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The Statement (2003)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 120 min.
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The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
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tense, suspenseful, intense, serious, political, psychological, brutal, dark, dramatic, absurd ...
Plot:
war criminal, world war two, investigation, politics, murder, justice, on the run, fighting the system, nazi, jewish, life is a bitch, law enforcement, haunted by the past, state affairs, espionage, secret, revenge, death, torture, chase, catholic, paranoia, war, catastrophe, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, 1990s
Place:
france, poland, europe, paris france, provence, vichy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out interesting, realistic, serious and suspenseful films with plots about dialogue, runaway, police investigation, secrets, brutality, murder and mentor mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Statement: Munich (2005), The Odessa File (1974), The Ipcress File (1965), The Parallax View (1974), The Company You Keep (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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political, suspenseful, intense, tense, rough ...
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terrorism, espionage, vengeance, assassination, jewish, spy, mossad, politics, murder, judaism, terrorist, secret agents ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, germany, beirut lebanon, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 130 min.
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After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually ...
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60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1963, post world war two ...
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germany, hamburg germany, israel, vienna, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
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This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
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atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic ...
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espionage, cold war, spy, conspiracy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, suspense ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
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atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, political ...
Plot:
politics, corruption, conspiracy, investigation, reporter, murder, journalism, undercover, media, senator, twists and turns, political conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, latin america, washington state, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
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sexy, captivating, light, twist ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fbi, journalism, reporter, newspaper, terrorism, chase, single father, runaway, journalist, suspense, hidden identity, twists and turns ...
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70s, year 1971, year 1979, year 1972, 21st century
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usa, california, new jersey, boston, michigan ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian goverment, an agent provacateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Style:
thought provoking, talky, emotional, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 123 min.
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Country: France, Italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
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Country: UK, USA
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29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
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A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
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Plot:
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28%
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Story:
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Plot:
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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27%
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