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The Arrow (1997)
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
This series tells the story of the world's fastest fighter plane ever built, in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
space, airplane, politics, heroes, intrigue, rivalry, inventions and discoveries, head of state, state affairs, unfulfillment, aviation, military, technology, cold war, test pilot, jet plane, fighter jet, outer space
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and disturbing films and TV series with plots about politics, state affairs, rivalry, society, military, heroes and head of state mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The Arrow: Beginning of the Great Revival (2011), X-15 (1961), Charlie (2015), Sons of Liberty (2015), Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, factual
Plot:
revolution, politics, state affairs, society, social differences, head of state, rebellion, communist party, patriotism, rivalry, chinese history, chinese civil war ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
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captivating, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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aviation, nasa, u.s. air force, test pilot, space exploration, space, space travel, airplane, space and aliens, ambition, military, escapades ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
ussr, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
182
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland
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The political and personal life of Charlie Haughey during his time in office.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
political leader, rise and fall, ambition, political intrigue, politics, head of state, state affairs, rivalry, unfulfillment, politician, irish history
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
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The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
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captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
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american revolution, human spirit, leadership, political unrest, battles, rebelliousness, politics, state affairs, heroes, revolution, rebellion, military ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, future, georgian era
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
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Based upon the actual cables between Washington, London and Moscow during the Second World War, this TV-movie examines the relationship between the leaders of these countries throughout the conflict. Franklin D. Roosevelt (John Lithgow), Winston ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, josef stalin, head of state, diplomacy, winston churchill, marxist, intrigue, british politics, military, against humanity, artists and showbiz, leadership ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, europe, usa, ussr, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The once clean and healthy city of Toronto becomes the pariah of the western world when a deadly chain of infection lands in the city. Panic spreads as the number of SARS cases increases as there are no effective treatments.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
epidemic, public health, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, society, hopes, politics, plague, terminal illness, medical profession, disease, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, china, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
Story:
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
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serious, captivating, thought provoking, tense, rough ...
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politics, racism, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, mayor, pop culture, urbanization, hunting, true crime, interracial relations, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state, dominican republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, realistic, serious, sad
Plot:
military, rebellion, friendship, battles, rivalry, politics, state affairs, rebelliousness, political unrest, wartime life, jewish, islam ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
israel, holy land, jerusalem, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A beautifully photographed story that gives insight into the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers and the period in which they lived.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, sincere, serious, realistic
Plot:
usa history, airplane, historical figure, aviation, human spirit, heroes, military, confined, rivalry, inventions and discoveries, siblings relations, wind ...
Place:
north carolina, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Finland, Chile
Duration: 285 min.
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Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, realistic, serious
Plot:
diplomat, military coup, dictatorship, army, cold war, human rights, politics, military, communism, refugee, embassy, right wing extremist ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s
Place:
chile, finland, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
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Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot:
white house, blaxploitation, usa history, politics, usa politics, campaign, power relations, master and servant, hopes, state affairs, human spirit, society ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
africa, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
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A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, daring rescue, survival, heroic mission, against humanity, life is a bitch, escapades, save the day, leadership, race against time, military, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1917
Place:
canada, belgium, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, touching, disturbing
Plot:
catastrophe, soldier, heroes, losing-it hero, vigilantism, redemption, revolution, political unrest, politics, rivalry, state affairs, assassination ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Human Cargo is a 2004 Canadian television miniseries. The series won seven Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. It premiered on CBC Television on January 4, 2004 and starred Kate Nelligan, Cara Pifko, and Nicholas Campbell.
The ...
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serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
immigrants, rebellion, racism, society, life is a bitch, legal, state affairs, politics, family relations, refugee, political unrest, illegal immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 235 min.
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Story:
In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true ...
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serious, realistic, tense, political, contemplative ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, politics, double agent, treason, betrayal, kgb, university, secret agents, hidden identity, idealism, wartime life ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, europe, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Elizabeth I may be remembered as the greatest monarch to rule England, but during her lifetime she was beset by enemies and hers was a life of constant battling.
Style:
disturbing, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
british history, queen, queen elizabeth i, royal family, palace intrigue, power, ambition, rivalry, war, throne, women, historian ...
Time:
16th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
serious, sincere, disturbing, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, whistleblower, uncover truth, dishonesty, head of state, soldier, state affairs, fighting the system, introspection, military, political corruption, political conspiracy ...
Place:
vietnam, new york, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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Story:
The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, bleak
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, politics, white house, government agency, state affairs, dishonesty, head of state, vice president, u.s. vice president, iraq war, secretary of state ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
About the last days of Leonid Brezhnev, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He is sick and depressed, but he is still trying to enjoy some pleasures of life. He is hunting, eating, and sleeping a lot. While awake, he is ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, disturbing, political thriller
Plot:
political leader, kremlin, state affairs, old man, politics, megalomaniac, power relations, society, historical figure, intrigue, abuse of power, leadership ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
432
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
world war two, nuclear war, super weapon, cold war, war, terrorism, holocaust, politics, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, rivalry, against humanity ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new mexico, london, hiroshima japan, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
Style:
captivating, realistic, epic, serious, educational
Plot:
roman empire, emperor, politics, historical character, religions or cults, roma, state affairs, political unrest, rebelliousness, rivalry, dishonesty, lust ...
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
653
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
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disturbing, captivating, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot:
aviation, state affairs, dishonesty, hopes, heroes, politics, law enforcement, righting the wronged, legal, fighting the system, rivalry, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, Aristocrats draws back the curtain on an 18th century English family near the summit of society, revealing a tapestry of romance, prejudice, infidelity, and revolution.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master and servant, royal family, aristocracy, rich and poor, high society, royalty, politics, family relations, siblings relations, state affairs, power relations, infidelity ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
In the early 1980s, AIDS emerged and quickly became an epidemic. Those responsible for public safety failed. People were kept in the dark, afraid to speak out. Ignorance, arrogance, politics and economics all lead to betrayal, to cover-up, to ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
aids, scandal, public health, red cross, hiv positive, hiv, mother son relationship, parents and children, illness, father son relationship, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a ...
Style:
serious, clever, realistic, captivating, melancholic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
atomic bomb, world war two, laboratory, scientist, ambition, inventions and discoveries, race against time, military, power relations, relationship vs career, workplace, top secret ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, rivalry, head of state, political intrigue, campaign, ambition, workplace situations, rise to the top, media, president, french politics, political conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
Viriato is a Hispanic shepherd who enjoys a simple life until the arrival of the Roman troops of the praetor Galba. It will changes his destiny. His village is attacked and massacred. Viriato, dam of hate, swears not to rest until revenge. ...
Style:
emotional, epic, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
roman empire, vengeance, rebellion, righting the wronged, folk hero, leadership, battles, social relations, rivalry, human spirit, occupation, soldier ...
Place:
europe, portugal, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
Explores the drama of power, political back-stabbing, war and murder and chronicles King Tut's rise to glory, his efforts to rule a chaotic empire and the enigma surrounding his death.
Style:
serious, captivating, stylized, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
ancient egypt, ancient history, pharaoh, royal family, ambition, political intrigue, rise to the top, ancient, state affairs, rivalry, head of state, palace intrigue ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
On the night of September 29, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system.'The Guarantee' tells the story of that night, and what led to it.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, talky, tense ...
Plot:
politics, corporate crime, legal, state affairs, rivalry, political intrigue, uncover truth, dishonesty, finance, manipulation, office, head of state ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
665
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking, political thriller
Plot:
journalism, media, political unrest, politics, workplace, society, realism, rivalry, kurd, freedom of the press, oppression, investigative journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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