Most Similar Movies to Bitter Rice (1949)
If you are looking for movies like Bitter Rice (1949), you might like movies tagged with keyword : italian cinema, rural life, class conflict, female protagonist, labor exploitation, social criticism, poverty, love story, crime, moral dilemma, agriculture, social injustice, struggle for survival, human nature, betrayal, desire, fate, tragedy, social realism, working class .
La Viaccia (1962), Up the Junction (1968), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Stars Look Down (1939), The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931), Toni (1935), Il bidone (1955) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
La Viaccia (1962)
The original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property. But Ferdinando's nephew Amerigo holds out. Amerigo's stance is weakened when he heads for Flor...Read all
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Up the Junction (1968)
Addresses some of the major 60s social issues - a bored rich London-girl from Chelsea decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea, getting a flat and starts factory-work and makes friends... of which one has to get an illegal abortion.
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Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
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The Stars Look Down (1939)
Davey Fenwick (Sir Michael Redgrave) leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny (Margaret Lockwood) who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree. Davey finds he is ill-at-ease in his role, the more so when he r...Read all
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
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Toni (1935)
Italian laborer Toni (Charles Blavette), loved by Marie (Jenny Helia), falls tragically for Spanish Josepha (Celia Montalvan) near Marseille.
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Il bidone (1955)
Tired of impersonating priests, three small-time swindlers (Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi) go their separate ways.
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Ossessione (1942)
A drifter (Massimo Girotti) helps a beauty (Clara Calamai) kill her husband (Juan de Landa) in Italy.
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Accattone (1961)
In the slums of Rome, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) supports himself as a pimp for his longtime girlfriend, Maddalena (Silvana Corsini), but when she goes to jail after being assaulted, Accattone struggles to survive.
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Insiang (1976)
After a teenager is raped by her mother's boyfriend, she sets out to exact revenge on anyone who has hurt her.
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Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
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Death of a Cyclist (1955)
A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
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Girl With a Suitcase (1961)
A girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.
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Vera Drake (2004)
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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L'Amore (1948)
Two films, "The Miracle" and "The Human Voice," tell the story of a woman (Anna Magnani) who sleeps with a bum (Federico Fellini) that she thinks is Saint Joseph.
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Thirst (1957)
Vijay (Guru Dutt) writes unpopular poems about the destitute and poor. Ridiculed by his brothers and scorned by publishers, Vijay finds encouragement in a sweet prostitute, Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman). When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly popular, thanks to the myth conjured around Vijay's supposed death. When he reappears, he finds that few friends can be trusted.
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The Young and the Damned (1950)
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
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The Bicycle Thief (1948)
A poor man (Lamberto Maggiorani) and his son (Enzo Staiola) search postwar Rome for the stolen bicycle he needs to work as a bill poster.
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