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Centennial (1978)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Story:
The economic and cultural growth of Colorado spanning two centuries from the mid-1700s to the late-1970s.
Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, family saga, vintage, period drama
Plot:
wild west, native, unrequited love, wagon train, fort, rocky mountains, civil war, 007, wilderness, family in danger, immigrant, heroes, politics, battles, family relations, interracial relations, revolution, escapades, rivalry, society, danger, rebelliousness, political corruption, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
18th century, 70s, 19th century, 1830s, 1820s, 1800s, 1790s ...
Place:
usa, colorado, st. louis missouri
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Most similar movies to Centennial
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and epic films and TV series with plots about escapades, heroes, rivalry, native american, wild west, danger and old west mostly in Drama, Adventure and Western genres. Some movies like Centennial: Into the West (2005), Lonesome Dove (1989), True Women (1997), Broken Trail (2006), Comanche Moon (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
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epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
native american, american indian, wild west, old west, indian war, native american attack, wagon train, tribe, native american white relationships, gold rush, interracial romance, injustice ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
south dakota, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Lonesome Dove is a Western television miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, Lonesome Dove was originally broadcast by CBS on February 5, 1989, drawing a ...
Style:
epic, realistic, touching, entertaining, anime ...
Plot:
wild west, cowboy, texas ranger, indians, old west, native american, modern west, epic battle, gunfight, friendship, obsessive quest, villain ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 80s
Place:
montana, austin texas, america, nebraska, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True Women is the story of the love, friendship, survival and triumphs
Style:
period piece, costume drama, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american civil war, indian chief, civil war, female protagonist, american history, woman, passion, emancipation, black, woman with a gun, femme fatale, woman power ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1840s, 1860s, 1830s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
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Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
old west, cowboy, fall in love, horse, gang, protector, brothel, nephew, escapades, danger, rescue, partner ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming, oregon, america, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Comanche Moon, the prequel to McMurtry's bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Lonesome Dove follows Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae (Zahn) and Woodrow F. Call (Urban), now in their middle years, as they continue to ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
wild west, friendship, danger, native american, modern western, partner, native, rivalry, old west, escapades, texas ranger, daring rescue ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s, 1850s, victorian era
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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22%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel west during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, historical drama, stylized ...
Plot:
gold rush, treasure hunt, gold, adventurer, friendship, greed, businessman, murder, danger, wilderness, escapades, revolutionary war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
america, canada, yukon
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20%
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as ...
Style:
realistic, serious, vintage
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
american revolution, redheaded woman, fort, usa history, team, american south, wild west, cherokee, tribe, tough heroes, family relations, heroes ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1770s
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, historical drama, realistic ...
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pirate, outlaw, escapades, rivalry, danger, terrorizing, sailing, chivalry, criminal, pirate ship, courage, sea ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
bahamas
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20%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Young Blades is an historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX from January to June 2005, lasting only thirteen episodes before cancellation. Set in 17th century France, it followed the adventures of four Musketeers:
⁕d'Artagnan, ...
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exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Plot:
musketeer, friendship, partner, daring rescue, escapades, rivalry, intrigue, royal family, state affairs, danger, sword fight, cardinal the priest ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
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Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth ...
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captivating, exciting, atmospheric, epic, realistic ...
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adventurer, medieval, heroes, heroic mission, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, hopes, political unrest, culture clash, society, priest ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century
Place:
asia, china, venice, italy
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19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 270 min.
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This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages tells the epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe (Steven Waddington) and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert (Ciarán Hinds. ...
Style:
costume drama, fairy tale, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, family outing
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medieval, knight, robin hood, royalty, legends and myths, inquisition, unrequited love, archer, time machine, peplum, ancient, ancient rome ...
Time:
12th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
britain, europe, england
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18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colours (its regimental flag), Sharpe vows to save the honor of the regiment by ...
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exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
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napoleonic wars, military, battles, state affairs, soldier, heroes, escapades, rebellion, military life, medieval, chivalry, napoleonic era ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
iberian peninsula
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
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Peacemakers is an American crime fiction television series about forensic science in the Old West. It was filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network. The show was cancelled after one ...
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captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
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forensics, partner, sheriff, law enforcement, investigation, mortician, small town, old west, fighting crime, rivalry, murder, danger ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
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18%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
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1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
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inspirational, epic, period piece, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
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renaissance, conquistador, adventurer, medieval, native american, ship, new world, tudors, ocean, jungle, nobility, ancient ...
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15th century, medieval times, ancient times, 16th century, year 1941 ...
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spain, caribbean, italy, europe, west indies ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
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The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're after the gold; soon they ...
Style:
exciting, spaghetti western, retro, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, greed, chase, gold, gang, map, murder, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 1969, 60s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, arizona, persia, colorado, turkey ...
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18%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Dead man's Walk is the beginning of the Lonesome Dove Saga. Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are just starting out in the Texas Rangers and have no idea of what they are doing for Call it's Duty above all else. For Gus it's the thrill of ...
Style:
detective, exciting, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
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apache, cowboy, modern west, modern western, texas ranger, firing squad, american history, social problems, native, wild west, mexican american border, survival ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
texas, new mexico, mexico, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Style:
exciting, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
old west, native american, wilderness, american civil war, civil war, usa history, small town, gold, marriage proposal, native american attack, train, outlaw ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1880s, 1840s, 1870s ...
Place:
california, missouri, arizona, ohio, usa ...
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18%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Chisholms is a CBS western miniseries starring Robert Preston, which aired from March 29, 1979, to April 19, 1979; and continued as a television series from January 19, 1980, to March 15, 1980. The 1979 miniseries showed the family moving from ...
Style:
family saga, serious, reflective, epic, scenic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wagon train, journey, oregon trail, pioneer, survival, hardship, resilience, migration, patriarch, travel, family conflict, matriarchy ...
Time:
1840s, 19th century
Place:
wyoming, virginia
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: Spain
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Determined to find out who killed his father, he will discover family secrets that will change his destiny forever.
Style:
action adventure, captivating, epic, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
zorro, murder of father, loss of father, fight, male protagonist, adventure hero, adventurer, battles, death of father, fight for justice, injustice, unrequited love ...
Time:
1830s, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
california, spain, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
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An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
Style:
atmospheric, mythical, costume drama, epic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, shogun, jesuit, battles, chivalry, renaissance, historical event, tokugawa shogunate, martial arts, japanese history, samurai sword, interracial relations ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
japan, portugal, asia
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18%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
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historical drama, captivating, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, slavery, old west, rivalry, tough heroes, courage, shooting, ambitious, business venture, haunted by the past, rivals, historical character ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Romance, Western
Country: Romania, France, West Germany
Duration: 360 min.
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live in a small town on the Mississippi River above St. Louis. Tom is raised by his Aunt Polly, with whom he lives together with his brother Sid. Huckleberry, known as Huck, is homeless and does not go to school—his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, feel good, sentimental
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, small town, homeless, stolen money, ship, young heroes, chases and races, youth, misfit, buddies, heroes, mischievous children ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
missouri, mississippi, usa, st. petersburg russia
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18%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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'Captain' Call has just buried Gus at Lonesome Dove and plans to head back to his ranch in Montana. Looking at a herd of wild Mustangs, he decides to drive them north with the help of Isom and Gideon Walker. Gideon hires Agostina Vega and ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental, epic ...
Plot:
cowboy, wild west, modern western, modern west, native american, cavalry, texas ranger, mexican standoff, partner, heroes, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
montana, austin texas, texas, usa
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18%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Bordertown is a television western-drama series that aired from 1989 to 1991. It depicts the town formerly known as Pemmican that was later renamed Bordertown when the western border between the United States and Canada was surveyed in 1880, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Plot:
wild west, texas ranger, partner, law enforcement, love and romance, escapades, society, friends, social relations, friendship, small town life, old west ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 344 min.
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The classic story of Hawkeye.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
native american, scout, military, battles, heroes, uninhibited rivalry, war, love and romance, rivalry, soldier, escapades, military base ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
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18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, aviation, military, world war, mission, air force, american soldier, revolutionary war, aircraft, wartime, revolution, revolutionary ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron to track down Joey Garza, a new kind of killer, only a boy, who kills from a distance with a rifle. Joined by his old compadre Pea Eye, it ...
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serious, exciting, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot:
manhunt, escapades, heroes, rivalry, on the road, haunted by the past, gang of outlaws, modern western, modern west, cowboy, wild west, child in peril ...
Time:
90s, 1890s
Place:
texas, america, usa
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17%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
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Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to ...
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costume drama, exciting, historical drama, realistic, period piece ...
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musketeer, swords and armor, heroic mission, sword fight, danger, state affairs, partner, escapades, good versus evil, king, three musketeers, chivalry ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, epic, meditative, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wilderness, survival, native, hunting, mountain man, native american, revenge, mountain, rocky mountains, grizzly bear, indians, trapper ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1972
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, north america
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
politics, state affairs, idealism, political intrigue, democrat, media, society, legal action, senator, rivalry, love, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
17%
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