Movies like The Insider
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The Insider (1999)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
political, clever, intense, cerebral, tense, sincere, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, corruption, reporter, politics, business, conspiracy, suspense, lawyer, legal, media, courtroom, greed, investigation, economics, justice, paranoia, spy, drug addiction, sacrifice, workplace, idealism, tobacco, journalist, corporate crime ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
new york, washington d.c., iran, mississippi, south carolina
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Most similar movies to The Insider
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out interesting, thought provoking, realistic and serious films with plots about corruption, suspense, politics, dialogue, conspiracy, greed and storytelling mostly in Drama, Thriller and Biography genres. Some movies like The Insider: All the President's Men (1976), Spotlight (2015), A Civil Action (1998), Dark Waters (2019), Kill the Messenger (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, politics, investigation, newspaper, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, white house, american politics, journalist, president, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style:
factual, thought provoking, emotional, intellectual, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
journalism, investigation, lawyer, conspiracy, investigative journalism, sexual abuse, catholic church, newspaper, catholicism, child abuse, cover up, journalist ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, florida
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90%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, court, legal, courtroom, suspense, lawsuit, law firm, environmental, justice, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new york, washington d.c., new jersey
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, factual, motivational ...
Plot:
lawyer, contamination, lawsuit, corruption, environmental, fighting the system, legal investigation, corporate crime, courtroom drama, investigation, price of justice, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, year 1998, 20th century ...
Place:
cincinnati ohio, usa, ohio, west virginia
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, u.s. government, conspiracy, journalist, drug smuggling, media manipulation, politics, investigation, media, secrets, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles, iran, usa, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, factual, touching, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
environmental, lawyer, court, justice, contamination, small town, investigation, corporate crime, against the odds, single mother, corruption, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new jersey, los angeles, usa
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, factual, serious, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
espionage, fighting the system, journalism, hacking, internet, whistleblower, moral dilemma, surveillance, hacker, spy, idealism, media ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2009, year 2011, year 2004, year 2012 ...
Place:
geneva switzerland, hong kong, japan, russia, hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
reporter, power plant, politics, journalism, investigation, radiation, disaster, suspense, media, nuclear power, nuclear, environmental ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
talky, political, realistic, clever, thought provoking ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, corruption, adultery, media manipulation, dark humor, older man younger woman relationship, workplace, media satire, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, california, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Style:
political, tense, inspirational, thought provoking, factual ...
Plot:
journalism, expose, newspaper office, newspaper, cover up, truth, lie, wartime, journalist, freedom of the press, u.s. government, new york times ...
Time:
70s, year 1965, year 1971, year 1966, year 1949 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, political, tricky ...
Plot:
stock market, greed, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, stock market crash, economics, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, millionaire, workplace situations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy ...
Style:
exciting, intense, thought provoking, tense, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom drama, legal, justice, courtroom, lawsuit, suspense, insurance company, legal investigation, domestic violence, self defense, hopes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, memphis
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
journalism, character study, writers, workplace, media, ambition, workaholic, suspicion, research, career, self discovery, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., haiti
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed ...
Style:
political, suspenseful, psychological, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
whistleblower, spy, british politics, espionage, politics, lawyer, legal, iraq war, secret, cafe, investigation, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, year 2004
Place:
kurdistan, london, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to ...
Style:
political, uplifting, ambiguous ending, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, cia, politics, torture, corruption, interrogation, spy, u.s. government, war crime, government corruption, truth, justice ...
Place:
washington d.c., san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Heat
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style:
controversial, political, thought provoking, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, kennedy assassination, political conspiracy, president, legal, politics, gay slur, assassination of president, assassination, suspense, cia, lawyer ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, washington d.c., austin texas, canada, dallas texas ...
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36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, fighting the system, legal, suspense, rape, corruption, justice, hotshot lawyer, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, baltimore, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
Style:
dark, talky, political, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, election, suspense, lobbyist, campaign, media, presidential campaign, political corruption, conspiracy, corruption, justice ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, california, cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change ...
Style:
political, factual, suspenseful, intense, tricky ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, twists and turns, justice, suspense, tv reporter, conspiracy theory, betrayal, fired from the job, american politics, political scandal, presidential election ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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:
serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
lawyer, business, legal, suspense, conspiracy, guilt, murder, mental illness, law firm, court, divorce, psychology ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, wisconsin, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style:
clever, political, tense, sincere, tricky ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, president, reporter, loneliness, american politics, scandal, corruption, conspiracy, power struggle, uncover truth, mind game ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
california, washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
infidelity, business, money, police investigation, suspense, adultery, twists and turns, morality, moral ambiguity, manipulation, moral dilemma, manager ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Angel of mercy… or murderous “Doctor Death”? Jack Kervorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification. ...
Style:
serious, emotional, thought provoking, compassionate, dark ...
Plot:
suicide, terminal illness, suffering, murder, moral dilemma, euthanasia, greed, eccentricity, judge, historical figure, serial killer, against the rules ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
detroit, usa, california, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, tricky, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, military, justice, court, u.s. navy, marines, suspense, army investigation, court martial, suicide ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
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, thought provoking, tense, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, politics, corruption, capitalism, globalization, conspiracy, oil, suspense, political conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, usa, iran, lebanon, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Movies similar to Erin Brockovich
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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.
Style:
tense, realistic, neo noir, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, undercover, organized crime, fbi, mentor, investigation, working undercover, suspense, undercover agent, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, florida, usa, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style:
rough, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, conspiracy, kidnapping, terrorist, surveillance, islamic terrorism, torture, spy, cia, war on terror, police brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, washington d.c., iraq, israel, egypt ...
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34%
Genre: Drama, 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:
atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, political ...
Plot:
politics, corruption, conspiracy, investigation, reporter, murder, journalism, undercover, media, senator, twists and turns, political conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, latin america, washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style:
political, realistic, thought provoking, clever, witty ...
Plot:
politics, courtroom drama, political corruption, gay bar, american politics, corruption, political conspiracy, political intrigue, fighting the system, legal, idealism, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, undercover, treason, double agent, political conspiracy, buddies, society, dishonesty, rebellion, drugs ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, california, mexico city, ussr, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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