survival, risk, bravery, coming of age, perseverance, exploration, solidarity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
native american, native, massacre, indigenous people, civil rights, indians, racism, political activism, resistance, american indian, solidarity, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
south dakota
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Style:
historical drama, romantic, grim, bleak, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
betrayal, female protagonist, starting over, male female relationship, female friendship, women's prison, new life, wrongful conviction, prison life, oppression, injustice, political repression ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The members of an amateur theater group share the losses and sorrows of war with Armenian provincial town's inhabitants.
Style:
poignant, emotional, reflective, period piece, tragic
Plot:
theater, grief, mourning, loss, memory, melancholy, social realism, post war, solidarity, community, social commentary, intimate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
armenia, caucasus, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Artists, Poets, Writers, Musicians, and Dissidents, Husbands and Wives, in the Marxist USSR GULAG camps of Barashevo and Vorkuta, suffer in and survive their Gulag death camps. It is a ultimately a spiritual struggle.
Style:
emotional, period piece, historical drama, grim, spiritual
Plot:
gulag, dissident, love, survival, prisoner of war camp, repression, genocide, escape, resistance, political persecution, communism, oppression ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Vietnam, Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Coordinates of Death (Russian Title: Koordinaty smerti / Координаты смерти) is a 1985 Soviet-Vietnamese co-production directed by Samvel Gasparov and Nguyen Xuan Chan. Set during the Vietnam War (presumably during Operation ...
Style:
tense, dramatic, brutal, emotional, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, anti war, solidarity, heroism, military, propaganda, sacrifice, shipwreck, rescue, resistance, morality ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
vietnam, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, realistic, tension, political
Plot:
strike, working class, friendship, protest, class struggle, blue collar, poverty, unemployment, social realism, small town, solidarity, male friendship ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Jordan
TV show
Story:
A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
palestinian-israeli conflict, occupation, social problems, political intrigue, military officer, military life, soldier, israeli palestinian conflict, military, political unrest, life is a bitch, family drama ...
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132
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Netherlands' submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 1985
Style:
historical drama, intense, bleak, emotional, grim ...
Plot:
false accusation, wrongful imprisonment, injustice, social commentary, repression, working class, class struggle, activism, politics, sacrifice, treachery, brothers ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century, 1890s
Place:
netherlands, holland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the end of World War II Lena Kuchler arrives at a refuge camp in search of her disappeared family members. But at this place she can get no information in her case but only encounters hungry children.
Style:
heartbreaking, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
post war, holocaust, survivor, orphan, refugee camp, jewish history, anti semitism, survival, community, resilience, solidarity, violence ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, occupation, resistance, german occupation, czech history, liberation, end of war, soviet army, insurrection, nazism, solidarity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
central europe, prague, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Shyam comes from the remote areas of Purulia to work as a laborer in the coal mines of the Damodar Valley. The story of Mohan and Shyam will proceed with their rise, reckoning of friendship.
Style:
intense, tragic
Plot:
friendship, coal mining, working class, social commentary, social realism, class struggle, survival, resilience, community, solidarity, desperation, poverty ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old ...
Style:
dramatic, harsh, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
migration, refugee, hopes, truth, justice, power, mercy, social justice, fight, fight for justice, human spirit, strength ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, realistic, educational, sad ...
Plot:
poverty, turk, sacrifice, illness, brotherhood, family drama, struggle, desperation, compassion, working class, tragedy, terminal illness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight
Style:
existential, disturbing, psychological, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
road trip, character study, journey, on the road, working class, social problems, workplace, society, coworker, workplace situations, co worker co worker relationship, small town life ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Worker Agostino, one day returning to his apartment in the suburb of a big city, after the First Communion of his child, finds the house occupied by another family. Thus begins his personal battle to get it back together with his grandfather, his ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, semi serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
eviction, working class, satire, life turned upside down, family relations, forced into action, family life, society, family problems, righting the wronged, hopes, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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110
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An orphaned Indigenous girl is forced to live with her reluctant, street-smart, francophone auntie and her two best friends in 80's Montreal.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
friendship, friend, coming of age, satire, women, female protagonist, lifestyle, family life, indigenous people, family relations, orphan, teenage girl ...
Time:
80s
Place:
montreal, quebec
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The story follows a group of people who are kidnapped from the street and held hostage in an underground prison to await deportation. Will they escape? What will be the cost of freedom?
Style:
psychological, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
deportation, prison, escape, freedom, illegal immigrant, female prisoner, female protagonist, prisoner, self sacrifice, escape attempt, immigration, social injustice ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015
Place:
eastern europe
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304
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Five women are about to give birth. They do not know each other, are not alike, but will find themselves in the same maternity to live the best day of their lives. The first contractions at birth, the film traces their journey, between laughter and ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
childbirth, women, pregnancy, motherhood, pregnancy and birth, newborn, multiple storylines, satire, pregnant girlfriend, female protagonist, intimate, life changing ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Looking to earn money for his family, a young man in the early 1900s travels to Canada to join a small group of fellow Punjabis working in a lumber mill. While there, the men face difficult working conditions and a growing threat, as locals begin to ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
punjabi, illegal immigration, social problems, workplace, immigrant, illegal immigrant, immigration, working class, coworker, lifestyle, social issues, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Heat, iron, dust and the smell of oil. A typical workday of maximum security inmates will prove to be fateful for all of them. They find something extraordinary inside one of the machines, and an unexpected wave of compassion makes the prisoners ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, dark, tension ...
Plot:
prison, humanity, compassion, problem, prison life, social problems, prison sentence, jail, jail cell, machinery, machine, showdown ...
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249
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on the struggles of a mother who lost their children.
Style:
emotional, heartbreaking, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
typhoon, survivor, disaster, resilience, bereavement, natural disaster, aftermath, trauma, mourning, grief, loss, survival ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Ariyanchi is married to Ranasigam, who works in Dubai, and the couple has a little daughter. On the day of their daughter's ear piercing ceremony, a shocking news reaches the family.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, poignant, realistic ...
Plot:
poverty, social justice, social commentary, village life, politics, farm, countryside, empathy, class conflict, industrialization, activism, corruption ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers and her life when violent infected patrons show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose.
Style:
suspense, slasher, scary, crime thriller, intense ...
Plot:
stripper, infection, strip club, female nudity, woman with a gun, virus, chainsaw, female protagonist, violence, survival, small town, revenge ...
Place:
vancouver
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Young Kim Chang-Soo is placed behind bars, charged with murdering a Japanese person who took part in Empress Myeongseong's assassination. In prison, Kim Chang-Soo sees how Koreans are persecuted and grows into a fighter for Korean independence.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social injustice, fight for justice, patriotism, oppression, colonialism, battles, problem, social problems, prisoner, jailed, murder, injustice ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Penny returns to her childhood home for the Appleton Show and its 'world famous' potato race, she is outraged that the men's first prize pays out $2,000 and the winning woman's prize is only $200. She is determined to right this ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot:
feminism, female protagonist, satire, competition, small town, female empowerment, ambition, competitor, gender equality, feminist, ambitious woman, women's rights ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Greece
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Autumn 2015. Profoundly affected by the picture of a little boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, lifeguards Oscar and Gerard travel to Lesbos (Greece). Once there, the reality is horrific: thousands of people risk their lives every day, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
rescue mission, emigrant, life risking, daring rescue, rescue, risk, struggle for survival, saving a life, water, sea disaster, compassion, heroism ...
Place:
mediterranean sea, greece
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