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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
Style:
suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political, suspenseful, intense, stylized, satanic, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper, surveillance, spy, assassination, african american, domineering mother, super soldier, plot twist, corruption, memory, villainess, assassination plot, conspiracy theory, espionage ...
Time:
20th century, future, 2000s, year 2004, 90s, year 1991, 1990s
Place:
iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and intense films with plots about conspiracy, dishonesty, twists and turns, dialogue, secrets, corruption and storytelling mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Manchurian Candidate: The Pelican Brief (1993), Conspiracy Theory (1997), State of Play (2009), The International (2009), The Ides of March (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
political thriller, psychological, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, china, washington d.c., korea ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style:
tense, political thriller, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, cia, chase, surveillance, conspiracy theory, mind control, paranoia, amnesia, obsession, taxi driver, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's ...
Style:
political thriller, clever, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, journalism, corruption, journalist, investigation, reporter, murder, congress, espionage, world politics, assassination ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tricky, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interpol, assassin, investigation, gunfight, conspiracy theory, chase, politics, twists and turns, hitman, lawyer, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, italy, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
political thriller, talky, tense, political, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, election, political intrigue, campaign, lobbyist, twists and turns, presidential campaign, intern, media, political corruption, conspiracy, corruption ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, columbus ohio, iran, cincinnati ohio ...
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style:
mind bending, sexy, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, twists and turns, espionage, spy, conspiracy, memory loss, disorder, brainwashing, double agent, technology, undercover, power relations ...
Time:
future, year 2002
Similarity:
100%
181K
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:
tense, political thriller, controversial, political, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, assassination, kennedy assassination, president, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, legal, politics, cia, assassination of president, cold war era, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s, year 1991, year 1963
Place:
america, washington d.c., north america, midwest, chile ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, conspiracy, twists and turns, missing child, mind game, delusion, alien abduction, memory, grief, paranoia, husband wife relationship, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, suspense, political, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, murder, president, secret service, corruption, political conspiracy, assassin, murder investigation, framed for murder, illicit affair, white house ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, korea, asia, north korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorism, twists and turns, professor, evil wins, paranoia, terrorist, obsession, suspicion, uncover truth, fbi, danger ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, west virginia, virginia, kansas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, stylized, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
private detective, african american, missing person, jazz club, black, racism, gangster, jazz, private investigator, cop, home invasion, urban ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style:
political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him ...
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, serial killer, murder mystery, murder, investigation, politics, conspiracy theory, assassination, witnessing a crime, amateur detective, damsel in distress ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
detective, suspense, political, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, kgb agent, espionage, secret agent, politics, spy thriller ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, stockholm sweden, ussr, eastern europe ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As he recovers, ominous memories begin to flash back...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
desert, amnesia, memory loss, hitman, assassination attempt, conspiracy, investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, race against time, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
nazi, nazi hunter, conspiracy, chase, neo nazi, insanity, world war two, nazi war criminal, genetic engineering, obsession, clone, against humanity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978
Place:
paraguay, middle east, south america, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, creepy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, amateur detective, transplant, medical, investigation, coma, hospital, serial killer, hired killer, black market, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, 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:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
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60%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, manhunt, government agency, rivalry, undercover, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural ability, dishonesty, murder ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
confusing, neo noir, bleak, period piece, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret service, mole, british intelligence, investigation, double agent, kgb, government agency, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, istanbul turkey, hungary ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
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 thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Everything is not as it seems for a man who recovers from a plane crash in which his family is killed. After plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he determines that he worked for a secret agency for which he was an assassin. His former boss puts him ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, memory loss, female killer, female assassin, secret agent, assassination, uncover truth, haunted by the past, leadership, chases and races, danger, professional killer ...
Place:
london, england, europe, amsterdam
Similarity:
100%
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 thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
murder mystery, secret service, politics, usa president, political corruption, father daughter relationship, political conspiracy, president, conspiracy, justice, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style:
exciting, intense, action thriller, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, espionage, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, tough guy, fighting the system, one man army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, moscow russia, tangier morocco, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, action packed, exciting, action thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, assassination, corruption, revenge, manhunt, military, cover up, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, usa, baltimore ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, espionage, murder, conspiracy, cold war, investigation, sex scene, spy, undercover, love triangle, accidental killing, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
Similarity:
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