Movies like The 9/11 Commission Report

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The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
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The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
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
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world trade center manhattan new york city, investigation, uncover truth, politics, chaos, state affairs, society, americana, fbi agent, terrorist, spy, sex scene, torture, cia agent, commando, hotel room, raid, hiding place, terrorism, danger, 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, terrorism, state affairs, politics, investigation and law enforcement mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The 9/11 Commission Report: The Insurgents (2006), Able Danger (2008), Tucked Away (2007), Fatwa (2006), A Show of Force (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Insurgents (2006)
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.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, conspiracy, politics, bomb, rebellion, society, rivalry, vengeance, state affairs, life is a bitch, terrorism, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.9
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Able Danger (2008)
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: neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller
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Place: new york, usa
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 5.3
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Tucked Away (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, abusive father, aging, deadly
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 3.8
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Fatwa (2006)
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: tense, captivating, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: save the day, political conspiracy, undercover, politics, terrorism, state affairs, rivalry, dishonesty, murder, suspense, government agency, heroes ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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A Show of Force (1990)
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: murder, investigation, undercover, police corruption, amateur detective, media, journalism, legal, law enforcement, uncover truth, price of justice, political conspiracy ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: puerto rico
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The Wannabe (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed attempts to fix the trial of infamous mobster John Gotti gets him rejected by the people he ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: mafia, wannabe, murder, uncover truth, sex scene, gangsters, society, investigation, crime family, politics, prison, organized crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Homeland Security (2004)
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: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
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Time: september 11 2001, 90s
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Contaminated Man (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In this science fiction thriller, David Whitman (William Hurt) is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild his life on his own. While doing research, Whitman discovers a series of mysterious deaths that seem ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: uncover truth, life is a bitch, investigation, race against time, on the run, plague, journalism, track down, death in the family, biohazard, spy, disaster ...
Time: 80s
Place: hungary, budapest, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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 4.4
 242
Quicksand (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Randi Stewart is a sergeant on a marine base where her father is the commanding officer. She is being treated by the new base psychiatrist, Bill Turner. Her brother, Gordon Stewart is running for political office. General Stewart is murdered and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychotronic
Plot: army investigation, murder, psychiatrist, dangerous attraction, military life, uncover truth, dishonesty, power relations, femme fatale, life is a bitch, military, state affairs ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 6.5
 2K
Dirty War (2004)
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: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: radical, terrorism, firefighter, save the day, secret agents, political conspiracy, working undercover, special agents, government agency, race against time, undercover, counter terrorism ...
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 4.7
 462
Frame of Mind (2009)
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
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Shoot on Sight (2007)
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: disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.7
 1K
PVC-1 (2007)
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, serious ...
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Place: colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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No God, No Master (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Confess (2005)
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Duration: 89 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Genius Club (2006)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Stone Merchant (2006)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.3
 8K
Five Fingers (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, emotional ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Formosa Betrayed (2009)
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: serious, suspenseful, tense, clever, captivating ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
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Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)
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: bleak, captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere ...
Plot: terrorism, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, head of state, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, leadership, politics, americana, hijacking, tragic event ...
Time: september 11 2001
Place: usa, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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October (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In October 1970, one group from the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped the British Consul in Montreal. Few days later, a second group did the same with one of the Minister of the Quebec Government. If the first was released, the second was ...
Style: sad, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorism, murder, kidnapping, terrorist, good versus evil, confined, society, rebellion, state affairs, politics, revolution, working class ...
Time: 70s, year 1970
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot: terrorism, sniper, police, serial killer, murder, police detective, track down, law enforcement, society, manhunt, killer, chief of police ...
Place: washington d.c., maryland, virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Point of Origin (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fact-based drama about an arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
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Duration: 240 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
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Time: 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Baltic Storm (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, interesting
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Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%