Top 20 movies like A Place Called Lovely

A Place Called Lovely

“Nicky is seven. His parents are older and meaner.” A Place Called Lovely references the types of violence individuals find in life, from actual beatings, accidents and murders, to the more insidious violence of lies, social expectations, and betrayed faith. Benning collects images of this socially-pervasive violence from a variety of sources, tracing events from childhood: movies, tabloids, children's games , personal experiences, and those of others. Throughout, Benning uses small toys as props and examples—handling and controlling them the way we are, in turn, controlled by larger violent forces.

A Place Called Lovely is of 0 hour(s) and 14 minute(s). It is Produced By:  . It was released on 1991-01-01. It has an average vote of 1.7 on TMDB.

Genres: Documentary

1. Es geht um Alles (Es geht um Alles)

Es geht um Alles

(Es geht um Alles)

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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2. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?

What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?

Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

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3. Dance for All

Dance for All

(Dance for All)

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4. MonaLisa Story

MonaLisa Story

"I was born stoned". The words come from MonaLisa, who's struggling to put the heroin on the shelf. Documentary filmmaker Jessica Nettelbladt has followed the long-suffering, but far from broken, MonaLisa for eight years. The result is as honest as the raw film about a woman's struggle with herself and the world.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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5. Around the Village Green

Around the Village Green

Contrasts traditional and modern village life, as changes occur with better transport and as country estates are sold off for housing.

It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.

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6. Repare Bem (Repare Bem)

Repare Bem

The lives of three generations of women who suffered political persecution during the military dictatorship in Brazil.

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7. Em todo canto (Em todo canto)

Em todo canto

(Em todo canto)

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8. Selbe: One Among Many (Selbé et tant d'autres)

Selbe: One Among Many

This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with sole responsibility for their families. Through the character of Selbe we observe how one woman's personal struggle reflects the broader issues faced by many women in developing countries.

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9. Tesito (Tesito)

Tesito

In 1989, this film was part of the PAMEZ project in Senegal which was part of the sea program of the CCFD, Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development. It presents the economic and social role of women in the Casamance region for the development of fishing. These women who process and market fish, who are responsible for management, have a voice and express their opinion.

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10. Les oeillets rouges d'avril

Les oeillets rouges d'avril

Directed by Véra Belmont

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11. 11 Freundinnen (11 Freundinnen)

11 Freundinnen

A documentary on the German Women Football National Team and the 2011 FIFA World Championship in Germany.

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12. The Sea (Morze)

The Sea

The Sea is a 1933 Polish short documentary film directed by Wanda Jakubowska. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject .

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13. Empty Quarter

Empty Quarter

A brooding, deceptively rich series of near-static shots of farms, factories, townscapes, and—in dispassionate middle distance—people going about their mundane daily tasks in sparsely populated southeastern Oregon.

It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.

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14. Weapon of War: Confessions of rape in Congo

Weapon of War: Confessions of rape in Congo

Wherever war breaks out, men with guns rape. During the decades of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo possibly hundreds of thousands of women and girls were brutally raped. In WEAPON OF WAR military perpetrators unveil what lies behind this brutal behavior and the strategies of rape as a war crime. An ex-rebel explains how he raped. Like for many ex-soldiers, starting a normal life again is a struggle filled with trauma. In an attempt to reconcile with his past, he decides to meets one of his victims in an attempt to obtain forgiveness. Captain Basima is working as a priest in Congo's army and confronts perpetrators of rape. He urges them to change. Just like he did.

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15. When Elephants Were Young

When Elephants Were Young

A young man and his young elephant street beg in gritty Bangkok amid the controversial elephant business that threatens their survival, until the opportunity comes to release the elephant to the wild.

It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.

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16. A Magical Substance Flows Into Me (في إثر مادة سحرية)

A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

Robert Lachmann was a German-Jewish ethnomusicologist. In the 1930s, his radio show "Oriental Music" explored the musical traditions of Palestine and included regular live performances by musicians from different ethnic and religious groups. Inspired by Lachmann’s musicological studies, Palestinian artist Jumana Manna travels through Israel and the Palestinian territories of today with recordings from the programme. What do these songs sound like now when performed by Moroccan, Kurdish, or Yemenite Jews, by Samaritans, members of the urban and rural Palestinian communities, Bedouins and Coptic Christians?

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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17. Finding Sayun (不一樣的月光)

Finding Sayun

For her debut feature Finding Sayun , Atayal director Chen Chieh-yao returns to her home village to unearth the legend of Sayun , an Atayal girl who fell to her death in a turbulent stream while carrying a Japanese teacher’s belongings at the end of World War II. The movie begins when the tale of Sayun draws a television crew to the Atayal hamlet of Tyohemg in Nanao Township , Yilan County. Yukan , a high-school boy and a young hunter, does not understand the crew members’ interest in the story. But his grandfather’s memories of Sayun, whom he went to school with, revives his interest in the old tribal village, which the villagers had been forced to desert 50 years prior.

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

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18. Solidão e Fé (Solidão e Fé)

Solidão e Fé

(Solidão e Fé)

It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.

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19. i hate myself :)

i hate myself :)

Nebbishy filmmaker Joanna Arnow documents her yearlong relationship with racially charged poet-provocateur James Kepple. What starts out as an uncomfortably intimate portrait of a dysfunctional relationship and protracted mid-twenties adolescence, quickly turns into a complex commentary on societal repression, sexuality and self-confrontation through art.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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20. I'm My Own Dolly Parton (Jag är min egen Dolly Parton)

I'm My Own Dolly Parton

Five women musicians are brought together by their love for singer Dolly Parton. They all have dreams for their futures, but they are also burdened by their painful pasts. During a series of tribute concerts a warm friendship develops which leads to in-depth descriptions of the women's life stories.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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