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The Menu (2016)
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Original name: 導火新聞線
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Menu is a 2016 Hong Kong drama film about journalism and the sequel to the television series of the same name.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, suspense, crime drama
Plot:
investigation, investigative journalism, reporter, journalist, crime investigation, intrigue, who done it, investigative reporter, crime solving, uncover truth, conspiracy, political intrigue, cover up, television studio, danger, power struggle, urban, moral ambiguity, realism, office politics, press conference, journalism, media, explosion, newsroom ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, thrilling and psychological films with plots about investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, moral ambiguity, crime investigation, urban and corruption mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Menu: Styrian Blood (2014), The Lies of the Victors (2014), In Broad Daylight (2023), The Voice of Sin (2020), The Hidden Web (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young police chief Sandra Mohr returns to her hometown of Graz with a bad feeling. Together with her new boss, Sascha Bergmann, she is tasked with solving the death of a journalist who was planning to write an article on abuse of office and nepotism.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian ...
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Time:
2010s
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87%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kay is a tough-as-nails investigative reporter, and goes undercover at a home for the disabled based on a tip about staff abuse of the residents. She not only corroborates the frightening allegations but also discovers how disastrously flawed Hong ...
Style:
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Plot:
investigative reporter, investigative journalism, crime solving, private investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, corruption, crime investigation, investigation, journalist, social justice, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a ...
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
cold case, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, investigation, investigative reporter, investigative journalism, problem, gangster, murder investigation, journalist, secret ...
Place:
japan, kyoto japan
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A journalist unearths a horrific conspiracy when she questions the events surrounding a celebrity’s death.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, journalism, investigation, private investigation, crime investigation, who done it, investigative reporter, crime solving, murder investigation, uncover truth, secret, murder mystery ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
A woman is murdered and her neighbour is picked up as a suspect. Meanwhile, a journalist believes he can use this murder to lure an elusive gangster, with help from the guy’s former accomplice.
Style:
captivating, psychological, crime drama, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, gangster, crime investigation, investigative reporter, crime solving, murder investigation, battles, uncover truth, fight, murder mystery, who done it ...
Place:
india
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59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
It is the job of the press to cover corporate crime, government plots and society. It is in this context that young female reporter on the beat Erika rolls up her sleeves and goes to work regarding what seems to be a government cover up. She is ...
Style:
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Plot:
investigative journalism, conspiracy, reporter, journalist, female reporter, investigative reporter, investigation, political scandal, cover up, government corruption, political conspiracy, press agent ...
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Place:
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628
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The chief investigator of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is banking on a key witness, the corporate accountant Jack (Nick Cheung Ka-fai), to testify in court against a high-level customs officer and a tobacco trading ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
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Story:
Ramiro del Solar is Mexico’s most respected investigative journalist. His home life is beyond reproach — a successful wife and a beautiful daughter who is following in his footsteps — despite constant media scrutiny. But Ramiro does indeed ...
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, investigation, family secret, cover up, moral ambiguity, media manipulation, sleuth, police investigation, journalist, secret, investigative reporter, crime solving ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring journalist in Communist Yugoslavia, sets out on a journey to investigate a brutal murder in rural countryside.
Style:
psychological, crime drama, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, investigative journalism, countryside, murder, killing, crime solving, who done it, uncover truth, village life, journalist, investigative reporter ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
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The #9 investigation team has been disbanded and members of the #9 investigation team have been scattered around. One year later, the Chief of the National Police Agency, Sojiro Kandagawa, orders the creation of a special investigation team to cover ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his ...
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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46%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a young girl is kidnapped, ruthless police inspector Peter Nadler embarks on a race against time to rescue her.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Story:
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Place:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Story:
A NYPD detective teams up with a Hasidic Jew to solve a murder in the Hasidic community.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Tunisia
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
murder investigation, private investigator, murder mystery, investigation, homicide detective, female detective, crime investigation, sleuth, murder, secret, murderer, forensics ...
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36%
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, murder mystery, criminal, crime investigation, secret, uncover truth, crime solving, crime scene, female victim, interrogation, justice ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A disgraced ex-cop, seeking revenge on his treacherous ex-partner, sticks his nose into a high-profile murder case. But in the process, he finds himself in conflict with much more powerful and dangerous forces.
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, ex cop, powerful corporation, corruption, murder investigation, assassination plot, fighting crime, corporation, corporate conspiracy, crime investigation, crime solving ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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