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List of exile movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, compassionate, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
teacher, elementary school, immigrant, suicide, coming of age, teachers and students, youth, coping, children, exile, tragedy, precocious child ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
canada, france, ontario canada, montreal, algeria ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's ...
Style:
biblical, captivating, christian film, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
religious, faith, bible, oracle, hopes, old testament, ancient history, escapades, christianity, confined, exile, prophet ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Fair Princess Jungmyung lives a life of the highest privilege, until her half-brother Prince Gwanghae executes the rightful crown prince and usurps the throne. Exiled from court, Jungmyung goes under disguise as a man and learns to adapt to life as ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, palace intrigue, revenge, exile, female protagonist, power struggle, political intrigue, prince, palace, princess, kingdom, intrigue ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Musical, War
Country: India
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A dynastic struggle occurs for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan, between the Kauravas and Pandavas, collateral branches of the clan, which causes the Kurukshetra War.
Style:
epic, stylized, realistic, serious, soap opera ...
Plot:
legends and myths, throne, exile, archery, royal family, ancient history, family feud, obsessive quest, king, hindu, religion, wisdom ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, stylized, sexy, soap opera ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
intrigue, tudors, queen, power struggle, historical character, royal family, british history, king, royalty, heir, monarchy, british royal family ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, ireland, europe
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145K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, visually stunning, grim, mind twisting ...
Plot:
prison escape, prison, life philosophy, escape, prison break, runaway, prison life, jail, protector, human spirit, escape attempt, escape plan ...
Time:
year 1973, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 70s
Place:
south america, persia, guyana, latin america, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Portugal, Spain, Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
1774, shortly before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, the Duke de Tesis and the Duke de Wand, libertines expelled from the puritanical court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the legendary Duc de ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, avant garde, hot ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
peeping, perversion, sadism, zoophilia, debauchery, lechery, sexual pleasure, bare breasts, blasphemy, exile, female nudity, voyeurism ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, georgian era
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, harsh, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
life, destiny, imperial russia, love story, life philosophy, exile, unfulfilled love, soldier, love affair, love triangle, love and romance, self sacrifice ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 90s
Place:
soviet union, russia, siberia, moscow russia
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27K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, cerebral, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, protest, politics, advertising, underdog, dictator, political conspiracy, society, exile, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, year 1988, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america, venezuela ...
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184K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A personal look at the French military leader’s origins and swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of Napoleon’s addictive, volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
Style:
epic, thrilling, captivating, psychological, crying ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
french army, french military, french revolution, psychic, soldier, commander, crown, napoleonic wars, empress, leader, fight, exile ...
Time:
19th century, 1780s, 1810s, 18th century, 1790s ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, egypt, france, russia ...
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24K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK, France
Duration: 1314 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.
Style:
historical drama, political thriller, period piece, exciting, atmospheric ...
Plot:
renaissance, medieval, wealth, european history, politics, aristocracy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, betrayal, secret, rise to power ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, future
Place:
florence, venice, italy, tuscany
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909
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Greece, Dominican Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, melancholic, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, exile, gay love, friendship, closeted gay, gay lead character, machismo, melancholy, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
One day Zano suggest a crazy idea to his companion Naïma: travel across France and Spain down to Algeria, where they might ultimately come to know the land their parents once had to flee.
Style:
road movie, captivating, realistic, serious, epic ...
Plot:
hopes, self discovery, homecoming, on the road, exile, infidelity, love and romance, couple relations, introspection, couples, dishonesty, social relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
spain, morocco, paris france, france, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
907 AD, the Tang Dynasty in China. The movie is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, stylized, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
emperor, empire, medieval, politics, heir, wuxia, martial arts, kung fu, betrayal, murder, exile, royal family ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century
Place:
china, east asia, asia, mongolia, ancient china
Is relevant?
335K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Style:
computer animated, humorous, touching, 3d animation, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
circus, ant, flea, villain, grasshopper, friendship, ladybug, butterfly, food, kids and family, toys, deception ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
texas
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The movie is about Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic "The Ramayana", who accompanies Lord Rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Sita is abducted by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. This movie tells the story of Rama and Sita, along-with a ...
Style:
colorful, epic, semi serious, captivating, adult animation ...
Plot:
jazz, ancient, mistrust, duty, martyr, monk, suspicion, long distance relationship, gossip, blues, imaginary, exile ...
Time:
year 2008, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
india, san francisco, asia
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16K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, philosophical, poignant, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hinduism, prostitute, women, prostitution, love, politics, friendship, relationships, brutality, couple relations, marriage, mentor ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, year 2005, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia, canada
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
assassin, wandering, exile, swordsman, school, good versus evil, sword, love, warrior, martial arts, villain, heroes ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand, sneak into Paris, then Lenormand will reveal himself and Napoleon will regain his throne. Things don't go at all well; first, the ...
Style:
touching, entertaining, humorous, fairy tale, witty ...
Plot:
napoleon bonaparte, lookalikes, fall in love, conspiracy, hidden identity, disorder, emperor, alternate history, social differences, society, exile, napoleonic wars ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, year 2001, 1820s
Place:
europe, paris france, france, london, seattle
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
vietnam veteran, homecoming, friendship, exile, society, orphan, life is a bitch, solitary, redemption, family relations, farm, children ...
Place:
usa, vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, a humble headman, Heung-do, hears a rumor that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity to his impoverished community, he ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, melancholic, art house
Plot:
exile, joseon dynasty, korean history, power struggle, mountain village, moral dilemma, political intrigue, survival, coup d'etat, king
Time:
15th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
A richly romantic action-adventure fantasy, set in a world where retro-futuristic vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the lives of young and heroic van ship sky porters - Claus and Lavie - who are forced to take on the ...
Style:
anime, serious, captivating, manga, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
battles, young heroes, heroic mission, daring rescue, survival, military, rescue, escapades, danger, exile, rivalry, success ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman returns his family home after eight years in exile avoiding the terrorism of the ETA.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
terrorism, exile, family home, family drama, homecoming, danger, fear, trauma, identity, reconciliation, paranoia, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
spain, basque country
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3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and ...
Style:
witty, stylized, philosophical, lyrical, serious ...
Plot:
culture clash, racism, infidelity, social differences, couple relations, society, crumbling marriage, exile, dialogue, husband wife relationship, blues, hospital ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
london, cuba, latin america, england, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, black and white, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, island, desert island, bullying, innocence lost, survival, children, stranded on an island, literary, coming of age, skinny dipping, isolation ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, future, near future
Place:
fictional island, britain, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, hopes, warning, coming of age, rebelliousness, human spirit, exile, siblings relations, reform, family relations, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
romania, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, captivating, slow cinema ...
Plot:
refugee, greek, tragic love, wartime life, on the run, genocide, political unrest, fall in love, politics, self discovery, exile, revolution ...
Time:
year 2004, 1920s, year 1945, 1940s, 1930s ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, europe, ottoman empire
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, homecoming, political unrest, totalitarianism, state affairs, ruler, gay son, family relations, parents and children, secret, society, exile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
Is relevant?
116K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the ...
Style:
heroic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, master warrior, warrior, contests and competitions, fight, fistfight, medieval, pride and honor, mentor, wuxia ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 1950s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, visually appealing, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, blood, barbershop, goth, dark humor, social injustice, judge, cannibalism, loss of loved one, presumed dead, murder, insanity ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2007, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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