Films like Closet Land
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.
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A Dry White Season
Film · 1989 · also drama and thrillerDuring the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police cu...
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The Truth About Emanuel
Film · 2013 · also drama and thrillerA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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The Operative
Film · 2019 · also drama and thrillerA young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
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Iron Jawed Angels
Film · 2004 · also dramaDefiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Film · 1998 · also dramaYoung teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution i...
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V for Vendetta
Film · 2006 · also thrillerIn a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. W...
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The Experiment
Film · 2010 · also drama and thriller20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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Land of the Blind
Film · 2006 · also drama and thrillerA soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
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The Deadly Affair
Film · 1967 · also drama and thrillerCharles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor o...
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Film · 2010 · also drama and thrillerBrad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice...
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