Movies like The Deal 2005
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The Deal (2005)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
wall street, evil corporation, oil industry, politics, fighting the system, rivalry, legal investigation, uncover truth, betrayal, life is a bitch, legal, society, corporate crime, political corruption, assassination attempt, state affairs, finance, espionage, oil, cleaning lady, limousine, eavesdropping, legal action, conspiracy, political conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2005, future
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Deal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, life is a bitch, deadly, law enforcement, uncover truth, murder and legal mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Deal: Able Danger (2008), Reversible Errors (2004), Without Evidence (1995), Rabbit on the Moon (2004), I as in Icarus (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
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70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
spectacular, independent film, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, prison, killing spree, conspiracy, murder, courtroom, police investigation, legal, legal investigation, who done it, obsessive quest, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
assassination, assassination attempt, political corruption, uncover truth, life turned upside down, fighting the system, life is a bitch, politics, frame up, political conspiracy, love, political intrigue ...
Place:
mexico, london, mexico city
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state ...
Style:
political, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, government corruption, assassination, kennedy assassination, coup d'etat, uncover truth, witnessing a crime, political corruption, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
france, yale university
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
CHRISTIAN SLATER plays a worldly and urbane priest who is forced to challenge his comfortable existence as an ecclesiastical spin-doctor when he comes to believe in the innocence of a young priest accused of murder. His only ally, a journalist, is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
church, amateur detective, courtroom drama, murder, false accusation, priest, fighting the system, uncover truth, investigation, legal, clergy, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
hotshot lawyer, hostage, courtroom, uncover truth, false accusation, legal action, legal investigation, injustice, price of justice, society, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, manipulation, legal, dishonesty, danger, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
57%
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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:
55%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Style:
tense, political, thought provoking, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
conspiracy, political corruption, corruption, mafia, murder, lawyer, mayor, uncover truth, society, american politics, judge, politics ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A terrorist attack in London results in the capture of suspect Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto). The attorney general appoints Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as special advocate on Erdogan's legal team. On the eve of the trial, ...
Style:
political, serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, conspiracy, cia, politics, legal action, lawyer, murder, surveillance, legal investigation, law enforcement, state affairs ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, usa, boston
Similarity:
50%
490
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
false accusation, protagonist as suspect, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, frame up, dishonesty, legal investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mysterious death, corruption, investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch, small town life, truth, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder suspect, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, who done it, false accusation, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, price of justice, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, false accusation, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal action, life is a bitch, legal, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
legal investigation, rehabilitation, legal, courtroom, injustice, family problems, law enforcement, dishonesty, estrangement, false accusation, police corruption, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
45%
983
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, uncover truth, investigation, tough law enforcer, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, gang, fall in love, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
45%
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730
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aviation, hopes, politics, state affairs, heroes, law enforcement, righting the wronged, danger, uncover truth, military, rivalry, investigation ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective ...
Plot:
murder, lawyer, courtroom, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, protagonist as suspect, righting the wronged, injustice, social differences, courtroom drama, who done it, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
gender, murder, murder investigation, transsexual, gender bending, transgender, uncover truth, political corruption, investigation, fighting the system, politics, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
40%
236
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Donna Erickson, an overworked public defender, is in the middle of a tricky case — she's representing a woman suspected of committing a murder that happened years ago. Even though recent DNA evidence lays the blame on her client, this legal ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, woman in danger, haunted by the past, uncover truth, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, law enforcement, conspiracy, investigation, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, lawyer, legal, gangster, law, society, idealism, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 1940s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the ...
Style:
serious, cynical, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller ...
Plot:
rise to the top, society, politics, betrayal, rise and fall, campaign, state affairs, life is a bitch, political corruption, student life, assassination, gangster ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sincere, retro ...
Plot:
espionage, politics, injustice, undercover, betrayal, uncover truth, state affairs, racism, spy, dishonesty, life is a bitch, fighting the system ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1983, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, asia, vietnam, soviet union
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.
Style:
exciting, intense, suspense, serious, retro ...
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, conspiracy, judge, murder, political corruption, legal, vengeance, secret society, justice, lawyer, assassin ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, political conspiracy, state affairs, assassination, dishonesty, life is a bitch, politics, fighting the system, immigrant, animal life, gays and lesbians ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to be the perfect life. But life as he knows it is turned upside down when he arrives home from work late one night to find his wife brutally murdered ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, husband wife relationship, murder, who done it, dishonesty, legal, law enforcement, legal action, false accusation, murder investigation, female bartender, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
505
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst for him to take action against those who slighted him in the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, prodigy, undercover, secret agent, campaign, fighting the system, society, dishonesty, rebellion, vengeance, rivalry, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
amish, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, forbidden love, murder, pregnancy, police investigation, life is a bitch, police detective, culture clash, teenage life, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
36%
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