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Boss (2011)
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
Style:
political, clever, cynical, erotic, realistic, rough, serious, captivating, sensual, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, mayor, boss, political intrigue, career, mental illness, power struggle, ambitious, dishonesty, corruption, ambition, leader, politician, terminal illness, boss and employee, cruelty, power, sex, american politics, urban, hot and sexy, female nudity, sex scene, jealousy, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
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Most similar movies to Boss
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and tense films and TV series with plots about female nudity, corruption, ambition, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, family relations and sex scene mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Boss: House of Cards (2013), The Sopranos (1999), Deadwood (2004), The Good Wife (2009), Ray Donovan (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, syria
Similarity:
100%
565K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, clever, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, dark humor, family life, criminal heroes, mob boss, parents and children, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
127K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, clever, period piece ...
Plot:
sheriff, old west, violence, power struggle, shooting, society, gold rush, gunfight, prostitute, dishonesty, lifestyle, profanity ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, y2k, year 2004, victorian era ...
Place:
south dakota, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style:
clever, captivating, sexy, political, serious ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, law firm, court, lawyers and clients, strong female lead, female protagonist, self discovery, politics, working mom ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, hawaii, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
identity crisis, hollywood, violence, family feud, nudity, power relations, cover up, blackmail, trauma, brother sister incest, relatives, family problems ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, chicago, south america ...
Similarity:
67%
425K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style:
clever, tense, detective, cynical, dramatic ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, police detective, working undercover, urban ghetto life, gang, drug dealing, police, fighting crime, police investigation, urban decay, shooting ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
Similarity:
100%
286K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, syria
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set in London, in which a politician's life becomes increasingly complex as his research assistant is found dead on the London Underground and, in a seemingly unrelated incident, a teenage pickpocket is shot dead.
Style:
political thriller, political, suspense, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
politics, twists and turns, conspiracy, journalism, journalist, corruption, political corruption, manipulation, moral ambiguity, cover up, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, manchester
Similarity:
100%
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33K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, ...
Style:
rough, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
trial, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, hotshot lawyer, legal action, dishonesty, workplace, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation, intrigue ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
84K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, clever, sexy, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
white house, relationship vs career, workplace situations, politics, lawyer, president, senator, politician, twists and turns, coworker, teamwork, young woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., indiana
Similarity:
100%
822
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
french president, politics, rivalry, head of state, campaign, rise to the top, media, ambition, workplace situations, french politics, white house, president ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Borgen is a drama series about the fight for political power – and about the personal sacrifices and consequences this has for those involved on and behind the political stage. The central figure is the 40-year old political leader Birgitte ...
Style:
political, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, female politician, marriage, journalism, nordic, media coverage, politician, state affairs, ambition, power struggle, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, greenland, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, period piece, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, mob boss, businessman, prohibition, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, federal agent, female nudity, corruption, crime boss ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, cuba, atlantic city, chicago ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Aiden Hoynes is a senior cabinet minister who has always put his career before family, with the support of Freya, his devoted wife and mother to their two young children. But when Freya's own political career takes off and threatens to ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, tense, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, betrayal, relationship vs career, ambition, state affairs, couples, blind ambition, husband wife relationship, british politics, politician, white house, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
35%
2.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, making love, murder, mob boss, vengeance, blind ambition, family business, criminal heroes, rivalry, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, ireland, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
After his running mate's murder, a controversial televangelist becomes Argentina's presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, political, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, televangelist, murder, politician, hypocrisy, religious hypocrisy, corruption, presidential election, election, crime boss, murderer ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
infidelity, crumbling marriage, sex scene, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, female nudity, nudity, writers, sexual relations, strong sexual content, love affair ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A provocative drama that explores modern marriage at its midpoint. Through the lens of one couple, Neil Truman and his wife, Grace, this series answers the question, “What do you do when having it all is not enough?” by delving into their ...
Style:
tense, sexy, realistic, erotic, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, marriage, husband wife relationship, adultery, under the surface, infidelity, marital problem, couples, cheating wife, dating, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, atmospheric, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
hotshot, organized crime, businessman, mafia, intrigue, hotel, gangster, mob boss, cheating wife, lifestyle, power struggle, cover up ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959, 1950s
Place:
miami, usa, miami beach
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.
Style:
erotic, sensual, political, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, port, mayor, rivalry, politician, family relations, political candidate, political campaign, political leader, power, twists and turns, corrupt politician ...
Place:
france, marseille, south of france, provence
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Party Tricks is an Australian television series set to screen on Network Ten in 2014. The six part series follows the story of Kate Ballard, a committed and rigorous politician who seems assured to become the next State Premier until a shock new ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, political, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, rivalry, state affairs, competitor, political unrest, political satire, political campaign, female protagonist, political activism, political candidate, political leader ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lights Out is an American television boxing drama series from the FX network in the United States. It stars Holt McCallany as Patrick "Lights" Leary, a New Jersey native, and former heavyweight champion boxer who is considering a comeback. ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lifestyle change, machismo, boxing, boxing trainer, life is a bitch, debt, family life, athlete's life, coach, ex athlete, corruption, financial problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
TV show
Story:
It tells the story of Cemal, a poor and ambitious young man who lives in Adana, what he can sacrifice for money and power.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
power struggle, ambition, power, political intrigue, money problems, life is a bitch, problem, intrigue, money, corruption, greed, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
32%
162
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Marcel Ben David is a former police officer that joins PMTA (initials in Hebrew for: Tel Aviv District Attorney), and herself in the middle of an entangled corruption story. A suspenseful legal drama with Chen Amsalem, Shlomo Bar-Aba and Oshri Cohen.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, captivating, clever, serious ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, district attorney, israeli, judiciary, attorney general, police interrogation, lawyer, judge, court, legal, cover up ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, jerusalem
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A rising politician's career is threatened when a surreptitiously recorded video of her sex life is leaked to the public.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sex tape, sex scandal, privacy invasion, politician, political unrest, political intrigue, political candidate, criminal, politics, life is a bitch, female protagonist, political activism ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
32%
746
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 416 min.
TV show
Story:
By the will of her dead uncle who was murdered Sandra Paoli is propelled to the head of a powerful mafia clan. She becomes a respected, but also hated, woman in a world of men, murder and criminality.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, mafia, criminal's revenge, family business, family problems, gang, drug dealing, betrayal, death in the family, gangster, police corruption, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
32%
534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by ...
Style:
captivating, witty, serious, talky, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night, family outing
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, legal, photographic memory, hotshot lawyer, boss, success, corporate world, workplace situations, talented, prodigy, ambitious ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, syria
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Centers on Sara, a beautiful but unhappily married female photographer who begins a torrid affair with Jack, a lawyer for a powerful family.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, heartbreaking
Plot:
betrayal, family problems, cheating wife, infidelity, love affair, extramarital affair, family in crisis, husband wife relationship, murder, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
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