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The Idealist (2015)
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Original name: Idealisten
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, tense
Plot:
journalist, idealism, uncover truth, dishonesty, state affairs, cold war, whistleblower, contamination, war, journalism, conspiracy, disaster, life is a bitch, catastrophe, human
Time:
80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, greenland
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Most similar movies to The Idealist
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about dishonesty, uncover truth, state affairs, conspiracy, investigation, murder and deadly mostly in Thriller, Drama and History genres. Some movies like The Idealist: A Dark Reflection (2015), The Fourth State (2012), Borderline Murder (2011), Formosa Betrayed (2009), Corruption.Gov (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A journalist digs deep into the world of aviation and discovers some uncomfortable truths. And a conspiracy trail dating back to 1954. But why is no one saying anything?
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, journalism, society, moral dilemma, dishonesty, cover up, corporate conspiracy, investigative journalism, corruption, whistleblower, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
1950s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, journalism, photojournalist, dishonesty, uncover truth, fish out of water, false arrest, on the run, political conspiracy, protagonist as suspect, state affairs, heroes ...
Place:
europe, russia
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, uncover truth, doctors and patients, society, dishonesty, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, theft, kidnapping, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
political unrest, police detective, politics, uncover truth, investigation, rebellion, who to trust, society, law enforcement, fight for supremacy, state affairs, special agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
taiwan, chicago, asia
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
African exchange student, Stan Rohamba arrives in the U.S., excited to be a part of the "model democratic system". While campaigning for a powerful American senator, Stan uncovers a host of dishonest activity leading directly back to his ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
corrupted ruler, political conspiracy, state affairs, uncover truth, political corruption, head of state, campaign, media, dishonesty, price of justice, corrupt officer, government corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, africa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, murder, conspiracy, secret agent, righting the wronged, whistleblower, disorder, snitch, political corruption, false accusation, frame up ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car ...
Style:
political thriller, realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, journalist, politician, political scandal, parliament, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, journalism, trust, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
murder, frame up, investigation, twists and turns, uncover truth, cons and scams, law firm, false accusation, dishonesty, inadvertently, nordic, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
60%
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93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A writer-director known for becoming obsessed with his own stories, Jacob Falk stumbles upon photographs of prisoners of war being tortured by Danish soldiers.Suspecting a political conspiracy, Falk falls into a frenetic chase to reveal the mystery ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
chase, uncover truth, dishonesty, disorder, obsession, state affairs, life turned upside down, eye, nordic, on the road, chases and races, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, denmark, eastern europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
When Anamika, the girl who he is on a date with, is kidnapped, Arjun goes to the police for help and gets into a dangerous situation from where there is no escape.
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
on the run, woman in danger, uncover truth, frame up, escapades, love and romance, dishonesty, murder, danger, chases and races, abduction, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An ambitious magazine editor gets too caught up in a high-stakes sex scandal and is framed for murder.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious
Plot:
amateur detective, femme fatale, dishonesty, false accusation, political corruption, investigation, frame up, murder, haunted by the past, law enforcement, love affair, journalism ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Journalist Denis Robert sparked a storm in the world of European finance by denouncing the murky operations of banking firm Clearstream. His quest to reveal the truth behind a secret world of shadowy multinational banking puts him in contact with an ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
legal investigation, investigation, corporate crime, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, journalism, state affairs, politics, greed, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, taiwan
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, save the day, memory loss, undercover, rivalry, political conspiracy, government agency, danger, dishonesty, political corruption, terrorism, antidote ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The plot follows a private detective, an ex communist and former CIA agent, who travels from Barcelona to Madrid to discover the identity of the assassin of the leader of the Spanish Communist party who was stabbed during a blackout while presiding ...
Style:
realistic, biting, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
murder, investigation, private detective, private investigator, agent, communist party, kgb, state affairs, dishonesty, uncover truth, government agency, who done it ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
50%
420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, siblings relations, disorder, dishonesty, crime gone awry, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, lesbian, sex, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
mccarthyism, nazi, idealism, undercover, sexual attraction, anti communist, investigation, uncover truth, moral ambiguity, dishonesty, special agent, law enforcement ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
whistleblower, politics, uncover truth, dishonesty, military, introspection, soldier, state affairs, head of state, political conspiracy, political corruption, vietnam war ...
Place:
new york, asia, usa, vietnam
Similarity:
47%
690
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resurgir le fantôme d'un père qu'il n'a jamais connu ? Un matin, un inconnu ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
parents and children, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, estrangement, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, investigation, murder, dead father, prostitute, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
desert, captivity, on the road, danger, isolation, dangerous attraction, couples, under the surface, doomed love, tragic romance, nuclear testing, native american reservation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, utah
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A political thriller taking place during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activists are arrested and in the custody of the local sheriff's office. During their stay they are visited by a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, political ...
Plot:
political unrest, state affairs, injustice, rebellion, friendship, society, confined, prison, political activist, arrest, native, indigenous people ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about the organization or its high-powered members. However, when Ryan witnesses a murder within the Skulls' private chambers, he finds that the closer he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, slasher, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
initiation, conspiracy, lacrosse, murder, college, betrayal, brotherhood, uncover truth, leadership, life is a bitch, investigation, police corruption ...
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young writer has his book stolen by his mentor.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
uncover truth, injustice, writer's life, betrayal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, murder, plagiarism, creative process, deception, character study, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
43%
143
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style:
sexual, suspenseful, tense, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
law, murder, prostitute, rivalry, courtroom, false accusation, legal, army investigation, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF base. Has there been a Government ...
Style:
political thriller, neo noir, political, cult classic, serious ...
Plot:
spy, journalism, political corruption, member of parliament, cover up, cold war, secret service agent, government conspiracy, newspaper reporter, reporter, death of protagonist, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about how an elite SAS unit's position is revealed by the British Prime Minister to ensure an arms deal goes ahead and to secure his re-election.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, arms dealing, corrupted ruler, undercover, head of state, rivalry, betrayal, danger, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, europe, middle east, england
Similarity:
39%
130
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story centers around Robert, with the help of Lawrence and Natalie, as he struggles to find out who has murdered his wife and child. Along the way, he must try to navigate through a web of political intrigue that involves a cop and a district ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, intense ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, intrigue, politics, dishonesty, investigation, murder mystery, family tragedy, grief, justice, loss, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Newly-fired reporter Sloane Sawyer reluctantly returns to her rural California hometown to investigate the harassment of local vineyard workers and uncorks a tangled web of crime and corruption behind wine country's shiny facade.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigative reporter, reporter, cover up, vineyard, private investigation, investigation, female reporter, female journalist, uncover truth, journalism, sleuth, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
38%
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