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Strip Search (2004)
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Strip Search (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
Style: serious, realistic, political, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: terrorism, male nudity, captivity, life is a bitch, manipulation, confined, government agency, male pubic hair, politics, prison, nudity, lawyer, bdsm, intrigue, political intrigue, law, humiliation, freedom, state affairs, female nudity, male full rear nudity, american abroad, interrogation, investigation, legal ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: china, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, disturbing and tense films with plots about politics, society, life is a bitch, confined, state affairs, terrorism and rebellion mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Strip Search: The War Within (2005), Fast-Walking (1982), Power (1986), The Little Drummer Girl (1984), Black August (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The War Within (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, poignant ...
Plot: terrorism, injustice, introspection, danger, society, couple relations, rivalry, life is a bitch, vengeance, false accusation, politics, terrorist plot ...
Time: year 2005
Place: new york, paris france, usa, europe, france ...
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, hotshot lawyer, confined, danger, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 80s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
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Fast-Walking (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
Style: political, independent film, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: prison, woman with a gun, blaxploitation, murder, corrupt, revolutionary, security guard, stoner, escape, confined, unlikely partners, militant ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: montana, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.7
 3K
Power (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, clever, political ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, campaign, manipulation, fighting the system, society, state affairs, political intrigue, dishonesty, legal, media, ambition ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, seattle, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Style: political thriller, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mossad, espionage, terrorism, secret agent, intrigue, politics, state affairs, political intrigue, danger, dishonesty, mistaken identity, double agent ...
Time: 80s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.4
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Black August (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, rough, political
Plot: prison, racism, solitary, prison life, confined, against the rules, fighting the system, injustice, militant, price of justice, life is a bitch, society ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.1
 536
The Ditch (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, France, Belgium, South Korea, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh ...
Style: serious, disturbing, rough, bleak, contemplative ...
Plot: cannibalism, captivity, prison life, life is a bitch, re-education, starvation, against humanity, politics, confined, society, state affairs, worker ...
Time: 50s, 60s, 20th century, year 1960
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Infinite Justice (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style: realistic, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: hostage, captivity, politics, terrorism, journalism, prison, confined, rebellion, danger, kidnapping, state affairs, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The F Word (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A frustrated radio DJ takes to the streets of Manhattan during the Republican National Convention after the FCC has slapped his station with $1 million in indecency fines, and popular radio personality Joe Pace (Josh Hamilton) isn't going down ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, political
Plot: politics, radio dj, fighting the system, republican, injustice, hopes, idealism, chaos, state affairs, protest, campaign, media ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Down Came a Blackbird (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A woman struggles with the death of her lover. He was killed by South-American fascists.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: kidnapping, clinic, dystopia, journalism, terrorism, danger, life is a bitch, confined, against humanity, legal, politics, media ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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First Winter (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When winter begins, life is serene for a group of new-age Brooklynites living in a remote country farmhouse. Sex, drugs, yoga, and organic cooking absorb their days, safely tucked away from the stresses of urban life. But when a blackout of ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot: survival, isolation, social relations, confined, wilderness, snow, party, nude women, innocence lost, heroin, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.3
 1K
Us (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This is a story of Ida and Krister. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both crazy in love but manage to strangle the supply of oxygen and adapt to each other in a way that will lead to catastrophic consequences.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: sex scene, penetration, female nudity, losing-it hero, destructive relationship, woman in danger, couples, life is a bitch, couple relations, love, male nudity, hot and sexy ...
Place: europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 3.6
 436
Violent Blue (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Katarina is a music teacher obsessed with an unfinished symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej an introverted inventor whose financiers are reputedly shady and dangerous. Then one day, her ex-husband Pietro shows up in her house and locks ...
Style: serious, realistic, cynical, surreal, psychological ...
Plot: obsession, murder, losing-it hero, sexual relations, dishonesty, captivity, confined, danger, female nudity, social misfits, misfit, mute or deaf ...
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.3
 1K
Policeman (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, biting, bleak
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, state affairs, fighting the system, rebellion, terrorism, danger, social decay, swat, society, rebelliousness, social differences, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.7
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Jailbait (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice, he finds himself locked up for 25 years. His cellmate Jake is a congenial yet remorseless lifer who casually informs ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic
Plot: prison, homosexual rape, gay, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, power relations, prison life, fighting the system, confined, going straight, murder, false accusation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Bless You, Prison (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of ...
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, survival, human spirit, prison life, exhaustion, society, politics, rebelliousness, religions or cults, captivity, stalinism ...
Time: 50s
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.0
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Weeds (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without paroll, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy, rough
Plot: prison, criminal heroes, follow your dream, prison escape, redemption, prison life, confined, hopes, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, journalism, writer's life ...
Time: year 1987, 20th century, 80s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.9
 52
Boxed (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: ira, moral dilemma, idealism, uncover truth, fighting the system, social decay, society, tragic hero, politics, life is a bitch, danger, terrorism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Once They Marched Through a Thousand Towns (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Style: political, contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: holocaust, courtroom drama, lawyer, aging, grief, suburbs, civil rights, injustice, religions or cults, hopes, politics, legal ...
Time: 80s
Place: illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.2
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Octavia (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Everybody has a little murder in their heart... somewhere.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, sexual, touching ...
Plot: disability, blindness, blind woman, sexual awakening, female nudity, rape, friends, family relations, society, confined, youth, misfit ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.9
 6K
September 11 (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
Duration: 134 min.
Story: 11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.
Style: disturbing, stylized, talky, intellectual, factual ...
Plot: terrorism, war on terror, 9/11, politics, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, innocence lost, life is a bitch, injustice, love affair ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2000s
Place: middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Knife in the Head (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works. The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center - Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head. He awakens with ...
Style: contemplative, tense, mind bending, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: memory loss, hospital, male pubic hair, disability, infidelity, terrorism, politics, law enforcement, self discovery, dishonesty, life is a bitch, vengeance ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.3
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The Informant (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, anglo irish relations, trouble, spy, freedom, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Judgement in Berlin (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, touching, sincere ...
Plot: terrorism, justice, politics, hijacking, legal action, legal, courtroom drama, fighting the system, confined, save the day, danger, culture clash ...
Time: 70s
Place: germany, europe, east berlin, berlin germany, west berlin west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.5
 865
Dirty Pictures (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, thought provoking, erotic ...
Plot: museum, art, lawsuit, courtroom, jury, politics, courtroom drama, against the rules, fighting the system, righting the wronged, perversion, rebelliousness ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1990
Place: ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.3
 6K
True Colors (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
Style: talky, political, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: politics, friendship, political corruption, betrayal, manipulation, legal action, college, corruption, society, political intrigue, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, washington d.c., virginia, florida, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Pet (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young woman in dire financial straights accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat's human "pet" for six months. Then ruthless modern "pet-nappers" kidnap the woman to sell her on the GSM (Global Slave Market).
Style: psychological, disturbing, realistic, rough, sexy ...
Plot: bdsm, sexual abuse, slave auction, slave trader, fetish, dehumanization, power relations, confined, captivity, life is a bitch, lifestyle, alternative lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, military, lawyer, american politics, time machine, courtroom, legal action, legal, prison, injustice, power relations ...
Time: 1800s, 19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is ...
Style: sad, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: holocaust, courtroom, world war two, mossad, nazi, lawyer, law, judaism, terrorism, legal, genocide, courtroom drama ...
Time: year 1975
Place: israel, middle east, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot: government, politician, american politics, gay interest, gay subtext, campaign, gays and lesbians, state affairs, media, politics, dishonesty, head of state ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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