Movies like J. Edgar
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J. Edgar (2011)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, bleak, serious, factual, compassionate, melancholic, suspense, twists and turns, stylized ...
Plot:
fbi, homosexual, corruption, surveillance, politician, ambition, notoriety, gays and lesbians, state affairs, crimes, president, communism, rise to the top, fighting crime, career, society, government official, gangsters, investigation, old age, fired from the job, gay, repression, secretary, blackmail ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, interesting and thought provoking films with plots about mentor, storytelling, runaway, corruption, drinking alcohol, justice and adaptation mostly in Biography, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like J. Edgar: Howl (2010), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Total Eclipse (1995), The Aviator (2004), Milk (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
fbi, president, head of state, government agency, gays and lesbians, crimes, ambition, gangsters, politics, society, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
usa, california, chicago illinois, los angeles, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
poet, poetry, courtroom drama, literature, freedom, courtroom, writer's life, gay, society, counterculture, mental institution, sexual identity ...
Time:
50s, 1920s, year 1957, post world war two, year 1955 ...
Place:
san francisco, arkansas, colorado, denver colorado, idaho ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style:
clever, captivating, exciting, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
con artists, master criminal, prodigy, fbi, adventure, justice, deception, rise and fall, creativity, adaptation, cat and mouse, crimes ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1974 ...
Place:
usa, marseille, los angeles, madrid, new orleans ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Style:
serious, sexy, sexual, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
poet, gay, lgbt, gay teenager, melancholy, writer's life, mentor, sodomy, gay sex, homoeroticism, older man younger man relationship, prodigy ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
paris france, europe, africa, france, holland ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
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captivating, realistic, stylized, serious, epic ...
Plot:
success, pilot, businessman, aviator, mental illness, millionaire, aviation, test pilot, rise and fall, billionaire, corruption, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, houston texas, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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171K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gays and lesbians, protest, discrimination, gay slur, homosexual, male homosexuality, politician, politics, civil rights, election, homosexuality ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1975, year 1972 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, florida, phoenix arizona ...
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50%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Jack Nicholson's portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
labor union, gangsters, politics, crimes, rise and fall, social activist, political corruption, political intrigue, working class, americana, ambition, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1930s, 1940s, 50s ...
Place:
detroit, washington d.c., new york, michigan, usa ...
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54%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
injustice, on the run, environmentalism, fighting the system, politics, state affairs, vietnam war, dishonesty, hidden identity, depression, justice, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1968
Place:
usa, new york, chicago illinois, manhattan new york city, woodstock ...
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51%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, cerebral, dramatic, touching ...
Plot:
mathematics, paranoia, mental illness, genius, prodigy, schizophrenia, insanity, existentialism, imagination, obsession, talented, hallucination ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey, washington d.c. ...
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50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
political corruption, vietnam war, politics, government, campaign, rise and fall, usa president, historical figure, life is a bitch, presidential election, ambition, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, china, california, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Great Gatsby related movies
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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:
neo noir, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mentor, organized crime, fbi, surveillance, undercover, crimes, friends, investigation, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
new york, florida, usa, miami, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Style:
captivating, bleak, serious, intellectual, psychological ...
Plot:
poet, sexual tension, youth, friendship, friends, mental illness, gay, bohemian life, obsession, student life, lifestyle, murder ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 21st century, year 1944, year 2005 ...
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, harlem, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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43%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
cia, newspaper, political conspiracy, secret agents, crumbling marriage, fighting the system, state affairs, relationship vs career, price of justice, journalism, society, government agency ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, year 2002, year 2001, year 1995 ...
Place:
usa, iraq, washington d.c., africa, cairo egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
178K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, corruption, brutality, mafia, fbi, murder, organized crime, arms dealing, crimes, illness, mob boss, crime boss ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982, year 1985 ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, santa monica california, miami ...
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42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
rich and poor, hollywood, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, family relations, showbiz, actor's life, female protagonist, life is a bitch, rise to the top, parents and children, introspection ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s, 50s, 70s
Place:
california, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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A Beautiful Mind related movies
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Style:
serious, tense, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, death sentence, obsession, writer's life, friendship, investigation, crimes, human nature, fame, gossip and rumors, journalism, obsessive quest ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
kansas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, mexico ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, France, UK, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style:
disturbing, factual, tense, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
media, journalism, fighting the system, politics, patriotism, mccarthyism, society, television, workplace, state affairs, media coverage, communism ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
new york, usa, california, washington d.c., ussr ...
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40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into ...
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thought provoking, talky, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
sexuality, research, professor, marriage, college, scientist, free love, teaching, human nature, sexual dysfunction, sexual relations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s
Place:
indiana, usa
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39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay, aids, gays and lesbians, terminal illness, homosexual, male homosexuality, life is a bitch, friendship, epidemic, protest, fear, prejudice ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1982, year 1981 ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, yale university, washington d.c.
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, realistic, homoerotic
Plot:
fashion, gay, rise to the top, fashion designer, ambition, couple relations, nudity (full frontal - brief), scandal, sewing, artists and showbiz, gender, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1973 ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Movies like Forrest Gump
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, rise and fall, crimes, criminal heroes, friends, mentor, fbi, court, cosa nostra, racial slur ...
Time:
70s, 50s, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
new york, florida, brooklyn new york city, usa, bronx new york city ...
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37%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.
Style:
serious, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, twists and turns ...
Plot:
obsession, hollywood, showbiz, director, filmmaking, couple relations, love and romance, talented, artists and showbiz, dreams, husband wife relationship, jealousy ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1959 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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36%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, realistic, motivational, cynical, captivating ...
Plot:
rise and fall, money, corruption, business, success, rags to riches, dark humor, corporate crimes, yuppie, stock market, stock broker, wealth ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, las vegas ...
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36%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, hospital, aids, hotshot lawyer, americana, terminal illness, political corruption, introspection, injustice, life is a bitch, state affairs, society ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s, 60s, year 1951 ...
Place:
new york, usa
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35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, disturbing, clever ...
Plot:
world war two, society, politics, journalism, media, tv show, radio, career, unlikely couple, unfulfillment, state affairs, lifestyle ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Style:
serious, tense, emotional, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
destructive relationship, rise to the top, couples, couple relations, obsession, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, love and romance, husband wife relationship, mental illness, friendship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1916, year 1929 ...
Place:
usa, new mexico, manhattan new york city, new york, wisconsin
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35%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gunfight, criminal heroes, bank robbery, group of criminals, master criminal, chase, organized crime, crimes, partners, fighting crime, determination ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, illinois, tucson arizona, ohio ...
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35%
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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, tense, psychological, sincere, tricky ...
Plot:
politics, journalism, president, reporter, loneliness, tv show, scandal, power struggle, lie, mind game, uncover truth, secret ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1974
Place:
usa, california, new york, beverly hills, london ...
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35%
167K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, factual ...
Plot:
prodigy, computers and web, technology, genius, rise to the top, ambition, computer, inventions and discoveries, workplace situations, friendship, father daughter relationship, entrepreneur ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century, contemporary, 80s ...
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
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35%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style:
serious, stylized, sentimental, realistic, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
airplane, female pilot, ambition, flying, follow your dream, rise to the top, lifestyle, adventurer, self fulfillment, escapades, air disaster, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1932, year 1934 ...
Place:
usa, boston, new york, oakland california, chicago illinois ...
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