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Commander in Chief (2005)
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Commander in Chief (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen, the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the post from the Vice Presidency after the death of the sitting President from a sudden cerebral aneurysm. The series began broadcasting on ABC on Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, although most countries outside North America began screening the series in mid-2006. The show was #1 on Tuesday nights until FOX's American Idol started in January. The show was also the #1 new show of the season until CBS' Criminal Minds surpassed it. Its major competitor in the 9:00 p.m. timeslot was FOX's House, which aired after American Idol. The series was created by American director Rod Lurie, director of the films The Contender and Deterrence and may have been inspired by The West Wing, a popular political drama on rival NBC. The network replaced Lurie with Steven Bochco as show runner, but declining ratings brought about a hiatus, a timeslot change and ultimately cancellation.
Style: sincere, clever, serious, realistic, political, talky, political drama
Plot: white house, legal, head of state, rise to the top, society, workplace intrigue, sexism, workplace, idealism, government official, workplace situations, rivalry, politics, power, female protagonist, marriage, spy, feminist, u.s. president, american politics, female politician, submarine, women, politician, usa president ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: washington d.c., usa
Keyword: americana

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, political and captivating films and TV series with plots about politics, state affairs, white house, american politics, workplace situations, workplace and society mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like Commander in Chief: The West Wing (1999), Madam Secretary (2014), Political Animals (2012), State of Affairs (2014), First Monday (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The West Wing (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart ...
Style: clever, political, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot: politician, american politics, politics, white house, election, political intrigue, president, government official, teamwork, liberal, democrat, team ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Madam Secretary (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Former CIA agent Elizabeth Faulkner McCord is suddenly thrust into the position of US Secretary of State where she must quickly learn to drive international diplomacy, wrangle office politics and balance a complex family life.
Style: realistic, serious, political, intelligent
Plot: politics, chief of staff, workplace intrigue, president, relationship vs career, u.s. president, usa politics, government, politician, white house, secretary of state, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, washington d.c., chicago, nigeria ...
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Political Animals (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Political Animals is a six-part miniseries. Elaine Barrish's husband Bud was a popular President of the United States during the 1990s despite his extramarital affairs. After leaving the White House, Elaine Barrish was elected Governor of ...
Style: realistic, political, talky, serious, suspense ...
Plot: politics, president, private vs public, family relations, lgbt, female politician, reporter, divorce, white house, state affairs, government official, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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State of Affairs (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst - Charleston Tucker - assembles the President's Daily Briefing. This list of ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: politics, cia, national security, spy, dead son, white house, workplace situations, usa president, u.s. president, president, female protagonist, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., colombia, afghanistan, nigeria
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First Monday (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest but brief legal drama.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot: legal, supreme court, legal action, workplace, power relations, workplace situations, lawsuit, politics, courtroom, life is a bitch, judiciary, liberal ...
Time: 21st century
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The Newsroom (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of ...
Style: clever, political, realistic, sincere, dramatic ...
Plot: journalism, journalist, politics, news, workaholic, ambitious, rebellion, workplace, power of media, ethics, media coverage, idealism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, syria, usa
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The Contender (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Political thriller about Laine Hanson's nomination and confirmation as Vice President. An allegation that she was involved in a sexual orgy at the age of 19 is leaked to the press. As pressure mounts on Laine, she's torn between fighting ...
Style: political, clever, thought provoking, serious, sincere ...
Plot: politics, election, president, campaign, idealism, conspiracy, vice president, political intrigue, government, sex scandal, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, ohio, virginia
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Borgen: Power & Glory (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: Borgen is a drama series about the fight for political power – and about the personal sacrifices and consequences this has for those involved on and behind the political stage. The central figure is the 40-year old political leader Birgitte ...
Style: political, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: politics, journalist, prime minister, journalism, marriage, nordic, female politician, politician, media coverage, ambition, state affairs, power struggle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen, greenland, scandinavia
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Scandal (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style: political thriller, serious, political, realistic, clever ...
Audience: teens
Plot: white house, relationship vs career, lawyer, workplace situations, politician, president, senator, politics, teamwork, ambition, media, boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., indiana
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Made in Jersey (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, talky
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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32%
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Power (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, clever, political ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, campaign, manipulation, fighting the system, society, state affairs, political intrigue, dishonesty, legal, media, ambition ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, seattle, washington d.c.
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. ...
Style: realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, betrayal, dishonesty, fighting the system, state affairs, relationship vs career, legal, couple relations, workplace, moral dilemma, infidelity ...
Time: 70s, year 1979
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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Body & Soul (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Rachel Griffen returns from the Far East, planning on incorporating alternative medicine with traditional practices. Her mentor Dr. Isaac Braun is skeptical and administrator Quinten Bremmer outright hostile. Oz is the ever cheerful orderly.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental
Plot: hospital, doctors and patients, workplace, power relations, society, culture clash, workplace intrigue, doctor, female doctor, mortician, alternative medicine, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
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LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: biopic, president, john f. kennedy, politics, usa president, rise to the top, campaign, state affairs, media, head of state, ambition, political election ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 1930s, 50s, year 1966 ...
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Mister Sterling (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
Style: historical drama, captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
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Time: 20th century, 50s, 1910s, 1940s, 1930s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench and returns to private practice in an elite law firm where Claire Sax, ...
Style: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, legal action, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, power relations, society, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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30%
Canterbury's Law (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, investigation, courtroom drama, workplace, law firm, price of justice, injustice, lawyers and clients, rivalry, trespassing, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
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The Politician's Husband (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Aiden Hoynes is a senior cabinet minister who has always put his career before family, with the support of Freya, his devoted wife and mother to their two young children. But when Freya's own political career takes off and threatens to ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, tense, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: politics, betrayal, political intrigue, relationship vs career, ambition, couples, blind ambition, state affairs, husband wife relationship, career woman, british politics, politician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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Spin (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no ...
Style: tense, captivating, serious, realistic, political ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Breaking News (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto 'Around the Clock, Around the World.' The series premiered July 17, 2002, on Bravo.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: rise to the top, journalism, workplace situations, boss and employee, workplace intrigue, workplace, news anchor, hotshot hero, media, anchorman, television reporter, cameraman ...
Time: 21st century
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Strong Medicine (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: medical, hospital, clinic, workplace, workplace situations, family relations, doctors and patients, lifestyle, boss and employee, lifesaver, medicine, doctor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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29%
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a power-hungry U.S. President, and the men he surrounds himself with in order to keep his hold on power. Based on John Ehrlichman's book about the Nixon administration.
Plot: politics, president, american politics, commander, government, oval office, political corruption, political intrigue, u.s. president, political leader, white house, government corruption ...
Place: washington d.c.
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LAX (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX". On May 17, 2004 NBC announced that they had picked up the pilot to series. This show was not ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, fast
Plot: airport, rivalry, workplace romance, partner, airline, workplace, sexism, workaholic, aviation, friendship, love, staff ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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28%
Advise & Consent (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style: political, black and white, realistic, clever, contemplative ...
Plot: politics, courtroom drama, political intrigue, cold war, president, political corruption, journalism, american politics, gay bar, corruption, government, u.s. president ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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28%
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Kennedy (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 282 min.
TV show
Story: Biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy
Style: political, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: politics, president, u.s. president, crisis, biopic, cuban missile crisis, american politics, missile, intrigue, north american history, kennedy family, assassination ...
Time: 60s
Place: washington d.c., cuba, usa, dallas texas
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28%
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Deadline (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: ambition, journalism, journalist, obsessive quest, workplace, price of justice, boss and employee, workplace situations, society, investigation, dishonesty, legal action ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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28%
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Tanner '88 (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
TV show
Story: In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a ...
Style: mockumentary, political, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: politics, election, political satire, white house, american politics, satire, usa politics, head of state, ambition, fighting the system, state affairs, journalism ...
Time: year 1988, 80s, 20th century
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28%
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Lincoln (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
TV show
Story: After arriving in Washington in 1861 after his election, Abraham Lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency. Originally titled "Lincoln", the name of this miniseries was changed to "Gore Vidal's ...
Style: historical drama, captivating, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, abraham lincoln, politics, knowledge, american politics, american history, usa president, assassination, usa history, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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True Colors (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
Style: talky, political, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: politics, friendship, political corruption, betrayal, manipulation, legal action, college, corruption, society, political intrigue, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, washington d.c., virginia, florida, connecticut
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