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The Color purple

United States, 1985
film

Alice Walker’s joyous Pulitzer Prize winning novel comes to the screen as one of Steven Spielberg’s most powerful personal films. This enthralling..

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Beloved

United States, 1998
Similarity: 69%

Mandela

United Kingdom, 1986
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Sophie's choice

United States, 1982
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Orlando

United Kingdom, 1992
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Gone with the wind

United States, 1939
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A Little princess

United States, 1995
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My colour, your kind

1997
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A Place in the sun

United States, 1951
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Cry the beloved country

United Kingdom, 1951
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Gone with the Wind

United States of America, 1939
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Sister, if you only knew

Australia, 1975
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The Purple rose of Cairo

United States, 1985
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South Africa belongs to us

Germany, 1980
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Sylvia Scarlett

United States, 1935
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Helen Keller in her story

United States, 1953
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Tsiamelo: a place of goodness

United Kingdom, 1984
Similarity: 66%

Cinderella

United Kingdom and United States of America, 2015
Similarity: 66%

Fable of he and she

United States, 1974
Similarity: 66%
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