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The Constant Gardener (2005)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Style:
political thriller, tense, political, suspense, heartbreaking, depressing, captivating, psychological, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
conspiracy, marriage, spy, lovers, death, murder, politics, corruption, passion, investigation, aids, idealism, politician, political corruption, obsession, espionage, mission, grief, airplane, pregnancy, funeral, death of wife, scandal, warning, government corruption ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa, sudan, germany, london, kenya, south africa, england ...
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Most similar movies to The Constant Gardener
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, complex and political films with plots about dishonesty, secrets, conspiracy, corruption, betrayal, twists and turns and politics mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Constant Gardener: The Quiet American (2002), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Michael Clayton (2007), The Whistleblower (2010), The Lives of Others (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged ...
Style:
realistic, political, period piece, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, older man younger woman relationship, journalism, cia, love triangle, moral ambiguity, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, cold war, dishonesty ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, indochina, asia, hong kong ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
confusing, neo noir, bleak, period piece, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret service, mole, british intelligence, investigation, double agent, kgb, government agency, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, istanbul turkey, hungary ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an ...
Style:
rough, political, educational, intellectual, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
sex trafficking, un, rape, gender, corruption, politics, conspiracy, sex crime, teenage prostitution, investigation, civil war, slavery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2010, 70s ...
Place:
bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, usa, nebraska ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
gloomy, political thriller, sincere, political, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surveillance, cold war, spy, communism, berlin wall, stasi, politics, redemption, espionage, iron curtain, life philosophy, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
A thriller set in London, in which a politician's life becomes increasingly complex as his research assistant is found dead on the London Underground and, in a seemingly unrelated incident, a teenage pickpocket is shot dead.
Style:
political thriller, political, suspense, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
politics, twists and turns, conspiracy, journalism, journalist, corruption, political corruption, manipulation, moral ambiguity, cover up, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, manchester
Similarity:
100%
138K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style:
political thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style:
costume drama, erotic, saga, family saga, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, sex scene, politics, love affair, political unrest, world war two, illicit affair, fascism, nazi, family life, siblings relations, jewish culture ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
eastern europe, hungary, israel, sarajevo, serbia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Style:
political thriller, mind bending, political, suspense, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
assassination, un, twists and turns, espionage, investigation, politics, murder, revenge, dictator, undercover, secret service, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, new york, brooklyn new york city, paris france, south africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.
Style:
political, stylized, sentimental, sex comedy, contemplative ...
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, espionage, covert operation, surveillance, cold war era, politics, undercover, intrigue, secret agent, international relations, love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
lisbon portugal, russia, england, soviet union, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford' and Kristin Scott Thomas find each others keys in each others loved ones posessions and realize that they were having an affair and must figure out all the ...
Style:
romantic, serious, sentimental, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
death of wife, infidelity, death of husband, politician, police detective, adultery, politics, love affair, dishonesty, starting over, state affairs, investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
australia, persia, washington d.c., usa, miami ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, brutal, suspenseful, political thriller, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, violence, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, vigilantism, fighting the system, investigation, corruption, riddles and clues, political corruption, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A four-part conspiracy theory drama inspired by Chris Mullen's novel "A Very British Coup". When a devastating industrial accident results in deaths and raises safety questions about the US petrochemical company involved, PM Tom ...
Style:
realistic, tense, political, political thriller, serious ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, investigation, twists and turns, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, dishonesty, corporate crime, conspiracy theory, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, iran
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny ...
Style:
political thriller, political, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, blackmail, espionage, politics, prime minister, secret service, funeral, intelligence agency, undercover, government agency, loss of friend, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Style:
suspense, clever, touching, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, rape, murder, murder mystery, murderer, lawyer, writers, justice, passion, investigator, homicide ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, argentina, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, espionage, murder, conspiracy, cold war, investigation, sex scene, spy, undercover, love triangle, accidental killing, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, world war two, investigation, nazi, sex shop, justice, haunted by the past, journalism, uncover truth, love of one's life, love affair, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2006, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, corpse, twists and turns, disappearance, investigation, frame up, serial killer, loss of wife, surveillance, grief, paranoia, whodunit ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style:
political thriller, atmospheric, suspense thriller, political, tricky ...
Plot:
writers, twists and turns, political conspiracy, politics, investigation, writer's life, betrayal, espionage, desert island, conspiracy, suspicion, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new england, new york, oxford university, massachusetts, britain ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
Similarity:
30%
43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time:
2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2004, future, 90s ...
Place:
iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he ...
Style:
political, emotional, political thriller, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dictatorship, politics, military coup, missing person, coup d'etat, political conspiracy, political intrigue, corruption, conspiracy, journalist, violence, military ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
30%
374K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Style:
sexy, erotic, intense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, supernatural, obsession, twists and turns, election, female nudity, character study, politician, ghost, love, state affairs, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1973
Place:
chile, new york, harvard university, minneapolis minnesota, canada ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
sexy, political, talky, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, gangster, roman empire, mentor, adultery, brainwashing, undercover, conspiracy, secret agent, debt ...
Time:
year 2001, y2k, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moscow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the ...
Style:
medical drama, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, interracial romance, double agent, conspiracy, covert operation, politics, suspicion, intrigue, interracial marriage, traitor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
britain, england, africa, europe, south africa ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
29%
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