Movies like State of Play
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State of Play (2009)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.
Style:
clever, political, tense, suspenseful, exciting, tricky, psychological, talky, intense, serious ...
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, politics, journalism, corruption, suspense, investigation, newspaper, reporter, murder, congress, spy, assassination, twists and turns, world politics, journalist, murderer, chase, serial killer, betrayal, justice, conspiracy theory, media, greed, politician ...
Time:
70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Most similar movies to State of Play
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, serious and clever films with plots about secrets, suspense, twists and turns, conspiracy, police investigation, corruption and greed mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like State of Play: The Pelican Brief (1993), The Ghost Writer (2010), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Spotlight (2015), The International (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, clever, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
political conspiracy, investigation, state affairs, suspense, politics, conspiracy, reporter, lawyer, corruption, political corruption, murder, legal action ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, washington d.c., new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, captivating, political, tricky ...
Plot:
writers, twists and turns, politics, political conspiracy, investigation, suspense, writer's life, betrayal, secrets, spy, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, london, new york, massachusetts, england ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, cia, fighting the system, suspense, political conspiracy, twists and turns, uncover truth, spy, who to trust, life turned upside down, manhunt ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, langley virginia, middle east, canada, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style:
factual, thought provoking, emotional, intellectual, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
journalism, investigation, lawyer, conspiracy, investigative journalism, sexual abuse, catholic church, newspaper, catholicism, child abuse, cover up, journalist ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, interpol, murder, investigation, intrigue, assassin, espionage, chase, lawyer, gunfight, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, israel, usa, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
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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, realistic, tense, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, journalism, murder, corruption, twists and turns, political corruption, manipulation, journalist, suspense, moral ambiguity, cover up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
Style:
dark, talky, political, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, election, suspense, lobbyist, campaign, media, presidential campaign, political corruption, conspiracy, corruption, justice ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, california, cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
210K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, intellectual, serious, clever ...
Plot:
twists and turns, suspense, lawyer, courtroom drama, manipulation, murder mystery, adultery, investigation, murder, obsession, police investigation, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Style:
suspenseful, political, tense, tricky, mind bending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
un, assassination, suspense, twists and turns, spy, investigation, murder, fbi, undercover, espionage, vengeance, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, new york, paris france, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological, scary ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, neighbor, voyeurism, house arrest, paranoia, suspense, murder, loneliness, investigation, death, arrest, teenager ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
lawyer, business, legal, suspense, conspiracy, guilt, murder, mental illness, law firm, court, divorce, psychology ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, wisconsin, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military ...
Style:
clever, twist ending, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
lawyer, twists and turns, army investigation, murder, military, court, fbi, false accusation, suspense, marines, life turned upside down, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 1988, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, latin america, usa, los angeles, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
secret service, political corruption, murder mystery, politics, suspense, political conspiracy, assassination, conspiracy, justice, usa president, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, clever, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, suspense, missing person, investigation, infidelity, murder mystery, marriage, manipulation, psychology, adultery, missing wife, disappearance ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, captivating, clever, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, murder mystery, police detective, police, justice, organized crime, fighting the system, gang, dangerous attraction, police brutality ...
Time:
50s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
psychological, clever, political, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, suspense, brainwashing, mind control, sniper, senator, politics, assassination, political corruption, surveillance ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1991
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new york
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
political, neo noir, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, police investigation, espionage, kgb, murder investigation, suspense, politics, murder mystery, police corruption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, ussr, sweden, stockholm sweden ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, serial killer, surveillance, investigation, murder, assassination, politics, suspense, murder mystery, conspiracy theory, macabre ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, california, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, politics, investigation, newspaper, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, white house, american politics, journalist, president, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
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60%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
army investigation, rape, murder, military, army, betrayal, twists and turns, conspiracy, gang rape, suspense, investigation, politics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, murder, suspense, twists and turns, conspiracy, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, police corruption, revenge, brutality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, police investigation, torture, vigilantism, brutality, serial killer, police, vengeance, twists and turns, missing child ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, sexy, twist ending ...
Plot:
investigation, twists and turns, fatal attraction, mind game, suspense, hidden identity, manipulation, female protagonist, uncover truth, writers, obsessive love, seduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, clever, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hypnosis, manipulation, twists and turns, memory loss, heist, amnesia, plot twist, art thief, art theft, dishonesty, torture, mind control ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
554K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, stylized, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, journalism, suspense, maniac, paranoia, killings, police, uncover truth, mind game ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1971 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, sacramento california, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Movies similar to Primal Fear
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
clever, bleak, thought provoking, tense, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, surveillance, secret service, investigation, islam, betrayal, manipulation, suspense, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, middle east, berlin germany
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29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Style:
tense, political, realistic, thought provoking, talky ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, police, political corruption, murder, mafia, lawyer, mayor, suspense, society, uncover truth, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorism, twists and turns, suspense, terrorist, murder, professor, paranoia, deception, fbi, uncover truth, mysterious character ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, west virginia, kansas ...
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A terrorist attack in London results in the capture of suspect Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto). The attorney general appoints Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as special advocate on Erdogan's legal team. On the eve of the trial, ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, political, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, suspense, conspiracy, spy, legal action, lawyer, murder, politics, dishonesty, legal investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
44K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, enigmatic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, murder, police investigation, suspense, ex law enforcer, murder mystery, plot twist, father daughter relationship, brutality, violence, secrets, catastrophe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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