Movies like Catch Me If You Can
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Style:
clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, inspirational, feel good, dramatic, light, thought provoking, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, deception, master criminal, fbi, creativity, prodigy, race against time, rise and fall, impostor, justice, chase, con men, suspense, betrayal, scam, parents separation, runaway, obsessive quest, cat and mouse, heist, false identity, airplane, father son relationship, law enforcement ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1967, year 1974, year 1969, 1960s
Place:
new york, los angeles, new orleans, san francisco, boston, usa, paris france ...
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Most similar movies to Catch Me If You Can
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, interesting, intense and serious films with plots about suspense, corruption, dialogue, storytelling, mentor, greed and betrayal mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres. Some movies like Catch Me If You Can: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), War Dogs (2016), Ocean's Eleven (2001), American Hustle (2013), Big Eyes (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
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realistic, intense, funny, humorous, factual ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, military, betrayal, heist, suspense, business, kidnapping ...
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2000s, year 2008, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
iraq, las vegas, middle east, baghdad iraq, albania ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style:
clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, thief, casino, deception, cons and scams, con artists, outsmarting, caper, group of criminals, perfect crime, scheme, twists and turns ...
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2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, usa, los angeles, atlantic city new jersey ...
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89%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Style:
clever, tense, intense, cynical, tricky ...
Audience:
teens
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partners in crime, twists and turns, fbi, cons and scams, mafia, organized crime, heist, deception, gangsters, scam, political corruption, strip club ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sentimental, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
art, painter, artist, painting, plagiarism, secret, suspense, abusive husband, ambition, greed, marriage, court case ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1963 ...
Place:
hawaii, san francisco, paris france, california, usa ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia
Duration: 115 min.
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The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
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exciting, factual, emotional, captivating, humorous ...
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pilot, money laundering, drugs, cia, drug cartel, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, sex scene, money, drug traffic, aviation ...
Time:
80s, year 1978, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
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colombia, latin america, usa, panama, central america ...
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95%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, master criminal, suspense, group of criminals, chase, obsession, police detective, thief, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
clever, surprise ending, entertaining, intellectual, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, con artists, perfect crime, scheme, outsmarting, fbi, teamwork, bank robbery, cons and scams, mind game, card trick ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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90%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among ...
Style:
clever, intellectual, realistic, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
entrepreneur, computer genius, facebook, geek, computer, programmer, computers and web, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, social relations, hacker, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
harvard university, california, usa, san francisco, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A human look on the life of one of the biggest frauds in the world happened by important people in Brazil.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized
Plot:
dishonesty, escapades, ambition, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, society, hidden identity, mistaken identity, criminal heroes, drugs, forgery, celebrity culture ...
Time:
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Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, tense, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, police, suspense, mole, organized crime, undercover cop, gunfight, violence, corruption, undercover, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, china, taiwan ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly ...
Style:
thought provoking, inspirational, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
business, inventor, lawsuit, underdog, lawyer, courtroom, inventions and discoveries, corruption, court, betrayal, nervous breakdown, legal action ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Style:
factual, political, melancholic, compassionate, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, fbi, surveillance, corruption, politics, gangsters, investigation, homosexual, ambition, notoriety, gays and lesbians, career ...
Time:
1920s, 60s, 1940s, 1930s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style:
road movie, controversial, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
lovers on the run, heist, gang, bank robbery, fugitives, gangsters, murderous pair, woman with a gun, chase, criminal heroes, on the road, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
texas, oklahoma, missouri, usa, iowa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style:
epic, realistic, stylized, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, businessman, aviation, corruption, test pilot, obsessive compulsive disorder, filmmaking, pilot, billionaire, millionaire, character study ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 50s, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, connecticut, usa ...
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67%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Style:
inspirational, social, political, art house, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gambling, poker, card playing, female protagonist, lawyer, father daughter relationship, poker game, court, fbi, woman, money, mafia ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
new york, colorado, manhattan new york city, los angeles
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78%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, armored car robbery, workplace, armored car, surveillance, stupidity, suspense, twists and turns, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals ...
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90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2004, year 1997 ...
Place:
usa, southern usa, north carolina, mexico
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, cerebral, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, robbery, hostage, police, one day, crime gone awry, gangsters, criminal heroes, lgbt, gay, fbi ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes ...
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touching, thought provoking, depressing, emotional, serious ...
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boys' night
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drugs, drug addiction, gangsters, drug lord, rise and fall, drug abuse, friendship, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug use, addiction ...
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70s, 80s, 50s, 60s, 90s ...
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california, colombia, latin america, boston, mexico ...
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50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
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road movie, suspenseful, light, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car chase, prison escape, chase, small town, kidnapping, on the run, car, prison, texas ranger, on the road, helicopter, police captain ...
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year 1969, 70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century
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texas, austin texas, california, usa, mexico
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, mafia, gang, rise and fall, organized crime, abusive husband, twins, psychopath, extortion, mental illness, violent, relationships ...
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60s, 50s, year 1957, 20th century, year 2000
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england, london, east end london, scotland yard, united kingdom
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, hostage, hostage situation, criminal as protagonist, criminal, negotiation, bank robbery, ransom, american abroad, husband wife relationship, chief of police, suspense ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”
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gangsters, crime gone awry, mafia, one last job, organized crime, buddies, fall in love, hitman, redemption, gunfight, disorder, hopes ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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new york, new jersey, florida, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
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Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
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50%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
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psychological, touching, emotional, cerebral, motivational ...
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teens, chick flick, date night
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mathematics, mental illness, paranoia, schizophrenia, genius, insanity, scientist, obsession, mathematician, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend ...
Time:
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new jersey, boston, massachusetts, usa, stockholm sweden ...
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24%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, hostage, suspense, terrorism, survival, kidnapping, rescue, pirate, u.s. navy, ocean, ship captain, ransom ...
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year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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somalia, africa, vermont, virginia, kenya ...
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50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
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touching, sincere, motivational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
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airport, culture clash, loneliness, stranded, immigrants, happy ending, fish out of water, passenger, nothing goes right, destiny, life philosophy, aviation ...
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2000s, 21st century
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new york, usa, eastern europe, canada, romania ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of ...
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clever, psychological, tense, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
fbi, investigation, psychology, legal, whistleblower, twists and turns, corruption, greed, mental illness, business, undercover, suspense ...
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Place:
usa, illinois, tokyo, hawaii
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24%
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