Movies like The 9/11 Commission Report
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The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Independent writer-director Leigh Slawner helms this chilling dramatization of the findings laid out in the best-selling 9/11 Commission Report, a document that sought to analyze the circumstances surrounding coordinated terrorist attacks against American civilians on Sept 11 2001.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, mockbuster, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world trade center manhattan new york city, investigation, uncover truth, politics, chaos, danger, state affairs, society, fbi agent, 9/11, terrorist, islam, spy, sex scene, torture, cia agent, commando, hotel room, raid, terrorism, hiding place, deadly, world trade center
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, london, israel, pakistan, manhattan new york city, washington d.c.
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about deadly, danger, state affairs, terrorism, politics, society and investigation mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The 9/11 Commission Report: Border Run (2012), The Insurgents (2006), Fatwa (2006), Able Danger (2008), Homeland Security (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Set in a post-9/11 America, four Americans come together to build a truck bomb and plan to detonate it on a target in the U.S. Highlighting the days leading up to the event.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral McKee (Tom Skerritt) is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, law enforcement, head of state, danger, save the day, government agency, heroes, state affairs, race against time, political intrigue, heroic mission ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s
Place:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, investigation, undercover, police corruption, journalism, media, law enforcement, uncover truth, legal, working undercover, political conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A priest returns to his old Catholic high school to replace a priest who has gone missing, only to begin to suspect that the missing priest may have been murdered by someone at the school to hide a darker secret.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, clergy, who done it, danger, amateur detective, riddles and clues, rivalry, society, teachers and students, boarding school, school ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, religions or cults, culture clash, husband wife relationship, investigation, politics, death, murder, terrorist, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Israel
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Inspired by the unfortunate event of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin we are proud to bring you the dramatic feature of Haim Bouzaglo, Blank Bullet. Amos Snir, the head of the Shin Bet, has just 60 hours during which time he must prevent the next ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
criminal psychologist, special agent, society, state affairs, government agency, danger, social decay, law enforcement, assassination, investigation, conspiracy, moral dilemma ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
radical, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, political conspiracy, terrorist bombing, terrorist plot, firefighter, save the day, secret agent, counter terrorism, danger, race against time ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
What happens when the truth is not enough? A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, realistic, rough, tense ...
Plot:
profanity, against the odds, terrorism, rescue, race against time, danger, bomb, nihilism, found footage, underground, woman in danger, chases and races ...
Time:
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Place:
colombia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Style:
action thriller, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mossad, terrorist, terrorism, conflict, olympics, revenge, israeli palestinian conflict, arab israeli conflict, murder, workplace situations, chases and races, contests and competitions ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, munich germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, interesting
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense
Plot:
obsessive quest, danger, assassination attempt, manipulation, terrorism, state affairs, race against time, against the rules, politics, terrorist attack, special agent, fall in love ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, bleak, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
terrorism, head of state, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, politics, leadership, state affairs, danger, government agency, dishonesty, hijacking, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
usa, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
Similarity:
21%
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, factual, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, war on terror, politics, 9/11, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, injustice, innocence lost, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A plot to overthrow the United States government is uncovered in New York City in the summer of 1919 when William Flynn, a field agent for the Bureau of Investigation, is sent to investigate a bomb threat that has targeted some of America's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film, art film ...
Plot:
politics, investigation, law enforcement, danger, society, terrorism, state affairs, assassination, political unrest, assassination attempt, war on terror, anarchism ...
Time:
year 1919, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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