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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
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Original name: Kingfish: A Story of Huey Long
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish."
Style:
political, sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
american politics, assassination, politics, murder, human spirit, life is a bitch, rise to the top, society, media, ambition, campaign, dishonesty, state affairs, adultery, corruption, election, historical event, governor, flashback, deadly, crimes
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 30s, 20s
Place:
louisiana, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sincere films with plots about state affairs, politics, society, ambition, head of state, dishonesty and intrigue mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long: Act of Vengeance (1986), A Woman Called Golda (1982), Truman (1995), The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001), The Deal (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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realistic, semi serious, disturbing, tense, political ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
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england, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 282 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
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61%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
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Duration: 99 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
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Country: USA
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