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Running Mates (2000)
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Running Mates (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, political, biting, suspense
Plot: campaign, rise to the top, fighting the system, ambition, lifestyle, love affair, society, political intrigue, head of state, workplace, democrat, legal, election, election campaign, campaigning, politics, intrigue, legal action, love and romance, couples, media, dishonesty, hopes, state affairs, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c., michigan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and political films with plots about politics, campaign, society, state affairs, election, dishonesty and media mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Running Mates: Primary Colors (1998), Power (1986), Grassroots (2012), Man of the Year (2006), Spinning Boris (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Primary Colors (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
Style: political, intense, witty, talky, semi serious ...
Plot: politics, scandal, satire, president, adultery, presidential election, idealism, election, media, political corruption, u.s. president, political satire ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, washington d.c., florida, new hampshire
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100%
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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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56%
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Grassroots (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot: politics, ambition, satire, against the odds, society, campaign, friends, unemployment, election campaign, political campaign, campaigning, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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51%
Man of the Year (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch ...
Style: humorous, political, stylized, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: politics, comedian, conspiracy theory, presidential election, twists and turns, election, adaptation, world politics, media, campaign, president, head of state ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Spinning Boris (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style: clever, realistic, political, talky, witty ...
Plot: politics, campaign, head of state, ambition, idealism, leadership, rise to the top, political unrest, culture clash, political intrigue, political conspiracy, society ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: russia, moscow russia
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50%
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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49%
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Amazing Grace (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to ...
Style: slapstick, cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: blaxploitation, campaign, election, black, african american, candidate, campaigning, racism, satire, rise to the top, rebellion, prodigy ...
Time: 70s
Place: maryland, baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Obama Effect (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession with getting Barack Obama elected, John takes an overwhelming involvement in the Presidential ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous
Plot: couples, family relations, couple relations, society, unfulfillment, parents and children, satire, politics, black, campaign, midlife crisis, usa president ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Me and Mrs. Jones (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tabloid journalist Liam Marple, sets about to dig up dirt on Laura Bowden, the new British Prime Minister. Posing as a political fundraiser, Liam gains entrance into Number 10 Downing, where he promptly wins the confidence of the idealistic PM.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, romantic, sexual
Plot: scoop, fall in love, relationship vs career, love affair, forbidden love, introspection, moral dilemma, idealism, political intrigue, ambition, state affairs, politics ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.0
 16K
Bob Roberts (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style: mockumentary, political, cynical, witty, talky ...
Plot: political satire, election campaign, politics, journalism, satire, manipulation, political campaign, conspiracy, republican, senator, society, ambition ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: pennsylvania, usa, nicaragua, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.2
 2K
Knife Fight (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
Style: semi serious, witty, cynical, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: campaign, politics, ambition, satire, political intrigue, political corruption, dishonesty, private vs public, society, state affairs, scoop, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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46%
 7.6
 4K
The Best Man (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Style: serious, realistic, cynical, political, rough ...
Plot: politics, election, political intrigue, election campaign, american politics, corrupt politician, rise to the top, rivalry, power relations, media, state affairs, head of state ...
Time: 60s
Place: los angeles
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44%
 7.1
 88K
Wag the Dog (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style: black comedy, political, talky, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, political corruption, journalism, cia, election, satire, government, political conspiracy, president, secret service, senator ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., albania, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.7
 333
Battleground (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Battleground is a mockumentary comedy-drama television series created by J. D. Walsh streamed on Hulu. The show follows a group of political campaign staffers working to elect a dark horse candidate to the U.S. Senate in the battleground state of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: politics, election, workplace, ambition, hopes, state affairs, workplace situations, senator, campaign, underdog, media circus, backstage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wisconsin, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.5
 21K
Head of State (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, absurd ...
Plot: politics, president, usa president, farce, presidential election, stereotypes, black, hip hop, state affairs, ambition, republican, head of state ...
Time: year 2003
Place: usa, washington d.c., chicago, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching
Plot: politics, ambition, love and romance, dishonesty, hopes, rebelliousness, couple relations, campaign, couples, social relations, parents and children, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Conventioneers (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At the 2004 Republican Nation Convention, love blooms between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the event.
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, political ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: opposites attract, democrat, politics, love affair, idealism, moral dilemma, introspection, rebellion, fighting the system, love and romance, dishonesty, rise to the top ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new haven connecticut, manhattan new york city, texas, connecticut ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
First Monday in October (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Style: light, entertaining, melancholic, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: supreme court, courtroom drama, legal, justice, judiciary, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, fighting the system, politics, rivalry, workplace romance, state affairs ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: washington d.c., usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 7.3
 14K
Recount (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
Style: realistic, political, factual, talky, intense ...
Plot: political conspiracy, president, politics, election, campaign, presidential election, political corruption, democrat, justice, republican, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time: year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, florida, texas, washington d.c., nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.0
 4K
Silver City (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
Style: clever, political, satirical, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, politics, murder mystery, campaign, private detective, political corruption, election, political intrigue, dishonesty, society, love affair, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.8
 27K
Bulworth (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Style: political, humorous, witty, funny, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night
Plot: politics, political satire, hip hop, political corruption, election, interracial romance, fighting the system, senator, insurance, satire, campaign, media satire ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa, america, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.6
 921
HealtH (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
Style: political, realistic, semi serious, biting, cynical ...
Plot: campaign, convention, election, campaigning, talk show host, candidate, satire, hotel, luxury hotel, multiple storylines, wedding, society ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: florida, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story: TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: manipulation, political intrigue, journalism, media, media satire, political corruption, corrupt politician, state affairs, dishonesty, campaign, blackmail, governor ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 10K
The Details (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
Style: cynical, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot: infidelity, murder, lifestyle, life turned upside down, family problems, dishonesty, society, crumbling marriage, under the surface, disorder, couples, dark humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Man of the Year (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy firm, he is a man with many dark secrets. His best friend, Stuart, hosts the party at his ritzy ultra modern Hollywood Hills home. During the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky, clever ...
Plot: hollywood, lifestyle, love and romance, infidelity, filmmaking, friendship, nightlife, showbiz, couples, dishonesty, bookies, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the nature of ...
Style: political, realistic, humorous, clever, parody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: politics, greed, political corruption, cancer, redemption, lobbyist, rise to the top, human spirit, dishonesty, bribery, head of state, fighting the system ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Good Morning President (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy ...
Style: witty, captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: ambition, rise to the top, redemption, rivalry, political corruption, politics, political conspiracy, campaign, family relations, state affairs, love and romance, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.0
 526
Livin' Large! (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: black, african, ambition, interracial relations, rise to the top, workplace, self discovery, journalism, society, love and romance, human spirit, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.3
 6K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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