Movies like Four Days in September
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Four Days in September (1997)
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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, sexy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, melancholic, dramatic ...
Plot:
terrorist, kidnapping, politics, freedom, revolution, catastrophe, twists and turns, dark humor, betrayal, islam, suspense, weapons, male nudity, espionage, brutality, corruption, runaway, claustrophobia, revolutionary, fighting the system, mentor, greed, redemption, prejudice, ethnic conflict ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1968, year 1969, year 1967, 1960s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, california, berlin germany, portugal, algeria, lisbon portugal ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, interesting and tense films with plots about corruption, runaway, storytelling, murder, greed, betrayal and brutality mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like Four Days in September: The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Munich (2005), Battle in Seattle (2007), The Tunnel (2001), Salvador (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
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Duration: 150 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
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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 ...
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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.
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Place:
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80%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
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Duration: 122 min.
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A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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64%
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Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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62%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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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 ...
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57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
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Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, France
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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