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Plot Summary:
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: melancholic, talky, stylized, serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, contemplative
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In My Country (2004)
Plot Summary:
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, serious, emotional, political, realistic, political thriller, crying
Similar in 77%
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
Plot Summary:
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: cult classic, sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, contemplative, entertaining
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After the Rain (1999)
Plot Summary:
Steph, an Afrikaner, struggles with his past and heritage in the new South Africa. When his girlfriend befriends a black South African man called Vusisizwe trouble brews.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, crying, tragic
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
Plot Summary:
"Entertaining Angels" is an interesting title for this movie about the 1920's and 30's social activist, Dorothy Day, for it can be regarded that what this woman did, sometimes single-handedly, always controversially, in her fight against social injustice would, indeed, be wonderful entertainment for angels... or it could mean that her work was for the benefit of the 'angels' at the bottom of the social ladder for whom she fought daily against those who would hold them down... this included her work as a suffregette. However it is meant, this film captures much of the real-life drama that took place on big city streets, and of the very personal trials which eventually led her to convert to roman Catholicism, and a dedication to helping the poor.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, sincere, uplifting, serious, captivating, realistic, crying, historical drama
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Crooked Hearts (1991)
Plot Summary:
The father of a family has a an affair. This affects every member of the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky
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Personal Velocity (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: talky, stylized, intense, touching, psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, anthology, erotic
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This Revolution (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jake Cassevetes is a world renowned shooter just back from being embedded during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As a well-paid stringer for the networks, Jake does not buy into the currently vogue, left-wing conspiracy theory of a corporate-controlled press. But, after discovering much of his best footage in Iraq was censored by the network, Jake is growing disillusioned with his corporate masters. When he gets an assignment to shoot on the streets of the Republican National Convention protests, he meets Seven, one of the young leaders of the masked anarchist Black Bloc. Jake quickly wins the trust of the group and is allowed to shadow them as they move through the demo. Later that night, after shooting Seven with her mask down describing the Bloc's militant objectives, the videotape is mistakenly returned to the network with the rest of his footage. When he goes to retrieve the tape, he is.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, realistic, disturbing, political, cynical, cinema verite, fake documentary
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Germinal (1993)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: political, emotional, realistic, philosophical, anthology, sincere, thought provoking, epic, serious, captivating
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
Plot Summary:
True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Canada, China, France
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: realistic, thought provoking, serious, epic, exciting, suspense, independent film, tense, sincere, uplifting
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, emotional, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film
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Prefontaine (1997)
Plot Summary:
It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: talky, factual, intense, sincere, rough, serious, inspirational, non fiction, cult classic, captivating
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Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
Plot Summary:
A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: political, sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Howl (2010)
Plot Summary:
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, surreal, thought provoking, sincere, realistic, intellectual, sexual, art house, stylized, sexy
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The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
Plot Summary:
The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man... to the dismay of those close to her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, sexual, intellectual
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Che Guevara (2005)
Plot Summary:
When he is captured in Bolivia, the "Che" is conducted to prission, when he remembers his life facts, the revolution and the women.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, disturbing, serious, contemplative, crying, uplifting
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Longford (2006)
Plot Summary:
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, talky, tense, political, captivating, cult classic, sincere, contemplative
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Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Plot Summary:
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, art film, stylized, crying
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Regular Lovers (2005)
Plot Summary:
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, black and white, touching, captivating, suspenseful, political, art house, contemplative, crying
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Citizen Cohn (1992)
Plot Summary:
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Plot Summary:
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, talky, independent film
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Pinero (2001)
Plot Summary:
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, stylized, intense, factual, sincere, touching, serious, independent film, sentimental, realistic
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Permanent Midnight (1998)
Plot Summary:
Ben Stiller plays comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who listens patiently to Stahl's flashback. Other women in Stahl's life are his British wife Sandra and his agent Vola.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: depressing, intense, factual, serious, cult classic, psychological, disturbing, independent film, grim, realistic
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Crown Heights (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, intense, thought provoking, serious, suspense, social, sad
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J. Edgar (2011)
Plot Summary:
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: political, factual, melancholic, compassionate, thought provoking, realistic, informative, bleak, serious, historical drama
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Before Night Falls (2000)
Plot Summary:
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bleak, lyrical, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film, sincere, sad, factual
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The Whole Wide World (1996)
Plot Summary:
Based on her acclaimed autobiographical book, THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD tells the story of Novalyne Price, an attractive feisty West Texas schoolteacher and her bittersweet, romantic and turbulent relationship with Robert E. Howard, the great pulp fiction writer of the 1930's.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, period piece, cult classic, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, crying
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The Great Debaters (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: inspirational, realistic, touching, political, emotional, entertaining, motivational, sentimental, sincere, feel good
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The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Plot Summary:
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: controversial, sexual, factual, semi serious, captivating, witty, dramatic, erotic, non fiction, dark comedy
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Blow (2001)
Plot Summary:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: depressing, touching, emotional, serious, epic, atmospheric, captivating, entertaining, dramatic, realistic
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Reds (1981)
Plot Summary:
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: epic, political, tense, sentimental, serious, captivating, atmospheric, breathtaking, philosophical, road movie