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Mickybo and Me (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: youth, kids in trouble, friendship, mischievous children, boy, coming of age, society, obsession, political unrest, boyhood, friends, human rights ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, belfast
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Sons of Liberty (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
Style: captivating, historical drama, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: american revolution, human spirit, battles, political unrest, rebelliousness, politics, military, rebellion, state affairs, heroes, revolution, american history ...
Time: 18th century, future, 1770s
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
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 5.1
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Falling Star (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This colourful feature debut from experienced producer Luis Miñarro offers an almost hallucinatory look at the world of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of an ungovernable Spain for two years around 1870. This intriguing episode is transformed into a ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, captivating
Plot: royal family, male nudity, erection, male pubic hair, gay interest, society, state affairs, royal court, political unrest, master and servant, gay, art ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
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 8.1
 2K
37 Days (2014)
Genre: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of what happened in the few weeks immediately preceding World War I.
Style: political thriller, realistic, captivating, serious, period piece ...
Plot: world war one, politics, historical character, society, assassination, state affairs, negotiation, political unrest, great war, diplomacy, aging, secrets ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, pre world war one, year 1914
Place: london, europe, england, france, germany
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Blooming Flowers (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In modern day New York City a ninety eight year old women lies helpless on her death bed. As her granddaughter begins to take on the chores of cleaning the apartment, she comes upon a story that her grandmother had been writing. It is the story of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, emotional, period piece
Plot: martial arts, danger, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, society, state affairs, woman in danger, political unrest, love triangle, lost love, feud, male female relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: china
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Night Catches Us (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. ...
Style: uplifting, serious, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: injustice, social relations, homecoming, social differences, haunted by the past, political unrest, society, working class, teenage life, corrupt law enforcer, black, black history ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: philadelphia, usa
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 6.4
 619
Operation E (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A thriller centered on a family taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, social ...
Plot: survival, kidnapping, jungle, captivity, rescue, escapades, race against time, rebellion, danger, confined, political unrest, baby ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia, latin america
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For a Moment, Freedom (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: refugee, immigrant, hopes, friendship, injustice, starting over, society, leaving home, political unrest, friends, fugitives, migration ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: iraq, iran, turkey
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 6.1
 513
8th Wonderland (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A website where people can virtually live in a true democracy becomes so popular that its leading members take questionable actions to improve the real world as well. This backfires and various governments brand them terrorists.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky, contemplative ...
Plot: revolution, society, secret movement, rebelliousness, politics, fighting the system, social decay, anti capitalism, political unrest, political corruption, state affairs, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.2
 9K
Far from Men (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: teacher, journey, algerian war, french algerian war, forced into action, prisoner, hostage, danger, on the run, misfit partners, political unrest, on the road ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 1950s, year 1954, 50s
Place: algeria, france, nebraska, africa
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 6.1
 8K
Good (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot: nazi, writers, politics, moral dilemma, state affairs, wartime life, political unrest, society, nazi germany, third reich, holocaust, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place: germany, europe, paris france, berlin germany
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 6.5
 15K
Emperor (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, epic, retro ...
Plot: world war two, japanese history, war, emperor, investigation, politics, occupation, military, war crime, political intrigue, moral dilemma, ruler ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945 ...
Place: japan, asia
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 6.6
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Independence (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, surreal ...
Plot: family in danger, couples, parents and children, political unrest, isolation, survival, state affairs, fugitives, woods, husband wife relationship, sick mother, colonialism ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: the philippines, asia
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 7.3
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Amu (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, touching, banned
Plot: sikh, genocide, adoption, uncover truth, haunted by the past, orphan, family relations, homecoming, political unrest, society, hidden truth, bookstore ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, new delhi, asia, delhi
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Mutiny: A Love Story (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The two eventually get married and have a son. The happy family, now living in Amritsar, gets the ...
Style: romantic, realistic, serious, patriotic, suspense ...
Plot: family relations, against the odds, social differences, fall in love, against the rules, political unrest, society, love and romance, religions or cults, on the run, patriot, pursuit ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 1950s
Place: india, pakistan, middle east, asia
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The Zookeeper (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jonah Ludovic (Sam Neill) is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zoo. He joins a skeleton crew that includes an elderly guard and a veterinarian (Om ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: fighting the system, tragic hero, survival, wartime life, society, life is a bitch, danger, rebellion, political unrest, politics, totalitarianism, righting the wronged ...
Place: bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, eastern europe
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 7.0
 11K
The Lady (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Thailand
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film is about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi (Yeoh) who spent more than a decade under house arrest. David Thewlis portrays Suu Kyi's husband, Dr. Michael Aris. Rebecca Frayn began working on the project after she and her husband, producer ...
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental, educational ...
Plot: military dictatorship, resistance, politics, election, leadership, human spirit, selflessness, social activist, tragic love, idealism, biopic, social problems ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998, year 1947 ...
Place: burma, france, china, asia, oxford university
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 6.8
 6K
Vincere (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigour but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws. A historical drama with the passion, lyricism and tragedy of a ...
Style: emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, political ...
Plot: dictatorship, fascism, world war one, politics, male star appears nude, world war two, destructive relationship, resistance, couples, family problems, obsession, state affairs ...
Time: 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, 1910s, year 2009 ...
Place: italy, rome italy, milan italy, europe
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Max (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Canada, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolph Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, sincere, realistic, avant garde ...
Plot: nazi, world war two, abstract art, friendship, art, painter, biopic, propaganda, anti semitism, controversy, world war one, self discovery ...
Time: 1920s, year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: germany, middle east, austria, europe, munich germany
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An Unforgettable Summer (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In 1925 Romania, young Marie-Therese Von Debretsy refuses the flirtatious advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to a brutally bleak and dangerous outpost on the Bulgarian/Romanian ...
Style: meditative, melancholic, talky, light, atmospheric ...
Plot: unlikely friendships, politics, military, soldier, state affairs, moral dilemma, political unrest, wartime life, military life, injustice, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1994, 1920s
Place: eastern europe, bucharest
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The Youth of the Land (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Michael , Arjun and Lallan are three young men in Kolkata , with different ideals and objectives . Michael is an idealistic youth leader who dreams of a better India being created by the youth power . Arjun is a self-centered , opportunistic , ...
Style: captivating, sincere, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot: politics, teenage boy, rise to the top, ambition, fall in love, leadership, social differences, culture clash, society, betrayal, idealism, social climbing ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, asia
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 7.7
 3K
The Violin (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a ...
Style: serious, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot: village, rebelliousness, rebellion, against the odds, injustice, life is a bitch, musician's life, society, political unrest, family in danger, state affairs, father son relationship ...
Time: 70s
Place: latin america, mexico
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 6.9
 3K
Partition (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot: interracial relations, sikh, love and romance, forbidden love, fall in love, couples, soldier, society, political unrest, social relations, village, muslim ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
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An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
Style: captivating, stylized, tense, serious, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, swordsman, state affairs, political unrest, female warrior, medieval, daring rescue, assassination, leadership, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time: ancient times
Place: ancient china, china, east asia, asia
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House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Style: visually stunning, stylized, visual, exciting, epic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, swords and armor, tragic love, warrior, kung fu, love, emperor, medieval, tragic event, resistance ...
Time: middle ages, year 2004, 2000s, 9th century, medieval times ...
Place: china, east asia, asia, ancient china
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 2K
Coronado (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An american woman, in search of her fiance', becomes involved in a revolution of a central-american country.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: missing person, rebelliousness, daring rescue, obsessive quest, rebellion, revolution, political intrigue, political conspiracy, political unrest, journalism, terrorism, race against time ...
Place: switzerland, beverly hills, europe, usa, central america
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Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: martial arts, chinese history, kung fu, giant, qing dynasty, fight, revolution, politics, sword fight, danger, patriotism, hopes ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, east asia, ancient china, asia
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Tristan & Isolde (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
Style: touching, romantic, exciting, fairy tale, costume drama ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: medieval, love affair, love story, knight, forbidden love, true love, king, tragic love, sword and shield, legends and myths, star crossed lovers, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, 2000s, 50s ...
Place: ireland, cornwall, england, britain, europe
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The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: stasi, love triangle, youth, rebellion, infidelity, against the rules, berlin wall, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, self discovery, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: german democratic republic, germany, europe, east germany
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The Front Line (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An Italian man looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits as a political extremist with understanding, candour and remorse.
Style: exciting, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: idealism, rebellion, fighting the system, danger, society, love and romance, rebelliousness, blind ambition, state affairs, couple relations, youth, hopes ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: italy, europe
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