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Imagining Argentina (2003)
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Imagining Argentina (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.
Style: tense, bleak, serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, inspirational, romantic, political, romantic drama ...
Plot: politics, disappearance, uncover truth, danger, political unrest, father daughter relationship, compassion, revolution, basement, political intrigue, inspiration, sex crime, kidnapping, teenage boy, guard dog, military dictatorship, supernatural, life is a bitch, supernatural ability, journalism, dishonesty, state affairs, love, sex, dog ...
Time: year 2003, 70s, year 1976, contemporary
Place: latin america, buenos aires argentina, argentina, italy, venice, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about death, murder, politics, blood, flashback, police and nudity mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Imagining Argentina: The Body (2001), The Statement (2003), Mirage (2018), Of Love and Shadows (1994), Assassination Tango (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Body (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint ...
Style: sexy, talky, suspenseful, philosophical, exciting ...
Plot: politics, faith, christianity, religion, kidnapping, christian, self discovery, religions or cults, obsessive quest, clergy, rebellion, society ...
Time: year 2001
Place: israel, middle east, rome italy, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Statement (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, intense, political, serious ...
Plot: war criminal, world war two, investigation, politics, murder, justice, nazi, espionage, on the run, fighting the system, law enforcement, state affairs ...
Time: 1940s, year 2003, 90s
Place: france, vichy, europe, paris france, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 64K
Mirage (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story: On November 9, 1989 (the same day that Wall of Berlin falls), Nico is a 12 years old boy passionate to videotape himself playing guitar, being care lovely by her single mother María. This same night, when starts a 72-hours storm, Nico watches a ...
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: parallel universe, time travel, time paradox, time, uncover truth, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, fantasy world, alternate timeline, investigation, disappearance, alternate universe ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, year 1989, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and ...
Style: erotic, political, scenic, eros, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dictatorship, politics, resistance movement, lust, military coup, military, photographer, hospital, rebellion, male nudity, truth, freedom ...
Time: 70s, year 1994, year 1973
Place: chile, south america, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Assassination Tango (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story: John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual ...
Style: intense, tense, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, tango, assassination, assassin, love and romance, conspiracy, couples, rivalry, couple relations, intrigue, danger, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina, new york, south america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Beyond the Limit (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot: revolution, love affair, doctor, rebel, kidnapping, diplomat, politics, starting over, political unrest, alcoholic, adultery, cold war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place: latin america, paraguay, argentina, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Land of the Blind (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, bleak, political ...
Plot: politics, terrorism, rebelliousness, against the odds, danger, state affairs, haunted by the past, injustice, fighting the system, political corruption, revolution, protest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 1K
Outrage (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) is possessed by the beauty of a circus sharp shooter, and from the second they meet he is willing to give up everything to be with her. But one horrifying night sends them both down a road of revenge leaving behind a ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: lovers on the run, rape, journalism, rape and revenge, revenge, murder, vigilantism, violence spree, mentally unstable, psychopath, circus, rage ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Style: atmospheric, tense, political, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: politics, corruption, character study, police detective, danger, fighting crime, political unrest, teacher, dancing, dictatorship, dictator, assassination ...
Time: year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: latin america, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.0
 60K
Original Sin (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, France, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp
Style: sexy, romantic, erotic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, sex, couple relations, dangerous attraction, erotica, passion, passionate sex, love story, husband wife relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, sex scene ...
Time: 19th century, year 2001, victorian era, 20th century, 1900s
Place: iran, cuba, morocco, havana cuba, delaware ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
Style: realistic, serious, political, suspense
Plot: politics, government, revolution, political corruption, tragic love, siblings relations, vengeance, love and romance, dishonesty, conspiracy, professor, student ...
Time: 60s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s
Place: caribbean, latin america, dominican republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). These tales mix war stories, local gossip, ...
Style: psychological, serious, atmospheric, tense, suspense ...
Plot: spanish civil war, friendship, kidnapping, obsessive quest, politics, couples, adolescence, communism, grandmother grandson relationship, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, father son relationship ...
Time: 70s, 1930s, 1940s, 80s
Place: barcelona, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Waking the Dead (2000)
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, intense, stylized, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: politics, supernatural, obsession, election, character study, politician, twists and turns, ghost, love, state affairs, haunted by the past, female nudity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973, 80s
Place: usa, chile, minneapolis minnesota, vietnam, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
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 ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, spy, investigation, corruption, murder, cover up, death, aids, politics, marriage, idealism, politician ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, germany, kenya, south africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Dry White Season (1989)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Style: talky, disturbing, emotional, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: racism, lawyer, fighting the system, society, legal, injustice, rebellion, discrimination, social commentary, women, slavery, children ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Secret Agent (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian goverment, an agent provacateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to ...
Style: psychological, harsh, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, politics, bomb, secret agent, murder mystery, police inspector, conspiracy, sabotage, state affairs, undercover, danger ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1880s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
In My Country (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Style: serious, emotional, sincere, thought provoking, political ...
Plot: apartheid, journalism, interracial love, interracial relations, politics, social decay, african american, society, hopes, idealism, life is a bitch, injustice ...
Time: year 2004, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1996
Place: south africa, africa, florida, chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Down in the Valley (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father, a lawman, is ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Plot: mental illness, cowboy, sexual content, delusion, love and romance, dangerous attraction, parents and children, father daughter relationship, psychopath, character study, small town, hipster ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: california, south dakota, los angeles, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Quiet American (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, Australia, France, Canada, New Zealand
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, talky, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: politics, older man younger woman relationship, journalism, war, cia, moral ambiguity, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, cold war, political unrest ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 2002, 2000s, year 1952 ...
Place: vietnam, southeast asia, indochina, asia, hong kong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Judas Kiss (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blackmail, murder, betrayal, cons and scams, police investigation, state affairs, criminal, crime gone awry, protagonist as suspect, danger, dishonesty, politics ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa, los angeles, venezuela
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Company You Keep (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
Style: suspense, sexy, captivating, light, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: newspaper, journalism, fbi, journalist, reporter, terrorism, robbery, chase, hidden identity, twists and turns, conspiracy, runaway ...
Time: 70s, year 2012, year 1971, year 1979, year 1972 ...
Place: usa, new york, michigan, canada, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.8
 14K
Intacto (2001)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from ...
Style: tense, psychological, mindfuck, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience: teens
Plot: luck, gambling, murder, twists and turns, game, greed, investigation, change of luck, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, supernatural power ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: spain, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Four Days in September (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the ...
Style: realistic, political, talky, suspenseful, manga ...
Plot: military coup, dictator, terrorist, kidnapping, politics, freedom, communism, revolution, drinking, brazilian military dictatorship, secrets, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 60s, year 1967, year 1969 ...
Place: brazil, latin america, mexico city, algeria, portugal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Death in Granada (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, gloomy, independent film ...
Plot: spanish civil war, writers, politician, poet, totalitarian state, spanish history, injustice, investigation, murder, biopic, idealism, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1996, 1930s, 50s, 1950s, 60s
Place: spain, europe, madrid, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.2
 26K
Color of Night (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
Style: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, mental illness, erotica, psychiatrist, murder, voyeurism, fatal attraction, investigation, femme fatale, serial killer, uncover truth, nymphomania ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.1
 5K
Asylum (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: psychiatrist, couple relations, obsession, love, love and romance, destructive relationship, hospital, affair, crumbling marriage, family problems, infidelity, love triangle ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, 50s, 1950s, 60s
Place: europe, london, wales, united kingdom, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Pact of Silence (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot: investigation, psychopath, supernatural ability, mentally unstable, obsessive quest, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, dishonesty, hidden identity, clergy, obsession ...
Place: brazil, paris france, europe, france, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.3
 11K
Enduring Love (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, ...
Style: psychological, tense, disturbing, sexy, suspenseful ...
Plot: stalking, mental illness, obsession, guilt, haunted by the past, attempted murder, countryside, obsessive love, couple relations, dangerous attraction, lgbt, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
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, touching, suspenseful, intense, detective ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, twists and turns, rape, murder, lawyer, murder mystery, investigator, serial killer, revenge, homicide, vengeance, writers ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: argentina, latin america, south america, harvard university, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.7
 6K
The Tunnel (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, political, compassionate ...
Plot: berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, betrayal, cold war, breast feeding, political unrest, wartime, freedom, brutality, heroes ...
Time: 60s, ancient times, year 2001
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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