Movies like Kill the Messenger
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Kill the Messenger (2014)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever, captivating, disturbing, spiritual, bad ending, emotional ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, u.s. government, conspiracy, journalist, drug smuggling, media manipulation, politics, investigation, media, secrets, brainwashing, investigative reporter, survival, idealism, uncover truth, police corruption, government agency, state affairs, life turned upside down, cocaine, investigative journalism, cover up, spy, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996, 1990s
Place:
california, los angeles, iran, usa, latin america, south central los angeles, nicaragua ...
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Most similar movies to Kill the Messenger
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, political and intense films with plots about corruption, runaway, conspiracy, suspense, investigation, justice and greed mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Kill the Messenger: Snowden (2016), Fair Game (2010), Spotlight (2015), All the President's Men (1976), The Parallax View (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, factual, serious, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
espionage, fighting the system, journalism, hacking, internet, whistleblower, moral dilemma, surveillance, hacker, spy, idealism, media ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2009, year 2011, year 2004, year 2012 ...
Place:
geneva switzerland, hong kong, japan, russia, hawaii ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style:
political, factual, intense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
cia, corruption, politics, spy, espionage, secret service, political conspiracy, journalism, newspaper, conspiracy theory, cia agent, political corruption ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2002, year 1995, year 2003, year 1993 ...
Place:
africa, middle east, washington d.c., iraq, east africa ...
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100%
477K
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
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100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Zodiac
621K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, clever, captivating, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cia, rescue mission, secret mission, revolution, politics, espionage, u.s. embassy, suspense, spy, hostage, american abroad, escape ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place:
middle east, iran, tehran iran, los angeles, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Style:
thought provoking, political, tense, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
journalism, internet, computers and web, politics, spy, hacker, international relations, computer, hacking, technology, whistleblower, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2011, 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
europe, cairo egypt, paris france, switzerland, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
174K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
political, intense, clever, cerebral, realistic ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, corruption, reporter, politics, conspiracy, business, suspense, lawyer, legal, media, courtroom ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, mississippi, iran, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, cia, reporter, lawyer, suspense, courtroom drama, media, investigation, corruption, journalist, courtroom, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, undercover, treason, double agent, political conspiracy, buddies, society, dishonesty, rebellion, drugs ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, california, mexico city, ussr, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Spotlight
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, clever ...
Plot:
death row, death sentence, journalism, investigation, suspense, race against time, lawyer, false accusation, uncover truth, journal, reporter, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, usa, oakland california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, suspense, courtroom drama, death sentence, justice, political corruption, frame up, courtroom, lawyer, court, conspiracy theory, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, california, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
reporter, power plant, politics, journalism, investigation, radiation, disaster, suspense, media, nuclear power, nuclear, environmental ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Style:
thought provoking, intense, talky, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, hostage, media, politics, investigation, hostage situation, journalist, society, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, injustice, fighting the system, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless ...
Style:
neo noir, road movie, captivating, tense, factual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
texas ranger, gangsters, special agents, organized crime, suspense, bank robber, great depression, fbi, fighting crime, police, hunt down, corruption ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
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100%
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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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22%
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 ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, brutal, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, father daughter relationship, murder, investigation, corruption, fighting the system, uncover truth, suspense, riddles and clues, conspiracy, political corruption, violence ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to ...
Style:
political, uplifting, ambiguous ending, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, cia, politics, torture, corruption, interrogation, spy, u.s. government, war crime, government corruption, truth, justice ...
Place:
washington d.c., san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Snowden
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A prosecutor leaks a false story that liquor warehouse owner Michael Gallagher is involved in the murder of a union head, and as newspaper reporter Megan Carter picks up the story and attempts to find the real truth, Gallagher's life begins to ...
Style:
thought provoking, talky, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, investigation, politics, legal, courtroom, court, lawyer, manipulation, writers, media, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
vigilante, conspiracy, vigilantism, hitman, murder, judge, vengeance, political corruption, justice, lawyer, suspense, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
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20%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
tense, realistic, dramatic, factual, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drugs, money laundering, suspense, addiction, gangsters, drug cartel, federal agent, investigation, death, undercover agent, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
latin america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then ...
Style:
intense, realistic, tense, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
journalism, gangsters, investigation, strong female character, murder, justice, corruption, suspense, drug lord, police, drug dealing, heroin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, amsterdam, new jersey ...
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20%
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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 ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, emotional, talky, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
politics, dictatorship, political conspiracy, military coup, corruption, conspiracy, military, missing person, journalist, character study, political intrigue, violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, south america, latin america, iraq, argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change ...
Style:
political, factual, suspenseful, intense, tricky ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, twists and turns, justice, suspense, tv reporter, conspiracy theory, betrayal, fired from the job, american politics, political scandal, presidential election ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped ...
Style:
suspenseful, brutal, surreal, dark, tense ...
Plot:
prison, journalism, reporter, torture, adaptation, investigation, suspense, brutality, captivity, macabre, twists and turns, false accusation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
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19%
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 ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political ...
Style:
suspenseful, political, tense, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, investigation, murder, secret service, corruption, white house, suspense, president, state affairs, love affair, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, korea, asia, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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 ⇓
18%
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