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Trick or Cheat (1993)
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Original name: Серые волки
Genre: Action, Biography, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film depicts the events of 1964 when Nikita Khrushchyov was forcibly replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as a head of USSR.
Style:
unusual plot structure, political, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
kremlin, coup d'etat, coup, power struggle, politician, twists and turns, politics, betrayal, traitor, rivalry, society, danger, political unrest, skinny dipping, cold war, female nudity, female full frontal nudity, crimes
Time:
year 1964
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, captivating, tense and realistic films with plots about politics, society, betrayal, rivalry, political unrest, danger and military mostly in History, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Trick or Cheat: Alexander: The Neva Battle (2008), The Death of Stalin (2017), Panfilov's 28 Men (2016), Driven (2018), Tanks For Stalin (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Young prince Aleksandr has to hold out against two enemies - the Horde in the east and the Teutonic order and Sweden in the west. He discovers that some boyars are plotting against him and are ready to betray Novgorod to the Swedes and the Germans ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria ...
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Audience:
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dictator, political satire, satire, power struggle, repression, communism, politics, totalitarian regime, death, chaos, funeral, nkvd ...
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1950s, year 1953, 2010s, 90s, year 2017 ...
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Duration: 121 min.
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USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army's newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight ...
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world war two, red army, russian soldier, infantry, heroism, bravery, eastern front, military life, wartime, protector, russian history, german soldier ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night
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trial, fbi, drug, biopic, twists and turns, money, spy, car, danger, fight, brutality, greed ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A prototype of a new cutting edge tank is being taken on a secret mission to Moscow, to Comrade Stalin. Soon the cross-country run turns into a ruthless race. Followed by Nazis, the tanks' team defeats their pursuers and proves the great ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, exciting, harsh
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, engineer, soldier, weapons, inventions and discoveries, gunfight, friendship, danger, hopes, dialogue, landscape, chase ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1940, year 1939
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy
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68%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
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In the spring of 1982, as Brezhnev’s power is waning, Yuri Andropov decides to tackle corruption and apathy in the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, historical drama, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, dishonesty, destiny, danger, power struggle, scapegoat, fight for supremacy, historical figure, political intrigue, political conspiracy, tragic hero, political unrest ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tank commander Kalashnikov is severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front. While recovering in the hospital he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the ...
Style:
captivating, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, informative ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, inventor, human spirit, red army, soviet soldier, life & death, soldier, russian soldier, weapons, world war, danger, engineer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, ussr, moscow russia, kazakhstan, russia
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by DefenseSecurity Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military coup, political intrigue, assassination, coup d'etat, martial law, military, coup, political unrest, crisis, power struggle, urban, authoritarianism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, political, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, world politics, life philosophy, escapades, society, rivalry, ambition, danger, political intrigue, political activism, political unrest, disorder ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy, Russia
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictator's death. Told from Sanchin's view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero maintains unwavering faith in his ...
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Place:
ussr, russia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the Oyo Empire, the ferocious Bashorun Ga'a became more powerful than the kings he enthroned, only to be undone by his own blood.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
political intrigue, assassination, revenge, prime minister, betrayal, power, politics, politician, political unrest, intrigue, tyranny, royal court ...
Time:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Nae-kyung, the most skillful face reader in Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a Korean geisha. Nae-kyung accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
royal court, joseon dynasty, political intrigue, head of state, betrayal, korean history, asian history, coup, society, lifestyle, ancient korea, coup d'etat ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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56%
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Country: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Film about the lead up to the Polish uprising against German occupation at the end of the Second World War.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
194
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia, France, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Ukraine
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Biographical film, epically depicting the life of the famous scientist Lev Landau.
Style:
neo noir, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, experimental ...
Plot:
scientific research, social relations, female protagonist, scientific experiment, scientist, female scientist, experiment, historical character, society, lifestyle, science project, human experiment ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, patriotic, period drama
Plot:
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Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: History
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ingrid and her siblings are on the run from the Beserkers who have begun invading the villages, taking over, savagely using the residents on a game where they vs a Beserker, and if they win, they get to survive - only, no one ever wins. The siblings ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, switzerland, germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young Russian Prince Yaroslav fights the robbers, tribes and the invaders. He is the first to unite Russian lands and to create the original Russian state.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
ancient history, righting the wronged, state affairs, head of state, barbarian, heroes, escapades, hopes, medieval, viking, leader, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Follows the journey of John and Colt, gunfighters and sometime lovers, on parallel but very different journeys through an underground dueling culture.
Style:
intense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The student politics in a government college has for long revolved around the students' organisation KSQ. Subhash and Paul attempts to change the political scenario by launching a new movement called SFY based on their ideologies.
Style:
tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative ...
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Country: France, New Caledonia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, tense, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's ...
Style:
rough, suspense, tense, suspenseful, patriotic ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
imperialism, politics, assassination, intrigue, colonialism, capitalism, politician, greed, revolution, scapegoat, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot:
pagan, medieval, viking, rape, child murder, heroes, vengeance, danger, rivalry, death, culture clash, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
scandinavia, netherlands, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
16th century, medieval times, 17th century, middle ages
Place:
poland, ukraine, europe
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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