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Policeman (2011)
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Original name: השוטר
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak, biting, suspense
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, terrorism, rebellion, danger, social decay, state affairs, social differences, society, rebelliousness, swat, israeli, politics, wedding, hostage, murder, revolution, male nudity, european, palestinian-israeli conflict, police officer, police, female nudity, cancer, massage ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing and bleak films with plots about society, danger, terrorism, state affairs, politics, deadly and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Policeman: Bethlehem (2013), October (1994), A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010), Inch'Allah (2012), Beyond Friendship (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, spy, terrorism, danger, undercover, moral dilemma, double agent, special agent, society, informant, israeli ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestinian authority, venice
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882
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In October 1970, one group from the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped the British Consul in Montreal. Few days later, a second group did the same with one of the Minister of the Quebec Government. If the first was released, the second was ...
Style:
sad, political, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, independence movement, murder, kidnapping, state affairs, politics, good versus evil, society, confined, danger, rebellion ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Place:
canada, quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, friends, danger, terrorism, politics, society, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, military, rebellion, friendship, battles, state affairs, rebelliousness, rivalry, danger, wartime life, political unrest, conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
israel, palestine, greece, middle east, holy land ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red ...
Style:
serious, tense, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, terrorist, politics, revolution, murder, dictator, rebelliousness, political unrest, captivity, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2003, year 1978
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the ...
Style:
serious, cynical, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller ...
Plot:
rise to the top, society, politics, betrayal, rise and fall, campaign, state affairs, life is a bitch, political corruption, student life, assassination, gangster ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, terrorism, couples, politics, danger, unfulfillment, undercover, society, femme fatale, life turned upside down, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain ...
Style:
rough, atmospheric, serious, bleak, political ...
Plot:
revolution, radical, rebellion, idealism, danger, life is a bitch, military, isolation, society, communism, hostage, terrorism ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 70s, year 1960, year 1966 ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliveira, a businessman engaged in shady deals. Alarmed by a series of threats and attacks, Oliveira ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, thrilling
Plot:
terrorism, impossible love, love affair, danger, betrayal, dishonesty, love and romance, politics, political corruption, boss and employee, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
basque country, spain
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story focuses on the life of an 11-year old boy surrounded by criminality and poverty in the suburbs of Naples.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, youth, friends, danger, society, life is a bitch, coming of age, social worker, social decay, urban ghetto life, teaching the ways of the world, street life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: ...
Style:
sincere, serious, rough, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
missing person, israeli, forbidden love, society, family in danger, family feud, life turned upside down, police brutality, realism, family problems, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, jerusalem, nebraska ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Paradise Now is filmed from the perspective of two Palestinian men who are preparing to perform a suicide attack in Israel. This is the first film to deal with the subject of suicide bombers.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, depressing, political, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, friendship, islam, suicide, destiny, muslim, conflict, israeli, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, jerusalem, maghreb ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, nordic, european, immigrant, racism, murder, investigation, society, law enforcement, urban, city life, job ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of an assassin who killed a mayor in the 1970's in what was known as the "Twinkie Defense".
Style:
controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, murder, lgbt, insanity, miscarriage of justice, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, legal, rise to the top, society, assassination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An Italian man looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits as a political extremist with understanding, candour and remorse.
Style:
exciting, serious, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
hopes, politics, fighting the system, idealism, rebellion, love and romance, danger, blind ambition, state affairs, society, youth, rebelliousness ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Style:
action thriller, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mossad, terrorist, terrorism, conflict, olympics, revenge, israeli palestinian conflict, arab israeli conflict, murder, workplace situations, chases and races, contests and competitions ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, munich germany
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, religions or cults, culture clash, husband wife relationship, investigation, politics, death, murder, terrorist, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, uncover truth, moral dilemma, fighting the system, idealism, social decay, church, society, legal, politics, terrorism, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
30%
529
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
They are people who have important significance for each other, but are not honest with each other. They live in a shadow world of lies and half truths and just waiting for the truth to come forward so they can continue their lives in a new ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, contemplative, disturbing ...
Plot:
family relations, dishonesty, parents and children, problem solving, group of strangers, connection, social problems, danger, male nudity, truth, sex scene, female pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
protecting from truth, downfall, unfulfillment, destructive relationship, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, society, male pubic hair, male nudity, crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A tragical-comedy film story that follows a young non-combatant platoon with defective fitness. Set in "Bahad 4" in the 50's, the movie focuses mainly on two characters: Alon (Oz Zehavi), who believes he was accidentally sent to Bahad ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
military base, military life, power relations, basic training, boot camp, military, immigrant, social differences, society, humiliation, lgbt, officers and cadets ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath.
Style:
serious, tense, political, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
terrorism, anarchist, politics, terrorist, police investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, state affairs, political corruption, political conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
politics, soldier, military life, friendship, terrorism, women, danger, israeli, third world, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt ...
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, palestine
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, factual, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, war on terror, politics, 9/11, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, injustice, innocence lost, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, social differences, social decay, rich and poor, fighting the system, injustice, working class, society, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, downfall, state affairs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brazil, latin america, sao paulo brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Lebanon, France, Qatar, Belgium, Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
suicide bomber, israeli palestinian conflict, uncover truth, occupation, terrorism, danger, investigation, radical, society, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, civil war ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, lebanon, maghreb ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, politics, injustice, culture clash, state affairs, vigilantism, social decay, discrimination, police corruption, african american, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marty Rockman, the notorious producer of the hit reality-TV show "So Sue Me", has a brand new concept: "Citizen Verdict". Each week a real criminal case will be tried before the American people, but this time they're also ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, media, rebellion, state affairs, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist attack, passenger, daring rescue, danger, confined, airplane, hysteria, terrorist, raf, pilot, mossad ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, africa, west germany
Similarity:
29%
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