Movies like The Baader Meinhof Complex
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
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Original name: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, revolution, politics, anti war, bomb, revolutionary, journalist, prison, protest, idealism, rebellion, court, terrorist, kidnapping, capitalism, german history, assassination, german, fighting the system, robbery, police brutality, judge, suicide, terrorist attack, female terrorist ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1976, year 1972, year 1970, year 1977 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, africa, israel, east germany, rome italy ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, dramatic and suspenseful films with plots about corruption, brutality, mentor, storytelling, suspense, runaway and politics mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Baader Meinhof Complex: Munich (2005), Carlos the Jackal (2010), Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008), Z (1969), V for Vendetta (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
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During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 334 min.
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The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
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Time:
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
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Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
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Duration: 133 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
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Duration: 110 min.
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22%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Country: France, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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20%
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Country: UK, Germany
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Story:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Germany, Canada, USA
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
disturbing, bleak, political, sincere, dark ...
Plot:
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Story:
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