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Four Days in September (1997)
 7.4
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Four Days in September (1997)
Original name: O Que é Isso, Companheiro?
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 American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Style: realistic, political, suspenseful, talky, manga, serious, captivating, political thriller, psychological, tense ...
Plot: military coup, dictator, terrorist, kidnapping, politics, freedom, communism, revolution, drinking, brazilian military dictatorship, espionage, revolutionary, secrets, heroes, terrorism, ambassador, assassination, heist, hostage, missing person, journalism, media, danger, confined, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 60s, year 1968, year 1969, year 1967, 70s ...
Place: brazil, latin america, portugal, algeria, lisbon portugal, mexico city, rio de janeiro ...
Keyword: american, portuguese, brazilian, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about murder, politics, state affairs, death, terrorism, gun and violence mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like Four Days in September: Munich (2005), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Tunnel (2001), Salvador (1986), 6 Days (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Munich (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 164 min.
Story: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style: political, intense, suspense, brutal, rough ...
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Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, germany, europe ...
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style: political, bleak, realistic, intellectual, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: terrorism, anti war, revolution, protest, revolutionary, journalist, prison, politics, idealism, capitalism, assassination, terrorist attack ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1967 ...
Place: germany, somalia, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, africa ...
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89%
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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 ⇓
79%
 7.4
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Salvador (1986)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Style: suspense, political, tense, factual, harsh ...
Plot: civil war, photojournalist, journalism, revolution, dictator, politics, war correspondent, war, reporter, cold war, dictatorship, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986, 70s
Place: latin america, central america, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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6 Days (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, factual, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, politics, commando mission, rescue, hostage, danger, violence, siege, police, death, terrorist ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: england, iran, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a ...
Style: political, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: politics, protest, fighting the system, idealism, police brutality, freedom, political unrest, state affairs, hopes, rebelliousness, chaos and mayhem, resistance ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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69%
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 ...
Style: serious, bleak, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: politics, disappearance, uncover truth, danger, political unrest, father daughter relationship, compassion, sex crime, revolution, political intrigue, inspiration, basement ...
Time: year 2003, 70s, year 1976
Place: latin america, buenos aires argentina, argentina, europe, venice ...
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68%
The Official Story (1985)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Style: political, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: adoption, politics, family relations, uncover truth, dictatorship, society, revolution, parents and children, military coup, state affairs, haunted by the past, political unrest ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century, year 1983
Place: latin america, argentina, spain, buenos aires argentina, bolivia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Missing (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he ...
Style: political, political thriller, emotional, talky, tense ...
Audience: family outing
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Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place: chile, latin america, south america, washington d.c., santiago chile
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62%
 6.8
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Rendition (2007)
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: serious, rough, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, conspiracy, terrorist, war on terror, kidnapping, cia, islamic terrorism, espionage, torture, islam, spy ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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60%
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, historical drama, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, activist, hippie, injustice, riot, political repression, political protest, courtroom, jury, political persecution, court, legal ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, 2020s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: chicago, ohio, mississippi, oakland california, washington d.c. ...
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Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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57%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, serious, factual, political ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
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Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, inspirational ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
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Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
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Style: controversial, suspense, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, president, kennedy assassination, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, assassination, cia, legal, politics, courtroom, lawyer, corruption ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
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Style: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
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Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
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51%
21 Hours at Munich (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
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Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
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Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
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The Point Men (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, mossad, espionage, assassination, undercover, secret agent, vengeance, save the day, working undercover, female warrior, bodyguard, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, austria, zurich switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.0
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The Peacemaker (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a ...
Style: suspense, exciting, political thriller, visually stunning, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, russia, bosnia, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, political, factual ...
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Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, 60s, year 1958 ...
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